Faraday Discussions Blog

Recent HOT articles in Faraday Discussions

Rowan Frame, Development Editor — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:15 +0000

Take a look at these two recent HOT articles, which are part of Faraday Discussion 162:

Stability and migration barriers of small vanadium oxide clusters on the CeO2(111) surface studied by density functional theory
Joachim Paier, Thomas Kropp, Christopher Penschke and Joachim Sauer
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00012E, Paper

Operando atomic structure and active sites of TiO2(110)-supported gold nanoparticles during carbon monoxide oxidation
Marie-Claire Saint-Lager, Issam Laoufi and Aude Bailly
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20157G, Paper

FD166: Self-Assembly of Biopolymers – registration now open

Rowan Frame, Development Editor — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:33:23 +0000

Registration for Self-Assembly of Biopolymers: Faraday Discussion 166 is now open.

Registering early guarantees you an early bird discount of £50.

You can submit an abstract to have your own poster space at the meeting.

Professor Ian Hamley and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Bristol in September 2013 for Self-Assembly of Biopolymers: Faraday Discussion 166

Faraday Discussion 165: Tropospheric Aerosol – update

Rowan Frame, Development Editor — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:01:12 +0000

There are just a few weeks left to submit your poster abstract to Tropospheric Aerosol – Formation, Transformation, Fate and Impacts: Faraday Discussion 165 – so don’t delay.

Act now to take advantage of:

Early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee

Poster presentation space – a chance to showcase your own work

Bursaries – a limited number offered to students and younger members of the RSC in the early stages of their career – worth £150 – check your eligibility

This Discussion will explore the emerging frameworks which aim to integrate our theoretical or empirical understanding of the atmospheric aerosol.

Professor Gordon McFiggans and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Leeds in July 2013 for Tropospheric Aerosol – Formation, Transformation, Fate and Impacts: Faraday Discussion 165.

Please don’t miss the 24 May deadline for posters and early bird registration.

Faraday Discussion 169: Molecular Simulations and Visualization – call for abstracts

Rowan Frame, Development Editor — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:03:04 +0000

Call for oral abstracts – deadline 22 July 2013

We invite you to join us for Molecular Simulations and Visualization: Faraday Discussion 169, which will cover:

virtual and augmented reality; immersive molecular simulations
advanced visualization and visual analytics
computing power revolution and new algorithms: GP-GPUs, clouds and more
applications and serious games: from molecular docking to protein folding

Speakers include:

Helmut Grubmüller, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
Graham Johnson, University of California, San Francisco, USA
David Glowacki, University of Bristol, UK
Valerie Daggett, University of Washington, USA
Thomas Ertl, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Vijay Pande, Stanford University, USA
John Stone, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Melanie Stegman, Federation of American Scientists, USA
Jim Zheng, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Frederick Brooks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Thomas DeFanti, University of California, San Diego, USA

Faraday Discussions are a long-established series of meetings which provide a unique international platform for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics.

All the presented papers and the discussion, including new research presented by any delegate, are published together in the Faraday Discussion volume. The latest Impact Factor is 5.0.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is a sister journal to Faraday Discussions. PCCP brings you content of the highest quality in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.

We invite you to submit your research to PCCP today.

Recent articles from PCCP in this area include:

Anisotropy of the water–carbon interaction: molecular simulations of water in low-diameter carbon nanotubes
Guillermo Pérez-Hernández and Burkhard Schmidt
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP44278K

Molecular simulations of green leaf volatiles and atmospheric oxidants on air/water interfaces
Thilanga P. Liyana-Arachchi, Christopher Stevens, Amie K. Hansel, Franz S. Ehrenhauser, Kalliat T. Valsaraj and Francisco R. Hung
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP44090G

Molecular simulation and experimental studies of a mesoporous ZSM-5 type molecular sieve
Baoyu Liu, Yongbiao Wu, Defei Liu, Ying Wu, Hongxia Xi and Yu Qian
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP43900J

Modeling environment effects on spectroscopies through QM/classical models
Benedetta Mennucci
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP44417A

Microsecond folding experiments and simulations: a match is made
M. B. Prigozhin and M. Gruebele
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP43992E

Professor Dr Marc Baaden and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Nottingham in May 2014 for Molecular Simulations and Visualization: Faraday Discussion 169.

Faraday Discussion 168: Astrochemistry of Dust, Ice and Gas – call for oral abstracts

Rowan Frame, Development Editor — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:09:43 +0000

Call for oral abstracts – deadline 15 July 2013

We invite you to join us for Astrochemistry of Dust, Ice and Gas: Faraday Discussion 168, which will cover:

•             Observations on Dust, Ice and Gas relevant to Astrochemistry
•             Laboratory Astrochemistry of Dust and Ice
•             Astrophysical Modelling
•             New Directions in Solid and Surface Astrochemistry

Submit your abstract today via our new submission system.

You can find more details about submitting your abstract here

Confirmed speakers:

•             Professor Ewine van Dishoeck (Introductory), Leiden University, The Netherlands
•             Professor Eric Herbst (Closing), University of Virginia, USA
•             Dr Herma Cuppen, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
•             Dr Jean-Hugues Fillion, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
•             Professor Liv Hornekær, Aarhus University, Denmark
•             Professor Nigel Mason, The Open University, UK
•             Dr Bérengère Parise, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany
•             Dr Klaus Pontoppidan, Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
•             Professor Helmut Zacharias, Universität Münster, Germany

Professor Martin McCoustra and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Leiden in April 2014 for Astrochemistry of Dust, Ice and Gas: Faraday Discussion 168.

Core-shell metal nanoparticles successful in solvent-free aerobic oxidation

Rowan Frame, Development Editor — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:18:03 +0000

Graham Hutchings, Christopher Kiely et al. have found that trimetallic Au-Pd-Pt nanoparticles supported on activated carbon are highly active and selective catalysts for the solvent-free aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol.

In their recently published paper, they demonstrate that when a small amount of Pt metal is alloyed into Au-Pd sols, a high selectivity toward benzaldehyde can be achieved while still preserving high conversion levels. Their work is an exciting step towards making the industrially very important process of oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes cheap and environmentally friendly.

Read this HOT article today:

Switching-off toluene formation in the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using supported trimetallic Au–Pd–Pt nanoparticles
Qian He, Peter J. Miedziak, Lokesh Kesavan, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez, Michael M. Forde, Jennifer K. Edwards, David W. Knight, Stuart H. Taylor, Christopher J. Kiely and Graham J. Hutchings
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20153D

They recently presented and discussed their paper at the Faraday 162 meeting in Berlin.

Faraday Discussion 162 – a great success

Rowan Frame, Development Editor — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:49:03 +0000

We have some photos to share with you from the Faraday Discussion last week on the fabrication, structure and reactivity of structured nanoparticles in Berlin, Germany.

Take a look at our upcoming Faraday Discussions here…there are many exciting and diverse discussion topics coming up!

Faraday Discussions are a long-established series of meetings which provide a unique international platform for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The Discussion is a dynamic forum for developing and exchanging exciting new ideas, and both the papers and discussion will be published in a final printed volume. The latest Impact Factor is 5.0.

Tina Nestler and Mike Bowker

Mohammadhassan Dad, Matthew Neurock and Graham Hutchings

The Conference Center

Juergen Behm and Geoff Thornton

Kiyotaka Asakura, Niklas Nilius and Mike Bowker

Hajo Freund, Gerhard Ertl, Charles Campbell and Anthony Hughes

Everyone at Faraday Discussion 162

Mike Bowker and Soon Wen Hoh

Mike Bowker and Ian McPherson

Gerhard Ertl

Gabor Somorjai