The Journal of Physical Chemistry B is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 that covers research on several fields of material chemistry

Chemistry

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 (macromolecules, soft matter, and surfactant

Surfactant

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s) as well as statistical mechanics

Statistical mechanics

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, thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

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, and biophysical chemistry

Biophysical chemistry

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. It has been published weekly since 1997 by the American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society

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.

Due to the growing amount of research in the fields it covers, the journal was split into two at the beginning of 2007, with the Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C publishes scientific articles reporting research on several subdisciplines of physical chemistry:*Nanoparticles and nanostructures*Surfaces, interfaces, and catalysis*Electron transport, optical and electronic devices...

specializing in nanostructure

Nanostructure

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s, the structures and properties of surfaces and interfaces, electronics

Electronics

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, and related topics.

According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal's 2010 impact factor

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 is 3.603.

List of editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief:

• 1997–2005 Mostafa El-Sayed
  Mostafa El-Sayed
  Mostafa A. El-Sayed is an Egyptian-American chemical physicist, a leading nanoscience researcher, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a US National Medal of Science laureate. He is also known for the spectroscopy rule named after him, the El-Sayed rule.- Academic career :He earned...
  
  
• 2005–present George C. Schatz
  George C. Schatz
  George C. Schatz is a theoretical chemist best known for his seminal contributions to the field of reaction dynamics. Born in Watertown, New York, he obtained his B. A. from Clarkson University and his Ph. D. from Caltech under Aron Kuppermann...