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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) Advisory Board member Professor Elangannan Arunan, an expert in the field of bonding, reaction kinetics and dynamics, has picked his favourite articles recently published in this area in PCCP.

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Perspectives

The role of weak hydrogen bonds in chiral recognition
Debora Scuderi, Katia Le Barbu-Debus and A. Zehnacker
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20987F

Proton transfer and polarity changes in ionic liquid–water mixtures: a perspective on hydrogen bonds from ab initio molecular dynamics at the example of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate–water mixtures—Part 1
Martin Brehm, Henry Weber, Alfonso S. Pensado, Annegret Stark and Barbara Kirchner
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23983C

Original research

Molecular geometries of H₂S ICF₃ and H₂O ICF₃ characterised by broadband rotational spectroscopy
Susanna L. Stephens, Nicholas R. Walker and Anthony C. Legon
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22339A

Infrared spectra of the protonated neurotransmitter histamine: competition between imidazolium and ammonium isomers in the gas phase
Anita Lagutschenkov, Judith Langer, Giel Berden, Jos Oomens and Otto Dopfer
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21681C

A π-stacked phenylacetylene dimer
Surajit Maity, G. Naresh Patwari, Robert Sedlak and Pavel Hobza
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20677J

Experimentally measured permanent dipoles induced by hydrogen bonding. The Stark spectrum of indole–NH₃
Adam J. Fleisher, Justin W. Young and David W. Pratt
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23902G

Infrared spectrum of the 2-chloroethyl radical in solid para-hydrogen
Jay C. Amicangelo, Barbara Golec, Mohammed Bahou and Yuan-Pern Lee
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22524C

Experimental and modeling study of carbon suboxide decomposition behind reflected shock waves
M. Aghsaee, H. Böhm, S. H. Dürrstein, M. Fikri and C. Schulz
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22044F

Exploring microsolvation of the anesthetic propofol
Iker Leon, Emilio J. Cocinero, Judith Millán, Sander Jaeqx, Anouk M. Rijs, Alberto Lesarri, Fernando Castaño and José A. Fernández
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23583H

Low-temperature combustion chemistry of biofuels: pathways in the initial low-temperature (550 K–750 K) oxidation chemistry of isopentanol
Oliver Welz, Judit Zádor, John D. Savee, Martin Y. Ng, Giovanni Meloni, Ravi X. Fernandes, Leonid Sheps, Blake A. Simmons, Taek Soon Lee, David L. Osborn and Craig A. Taatjes
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23248K

You can find many more excellent articles on our website.

Prof. Alfred B. Anderson of Case Western Reserve University has discussed the content of his recent PCCP Perspective on Nanowerk. Anderson argues that the platinum electrodes commonly used in fuel cells have fundamental drawbacks that mean their full potential will never be reached, and scientists would be better putting more efforts into searching for an alternative.

Read the full details of Prof. Anderson’s fascinating PCCP Perspective today:

Insights into electrocatalysis
Alfred B. Anderson
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 1330-1338
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23616H

US-based scientists Jinquan Chen and Bern Kohler have studied the excited-state dynamics of 5 xanthine derivatives. The compounds display ultrashort excited state lifetimes – analogous to adenine and guanine – and the authors conclude that these compounds may be candidates for the building blocks of life on prebiotic Earth.

Read this fascinating PCCP paper today:

Ultrafast nonradiative decay by hypoxanthine and several methylxanthines in aqueous and acetonitrile solution
Jinquan Chen and Bern Kohler
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP41296A