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2011 ISACS series – abstract submission now open

22 Nov 2010

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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Titania supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalysts

19 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

Perspective article – photocatalyst feature review

photocatalyst Irradiation at the Au surface plasmon band introduces visible-light photocatalytic activity in titania that depends on the particle size and loading.

Read it now:
Titania supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalyst
Ana Primo, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00917B

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We welcome Seong Keun Kim to PCCP Editorial Board

18 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

Professor Seong Keun Kim is head of the Molecular Reaction Dynamics Laboratory at Seoul National University, Korea. He uses spectroscopic, microscopic, and computational methods to investigate a wide range of subjects from molecular physics, to nanoscience, to cell biology.

His research goal is to elucidate the underlying principles of biological processes and nanomaterials applications in the language of chemistry, especially in terms of molecular interactions.

Along side new Advisory Board member, Taekjip Ha, Kim is also one of the Guest Editors of the 2010/11 PCCP themed issue series on biophysics and biophysical chemistry. The series includes issues on the following topics – take a look today:

PCCP biophysics and biophysical chemistry series

Biomolecular Structures: From Isolated Molecules to Living Cells – 2010 Issue 14
Molecular Mechanisms of the Photostability of life – 2010, Issue 19
Water in biological systems – 2010, Issue 35
Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Biological Science – 2010, Issue 41
Homochirality and Origin of Life – Coming in January 2011
Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices – Coming in April 2011

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Katsuhiko Ariga joins the PCCP Editorial Board

17 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

We are delighted to welcome Professor Katsuhiko Ariga to the PCCP Editorial Board.

Professor Ariga is the Director of the Supermolecules Group at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). His research field is based on supermolecular chemistry and surface science, including the boundary research areas of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, and materials chemistry.

His major interests are:

fabrication of novel functional nanostructures
molecular recognition and self-assembly
Langmuir-Blodgett films/layer-by-layer films
mesoporous materials

Professor Ariga will also be an Associate Editor for the journal and will handle some PCCP submissions alongside the Editorial Office in Cambridge. So next time you submit a paper, you can state a preference for your manuscript to go to Professor Ariga, who is a leading researcher in the materials and nano areas.

Professor Ariga is Guest Edited of the forthcoming PCCP themed issue on Materials Innovation through Interfacial Physics and Chemistry – watch out for this issue is February 2011!

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μMAS NMR – solid state NMR with the high resolution of liquid spectra

16 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

‘HOT’ Communication – μMAS NMR: an ideal tool for studying micro crystals with high resolution

Professor Arno Kentgens sums up the technique as:

“Miniaturization of NMR detector technology makes very efficient heteronuclear decoupling possible, bringing solid-state NMR line widths in the regime of liquid-state NMR”.

High-resolution solid-state ¹³C μMAS NMR with long coherence life times
Suresh K. Vasa, Hans Janssen, Ernst R. H. Van Eck and Arno P. M. Kentgens
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01929A

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We welcome Alessandro Troisi to our Advisory Board

16 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

Troisi

We are delighted to announce that Alessandro Troisi has joined the PCCP Advisory Board.

His group at the University of Warwick, UK, study various interesting physical properties of molecules and materials, developing theoretical models and applying computational methods (quantum and classical). He is interested in charge transport within organic materials and molecular junctions, charge transfer reactions and modelling molecular self-assembly.

Read his recent PCCP paper which uses a partitioning method to efficiently predict the charge injection rate of a chromophore adsorbed on TiO2 surface:

A method to rapidly predict the charge injection rate in dye sensitized solar cells
Daniel R. Jones and Alessandro Troisi
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 4625-4634

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Pablo Etchegoin now on PCCP Advisory Board

15 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

We are delighted to warmly welcome Professor Pablo Etchegoin to the PCCP Advisory Board.

Pablo is Professor of Physics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and his main research interest is Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS), with a particular interest in using SERS to probe biological systems. Pablo was Guest Editor of the 2009 PCCP themed issue ‘New Frontiers in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering’.

View the New Frontiers in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering themed issue today!

Or read the Perspective review article from this issue on the applications of SERS to study dyes:

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
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 7350-7359

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New PCCP Advisory Board member – Taekjip Ha

12 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

We are pleased to welcome Professor Taekjip Ha, Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, USA, to the PCCP Advisory Board.

Professor Ha’s research uses physical concepts and experimental techniques to study molecular biology. Techniques the group uses include single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy, and magnetic and optical tweezers.

He is also one of the Guest Editors of the popular 2010/11 PCCP themed issue series on biophysics and biophysical chemistry. The series includes issues on the following topics – check them out today:

PCCP biophysics and biophysical chemistry series

Biomolecular Structures: From Isolated Molecules to Living Cells – 2010 Issue 14
Molecular Mechanisms of the Photostability of life – 2010, Issue 19
Water in biological systems – 2010, Issue 35
Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Biological Science – 2010, Issue 41
Homochirality and Origin of Life – Coming in January 2011
Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices – Coming in April 2011

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Highlighting physical chemistry in Chemical Science

11 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

We would like to highlight to you some of the great physical chemistry content published in RSC Publishing’s new high-impact journal, Chemical Science.

