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Water in biological systems – issue out this week

01 Sep 2010

Issue 35 is part of the PCCP themed issues series on biophysics and biophysical chemistry and contains a collection of articles on the theme ‘Water in biological systems‘, including a Perspective article on the evolution of DNA and a paper on the kinetic spectroscopy of hemoglobin by Robert Goldbeck:

The possible roles of water in the prebiotic chemical evolution of DNA
Shuxun Cui
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 10147-10153

Kinetic spectroscopy of heme hydration and ligand binding in myoglobin and isolated hemoglobin chains: an optical window into heme pocket water dynamics
Robert A. Goldbeck et al.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 10270-10278

Read more about the PCCP biophysics and biophysical chemistry series, with the following issues already available:

• Biomolecular structures: from isolated molecules to living cells
• Molecular Mechanisms of the Photostability of Life

Also, you can submit to our upcoming ‘Nano-bio’ themed issue before the 06 December 2010.

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Physics of DNA: HOT Perspective

20 Aug 2010

Just published, read it now

Physics of DNA: unravelling hidden abilities encoded in the structure of ‘the most important molecule’

A. A. Kornyshev, PCCP, 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C004107F

A qualitative account on various aspects of the effect of DNA structure on DNA–DNA interactions and related phenomena, presented without any sophisticated ‘algebra’.

Read also about the PCCP Biophysical series, with the following issues already available:

• Biomolecular structures: from isolated molecules to living cells
• Molecular Mechanisms of the Photostability of Life

Also, submit to our upcoming ‘Nano-bio’ themed issue before the 06 December 2010

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Multiscale Modeling themed issue: call for papers

19 Aug 2010

PCCP is delighted to announce a high-profile themed issue on Multiscale Modeling, which will be Guest Edited by Professors Matthias Bickelhaupt, Peter Bolhuis and Lucas Visscher (Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling, VU University). It is our pleasure to invite you to submit to this themed issue.

Submission Deadline: 13 December 2010
Submit a paper

The themed issue will be published in PCCP in 2011 and will be displayed at relevant conferences in summer 2011 to maximise the visibility of the work published.

While multiscale modeling is already an established approach in some areas of physics and material science, its application in physical chemistry and chemical physics is still emerging. Within these disciplines, the approach connects the established fields of quantum chemistry, atomistic molecular dynamics, computational material science and bioinformatics.

Multiscale modeling can be roughly defined as the concurrent study of the different time and length scales relevant for complex chemical, physical or biological processes. The significance of such an integral view for important processes such as photosynthesis, protein folding, DNA replication, catalysis, self-organization in soft matter, etc. is clear. With issues in multiscale modeling primarily discussed in the literature of the parent fields, cross-fertilization between the different fields is still limited. This PCCP themed issue will bring together papers that address the multiscale aspect of various applications and functions and will act as a reference point to researchers new to this developing field.

Submissions should be high quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research. Both Communications and Full Papers can be submitted for consideration. All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of PCCP.

Please do pass this invitation on to any relevant colleagues, or let us know if you have any suggestions of people to invite. The deadline for submissions to the themed issue is the 13th December 2010, though submissions before this date are of course welcomed.

Matthias Bickelhaupt, Peter Bolhuis and Lucas Visscher
Guest Editors

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Deadline Reminder: Single-Molecule Optics themed issue

12 Aug 2010

The submission deadline for the PCCP themed issue on Single-Molecule Optical Studies of Soft and Complex Matter is fast approaching… submit your paper for this exciting issue Guest Edited by Professor Michel Orrit (Leiden University).

Submission deadline: 03 September 2010

Submit your paper now via our online submission service

The aim of this issue is to have a comprehensive collection of articles in the expanding field of single-molecule optical studies, with a particular emphasis on soft and complex materials. As well as its great success in biophysics and biology, single-molecule microscopy has the potential to revolutionize our view of soft matter, organized materials, and out-of-equilibrium condensed systems, by displaying their full heterogeneity in time and space to a molecular level.

In recent years, many classes of complex or organized materials have benefited from the advantages of single-molecule optics, including polymers, interfaces and zeolites. In all these systems, experiments have shown that static and dynamic heterogeneities and the spread of molecular parameters are surprisingly large. This knowledge is the missing link between the chemist’s view of the structure and interactions of the molecules and the soft matter physicist‘s view of their mesoscopic organization.

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PCCP Issue 32 out now!

10 Aug 2010

Cover image This week’s issue of PCCP is now out – take a look at this great issue!

