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Opportunities for discussion with prize winning researchers

06 May 2014

We are delighted to announce that the Spiers Memorial Award Winners for 2014 are:

	Professor Pulickel M. Ajayan, Rice University for his pioneering contributions to the field of carbon based nanomaterials.
	Professor Fred Wudl, University of California, Santa Barbara for his many innovative developments to the field of organic electroactive materials and plastic electronics.

We invite you to join us and hear these award winning researchers delivering their introductory lecture at a Faraday Discussions meeting later in the year.

Prof. Ajayan will deliver the Introductory lecture at New Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials: Faraday Discussion 173 which takes place in London between 1 – 3 September 2014.

Prof. Wudl will be starting off proceedings with his lecture at Organics, Photonics & Electronics: Faraday Discussion 174 in Strathclyde, Scotland (8-10 September 2014).

As with all Faraday Discussion meetings there is also an opportunity for you to take part:

Submit a poster. The deadlines are 23 June 2014 for New Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials, and 16 June 2014 for Organics, Photonics and Electronics.

Join the disussion. All the discussion of papers at the meeting are recorded and published as part of the final volume so every delegate has a chance to be fully involved. There is more information on how Faraday Discussions work in our FAQs.

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2014 Faraday Discussions – Registration open!

08 Apr 2014

We have a wide range of very diverse discussion topics this year, and registration is now open for each of them – so don’t miss your opportunity to register now at the early bird rates.

FD169: Molecular Simulations and Visualization
7-9 May 2014, Nottingham, UK

FD170: Mechanochemistry: from functional solids to single molecules
21-23 May 2014, Montreal, Canada

FD171: Emerging Photon Technologies for Chemical Dynamics
9-11 July 2014, Sheffield, UK
Early bird deadline – 17 May

FD172: Carbon in Electrochemistry
28-30 July 2014, Sheffield, UK
Early bird deadline – 9 June

FD173: New Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials
1-3 September 2014, London, UK
Early bird deadline – 14 July

FD174: Organics, Photonics & Electronics
8-10 September 2014, Glasgow, UK
Early bird deadline – 7 July

FD175: Physical Chemistry of Functionalised Biomedical Nanoparticles
17-19 September 2014, Bristol, UK
Early bird deadline – 21 July

FD176: Next-Generation Materials for Energy Chemistry
27-29 October 2014, Xiamen, China
Early bird deadline – 1 September

To help you on your way we offer a number of very attractive bursary options, so please do make the most of your Faraday Division membership.

If you are new to Faraday Discussions be sure to find out more – discover how every contribution is recorded and published in the corresponding journal volume.

We look forward to welcoming you to a meeting this year!

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Rewarding Excellence, Gaining recognition

16 Dec 2013

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Prizes and Awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations in advancing the chemical sciences. There are over 80 Prizes and Awards available covering all areas of the chemical sciences.

You still have time to make your nomination before the deadline on 15th January 2014

As well as the cash prize of up to £5,000 and an inscribed medal , all Prize and Award winners are given the opportunity to present their work to the wider community by giving lectures at several universities around the UK.

Prizes are available in the categories various categories, including Biosciences, Environment, Sustainability and Energy, Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Industry & Technology.

Please nominate someone or be nominated by a Royal Society of Chemistry member by visiting

http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/2014-RSC-Prizes-Awards.asp

“The publicity associated with my RSC Award resulted in the increased recognition for all my great colleagues who contributed and supported this programme over the years.” Monica Papworth

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Join us at the first Faraday Discussion meeting in Asia

24 Oct 2013

We are delighted to invite you to join us at the first Faraday Discussion meeting in Asia, which will take place in Xiamen, China from 27-29^th October 2014.

Submit your abstract today via our submission system.

You can find more details about submitting your abstract here.

