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Eye-friendly light sources – PCCP paper featured in Science Daily

18 Oct 2010

A PCCP paper on tuneable white fluorescence has been highlighted in Science Daily and on Photonics Online.

In this paper scientists have discovered that organic substrates can emit white light with a continuous spectrum, providing evidence that only a single component luminophore will be needed to construct eye-friendly light sources and displays.

Read the exciting article now:
Tuneable white fluorescence from intramolecular exciplexes
Jerzy Karpiuk, Ewelina Karolak and Jacek Nowacki
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 8804-8809

Read the press coverage: Artificial White Light Becomes Eye-Friendly

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PCCP Themed Issue: Weak Hydrogen Bonds – Strong Effects?

13 Oct 2010

Call for papers: Weak Hydrogen Bonds – Strong Effects?

Deadline for Submission: 08 March 2011

A wide variety of weak hydrogen bonds at the limit of the classical definition play a very decisive role in the physico-chemical properties of molecular assemblies. In contrast to classical hydrogen bonds, the modeling of weak hydrogen bonds remains in its infancy, because it requires very high level electronic structure calculations and involves subtle influences of the environment and thermal excitation. A range of spectroscopic and other physico-chemical techniques have to be combined to make significant progress.

The themed issue will be published in PCCP in summer 2011 and will be displayed at relevant international conferences to maximise the visibility of the work published, including the XIX Congress on “Horizons in Hydrogen Bond Research” to be held in Göttingen in September 2011.

Submissions should be high quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research.

Both Communications and Full Papers can be submitted for consideration, which will be subject to rigorous peer review.

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

Pass this invitation on to any relevant colleagues!

Nobel Laureate Yuan Tseh Lee joins PCCP Honorary Board

06 Oct 2010

We are delighted to announce that renowned scientist Yuan Tseh Lee has joined the PCCP Honorary Board.

Learn more about PCCP and our different Boards – which contain other Nobel Prize Laureates…

Professor Lee was the first Taiwanese to win the Nobel Prize – along with John Polanyi and Dudley R. Herschbach, they won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 “for their contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.”

Their ground-breaking work made it possible to analyze much larger and more complex chemical molecules than those previously studied.

Lee studied at the National Taiwan University and National Tsinghua University, and in 1962 moved to the University of California at Berkeley to complete his Ph.D, where he later became a professor of chemistry. In 1994 Professor Lee returned to his home country, Taiwan, to serve as President of Academia Sinica.

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Coherence and Control – extended oral abstract deadline

04 Oct 2010

Faraday Discussion 153: Coherence and Control in Chemistry
25 – 27 July 2011 Leeds, UK

***Extended oral abstracts deadline: 15th October 2010 – submit your abstract for oral presentation today***

This meeting will bring together experimentalists and theoreticians working in all areas of physics and chemistry who have an interest in probing and controlling chemical interactions at the quantum resolved level with the aim of defining the future challenges in the field of molecular reaction dynamics and coherent control.

See the Faraday Discussions Blog for more information.

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SERS and SHINERS @ ISE 2010

28 Sep 2010

After a great first day, ISE 2010 continues to host a vast array of top-quality electrochemistry.

This morning I heard a very interesting talk by Zhong-Qun Tian, PCCP Advisory Board member, on shelled-nanoparticle-based SERS. Shell-insulated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopy, or ‘SHINERS’, is a new technique which Tian is developing, which overcomes many of the drawbacks encountered with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS).

Read some recent PCCP Perspective review articles in this area:

Tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) and high-resolution bio nano-analysis—a comparison
Tanja Deckert-Gaudig and Volker Deckert
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 12040-12049

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of dyes: from single molecules to the artists’ canvas
Kristin L. Wustholz, Christa L. Brosseau, Francesca Casadio and Richard P. Van Duyne
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 7350-7359

A perspective on single molecule SERS: current status and future challenges
P. G. Etchegoin and E. C. Le Ru
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 6079-6089

Also, view the PCCP themed issue on SERS for more great research in this area.

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ISE 2010 – off to a great start!

27 Sep 2010

Greetings from the 61st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electochemistry (ISE 2010) in Nice, France!

So far the conference has got off to a great start. It began this morning with a very warm welcome from ISE President, Rob Hillman, who is also on the PCCP Advisory Board. Rob highlighted the broad and multi-disciplinary scope of this year’s conference ‘Electrochemistry from Biology to Physics’.

This morning saw a focus on bioelectrochemistry, with oral presentations from many of the authors from PCCP’s recently published themed issue on bioelectrochemistry. These included Phil Bartlett, Ernesto Julio Calvo, Elana Ferapontova and also one of the Guest Editors of the issue, Nicolas Mano from Bordeaux. View this great issue here. One hot topic that’s come up a lot already this morning is enzyme based biofuel cells.

Watch out for more updates from ISE 2010…

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2011 Physical Chemistry Prizes and Awards – Nominations now open

23 Sep 2010

The RSC currently presents around 60 prestigious Prizes and Awards annually to scientists in all the main chemical science disciplines allowing for the greatest range of scientists to be recognised for their work; individuals, teams and organisations working across the globe.

Physical Chemistry is one of the nine categories of awards, which has 16 Prizes and Awards including the prestigious Spiers Memorial Award, Marlow Award, Faraday Lectureship Prize and the three Centenary Prizes.

Our Prizes and Awards represent the dedication and outstanding achievements in the chemicals sciences and are a platform to showcase inspiring science to gain the recognition deserved.

Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to advancing the chemical sciences?

View our full list of Prizes and Awards and use the online system to nominate yourself or colleagues.

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TYC-Workshop on Energy Materials: on this week!

08 Sep 2010

The 1st TYC-Workshop on Energy Materials started yesterday at University College London, UK, and is set to be a very exciting meeting!

PCCP is sponsoring this meeting and will also be publishing an exciting issue on energy materials in the coming months, highlighting some of the great research being presented. Sign up for the PCCP e-alert today for future updates on this issue.

The meeting is organised by Jochen Blumberger and includes a host of top speakers including: Richard Catlow, Anthony Cheetham, James Durrant, Kit Bowen and many more!

Topics being covered this week include:

Photo-induced energy conversion
Hydrogen storage
Electrochemistry, Fuel Cells and Energy Storage

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Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Eye-friendly light sources – PCCP paper featured in Science Daily

PCCP Themed Issue: Weak Hydrogen Bonds – Strong Effects?

Nobel Laureate Yuan Tseh Lee joins PCCP Honorary Board

Coherence and Control – extended oral abstract deadline

Top Ten most-read PCCP articles

SERS and SHINERS @ ISE 2010

ISE 2010 – off to a great start!

2011 Physical Chemistry Prizes and Awards – Nominations now open

Top Ten most-read PCCP articles

TYC-Workshop on Energy Materials: on this week!

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