An International Journal on the Science and Technology of Wet and Dry Particulate Systems

Powder Technology is an International Journal on the Science and Technology of Wet and Dry Particulate Systems. Powder Technology publishes papers on all aspects of the formation of particles and their characterisation and on the study of systems containing particulate solids. No limitation is imposed on the size of the particles, which may range from nanometre scale, as in pigments or aerosols, to that of mined or quarried materials. The following list of topics is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather to indicate typical subjects which fall within the scope of the journal's interests:
Formation and synthesis of particles by precipitation and other methods.
Modification of particles by agglomeration, coating, comminution and attrition.
Characterisation of the size, shape, surface area, pore structure and strength of particles and agglomerates (including the origins and effects of inter particle forces).
Packing, failure, flow and permeability of assemblies of particles.
Particle-particle interactions and suspension rheology.
Handling and processing operations such as slurry flow, fluidization, pneumatic conveying.
Interactions between particles and their environment, including delivery of particulate products to the body.
Applications of particle technology in production of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, foods, pigments, structural, and functional materials and in environmental and energy related matters.
For materials-oriented contributions we are looking for articles revealing the effect of particle/powder characteristics (size, morphology and composition, in that order) on material performance or functionality and, ideally, comparison to any industrial standard.


Submissions will usually be overseen according to the following breakdown of specialties:

L.S. Fan (The Ohio State University, USA)
Fluidization, particulates and multiphase flows, particulates reaction engineering, modeling, measurements, and industrial processes and applications

A. Teleki (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Aerosols, nanoparticles, agglomeration, and functional material synthesis and applications

C.Y. Wu (University of Surrey, UK)
Particle characterization, particle mechanics, powder processing and handling, modeling and simulation

A.B. Yu (Monash University, Australia)
Granular dynamics and particle-fluid flow, particulate/granular systems and bulk solids handling, particle packing and structural analysis, comminution and attrition, material synthesis, process engineering and industrial applications

J.S. Curtis (University of California, Davis)
Computational fluid dynamics and software development, modeling of particulate flow phenomena, application to granular and multiphase flows, fluid and particle mechanics, fluidization

Normal length research papers
Review articles 
Short communications
Letters to the editors
Book reviews

Editor-in-Chief
L-S. Fan
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio, United States Email L-S. Fan
Executive Editors
P. Mort
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States Email P. Mort
A. Teleki
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Email A. Teleki
C. Wu
University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom Email C. Wu
A.B. Yu
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Email A.B. Yu
Editorial Board
M.J. Adams
Birmingham, United Kingdom
G. Beaucage
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
M. Cargnello
Stanford, California, United States
J.W. Carson
Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, United States
X. Chen
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
R. Cocco
Chicago, Illinois, United States
M. O. Coppens
London, United Kingdom
R. Flagan
Pasadena, California, United States
M. Ghadiri
Leeds, United Kingdom
J.R. Grace
Vancouver, BC, Canada
K. Higashitani
Kyoto, Japan
H. Kamiya
Tokyo, Japan
J. Li
Shenyang, China
J.D. Litster
Sheffield, UK
J.N. Michaels
Newark, Delaware, United States
W. Peukert
Erlangen, Germany
S. E. Pratsinis
Zurich, Switzerland
P. Salatino
Napoli, Italy
C. Schulz
Duisburg, Germany
J.P.K. Seville
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sinclair Curtis, PhD
Davis, CA, United States
W Stark
Zurich, Switzerland
S. Sundaresan
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
G.I. Tardos
New York, New York, United States
C. Thornton
Birmingham, UK
A. Tsutsumi
Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
C.H. Wang
Singapore, Singapore
F. Wei
Beijing, China
A.W. Weimer
Boulder, Colorado, United States
C. Zhu
Newark, New Jersey, United States