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Early bird deadline: FD158 – Soft Matter Approaches to Structured Foods

Soft Matter Approaches to Structured Foods: FD158 2-4 July 2012, Hof Van Wageningen, NetherlandsThere’s still just time to submit your poster abstract for Soft Matter Approaches to Structured Foods: Faraday Discussion 158 by the deadline date of 25 May.

Food materials are unusual as soft matter. They are highly complex, operating on multiple length scales and phases and structured via multiple externally applied fields.

Taking part in a Faraday Discussion is a great way to get your research work better known. To have your own poster space at the meeting submit yours now.

So join this discussion with top experts in the field and make sure you register now, or you will miss out on the early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee.

Registration is quick and simple via our online booking system, so act today to be able to exchange views with food scientists and non-food experts from the soft matter community.

Dr Ruud van der Sman and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you to Wageningen in July 2012

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Act today to ensure your place at FD157: Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces

Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces : FD157 25-27 June 2012 Assisi, Italy

There’s still just time to register for Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces : FD157 – by the deadline date of 25 May.

Remember that taking part in a Faraday Discussion is a great way to get your own research work better known.

Act today to ensure your place at this exciting discussion, which aims to bring together both experimentalists and theorists in reaction dynamics.

Professor Piergiorgio Casavecchia and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you to Assisi next month.

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Early Bird deadline FD159: Crystallisation – A Biological Perspective

Crystallisation – a Biological Perspective Faraday Discussion 159 23-25 July 2012 Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

There is still just time to submit your poster abstract to Crystallisation – A Biological Perspective: Faraday Discussion 159 but don’t delay. Deadline: 25 May 2012

Act today to take advantage of:

Early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee – register now

Bursaries – a limited number offered to students and younger members of the RSC in
the early stages of their career – worth £150 – check your eligibility

Poster presentation space – a chance to showcase your own work – submit your
abstract

Recent studies on crystal nucleation have found evidence of pre-nucleation clusters, a controversial result which apparently contradicts classical nucleation theory. Taking part in a Faraday Discussion can help to get your own research in the field better known.

The Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you to Leeds in July 2012.

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Register today for FD160: Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects

Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects Faraday Discussion 160 3 - 5 September 2012 Queens College Oxford, UK

Registration for Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects: FD160 is now open.

Be sure of your place at this timely and exciting discussion, and also benefit from the fantastic savings currently available:

Early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee

Member rate – available to RSC members

Student rate – available to undergraduates and postgraduates on a full time course

Bursaries – a limited number offered to students and younger members of the RSC in
the early stages of their career – worth £150

Taking part in a Faraday Discussion is a great way to get your research work better known. You can also have your own poster abstract space at the meeting, so submit yours now.

Registration is quick and simple via our online booking system, so act today to be at the hub of discussion on ion specific effects.

The Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Oxford in September 2012.

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Faraday Division Awards Symposium

Faraday Division Awards Symposium prize winners

Faraday Division President Elect, Prof. Graham Hutchings with Award winners Professor Fred Manby, Professor Jeremy Hutson and Professor Michael L Klein.

The Faraday Division Awards Symposium took place this week at the University of Bristol.

About 60 people enjoyed the interesting talks given by the prize winners: Professor Fred Manby of the University of Bristol, Corday Morgan Prize winner, Professor Jeremy Hutson of Durham University,  Tilden Prize winner and Professor Michael L. Klein of Temple University in Philadelphia, USA, the S F Boys-A Rahman Award winner.

All three winners have recent articles on their exciting theoretical work which you can read today:

Improving density functional theory for crystal polymorph energetics
Christopher R. Taylor , Peter J. Bygrave , Judy N. Hart , Neil L. Allan and Frederick R. Manby
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP24090D

Cold collisions of an open-shell S-state atom with a 2Π molecule: N(4S) colliding with OH in a magnetic field
Wojciech Skomorowski , Maykel L. González-Martínez , Robert Moszynski and Jeremy M. Hutson
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 19077-19088
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21200A

Self-assembly of coarse-grained ionic surfactants accelerated by graphics processing units
David N. LeBard , Benjamin G. Levine , Philipp Mertmann , Stephen A. Barr , Arben Jusufi , Samantha Sanders , Michael L. Klein and Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2385-2397
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06787G

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Register now for FD157: Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces

Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces: Faraday Discussion 157

Registration is now open for Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces: Faraday Discussion 157

Be sure of your place at this timely and exciting discussion, and also benefit from the fantastic savings currently available:

Early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee

Member rate – available to RSC and Società Chimica Italiana members

Student rate – available to undergraduates and postgraduates on a full time course

Bursaries – a limited number offered to students and younger members of the RSC in the early stages of their career – worth £150

Registration is quick and simple via our online booking system, so act today to be at the hub of discussion on molecular reaction dynamics.

Professor Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Chairman, and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Assisi in June 2012.

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High impact international research from Faraday Discussions

Michael Faraday imageWe would like to share with you some of the high impact international research recently published in Faraday Discussions.