Chemical Science is dedicated to publishing findings of exceptional significance from across the chemical sciences.

Read all these articles now for free:

Mini reviews
Photodissociation and photoelectron imaging of molecular ions: probing multisurface and multichannel dynamics
Prashant Chandra Singh, Lei Shen, Myung Hwa Kim and Arthur G. Suits
Chem. Sci., 2010, 552-560 ”

Ultrafast studies of single semiconductor and metal nanostructures through transient absorption microscopy
Gregory V. Hartland
Chem. Sci., 2010, 303-309

Perspective article
Future perspectives of nonadiabatic chemical dynamics
Shinkoh Nanbu, Toshimasa Ishida and Hiroki Nakamura
Chem. Sci., 2010, 663-674

Edge articles
Vibrational overtone excitation in electron mediated energy transfer at metal surfaces
Russell Cooper, Igor Rahinov, Zhisheng Li, Daniel Matsiev, Daniel J. Auerbach and Alec M. Wodtke
Chem. Sci., 2010, 55-61

Towards thermochromic and thermoresponsive near-infrared (NIR) luminescent molecular materials through the modulation of inter- and/or intramolecular Pt Pt and π–π interactions
Kenneth Hoi-Yiu Chan, Hoi-Shan Chow, Keith Man-Chung Wong, Margaret Ching-Lam Yeung and Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Chem. Sci., 2010, 477-482

Energy upconversion sensitized by a platinum(II) terpyridyl acetylide complex
Pingwu Du and Richard Eisenberg
Chem. Sci., 2010, 502-506

Homoleptic copper(I) phenylselenolate polymer as a single-source precursor for Cu2Se nanocrystals. Structure, photoluminescence and application in field-effect transistor
Kam-Hung Low, Cheng-Hui Li, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Stephen Sin-Yin Chui, Sharon Lai-Fung Chan and Chi-Ming Che
Chem. Sci., 2010, 515-518

Correlated single quantum dot blinking and interfacial electron transfer dynamics
Shengye Jin, Jung-Cheng Hsiang, Haiming Zhu, Nianhui Song, Robert M. Dickson and Tianquan Lian
Chem. Sci., 2010, 519-526

A versatile, solvent-free methodology for the functionalisation of carbon nanotubes
Robert Menzel, Michael Q. Tran, Angelika Menner, Christopher W. M. Kay, Alexander Bismarck and Milo S. P. Shaffer
Chem. Sci., 2010, 603-608

A novel synergistic enhanced chemiluminescence achieved by a multiplex nanoprobe for biological applications combined with dual-amplification of magnetic nanoparticles
Sai Bi, Hong Zhou and Shusheng Zhang
Chem. Sci., 2010, 681-687

Heterolytic and heterotopic dissociation of hydrogen on ceria-supported gold nanoparticles. Combined inelastic neutron scattering and FT-IR spectroscopic study on the nature and reactivity of surface hydrogen species
Raquel Juárez, Stewart F. Parker, Patricia Concepción, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García
Chem. Sci., 2010, 731-738

Preparing water-dispersed palladium nanoparticles via polyelectrolyte nanoreactors
Matthew M. Coulter, Jose Amado Dinglasan, Jane B. Goh, Sreekumari Nair, Darren J. Anderson and Vy M. Dong
Chem. Sci., 2010, 772-775

Submit your physical chemistry research today to Chemical Science!

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Highlights from PCCP issue 45 – out now!

11 Nov 2010

By Jane Hordern, Deputy Editor.

PCCP issue 45 now out online – browse the issue now

Highlights from the issue:

Perspective review article
Engineering 3D ordered molecular thin films by nanoscale control
Simone Fabiano and Bruno Pignataro
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14848

Communication
UV and visible light controllable depletion zone of ZnO-polyaniline p–n junction and its application in a photoresponsive sensor
Jian Gong, Yinhua Li and Yulin Deng
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14864-14867

Research papers
Electrochemical formation and investigation of a self-assembled [60]fullerene monolayer
Th. Doneux, J. G. Limon-Petersen and R. G. Compton
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 15029-15033

Molecular dynamics simulations of structure and dynamics of organic molecular crystals
Alexandra Nemkevich, Hans-Beat Bürgi, Mark A. Spackman and Ben Corry
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 14916-14929

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2011 ISACS series – abstract submission now open

Titania supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalysts

We welcome Seong Keun Kim to PCCP Editorial Board

Katsuhiko Ariga joins the PCCP Editorial Board

μMAS NMR – solid state NMR with the high resolution of liquid spectra

We welcome Alessandro Troisi to our Advisory Board

Pablo Etchegoin now on PCCP Advisory Board

New PCCP Advisory Board member – Taekjip Ha

Highlighting physical chemistry in Chemical Science

Highlights from PCCP issue 45 – out now!

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