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Recent HOT articles in PCCP

25 Aug 2015

The following HOT articles have been highlighted by the reviewers of the articles as being particularly interesting or significant pieces of research. These are all free to access until 30/09/2015. The order they appear in the list has no meaning or ranking.

Nuclear depolarization and absolute sensitivity in magic-angle spinning cross effect dynamic nuclear polarization
Frédéric Mentink-Vigier, Subhradip Paul, Daniel Lee, Akiva Feintuch, Sabine Hediger, Shimon Vega and Gaël De Paëpe
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03457D, Paper

C5CP03457D GA

A photoionization mass spectroscopic study on the formation of phosphanes in low temperature phosphine ices
Andrew M. Turner, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Si Y. Chen, Yu T. Chen, Agnes H. H. Chang and Ralf I. Kaiser
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP02835C, Paper

C5CP02835C GA

Insights into colour-tuning of chlorophyll optical response in green plants
Joaquim Jornet-Somoza, Joseba Alberdi-Rodriguez, Bruce F. Milne, Xavier Andrade, Miguel A. L. Marques, Fernando Nogueira, Micael J. T. Oliveira, James J. P. Stewart and Angel Rubio
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03392F, Paper

C5CP03392F GA

Real time observation of the excimer formation dynamics of a gas phase benzene dimer by picosecond pump–probe spectroscopy
Mitsuhiko Miyazaki and Masaaki Fujii
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03010B, Paper
From themed collection Optical spectroscopy coupled with mass spectrometry methods

C5CP03010B GA

Charting the known chemical space for non-aqueous lithium–air battery electrolyte solvents
Tamara Husch and Martin Korth
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP02937F, Paper

C5CP02937F GA

Thermotropic interface and core relaxation dynamics of liquid crystals in silica glass nanochannels: a dielectric spectroscopy study
Sylwia Całus, Lech Borowik, Andriy V. Kityk, Manfred Eich, Mark Busch and Patrick Huber
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03039K, Paper

C5CP03039K GA

PRESTO polarization transfer to quadrupolar nuclei: implications for dynamic nuclear polarization
Frédéric A. Perras, Takeshi Kobayashi and Marek Pruski
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP04145G, Paper

C5CP04145G GA

Photovoltaic performance and the energy landscape of CH3NH3PbI3
Yecheng Zhou, Fuzhi Huang, Yi-Bing Cheng and Angus Gray-Weale
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03352G, Paper

C5CP03352G GA

Retinal shows its true colours: photoisomerization action spectra of mobility-selected isomers of the retinal protonated Schiff base
N. J. A. Coughlan, B. D. Adamson, L. Gamon, K. Catani and E. J. Bieske
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03611A, Paper

C5CP03611A GA

Microstructural characteristics of natural gas hydrates hosted in various sand sediments
Jiafei Zhao, Lei Yang, Yu Liu and Yongchen Song
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03698D, Paper

C5CP03698D GA

Born–Oppenheimer and Renner–Teller coupled-channel quantum reaction dynamics of O(3P) + H2+(X2Σg+) collisions
Pablo Gamallo, Paolo Defazio, Miguel González, Miguel Paniagua and Carlo Petrongolo
Journal Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03451E, Paper

C5CP03451E GA

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Surface-enhanced spectroscopies

13 Aug 2015

Novel types of spectroscopies with promising technological applications have been developed through the combination of molecular spectroscopies based on infrared absorption, Raman scattering, and fluorescence emission with metal nanostructures generating very high locally increased electric fields upon resonant excitation. This PCCP themed collection, ‘Surface-enhanced spectroscopies‘, brings together contributions from various disciplines (physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, life sciences) and covers the full range of topics from fundamentals to methods and applications.

The Guest Editors for this themed collection are Rudolf Holze (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany) and Sebastian Schlücker (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany). Their Editorial can be viewed for free until 30^th September 2015, along with this selection of articles:

In situ Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy on working electrodes: spectroelectrochemical characterization of water oxidation electrocatalysts, Khurram S. Joya and Xavier Sala, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 21094-21103, DOI: 10.1039/C4CP05053C

Plasmonic properties of regiospecific core–satellite assemblies of gold nanostars and nanospheres, A. Swarnapali D. S. Indrasekara, Roney Thomas and Laura Fabris, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 21133-21142, DOI: 10.1039/C4CP04517C

Bio-sensing with butterfly wings: naturally occurring nano-structures for SERS-based malaria parasite detection, Natalie L. Garrett, Ryo Sekine, Matthew W. A. Dixon, Leann Tilley, Keith R. Bambery and Bayden R. Wood, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 21164-21168, DOI: 10.1039/C4CP04930F

Surface- and tip-enhanced resonant Raman scattering from CdSe nanocrystals, E. Sheremet, A. G. Milekhin, R. D. Rodriguez, T. Weiss, M. Nesterov, E. E. Rodyakina, O. D. Gordan, L. L. Sveshnikova, T. A. Duda, V. A. Gridchin, V. M. Dzhagan, M. Hietschold and D. R. T. Zahn, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 21198-21203, DOI: 10.1039/C4CP05087H (Open Access)

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International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis -ISHHC17

13 Aug 2015

The 17th International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC17), was held at Utrecht University between 12th-15th July, 2015. The opening ceremony took place in the Dom church in the city centre, with plenary lectures given by Professor Robert Schlögl (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany) and Professor Jan van Hest (Radboud University, the Netherlands).

Catalysis Science & Technology and PCCP were proud to sponsor two poster prizes during the event. These were awarded to Amanda E. Anderson (Christopher J. Baddeley and Paul A. Wright) of EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews (UK) for her poster, ‘Immobilization of Nanoparticles in Metal Organic Frameworks for Tandem Catalysis’; and to Pim Huat Phua (Boon Ying Tay, Cun Wang, Ludger Paul Stubbs) of Institute of Chemical and Engineering Science (A*STAR) (Singapore), for his poster, ‘Hydrogenation of Levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone: Homogeneous vs Heterogeneous Catalysis’.

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