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Contents list for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, issue 20, 2008
Front cover
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2869
DOI: 10.1039/b807008n

Inside front cover
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2870
DOI: 10.1039/b807010p
Contents
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2871
DOI: 10.1039/b807011n
Perspective
4D electron imaging: principles and perspectives
Dmitry Shorokhov and Ahmed H. Zewail,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2879
DOI: 10.1039/b801626g

The state of the art in ultrafast electron imaging is overviewed here for several classes of physical, chemical and biological structures.
Papers
Ultrashort electron pulses for diffraction, crystallography and microscopy: theoretical and experimental resolutions
Andreas Gahlmann, Sang Tae Park and Ahmed H. Zewail,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2894
DOI: 10.1039/b802136h

The spatiotemporal resolutions in electron diffraction and imaging are investigated in the single-electron and the space–charge limited regimes of pulse propagation.
Raman studies of hydrogen adsorbed on nanostructured porous materials
Barbara Panella and Michael Hirscher,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2910
DOI: 10.1039/b719678d

Raman spectroscopy of adsorbed hydrogen is applied at different temperatures and pressures to investigate the interaction between molecular H2 and two high surface area porous materials: single walled carbon nanotubes and a Cu-based metal–organic framework.
Adsorption of HF and HCl on the
-AlF3 (100) surface
C. L. Bailey, A. Wander, S. Mukhopadhyay, B. G. Searle and N. M. Harrison,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2918
DOI: 10.1039/b718733e

Hybrid-exchange density functional theory is used to investigate the adsorption of HF and HCl to under-coordinated Al ions on the
-AlF3 (100) surface.
The near infrared spectrum of ozone by CW-cavity ring down spectroscopy between 5850 and 7000 cm-1: new observations and exhaustive review
A. Campargue, A. Barbe, M.-R. De Backer-Barilly, Vl. G. Tyuterev and S. Kassi,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2925
DOI: 10.1039/b719773j

The very high sensitivity absorption spectrum of ozone has been analysed in the 5850–7000 cm-1 region, approaching the dissociation energy.
Dielectric spectroscopy: a technique for the determination of water coordination within ionic liquids
Georgios Dimitrakis, Ignacio J. Villar-Garcia, Edward Lester, Peter Licence and Samuel Kingman,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2947
DOI: 10.1039/b719063h

Dielectric spectroscopy and complex permittivity may be used to identify changes in the coordination of dissolved water within ionic liquids.
Platinum species in the pores of NaX, NaY and NaA zeolites studied using EPR, XAS and FTIR spectroscopies
Yasar Akdogan, Christina Vogt, Matthias Bauer, Helmut Bertagnolli, Liviu Giurgiu and Emil Roduner,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2952
DOI: 10.1039/b718932j

Non-classical oxidation states of Pt species may be stabilized on zeolites, depending on the type, and are characterized through their paramagnetic behavior.
Interactions of ozone with organic surface films in the presence of simulated sunlight: impact on wettability of aerosols
L. Nieto-Gligorovski, S. Net, S. Gligorovski, C. Zetzsch, A. Jammoul, B. D
Anna and C. George,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2964
DOI: 10.1039/b717993f

Heterogeneous reactions between organic films with ozone in presence of simulated sunlight and a photosensitizer were observed to alter surface properties.
Protic ionic liquids based on the dimeric and oligomeric anions: [(AcO)xHx-1]-
K. M. Johansson, E. I. Izgorodina, M. Forsyth, D. R. MacFarlane and K. R. Seddon,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2972
DOI: 10.1039/b801405a

Dimeric and oligomeric anions turn "poor" protic ionic liquids into "good" ionic liquids.
Activation of the metal–organic framework MIL-47 for selective adsorption of xylenes and other difunctionalized aromatics
Luc Alaerts, Michael Maes, Pierre A. Jacobs, Joeri F. M. Denayer and Dirk E. De Vos,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2979
DOI: 10.1039/b719513c

In the synthesis of the metal–organic framework MIL-47, the duration of the calcination critically determines its adsorption properties for aromatics.
Loading effects of silver oxides upon generation of reactive oxygen species in semiconductor photocatalysis
Shigeru Kohtani, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Toshiyasu Maekawa, Akihide Iwase, Akihiko Kudo, Hideto Miyabe and Ryoichi Nakagaki,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2986
DOI: 10.1039/b719913a

Fine particles of silver(II) oxide (AgO) loaded on both TiO2 and BiVO4 enhance the reduction of O2.
Incoherent quasielastic neutron scattering study of molecular dynamics of 4-n-octyl-4
-cyanobiphenyl
Ronan Lefort, Denis Morineau, Régis Guégan, Claude Ecolivet, Mohammed Guendouz, Jean-Marc Zanotti and Bernhard Frick,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2993
DOI: 10.1039/b718003a

Rotational and translational molecular dynamics of 4-n-octyl-4
-cyanobiphenyl are characterized over more than three decades of correlation times by incoherent quasielastic neutron scattering.
Statistical modelling of NH+/ND+ + H2/HD/D2 branching ratios
Terry J. Frankcombe and Gunnar Nyman,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3000
DOI: 10.1039/b801384e

We study hydrogen isotope fractionation along the proposed gas-phase ammonia formation pathway at interstellar-modelling temperatures. Where both hydrogen and deuterium are present, the NHD+ product is preferred.
Back matter
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3014
DOI: 10.1039/b807012c
Back cover
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3015
DOI: 10.1039/b807013j

