EPJ is a merger and continuation of Acta Physica Hungarica, Anales de Fisica, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, Il Nuovo Cimento, Journal de Physique, Portugaliae Physica and Zeitschrift für Physik.

The European Physical Journal E
Soft Matter 

Aims

'Soft matter' is a generic term for a large group of condensed, often heterogeneous systems -- often also called complex fluids -- that display a large response to weak external perturbations and that possess properties governed by slow internal dynamics.

EPJE publishes papers describing advances in the understanding of the interdisciplinary science of soft matter. This includes reports of experimental investigations, computational physics, and theoretical studies, particularly statistical physics. It appeals to the broad interdisciplinary community, including physics, chemistry, biology and materials science, that are involved in soft matter research.

Scope

• Biomimetics and biomaterials
• Biopolymers, membranes and vesicles
• Subcellular structures and living cells
• Higher organisms, neural networks

Colloids and Granular Materials

• Colloids as model systems
• Glasses, gels and fragile matter
• Foams, emulsions and dispersions
• Ferrofluids

Functional and Surface-dominated Materials

• Smart materials
• Tuneable, switchable, and addressable properties
• Structural and morphological aspects of semiconducting polymers and molecular electronics

Liquid crystals

• Thermotropic and lyotropic phases
• Liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers

Polymers and Polyelectrolytes

• Gels, rubbers, networks
• Crystalline polymers
• Amphiphilic systems

Self-organisation and Supramolecular assemblies

• Purpose-designed organic molecules
• Hierarchical structures

Interfacial Phenomena and Structured Surfaces

• Adhesion and friction
• Surfactants
• Wetting and spreading
• Microfluidics and interfacial flows

Liquids and Complex Fluids

• Structure and dynamics of fluids
• Non-newtonian fluids, viscoelasticity
• Rheology
• Multiphase flows

Article Categories

Colloquia describe the development of new areas of research or the impact of new and promising experimental or theoretical methods in the fields that are within the spectrum of topics covered by the respective journals. While not as extensive and complete as reviews in the usual sense, they are intended to suitably introduce new research directions and techniques in their early stages of development, and to a wider audience. There is no explicit constraint regarding the length of such manuscripts, although 20 printed pages would be the most usual length. All invited/submitted manuscripts will undergo the same refereeing procedure as all other contributions submitted to the journal. For accepted colloquium papers, authors will receive a honorarium of EUR 200, -- and colour figures will be free of charge.