Here is the latest HOT paper published in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences:
The effect of dimerization on the excited state behavior of methylated xanthine derivatives: a computational study
Dana Nachtigallová, Adelia J. A. Aquino, Shawn Horn and Hans Lischka
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3PP50077B
This paper is free to access for the next 4 weeks!
We are delighted to announce that PPS has received its highest ever impact factor* of 2.9!
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*The Impact Factor provides an indication of the average number of citations per paper. Produced annually, Impact Factors are calculated by dividing the number of citations in a year by the number of citeable articles published in the preceding two years. Data based on 2012 Journal Citation Reports®, (Thomson Reuters, 2013).
Issue 7 of Photochemical & Photochemical Sciences is a themed issue on ‘Blue-light photoreceptors’ and is now available to read online.
The front cover this month features work by Aba Losi and co-workers from Parma, Italy. Their article takes as its starting point the increasing evidence that prokaryotic organisms can sense and react to light stimuli via a variety of photosensory receptors and signal transduction pathways. The authors present a comprehensive scenario of the existence of bilin-GAF, LOV and BLUF proteins in the prokaryotic world, and inspect possible phylogenetic pathways. They also define novel criteria for identifying gene (and protein) sequences based on experimentally assessed photochemical events.
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Distance-tree analysis, distribution and co-presence of bilin- and flavin-binding prokaryotic photoreceptors for visible light
Carmen Mandalari, Aba Losi and Wolfgang Gärtner
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 1144-1157, DOI: 10.1039/C3PP25404F
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The European Society for Photobiology (ESP), one of the two owner societies of PPS, will be holding the 15th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology in Liège, Belgium, on the 2–6th September 2013. This exciting conference is an important forum for the dissemination of advanced knowledge and technological developments in photobiology, and will generate scientific discussions and facilitate the exchange of new ideas and new collaborations for future research. The ESP Scientific Advisory Board, including the ESP President and PPS Associate Editor Evelyne Sage, have put together a program of sessions on a wide range of topics which cover major streams of photobiological sciences. This includes highly relevant, timely, cutting edge symposia.
Keynote speakers include:
Markus Böhm (Münster, Germany)
• Novel twists in alpha-MSH-mediated protection against UV irradiation of the skin
Mladen Korbelik (Vancouver, Canada)
• Engagement of sphingolipids in light-tissue interaction
Santi Nonell (Barcelona, Spain)
• Genetically-encodable fluorescent singlet oxygen photosensitisers
Janet Morgan (Buffalo, USA)
• Strategies for targeting cancer stem-like cells with photodynamic therapy
Roman Ulm (Geneva, Switzerland)
• UV-B photoreceptor signalling
In addition to providing an exciting venue for scientific exchange, Liège is a historical European city and a great place to visit. Early registration ends July 31st, so click here to register today!
In March, the top 10 most accessed articles in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences were:
UV-induced DNA damage and repair: a review
Rajeshwar P. Sinha and Donat-P. Häder
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2002, 1, 225-236
DOI: 10.1039/B201230H
Signaling mechanisms of LOV domains: new insights from molecular dynamics studies
Peter L. Freddolino, Kevin H. Gardner and Klaus Schulten
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3PP25400C
Human safety review of “nano” titanium dioxide and zinc oxide
Karsten Schilling, Bobbie Bradford, Dominique Castelli, Eric Dufour, J. Frank Nash, Wolfgang Pape, Stefan Schulte, Ian Tooley, Jeroen van den Bosch and Florian Schellauf
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2010, 9, 495-509
DOI: 10.1039/B9PP00180H
The human health effects of ozone depletion and interactions with climate change
M. Norval, R. M. Lucas, A. P. Cullen, F. R. de Gruijl, J. Longstreth, Y. Takizawa and J. C. van der Leun
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 199-225
DOI: 10.1039/C0PP90044C
Effects of solar UV radiation on aquatic ecosystems and interactions with climate change
D.-P. Häder, H. D. Kumar, R. C. Smith and R. C. Worrest
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2007, 6, 267-285
DOI: 10.1039/B700020K
