The animated graphical abstract in a PCCP paper has attracted attention online this week and has been referenced in a Nature Chemistry editorial on the art of abstracts.
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Stabilizing carbon-lithium stars
Nancy Perez-Peralta, Maryel Contreras, William Tiznado, John Stewart, Kelling J. Donald and Gabriel Merino
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21061K
PCCP is delighted to present issue 30 which contains a collection of papers on the theme of Nanostructures in Ionic Liquids, Guest Edited by Jairton Dupont (UFRGS, Brazil) and Rob Atkin (University of Newcastle, Australia).
The cover image of this issue features the work of Sheng Dai and colleagues on boron and nitrogen-rich carbons with tailorable surface properties (DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20631A).
Highlights in the issue include:
Perspective
Plasma electrochemistry in ionic liquids: an alternative route to generate nanoparticles
Oliver Höfft and Frank Endres
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20501C
Ionic liquids as recycling solvents for the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles
Flavia C. C. Oliveira, Fernando B. Effenberger, Marcelo H. Sousa, Renato F. Jardim, Pedro K. Kiyohara, Jairton Dupont, Joel C. Rubim and Liane M. Rossi
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21518C
Growth of sputter-deposited gold nanoparticles in ionic liquids
Evert Vanecht, Koen Binnemans, Jin Won Seo, Linda Stappers and Jan Fransaer
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20552H
Browse this high-profile themed issue today!
Upcoming RSC Conference in this area:
Ionic Liquids Conference: Faraday Discussion 154
22 – 24 August 2011
Belfast, UK
Last chance to register!
PCCP themed issue: Hydrogen Bonding in Electronically Excited States
Guest Editors: Guang-Jiu Zhao and Ke-Li Han
(Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China)
PCCP is delighted to announce the high-profile themed issue ‘Hydrogen Bonding in Electronically Excited States’. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit to this themed issue.
The themed issue will be published in PCCP in 2012 and will be displayed at relevant international conferences in summer 2012 to maximise the visibility of the work published.
Deadline for Submissions: 05 December 2011
The hydrogen bonding has been recognized as one subject of contemporary research interests due to its prevalence and fundamental importance in various branches of science in the past century. To complement the recently published PCCP themed issue on ‘Weak Hydrogen Bonds – Strong Effects’, Guest Edited by Wouter Herrebout (University of Antwerp) and Martin Suhm (University of Göttingen, this themed issue will focus on hydrogen bonding in electronically excited states, which are play an increasingly important role in many photo-physical processes and photochemical reactions.
This themed intends to collect the state-of-the-art contributions from a large number of top scientists in the field throughout the world, including the themes;
Manuscripts can be submitted in any reasonable format using our online submissions service. Submissions should be high quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research. Please indicate upon submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue.
Submit to this themed issue
View the PCCP themed issue on ‘Weak Hydrogen Bonds – Strong Effects’
The incorporation of hematoporphyrin IX (Hp IX) in silica nanospheres enhances its potential for photodynamic therapy.
The entrapment of Hp IX in silica by means of a microemulsion resulted in silica spheres of 33 ± 6 nm. The small size, narrow size distribution and lack of aggregation maintain Hp IX silica nanospheres stable in aqueous solutions for long periods and permit a detailed study of the entrapped drug by different techniques.
Read this Hot PCCP article today:
Enhancement of hematoporphyrin IX potential for photodynamic therapy by entrapment in silica nanospheres
Paulo R. Silva, Lucas L. R. Vono, Breno P. Espósito, Maurício S. Baptista and Liane M. Rossi
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21525F
Artificial Photosynthesis: Faraday Discussion 155
5 – 7 September 2011
Edinburgh, UK
Registration deadline – 05 August 2011
Last chance to register for this exciting conference !
Confirmed speakers
• Graham Fleming, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Sir Richard Friend FRS, University of Cambridge, UK
• Michael Graetzel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Dirk Guldi, University of Erlangen , Germany
• Devens Gust, Arizona State University, USA
• Osamu Ishitani, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Tom Mallouk, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Stefan Matile, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Garry Rumbles, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
• Stenbjörn Styring, Uppsala University, Sweden
• Licheng Sun, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
There is a growing conviction that the only real prospect for our long-term energy provision relies on the ability to collect and store sunlight in the form of chemical potential. The need for alternative fuels and reduction of excess carbon dioxide left over from our era of fossil fuel consumption, focuses the attention on the design of effective artificial photosynthetic systems. This is a growing global problem and it will soon become the dominant scientific issue.
Applying new knowledge to old problems: FD155 will focus on possible solutions to long-standing problems in the development of artificial synthesis. This topical and important area of science covers many disciplines. The combination of biology, chemistry, physics and theory makes for an exciting blend of discussion points.
Themes
• Electronic energy transfer
• Fuel production / carbon dioxide reduction
• Oxygen evolution
• Integrated photo-systems
• Electron transfer
Scientists at the University of Helsinki have investigated how relativity can influence the chemical properties of batteries.
Following on from their previous work on the common lead-acid battery, they have now looked into how relativity effects the once common mercury battery. The key result is that 29% (+0.38 V) of the calculated voltage of the mercury battery’s electromotoric force (EMF) arise from relativistic effects.
Relativity and the mercury battery
Patryk Zaleski-Ejgierd and Pekka Pyykkö
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21738K
Motivated by the recent discovery of new diffuse interstellar bands and results from laboratory experiments, this two-part paper explores the electronically excited radical cations of naphthalene and anthracene as models for astrophysical observations.
In part I, ab initio quantum chemistry calculations are carried out for the lowest six electronic states of naphthalene and anthracene radical cations in this two-part paper. The calculated adiabatic electronic energies are utilized to construct suitable diabatic electronic Hamiltonians in order to perform nuclear dynamics studies in part II.
Theoretical study of electronically excited radical cations of naphthalene and anthracene as archetypal models for astrophysical observations
S. Ghanta, V. Sivaranjana Reddy and S. Mahapatra
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011
Part I. Static aspects: DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21083A
Part II. Dynamics consequences: DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21084J
Easily fluidizable agglomerates of a nanostructured silica powder serve as a fluidization vehicle of CO2 adsorbent Ca(OH)2 particles.
The increase of the effective contact time and contact surface in a fluidized bed reactor caused by the homogenization of fluidization gives rise to a significant enhancement of the CO2 adsorption efficiency by Ca(OH)2.
Improving the gas–solids contact efficiency in a fluidized bed of CO2 adsorbent fine particles
J. M. Valverde, F. Pontiga, C. Soria-Hoyo, M. A. S. Quintanilla, H. Moreno, F. J. Duran and M. J. Espin
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21939A
The PCCP Editorial team are very sad to learn that Jean-Pierre Schermann has recently passed away. We would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest sympathies to his family and friends.
Jean-Pierre Schermann was Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris 13 (Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers) and has made considerable impressive contributions to the scientific community in the field of spectroscopy and modeling of biomolecular structures.
Jean Pierre Schermann
We are certainly extremely grateful for his long-standing support of PCCP as an author, frequent referee and more recently as a Guest Editor of the PCCP themed issue series on biophysics and biophysical chemistry, including the very recent themed issue on nanobiology:
Editorial on nanobiology
Seong Keun Kim, Taekjip Ha and Jean-Pierre Schermann
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 9916-9917
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP90058G
PCCP is delighted to announce a high-profile 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 at the great issues today:
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.
