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Core-shell metal nanoparticles successful in solvent-free aerobic oxidation

19 Apr 2013

Graham Hutchings, Christopher Kiely et al. have found that trimetallic Au-Pd-Pt nanoparticles supported on activated carbon are highly active and selective catalysts for the solvent-free aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol.

In their recently published paper, they demonstrate that when a small amount of Pt metal is alloyed into Au-Pd sols, a high selectivity toward benzaldehyde can be achieved while still preserving high conversion levels. Their work is an exciting step towards making the industrially very important process of oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes cheap and environmentally friendly.

Read this HOT article today:

Switching-off toluene formation in the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using supported trimetallic Au–Pd–Pt nanoparticles
Qian He, Peter J. Miedziak, Lokesh Kesavan, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez, Michael M. Forde, Jennifer K. Edwards, David W. Knight, Stuart H. Taylor, Christopher J. Kiely and Graham J. Hutchings
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20153D

They recently presented and discussed their paper at the Faraday 162 meeting in Berlin.

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Faraday Discussion 162 – a great success

18 Apr 2013

We have some photos to share with you from the Faraday Discussion last week on the fabrication, structure and reactivity of structured nanoparticles in Berlin, Germany.

Take a look at our upcoming Faraday Discussions here…there are many exciting and diverse discussion topics coming up!

Faraday Discussions are a long-established series of meetings which provide a unique international platform for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The Discussion is a dynamic forum for developing and exchanging exciting new ideas, and both the papers and discussion will be published in a final printed volume. The latest Impact Factor is 5.0.

Tina Nestler and Mike Bowker

Mohammadhassan Dad, Matthew Neurock and Graham Hutchings

Conference Centre Faraday Discussion 162

The Conference Center

Juergen Behm and Geoff Thornton

Kiyotaka Asakura, Niklas Nilius and Mike Bowker

Hajo Freund, Gerhard Ertl, Charles Campbell and Anthony Hughes

Everyone at Faraday Discussion 162

Mike Bowker and Soon Wen Hoh

Mike Bowker and Ian McPherson

Gerhard Ertl

Gabor Somorjai

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FD161: Lipids & Membrane Biophysics now published

12 Mar 2013

We are pleased to announce the publication of Faraday Discussion 161 Lipids & Membrane Biophysics.

Take a look at the volume today

In the volume you can find all the papers and exciting discussion from the conference held at Burlington House, London, UK in September 2012.

Here are just some of the highlights:

Gaussian curvature elasticity determined from global shape transformations and local stress distributions: a comparative study using the MARTINI model
Mingyang Hu, Djurre H. de Jong, Siewert J. Marrink and Markus Deserno
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20087B

Introductory Lecture: Basic quantities in model biomembranes
John F. Nagle
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20121F

Switchable domain partitioning and diffusion of DNA origami rods on membranes
Aleksander Czogalla, Eugene P. Petrov, Dominik J. Kauert, Veselina Uzunova, Yixin Zhang, Ralf Seidel and Petra Schwille
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20109G

Spontaneous tubulation of membranes and vesicles reveals membrane tension generated by spontaneous curvature
Reinhard Lipowsky
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20105D

Faraday Discussions are a unique opportunity to discuss your work with leading researchers in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The latest Impact Factor is 5.0.

All delegates have the opportunity to present their views on the Discussion papers and their own new research. All the presented papers and the discussion are published together in the Faraday Discussions volume.

Don’t miss out – find out more and take a look at future Faraday Discussions.

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You may also be interested in some of our upcoming Faraday Discussion meetings:

FD166: Self-Assembly of Biopolymers
16 – 18 September 2013, Bristol, UK
Poster abstract and early bird registration deadline 19^th July

FD167: Mesostructure and Dynamics in Liquids and Solutions
18 – 20 September 2013, Bristol, UK
Poster abstract deadline 19^th July
Early bird registration deadline 24^th July

We’d love you to join us at a future meeting: more details on the Faraday Discussions events website.

