Professor Arno Kentgens sums up the technique as:
“Miniaturization of NMR detector technology makes very efficient heteronuclear decoupling possible, bringing solid-state NMR line widths in the regime of liquid-state NMR”.
High-resolution solid-state 13C μMAS NMR with long coherence life times
Suresh K. Vasa, Hans Janssen, Ernst R. H. Van Eck and Arno P. M. Kentgens
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01929A
Troisi
We are delighted to announce that Alessandro Troisi has joined the PCCP Advisory Board.
His group at the University of Warwick, UK, study various interesting physical properties of molecules and materials, developing theoretical models and applying computational methods (quantum and classical). He is interested in charge transport within organic materials and molecular junctions, charge transfer reactions and modelling molecular self-assembly.
Read his recent PCCP paper which uses a partitioning method to efficiently predict the charge injection rate of a chromophore adsorbed on TiO2 surface:
A method to rapidly predict the charge injection rate in dye sensitized solar cells
Daniel R. Jones and Alessandro Troisi
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 4625-4634
We are delighted to warmly welcome Professor Pablo Etchegoin to the PCCP Advisory Board.
Pablo is Professor of Physics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and his main research interest is Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS), with a particular interest in using SERS to probe biological systems. Pablo was Guest Editor of the 2009 PCCP themed issue ‘New Frontiers in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering’.
View the New Frontiers in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering themed issue today!
Or read the Perspective review article from this issue on the applications of SERS to study dyes:
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
We are pleased to welcome Professor Taekjip Ha, Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, USA, to the PCCP Advisory Board.
Professor Ha’s research uses physical concepts and experimental techniques to study molecular biology. Techniques the group uses include single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy, and magnetic and optical tweezers.
He is also one of the Guest Editors of the popular 2010/11 PCCP themed issue series on biophysics and biophysical chemistry. The series includes issues on the following topics – check them out today:
PCCP biophysics and biophysical chemistry series
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Mini reviews
Photodissociation and photoelectron imaging of molecular ions: probing multisurface and multichannel dynamics
Prashant Chandra Singh, Lei Shen, Myung Hwa Kim and Arthur G. Suits
Chem. Sci., 2010, 552-560 ”
Ultrafast studies of single semiconductor and metal nanostructures through transient absorption microscopy
Gregory V. Hartland
Chem. Sci., 2010, 303-309
Perspective article
Future perspectives of nonadiabatic chemical dynamics
Shinkoh Nanbu, Toshimasa Ishida and Hiroki Nakamura
Chem. Sci., 2010, 663-674
Edge articles
Vibrational overtone excitation in electron mediated energy transfer at metal surfaces
Russell Cooper, Igor Rahinov, Zhisheng Li, Daniel Matsiev, Daniel J. Auerbach and Alec M. Wodtke
Chem. Sci., 2010, 55-61
Towards thermochromic and thermoresponsive near-infrared (NIR) luminescent molecular materials through the modulation of inter- and/or intramolecular Pt Pt and π–π interactions
Kenneth Hoi-Yiu Chan, Hoi-Shan Chow, Keith Man-Chung Wong, Margaret Ching-Lam Yeung and Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Chem. Sci., 2010, 477-482
Energy upconversion sensitized by a platinum(II) terpyridyl acetylide complex
Pingwu Du and Richard Eisenberg
Chem. Sci., 2010, 502-506
Homoleptic copper(I) phenylselenolate polymer as a single-source precursor for Cu2Se nanocrystals. Structure, photoluminescence and application in field-effect transistor
Kam-Hung Low, Cheng-Hui Li, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Stephen Sin-Yin Chui, Sharon Lai-Fung Chan and Chi-Ming Che
Chem. Sci., 2010, 515-518
Correlated single quantum dot blinking and interfacial electron transfer dynamics
Shengye Jin, Jung-Cheng Hsiang, Haiming Zhu, Nianhui Song, Robert M. Dickson and Tianquan Lian
Chem. Sci., 2010, 519-526
A versatile, solvent-free methodology for the functionalisation of carbon nanotubes
Robert Menzel, Michael Q. Tran, Angelika Menner, Christopher W. M. Kay, Alexander Bismarck and Milo S. P. Shaffer
Chem. Sci., 2010, 603-608
