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PCCP Communications: fast publication of high impact research

17 Jul 2012

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) publishes high impact Communications on the most important new research in areas across the broad fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry. PCCP is proud to be a Society journal and is co-owned by 17 national chemical societies.

Now PCCP’s Accepted Manuscript service means your research is available, in citable form, on average within one day of acceptance.

Choose to submit to one of our Associate Editors: Katsuhiko Ariga (NIMS, Japan), Hedi Mattoussi (Florida State University), Frank Neese (Max-Planck Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Germany) and Seong Keun Kim (Seoul National University, Korea) or to the Cambridge Editorial office.

Submit your best research today.

Read a selection of our high impact Communications:

The development of direct multicolour fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy: Towards a new tool for tracking complex biomolecular events in real-time
Holly M. Wobma, Megan L. Blades, Ekaterina Grekova, Dylan L. McGuire, Kun Chen, Warren C. W. Chan and David T. Cramb
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23278B

Mesoporous carbon capsules as electrode materials in electrochemical double layer capacitors
Shanthi Murali, Daniel R. Dreyer, Patricia Valle-Vigón, Meryl D. Stoller, Yanwu Zhu, Cornelio Morales, Antonio B. Fuertes, Christopher W. Bielawski and Rodney S. Ruoff
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02557G

Layering and shear properties of an ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate, confined to nano-films between mica surfaces
Susan Perkin, Tim Albrecht and Jacob Klein
DOI: 10.1039/B920571C

Nanoparticle-coated separators for lithium-ion batteries with advanced electrochemical performance
Jason Fang, Antonios Kelarakis, Yueh-Wei Lin, Chi-Yun Kang, Ming-Huan Yang, Cheng-Liang Cheng, Yue Wang, Emmanuel P. Giannelis and Li-Duan Tsai
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22017A

A liposome-based energy conversion system for accelerating the multi-enzyme reactions
Ryuhei Matsumoto, Masaya Kakuta, Taiki Sugiyama, Yoshio Goto, Hideki Sakai, Yuichi Tokita, Tsuyonobu Hatazawa, Seiya Tsujimura, Osamu Shirai and Kenji Kano
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00556H

2D assembly of gold–PNIPAM core–shell nanocrystals
Sarah Jaber, Matthias Karg, Anthony Morfa and Paul Mulvaney
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02494E

CVD graphene electrochemistry: the role of graphitic islands
Dale A. C. Brownson and Craig E. Banks
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21978B

The importance of surface morphology in controlling the selectivity of polycrystalline copper for CO₂ electroreduction
Wei Tang, Andrew A. Peterson, Ana Sofia Varela, Zarko P. Jovanov, Lone Bech, William J. Durand, Søren Dahl, Jens K. Nørskov and Ib Chorkendorff
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22700A

In silico free energy predictions for ionic liquid-assisted exfoliation of a graphene bilayer into individual graphene nanosheets
Gary A Baker
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40824D

Electrospinning of chitosan derivative nanofibers with structural stability in an aqueous environment
Ashleigh Cooper, Narayan Bhattarai, Forrest M. Kievit, Michael Rossol and Miqin Zhang
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02909B

Visualisation of electrochemical processes at optically transparent carbon nanotube ultramicroelectrodes (OT-CNT-UMEs)
Agnieszka Rutkowska, Tahani M. Bawazeer, Julie V. Macpherson and Patrick R. Unwin
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02804E

Strong location dependent surface enhanced Raman scattering on individual gold semishell and nanobowl particles
Jian Ye, Chang Chen, Liesbet Lagae, Guido Maes, Gustaaf Borghs and Pol Van Dorpe
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00872A

Nanoreactors’ for photocatalytic H₂ evolution in oil–water biphase systems
Jiehua Liu, Xiangfeng Wei, Yaolun Yu, Xin Wang, Wei-Qiao Deng and Xue-Wei Liu
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01396J

Fluorescence energy transfer efficiency in labeled yeast cytochrome c: a rapid screen for ion biocompatibility in aqueous ionic liquids
Sheila N. Baker, Hua Zhao, Siddharth Pandey, William T. Heller, Frank V. Bright and Gary A. Baker
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02345K

Impact of surface mechanics on the reactivity of electrodes
J. Weissmüller, R. N. Viswanath, L. A. Kibler and D. M. Kolb
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01742F

On the proton conductivity in pure and gadolinium doped nanocrystalline cerium oxide
Mona Shirpour, Giuliano Gregori, Rotraut Merkle and Joachim Maier
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01702G

Salting out in organic solvents: a new route to carbon nanotube bundle engineering
Maxim V. Fedorov, Raz N. Arif, Andrey I. Frolov, Martin Kolar, Anastasia O. Romanova and Aleksey G. Rozhin
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21440C

Electrical conductivity in patterned silver–mesoporous titania nanocomposite thin films: towards robust 3D nano-electrodes
Eduardo D. Martínez, Leticia Granja, Martín G. Bellino and Galo J. A. A. Soler-Illia
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00824A

Charge transfer kinetics in CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells
Eugenia Martínez-Ferrero, Ivan Mora Seró, Josep Albero, Sixto Giménez, Juan Bisquert and Emilio Palomares
DOI: 10.1039/B924970B

“Cosmetic electrochemistry”: the facile production of graphite microelectrode ensembles
Nadeem A. Choudhry, Rashid O. Kadara and Craig E. Banks
DOI: 10.1039/B923246J

Dielectrophoretic trapping of DNA-coated gold nanoparticles on silicon based vertical nanogap devices
Sebastian Strobel, Ralph A. Sperling, Bernhard Fenk, Wolfgang J. Parak and Marc Tornow
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02718A

Nitrogen-doped coatings on carbon nanotubes and their stabilizing effect on Pt nanoparticles
Xenia Tuaev, Jens Peter Paraknowitsch, René Illgen, Arne Thomas and Peter Strasser
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40760D

Application of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy to the study of SOFC electrode surfaces
Xiaxi Li, Kevin Blinn and Meilin Liu
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40091J

You can find many more excellent Communications on our website.

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PCCP Editor’s choice: bonding, reaction kinetics and dynamics

16 Jul 2012

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) Advisory Board member Professor Elangannan Arunan, an expert in the field of bonding, reaction kinetics and dynamics, has picked his favourite articles recently published in this area in PCCP.

You can read these articles for free for a limited period by clicking on the links below.

Publishing work of the highest quality in the broad fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry, PCCP is the ideal place to publish your research.

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On behalf of the Editorial Board we invite you to submit your best work to PCCP.

Read Professor Arunan’s Editor’s choice selection for free today:

Perspectives

The role of weak hydrogen bonds in chiral recognition
Debora Scuderi, Katia Le Barbu-Debus and A. Zehnacker
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20987F

Proton transfer and polarity changes in ionic liquid–water mixtures: a perspective on hydrogen bonds from ab initio molecular dynamics at the example of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate–water mixtures—Part 1
Martin Brehm, Henry Weber, Alfonso S. Pensado, Annegret Stark and Barbara Kirchner
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23983C

Original research

Molecular geometries of H₂S ICF₃ and H₂O ICF₃ characterised by broadband rotational spectroscopy
Susanna L. Stephens, Nicholas R. Walker and Anthony C. Legon
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22339A

Infrared spectra of the protonated neurotransmitter histamine: competition between imidazolium and ammonium isomers in the gas phase
Anita Lagutschenkov, Judith Langer, Giel Berden, Jos Oomens and Otto Dopfer
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21681C

A π-stacked phenylacetylene dimer
Surajit Maity, G. Naresh Patwari, Robert Sedlak and Pavel Hobza
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20677J

Experimentally measured permanent dipoles induced by hydrogen bonding. The Stark spectrum of indole–NH₃
Adam J. Fleisher, Justin W. Young and David W. Pratt
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23902G

Infrared spectrum of the 2-chloroethyl radical in solid para-hydrogen
Jay C. Amicangelo, Barbara Golec, Mohammed Bahou and Yuan-Pern Lee
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22524C

Experimental and modeling study of carbon suboxide decomposition behind reflected shock waves
M. Aghsaee, H. Böhm, S. H. Dürrstein, M. Fikri and C. Schulz
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22044F

Exploring microsolvation of the anesthetic propofol
Iker Leon, Emilio J. Cocinero, Judith Millán, Sander Jaeqx, Anouk M. Rijs, Alberto Lesarri, Fernando Castaño and José A. Fernández
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23583H

Low-temperature combustion chemistry of biofuels: pathways in the initial low-temperature (550 K–750 K) oxidation chemistry of isopentanol
Oliver Welz, Judit Zádor, John D. Savee, Martin Y. Ng, Giovanni Meloni, Ravi X. Fernandes, Leonid Sheps, Blake A. Simmons, Taek Soon Lee, David L. Osborn and Craig A. Taatjes
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23248K

You can find many more excellent articles on our website.

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Incredible ionic liquids: an article collection

16 Jul 2012

Ionic liquids are pretty self explanatory; they are ionic materials in a liquid state. In a ‘normal’ liquid, interactions are usually governed by Van de Waals or H-bonding forces. In ionic liquids it is ionic bonding interactions which dominate, meaning ionic liquids possess some interesting and unique properties.

The field of ionic liquids grew after Paul Walden’s observations of ethylammonium nitrate in 1914,¹ since then the study and use of ionic liquids has grown phenomenally, with applications in analytics, biology, electrochemistry, physical chemistry, engineering, solvents and catalysis.

The academic and industrial interest in ionic liquids has thrown up some remarkable discoveries, particularly in recent years, so to keep you up to date with latest break-through research in the field we have collected these high quality articles which are free to access!*

Click here for the full list of free articles

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Fuel cell catalysts – alternatives to platinum needed

13 Jul 2012

Prof. Alfred B. Anderson of Case Western Reserve University has discussed the content of his recent PCCP Perspective on Nanowerk. Anderson argues that the platinum electrodes commonly used in fuel cells have fundamental drawbacks that mean their full potential will never be reached, and scientists would be better putting more efforts into searching for an alternative.

Read the full details of Prof. Anderson’s fascinating PCCP Perspective today:

Insights into electrocatalysis
Alfred B. Anderson
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 1330-1338
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23616H

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Hedi Mattoussi is new PCCP Associate Editor

11 Jul 2012

Hedi mattoussi photo We are delighted to announce that Professor Hedi Mattoussi of the Florida State University has joined the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) Editorial Board as an Associate Editor. His Editorial Office will open for submissions soon.

Prof. Mattoussi’s research interests are in the design synthesis and characterisation of inorganic nanocrystals and multidentate, multifunctional ligands. His work also includes the design of nanoparticle-bioconjugates as analytical tools for sensing, imaging and diagnostics.

Read Prof. Matoussi’s PCCP Perspective article today:

Quantum dot-based resonance energy transfer and its growing application in biology
Igor L. Medintz and Hedi Mattoussi
DOI: 10.1039/B813919A

Check out this exciting themed issue from our series on Biophysics and biophysical chemistry:

Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, Issue 21
Guest Editors: Seong Keun Kim, Taekjip Ha and Jean-Pierre Schermann

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Xanthines may have been building blocks in prebiotic Earth

02 Jul 2012

US-based scientists Jinquan Chen and Bern Kohler have studied the excited-state dynamics of 5 xanthine derivatives. The compounds display ultrashort excited state lifetimes – analogous to adenine and guanine – and the authors conclude that these compounds may be candidates for the building blocks of life on prebiotic Earth.

Read this fascinating PCCP paper today:

Ultrafast nonradiative decay by hypoxanthine and several methylxanthines in aqueous and acetonitrile solution
Jinquan Chen and Bern Kohler
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP41296A

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PCCP, Repositories and Open Access

29 Jun 2012

We know it’s important to our authors to make their research as visible as possible; and they want to share their latest results with their colleagues right away. Many of you also now have open access requirements from funding agencies, such as NIH and EPSRC. So, PCCP wants to make things easy for you.

PCCP has a straight-forward policy:

We allow deposition of your submitted manuscript in non-commercial pre-submission repositories (such as ArXiV)

You can deposit the accepted version of your PCCP article in a non-commercial repository (this includes institution and funding body repositories)

You can also share your research via your personal website(s) or your institute’s intranet

RSC Publishing also offer authors the opportunity to make their article free to access for all via the web with our Open Science option

PCCP article templates

We also know that when our authors use repositories, they want the original version of their article to look as professional as possible. This is why we provide a handy PCCP article template so you can quickly prepare your article for submission. Our (optional) templates are available in Microsoft Word or LaTeX to suit our authors working across the broad fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.

For full details of our deposition and open access policies please see our website or the summary on the RSC Publishing blog.

We hope this has made things clearer for you and we encourage you to submit your best research to PCCP.

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Professor Gabor A Somorjai joins PCCP Honorary Board

22 Jun 2012

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is delighted to announce that Professor Gabor A. Somorjai of the University of California, Berkeley has joined the Honorary Board of the journal. Professor Somorjai’s research interests are in the fields of surface science, solid state chemistry and catalysis. During his long career Prof. Somorjai has published >1000 scientific papers and received many awards and honours.

Read Professor Somorjai’s recent PCCP articles today:

Rh_1−xPd_x nanoparticle composition dependence in CO oxidation by oxygen: catalytic activity enhancement in bimetallic systems
James Russell Renzas, Wenyu Huang, Yawen Zhang, Michael E. Grass, Dat Tien Hoang, Selim Alayoglu, Derek R. Butcher, Franklin (Feng) Tao, Zhi Liu and Gabor A. Somorjai
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01858A

The evolution of model catalytic systems; studies of structure, bonding and dynamics from single crystal metal surfaces to nanoparticles, and from low pressure (<10⁻³ Torr) to high pressure (>10⁻³ Torr) to liquid interfaces
Gabor A. Somorjai, Roger L. York, Derek Butcher and Jeong Y. Park
DOI: 10.1039/B618805B

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PCCP themed issue: Plasmonics and Spectroscopy

30 May 2012

PCCP themed issue: Plasmonics and Spectroscopy

Guest Editors: Pablo Etchegoin (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Richard Van Duyne (Northwestern University, USA)

PCCP is delighted to announce the high-profile themed issue ‘Plasmonics and Spectroscopy”. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit an article for this themed issue.

The themed issue will be published in PCCP in 2013. It will receive great exposure, and get significant promotion.

Deadline for Submissions: 1st November 2012

The symbiosis between plasmonics and spectroscopy has seen an enormous progress in the last ten years. The ability to produce tailor-made plasmonic substrates to enhance different types of spectroscopic signals (from small changes in optical absorption in surface-plasmon resonance spectroscopy, to controlled nano-gaps for single molecule detection in SERS) is ever increasing in breadth and sophistication. This experimental progress is accompanied and supplemented by large amount of theoretical work, which is aimed at understanding the enhancement factors, propagation, localisation, and coupling of plasmon resonances in nano-structures. This issue will cover all aspects (experimental and theoretical) where plasmonics is used as an aid to optical spectroscopy in its broadest definition.

Topics covered by this themed issue include:
• Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (SPR)
• Surface-enhanced fluorescence (SEF)
• Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
• Design and characterisation of plasmonic structures for spectroscopy
• Theoretical aspects of plasmonics for spectroscopy
• Biological applications
• Applied topics of ultra-sensitive spectroscopy via plasmonics.

Manuscripts can be submitted in any reasonable format using our online submissions service.

Submissions should be high quality manuscripts and will be subject to rigorous peer review.

Please indicate upon submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue.

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Zeal for zeolites: an article collection

11 May 2012

Zeolites are truly fascinating materials, first noted in the 18^th century they were recognized for their interesting ability to release steam when heated. Today around 3 million tons of natural zeolite are mined for commercial use each year. Zeolites have found applications in agriculture, construction, heating, refrigeration, nuclear energy, in the petrochemical industry, as detergents and cat litter!

Unsurprisingly these materials have sparked the interest of scientists around the world since their discovery, resulting in the creation of a vast number of unique zeolitic frameworks and pushing the boundaries of chemical understanding.

The articles below have been made free to access until 8^th June to give you a sample of the high impact, cutting edge research being carried out in the exciting world of zeolites!

Click here for the full list of free articles

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