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PCCP themed issue: Size Selected Clusters and Particles: From Physical Chemistry to Catalysis

Guest Editors: Stefan Vajda (Argonne National Laboratory) and Jeroen van Bokhoven (ETH Zürich)

Deadline for Submissions: 16^th May 2014

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is delighted to announce a high-profile themed issue ‘Size Selected Clusters and Particles: From Physical Chemistry to Catalysis’.

Please do let us know if you are interested in contributing to this themed issue by emailing the PCCP Editorial Office (pccp-rsc@rsc.org). We look forward to hearing from you.

The themed issue will be published in PCCP in 2014. It will receive great exposure, and get significant promotion.

PCCP is a high-impact, community spanning, international journal publishing work of the highest quality in the broad fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.

Ultrasmall clusters and particles consist of dominantly under-coordinated surface atoms, but the ratio of facet to corner and edge atoms increases with growing size. The variety and controllability of surface or binding-site atoms offers an excellent tuning knob to optimize binding, reactivity and catalytic properties. Moreover, small particles facilitate reaction pathways that are not feasible on extended rigid surfaces, because they can undergo dynamical structural changes.

This themed issue aims to address the need for the fundamental understanding of the evolution of physicochemical and catalytic properties of matter starting with small subnanometer size clusters that consist of only a handful of atoms, up to particles nanometers in size. Both experimental and computational contributions are welcome.

Please note that:

• Submissions must contain new physical insight and should be high quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research.
• Communications and full papers can be submitted for consideration.
• If you are interested in submitting a ‘PCCP Perspective-review’ article this themed issue, please get in touch with the Editorial Office for more information about Perspective articles.
• Manuscripts can be submitted in any reasonable format using our online submissions service.
• You should indicate upon submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue.
• All submissions will be subject to an initial assessment by the editors and, if appropriate, rigorous peer review.

The deadline for submissions to the themed issue is 16^th May 2014, although submissions before this date are of course welcomed.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is delighted to announce a forthcoming high-profile themed issue on “Physical Chemistry of Nanoparticles”, with Guest Editors Jochen Küpper (Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY and University of Hamburg) Alf Mews and Horst Weller (University of Hamburg).

This will be the official themed issue of the international Bunsentagung 2014 meeting on the same theme organised by the Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft (DBG) which takes place in 2014 in Hamburg, Germany.  Free copies of the themed issue will be available at the meeting, maximising the visibility and profile of all published papers.

Deadline for submissions: 20^th December 2013

If you wish to contribute to this themed issue, please contact the PCCP Editorial Office: pccp-rsc@rsc.org

Fundamental Processes in Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Guest Editors: Efrat Lifshitz (Technion) and Laurens Siebbeles (TU Delft)

PCCP is delighted to announce a high-profile themed issue ‘Fundamental Processes in Semiconductor Nanocrystals’.

The themed issue will be published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) in 2014, and will receive great exposure. The issue will get significant promotion at the NanoGe meeting “Fundamental Processes in semiconductor nanocrystals” to be held from 8 to 10 September 2014 in Oxford, UK.

Semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs), known for their tuneable electronic band structure, have been at the centre of significant interest over two decades, owing to potential application in various opto-electronic devices and biological platforms.

Please contact the PCCP Editorial Office (pccp-rsc@rsc.org) if you are interested in contributing to this themed issue. The deadline for submissions to the themed issue is 31^st March 2014

Electrocatalysis – fundamental insights for sustainable energy
Guest Editors: Marc Koper (Leiden University) and Yasuhiro Iwasawa (The University of Tokyo)

PCCP is delighted to announce a high-profile themed issue ‘Electrocatalysis – fundamental insights for sustainable energy’. This will be guest edited by Marc Koper (Leiden University) and Yasuhiro Iwasawa (The University of Tokyo). The themed issue will be published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) in 2014.

With the projected future “electrification” of our society through solar and wind power, the conversion of electricity to chemical bonds and vice versa will be an essential field of physical chemistry in the decades to come. Basic fundamental understanding of these processes, both in model studies and at a more device level, requires detailed quantitative physical-chemistry approaches. This themed issue will deal with the physical chemistry approach to electrocatalysis, balancing fundamental and more applied studies, and aims to have a significant impact on the future directions of this important field.

Please contact the PCCP Editorial Office (pccp-rsc@rsc.org) if you are interested in contributing to this themed issue. The deadline for submissions to this themed issue is the 17^th January 2014.

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PCCP is a sister journal to Catalysis Science and Technology. Catalysis Science & Technology brings together the best quality research from the heterogeneous, homogeneous, organocatalysis and bio-catalysis communities.

We thought you might be interested to read these recent articles published in Catalysis Science & Technology in the area of electrocatalysis:

Electrocatalytic effect of ZnO nanoparticles on reduction of nitroaromatic compounds
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DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20253K, Paper

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 19-28
DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00314C, Perspective

Graphene support for enhanced electrocatalytic activity of Pd for alcohol oxidation
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DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00021G, Paper

Shape-controlled synthesis of Pt nanostructures and evaluation of catalytic and electrocatalytic performance
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