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Themed Issue: Solar Fuels

20 Mar 2013

We are delighted to present the Chem Soc Rev themed issue on solar fuels. Guest Editors Siddharth Dasgupta, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Jay R. Winkler and Harry B. Gray introduce the issue in their Editorial:

Editorial: Solar fuels
Siddharth Dasgupta, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Jay R. Winkler and Harry B. Gray
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013,42, 2213-2214

The issue contains a collection of high-profile Reviews and Tutorial Reviews which introduce various key areas within solar fuels research. Here are just a selection:

Tutorial
Structure–function analyses of solar fuels catalysts using in situ X-ray scattering
Karen L. Mulfort, Anusree Mukherjee, Oleksandr Kokhan, Pingwu Du and David M. Tiede
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2215-2227

Tutorial
Comparison of primary oxidants for water-oxidation catalysis
Alexander R. Parent, Robert H. Crabtree and Gary W. Brudvig
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2247-2252

Review
Long-lived charge separated states in nanostructured semiconductor photoelectrodes for the production of solar fuels
Alexander J. Cowan and James R. Durrant
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2281-2293

Read the whole issue online

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Hua Zhang awarded Young Innovator Award

10 Dec 2012

Hua Zhang, Advisory Board member of RSC journals Chem. Soc Rev. and Nanoscale, has been awarded the Small Young Innovator Award for 2012. We congratulate Hua on this achievement!

Hua is Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and won the award “For important contributions to novel low-dimensional nanomaterials.”

His research is highly interdisciplinary and currently focuses on synthesis of 2D nanomaterials and carbon materials (graphene and CNTs) and their applications in a wide range of fields from sensing to clean energy.

You can see some of Hua Zhang’s innovative research in these recent articles:

Graphene-based composites
Xiao Huang, Xiaoying Qi, Freddy Boey and Hua Zhang
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012,41, 666-686
DOI: 10.1039/C1CS15078B, Critical Review

Fabrication of nanoelectrode ensembles by electrodepositon of Au nanoparticles on single-layer graphene oxide sheets
Zhijuan Wang, Juan Zhang, Zongyou Yin, Shixin Wu, Daniel Mandler and Hua Zhang
Nanoscale, 2012,4, 2728-2733
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30142C, Paper

Hollow core–shell nanostructure supercapacitor electrodes: gap matters
Cao Guan, Xinhui Xia, Nan Meng, Zhiyuan Zeng, Xiehong Cao, Cesare Soci, Hua Zhang and Hong Jin Fan
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 9085-9090
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22815G, Paper

Single-layer graphene oxide sheet: a novel substrate for dip-pen nanolithography
Hai Li, Xiehong Cao, Bing Li, Xiaozhu Zhou, Gang Lu, Cipto Liusman, Qiyuan He, Freddy Boey, Subbu S. Venkatraman and Hua Zhang
Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 10070-10072
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12648B, Communication
From collection Molecule-based surface chemistry

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Chem Sov Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship: Nomination Deadline 14th December

04 Dec 2012

Chem Soc Rev is pleased to invite nominations for the 2013 Emerging Investigator Lectureship. This annual lectureship is given to recognise an emerging scientist who has made a significant contribution to their research field.

Nomination Deadline: 14th December 2012
Nominate now

Previous winners include:

	2012 – Xiaogang Liu from the National University of Singapore and Institute of Materials Research Engineering, A*STAR
	2011 – Cristina Nevado from the University of Zurich in Switzerland
	2010 – Shu-Hong Yu from the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei
	2009 – Matt Gaunt from the University of Cambridge in the UK
	2008 – Kazuya Kikuchi from Osaka University in Japan

Qualifying details

To be eligible for the Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship, the candidate should have completed their PhD on or after 15^th September 2004.

Award details

The recipient of the lectureship will be asked to present a lecture at an international meeting. The Chem Soc Rev Editorial Office will provide the sum of £1000 to the recipient for travel and accommodation costs. The recipient will be presented with a certificate and will also be asked to contribute a review to the journal.

Selection

The recipient of the lectureship will be selected and endorsed by the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board.

Nominations

Those wishing to make a nomination should send details of the nominee, including a brief C.V. together with a letter supporting the nomination, to the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Office by 14^th December 2012. Please note that self nomination is not permissible.

Following the close of nominations, nominees will be contacted and asked to summarise their key achievements and identify up to their top 5 independent publications. They will also be asked to highlight the impact of their work and discuss how their research has evolved from their previous supervisor’s.

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C-H activation: an article collection

20 Nov 2012

One of the simplest and most utilised chemical reactions is the burning of hydrocarbons and while combustion is an excellent way to exploit the energy content of this naturally occurring resource, there is a lot more we can do with the ‘inert’ C-H bond.

C-H activation allows us to convert cheaper hydrocarbon starting materials into more valuable and versatile products; leading to the development of a wide range of reagents and catalysts that activate C-H bonds. To keep you up to date with the latest developments in the field we have created this article collection, where all articles are free to download until 15^th December.

Click here for the full list of free articles

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Themed issue: Quasicrystals

12 Nov 2012

Chem. Soc. Rev. is delighted to present its Quasicrystals themed issue, in honour of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Professor Dan Shechtman.