Effects of bis-carbazole based D–π-A sensitizers on solar energy capture in DSSCs
Bo Hyung Kim and Harold S. Freeman
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 421-431
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25262G
Engineered photoreceptors as novel optogenetic tools
Andreas Möglich and Keith Moffat
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2010, 9, 1286-1300
DOI: 10.1039/C0PP00167H
Ozone depletion and climate change: impacts on UV radiation
R. L. McKenzie, P. J. Aucamp, A. F. Bais, L. O. Björn, M. Ilyas and S. Madronich
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 182-198
DOI: 10.1039/C0PP90034F
Dynamics of solvent controlled excited state intramolecular proton transfer coupled charge transfer reactions
Rajib Ghosh and Dipak K. Palit
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 987-995
DOI: 10.1039/C3PP25429A
Synthetic analogues of anthocyanins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells
Giuseppe Calogero, Alessandro Sinopoli, Ilaria Citro, Gaetano Di Marco, Vesselin Petrov, Ana M. Diniz, A. Jorge Parola and Fernando Pina
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 883-894
DOI: 10.1039/C3PP25347C
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Issue 6 of Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences is now available to read online.
The front cover this month features work by Mathias O. Senge and co-workers from Dublin, Ireland. In their work, the authors describe how 5,10-A2B2 porphyrins provide diverse nonlinear absorptive responses in the ns regime at 532 nm depending on the structural features.
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Nonlinear absorption properties of 5,10-A2B2 porphyrins – correlation of molecular structure with the nonlinear responses
M. Zawadzka, J. Wang, W.J. Blau and M.O. Senge,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013,12, 996-1007, DOI: 10.1039/C3PP25410K
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For Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, the top 10 most accessed articles in February were as follows:
Signaling mechanisms of LOV domains: new insights from molecular dynamics studies
Peter L. Freddolino, Kevin H. Gardner and Klaus Schulten
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3PP25400C, Paper
UV-induced DNA damage and repair: a review
Rajeshwar P. Sinha and Donat-P. Häder
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2002, 1, 225-236
DOI: 10.1039/B201230H, Perspective
Photochemical properties of multi-azobenzene compounds
Julia Bahrenburg, Claudia M. Sievers, Jan Boyke Schönborn, Bernd Hartke, Falk Renth, Friedrich Temps, Christian Näther and Frank D. Sönnichsen
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 511-518
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25291K, Paper
UV–vis spectroscopy of the coupling products of the palladium-catalyzed C–H arylation of the BODIPY core
Lina Wang, Bram Verbelen, Claire Tonnelé, David Beljonne, Roberto Lazzaroni, Volker Leen, Wim Dehaen and Noël Boens
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 835-847
DOI: 10.1039/C3PP25385F, Paper
The Orange Carotenoid Protein: a blue-green light photoactive protein
Diana Kirilovsky and Cheryl A. Kerfeld
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3PP25406B, Perspective
Targeted photodynamic therapy of breast cancer cells using antibody–phthalocyanine–gold nanoparticle conjugates
Tanya Stuchinskaya, Miguel Moreno, Michael J. Cook, Dylan R. Edwards and David A. Russell
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 822-831
DOI: 10.1039/C1PP05014A, Paper
Human safety review of “nano” titanium dioxide and zinc oxide
Karsten Schilling, Bobbie Bradford, Dominique Castelli, Eric Dufour, J. Frank Nash, Wolfgang Pape, Stefan Schulte, Ian Tooley, Jeroen van den Bosch and Florian Schellauf
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2010, 9, 495-509
DOI: 10.1039/B9PP00180H, Perspective
Effects of bis-carbazole based D–π-A sensitizers on solar energy capture in DSSCs
Bo Hyung Kim and Harold S. Freeman
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 421-431
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25262G, Paper
Ozone depletion and climate change: impacts on UV radiation
R. L. McKenzie, P. J. Aucamp, A. F. Bais, L. O. Björn, M. Ilyas and S. Madronich
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 182-198
DOI: 10.1039/C0PP90034F, Perspective
Engineered photoreceptors as novel optogenetic tools
Andreas Möglich and Keith Moffat
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2010, 9, 1286-1300
DOI: 10.1039/C0PP00167H, Perspective
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Issue 5 of Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences is now available to read online.
