PCCP Perspectives 2008

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PCCP Perspectives 2008

Perspectives are commissioned by the PCCP Editorial Board and are intended to be high profile articles presenting authoritative state-of-the-art accounts of selected research fields, whilst recognizing the wide readership of PCCP. The topics are chosen from within the areas of physical chemistry and chemical physics. They may take the form of a personal account of research, or a critical analysis of a topic of current interest.

The structure and spectra of organic peroxy radicals
Erin N. Sharp, Patrick Rupper and Terry A. Miller,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3955
DOI: 10.1039/b800954f
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Two-dimensional nonlinear optical activity spectroscopy of coupled multi-chromophore system
Jun-Ho Choi, Sangheon Cheon, Hochan Lee and Minhaeng Cho,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3839
DOI: 10.1039/b719263k
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New concepts for fluorescence correlation spectroscopy on membranes
Jonas Ries and Petra Schwille,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3487
DOI: 10.1039/b718132a
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Interpretation of electron diffusion coefficient in organic and inorganic semiconductors with broad distributions of states
Juan Bisquert,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3175
DOI: 10.1039/b719943k
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Conceptual DFT: the chemical relevance of higher response functions
P. Geerlings and F. De Proft,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3028
DOI: 10.1039/b717671f
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4D electron imaging: principles and perspectives
Dmitry Shorokhov and Ahmed H. Zewail,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2879
DOI: 10.1039/b801626g
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Nature and magnitude of aromatic stacking of nucleic acid bases
Ji� poner, Kevin E. Riley and Pavel Hobza,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2595
DOI: 10.1039/b719370j
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Nature and physical origin of CH/ interaction: significant difference from conventional hydrogen bonds
Seiji Tsuzuki and Asuka Fujii,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2584
DOI: 10.1039/b718656h
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Effect of Coriolis coupling in chemical reaction dynamics
Tian-Shu Chu and Ke-Li Han,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2431
DOI: 10.1039/b715180b
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Development of bioinspired artificial photosynthetic systems
Shunichi Fukuzumi,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2283
DOI: 10.1039/b801198m
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Phase behavior of capillary bridges: towards nanoscale water phase diagram
Michael Nosonovsky and Bharat Bhushan,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2137
DOI: 10.1039/b801119m
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From crystal structure prediction to polymorph prediction: interpreting the crystal energy landscape
Sarah L. Price,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1996
DOI: 10.1039/b719351c
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Quantum chemical calculations on a selection of iodine-containing species (IO, OIO, INO₃, (IO)₂, I₂O₃, I₂O₄ and I₂O₅) of importance in the atmosphere
Nikolas Kaltsoyannis and John M. C. Plane,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1723
DOI: 10.1039/b715687c
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Comparison of solid particles, globular proteins and surfactants as emulsifiers
S. Tcholakova, N. D. Denkov and A. Lips,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1608
DOI: 10.1039/b715933c
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70 years of Landau�Teller theory for collisional energy transfer. Semiclassical three-dimensional generalizations of the classical collinear model
E. E. Nikitin and J. Troe,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1483
DOI: 10.1039/b715095d
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Tunneling splitting and decay of metastable states in polyatomic molecules: invariant instanton theory
Gennady Milnikov and Hiroki Nakamura,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1374
DOI: 10.1039/b712988b
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Surface characterization of platinum electrodes
Jos� Solla-Gull�n, Paramaconi Rodr�guez, Enrique Herrero, Antonio Aldaz and Juan M. Feliu,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1359
DOI: 10.1039/b709809j
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Nanoscale structure and dynamics of DNA
Mark A. Berg, Robert S. Coleman and Catherine J. Murphy,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1229
DOI: 10.1039/b715272h
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Soft-landing of peptide ions onto self-assembled monolayer surfaces: an overview
Julia Laskin, Peng Wang and Omar Hadjar,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1079
DOI: 10.1039/b712710c
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High-pressure gas hydrates
J. S. Loveday and R. J. Nelmes,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 937
DOI: 10.1039/b704740a
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Interfacial phase transitions in conducting fluids
Werner Freyland,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 923
DOI: 10.1039/b713710a
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Single molecule magnets: from thin films to nano-patterns
Massimiliano Cavallini, Massimo Facchini, Cristiano Albonetti and Fabio Biscarini,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 784
DOI: 10.1039/b711677b
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Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of TiO₂ through spatial structuring and particle size control: from subnanometric to submillimetric length scale
Carmela Aprile, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo Garcia,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 769
DOI: 10.1039/b712168g
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An overview of solution-based semiconductor nanowires: synthesis and optical studies
Masaru Kuno,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 620
DOI: 10.1039/b708296g
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Searching for the optimum structures of alloy nanoclusters
Riccardo Ferrando, Alessandro Fortunelli and Roy L. Johnston,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 640
DOI: 10.1039/b709000e
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Nonadiabatic excited-state dynamics of polar -systems and related model compounds of biological relevance
Mario Barbatti, Matthias Ruckenbauer, Jaroslaw J. Szymczak, Ad�lia J. A. Aquino and Hans Lischka,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 482
DOI: 10.1039/b709315m
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Implicit modeling of nonpolar solvation for simulating protein folding and conformational transitions
Jianhan Chen and Charles L. Brooks III,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 471
DOI: 10.1039/b714141f
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Ordered mesoporous materials at the beginning of the third millennium: new strategies to create hybrid and non-siliceous variants
Pascal Van Der Voort, Carl Vercaemst, David Schaubroeck and Francis Verpoort,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 347
DOI: 10.1039/b707388g
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Aromaticity and antiaromaticity in transition-metal systems
Dmitry Yu. Zubarev, Boris B. Averkiev, Hua-Jin Zhai, Lai-Sheng Wang and Alexander I. Boldyrev,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 257
DOI: 10.1039/b713646c
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Fluid bridges confined between chemically nanopatterned solid substrates
Martin Schoen,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 223
DOI: 10.1039/b706674k
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Physical electrochemistry of nanostructured devices
Juan Bisquert,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 49
DOI: 10.1039/b709316k
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Dynamic imaging of molecules using high order harmonic generation
Jon P. Marangos, Sarah Baker, Nathaniel Kajumba, Joseph S. Robinson, John W. G. Tisch and Ricardo Torres,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 35
DOI: 10.1039/b714126m
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Imaging combustion chemistry via multiplexed synchrotron-photoionization mass spectrometry
Craig A. Taatjes, Nils Hansen, David L. Osborn, Katharina Kohse-H�inghaus, Terrill A. Cool and Phillip R. Westmoreland,�Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 20
DOI: 10.1039/b713460f
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