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10th Anniversary Article: Nature and magnitude of aromatic stacking of nucleic acid bases
11 June 2008
Pavel Hobza and colleagues summarise recent advances in quantum chemical calculations of base-stacking forces in nucleic acids.
Nanoscale structure and dynamics of DNA
16 May 2008
In this Perspective Catherine Murphy and colleagues investigate local structural variations and nanoscale motions in DNA
Hot Article: Photopolymerization of diacetylene-capped gold nanoparticles
10 April 2008
Giovanna Dellepiane talks about her latest PCCP paper.
Hot Article: 4D electron imaging: principles and perspectives
08 April 2008
In this perspective Ahmed Zewail and Dmitry Shorokhov highlight developments and concepts in the field of 4D electron imaging.
10th Anniversary Article: 70 years of Landau-Teller theory for collisional energy transfer
19 March 2008
Juergen Troe's Perspective article commemorates Landau and Tellers seminal work at its 70th anniversary.
Interview: Model behaviour
12 February 2008
Stephen Klippenstein tells Hilary Crichton how theoretical chemistry can help solve global warming
10th Anniversary Article: Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of titania through spatial structuring and particle size control
08 February 2008
Avelino Corma's Perspective article covers the important topic of photocatalysis.
Watching cells in action
09 November 2007
Chemists in Canada are using scanning electrochemical microscopy to image cells and follow their metabolic activity.
Interview: Relatively challenging
09 November 2007
Pekka Pyykkö talks to Caroline Moore about relativistic effects and the thrill of theoretical chemistry
Instant insight: Walking in a hurricane
23 October 2007
Dean Astumian from the University of Maine, Orono, US, uncovers the mysteries of Brownian molecular machines.
PCCP author wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
11 October 2007
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Gerhard Ertl for 'his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces'
PCCP Call for papers: Analysis, Manipulation, and Simulation on the Nanoscale
28 September 2007
A Special Issue of PCCP will be published in spring 2008. Submit your papers today!
Diamonds are for electron microscopy
28 September 2007
A team of UK scientists has developed a way of controlling the chemical vapour deposition of diamond to uniformly coat ultramicroelectrodes.
Interview: Making connections
24 September 2007
Roald Hoffmann talks to Alison Stoddart about chemical bonding and his new playground of high pressure chemistry
Instant insight: A bright future
19 September 2007
Andy Benniston explains how photocatalysts could provide the answer to the planet's energy crisis.
Hands-on chiral switching
23 August 2007
Scientists are a step closer to the precise control of chirality at the molecular level thanks to a quantum chemical study.
Instant insight: Forces of attraction
20 August 2007
Outlining the role non-covalent interactions play in the structure, stability and functions of biomolecules.
Deeply Bodipy
16 August 2007
An unusually stable dye based on the well-known Bodipy structure could find use in anti-forgery systems.
PCCP Prizes Awarded at ICEI 2007
26 July 2007
We're delighted to announce the winners of the latest PCCP Poster Prizes
PCCP Stacking Interactions Special Issue: Call for papers
18 July 2007
A Special Issue of PCCP on Stacking Interactions will be published in early Summer 2008. Submit a paper today!
One good turn
09 July 2007
French researchers have been using spectroscopy to tell their left from their right.
PCCP Prize Awarded at COMET XX
01 July 2007
We're delighted to announce the winner of the latest PCCP Poster Prize
Density functional theory gets an upgrade
25 June 2007
It's time to stop ignoring van der Waals forces, say German theoreticians.
PCCP's Impact Factor rises by 15% to all-time high
20 June 2007
The latest citation data released by ISI show that PCCP's Impact Factor and Immediacy Index have risen again.
Fast publication in PCCP!
19 June 2007
A recent analysis of publication times shows that PCCP remains the quickest journal in its field.
Making sense of solvent extraction
12 June 2007
Computational chemists in France are closer to understanding a process that enhances the extraction of nuclear waste.
Two-faced fluids aid nanolayer synthesis
11 June 2007
Scientists have made multilayered films of inorganic nanoparticles with the help of DNA bases.
PCCP Hot paper: Theory, measurements, and modeling of OH and HO2 formation in the reaction of cyclohexyl radicals with O2
11 June 2007
Craig Taatjes and co-workers construct a kinetic model to allow more accurate predictions of hydrocarbon ignition.
PCCP Hot paper: Double-hybrid density functionals with long-range dispersion corrections: higher accuracy and extended applicability
07 June 2007
Stefan Grimme significantly improves the accuracy of Double-Hybrid Density Functionals and emphasises the role of dispersion interactions in large molecules.
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