A novel synergistic enhanced chemiluminescence achieved by a multiplex nanoprobe for biological applications combined with dual-amplification of magnetic nanoparticles
Sai Bi, Hong Zhou and Shusheng Zhang
Chem. Sci., 2010, 681-687
Heterolytic and heterotopic dissociation of hydrogen on ceria-supported gold nanoparticles. Combined inelastic neutron scattering and FT-IR spectroscopic study on the nature and reactivity of surface hydrogen species
Raquel Juárez, Stewart F. Parker, Patricia Concepción, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García
Chem. Sci., 2010, 731-738
Preparing water-dispersed palladium nanoparticles via polyelectrolyte nanoreactors
Matthew M. Coulter, Jose Amado Dinglasan, Jane B. Goh, Sreekumari Nair, Darren J. Anderson and Vy M. Dong
Chem. Sci., 2010, 772-775
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PCCP issue 45 now out online – browse the issue now
Highlights from the issue:
Perspective review article
Engineering 3D ordered molecular thin films by nanoscale control
Simone Fabiano and Bruno Pignataro
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14848
Communication
UV and visible light controllable depletion zone of ZnO-polyaniline p–n junction and its application in a photoresponsive sensor
Jian Gong, Yinhua Li and Yulin Deng
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14864-14867
Research papers
Electrochemical formation and investigation of a self-assembled [60]fullerene monolayer
Th. Doneux, J. G. Limon-Petersen and R. G. Compton
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 15029-15033
Molecular dynamics simulations of structure and dynamics of organic molecular crystals
Alexandra Nemkevich, Hans-Beat Bürgi, Mark A. Spackman and Ben Corry
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14916-14929
We are delighted to announce that Professor Roman Krems has joined the PCCP Advisory Board.
Roman is Associate Professor at The University of British Columbia, Canada and his research interests lie in the theory of ultracold molecules. He has authored and co-authored over 70 research articles in leading international journals, including four invited review articles and written four book chapters.
Roman is also co-Guest Editor of the forthcoming PCCP themed issue on the Physics and Chemistry of Cold Molecules – for further details and to submit an article click here!
Read his high-profile PCCP Perspective review article:
Cold controlled chemistry
R. V. Krems
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 4079-4092
Professor Martyn Poliakoff (University of Nottingham, UK) discusses the recently published PCCP paper by Pekka Pyykko on his YouTube Channel – Periodic Videos
Pekka Pyykko has theoretically extended the periodic table from 118 to 172 elements using Dirac-Fock calculations
Read the paper:
A suggested periodic table up to Z ≤ 172, based on Dirac–Fock calculations on atoms and ions
P Pykko
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2010, DOI: 10.1039/ c0cp01575j
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HOT paper – read it first!
This PCCP paper numerically solves a kinetic model of chiral polymerization in systems closed to matter and energy flow.
Chiral polymerization: symmetry breaking and entropy production in closed systems
Celia Blanco and David Hochberg
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00992J
They demonstrate that a strong chiral amplification can take place in a reversible model of chiral polymerization closed to matter flow and subject to constraints imposed by micro-reversibility.
These results are important, because they suggest that spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking in experimental chiral polymerization can take place, and with observable and large chiral excesses, without the need to introduce chiral initiators or large initial chiral excesses.
Using a combination of Circular Dichroism and Molecular Dynamics simulations, this paper investigates the folding of a very short fragment of a HIV peptide in different pH conditions. This fragment of the peptide (Membrane Proximal Region, MPR) is believed to be relevant to its biological function and this study aims to mimic conditions experienced during viral fusion.
This research brings us another step closer to understanding how HIV interacts with the body and hopes to help in the fight to combat the HIV virus.
Autonomous folding in the membrane proximal HIV peptide gp41659–671: pH tuneability at micelle interfaces
Craig R. Gregor, Eleonora Cerasoli, Paul R. Tulip, Maxim G. Ryadnov, Glenn J. Martyna and Jason Crain
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01502D
