Xanthines may have been building blocks in prebiotic Earth

US-based scientists Jinquan Chen and Bern Kohler have studied the excited-state dynamics of 5 xanthine derivatives. The compounds display ultrashort excited state lifetimes – analogous to adenine and guanine – and the authors conclude that these compounds may be candidates for the building blocks of life on prebiotic Earth.

Read this fascinating PCCP paper today:

Ultrafast nonradiative decay by hypoxanthine and several methylxanthines in aqueous and acetonitrile solution
Jinquan Chen and Bern Kohler
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP41296A

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PCCP, Repositories and Open Access

We know it’s important to our authors to make their research as visible as possible; and they want to share their latest results with their colleagues right away. Many of you also now have open access requirements from funding agencies, such as NIH and EPSRC. So, PCCP wants to make things easy for you.

PCCP has a straight-forward policy:

  • We allow deposition of your submitted manuscript in non-commercial pre-submission repositories (such as ArXiV)
  • You can deposit the accepted version of your PCCP article in a non-commercial repository (this includes institution and funding body repositories)
  • You can also share your research via your personal website(s) or your institute’s intranet
  • RSC Publishing also offer authors the opportunity to make their article free to access for all via the web with our Open Science option

PCCP article templates

We also know that when our authors use repositories, they want the original version of their article to look as professional as possible. This is why we provide a handy PCCP article template so you can quickly prepare your article for submission.  Our (optional) templates are available in Microsoft Word or LaTeX to suit our authors working across the broad fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.

For full details of our deposition and open access policies please see our website or the summary on the RSC Publishing blog.

We hope this has made things clearer for you and we encourage you to submit your best research to PCCP.

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PCCP latest Impact Factor

The latest citation data released by Thomson ISI reveals that PCCP’s latest (2011) Impact Factor has risen to 3.573.

PCCP has a large and truly international readership, which spans many communities in the broad fields of physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.

With fast publication times and great author service, PCCP remains the ideal home for high-quality research.

We thank all of our authors, readers and referees for their continued support of the journal.

We invite you to submit your next high-quality paper to PCCP.

Find out how RSC journals are ranked in the latest Impact Factor release.

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21st IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC 21)

Poster abstract and early bird registration deadline 13 July 2012

There is still just time to submit your poster abstract to the 21st IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC 21) but don’t delay.

The deadline date of 13 July is for both poster abstracts and early bird registrations.

Why join ICPOC21?

 This meeting is organised by the Organic Division of the RSC on behalf of IUPAC. In addition to outstanding plenary sessions, there will be three parallel sessions over the five days comprising invited lectures and contributed talks, as well as poster sessions.

 Key topics that will be covered in the meeting include:

  • Physical underpinnings
  • Mechanism and Catalysis
  • Supramolecular and Systems Chemistry

A broad range of scientists from across the whole community who share a quantitative perspective on chemistry will be there, providing an opportunity to discuss and celebrate the current status, development, and the future of physical organic chemistry.

Make sure you are one of them! Don’t miss the poster abstract submission and early bird registration deadline – 13 July 2012.

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Reaction study gives new insights into reaction pathway

New mechanistic insights using multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry

A study on the reaction of O(3P) with propene using time-resolved photoionisation mass spectrometry has revealed new insights into the reaction pathways and products, including free radicals and closed-shell molecules, say US scientists.

The study also revealed important reaction pathways that lead to products on the C3H6O potential energy surface, including unexpected intersystem crossing from the triplet state to the lower-lying singlet states.

The research, it is claimed, has made way for further understanding of the kinetics of all polyatomic multichannel reactions.

Read the ‘HOT’ PCCP paper:

New Mechanistic Insights to the O(3P) + Propene Reaction from Multiplexed Photoionization Mass Spectrometry
J D Savee et al,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41200d

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Professor Gabor A Somorjai joins PCCP Honorary Board

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is delighted to announce that Professor Gabor A. Somorjai of the University of California, Berkeley has joined the Honorary Board of the journal. Professor Somorjai’s research interests are in the fields of surface science, solid state chemistry and catalysis. During his long career Prof. Somorjai has published >1000 scientific papers and received many awards and honours.

Read Professor Somorjai’s recent PCCP articles today:

Rh1−xPdx nanoparticle composition dependence in CO oxidation by oxygen: catalytic activity enhancement in bimetallic systems
James Russell Renzas, Wenyu Huang, Yawen Zhang, Michael E. Grass, Dat Tien Hoang, Selim Alayoglu, Derek R. Butcher, Franklin (Feng) Tao, Zhi Liu and Gabor A. Somorjai
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01858A

The evolution of model catalytic systems; studies of structure, bonding and dynamics from single crystal metal surfaces to nanoparticles, and from low pressure (<10−3 Torr) to high pressure (>10−3 Torr) to liquid interfaces
Gabor A. Somorjai, Roger L. York, Derek Butcher and Jeong Y. Park
DOI: 10.1039/B618805B

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Bunsentagung 2012 PCCP Prizes

PCCP is delighted to announce the following winners from the recent Bunsentagung 2012 which took place last month in Leipzig, Germany.

The winners of the PCCP Poster Prize were: Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Dr. Axel Rosenhahn (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) and Dr. Felix Plamper (RWTH Aachen University, Germany). 