It includes a Perspective article by Andrew J. Orr-Ewing and colleagues at the University of Bristol on velocity map imaging and a Communication article by Bernie Binks and Anaïs Rocher about the stabilisation of liquid–air surfaces.

Velocity map imaging of the dynamics of bimolecular chemical reactions
Stuart J. Greaves, Rebecca A. Rose and Andrew J. Orr-Ewing, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 9129

Stabilisation of liquid–air surfaces by particles of low surface energy
Bernard P. Binks and Anaïs Rocher, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 9169

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Meet the team at ACS Fall 2010

06 Aug 2010

Managing Editor, Philip Earis, will be at the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting and Exposition in Boston.

Let us know if you are going to be there and visit Booth 801, where you can find out the latest news from RSC Publishing.

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PCCP Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry Series

05 Aug 2010

PCCP is delighted to announce that this year it is publishing a series of themed issues in the fields of biophysics and biophysical chemistry to highlight some of the great content we publish in this area.

The series contains issues on a variety of topics in this exciting multidisciplinary research area.

Take a look today at the issues that are already published:

Biomolecular Structures: From Isolated Molecules to Living Cells

Molecular Mechanisms of the Photostability of life

And sign-up to our contents e-alerts to have the upcoming issues sent direct to your inbox:

Water in biological systems

Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Biological Science

Homochirality and Origin of Life

Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices

This high-profile series is Guest Edited by PCCP Advisory Board member Seong Keun Kim (Seoul National University, Korea), Jean-Pierre Schermann (Université Paris 13, France), and Taekjip Ha (University of Illinois, USA). The series also contains an issue on molecular mechanisms of the photostability of life Guest Edited by Andrzej Sobolewski and Wolfgang Domcke.

We believe that this series of themed issues will serve to foster links between the biophysics and biophysical chemistry research communities and will have a valuable and lasting impact in this research field.

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TYC-Workshop on Energy Materials – Early bird registration 31st July

28 Jul 2010

PCCP is delighted to announce its collaboration with the 1st TYC-Workshop on Energy Materials and will be publishing an exciting issue on energy materials following the meeting. Sign up for the PCCP e-alert today for future updates.

**Early bird registration (£25) and poster abstract deadline ends very soon – register before the 31^st July!**

Topics covered are:

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

7th-9th September 2010
University College London, UK
Early bird registration and the Abstract deadline is the 31st July 2010.
www.thomasyoungcentre.org/events/279

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Nano-catalysis: call for papers

28 Jul 2010

Submit an article to the high-profile PCCP themed issue on Controlled Nanostructures for Applications in Catalysts, which will be Guest Edited by Professor Ferdi Schüth (MPI Mülheim). The themed issue will be published in early 2011.

Deadline for Submission: 15 September 2010

The controlled fabrication of nanostructures has seen tremendous development over the last ten years or so. This progress was made possible by a combination of findings from different fields, such as the synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials, controlled preparation of size controlled nanoparticles, patterned functionalization of surfaces, integration of nanoparticles and dendrimers, among others. Such controlled nanostructures have been used in a variety of fields, but one of the most interesting applications is catalysis.

These nanostructured catalysts can have novel properties by the integration of different functional subunits or can catalyze novel types of conversions, such as cascade reactions by the integration of different catalytic functions. Moreover, the possibility to control the materials precisely on the nanoscale opens opportunities for fundamental studies, since these well ordered, structures and characterized materials are excellent model catalysts.

This themed issue will focus on the physical chemistry of these materials and their catalytic applications. Contributions should contain significant physical insight, therefore purely synthetic work cannot be considered for this issue. The purpose of this themed issue is to collect together the exciting work in this area and we believe it will make an important and lasting contribution to this area.

Submissions, either communications or full papers, should be high-quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research, containing important new physical insight.

All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of PCCP.

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Solid state and cluster structure prediction

27 Jul 2010

This week’s issue of PCCP is all about ‘Solid state and cluster structure prediction‘ – take a look today!

This exciting themed issue is Guest Edited by Scott M. Woodley and Richard Catlow, University College London, UK.

Solid state and cluster structure prediction Prediction of the structures at the atomic level of molecules and materials remains one of the core challenges of chemistry. Computational chemistry and physics have given us powerful tools over the last few decades for accurate modelling of atomic level structures. But how far can we predict structures? That is, to what extent are we able, given knowledge of the chemical composition of a system, to identify reliably the thermodynamically stable structure?

This issue attempts to provide at least partial answers to this question by presenting a number of recent studies of the prediction of structures of both crystals and nanoparticles.

Want to read more about our upcoming themed issues? Please visit the ‘Themed Issues’ page on our website.

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