Managing Editor, Philip Earis, will be at the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting and Exposition in Boston.
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Author Archive
Meet the team at ACS Fall 2010
06 Aug 2010
“Nano-bio” PCCP themed issue
06 Aug 2010
Announcing a PCCP themed issue on Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices
Submission Deadline: 06 December 2010
The aim of this issue is to cover the wide range of exciting research which encompasses the boundaries between biology, biophysics and biophysical chemistry on the nanoscale, topics include:
- bioconjugated nanoparticles for diagnostic imaging and therapy
- nanopatterning for biosensing and bioMEMS
- regenerative medicine and tissue engineering
- biofunctional and biomimetic materials
- drug delivery techniques using nanomaterials
The issue is part of the PCCP biophysics and biophysical chemistry series which will serve to foster links between these research communities and highlight the great work we publish in this area. The series is Guest Edited by Seong Keun Kim (Seoul National University, Korea), Jean-Pierre Schermann (Université Paris 13, France), and Taekjip Ha (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA).
All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of PCCP. Work should be accessible to a general physical and biophysical audience and papers should be written with this in mind.
PCCP Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry Series
05 Aug 2010
PCCP is delighted to announce that this year it is publishing a series of themed issues in the fields of biophysics and biophysical chemistry to highlight some of the great content we publish in this area.
The series contains issues on a variety of topics in this exciting multidisciplinary research area.
Take a look today at the issues that are already published:
And sign-up to our contents e-alerts to have the upcoming issues sent direct to your inbox:
- Water in biological systems
- Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Biological Science
- Homochirality and Origin of Life
- Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices
This high-profile series is Guest Edited by PCCP Advisory Board member Seong Keun Kim (Seoul National University, Korea), Jean-Pierre Schermann (Université Paris 13, France), and Taekjip Ha (University of Illinois, USA). The series also contains an issue on molecular mechanisms of the photostability of life Guest Edited by Andrzej Sobolewski and Wolfgang Domcke.
We believe that this series of themed issues will serve to foster links between the biophysics and biophysical chemistry research communities and will have a valuable and lasting impact in this research field.
Molecular Collision Dynamics – call for papers
02 Aug 2010
PCCP is delighted to announce a high-profile themed issue on Molecular Collision Dynamics, which will be Guest Edited by:
. Piergiorgio Casavecchia (University of Perugia, Italy)
. David Nesbitt (JILA/NIST, USA)
. Mark Brouard (University of Oxford, UK)
. Michel Costes (Universite Bordeaux, France)
. Evan Bieske (University of Melbourne, Australia)
. Scott H. Kable (University of Sydney, Australia)
The themed issue will be published in 2011 and will be displayed at a series of international conferences on “Collision Dynamics” in summer 2011 to maximise the visibility of the work published. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit to this themed issue.
Deadline for Submission: 08 November 2010
The study of gas-phase molecular collision dynamics has long proved to be a central and fruitful field of research, with an impact in many areas of science, for both experimental and theoretical physical chemists/chemical physicists. Over the past few years there have been major breakthroughs on studies of reaction and photodissociation dynamics, in gas-phase and beyond, from both the experimental and theoretical points of view. In particular, exciting experimental progress accompanied by significant synergistic advances in theoretical methodologies and computational capabilities have allowed us to compare very detailed experimental observables with the results of exact quantum scattering calculations.
This themed issue is intended to collect contributions from a large number of top scientists in the field throughout the world, both experimentalists and theoreticians, of collision dynamics in the gas-phase (and beyond). As we move into the second decade of the millennium, the goal is to highlight the state-of-the-art and outline the future prospects for the whole exciting area of research of collision dynamics.
Submissions
Submissions should be high quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research. Both Communications and Full Papers can be submitted for consideration.
All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of PCCP.
Manuscripts for this PCCP themed issue can be submitted in any reasonable format using our online submissions service. Please indicate upon submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue. Submissions before the 8th November deadline are of course also welcome.
Protein anharmonicity – disentangled
30 Jul 2010
‘HOT’ article – hot of the press – read it now!
Molecular origin and hydration dependence of protein anharmonicity: an elastic neutron scattering study
Giorgio Schiró, Chiara Caronna, Francesca Natali and Antonio Cupane
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/c003482g
This paper studies different homomeric polypeptides by incoherent elastic neutron scattering, thus disentangling the contribution of different molecular groups in proteins.
This article will be part of the PCCP Water in Biological Systems themed issue which will be published in August – sign-up to our contents e-alert to receive this issue direct into your inbox!
