New method could mean that our oil reserves last longer
Read their recent PCCP Perspective article which reviews the various approaches for modification of solvent properties of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2).
Perspective review article
CO2: a wild solvent, tamed
Stephen Cummings, Kieran Trickett, Robert Enick and Julian Eastoe
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C003856C
Read the university press release on their latest research:
http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2010/7339.html
Room-temperature phosphorescence from mesoporous silica is observed, with the emission persisting for seconds after switching off the excitation.
Room-temperature metal-activator-free phosphorescence from mesoporous silica
Lei Zhao, Tian Ming, Huanjun Chen, Li Gong, Jian Chen and Jianfang Wang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01981J
Jianfang Wang is also an Editor of new journal Nanoscale –
read the latest issue for free today!
Insightful Perspective feature article – In vitro hydrogen production
In vitro hydrogen production—using energy from the sun
Henning Krassen, Sascha Ott and Joachim Heberle
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01163K
This feature review article explores how to improve the use of gold in catalysis, as well as advancing the fundamental understanding of gold surfaces.
The mystery of gold’s chemical activity: local bonding, morphology and reactivity of atomic oxygen
Thomas A. Baker, Xiaoying Liu and Cynthia M. Friend
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01514H
Cynthia Friend is an Editorial Board member of the new RSC Publishing journal, Catalysis Science & Technology – take a look at this exciting journal today!
Conference announcement: Faraday Discussion 152: Gold
4 – 6 July 2011 , Cardiff, UK
Call for poster abstracts deadline – 30 April 2011
Perspective article – photocatalyst feature review
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Titania supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalyst
Ana Primo, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00917B
Professor Arno Kentgens sums up the technique as:
“Miniaturization of NMR detector technology makes very efficient heteronuclear decoupling possible, bringing solid-state NMR line widths in the regime of liquid-state NMR”.
High-resolution solid-state 13C μMAS NMR with long coherence life times
Suresh K. Vasa, Hans Janssen, Ernst R. H. Van Eck and Arno P. M. Kentgens
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01929A
We would like to highlight to you some of the great physical chemistry content published in RSC Publishing’s new high-impact journal, Chemical Science.
Chemical Science is dedicated to publishing findings of exceptional significance from across the chemical sciences.
Read all these articles now for free:
Mini reviews
Photodissociation and photoelectron imaging of molecular ions: probing multisurface and multichannel dynamics
Prashant Chandra Singh, Lei Shen, Myung Hwa Kim and Arthur G. Suits
Chem. Sci., 2010, 552-560 ”
Ultrafast studies of single semiconductor and metal nanostructures through transient absorption microscopy
Gregory V. Hartland
Chem. Sci., 2010, 303-309
Perspective article
Future perspectives of nonadiabatic chemical dynamics
Shinkoh Nanbu, Toshimasa Ishida and Hiroki Nakamura
Chem. Sci., 2010, 663-674
Edge articles
Vibrational overtone excitation in electron mediated energy transfer at metal surfaces
Russell Cooper, Igor Rahinov, Zhisheng Li, Daniel Matsiev, Daniel J. Auerbach and Alec M. Wodtke
Chem. Sci., 2010, 55-61
Towards thermochromic and thermoresponsive near-infrared (NIR) luminescent molecular materials through the modulation of inter- and/or intramolecular Pt Pt and π–π interactions
Kenneth Hoi-Yiu Chan, Hoi-Shan Chow, Keith Man-Chung Wong, Margaret Ching-Lam Yeung and Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Chem. Sci., 2010, 477-482
Energy upconversion sensitized by a platinum(II) terpyridyl acetylide complex
Pingwu Du and Richard Eisenberg
Chem. Sci., 2010, 502-506
Homoleptic copper(I) phenylselenolate polymer as a single-source precursor for Cu2Se nanocrystals. Structure, photoluminescence and application in field-effect transistor
Kam-Hung Low, Cheng-Hui Li, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Stephen Sin-Yin Chui, Sharon Lai-Fung Chan and Chi-Ming Che
Chem. Sci., 2010, 515-518
Correlated single quantum dot blinking and interfacial electron transfer dynamics
Shengye Jin, Jung-Cheng Hsiang, Haiming Zhu, Nianhui Song, Robert M. Dickson and Tianquan Lian
Chem. Sci., 2010, 519-526
A versatile, solvent-free methodology for the functionalisation of carbon nanotubes
Robert Menzel, Michael Q. Tran, Angelika Menner, Christopher W. M. Kay, Alexander Bismarck and Milo S. P. Shaffer
Chem. Sci., 2010, 603-608
A novel synergistic enhanced chemiluminescence achieved by a multiplex nanoprobe for biological applications combined with dual-amplification of magnetic nanoparticles
Sai Bi, Hong Zhou and Shusheng Zhang
Chem. Sci., 2010, 681-687
Heterolytic and heterotopic dissociation of hydrogen on ceria-supported gold nanoparticles. Combined inelastic neutron scattering and FT-IR spectroscopic study on the nature and reactivity of surface hydrogen species
Raquel Juárez, Stewart F. Parker, Patricia Concepción, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García
Chem. Sci., 2010, 731-738
Preparing water-dispersed palladium nanoparticles via polyelectrolyte nanoreactors
Matthew M. Coulter, Jose Amado Dinglasan, Jane B. Goh, Sreekumari Nair, Darren J. Anderson and Vy M. Dong
Chem. Sci., 2010, 772-775
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PCCP issue 45 now out online – browse the issue now
Highlights from the issue:
Perspective review article
Engineering 3D ordered molecular thin films by nanoscale control
Simone Fabiano and Bruno Pignataro
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14848
Communication
UV and visible light controllable depletion zone of ZnO-polyaniline p–n junction and its application in a photoresponsive sensor
Jian Gong, Yinhua Li and Yulin Deng
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14864-14867
Research papers
Electrochemical formation and investigation of a self-assembled [60]fullerene monolayer
Th. Doneux, J. G. Limon-Petersen and R. G. Compton
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 15029-15033
Molecular dynamics simulations of structure and dynamics of organic molecular crystals
Alexandra Nemkevich, Hans-Beat Bürgi, Mark A. Spackman and Ben Corry
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14916-14929
Professor Martyn Poliakoff (University of Nottingham, UK) discusses the recently published PCCP paper by Pekka Pyykko on his YouTube Channel – Periodic Videos
Pekka Pyykko has theoretically extended the periodic table from 118 to 172 elements using Dirac-Fock calculations
Read the paper:
A suggested periodic table up to Z ≤ 172, based on Dirac–Fock calculations on atoms and ions
P Pykko
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2010, DOI: 10.1039/ c0cp01575j
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HOT paper – read it first!
This PCCP paper numerically solves a kinetic model of chiral polymerization in systems closed to matter and energy flow.
Chiral polymerization: symmetry breaking and entropy production in closed systems
Celia Blanco and David Hochberg
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00992J
They demonstrate that a strong chiral amplification can take place in a reversible model of chiral polymerization closed to matter flow and subject to constraints imposed by micro-reversibility.
These results are important, because they suggest that spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking in experimental chiral polymerization can take place, and with observable and large chiral excesses, without the need to introduce chiral initiators or large initial chiral excesses.