The overall theme of the meeting is Next-Generation Materials for Energy Chemistry and will include the following topics:

Optimized design of energy materials using system integration from atomic, molecular, nano to meso scale
Design of material systems to optimize the energy enrichment of renewable sources
How interfacial chemistry takes place in energy-related processes
New materials and innovations for energy applications

Confirmed speakers:

Peidong Yang (Introductory), University of California-Berkeley
Lee Cronin (Closing), University of Glasgow
Yi Cui, Stanford University
Michael Graetzel, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Xile Hu, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Can Li, Dalian Institute of Chemistry and Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Joachim Maier, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Nenad Markovic, Argonne National Laboratory
Erwin Reisner, University of Cambridge
Ram Seshadri, University of California, Santa Barbara
Rose-Noëlle Vannier, Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
Li-Jun Wan, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science
Zhong Lin Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yi Xie, University of Science and Technology of China

How do Faraday Discussions work?
Submit your abstract by 3^rd February
The Scientific Committee select the best abstracts to be oral presentations
Selected authors submit a full paper by 3^rd June 2014
The papers are sent to all delegates before the meeting to read and prepare questions they want to ask at the meeting
At the meeting speakers have 5 minutes to present their paper
Any delegate can present their own data (including powerpoint slides) or ask a question
All the presented papers and a record of the discussion, including new research presented by any delegate, are published together in the Faraday Discussion volume in fully referenced and citeable form.

Faraday Discussions’ latest Impact Factor is 3.8.

If you would rather submit a poster the poster abstract deadline is 18^th August 2014.

We hope you can join us for Faraday Discussion 176. Professor Zhong-QunTian and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Xiamen. Please let us know that you plan to attend by email (faraday-rsc@rsc.org).

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Emerging Photon Technologies for Chemical Dynamics (FD171) – Call for oral abstracts

23 Oct 2013

The new deadline for oral abstract submission is 4 November 2013, so submit today for a chance to showcase your work at this engaging event.

Join the discussion with distinguished speakers, and present your research alongside experts in the field.

We encourage you to take advantage of this valuable opportunity to present you work; registration is only open for a few more weeks, so submit now to avoid disappointment.

For further details about participating in this event, please visit the event webpage.

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Group photo from Faraday Discussion 167

24 Sep 2013

Faraday Discussion 167 was on mesostructure and dynamics in liquids and solutions, and took place last week in Bristol.

Here are the delegates at FD 167:

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Faraday Discussion 171: Emerging Photon Technologies for Chemical Dynamics – call for oral abstracts

20 Aug 2013

Call for oral abstracts – deadline 21 October 2013

Submit now!

We invite you to join us for Faraday Discussion 171, which will cover:

•             Chemical reaction dynamics
•             Electron dynamics in atoms, molecules and clusters
•             Correlated systems, surfaces and catalysis
•             Nanoscale and bio imaging

Submit your abstract today. You can find more details about submitting your abstract here

Speakers include:

Majed Chergui, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Henry Chapman, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
Christian Bressler, European XFEL GmbH
Robert Moshammer, Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik
Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University
Jon Marangos, Imperial College London
Kai Roßnagel, Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik
Martin Wolf, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
John Spence, Arizona State University
Chris Jacobsen, Northwestern University/Argonne National Laboratory

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics is a sister journal to Faraday Discussions. PCCP brings you content of the highest quality in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.

We invite you to submit your research to PCCP today.

Articles from PCCP in this area include:

Ultrafast fluorescence studies of dye sensitized solar cells
Olivier Bräm, Andrea Cannizzo and Majed Chergui
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40590C, Communication

State- and conformer-selected beams of aligned and oriented molecules for ultrafast diffraction studies
Frank Filsinger, Gerard Meijer, Henrik Stapelfeldt, Henry N. Chapman and Jochen Küpper
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01585G, Perspective

Comparison of high-order harmonic generation in uracil and thymine ablation plumes
Christopher Hutchison, Rashid A. Ganeev, Marta Castillejo, Ignacio Lopez-Quintas, Amelle Zaïr, Sébastien J. Weber, Felicity McGrath, Zara Abdelrahman, Malte Oppermann, Margarita Martin, Dang Yuan Lei, Stefan A. Maier, John W. G. Tisch and Jonathan P. Marangos
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP00004D, Paper

Studies of bimolecular reaction dynamics using pulsed high-intensity vacuum-ultraviolet lasers for photoionization detection
Daniel R. Albert and H. Floyd Davis
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP51930A, Perspective

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Faraday Discussion 170: Abstract Deadline Monday

26 Jul 2013

Call for oral abstracts – deadline 29 July 2013

Find out more about Faraday Discussion 170 here…

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FD 163: Photo-initiated Quantum Molecular Dynamics now published

23 Jul 2013

We are pleased to announce the publication of Faraday Discussion 163 Photo-initiated Quantum Molecular Dynamics

Take a look at the volume today

In the volume you can find all the papers and exciting discussion from the conference held in Nottingham, UK in April 2013.

