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PCCP Editor’s Choice: Anouk Rijs Selects Outstanding Articles. Read now for free

04 Nov 2020

Deputy Chair Anouk Rijs has selected some outstanding research to share with you from Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). Read them now for free until the end of January 2021!

Professor Anouk Rijs is the chair of Analytics of Biomolecular Interactions of the Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL). She is an expert on IR action spectroscopy combined with mass spectrometry for structural characterization of biomolecules such as peptides and carbohydrates. Her work focuses predominantly on the understanding of the complex mechanism of amyloid forming polypeptides related to pathogenic neurodegenerative diseases and functional amyloids by advancing mass spectrometry and spectroscopic methods.

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Paper
Mapping the intrinsic absorption properties and photodegradation pathways of the protonated and deprotonated forms of the sunscreen oxybenzone
Natalie G. K. Wong, Jacob A. Berenbeim, Mathew Hawkridge, Edward Matthews and Caroline E. H. Dessent
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 14311-14321. DOI: 10.1039/C8CP06794E

Paper
Benchmarking a new segmented K-band chirped-pulse microwave spectrometer and its application to the conformationally rich amino alcohol isoleucinol
Mariyam Fatima, Cristóbal Pérez, Benjamin E. Arenas, Melanie Schnell and Amanda L. Steber
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 17042-17051. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01141J

Perspective
Cold and controlled chemical reaction dynamics
Jutta Toscano, H. J. Lewandowski and Brianna R. Heazlewood
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 9180-9194. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00931H

Paper
Spectroscopic diagnostic for the ring-size of carbohydrates in the gas phase: furanose and pyranose forms of GalNAc
Baptiste Schindler, Laurent Legentil, Abdul-Rhaman Allouche, Vincent Ferrières and Isabelle Compagnon
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 12460-12467. DOI: 10.1039/C8CP04082F

Paper
Differentiation of peptide isomers by excited-state photodissociation and ion–molecule interactions
Brielle L. Van Orman, Hoi-Ting Wu and Ryan R. Julian
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 23678-23685. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP04111D

Paper
Local dynamics of the photo-switchable protein PYP in ground and signalling state probed by 2D-IR spectroscopy of –SCN labels
Julian M. Schmidt-Engler, Larissa Blankenburg, Rene Zangl, Jan Hoffmann, Nina Morgner and Jens Bredenbeck
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 22963-22972. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP04307A

Perspective
How nature covers its bases
Samuel Boldissar and Mattanjah S. de Vries
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 9701-9716. DOI: 10.1039/C8CP01236A

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Synchrotron Radiation Techniques in Catalytic Science PCCP themed issue now online and free to access

11 Sep 2020

We are delighted to announce that the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) themed issue Synchrotron Radiation Techniques in Catalytic Science is now online and free to access until the end of November 2020.

Techniques employing Synchrotron Radiation (SR) have had a transformative effect on catalytic science. The unique properties of SR have led to entirely new opportunities in diffraction, spectroscopy, small angle scattering and tomographical studies of catalytic materials. Moreover, SR has been crucial in enabling the growth of in situ experimental studies of catalytic processes under realistic operating conditions. The field impacts on all areas of catalytic science, including heterogeneous, homogeneous, biocatalysis and chemical engineering aspects.

Guest Edited by Professor Richard Catlow, Dr Diego Gianolio and Professor Peter Wells, this themed issue presents a survey of the present state-of-the-art in the field with papers from leading scientists in catalytic science worldwide.

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It includes:

Editorial
Synchrotron radiation techniques in catalytic science
C. Richard A. Catlow, Peter Wells and Diego Gianolio
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18745-18746. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP90186E

Perspective
Soft XAS as an in situ technique for the study of heterogeneous catalysts
Simon K. Beaumont
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18747-18756. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00657B

Perspective
Enantiospecificity in achiral zeolites for asymmetric catalysis
Tianxiang Chen, Ching Kit Tommy Wun, Sarah J. Day, Chiu C. Tang and Tsz Woon Benedict Lo
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18757-18764. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00262C

Communication
Site-dependent selectivity in oxidation reactions on single Pt nanoparticles
Shahar Dery, Suhong Kim, Daniel Feferman, Hillel Mehlman, F. Dean Toste and Elad Gross
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18765-18769. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00642D

Communication
In situ XAFS of acid-resilient iridate pyrochlore oxygen evolution electrocatalysts under operating conditions
David L. Burnett, Enrico Petrucco, Andrea E. Russell, Reza J. Kashtiban, Jonathan D. B Sharman and Richard I. Walton
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18770-18773. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01378A

