In this feature article neutron reflectivity, infrared spectroscopy and scanning probe microscopies are employed to study structure and electric field driven transformations of lipid bilayers supported at a gold electrode surface.
Building biomimetic membrane at a gold electrode surface
Jacek Lipkowski
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00658K
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After a great first day, ISE 2010 continues to host a vast array of top-quality electrochemistry.
This morning I heard a very interesting talk by Zhong-Qun Tian, PCCP Advisory Board member, on shelled-nanoparticle-based SERS. Shell-insulated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopy, or ‘SHINERS’, is a new technique which Tian is developing, which overcomes many of the drawbacks encountered with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS).
Read some recent PCCP Perspective review articles in this area:
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) and high-resolution bio nano-analysis—a comparison
Tanja Deckert-Gaudig and Volker Deckert
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 12040-12049
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of dyes: from single molecules to the artists’ canvas
Kristin L. Wustholz, Christa L. Brosseau, Francesca Casadio and Richard P. Van Duyne
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 7350-7359
A perspective on single molecule SERS: current status and future challenges
P. G. Etchegoin and E. C. Le Ru
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 6079-6089
Also, view the PCCP themed issue on SERS for more great research in this area.
Dwayne E. Heard (Chair of the Faraday Discussions Standing Committee on Conferences) and colleagues show that low temperature measurements reveal a dramatic negative temperature dependence to the rate coefficients for the OH + acetone reaction.
Observation of a large negative temperature dependence for rate coefficients of reactions of OH with oxygenated volatile organic compounds studied at 86–112 K
Robin J. Shannon, Sally Taylor, Andrew Goddard, Mark A. Blitz and Dwayne E. Heard
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00918K
Greetings from the 61st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electochemistry (ISE 2010) in Nice, France!
So far the conference has got off to a great start. It began this morning with a very warm welcome from ISE President, Rob Hillman, who is also on the PCCP Advisory Board. Rob highlighted the broad and multi-disciplinary scope of this year’s conference ‘Electrochemistry from Biology to Physics’.
This morning saw a focus on bioelectrochemistry, with oral presentations from many of the authors from PCCP’s recently published themed issue on bioelectrochemistry. These included Phil Bartlett, Ernesto Julio Calvo, Elana Ferapontova and also one of the Guest Editors of the issue, Nicolas Mano from Bordeaux. View this great issue here. One hot topic that’s come up a lot already this morning is enzyme based biofuel cells.
Watch out for more updates from ISE 2010…
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PCCP “Perspective“ – read this ‘HOT’ article today
Dyes for biological second harmonic generation imaging
James E. Reeve, Harry L. Anderson and Koen Clays
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C003720F
Emerging approaches towards stabilization of metal nanoparticles are key for the application of nanomaterials in industrial catalysis. These approaches are discussed in this high-profile feature review article.
Stabilizing metal nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis
Anmin Cao, Rongwen Lu and Götz Veser
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00729C
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The 1st TYC-Workshop on Energy Materials started yesterday at University College London, UK, and is set to be a very exciting meeting!
PCCP is sponsoring this meeting and will also be publishing an exciting issue on energy materials in the coming months, highlighting some of the great research being presented. Sign up for the PCCP e-alert today for future updates on this issue.
The meeting is organised by Jochen Blumberger and includes a host of top speakers including: Richard Catlow, Anthony Cheetham, James Durrant, Kit Bowen and many more!
Topics being covered this week include:
