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PCCP is pleased to anounce that Ab initio or Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics (CPMD) will host its annual conference at the University of Chicago, 18-20 May 2016.

Topics and discussion will include the latest AIMD developments, encompassing electronic structure and sampling advances; AIMD applications in physics, chemistry and materials science; and large scale simulations on high performance architectures.

Partial List of Invited Speakers

(*) to be confirmed

Please see the webpage for further details.

Green Chemistry are pleased to support the 7th International Meeting on Atomic and Molecular Physics and Chemistry IMAMPC which will take place in Le Havre, France, 27 – 30 June 2016 . The meeting will promote high-quality research carried out by early career scientists, in order to highlight their contributions to the field. Many of the participants will expose their research work for the first time.

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PCCP was pleased to support the 2016 Royal Australian Chemical Institute Physical Chemistry Meeting, held February 2-5, 2016 at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

The RACI Physical Division spans all aspects of physical and theoretical chemistry, including mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy, surface chemistry, condensed phase chemical physics, chemical kinetics, biophysical chemistry and theoretical and computational chemistry. The Division was established in 1974. Regular stand-alone Physical Chemistry Divisional conferences started as the Australian Conference on Chemical Reaction Dynamics in 1983, before broadening to their current form, covering all aspects of Physical Chemistry in 1995.

The aim of the conference was to gather physical chemists from Australia and abroad to discuss their latest research.  The conference featured presentations from renowned plenary and keynote speakers from Australia and abroad, with speakers  from University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto, Imperial College, London,  Massey University and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg.

The winners of the PCCP Poster Prizes were as follows;

Jennifer Morton PhD Student Australian National University Poster Title: Application of Magnetic Circular Dichroism spectroscopy to the study of the OEC in Photosystem II from cyanabacteria

Michael Scholz, PhD Student University of Melbourne. Poster Title: Collisional activation of ions in a ion mobility-mass spectrometer

Patrick Tapping, PhD Student University of Adelaide. Poster Title: A Molecular Understanding of Photochemical Upconversation

This, the first event of the newly formed ECS North West UK Student Chapter successfully took place on the 9th February 2016.

It was founded with the intention of providing a student organised forum to improve links between researchers in electrochemistry within institutions in the North West of the UK. PCCP were pleased to award poster prizes for the event to Matej Velicky from the University of Manchester and Christopher Sole from the University of Liverpool.

From left to right: Christopher Sole, John Griffin, Matej Velicky and Patrick Unwin

Inaugural ECS North West UK Symposium

PCCP is pleased to support the 2016 Royal Australian Chemical Institute Physical Chemistry Meeting to be held February 2-5, 2016 at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

The RACI Physical Division spans all aspects of physical and theoretical chemistry, including mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy, surface chemistry, condensed phase chemical physics, chemical kinetics, biophysical chemistry and theoretical and computational chemistry. The Division was established in 1974. Regular stand-alone Physical Chemistry Divisional conferences started as the Australian Conference on Chemical Reaction Dynamics in 1983, before broadening to their current form, covering all aspects of Physical Chemistry in 1995.

The aim of this conference is to gather physical chemists from Australia and abroad to discuss their latest research.  The conference will feature presentations from renowned plenary and keynote speakers from Australia and abroad, with speakers  from University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto, Imperial College, London,  Massey University and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg.

Keynote speakers

Associate Professor Tak W. Kee
Dr Alison Funston Dr Jane Allison
Professor Evan Bieske
Professor Greg Metha

Plenary Speakers

Distinguished Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger
Professor R.J. Dwayne Miller
Professor Natalie Stingelin
Professor Prashant V. Kamat
Professor Rebecca Jockusch

Registration is still available. For more information please visit the conference website.

PCCP is pleased to support the 2016 edition of the European Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry (E-WISPOC 2016), due to take place in Bressanone (Italy) on January 31 – February 6, 2016. The School, which is part of the cultural initiatives of the Organic Division of the Italian Chemical Society, is open to PhD students and post-docs and will be held at Gruener Baum Hotel, where lecturers and students will be also accommodated in a friendly environment.

Confirmed lecturers are

• Francesco Zerbetto – Theoretical and computational chemistry (University of Bologna)

• Maria Ramos – Computational biochemistry (University of Porto – PT)

• Maria Minunni – Surface plasmon resonance (University of Firenze)

• Chris Hunter – Physical organic chemistry and biomolecular interactions (University of Cambridge – UK)

• Bart Ravoo – Biological and supramolecular system(University of Muenster – DE)

• Jurrian Huskens – Biomolecular adhesion and tissue engineering (University of Twente – NL)

• Alessandro Casnati – Bioorganic and supramolecular chemistry (University of Parma)

• Annemieke Madder – ERC starting grants (University of Ghent – BE)

• Stuart Cantrill (Chief editor Nature Chemistry)

• Furio Suggi Liverani (Chief technology officer, Illycaffè S.p.A., Trieste)

• Zoltan Takats – Ambient mass spectrometry (Imperial College London – UK)

• Luisa De Cola (ISIS, Strasbourg – FR)

For information visit the E-WISPOC website: www.chimica.unipd.it/wispoc or write to: wispoc.chimica@unipd.it – Fellowships are available for young participants.

PCCP is pleased to anounce its involvement with iCOMET, the International Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer in Complex Systems: From chemical Dynamics to new Technologies which will be held in Chengdu, China from 11th to 15th October 2015.

Energy Transfer in Inelastic and Reactive Scattering
Energy Transfer in Photoinitiated and Unimolecular Reactions
Energy Transfer at Surfaces and Interfaces
Energy Transfer in Solution and Solid: Clusters, Droplets, and Aerosols
Energy Transfer in Complex and Biological Systems
Energy transfer in ultra-fast dynamics
Energy transfer at ultra-low temperatures
Energy transfer in reactive plasma
Non-adiabatic Effects in Energy Transfer
Laboratory Astrochemistry
Energy Transfer: New vistas and horizons

Prizes

One iCOMET2015 Prize for the Best Oral Presentation and Three Young Investigator iCOMET2015 Best Poster Prizes, consisting of a cash prize and a certificate will be awarded.

PhD Students or Postdoctoral Associates who submitted their PhD thesis to the faculty not earlier than two years before the Conference are eligible for the iCOMET2015 Prize.

Undergraduate, M.S. or Ph.D. Students are eligible for the Young Investigator iCOMET2015 Poster Prizes.

The iCOMET2015 Prize is offered in partnership with PCCP and the Center of Interface Dynamics for Sustainability. The award intends support young researchers with a creative vision to spark the understanding of the nanoworld.