Aims and scope

Designed Monomers and Polymers is a fully open access journal publishing original research on all areas of macromolecular design and applications.

Designed Monomers and Polymers aims to bridge the gap between monomer synthesis and the design of new polymers, providing an international forum for monomers research and the art and science of macromolecular design.

Emphasis is placed on the preparations of new monomers, including characterization and applications. The journal also includes macromolecular design of polymeric materials (such as polymeric biomaterials, biomedical polymers, etc.) with medical applications.

Submissions are invited in the areas including, but not limited to:

  • Macromolecular science, initiators, macroinitiators for macromolecular design
  • Kinetics and mechanism aspects of polymerization
  • New methods of synthesis of known monomers
  • New monomers (must show evidence for polymerization, e.g. polycondensation, sequential combination, oxidative coupling, radiation, plasma polymerization)
  • Functional prepolymers of various architectures such as hyperbranched polymers, telechelic polymers, macromonomers, or dendrimers
  • New polymeric materials with biomedical applications

The journal accepts original research articles and short topical reviews. Designed Monomers and Polymers operates a single anonymized peer review policy.

All articles are made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.