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Also check out the latest research in Faraday Discussions’ sister journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP):

The influence of membrane bound proteins on phase separation and coarsening in cell membranes
Thomas Witkowski, Rainer Backofen and Axel Voigt
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP41274H

Membrane lateral structure: the influence of immobilized particles on domain size
Timo Fischer, H. Jelger Risselada and Richard L. C. Vink
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP41417A

Effect of heavy water on phospholipid membranes: experimental confirmation of molecular dynamics simulations
Lenka Beranová, Jana Humpolíčková, Jan Sýkora, Aleš Benda, Lukasz Cwiklik, Piotr Jurkiewicz, Gerhard Gröbner and Martin Hof
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP41275F

Or you can browse our PCCP web collections on Biophysics and biophysical chemistry.

We invite you to submit your research to PCCP today.

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FD 160: Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects now published

27 Feb 2013

We are pleased to announce the publication of Faraday Discussion 160 on ion specific Hofmeister effects.

Take a look at the volume today

Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects In the volume you can find all the papers and exciting discussion from the conference held at Queen’s College, Oxford, UK in September 2012.

Here are justsome of the highlights:

Introductory Lecture: Interpreting and predicting Hofmeister salt ion and solute effects on biopolymer and model processes using the solute partitioning model
M. Thomas Record, Emily Guinn, Laurel Pegram and Michael Capp
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20128C

Adsorption kinetics of non-ionic surfactants in micellar solutions: effects of added charge
Ci Yan, Anna Angus-Smyth and Colin D. Bain
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20118F

Adsorption of solutes at liquid–vapor interfaces: insights from lattice gas models
Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, Patrick R. Shaffer and Phillip L. Geissler
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20106B

Faraday Discussions are a unique opportunity to discuss your work with leading researchers in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The latest Impact Factor is 5.0.

Don’t miss out – find out more and take a look at future Faraday Discussions.

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You may also be interested in some of our upcoming Faraday Discussion meetings:

FD166: Self-Assembly of Biopolymers
16 – 18 September 2013, Bristol, UK
Poster abstract and early bird registration deadline 19^th July

FD167: Mesostructure and Dynamics in Liquids and Solutions
18 – 20 September 2013, Bristol, UK
Poster abstract deadline 19^th July
Early bird registration deadline 24th July

We’d love you to join us at a future meeting: more details on the Faraday Discussions events website.

Follow the latest journal news on Twitter or by signing up to our free table of contents e-alert.

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Also check out the latest research in Faraday Discussions’ sister journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP):

Hofmeister series reversal for lysozyme by change in pH and salt concentration: insights from electrophoretic mobility measurements
Andrea Salis, Francesca Cugia, Drew F. Parsons, Barry W. Ninham and Maura Monduzzi
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40150A

Effects of the anion salt nature on the rate constants of the aqueous proton exchange reactions
Jose M. Paredes, Andres Garzon, Luis Crovetto, Angel Orte, Sergio G. Lopez and Jose M. Alvarez-Pez
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP24058K

Specific ion effects in aqueous eletrolyte solutions confined within graphene sheets at the nanometric scale
J. Sala, E. Guàrdia and J. Martí
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40537G

Or you can browse these recent PCCP themed issues and collections:

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FD 163: Registration – now open!

07 Jan 2013

Early bird registration deadline: 22 February 2013

Standard registration deadline: 22 March 2013

Registering early guaruntees you an early bird discount of £50.

Why attend? This will be an excellent forum to bring together experimentalists and theoreticians, chemists and physicists, spectroscopists and dynamicists, and to provide the environment in which the cross-boundary exchange of information can take place.

To have your own poster abstract space at the meeting, submit yours now.

Students and younger members of the RSC can also benefit from attractive rates, with the added opportunity to apply for bursaries. Check your eligibility today.

Professor Helen Fielding and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Nottingham in April 2013 for Photo-initiated Quantum Molecular Dynamics: Faraday Discussion 163.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Professor Albert Stolow (Introductory), National Research Council, Canada
Professor Graham Fleming (Closing), University of California – Berkeley, USA
Professor Phil Bucksbaum, Stanford University, USA
Professor Joachim Burgdörfer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Professor Wolfgang Domcke, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
Professor Bob Field (Robert W Field), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Professor Dr Jennifer Herek, Twente, Netherlands
Professor Dr Eberhard Riedle, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany
Professor Ursula Rothlisberger, EPFL, Switzerland
Professor Greg Scholes, University of Toronto, Canada

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