Here are just some of the highlights:

The three pillars of photo-initiated quantum molecular dynamics
Albert Stolow
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD90021E

Strong field control of predissociation dynamics
María E. Corrales, Garikoitz Balerdi, Vincent Loriot, Rebeca de Nalda and Luis Bañares
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20143G

A multi-sheeted three-dimensional potential-energy surface for the H-atom photodissociation of phenol
Sai G. Ramesh and Wolfgang Domcke
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00006K

Photodynamics of Lys+-Trp protein motifs: Hydrogen bonds ensure photostability
Matteo Guglielmi, Manuel Doemer, Ivano Tavernelli and Ursula Rothlisberger
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00037K

Time-resolved photoelectron imaging of the iodide–thymine and iodide–uracil binary cluster systems
Sarah B. King, Margaret A. Yandell and Daniel M. Neumark
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD20158A

Photoinitiated quantum molecular dynamics: Concluding Remarks
Michael N. R. Ashfold
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00090G

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.

Faraday Discussions is a sister journal to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). PCCP brings you content of the highest quality in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry. With high-impact research, and a truly international readership, PCCP is the ideal place to publish.

You might be interested in these themed issues in PCCP:

Ultrafast chemical dynamics
Guest Editors: Klaas Wynne and Neil T. Hunt
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, Issue 18

Electronic energy transfer
Guest Editor: Anthony Harriman
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, Issue 27

Analysis and control of ultrafast photon-induced processes
Guest Editors: Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký, Nikolaus Ernsting, Joshua Jortner, Jörn Manz, Eckart Rühl and Ludger Wöste
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, Issue 19

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FD 162: Fabrication, Structure and Reactivity of Anchored Nanoparticles now published

11 Jul 2013

FD 162: Fabrication, Structure and Reactivity of Anchored Nanoparticles We are pleased to announce the publication of Faraday Discussion 162 Fabrication, Structure and Reactivity of Anchored Nanoparticles.

Take a look at the volume today

In the volume you can find all the papers and exciting discussion from the conference held in Berlin, Germany in April 2013.

Here are just some of the highlights:

Exploring surface science and restructuring in reactive atmospheres of colloidally prepared bimetallic CuNi and CuCo nanoparticles on SiO2in situ using ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Simon K. Beaumont, Selim Alayoglu, Vladimir V. Pushkarev, Zhi Liu, Norbert Kruse and Gabor A. Somorjai
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20145C

Preparation and structure of a single Au atom on the TiO2(110) surface: control of the Au–metal oxide surface interaction
Kiyotaka Asakura, Satoru Takakusagi, Hiroko Ariga, Wang-Jae Chun, Shushi Suzuki, Yuichiro Koike, Hiromitsu Uehara, Kotaro Miyazaki and Yasuhiro Iwasawa
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20131C

Stability and migration barriers of small vanadium oxide clusters on the CeO2(111) surface studied by density functional theory
Joachim Paier, Thomas Kropp, Christopher Penschke and Joachim Sauer
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00012E

Mechanistic insights into the partial oxidation of acetic acid by O2 at the dual perimeter sites of a Au/TiO2 catalyst
Isabel Xiaoye Green, Wenjie Tang, Matthew Neurock and John T. Yates
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00002H

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

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

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Faraday Discussions is a sister journal to Nanoscale. Nanoscale publishes high-quality community-spanning research which bridges the various disciplines involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanoscale’s first full impact factor is 5.91.

Read these Nanoscale review articles:

Solution synthesis of one-dimensional ZnO nanomaterials and their applications
Benjamin Weintraub , Zhengzhi Zhou , Yinhua Li and Yulin Deng
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00047G

Stabilization and functionalization of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Esther Amstad , Marcus Textor and Erik Reimhult
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10173K

Structure sensitivity and nanoscale effects in electrocatalysis
Marc T. M. Koper
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00857E

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