EDITORIAL pubs.acs.org/JPCC
Editorial: New Deputy Editors for The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C
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am pleased to announce that Anne McCoy, Sharon HammesSchiffer, and Cathy Murphy have been promoted to be Deputy Editors of The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C, respectively. These new positions provide important leadership for each journal, and they, along with Prashant Kamat, the Deputy Editor of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, will form a team to assist me in the overall guidance of JPC as it continues to experience impressive support from the research community and growth in article submissions. Anne, Sharon, and Cathy, who have been Senior Editors of JPC for many years, are each known to be among the top researchers in their respective fields. Anne is an expert in understanding the vibrational states of molecules, particularly the spectroscopy and dynamics of weakly-bound gas phase complexes. Sharon has pioneered research concerned with protoncoupled electron transfer, and she has developed novel methods that combine electronic and nuclear structure in the description of molecular motions. She has contributed significantly to our understanding of hydrogen bonding, hydrogen tunneling, and protein motions in enzymatic reactions. Cathy is internationally known for her work on plasmonic and semiconductor nanoparticle synthesis and the use of these particles in optical measurements relevant to sensing and medical diagnostics. As Deputy Editors, Anne, Sharon, and Cathy will be involved in a number of journal functions, with the goal of further increasing the success of each individual journal section. They will manage part of the appeals process, and contested papers will be directed to them first when the author and Senior Editor are in disagreement. They will also be involved in special articles and publications, including the solicitation of Feature and Review Articles, creation of Virtual Issues, and the selection and administration of Special Issues. In addition, they will contribute editorials, new material for the JPC Facebook page, participate in marketing and communication for the journal, and work with the Editorial Advisory Board. In the following paragraphs, I have asked Anne, Sharon, and Cathy to make some introductory remarks. I am looking forward to a productive relationship with our new team, which will undoubtedly take each section of JPC to a new level of success. George C. Schatz Editor-in-Chief Northwestern University
I am very excited about the opportunity to take on a new, more involved role with JPC A. My own research is in the area of theoretical chemistry, in particular, vibrational spectroscopy and reaction dynamics. While my work initially focused on overtone spectroscopy and dynamics in clusters, I have recently become interested in the deciphering of spectroscopic signatures of large amplitude motions as reflected in vibrational spectra or time-resolved pump probe experiments. We are also interested in the connections between and understanding of such systems and processes occurring in planetary atmospheres or the interstellar medium, as well as manifestations of assignable features in vibrational spectra in clusters and bulk properties. Much of my group’s efforts are being carried out in collaboration with experimentalists, and the synergy between experiment, theory, and computation has led to some interesting findings. As I reflect upon my new leadership role with JPC A, I am struck by the number of exciting areas of investigation that are represented in the journal. I am looking forward to finding ways to highlight topics published in JPC and working closely with the community to solicit Festschrifts and Review Articles, as well as in putting together topical Special Issues and Virtual Issues that will highlight the excellent research done by the JPC A community. I also plan to look at the current criteria that are used in evaluating submissions. In general, I want to see JPC A recognized as the place for authors in our community to publish their best research in dynamics, kinetics, environmental chemistry, spectroscopy, and theory. Anne B. McCoy Deputy Editor The Ohio State University
Published: June 16, 2011 r 2011 American Chemical Society
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
I have been a Senior Editor of JPC for over ten years, handling papers for JPC A, B, and C, as well as JPC Letters. I am looking forward to assuming a new role with JPC B to strengthen and broaden the areas of condensed phase and biophysical chemistry. My own research spans many of the topics covered in JPC B, including the investigation of chemical reactions in solution, enzyme reactions, solvation effects, solvent and protein dynamics, and charge transfer processes. My group develops theoretical methods that draw upon statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics. Although I am a theoretical chemist, I spent several years working in experimental physical chemistry and biophysical labs early in my career. My group also collaborates closely with experimentalists in an effort to assist in the interpretation of experimental data and to make experimentally testable predictions. As Deputy Editor of JPC B, my primary objective will be to attract and publish the highest quality papers in the fields covered by this journal, namely macromolecules, soft matter, surfactants, membranes, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, medium effects, and biophysical chemistry. Our goal is to ensure that JPC B is the premiere journal in these areas, publishing the most exciting, cutting-edge research that is of high significance, novelty, and potential impact. In an effort to achieve this goal, I plan to solicit Feature Articles and Review Articles to highlight important areas and to design Virtual Issues to bring together collections of articles on thematic topics. I look forward to working together with the authors and reviewers of JPC B to build upon the journal’s tradition of excellence.
EDITORIAL
I became an ACS member as a graduate student in 1987. At that time, I could afford to personally subscribe to one journal, and I chose The Journal of Physical Chemistry (even though I was technically an inorganic chemist). As I told my labmates at the time, “There is always something interesting in every issue of J. Phys. Chem.!” This is still true today. In JPC C, we cover many of the same topics I found interesting all those years ago: the physical chemistry of surfaces, spectroscopy, electron and energy transfer, and now, of course, nanomaterials (previously known as “submicron colloidal particles”). My own research spans inorganic, materials, physical, and biological chemistry. In my lab we make nanoscale metal particles that show fascinating shape-dependent optical properties, and the application space includes chemical sensing, cellular imaging, and photothermal therapeutics. JPC C publishes many cutting-edge research results in the areas of nanomaterials, interfaces, and hard matter, and the journal continues to grow each year. With my guidance as Deputy Editor, I want to see JPC C continue to grow and evolve, and I will be using the mechanisms of Virtual Issues, Special Issues, Feature Articles, and the like to highlight the outstanding research in these fields. It is my hope that all readers of JPC C will have the same thought as I did in 1987: “There is always something interesting in every issue of J. Phys. Chem.!” Catherine J. Murphy Deputy Editor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Deputy Editor The Pennsylvania State University
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