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HOT article: Close-up on salt dissolving in water

Scientists from the UK and Italy have investigated what happens when salt dissolves in water. Using a computer simulation that follows the movement of the sodium and chloride molecules, the studies revealed that a complex multi-step process is triggered by the departure of chloride ions from the salt structure, with a well-defined intermediate state wherein departing ions are partially solvated but remain in contact with the crystal.

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Reference:
L-M Liu, A Laio and A Michaelides, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011
DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21077g

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HOT article: Ionisation enhancement in ammonia

A team from the US has revealed the mechanism in which extreme ionisation of ammonia takes place. Ammonia’s ionisation properties play an important role in many applications ranging from planetary atmospheres to radiation chemistry and in the production of energetic materials.

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Reference:
S G Sayres, M W Ross and A W Castleman Jr, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011
DOI: 10.1039/c1cp20612e

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Photolytic processing of secondary organic aerosols

High resolution mass spectrometry reveals efficient photolytic processing of secondary organic aerosol dissolved in cloud droplets.

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Photolytic processing of secondary organic aerosols dissolved in cloud droplets
Adam P. Bateman, Sergey A. Nizkorodov, Julia Laskin and Alexander Laskin
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20526A

MS

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Faraday Discussion 156: Tribology – call for oral abstracts

Faraday Discussion 156: Tribology
2 – 4 April 2012 
Southampton, UK

Deadline for Oral Abstracts: 3 June 2011 – submit now

Tribology is the essential science of all interacting surfaces in relative motion and affects our lives in many direct ways.

Tribology: FD156 will focus on advanced computational and experimental tribology, providing a forum for chemists, physicists, theoreticians, engineers and biomedical researchers within these themes:

  • Future lubricated systems 
  • Smart tribological surfaces 
  • Predictive modelling 
  • Biotribology       

Confirmed invited speakers:

  • Professor Duncan Dowson (Introductory) – University of Leeds, UK
  • Professor Nicholas Spencer (Closing) – ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Professor Jean-Michel Martin – Ecole Centrale De Lyon, France
  • Dr Ian Taylor – Shell Global Solutions, UK
  • Professor Jacob Klein – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  • Dr Liliane Léger – NRS & Université Paris-Sud 11, France
  • Professor Pwt Evans – Cardiff University, UK
  • Professor Roland Larsson – Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
  • Professor John Fisher – University of Leeds, UK
  • Professor Greg Sawyer – University of Florida, USA

Faraday Discussions are a long-established series of meetings which provide a unique international platform for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The Discussion is a dynamic forum for developing and exchanging exciting new ideas, and both the papers and discussion will be published in a final printed volume.

We invite you to submit an abstract for an oral presentation by 3 June 2011. We do hope that this conference is of interest to you and that you will attend this exciting Faraday Discussion next year. 

Submit your oral abstract for Faraday Discussion 156: Tribology

FD156

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Gold: Faraday Discussion 152 – registration deadline fast approaching!

Faraday Discussion 152: Gold
4 – 6 July 2011, Cardiff, UK

Registration deadline: 3 June 2011register today so you don’t miss out on this dynamic conference!

FD152 will focus on the origins of high catalytic activity observed with gold nanoparticles. The aim is to bring together the catalysis and surface science communities with materials scientists and theoreticians, so that new insights can be gained.

Speakers:

  • Professor Masatake Haruta (Introductory) – Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Professor Martyn Poliakoff (Closing) – University of Nottingham
  • Dr Mathias Brust – University of Liverpool
  • Professor Charlie Campbell – Universityof Washington
  • Professor Cynthia Friend – Harvard University
  • Professor Wayne Goodman – Texas A&M University
  • Professor Peijun Hu – Queen’s University Belfast
  • Professor Laura Prati – Universita degli Studi di Milano
  • Professor Pekka Pyykko – University of Helsinki
  • Professor Vincent Rotello -Universityof Massachusetts Amherst

Themes:

  • Gold catalysis at the gas solid interface
  • Gold catalysis and materials science
  • Theoretical insights on gold catalysis
  • Gold catalysis and enhanced selectivity

Gold

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Yuan Tseh Lee – EMRS Plenary Lecture

Yuan Tseh Lee, Nobel Prize Laureate and PCCP Honorary Board member, gave the first Plenary Lecture at the E-MRS today.

