Journal Information Aims and Scope e-Journal of Soft Materials (e-JSM) adapts to better meet the needs of scientists and engineers both in academia and industry who are participating in the fields of soft materials, and their basis and solution-oriented applications. The e-JSM offers rapid on-line publication of articles within 4 weeks of acceptance; where available it uses colorful tools including movies, animations, computer graphics and figures. The e-JSM aims to become the primary journal of interdisciplinary research and development on soft materials. The e-JSM is to publish original papers and reviewed articles of the highest quality. Reviewed articles will normally be published by invitation only. Subjects covered in e-Journal of Soft Materials All the fields of science and engineering on soft materials in chemistry, physics, agriculture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, plastic engineering, civil engineering, architecture engineering, computer-aided science and engineering, and so on. Features Web-oriented, Online Journal - Electronic Journal via J-Stage ( http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/ejsm) without printed version - Free Contribution, Free Access, and Free Download - Colored Movies, Animations, and Computer Graphics available as supplementary materials - Colored Figures and Remarks - Full Text Search - Direct link to references such as JOIS, ChemPort, PubMed, Crossref without additional charge Quick Publication All on-line processes, submission, reviewing, and proofing Up-to-the minute appearance following acceptance High quality All manuscripts reviewed by a prestigious panel of reviewers. Paper Category Regular Articles Review Articles Editorial Board Editor in Chief Yoshinobu ISONO Nagaoka University of Technology Department of Chemistry Faculty of Engineering Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan Fax: +81-258-47-9341 E-mail: yisono@nagaokaut.ac.jp Associate Editors Kiyoshi ENDO Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering Graduate School of Engineering Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585, Japan Fax: +81-6-6605-2697 E-mail: endo@a-chem.eng.osaka-cu.ac.jp Kenzo FUKUMORI Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. Organic Materials Lab. Sustainable Materials Div. Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan Fax: +81-561-63-6498 E-mail: fukumori-k@mosk.tytlabs.co.jp Hidemitsu FURUKAWA Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering Graduate School of Science and Engineering Yamagata University 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510 Japan Fax: +81-(0)238-26-3197 E-mail: furukawa@yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp Hirokazu HASEGAWA Kyoto University Department of Polymer Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto Daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan Fax: +81-75-383-2623 E-mail: hasegawa@alloy.polym.kyoto-u.ac.jp Hiroshi IIZUKA Yamagata University Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan Fax: +81-238-26-3212 E-mail: h-iizuka@yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp Kohzo ITO The University of Tokyo Dept. Advanced Materials Science Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8651, Japan Fax: +81-4-7136-3756 E-mail: kohzo@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp Masayoshi ITO Tokyo University of Science Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan Fax: +81-3-3235-2214 E-mail: itma56@rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp Atsushi KATO NISSAN ARC, LTD. Material Analysis Center Research Department 1, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan Fax: +81-46-865-5699 E-mail: kato@nissan-arc.co.jp Yukio NAGASAKI University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Materials Science Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan Fax: +81-29-853-5749 E-mail: ejsm@nagalabo.jp Asahiro NAGATANI Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Technology Materials Technology Department 3-1-12 Yukihira-cho, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 654-0037, Japan Fax: +81-78-735-7845 E-mail: nagatani@hyogo-kg.go.jp Takashi NISHINO Kobe University Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Rokko, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan Fax: +81-78-803-6198 E-mail: tnishino@kobe-u.ac.jp Koh-hei NITTA Kanazawa University Department of Material and Chemical Engineering Institute of Science and Engineering Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, JAPAN Fax: +81-762-264-6220 E-mail: nitta@t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp Hidetoshi OIKAWA Tohoku University Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, JAPAN FAX：+81-22-217-5645 E-mail: oikawah@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp Hiromu SAITO Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Department of Organic & Polymer Materials Chemistry Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan FAX: +81-42-388-7294 E-mail: hsaitou@cc.tuat.ac.jp Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI Kyushu University Division of Advanced Device Materials Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, 816-8580 Japan Fax: +81-92-583-8822 E-mail: ytak@mm.kyushu-u.ac.jp Shigeyuki TOKI State University of New York at Stony Brook Department of Chemistry Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, U.S.A. Fax: +1-631-632-6518 E-mail: stoki@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Advisory Board Takashi INOUE Yamagata University Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan E-mail: tinoue@yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp Toshio NISHI Tohoku University WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan FAX: +81-22-217-5926 E-mail: nishi.toshio@wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp Copyright 2005 by THE SOCIETY OF RUBBER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN All right reserved.