Insightful Perspective feature article – In vitro hydrogen production
In vitro hydrogen production—using energy from the sun
Henning Krassen, Sascha Ott and Joachim Heberle
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01163K
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Mimicking enzymes to produce energy
25 Nov 2010
The mystery of gold uncovered…
23 Nov 2010
This feature review article explores how to improve the use of gold in catalysis, as well as advancing the fundamental understanding of gold surfaces.
The mystery of gold’s chemical activity: local bonding, morphology and reactivity of atomic oxygen
Thomas A. Baker, Xiaoying Liu and Cynthia M. Friend
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01514H
Cynthia Friend is an Editorial Board member of the new RSC Publishing journal, Catalysis Science & Technology – take a look at this exciting journal today!
Conference announcement: Faraday Discussion 152: Gold
4 – 6 July 2011 , Cardiff, UK
Call for poster abstracts deadline – 30 April 2011
2011 ISACS series – abstract submission now open
22 Nov 2010
Submit abstracts for ISACS now!
Online abstract submission for the International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS) is now open. Abstracts are invited by the dates below:
- ISACS4: Challenges in Renewable Energy:
Oral Presentations: 21 January 2011, Posters: 6th May 2011
- ISACS5: Challenges in Chemical Biology:
Oral Presentations: 21 January 2011, Posters: 27th May 2011
- ISACS6: Challenges in Organic Materials & Supramolecular Chemistry:
Oral Presentations: 18 March 2011, Posters: 8th July 2011
You can find out more about the exceptional speaker line-up at each event, sign up for news updates and submit abstracts and oral presentations at www.rsc.org/isacs.
Titania supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalysts
19 Nov 2010
Perspective article – photocatalyst feature review
Read it now:
Titania supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalyst
Ana Primo, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00917B
We welcome Seong Keun Kim to PCCP Editorial Board
18 Nov 2010
Professor Seong Keun Kim is head of the Molecular Reaction Dynamics Laboratory at Seoul National University, Korea. He uses spectroscopic, microscopic, and computational methods to investigate a wide range of subjects from molecular physics, to nanoscience, to cell biology.
His research goal is to elucidate the underlying principles of biological processes and nanomaterials applications in the language of chemistry, especially in terms of molecular interactions.
Along side new Advisory Board member, Taekjip Ha, Kim is also one of the Guest Editors of the 2010/11 PCCP themed issue series on biophysics and biophysical chemistry. The series includes issues on the following topics – take a look today:
PCCP biophysics and biophysical chemistry series
- Biomolecular Structures: From Isolated Molecules to Living Cells – 2010 Issue 14
- Molecular Mechanisms of the Photostability of life – 2010, Issue 19
- Water in biological systems – 2010, Issue 35
- Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Biological Science – 2010, Issue 41
- Homochirality and Origin of Life – Coming in January 2011
- Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices – Coming in April 2011
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Katsuhiko Ariga joins the PCCP Editorial Board
17 Nov 2010
We are delighted to welcome Professor Katsuhiko Ariga to the PCCP Editorial Board.
Professor Ariga is the Director of the Supermolecules Group at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). His research field is based on supermolecular chemistry and surface science, including the boundary research areas of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, and materials chemistry.
His major interests are:
- fabrication of novel functional nanostructures
- molecular recognition and self-assembly
- Langmuir-Blodgett films/layer-by-layer films
- mesoporous materials
Professor Ariga will also be an Associate Editor for the journal and will handle some PCCP submissions alongside the Editorial Office in Cambridge. So next time you submit a paper, you can state a preference for your manuscript to go to Professor Ariga, who is a leading researcher in the materials and nano areas.
Professor Ariga is Guest Edited of the forthcoming PCCP themed issue on Materials Innovation through Interfacial Physics and Chemistry – watch out for this issue is February 2011!
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μMAS NMR – solid state NMR with the high resolution of liquid spectra
16 Nov 2010
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
We welcome Alessandro Troisi to our Advisory Board
16 Nov 2010
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
Pablo Etchegoin now on PCCP Advisory Board
15 Nov 2010
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
New PCCP Advisory Board member – Taekjip Ha
12 Nov 2010
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
- Biomolecular Structures: From Isolated Molecules to Living Cells – 2010 Issue 14
- Molecular Mechanisms of the Photostability of life – 2010, Issue 19
- Water in biological systems – 2010, Issue 35
- Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Biological Science – 2010, Issue 41
- Homochirality and Origin of Life – Coming in January 2011
- Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices – Coming in April 2011
Sign-up to our free contents e-alerts to have the upcoming issues sent direct to your inbox.