Current Microwave Chemistry
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Aims and Scope:
Current Microwave Chemistry is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes important contributions describing advances in the use of the microwave in the fields of chemistry, biology, medicine, biomedical science, and engineering. The journal covers microwave-assisted synthesis of novel organic, organometallic and inorganic molecules or complexes, kinetics and mechanistic studies of microwave-induced chemical reactions and potential use of microwave irradiation in the fields of drug discovery, green chemistry, catalysis and industrial process development. It is the premier source of microwave related information for chemists, biologists, pharmacologists and engineers in both industry and academia.
Besides microwave chemistry, the journal also covers following key areas of electrochemistry, photochemistry and sonochemistry:
Electrochemistry:
- Analytical Electrochemistry
- Bioelectrochemistry
- Corrosion Science
- Electrocatalysis
- Energy Conversion and Storage
- Environmental Electrochemistry
- Industrial Electrochemistry
- Magnetoelectrochemistry
- Nanoelectrochemistry
- Organic Electrochemistry
- Photoelectrochemistry
- Physical Electrochemistry
- Solid-State Electrochemistry
- Theoretical and Computational Electrochemistry
Photochemistry:
- Atmospheric and Space Photochemistry
- Biological and Medicinal Photochemistry
- Environmental and Atmospheric Photochemistry
- Industrial and Applied Photochemistry
- Inorganic and Organometallic Photochemistry
- Nanophotochemistry
- Organic Photochemistry
- Photoinduced Charge Transfer
- Solar Energy Conversion
- Supramolecular and Material Photochemistry
- Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
- Ultrafast and Laser Photochemistry
Sonochemistry:
- Environmental Sonochemistry
- Sonocatalysis
- Sonoelectrochemistry
- Sonoluminescence
- Sonomechanics
- Sonophysical Studies
- Sonoprocessing
- Synthetic Sonochemistry
- Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction
Editor-in-Chiefcasc:
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Jerry J. Wu Department of Environmental Engineering and Science
Feng Chia University
Taichung
Taiwan
ISSN: 2213-3356 (Print)
eISSN: 2213-3364 (Online)
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