Materials Innovation through Interfacial Chemistry
29 Jul 2010
PCCP is delighted to announce an exciting themed issue which will be Guest Edited by Editorial Board member Professor Katsuhiko Ariga – submit a paper to the Materials Innovation through Interfacial Physics and Chemistry issue.
Deadline for Submission: 04 October 2010
Nanofabrication (top-down) and self-assembly (bottom-up) are now providing innovative materials with well-designed internal nanostructures. These processes are always accompanied by specific interfacial phenomena. Molecules align to a particular direction, atoms have higher energies, forces and fields bear anisotropies, and these anomalies often happen at the interface. Therefore, innovative and high functional materials have to be designed and synthesized with deep understanding of interfacial physics and chemistry.
Interfaces are not limited to the typical bulk visible interface such as gas-solid and liquid-liquid interfaces. Invisible interfaces including surfaces of molecular assemblies and molecular/molecular interfaces can also play important roles in materials preparation. Through specific interactions, various materials such as mesoporous solids, layered assemblies, and shape-defined nanomaterials can be created. Recent studies in these areas have certainly proven importance of interfacial physics and chemistry on materials innovation. This issue is expected to be of wide general interest to physicists and chemists in nano-related and materials-related fields.
Submissions, either communications or full papers, should be high-quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research, containing important new physical insight. All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of PCCP.
Read more about our upcoming ‘Themed Issues’.
CO2: a wild solvent, tamed
29 Jul 2010
‘HOT’ PCCP Perspective!
A review on the approaches for modification of the solvent properties of supercritical CO2.
CO2: a wild solvent, tamed
Stephen Cummings, Kieran Trickett, Robert Enick and Julian Eastoe
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/c003856c
Read it now here.
TYC-Workshop on Energy Materials – Early bird registration 31st July
28 Jul 2010
PCCP is delighted to announce its collaboration with the 1st TYC-Workshop on Energy Materials and will be publishing an exciting issue on energy materials following the meeting. Sign up for the PCCP e-alert today for future updates.
**Early bird registration (£25) and poster abstract deadline ends very soon – register before the 31st July!**
Topics covered are:
- Photo-induced energy conversion
- Hydrogen storage
- Electrochemistry, Fuel Cells and Energy Storage
7th-9th September 2010
University College London, UK
Early bird registration and the Abstract deadline is the 31st July 2010.
www.thomasyoungcentre.org/events/279
Nano-catalysis: call for papers
28 Jul 2010
Submit an article to the high-profile PCCP themed issue on Controlled Nanostructures for Applications in Catalysts, which will be Guest Edited by Professor Ferdi Schüth (MPI Mülheim). The themed issue will be published in early 2011.
Deadline for Submission: 15 September 2010
The controlled fabrication of nanostructures has seen tremendous development over the last ten years or so. This progress was made possible by a combination of findings from different fields, such as the synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials, controlled preparation of size controlled nanoparticles, patterned functionalization of surfaces, integration of nanoparticles and dendrimers, among others. Such controlled nanostructures have been used in a variety of fields, but one of the most interesting applications is catalysis.
These nanostructured catalysts can have novel properties by the integration of different functional subunits or can catalyze novel types of conversions, such as cascade reactions by the integration of different catalytic functions. Moreover, the possibility to control the materials precisely on the nanoscale opens opportunities for fundamental studies, since these well ordered, structures and characterized materials are excellent model catalysts.
This themed issue will focus on the physical chemistry of these materials and their catalytic applications. Contributions should contain significant physical insight, therefore purely synthetic work cannot be considered for this issue. The purpose of this themed issue is to collect together the exciting work in this area and we believe it will make an important and lasting contribution to this area.
Submissions, either communications or full papers, should be high-quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research, containing important new physical insight.
All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of PCCP.
Solid state and cluster structure prediction
27 Jul 2010
This week’s issue of PCCP is all about ‘Solid state and cluster structure prediction‘ – take a look today!
This exciting themed issue is Guest Edited by Scott M. Woodley and Richard Catlow, University College London, UK.
Prediction of the structures at the atomic level of molecules and materials remains one of the core challenges of chemistry. Computational chemistry and physics have given us powerful tools over the last few decades for accurate modelling of atomic level structures. But how far can we predict structures? That is, to what extent are we able, given knowledge of the chemical composition of a system, to identify reliably the thermodynamically stable structure?
This issue attempts to provide at least partial answers to this question by presenting a number of recent studies of the prediction of structures of both crystals and nanoparticles.
Want to read more about our upcoming themed issues? Please visit the ‘Themed Issues’ page on our website.