New transport model for solid oxide fuel cells

transport modelPCCP ‘HOT’ articleread it today!

Sossina Haile and colleagues have developed a 2D small-bias model to describe transport through a mixed ionic and electronic conductor (MIEC) with electrochemically-active surfaces, a system of particular relevance to solid oxide fuel cells.

Surface reaction and transport in mixed conductors with electrochemically-active surfaces: a 2-D numerical study of ceria
Francesco Ciucci, William C. Chueh, David G. Goodwin and Sossina M. Haile
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01219J

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Top Ten most-read PCCP articles in October

The latest top ten most accessed PCCP articles

See the most-read papers of October 2010 here:

Pekka Pyykko, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01575J
 
Frank Endres and Sherif Zein El Abedin, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 2101-2116
DOI: 10.1039/B600519P
 
Alexei A. Kornyshev, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 12352-12378
DOI: 10.1039/C004107F
 
M. A. Pimenta, G. Dresselhaus, M. S. Dresselhaus, L. G. Cançado, A. Jorio and R. Saito, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1276-1290
DOI: 10.1039/B613962K
 
Christopher J. Cramer and Donald G. Truhlar, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 10757-10816
DOI: 10.1039/B907148B
 
Mordechai L. Kremer, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 1999, 1, 3595-3605
DOI: 10.1039/A903915E
 
Arne Wittstock, Jürgen Biener and Marcus Bäumer, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 12919-12930
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00757A
 
Lin Guo, Qunjian Huang, Xiao-yuan Li and Shihe Yang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2001, 3, 1661-1665
DOI: 10.1039/B009951L
 
Elzbieta Frackowiak, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1774-1785
DOI: 10.1039/B618139M
 
Ingrid Kohl, Luis Bachmann, Andreas Hallbrucker, Erwin Mayer and Thomas Loerting, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2005, 7, 3210-3220
DOI: 10.1039/B507651J
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PCCP Web Collection: SERS

PCCP Web Collection

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

You can now access some of our best content on SERS with just one click, and it’s free to read for a month!

This collection includes a mix of Perspective feature articles and papers from leading researchers like Richard van Duyne, Paul Mulvaney, Younan Xia and Volker Deckert. It also features articles from the Themed Issue New Frontiers in SERS, Guest Edited by Professor Pablo Etchegoin, who now joins Professor Zhong-Qun Tian as another SERS expert on the PCCP Advisory Board. A total of 33 articles are available for you to download for free now.

Read the collection today

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New material for solid state lighting

‘HOT’ paper – hot off the press today!

solid-state lightingThree novel inorganic–organic framework compounds containing different organic chromophore ligands  have been synthesized and evaluated for their use as phosphor materials for solid state lighting and other applications.

Anthony Cheetham and colleagues discuss the structural parameters necessary for efficient, ligand-centred luminescence in inorganic–organic framework compounds.

Towards enhanced ligand-centred photoluminescence in inorganic–organic frameworks for solid state lighting
Joshua D. Furman, Brent C. Melot, Simon J. Teat, Alexander A. Mikhailovsky and Anthony K. Cheetham
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01717E

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Making oil extraction cheaper and greener

New method could mean that our oil reserves last longer

CO2 solventJulian Eastoe and colleagues at the University of Bristol have discovered a new method to extract oil using CO2 in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.

Read their recent PCCP Perspective article which reviews the various approaches for modification of solvent properties of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2).

Perspective review article
CO2: a wild solvent, tamed
Stephen Cummings, Kieran Trickett, Robert Enick and Julian Eastoe
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C003856C

Read the university press release on their latest research:
http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2010/7339.html

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New material for optically detectable drug carriers

Room-temperature phosphorescence from mesoporous silica is observed, with the emission persisting for seconds after switching off the excitation.

metal-activator-free phosphorescenceSuch mesoporous silica materials, including both powders and monoliths, with strong phosphorescence could find promising applications as low-density and eco-friendly phosphors and optically detectable drug carriers.

Room-temperature metal-activator-free phosphorescence from mesoporous silica
Lei Zhao, Tian Ming, Huanjun Chen, Li Gong, Jian Chen and Jianfang Wang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01981J

Jianfang Wang is also an Editor of new journal Nanoscale
read the latest issue for free today!

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Mimicking enzymes to produce energy

Insightful Perspective feature article – In vitro hydrogen production

In vitro hydrogen productionInnovative approaches from biology and biomimetic chemistry to combine light-harvesting with hydrogen production:

In vitro hydrogen production—using energy from the sun

Henning Krassen, Sascha Ott and Joachim Heberle
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01163K

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Call for papers: Physics and chemistry of water and ice

PCCP Themed Issue announcement

Physics and  chemistry of water and ice

Guest Editors:

Carlos Vega, José Luis F. Abascal and Pablo Debenedetti

Submission deadline: 10 June 2011

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

Topics covered by the issue:

  • Phase diagram of water
  • Nucleation and crystal growth
  • Liquid-liquid transition/supercooled water
  • Hydrates
  • Path integral methods
  • Quantum chemistry of water
  • Structure
  • Interfaces
  • Planetary science
  • Dynamics
  • Hydrophobicity/proteins
  • Simulation
  • Confined water
  • Water in the atmosphere

Submissions should be high quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research

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

See more PCCP Themed Issues

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The mystery of gold uncovered…

gold surface‘HOT’ – Perspective articleread it today

This feature review article explores how to improve the use of gold in catalysis, as well as advancing the fundamental understanding of gold surfaces.

The mystery of gold’s chemical activity: local bonding, morphology and reactivity of atomic oxygen
Thomas A. Baker, Xiaoying Liu and Cynthia M. Friend
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01514H

Cynthia Friend is an Editorial Board member of the new RSC Publishing journal, Catalysis Science & Technology – take a look at this exciting journal today!

Conference announcement:  Faraday Discussion 152: Gold
4 – 6 July 2011 , Cardiff, UK
Call for poster abstracts deadline – 30 April 2011

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2011 ISACS series – abstract submission now open

Submit abstracts for ISACS now!

Online abstract submission for the International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS) is now open. Abstracts are invited by the dates below:

  • ISACS4: Challenges in Renewable Energy:
    Oral Presentations: 21 January 2011, Posters: 6th May 2011
  • ISACS5: Challenges in Chemical Biology:
    Oral Presentations: 21 January 2011, Posters: 27th May 2011
  • ISACS6: Challenges in Organic Materials & Supramolecular Chemistry:
    Oral Presentations: 18 March 2011, Posters: 8th July 2011

You can find out more about the exceptional speaker line-up at each event, sign up for news updates and submit abstracts and oral presentations at www.rsc.org/isacs.

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