Professor Lee gave an inspiring lecture on the ‘Sustainable Development of Human Society.’

Yuan Tseh Lee

Professor Lee was the first Taiwanese to win the Nobel Prize – along with John Polanyi and Dudley R. Herschbach, they won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 “for their contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.”

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Going to the E-MRS in Nice?

Then please come and see us at the RSC Publishing stand (No. 11 – next to the refreshments table!)…

  • talk to RSC staff about our journals
  • browse our RSC books collection and get great discounts
  • pick up free journal copies
  • and enter our competition to win an i-pod nano!!

Looking forward to meeting you in Nice!

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Molecular collision dynamics themed issue out now

We are delighted to announce that the PCCP themed issue on Molecular collision dynamics has now been published online – take a look today!

cover18The issue was Guest Edited by Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Mark Brouard, Michel Costes, David Nesbitt, Evan Bieske and Scott Kable. It will be displayed at a series of international conferences on “Collision Dynamics” in summer 2011 to maximise the visibility of the work, begining with the 24th International Symposium on Molecular Beams, Bordeaux, May 23 – 26 2011.

The issue features a broad range of papers, Perspective reviews and Communications, including this Perspective article by Mike Ashfold and colleagues:

nσ* and πσ* excited states in aryl halide photochemistry: a comprehensive study of the UV photodissociation dynamics of iodobenzene
Alan G. Sage, Thomas A. A. Oliver, Daniel Murdock, Martin B. Crow, Grant A. D. Ritchie, Jeremy N. Harvey and Michael N. R. Ashfold
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 8075-8093
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02390F

Take a look at the issue today!

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Paramagnetic relaxation of nuclear singlet states

‘HOT’ Communication – read it today!

This ‘HOT’ article demonstrates in aqueous solution that nuclear singlet states are less sensitive to paramagnet-induced relaxation than ordinary Zeeman magnetization.

Paramagnetic relaxation of nuclear singlet states
Michael C. D. Tayler and Malcolm H. Levitt
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20471H
Paramagnetic relaxation

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German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG) – Prizes nominations now open

DBGNominations are now open for the following two Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie e. V. (DBG) Prizes:

van‘t Hoff Prize

The van‘t Hoff Prize was established in 2008 by Gerhard Ertl in remembrance of the first Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Jacobus Henricus van‘t Hoff. The award consists of a Silver Medal, a Certificate and an amount of €20.000. It will be presented at the 111th Annual General Meeting of the German Bunsen-Society from 17-19 May 2012 in Leipzig.

The prize will be awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to the field of Physical Chemistry to an active scientist. Suitable candidates of high international visibility in their research field will be evaluated with respect to scientific quality of their research. There are no restrictions on age, nationality or country of residence, but candidates should preferentially come from a German-speaking region in Europe. Candidates do not need to be members of the DBG.

The merits of a particular candidate should be brought to the attention of the selection panel by means of a nomination sent to the DBG. The nomination should be accompanied by a supporting statement describing fully the outstanding contributions made by the candidate, including biographical details and a list of publications. Self-nominations are not possible.

NERNST-HABER-BODENSTEIN PRIZE 2012 (In memory of Max Bodenstein, Fritz Haber and Walther Nernst)

The prize will be presented at the 111th Annual General Meeting of the German Bunsen-Society from 17-19 May 2012 in Leipzig.

The prize will be awarded to a distinguished younger scientist (of up to 40 years of age) for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of physical chemistry. Suitable candidates of international visibility in their research field will be evaluated by a high level expert selection panel with respect to the scientific quality, originality and independence of their research. Candidates should come from a German-speaking region of Europe or work there at the time of their nomination.

Nominations from established scientists in the area of physical chemistry should include a short CV of the candidate, an overview of the candidate’s scientific achievements and publications, and a supporting statement.

  • Nominations for both Prizes should be submitted by 1 October 2011 to:
    Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft
    für Physikalische Chemie e. V.
    Erika Wöhler
    Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25
    60486 Frankfurt am Main
    Germany

View the exciting PCCP themed issue just published on Analysis and Control of Ultrafast Photon-Induced Reactions which will be displayed at the annual meeting of DBG in June 2011.

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