The front cover this month features work by Giuseppe Calogero, Fernando Pina and co-workers from from Messina, Italy, and Caparica, Portugal. In their paper, flavylium salt dyes were employed for the first time as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and photoelectrochemical measurements showed that they are very promising compounds for such applications. These synthetic analogues of anthocyanins could present a new type of “biomimetic” environmentally friendly sensitizers.
Read the full article for free until 30th May 2013.
Synthetic analogues of anthocyanins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, Giuseppe Calogero, Alessandro Sinopoli, Ilaria Citro, Gaetano Di Marco, Vesselin Petrov, Ana M. Diniz, A. Jorge Parolab and Fernando Pina, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 883–894, DOI: 10.1039/c3pp25347c
For Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, the top 10 most accessed articles in January were as follows:
Home-prepared anatase, rutile, and brookite TiO2 for selective photocatalytic oxidation of 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol in water: reactivity and ATR-FTIR study
Vincenzo Augugliaro, Vittorio Loddo, María José López-Muñoz, Carlos Márquez-Álvarez, Giovanni Palmisano, Leonardo Palmisano and Sedat Yurdakal
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2009, 8, 663-669
DOI: 10.1039/B818353H, Paper
Photochemical properties of multi-azobenzene compounds
Julia Bahrenburg, Claudia M. Sievers, Jan Boyke Schönborn, Bernd Hartke, Falk Renth, Friedrich Temps, Christian Näther and Frank D. Sönnichsen
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 511-518
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25291K, Paper
Photoremovable protecting groups: reaction mechanisms and applications
Anna Paola Pelliccioli and Jakob Wirz
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2002, 1, 441-458
DOI: 10.1039/B200777K, Perspective
Effects of ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation on erythema and pigmentation: a review
Lindsay R. Sklar, Fahad Almutawa, Henry W. Lim and Iltefat Hamzavi
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 54-64
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25152C, Perspective
Dirty hands: photodynamic killing of human pathogens like EHEC, MRSA and Candida within seconds
Anja Eichner, Fernanda Pereira Gonzales, Ariane Felgenträger, Johannes Regensburger, Thomas Holzmann, Wulf Schneider-Brachert, Wolfgang Bäumler and Tim Maisch
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 135-147
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25164G, Paper
Excitation energy migration and trapping on the surface of fluorescent poly(acrylic acid)-grafted polymer particles
Andreas Hennig, Soheil Hatami, Monika Spieles and Ute Resch-Genger
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25364J, Paper
Engineered photoreceptors as novel optogenetic tools
Andreas Möglich and Keith Moffat
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2010, 9, 1286-1300
DOI: 10.1039/C0PP00167H, Perspective
UVA1 is skin deep: molecular and clinical implications
Angela Tewari, Mette M. L. Grage, Graham I. Harrison, Robert Sarkany and Antony R. Young
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 95-103
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25323B, Communication
Photoinduced formation of reversible dye radicals and their impact on super-resolution imaging
Sebastian van de Linde, Ivan Krstić, Thomas Prisner, Sören Doose, Mike Heilemann and Markus Sauer
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 499-506
DOI: 10.1039/C0PP00317D, Paper
Photoactivatable fluorophores and techniques for biological imaging applications
Wen-hong Li and Genhua Zheng
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2012, 11, 460-471
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP05342J, Perspective
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The latest issue of PPS is now available to read online! This month’s issue is a themed issue of contributions from the 7th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry & Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA 7), held in Porto from 17th to 20th June 2012. Read the Editorial by Guest Editors Joaquim Faria and Sixto Malato here.
Read the full article for free for 6 weeks!
Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation from barium tantalate composites, Roland Marschall, Julia Soldat and Michael Wark, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 671-677
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