HOT PCCP Communication
A 3D network structure made of graphene planes with carbon nanotube pillars has been modeled by Polish scientists. These materials show great promise for application as gas separation membranes.
Read the full article:
Pillared graphene as a gas separation membrane
Radosław P. Wesołowski and Artur P. Terzyk
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21590F
This month sees the following articles in PCCP that are in the top ten most accessed:-
Weak hydrogen bonds – strong effects?
W. A. Herrebout and M. A. Suhm
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 13858-13859
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP90110A
Multiple exciton generation in nanocrystal quantum dots – controversy, current status and future prospects
David J. Binks
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 12693-12704
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20225A
Titania supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalyst
Ana Primo, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 886-910
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00917B
Hofmeister effects: interplay of hydration, nonelectrostatic potentials, and ion size
Drew F. Parsons, Mathias Boström, Pierandrea Lo Nostro and Barry W. Ninham
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 12352-12367
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20538B
Photoselective excited state dynamics in ZnO?Au nanocomposites and their implications in photocatalysis and dye-sensitized solar cells
Soumik Sarkar, Abhinandan Makhal, Tanujjal Bora, Sunandan Baruah, Joydeep Dutta and Samir Kumar Pal
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 12488-12496
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20892F
Recent progress in SERS biosensing
Kyle C. Bantz, Audrey F. Meyer, Nathan J. Wittenberg, Hyungsoon Im, Özge Kurtuluş, Si Hoon Lee, Nathan C. Lindquist, Sang-Hyun Oh and Christy L. Haynes
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 11551-11567
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01841D
Colloidal metal nanoparticles as a component of designed catalyst
Chun-Jiang Jia and Ferdi Schüth
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 2457-2487
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02680H
Density functional theory for transition metals and transition metal chemistry
Christopher J. Cramer and Donald G. Truhlar
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 10757-10816
DOI: 10.1039/B907148B
High performance supercapacitors based on highly conductive nitrogen-doped graphene sheets
Yongcai Qiu, Xinfeng Zhang and Shihe Yang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 12554-12558
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21148J
Characterization of nanostructured hybrid and organic solar cells by impedance spectroscopy
Francisco Fabregat-Santiago, Germà Garcia-Belmonte, Iván Mora-Seró and Juan Bisquert
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 9083-9118
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02249G
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Top 25 most-read PCCP articles for Q2
Characterization of nanostructured hybrid and organic solar cells by impedance spectroscopy
Francisco Fabregat-Santiago, Germà Garcia-Belmonte, Iván Mora-Seró and Juan Bisquert
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02249G
Density functional theory for transition metals and transition metal chemistry
Christopher J. Cramer and Donald G. Truhlar
DOI: 10.1039/B907148B
Photoblinking and photobleaching of rylene diimide dyes
Mathias Haase, Christian G. Hübner, Fabian Nolde, Klaus Müllen and Thomas Basché
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01814G
Titania supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalyst
Ana Primo, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00917B
Bimetallic Pt–Au nanocatalysts electrochemically deposited on graphene and their electrocatalytic characteristics towards oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation
Yaojuan Hu, Hua Zhang, Ping Wu, Hui Zhang, Bo Zhou and Chenxin Cai
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01998D
Catalysis by metal–organic frameworks: fundamentals and opportunities
Marco Ranocchiari and Jeroen Anton van Bokhoven
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02394A
Studying disorder in graphite-based systems by Raman spectroscopy
M. A. Pimenta, G. Dresselhaus, M. S. Dresselhaus, L. G. Cançado, A. Jorio and R. Saito
DOI: 10.1039/B613962K
Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of functionalized carbon nanotube electrodes for oxygen reduction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Ramaiyan Kannan, Unni Bipinlal, Sreekumar Kurungot and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02853C
Colloidal metal nanoparticles as a component of designed catalyst
Chun-Jiang Jia and Ferdi Schüth
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02680H
Layer-by-layer assembly as a versatile bottom-up nanofabrication technique for exploratory research and realistic application
Katsuhiko Ariga, Jonathan P. Hill and Qingmin Ji
DOI: 10.1039/B700410A
Recent progress in SERS biosensing
Kyle C. Bantz, Audrey F. Meyer, Nathan J. Wittenberg, Hyungsoon Im, Özge Kurtuluş, Si Hoon Lee, Nathan C. Lindquist, Sang-Hyun Oh and Christy L. Haynes
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01841D
Direct electro-deposition of graphene from aqueous suspensions
Matthias Hilder, Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Dan Li, Maria Forsyth and Douglas R. MacFarlane
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20173E
Sandwich-type functionalized graphene sheet-sulfur nanocomposite for rechargeable lithium batteries
Yuliang Cao, Xiaolin Li, Ilhan A. Aksay, John Lemmon, Zimin Nie, Zhenguo Yang and Jun Liu
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02477E
A thorough benchmark of density functional methods for general main group thermochemistry, kinetics, and noncovalent interactions
Lars Goerigk and Stefan Grimme
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02984J
Overcoming excitonic bottleneck in organic solar cells: electronic structure and spectra of novel semiconducting donor–acceptor block copolymers
Zhenyu Guo, Samson A. Jenekhe and Oleg V. Prezhdo
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02180F
Multiscale modeling of biological functions
Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin and Arieh Warshel
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02823A
In situ Raman spectroscopy of H2 interaction with WO3 films
J. Z. Ou, M. H. Yaacob, M. Breedon, H. D. Zheng, J. L. Campbell, K. Latham, J. du. Plessis, W. Wlodarski and K. Kalantar-zadeh
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02050H
Carbon materials for supercapacitor application
Elzbieta Frackowiak
DOI: 10.1039/B618139M
Air and water stable ionic liquids in physical chemistry
Frank Endres and Sherif Zein El Abedin
DOI: 10.1039/B600519P
Fe3O4 nanoparticle-integrated graphene sheets for high-performance half and full lithium ion cells
Liwen Ji, Zhongkui Tan, Tevye R. Kuykendall, Shaul Aloni, Shidi Xun, Eric Lin, Vincent Battaglia and Yuegang Zhang
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20455F
Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics methods can be more accurate than full quantum mechanics in systems involving dispersion correlations
W. M. C. Sameera and Feliu Maseras
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02957B
In silico screening of metal–organic frameworks in separation applications
Rajamani Krishna and Jasper M. van Baten
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20282K
A biophysical perspective of understanding nanoparticles at large
Pu Chun Ke and Monica H. Lamm
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02891F
Hybrid simulations: combining atomistic and coarse-grained force fields using virtual sites
Andrzej J. Rzepiela, Martti Louhivuori, Christine Peter and Siewert J. Marrink
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02981E
Hydrogen evolution via sunlight water splitting on an artificial butterfly wing architecture
Huihui Liu, QibinZhao, Han Zhou, Jian Ding, Di Zhang, Hanxing Zhu and Tongxiang Fan
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20787C
HOT PCCP Perspective
A method which allows the detection of transient association and disocciation during protein reactions in real time has recently been developed. It is based on time-dependent diffusion coefficient measurements.
