Bunsen-Tagung 2026: properties and processes under confinement

This themed collection is devoted to the 125th Bunsen-Tagung meeting on the topic “Properties and Processes under Confinement” which will take place from 30 March – 1 April 2026 at Technical University Dresden, in collaboration with the Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie (DBG), one of the Owner Societies of PCCP.  

The focus of this annual meeting of the Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry is on Properties and Processes under Confinement. The DBG and the organizing committee of this year’s Bunsen-Tagung are pleased to invite contributions describing recent research on either this main topic or to the general topic of physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysics. Contributions covering fundamental or applied, experimental or theoretical work (and all combinations) are all highly appreciated. 

The DBG, organizing committee and PCCP invite you to submit the full work described in your abstract to PCCP for publication in a special collection. Contributions in all areas of physical chemistry & chemical physics are welcomed. All submissions will undergo the journal’s rigorous editorial assessment and peer review. When submitting, please mention that your work is for the 2026 Bunsen-Tagung themed collection. 

About this call

This call for papers is open for the following article types: 

• Communications
• Full papers
• Reviews 

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly through the journal’s online submission service. Please answer the themed collection question in the submission form when uploading your files to say that this is a contribution to the themed collection and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed collection is not guaranteed.  

Please note that for publication, manuscripts must meet the usual rigorous and high standards for acceptance in the journal, and all submissions will be subject to initial assessment for suitability for a full peer review before a final decision is made. Accepted articles will be published online in a citeable form, included in the web collection and published in an issue as soon as they are ready