PCCP Prize winners

PCCP Poster Prize winners Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann, Dr. Axel Rosenhahn and Dr. Felix Plamper with PCCP Ownership Board member Professor Martin Quack

A further 10 winners were also awarded with the PCCPHot Topics’ Prize:

  • Dr. Andreas Hofmann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
  • Inga Niedermaier (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
  • Benedikt Uhl (University of Ulm)
  • Dr. Ian Grant (Ruhr-University Bochum)
  • Henrike Müller-Werkmeister (Goethe-University Frankfurt)
  • Nancy Faßheber (University of Kiel)
  • Dr. Maik Eichelbaum (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society)
  • Dr. Axel Pramann (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
  • Andreas Lesch (The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg)
  • Roland Frach (TU Dortmand University)

All prizes were presented by Professor Martin Quack, member of the PCCP Ownership Board. PCCP is co-owned by 17 national Societies including the Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie (DBG). Every time a paper by an author based in Germany is published in PCCP, the DBG receives a financial royalty from the journal. We are proud of PCCP’s strong and historic links with German research.

PCCP has just published a great themed issue on Interfaces of Ionic Liquids to accompany this year’s ‘Hauptthema’ – take a look at the issue today. 

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PCCP Themed issue on Structure and reactivity of small particles out now!

We are delighted to announce the publication of Issue 26 of PCCP which includes a themed collection on the Structure and reactivity of small particles: from clusters to aerosols, and which is now online!

OFC_26 IFC_26

The themed issue was Guest-Edited by by Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky from Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany and Thorsten M. Bernhardt from the University of Ulm, Germany. This themed issue on the Structure and reactivity of small particles: from clusters to aerosols contains an array of fascinating articles as well as the below highlighted Editorial and Perspectives:

Editorial
Structure and reactivity of small particles: from clusters to aerosols
Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký and Thorsten M. Bernhardt
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 9252-9254
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP90066A

Perspectives
Gas phase metal cluster model systems for heterogeneous catalysis
Sandra M. Lang and Thorsten M. Bernhardt
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 9255-9269
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40660H

Structure characterization of metal oxide clusters by vibrational spectroscopy: possibilities and prospects
Knut R. Asmis
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 9270-9281
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40762K

Silver cluster–biomolecule hybrids: from basics towards sensors
Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký, Alexander Kulesza, Lars Gell, Roland Mitrić, Rodolphe Antoine, Franck Bertorelle, Ramzi Hamouda, Driss Rayane, Michel Broyer, Thibault Tabarin and Philippe Dugourd
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 9282-9290
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP00050D

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy and control of atmospheric aerosols
J. Kasparian and J.-P. Wolf
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 9291-9300
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23576E

Also in Issue 26 are the following exciting Perspectives and Communication:

Perspectives

Quantum chemistry simulation on quantum computers: theories and experiments
Dawei Lu, Boruo Xu, Nanyang Xu, Zhaokai Li, Hongwei Chen, Xinhua Peng, Ruixue Xu and Jiangfeng Du
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 9411-9420
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23700H

Molecular optoelectronics: the interaction of molecular conduction junctions with light
Michael Galperin and Abraham Nitzan
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 9421-9438
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40636E

Communication
On the microscopic origin of bending of graphene nanoribbons in the presence of a perpendicular electric field
Mausumi Chattopadhyaya, Md. Mehboob Alam and Swapan Chakrabarti
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 9439-9443
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP24015G

Take a look at the issue today!

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PCCP Poster Prize winners – Operando IV Conference

We are delighted to announce the winners of the PCCP Poster prizes which were awarded at the Operando IV Conference – Recent Developments and Future Perspectives in Spectroscopy of Working Catalysts which took place at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, USA in May 2012.

The 1st PCCP Poster prize winner was Isabel Green from the University of Virginia and the 2nd and 3rd prizes were awarded to Shilpa Agarwal, (University of Twente) and Javier Ruiz-Martinez, (Utrecht University). All prizes were presented by the Conference Chair Dr Simon R. Bare (UOP, LLC, a Honeywell Company).

PCCP Poster Prize winners: Isabel Green, Shilpa Agarwal, Javier Ruiz-Martinez with Dr Simon R. Bare

PCCP Poster Prize winners: Isabel Green, Shilpa Agarwal, Javier Ruiz-Martinez with Dr Simon R. Bare

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Hydrogen bonding in electronically excited states – themed issue now published

PCCP is delighted to present issue 25 which includes a collection of articles on the theme of Hydrogen bonding in electronically excited states, Guest Edited by Guang-Jiu Zhao and Ke-Li Han (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China).

Hydrogen bonding has been recognized as an important interest in recent research due to its prevalence and fundamental importance in various branches of science in the past century.

To complement the 2011 PCCP themed issue on ‘Weak Hydrogen Bonds – Strong Effects?‘, this themed issue will focus on hydrogen bonding in electronically excited states, which play an increasingly important role in many photo-physical processes and photochemical reactions.

The two cover images were provided by Krishnamoorthy and colleagues with the Perspective on excited state intramolecular charge transfer and Jeffrey Reimers and Zheng-Li Cai highlighting their Perspective on the hydrogen bonding and reactivity of water to azines.

As well as high quality new research, the issue also contains a collection of high-profile Perspective review articles:

The role of hydrogen bonding in excited state intramolecular charge transfer
Francis A. S. Chipem, Anasuya Mishra and G. Krishnamoorthy
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23879A

Hydrogen bonding and reactivity of water to azines in their S1 (n,π*) electronic excited states in the gas phase and in solution
Jeffrey R. Reimers and Zheng-Li Cai
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP24040H

Excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT): from principal photophysics to the development of new chromophores and applications in fluorescent molecular probes and luminescent materials
Jianzhang Zhao, Shaomin Ji, Yinghui Chen, Huimin Guo and Pei Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23144A

Excited state dynamics and catalytic mechanism of the light-driven enzyme protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase
Nigel S. Scrutton, Marie Louise Groot and Derren J. Heyes
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23789J

Hydrogen bonding of excited states in supramolecular host–guest inclusion complexes
Brian D. Wagner
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40310B

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