A chemistry/physics pathway with nanofibrous scaffolds for gene delivery
Fen Wan, Zhaohui Tang, Weidong He and Benjamin Chu
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010,
DOI: 10.1039/C002515A
A novel pathway of gene delivery is discussed by incorporating stabilized DNA (e.g. DNA-bPEI polyplex) into nanofibers.
Predicted compounds of radon with acetylene and water
Ehud Tsivion and R. Benny Gerber
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00875C
In this ‘HOT’ paper by Benny Gerber and Ehud Tsivion two compounds of radon, HRnCCH and HRnOH are studied by multi-reference ab initio methods. It is found that HRnCCH and HRnOH are metastable, chemically bound compounds of radon.
PCCP is delighted to announce a high-profile themed issue on Multiscale Modeling, which will be Guest Edited by Professors Matthias Bickelhaupt, Peter Bolhuis and Lucas Visscher (Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling, VU University). It is our pleasure to invite you to submit to this themed issue.
Submission Deadline: 13 December 2010
Submit a paper
The themed issue will be published in PCCP in 2011 and will be displayed at relevant conferences in summer 2011 to maximise the visibility of the work published.
While multiscale modeling is already an established approach in some areas of physics and material science, its application in physical chemistry and chemical physics is still emerging. Within these disciplines, the approach connects the established fields of quantum chemistry, atomistic molecular dynamics, computational material science and bioinformatics.
Multiscale modeling can be roughly defined as the concurrent study of the different time and length scales relevant for complex chemical, physical or biological processes. The significance of such an integral view for important processes such as photosynthesis, protein folding, DNA replication, catalysis, self-organization in soft matter, etc. is clear. With issues in multiscale modeling primarily discussed in the literature of the parent fields, cross-fertilization between the different fields is still limited. This PCCP themed issue will bring together papers that address the multiscale aspect of various applications and functions and will act as a reference point to researchers new to this developing field.
Submissions should be high quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research. Both Communications and Full Papers can be submitted for consideration. All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of PCCP.
Please do pass this invitation on to any relevant colleagues, or let us know if you have any suggestions of people to invite. The deadline for submissions to the themed issue is the 13th December 2010, though submissions before this date are of course welcomed.
Matthias Bickelhaupt, Peter Bolhuis and Lucas Visscher
Guest Editors
Influence of electrostatic fields on molecular electronic structure: insights for interfacial charge transfer
Oliver L. A. Monti and Mary P. Steele
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01039A
Oliver Monti and Mary Steele (The University of Arizona, USA) discuss the emerging understanding of how local and collective electrostatic effects control energy level alignment and molecular electronic structure at organic semiconductor interfaces. They highlight some of the ramifications for interfacial charge-transfer dynamics and discuss the validity of the underlying assumptions inherent to the classical electrostatic approach.
The submission deadline for the PCCP themed issue on Single-Molecule Optical Studies of Soft and Complex Matter is fast approaching… submit your paper for this exciting issue Guest Edited by Professor Michel Orrit (Leiden University).
Submission deadline: 03 September 2010
Submit your paper now via our online submission service
The aim of this issue is to have a comprehensive collection of articles in the expanding field of single-molecule optical studies, with a particular emphasis on soft and complex materials. As well as its great success in biophysics and biology, single-molecule microscopy has the potential to revolutionize our view of soft matter, organized materials, and out-of-equilibrium condensed systems, by displaying their full heterogeneity in time and space to a molecular level.
In recent years, many classes of complex or organized materials have benefited from the advantages of single-molecule optics, including polymers, interfaces and zeolites. In all these systems, experiments have shown that static and dynamic heterogeneities and the spread of molecular parameters are surprisingly large. This knowledge is the missing link between the chemist’s view of the structure and interactions of the molecules and the soft matter physicist‘s view of their mesoscopic organization.
It includes a Perspective article by Andrew J. Orr-Ewing and colleagues at the University of Bristol on velocity map imaging and a Communication article by Bernie Binks and Anaïs Rocher about the stabilisation of liquid–air surfaces.
Velocity map imaging of the dynamics of bimolecular chemical reactions
Stuart J. Greaves, Rebecca A. Rose and Andrew J. Orr-Ewing, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 9129
Stabilisation of liquid–air surfaces by particles of low surface energy
Bernard P. Binks and Anaïs Rocher, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 9169
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Read this ‘HOT’ article today by Willem H. Koppenol from ETH Zurich and co-workers:
Damage to fuel cell membranes: Reaction of HO˙ with an oligomer of poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) and subsequent reaction with O2
Sindy M. Dockheer, Lorenz Gubler, Patricia L. Bounds, Anastasia S. Domazou, Günther G. Scherer, Alexander Wokaun and Willem H. Koppenol
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00082E
Managing Editor, Philip Earis, will be at the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting and Exposition in Boston.
Let us know if you are going to be there and visit Booth 801, where you can find out the latest news from RSC Publishing.
Announcing a PCCP themed issue on Nano-bio: The interface between bio-systems and nano-devices
Submission Deadline: 06 December 2010
The aim of this issue is to cover the wide range of exciting research which encompasses the boundaries between biology, biophysics and biophysical chemistry on the nanoscale, topics include:
The issue is part of the PCCP biophysics and biophysical chemistry series which will serve to foster links between these research communities and highlight the great work we publish in this area. The series is Guest Edited by Seong Keun Kim (Seoul National University, Korea), Jean-Pierre Schermann (Université Paris 13, France), and Taekjip Ha (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA).
All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of PCCP. Work should be accessible to a general physical and biophysical audience and papers should be written with this in mind.
PCCP is delighted to announce that this year it is publishing a series of themed issues in the fields of biophysics and biophysical chemistry to highlight some of the great content we publish in this area.
The series contains issues on a variety of topics in this exciting multidisciplinary research area.
Take a look today at the issues that are already published:
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This high-profile series is Guest Edited by PCCP Advisory Board member Seong Keun Kim (Seoul National University, Korea), Jean-Pierre Schermann (Université Paris 13, France), and Taekjip Ha (University of Illinois, USA). The series also contains an issue on molecular mechanisms of the photostability of life Guest Edited by Andrzej Sobolewski and Wolfgang Domcke.
We believe that this series of themed issues will serve to foster links between the biophysics and biophysical chemistry research communities and will have a valuable and lasting impact in this research field.
