Depletion Forces and Asakura-Oosawa Theory
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2021The seminal paper on depletion forces by Sho Asakura and Fumio Oosawa appeared as a 500 word Letter to the Editor in JCP in 19541. An excellent Perspective article on…
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Chemical Physics of Deep Eutectic Solvents
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2021Deep eutectic solvents (DES) have emerged as a novel class of multicomponent liquids. In DES an enormous decrease in the melting point of the mixture is found as a result…
From Atom-Precise Nanoclusters to Superatom Materials
Submission Deadline: May 17, 2021This special issue will cover recent advances in the emerging fields of atom-precise nanoclusters and cluster-assembled materials. Atom-precise nanoclusters consist of ligand-protected clusters with precisely defined numbers of atoms and…
Chemical Imaging
Submission Deadline: July 20, 2021Innovations in spectroscopy and microscopy have long been the major driving force behind numerous major scientific discoveries. Recent advancements in laser technologies, detectors, automation, 3D printing, big data and artificial…
Transport of Charge and Energy in Low-Dimensional Materials
Submission Deadline: July 26, 2021This special issue of JCP focuses on fundamental phenomena associated with short-range and long-range movement of charge and energy within low-dimensional materials, including those quantum-confined in one, two, or three…
The Chemical Physics of the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface
Submission Deadline: August 9, 2021The electrode-electrolyte interface sets the stage for a wide range of fundamental processes in chemical physics. These interfaces facilitate the interconversion of chemical and electrical energy and therefore play a…
Beyond GGA Total Energies for Solids and Surfaces
Submission Deadline: October 4, 2021DFT has been the working horse of materials simulation with electronic structure techniques. Generally, predictions about the properties of materials are made with “standard” GGA functionals and the vast majority…
The Ever-Expanding Optics of Single-Molecules and Nanoparticles
Submission Deadline: October 12, 2021Our traditional approach of understanding the properties of an individual object is often based on an extrapolation from the properties of an ensemble. This approach naturally arises from the ease…
2021 JCP Emerging Investigators Special Collection
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2021Announcing the Emerging Investigators Collection and Awards! The Journal of Chemical Physics is committed to recognizing the excellent work of early career investigators. We are therefore proud to open the…