The aims of the International Journal of Thermophysics are to:
Serve as an international medium for publication of peer-reviewed papers in thermophysics, e.g.,
/// Publish experimental, theoretical, and computational papers in the field of thermophysics, i.e., the study of equilibrium and transport properties of systems in their gas, liquid, or solid state, and the transformation between such states under non-equilibrium conditions. The systems include soft matter, biofluids, nanofluids, nano- and bio-materials, thin layers, and thin films. A wide range of variables (temperature, pressure, composition, wavelength, and other relevant variables) and fields generated by these variables are of interest.
/// Publish methods-oriented papers on instrumentation and measurement techniques in thermophysics (e.g., including densimetry, calorimetry, viscometry, thermal conductivity and diffusivity, photoacoustic and photothermal techniques, light scattering, etc.).
/// Assist generators and users of thermophysical property data who are aiming for an understanding of property-function relationships.
Cover a diverse range of topics such as
/// Thermodynamic properties, including p-v-T behavior, phase equilibria, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermal expansion, sound speed, and critical phenomena.
/// Transport properties, including viscosity; thermal and electrical conductivity; mass diffusivity; thermal diffusivity and effusivity; non-Newtonian behavior; and thermal, thermoacoustic, and other diffusionphenomena.
/// Optical and thermal radiative properties, including dielectric constant, refractive index, emissivity, reflectivity, transmissivity, and absorptivity.
/// Interfacial properties, including solid-solid, solid-fluid, and fluid-fluid interfaces; surface tension; interfacial profiles; interfacial transport; and wetting.
/// Data correlation and models, including data evaluation and prediction, equations of state, standard reference data, databases, thermophysical property information systems, and simulation studies of model and related systems.
/// Nonequilibrium thermodynamics, including nucleation phenomena, fluctuations, metastability, mesoscopic systems, micro-heterogeneous systems, and reactions.
/// Metrology in thermophysics, including development of measurement techniques and calibration standards, measurements of fundamental constants, and uncertainty assessments.
Established and emerging areas of thermophysics applications, including but not limited to: Imaging, biothermophysics, nanoscale thermophysical properties and processes and instrumentation systems, cross-disciplinary topics (thermophysics with photonics, ultrasound, electromagnetic fields), metamaterials. Applications or experiments that contribute to development of non-equilibrium theories, or vice versa, new theories that predict effects, which subsequently are verified, are particularly welcome.