Paper
The electronic structure, surface properties, and in situ N₂O decomposition of mechanochemically synthesised LaMnO₃
Rachel H. Blackmore, Maria Elena Rivas, George F. Tierney, Khaled M. H. Mohammed, Donato Decarolis, Shusaku Hayama, Federica Venturini, Georg Held, Rosa Arrigo, Monica Amboage, Pip Hellier, Evan Lynch, Mahrez Amri, Marianna Casavola, Tugce Eralp Erden, Paul Collier and Peter P. Wells
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18774-18787. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00793E

Paper
Elucidating the mechanism of the CO₂ methanation reaction over Ni–Fe hydrotalcite-derived catalysts via surface-sensitive in situ XPS and NEXAFS
Gianfranco Giorgianni, Chalachew Mebrahtu, Manfred Erwin Schuster, Alexander Ian Large, Georg Held, Pilar Ferrer, Federica Venturini, David Grinter, Regina Palkovits, Siglinda Perathoner, Gabriele Centi, Salvatore Abate and Rosa Arrigo
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18788-18797. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00622J

Paper
CuO/La_0.5Sr_0.5CoO₃: precursor of efficient NO reduction catalyst studied by operando high energy X-ray diffraction under three-way catalytic conditions
Ivo Alxneit, Alberto Garbujo, Giovanni Carollo, Davide Ferri and Antonella Glisenti
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18798-18805. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01064B

Paper
Identifying the catalyst chemical state and adsorbed species during methanol conversion on copper using ambient pressure X-ray spectroscopies
Baran Eren, Christopher G. Sole, Jesús S. Lacasa, David Grinter, Federica Venturini, Georg Held, Cruz S. Esconjauregui and Robert S. Weatherup
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18806-18814. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00347F

Paper
Model building analysis – a novel method for statistical evaluation of Pt L₃-edge EXAFS data to unravel the structure of Pt-alloy nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction reaction on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite
Felix E. Feiten, Shuntaro Takahashi, Oki Sekizawa, Yuki Wakisaka, Tomohiro Sakata, Naoto Todoroki, Tomoya Uruga, Toshimasa Wadayama, Yasuhiro Iwasawa and Kiyotaka Asakura
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18815-18823. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06891K

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Open for Nominations: 2021 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship and Themed Issue

21 Jul 2020

PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship

Lectureship and Themed Issue details

Recognising and supporting the significant contribution of early career researchers in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry, the lectureship is a platform for early career physical chemists to showcase their research to the wider scientific community.

The lectureship recipient will receive £1000 to cover travel and accommodation costs to attend and present at a leading international meeting in 2021. The recipient will also be invited to contribute a Perspective article to PCCP. In addition, selected nominees will be invited to submit to the PCCP Emerging Investigator Themed Issue. You can read the inaugural 2020 Emerging Investigator Themed Issue here.

Eligibility
To be eligible for the lectureship and themed issue, candidates must:
• Have completed their PhD
• Be actively pursuing an independent research career within physical chemistry, chemical physics or biophysical chemistry.
• Be at an early stage of their independent career (typically this will be within 10 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path).

Selection criteria, nomination and judging process
•    Nominations must be made via email to pccp-rsc@rsc.org using the PCCP Emerging Investigator nomination form and a letter of recommendation.
•    Nominators may only nominate one candidate for consideration per year.
•    Individuals cannot nominate themselves for consideration.
•    Selection will be made by the PCCP Editorial Board. The Lectureship winner will be selected in quarter four of 2020 and announced before the end of the year.
•    The Lectureship winner will be selected based on their nomination, with due consideration given to the letter of recommendation, candidate biography, research achievements, previous PCCP publications and overall publication history.
• Selected shortlisted nominees, as chosen by the PCCP Editorial Board, will be invited to submit to the 2021 PCCP Emerging Investigator Themed Issue following the Lectureship winner selection.

Submit a nomination
To be considered for the 2021 Lectureship and Themed Issue, the following must be sent to the Editorial Office
• A letter of recommendation
• A complete nomination form

Submission deadline: 14 September 2020

Download nomination form

Submit nomination with letter of recommendation

Find out more about our previous winner’s:

Dr Federico Calle-Vallejo, University of Barcelona (2019 winner)
Professor Debashree Ghosh, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (2018 winner)
Professor Ryan P. Steele, University of Utah (2017 winner)
Dr David Glowacki, University of Bristol (2016 winner)
Read a selection of their work in the PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship Winners Collection.

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PCCP Editor’s Choice: John Zhang Selects Outstanding Articles. Read now for free

17 Jul 2020

Associate Editor John Zhang has selected some outstanding research to share with you from Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). Read them now for free until the end of October 2020!

John Zhang is professor of chemistry at New York University Shanghai and Director of NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai. His current research focuses on protein structure and dynamics, fragment quantum chemistry study of biomolecules, polarizable force field, protein-ligand interaction, protein-protein interaction, ab initio molecular dynamics study of biomolecules and computational drug design.

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Perspective
Polarizable embedding QM/MM: the future gold standard for complex (bio)systems?
Mattia Bondanza, Michele Nottoli, Lorenzo Cupellini, Filippo Lipparini and Benedetta Mennucci
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP02119A

Paper
On the polarization of ligands by proteins
Soohaeng Yoo Willow, Bing Xie, Jason Lawrence, Robert S. Eisenberg and David D. L. Minh
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 12044-12057. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00376J

Paper
Are 2D fingerprints still valuable for drug discovery?
Kaifu Gao, Duc Duy Nguyen, Vishnu Sresht, Alan M. Mathiowetz, Meihua Tu and Guo-Wei Wei
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 8373-8390. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00305K

Paper
Impact of electronic polarizability on protein-functional group interactions
Himanshu Goel, Wenbo Yu, Vincent D. Ustach, Asaminew H. Aytenfisu, Delin Sun and Alexander D. MacKerell
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 6848-6860. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00088D

Paper
How do mutations affect the structural characteristics and substrate binding of CYP21A2? An investigation by molecular dynamics simulations
Baihui Lin, Hongxing Zhang and Qingchuan Zheng
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 8870-8877. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00763C

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Submissions still welcome to the Quantum Computing and Quantum Information Storage themed collection

16 Jul 2020

The submission deadline is fast approaching for the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) Themed Collection on Quantum Computing and Quantum Information Storage, with Guest Editors:

John Doyle
Harvard University, USA

Anna Krylov (Associate Editor, PCCP)
University of Southern California, USA

Kang-Kuen Ni
Harvard University, USA

Quantum computing and information storage promise to revolutionize our information technology. Some basic theory of quantum computing has been established over the past two decades and researchers are on the cusp of quantum supremacy for truly useful systems. Yet, for quantum computing to become a reality we need to find a practical physical platform for realizing qubits with enough fidelity and depth to solve important problems. At present it is not clear what platform will succeed at this.

Molecules are a relative newcomer to the field (apart from the initial molecular NMR qubits that energized the field), but the power of such systems is easy to recognize with a myriad of internal quantum states and dipole coupling for quantum processing. The key goals are the ability to prepare, control, manipulate, and interrogate specific quantum states of interacting qubits, control their interactions and thus program an array of qubits. The current status quo in this field is reminiscent of the dawn of the first quantum revolution (which brought us GPS, MRI, and other amazing technologies): fundamental physics tells us that there are grounds for a powerful and transformative technology and informs us of what needs to be done to realize it, but the actual work and, consequently, the success of the entire endeavour is in the hands of scientists, who must find the right platform for qubits and the right physical tools to control them.

This topical collection will highlight physical chemistry/chemical physics aspects of quantum computing and quantum information storage and will welcome contributions from experimental and theoretical communities working on atomic, molecular, and optical aspects of emerging quantum information technology. Contributions focusing on application of quantum computing to physical problems are also welcome.

We welcome contributions of articles for this the collection including Communications, Full Papers and Perspectives. Please see our Author Guidelines for further information.

If you are interested in submitting a manuscript but are facing issues with the deadline or other aspects of the publishing process due to COVID-19, please get in touch to discuss options with the Editorial Office.

Deadline for submissions: 30 July 2020

Articles can be submitted via our website: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pccp. Please mention on submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed collection.

All articles will be subject to our fair and impartial peer-review process in the normal way. Accepted articles will be published online in a citeable form as soon as they are ready.

Please contact the Editorial Office with any questions you may have.

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PCCP Editor’s Choice: Ron Naaman Selects Outstanding Articles. Read now for free

19 Jun 2020

Associate Editor Ron Naaman has selected some outstanding research to share with you from Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). Read them now for free until the end of September 2020!

Born in Israel, Professor Ron Naaman earned his BSc in 1973 from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and his PhD in 1978 from the Weizmann Institute of Science. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University in California, and spent a year in the Department of Chemistry at Harvard University. In 1981, Professor Naaman joined the Weizmann Institute. From 1989-1995, Ron chaired the Institute’s Chemical Services Unit and from 1995-2000, he headed the Department of Chemical Physics. From 2008-2010, Prof. Naaman was the Chair of the Scientific Council at the Institute. Professor Naaman is the incumbent of the Aryeh and Mintzi Katzman Professorial Chair. His research focusses on studying interaction of electrons and their spin with organic and bio-related molecules.

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Paper
Synergies and compromises between charge and energy transfers in three-component organic solar cells
Camillo Sartorio, Giuliana Giuliano, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Valeria Vetri, Maurizio Leone and Bruno Pignataro
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 8344-8352. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00336K

Paper
Electric control of magnetization in an amorphous Co–Fe–Ta–B–O film by resistive switching
Siqi Yin, Chengyue Xiong, Cheng Chen and Xiaozhong Zhang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 8672-8678. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00824A

Paper
Electric-field control of single-molecule tautomerization
Shai Mangel, Maxim Skripnik, Katharina Polyudov, Christian Dette, Tobias Wollandt, Paul Punke, Dongzhe Li, Roberto Urcuyo, Fabian Pauly, Soon Jung Jung and Klaus Kern
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 6370-6375. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06868F

Paper
Electric-field-mediated magnetic properties of all-oxide CoFe₂O₄/La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃/Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)_0.7Ti_0.3O₃ heterostructure
Ping Wang, Chao Jin, Dong Li, Yuchen Wang, Shasha Liu, Xinyue Wang, Xin Pang, Dongxing Zheng, Wanchao Zheng, Rongkun Zheng and Haili Bai
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 12651-12657. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01374A

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Frontiers in molecular simulation of solvated ions, molecules and interfaces PCCP themed issue now online and free to access

03 Jun 2020

We are delighted to announce that the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) themed issue Frontiers in molecular simulation of solvated ions, molecules and interfaces is now online and articles in the collection are free to access until the end of August 2020.

Predictive molecular simulation of condensed matter at finite temperature has come a long way from the first practical implementations of ab-initio or Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics thirty years ago.

Guest Edited by Professor Jochen Blumberger, Professor Marie-Pierre Gaigeot, Professor Marialore Sulpizi and Professor Rodolphe Vuilleumier, this themed issue provides a representative snapshot of latest and upcoming techniques and their applications at the forefront of this research area with a specific focus on the simulation of solvated ions, molecules and interfaces.

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It includes:

Editorial
Frontiers in molecular simulation of solvated ions, molecules and interfaces
Jochen Blumberger, Marie-Pierre Gaigeot, Marialore Sulpizi and Rodolphe Vuilleumier
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 10393-10396. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP90091E

Perspective
Tumbling with a limp: local asymmetry in water’s hydrogen bond network and its consequences
Hossam Elgabarty and Thomas D. Kühne
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 10397-10411. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06960G

Perspective
DFT modelling of explicit solid–solid interfaces in batteries: methods and challenges
Kevin Leung
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 10412-10425. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06485K

Communication
Temperature effects on the ionic conductivity in concentrated alkaline electrolyte solutions
Yunqi Shao, Matti Hellström, Are Yllö, Jonas Mindemark, Kersti Hermansson, Jörg Behler and Chao Zhang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 10426-10430. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06479F

Paper
Benchmark and performance of long-range corrected time-dependent density functional tight binding (LC-TD-DFTB) on rhodopsins and light-harvesting complexes
Beatrix M. Bold, Monja Sokolov, Sayan Maity, Marius Wanko, Philipp M. Dohmen, Julian J. Kranz, Ulrich Kleinekathöfer, Sebastian Höfener and Marcus Elstner
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 10500-10518. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP05753F

Paper
Raman spectrum and polarizability of liquid water from deep neural networks
Grace M. Sommers, Marcos F. Calegari Andrade, Linfeng Zhang, Han Wang and Roberto Car
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 10592-10602. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01893G

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PCCP Editor’s Choice: Luis Bañares Selects Outstanding Articles. Read now for free

12 May 2020

Associate Editor Luis Bañares has selected some outstanding research to share with you from Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). Read them now for free until the end of August 2020!

Professor Luis Bañares is Chair of Physical Chemistry and Director of the Centre for Ultrafast Lasers at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain. His research interests are related to experimental and theoretical chemical reaction dynamics and femtochemistry. His work focuses on the understanding of fundamental chemical reactions and photodissociation processes at a molecular level.

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Paper
State-to-state photodissociation dynamics of CO₂ around 108 nm: the O(¹S) atom channel
Jiami Zhou, Zijie Luo, Jiayue Yang, Yao Chang, Zhiguo Zhang, Yong Yu, Qinming Li, Gongkui Cheng, Zhichao Chen, Zhigang He, Li Che, Shengrui Yu, Guorong Wu, Kaijun Yuan and Xueming Yang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 6260-6265. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06919D

Paper
Formation of highly excited iodine atoms from multiphoton excitation of CH₃I
Kristján Matthíasson, Greta Koumarianou, Meng-Xu Jiang, Pavle Glodic, Peter C. Samartzis and Ágúst Kvaran
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 4984-4992. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06242D

Paper
Laser-induced alignment dynamics of gas phase CS₂ dimers
Adam S. Chatterley, Mia O. Baatrup, Constant A. Schouder and Henrik Stapelfeldt
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 3245-3253. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06260B

Paper
Photoelectron spectroscopy of boron-containing reactive intermediates using synchrotron radiation: BH₂, BH, and BF
P. Mukhopadhyay, D. Schleier, I. Fischer, J.-C. Loison, C. Alcaraz and G. A. Garcia
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 1027-1034. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06010C

Paper
Time-resolved formation of excited atomic and molecular states in XUV-induced nanoplasmas in ammonia clusters
Rupert Michiels, Aaron C. LaForge, Matthias Bohlen, Carlo Callegari, Andrew Clark, Aaron von Conta, Marcello Coreno, Michele Di Fraia, Marcel Drabbels, Paola Finetti, Martin Huppert, Veronica Oliver, Oksana Plekan, Kevin C. Prince, Stefano Stranges, Vít Svoboda, Hans Jakob Wörner and Frank Stienkemeier
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 7828-7834. DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00669F

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Gordon F. Kirkbright and Edward Steers Bursary Awards, 2021

04 May 2020

The Gordon F. Kirkbright bursary award is a prestigious annual award that assists a promising early career scientist of any nation to attend a recognised scientific meeting or visit a place of learning. The fund for this bursary was established in 1985 as a memorial to Professor Gordon Kirkbright in recognition of his contributions to analytical spectroscopy and to science in general.

Owing to the generosity of one of our former trustees, an eminent atomic spectroscopist, Professor Edward B.M. Steers, we are now, from 2020, in the position of being able to award an annual Edward Steers bursary, in addition to the long standing Gordon Kirkbright bursary, to similarly assist a promising early scientist engaged in or utilising analytical spectroscopic techniques.

The ABS Trust defines early career as being either a student, or an employee in a non-tenured academic post or in industry, within 7 years of award of PhD excluding career breaks. The same conditions apply to each bursary.

Applications are invited for both the 2021 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary and the 2021 Edward Steers Bursary. Although both funds are administered by the ABS Trust, the Kirkbright award is not restricted to spectroscopists, but is open to all involved with or utilising analytical science-based techniques.

Application Forms can be downloaded via:

http://www.abstrust.org/kirkbright-and-steers-bursary-awards

or for further information visit:

http://www.abstrust.org/ or contact abstrustuk@gmail.com

The closing date for entries is 30 November 2020.

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Announcing Quantum Computing and Quantum Information Storage themed collection

30 Mar 2020

We are excited to announce an upcoming themed collection in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) on Quantum Computing and Quantum Information Storage with Guest Editors

John Doyle
Harvard University, USA

Anna Krylov (Associate Editor, PCCP)
University of Southern California, USA

Kang-Kuen Ni
Harvard University, USA

We welcome contributions of articles for this the collection including Communications, Full Papers and Perspectives. Please see our Author Guidelines for further information.

Deadline for submissions: 30 July 2020

Articles can be submitted via our website: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pccp. Please mention on submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed collection.

All articles will be subject to our fair and impartial peer-review process in the normal way. Accepted articles will be published online in a citeable form as soon as they are ready.

Please contact the Editorial Office with any questions you may have.

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PCCP Editor’s Choice: Anouk Rijs Selects Outstanding Articles. Read now for free

Synchrotron Radiation Techniques in Catalytic Science PCCP themed issue now online and free to access

Open for Nominations: 2021 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship and Themed Issue

PCCP Editor’s Choice: John Zhang Selects Outstanding Articles. Read now for free

Submissions still welcome to the Quantum Computing and Quantum Information Storage themed collection

PCCP Editor’s Choice: Ron Naaman Selects Outstanding Articles. Read now for free

Frontiers in molecular simulation of solvated ions, molecules and interfaces PCCP themed issue now online and free to access

PCCP Editor’s Choice: Luis Bañares Selects Outstanding Articles. Read now for free

Gordon F. Kirkbright and Edward Steers Bursary Awards, 2021

Announcing Quantum Computing and Quantum Information Storage themed collection

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