PCCP Blog

Dwayne E. Heard (Chair of the Faraday Discussions Standing Committee on Conferences) and colleagues show that low temperature measurements reveal a dramatic negative temperature dependence to the rate coefficients for the OH + acetone reaction.

Observation of a large negative temperature dependence for rate coefficients of reactions of OH with oxygenated volatile organic compounds studied at 86–112 K
Robin J. Shannon, Sally Taylor, Andrew Goddard, Mark A. Blitz and Dwayne E. Heard
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00918K

PCCP “Perspective“ – read this ‘HOT’ article today

Second harmonic generation imaging needs better chromophores. In this Perspective, Koen Clays and colleagues consider structure–function relationships and evaluate methods of obtaining brighter SHG images.

Dyes for biological second harmonic generation imaging
James E. Reeve, Harry L. Anderson and Koen Clays
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C003720F

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Emerging approaches towards stabilization of metal nanoparticles are key for the application of nanomaterials in industrial catalysis. These approaches are discussed in this high-profile feature review article.

Stabilizing metal nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis
Anmin Cao, Rongwen Lu and Götz Veser
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00729C

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This paper looks at ionisable solutes partition into octanol as ions and ion pairs, they discover that log P for a neutral species and the ion is not constant.

The transfer of neutral molecules, ions and ionic species from water to wet octanol
Michael H. Abraham and William E. Acree, Jr.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00695E

Read this just published PCCP Perspective article by Wolfgang Bessler and colleagues:

Model anodes and anode models for understanding the mechanism of hydrogen oxidation in solid oxide fuel cells
Wolfgang G. Bessler, Marcel Vogler, Heike Störmer, Dagmar Gerthsen, Annika Utz, André Weber and Ellen Ivers-Tiffée
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00541J

This article reviews and presents new results on mechanistic modeling and experimental analysis of the kinetics of SOFC anodes.

‘Hot’ paper hot of the press!  Read it today:

Facile approaches to build ordered amphiphilic tris(phthalocyaninato) europium triple-decker complex thin films and their comparative performances in ozone sensing

Yanli Chen, Marcel Bouvet, Thibaut Sizun, Yingning Gao, Cedric Plassard, Eric Lesniewska and Jianzhuang Jiang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00381F

Unexpectedly sensitive, stable and reproducible responses to O3 gas are obtained for ultra-thin solution processed films of Eu2[Pc(15C5)4]2[Pc(OC10H21)8] complex.

Read this ‘HOT’ article by Ian Sims and colleagues:

Low temperature kinetics: the association of OH radicals with O2
Meryem Tizniti, Sébastien D. Le Picard, André Canosa, Ian R. Sims and Ian W. M. Smith
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010,DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00591F

Rate constants have been measured at low temperatures for the association of OH radicals with O2 to form the weakly bound hydroxyl-peroxy radical HOOO.

‘Hot’ Communication article by Han-Ill Yoo and Hong-Seok Kim

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Complete representation of isothermal mass and charge transport properties of mixed ionic–electronic conductor La2NiO4+δ

Hong-Seok Kim and Han-Ill Yoo
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00722F