As the excitement builds at London 2012 we bring you some “Olympics themed” articles from Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) and Nanoscale. OK, so some of the links are a bit tenuous but it’s the taking part that counts… We hope you enjoy them!
Quantum sized, thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters
Rongchao Jin
Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 343-362
DOI: 10.1039/B9NR00160C
Density functional triple jumping
Jia Deng, Andrew T. B. Gilbert and Peter M. W. Gill
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 10759-10765
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00242A
Silver nanowires – unique templates for functional nanostructures
Yugang Sun
Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 1626-1642
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00258E
In situ STM observation of morphological changes of the Pt(111) electrode surface during potential cycling in 10 mM HF solution
Mitsuru Wakisaka , Shuichi Asizawa , Hiroyuki Uchida and Masahiro Watanabe
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 4184-4190
DOI: 10.1039/B923956A
Surface modification of anatase nanoparticles with fused ring catecholate type ligands: a combined DFT and experimental study of optical properties
Tatjana D. Savić, Ivana A. Janković, Zoran V. Šaponjić, Mirjana I. Čomor, Dušan Ž. Veljković, Snežana D. Zarić and Jovan M. Nedeljković
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 1612-1619
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11501H
A method to tune the ionic current rectification of track-etched nanopores by using surfactant
Lin Wang, Yu Yan, Yanbo Xie, Long Chen, Jianming Xue, Sha Yan and Yugang Wang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 576-581
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00587H
Visible-light-induced photocatalysis through surface plasmon excitation of gold on titania surfaces
Ewa Kowalska, Orlando Omar Prieto Mahaney, Ryu Abe and Bunsho Ohtani
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 2344-2355
DOI: 10.1039/B917399D
In situ TEM observation of lithium nanoparticle growth and morphological cycling
Jay Ghatak, Wei Guan and Günter Möbus
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 1754-1759, DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11546H
The electron density vs. NICS scan: a new approach to assess aromaticity in molecules with different ring sizes
Cina Foroutan-Nejad, Shant Shahbazian and Parviz Rashidi-Ranjbar
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 12630-12637
DOI: 10.1039/C004254D
Power-law statistics in blinking SERS of thiacyanine adsorbed on a single silver nanoaggregate
Yasutaka Kitahama, Yuhei Tanaka, Tamitake Itoh and Yukihiro Ozaki
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 7457-7460
DOI: 10.1039/C000824A
Also check out the the exciting images of the olympicene molecule made by Anish Mistry and David Fox from the University of Warwick to celebrate the Olympics.