Faraday Discussions are meetings which provide a unique international platform for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing research areas.

Faraday Discussions attract world-class speakers, including many Nobel Prize winners.

The papers and discussion are published in a Faraday Discussions volume. The latest Impact Factor is 4.5.

We have a packed programme of discussions in 2012. Please follow the links below to find out more:

Read these high impact papers from recent Faraday Discussions for free today:

Realizing artificial photosynthesis
Devens Gust, Thomas A. Moore and Ana L. Moore
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00110H

Ionic Liquids: Past, present and future
C. Austen Angell , Younes Ansari and Zuofeng Zhao
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00112D

Interplay of theory and computation in chemistry—examples from on-water organic catalysis, enzyme catalysis, and single-molecule fluctuations
R. A. Marcus
DOI: 10.1039/B920917B

Multiscale simulation of soft matter systems
Christine Peter and Kurt Kremer
DOI: 10.1039/B919800H

Exploring nanoscale hydrophobic hydration
Peter J. Rossky
DOI: 10.1039/C005270C

Role of perimeter interfaces in catalysis by gold nanoparticles
Masatake Haruta
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00107H

Copper dioxygen (bio)inorganic chemistry
Edward I. Solomon, Jake W. Ginsbach, David E. Heppner, Matthew T. Kieber-Emmons, Christian H. Kjaergaard, Pieter J. Smeets, Li Tian and Julia S. Woertink
DOI: 10.1039/C005500J

New ionization methods and miniature mass spectrometers for biomedicine: DESI imaging for cancer diagnostics and paper spray ionization for therapeutic drug monitoring
R. Graham Cooks, Nicholas E. Manicke, Allison L. Dill, Demian R. Ifa, Livia S. Eberlin, Anthony B. Costa, He Wang, Guangming Huang and Zheng Ouyang
DOI: 10.1039/C005327A

Hydrogen as a fuel for today and tomorrow: expectations for advanced hydrogen storage materials/systems research
Katsuhiko Hirose
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00099C

Gold nanoparticle-polymer/biopolymer complexes for protein sensing
Daniel F. Moyano , Subinoy Rana , Uwe H. F. Bunz and Vincent M. Rotello
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00024A

Spectroscopy and astronomy: H3+ from the laboratory to the Galactic center
Takeshi Oka
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00092F

Ultrafast laser control of electron dynamics in atoms, molecules and solids
Matthias Wollenhaupt and Thomas Baumert
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00109D

You can find all the papers and discussion from each of these exciting volumes of Faraday Discussions on our website.

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Early bird registration for FD156: Tribology extended to 13 February

Tribology Faraday Discussion 156 2-4 April 2012 University of Southampton, UK

Good news! If you thought you’d missed the poster and early bird registration deadline, you still have a few days left. But please get your submissions in by Monday 13 February for a chance to be included.

By registering early you save £50 on standard fees. See www.rsc.org/FD156 for full details.

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We don’t want you to miss out . . .

Tribology: Faraday Discussion 156
2 – 4 April 2012
University of Southampton, UK

We know a very busy festive season is coming up shortly so this is a gentle reminder that you haven’t taken any action yet about attending Tribology : FD156.

Poster abstract and bursary applications are now invited, and registration is open.

Chemists, physicists, theoreticians, engineers and biomedical researchers will all benefit from joining this forum for exploring advances in all the diverse aspects of experimental techniques which bear directly on the topic of tribology.

To keep up with the way tribology directly affects our lives you need to be part of our wide-ranging discussion. So please don’t miss out – act now before the end of year rush.

P.S. Don’t forget that registering early lets you make savings!

Tribology Faraday Discussion 156 2-4 April 2012 University of Southampton, UK

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Ionic Liquids: Faraday Discussion 154 now published!

journal coverFaraday Discussion 154: Ionic Liquids has now been published online.

Take a look at this exciting volume which covers the following themes:

  • Thermodynamics and phase behavior of ionic fluids
  • Microscopic and mesoscopic structure: experiments and simulations
  • Transport and relaxation in ionic liquids
  • Chemical reactivity and interfacial behavior

In the volume you can find all the papers and exciting discussion from the conference held in Belfast, UK, in August. These are just some of the highlights:

Ionic Liquids: Past, present and future
C. Austen Angell, Younes Ansari and Zuofeng Zhao
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00112D

Electron solvation dynamics and reactivity in ionic liquids observed by picosecond radiolysis techniques
James F. Wishart, Alison M. Funston, Tomasz Szreder, Andrew R. Cook and Masao Gohdo
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00065A

Adsorption, absorption and desorption of gases at liquid surfaces: water on [C8C1Im][BF4] and [C2C1Im][Tf2N]
Alexey Deyko and Robert G. Jones
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00062D

Using ethane and butane as probes to the molecular structure of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide ionic liquids
Margarida F. Costa Gomes, Laure Pison, Alfonso S. Pensado and Agilio A. H. Pádua
DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00074H

You can purchase this volume as an individual book through our website.

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