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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

High quality research in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.



PCCP themed issues



PCCP publishes themed issues on subjects from right across the broad scope of the journal, each one dedicated to a topical area of research.

With high profile Guest Editors and contributions from leaders in the field, PCCP themed issues present a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in a particular research area.

Details of forthcoming and recently published themed issues can be found below.

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Forthcoming themed issues

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Call for papers: Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Biological Science

22 January 2010

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue. Submission deadline: 24 May 2010


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Call for papers: Electrified Surface Chemistry

19 November 2009

PCCP announces a themed issue to follow the 1st Ertl Symposium on Electrochemistry and Catalysis


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Call for papers: Bioelectrochemistry

28 October 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue. Submission deadline: 26 April 2010


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Call for papers: Water in Biological Systems

28 October 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue. Submission deadline: 22 February 2010


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Call for papers: Quantum Molecular Dynamics and Control

07 October 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue. Submission deadline: 1 March 2010


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Call for papers: Characterisation of Adsorbed Species

07 October 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue, Guest Edited by Carlos Otero Arean and Petr Nachtigall. Submission deadline: 14 January 2010


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Call for papers: High Frequency Dynamic Nuclear Polarization - The Renaissance

22 September 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue. Submission deadline: 1 February 2010


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Call for papers: Supraparticle Physical Chemistry

17 September 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue. Submission deadline: 5 April 2010


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Call for papers: Electronic Energy Transfer

04 September 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue, Guest Edited by Anthony Harriman. Submission deadline: 15 February 2010


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Call for papers: Solid State Structure Prediction

24 August 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue. Submission deadline: 8 March 2010


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Call for papers: Chemical Dynamics of Large Amplitude Motion

20 August 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue, Guest Edited by David Nesbitt and Martin Suhm. Submission deadline: 01 February 2010


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Call for papers: Recent Developments in X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

13 August 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue. Submission deadline: 14 December 2009


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Call for papers: Molecular Mechanisms of the Photostability of Life

15 July 2009

Submit your best work to the latest in a series of PCCP themed issues on topical areas of biophysics and biophysical chemistry. Submission deadline: 01 December 2009


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Call for papers: Biomolecular Structures: From Isolated Molecules to Living Cells

15 July 2009

Submit your best work to this high profile PCCP themed issue - one of a series of issues on biophysics and biophysical chemistry. Submission deadline: 16 November 2009


Previous themed issues

Nucleic Acids Simulations

Issue 45, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 10529-10740) exemplifies the rich diversity of cutting-edge research in the field of nucleic acids simulation.

Physical chemistry of aerosols

Issue 36, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 7741-8104) gives an overview on the physical chemistry of aerosols.

New frontiers in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Issue 34, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 7333-7512) gives a flavour of current topics and directions in SERS.

Solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Issue 32, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 6861-7088) gives an up-to-date survey of solid-state NMR and its applications.

Modern EPR spectroscopy: beyond the EPR spectrum

Issue 31, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 6537-6860) gives an overview of the state of the art of modern EPR spectroscopy.

Nanophotonics: plasmonics and metal nanoparticles

Issue 28, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 5853-6016) provides an overview of the way plasmonics is unfolding from the physical chemistry and chemical physics perspective.

Physical chemistry of biomolecular motors and machines

Issue 24, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 4789-4912) focusses on biomolecular motors and machines.

Electronic structures and reaction dynamics of open-shell species

Issue 23, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 4689-4788) highlights recent advances in experimental and theoretical studies of the fundamental aspects of open-shell species.

Time-dependent density-functional theory

Issue 22, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 4421-4688) contains a collection of the very recent developments of TDDFT: from fundamentals to complex applications of technological relevance.

Chemistry and physics of metal oxide nanostructures

Issue 19, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 3593-3788) contains a collection of papers on the synthesis, properties and applications of metal oxide nanostructures.

Physical chemistry of solids-the science behind materials engineering

Issue 17, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 2993-3323) reports on recent developments in fundamental research on the properties of solids.

Molecules in confined spaces

Issue 16, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 2781-2992) looks at what governs the physical chemistry of molecules when they are confined in spaces of molecular dimensions.

Coarse-grained modeling of soft condensed matter

Issue 12, 2009 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 1853-2128) presents new developments in model building and algorithm as well as modern and meaningful applications of such models and algorithms, covering soft materials in all their breadth.

Water at interfaces

Issue 32, 2008 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 4661-5016) provides a snapshot of the latest understanding of water at interfaces.

Electrocatalysis: theory and experiment at the interface

Issue 25, 2008 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3593-3828) is dedicated to electrocatalysis.

Explicit-r12 correlation methods and local correlation methods

Issue 23, 2008 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 3305-3476) focusses on electron correlation.

Stacking interactions

Issue 19, 2008 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2561-2868) is all about stacking interactions.

Analysis, manipulation, and simulation on the nanoscale

Issue 14, 2008 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1829-1984) presents recent developments in analysis, manipulation and simulation on the nanoscale.

Colloidal particles at liquid interfaces

Issue 48, 2007 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 6285-6488) focusses on colloidal particles at liquid interfaces.

Spectroscopic probes of molecular recognition

Issue 32, 2007 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 4429-4608) presents state-of-the-art research on how spectroscopy can contribute to the understanding of molecular cooperation.

Synergies between experimental and theoretical studies of gas phase reactions

Issue 31, 2007 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 4033-4428) is dedicated to gas phase reaction kinetics.

Bridging the pressure and material gap in heterogeneous catalysis

Issue 27, 2007 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 3449-3660) is all about heterogeneous catalysis.

Alternative Fuel Techologies (3)

Issue 21, 2007 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 2585-2764) is the third in a series of alternative fuel technologies themed issues.

Alternative Fuel Techologies (2)

Issue 15, 2007 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1753-1860) is the second in a series of alternative fuel technologies themed issues.

Alternative Fuel Techologies (1)

Issue 12, 2007 (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1389-1504) is the first in a series of alternative fuel technologies themed issues.