Masahide Terazima reviews this exciting new area and discusses its advantages compared to other techniques.
Read the PCCP Perspective:
Time-dependent intermolecular interaction during protein reactions
Masahide Terazima
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21868A
On Sunday, at the ACS meeting plenary session, we heard 3 inspiring talks which highlighted the importance of this meeting’s theme: air, space and water.
Russell J. Hemley gave a fascinating lecture on his research into space; namely planetary gases, liquids and ices and how chemistry can help us to understand what goes on out there in all that darkness!
Neil Donahue followed, talking about air and his work on bulk aerosol properties. You can read all about his exciting research in his PCCP Perspective article published earlier this year:
Adventures in ozoneland: down the rabbit-hole
Neil M. Donahue, Greg T. Drozd, Scott A. Epstein, Albert A. Presto and Jesse H. Kroll
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02564J
The final plenary lecture was given by Alan Townsend who highlighted the importance of water to all of chemistry and discussed its vital role in the nitrogen cycle.
Watch this space for more news from the Fall ACS in Denver!
The 242nd ACS National Meeting started today in Denver, CO, USA, and the Physical Chemistry Division kicked off with a symposium on SERS which will run all week.
The Advances in SERS and Molecular Plasmonics symposium began with an exciting talk by Richard Van Duyne. His lecture entitled “Pushing the limits: Single molecule and single particle surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy”, followed by further talks on single molecule SERS and plasmonically-enhanced hot spots.
Read Richard van Duyne’s PCCP Perspective, which is from the recent PCCP web-themed issue on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering:
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
DOI: 10.1039/B904733F
The authors found that the ILs evaporated as neutral ion pairs.
Read this exciting research in PCCP:
The vapour of imidazolium-based ionic liquids: a mass spectrometry study
A. Deyko, K. R. J. Lovelock, P. Licence and R. G. Jones
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21821B
HOT PCCP Communication
The self assembly of proteins into fibrils has been implicated in conditions including Alzheimer’s disease.
Scientists in Australia have shown that the amyloid fibrilization of the peptide Aβ16-22 – an important fragment used to model full length Aβ – is promoted in protic ionic liquids (pILs) containing phosphate or sulphate ions and suppressed in pILs contain mesylate ions.
Read the full PCCP communication at:
The impact of ionic liquids on amyloid fibrilization of Aβ16-22: tuning the rate of fibrilization using a reverse Hofmeister strategy
Natalie Debeljuh, Colin J. Barrow and Nolene Byrne
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22256B
PCCP was delighted to sponsor the FEMTO10 conference held in July in Madrid, Spain. FEMTO10 is the 10th Edition of the Femtochemistry Conferences.
PCCP was delighted to award a student Poster Prize at the meeting – congratulations to Jan P. Kraack from the Universität Heidelberg, Germany who won with his poster on ‘Ground- and excited state vibrational coherence dynamics in all-trans retinal protonates Schiff-bases investigated with (pump) DFWM’.
PCCP will also be publishing a themed issue on Ultrafast Chemical Dynamics later in 2012. It will be Guest Edited by Neil T. Hunt (University of Strathclyde) and Klaas Wynne (University of Glasgow).
Submit your paper for this PCCP themed issue before 14 November 2011!
For more information see our website.
PCCP is delighted to present its current issue which contains a collection of articles on the theme of Molecular Electronics, Guest edited by Itamar Willner, Roi Baer, Francoise Remacle and Shahal Ilani.
The cover image of this issue features the work of Denis Jacquemin and colleagues on the combined effect of stacking and solvation on the spontaneous mutation in DNA (DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20946A).
Highlights in the issue include:
Perspective
Covalent networks through on-surface chemistry in ultra-high vacuum: state-of-the-art and recent developments
Grégory Franc and André Gourdon
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20700H
Communication
The origin of dips for the graphene-based DNA sequencing device
Yeonchoo Cho, Seung Kyu Min, Woo Youn Kim and Kwang S. Kim
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20760A
Broadening of the derivative discontinuity in density functional theory
F. Evers and P. Schmitteckert
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21247H
Browse this high-profile themed issue today!
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