Guest editor Professor Walter Steurer introduces this themed issue in his editorial Fascinating Quasicrystals.

This themed issue features a fantastic collection of reviews on the topic of quasicrystals, here is just a snapshot:

Tutorial Reviews:
Why are quasicrystals quasiperiodic?
Walter Steurer
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 6719-6729
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35063G

Electrical and thermal transport properties of icosahedral and decagonal quasicrystals
Janez Dolinšek
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 6730-6744
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35036J

Critical Review:
Mathematical diffraction of aperiodic structures
Michael Baake and Uwe Grimm
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 6821-6843
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35120J

Browse the whole Quasicrystals themed issue online.

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Key Learning Points published in Tutorial Reviews

12 Nov 2012

Following last month’s announcement about the relaunch of Tutorial Reviews in Chem. Soc. Rev., we are now pleased to have published our first reviews which contain Key Learning Points.

All Tutorial Reviews will now include a ‘Key Learning Points’ box – where authors succinctly highlight what readers should expect to learn from their review.

We hope this allows Tutorial Reviews to be even more accessible to graduate students and beyond; providing an essential introduction to a field and serving as a springboard to further reading. For more information about Chem. Soc. Rev. review articles, including how to submit a proposal, see our Author Guidelines.

Take a look at our new Key Learning Points in the Tutorial Reviews below:

The calculations of excited-state properties with Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Carlo Adamo and Denis Jacquemin
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35394F

Homogeneous Palladium Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation
Qing-An Chen, Zhi-Shi Ye, Ying Duan and Yong-Gui Zhou
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35333D

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A centenary for solar fuels

25 Sep 2012

100 years ago an Italian chemist predicted that one day human beings would use sunlight to make fuel.

Professor Giacomo Ciamician, nine-time Nobel Prize nominee, envisaged a time when human beings would use “processes that hitherto have been the guarded secret of the plants” to harvest sunlight and make fuel.

To celebrate the remarkable recent scientific advances towards achieving this dream, the RSC has created a collection articles by leading international scientists as well as original commentaries setting out their opinions about the future. All articles in the collection are free to access until 27th October 2012.

Opinion
“Fast food” energy – Daniel Nocera argues that new research and development is needed to provide the nonlegacy world with the “fast food” equivalent of solar energy—light-weight and highly manufacturable solar capture and storage systems (Energy Environ. Sci., 2010,3, 993-995).

Running on sun – five international experts discuss the promise of artificial photosynthesis and the challenges that lie ahead (Published on the 25th of September 2012).

Which energy solution is best?
Review of solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security – Mark Jacobson reviews and ranks major proposed energy-related solutions to global warming, air pollution mortality, and energy security (Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 148-173).

Learning from Nature
Photosynthetic energy conversion: natural and artificial – James Barber asks: can we address the energy/CO₂ problem by developing new photochemical technologies which mimic the water splitting enzyme of photosynthesis? (Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 185-196).

Recent advances in hybrid photocatalysts for solar fuel production – Joachim Loo and colleagues investigate how to make robust photocatalytic hybrid Graphical abstract: Photosynthesis-to-fuels: from sunlight to hydrogen, isoprene, and botryococcene production systems for producing solar fuels (Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5902-5918).

Photosynthesis-to-fuels: from sunlight to hydrogen, isoprene, and botryococcene production – Anastasios Melis explains how the primary products of photosynthesis can be transformed directly, in a single organism, into useful fuels and chemicals for human consumption (Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5531-5539).

Raising awareness
Solar Fuels and Artificial Photosynthesis: Science and innovation to change our future energy options is a non-technical RSC report introducing the potential of solar fuels to become a viable alternative in our future energy landscape.

Click for more free-to-access energy-related articles

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Tutorial Reviews: new and improved

18 Sep 2012

Chem Soc Rev is known for publishing succinct and reader-friendly articles on exciting topics in the chemical sciences.

But we want to make our reviews even better.

That’s why we’re relaunching Tutorial Reviews. We want them to be even more useful for students and researchers new to a field.

So what’s different?

Well, Tutorial Reviews should now have a maximum of 50 references. Authors are asked to cite only the most seminal contributions to the field.

They also now contain a ‘Key Learning Points’ box. Here authors highlight what readers should expect to learn from their review.

And, of course, they will be jargon-free and easy to read.

All this means that Tutorial Reviews will be even more accessible to graduate students and beyond. They’ll provide an essential introduction to a field, serving as a springboard to further reading.

You’ll start to see the new style Tutorial Reviews appearing soon. Email us to let us know what you think.

Find out more – read the Author Instructions >

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Xiaogang Liu delivers Emerging Investigator Lectureship at ISACS9

12 Sep 2012

Congratulations to Professor Xiaogang Liu who delivered his Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lecture at ISACS9: Challenges in Nanoscience earlier this month.

ISACS9 brought together exceptional researchers – all leading names in their field – for an outstanding programme covering nanomedicine, nanocatalysis, functional nanomaterials, nanomachines and devices, nanoplasmonics and nanospectroscopy.

Do you know someone who has made an exceptional contribution to their research field?

Nominate them for the 2013 Chem Soc Rev Lectureship >

The ISACS series will be back in 2013. Visit the conference homepage to keep up-to-date with the latest news.

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