Section Editors

Prof. Dr. Dongho Kim
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Section Editor-in-Chief

Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Interests: physical chemistry; time- and space-resolved spectroscopy; ground and excited state aromaticity; energy and electron transfer; molecular aggregation; molecular symmetry; exciton localization and delocalization dynamics; excimer dynamics

Assoc. Prof. Luciano Galantini
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Department of Chemistry, La Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: science of colloids; self-assembly; surfactants; nanostructures

Prof. Dr. Mihai V. Putz
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Laboratory of Structural and Computational Physical-Chemistry for Nanosciences and QSAR, Biology-Chemistry Department, West University of Timisoara, Str. Pestalozzi 16, 300115 Timisoara, Romania; and Laboratory of Renewable Energies-Photovoltaics, R&D National Institute for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter –INCEMC–Timisoara; Str. Dr. Aurel Podeanu 144, 300569 Timișoara, Romania
Fax: +40 256 592620
Interests: quantum physical chemistry; nanochemistry; reactivity indices and principles; electronegativity; density functional theory; path integrals; enzyme kinetics; QSAR; epistemology and philosophy of science
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Prof. Dr. François Hache
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Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Interests: nonlinear optics and time-resolved spectroscopy; circular dichroism; DNA and proteins

Dr. Sotiris S. Xantheas
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1. Laboratory Fellow, Advanced Computing, Mathematics and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, MS K1-83, Richland, WA 99352, USA
2. UW – PNNL Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Interests: high-level electronic structure methods and applications; intermolecular interactions; aqueous clusters; many-body non-additive effects in aqueous environments; development of interaction potentials based on first principles electronic structure calculation; atmospherically important species and chemical reactions occurring in the atmosphere

Prof. Dr. Piero Ugliengo
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Universita degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Chimica and NIS, Torino, Italy
Interests: DFT-D of molecules/surface interactions; ab initio modeling of drugs/silica systems; modeling of ceramic biomaterials; hydroxyapatite; collagen/hydroxyapatite modeling; prebiotic chemistry; astrochemistry; interstellar grain modeling; interstellar ice grain modeling

Prof. Dr. Paschalis Alexandridis
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Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY 14260-4200, USA
Interests: self-assembly; directed assembly; surfactants; block copolymers; polysaccharides; nanoparticles; water; ionic liquids; dissolution; formulations
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Prof. Dr. Sławomir Filipek
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University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: computational biology and chemistry; bioinformatics; medicinal chemistry; structural biology; molecular modeling; molecular dynamics; docking; G-protein-coupled receptors; amyloids; membranes

Prof. Dr. Victor V. Nikonenko
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Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia
Interests: polymer membranes; structure-properties relationships; physico-chemical and chemical physics aspects of ion and molecule transport
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Prof. Dr. Luísa Margarida Martins
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Chemical Engineering Department, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: coordination chemistry; functionalized materials; C-scorpionate-based catalysts; sustainable catalytic systems; homogeneous and supported catalysis; nanocatalysis; molecular electrochemistry
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Miguel Costa
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Department of Physics, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Tel. +351 253604074
Interests: micro and nano Polymer composites; energy storage applications, lithium-ion battery, anode and cathode materials; separator membranes; dielectric properties
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Prof. Yasushi Nishihara
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Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Tsushimanaka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Prof. Dr. Masahiko Iyoda
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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
Interests: organic synthesis of functional conjugated systems; noncovalent synthesis of functional nanostructures; applications of functional organic systems in materials science

Prof. Dr. Hyotcherl Ihee
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Department of Chemistry and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Korea
Interests: reaction dynamics; structural dynamics; reaction mechanisms; protein structural dynamics; time-resolved techniques; time-resolved X-ray diffraction; femtosecond spectroscopy; femtosecond diffraction; ultrafast electron diffraction; liquidography; crystallography; reaction intermediates; transition state; synchrotron; X-ray free electron laser; single molecule imaging; time-resolved X-ray liquidography

Prof. Dr. Elfi Kraka
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Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275-0314, USA
Tel. +1 214 768-1609
Interests: theoretical chemistry; method development and application; de novo catalyst design; quantum chemical description of enzyme catalysis; bonding theory based on vibrational spectroscopy; conformational analysis of macromolecules including DNA and RNA; protein structure and folding; computer-assisted drug design

Prof. Dr. Anatoly L. Buchachenko
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Institute of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow University, Russia
Interests: chemistry and physics of stable radicals and high spin molecules; ESR spectroscopy; NMR spectroscopy of paramagnets; spin chemistry; organic (molecular) ferromagnetis

Prof. Dr. Tiziana Marino
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Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, Universita della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
Interests: DFT and TD-DFT; QM and QM/MM; molecular dynamics; molecular docking; enzymatic catalysis and mechanism; homogeneous catalysis and mechanism; enzymatic inhibition and mechanism; antioxidant activity and mechanism; conformational analysis; interaction of biological systems and their biomimetics with metal ions; artificial enzymes

Prof. Dr. Rajender S. Varma
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1) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
2) Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Tel. (513)-487-2701; Fax: (513)-569-7677
Interests: organic chemistry; nanotechnology; synthetic organic chemistry; heterogeneous analysis; synthetic heterocyclic chemistry; nano-catalysis; microwave assisted organic synthesis
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Dr. Lalith Perera
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, USA
Interests: computational chemistry; structural biology; molecular modeling; molecular dynamics; QM/MM calculations; docking; enzyme catalysis; reaction mechanisms; biomolecular assemblies and interactions; metals in biology

Prof. Dr. Juan C. Mejuto
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Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Vigo, Ourense Campus, E32004 Ourense, Spain
Interests: colloids; interfaces; catalysis; kinetics; modellization; neural networks; supramolecular chemistry; food chemistry; physical chemistry
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Dr. Francisco Torrens
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Institut Universitari de Ciencia Molecular, Edifici d'Instituts de Paterna, P. O. Box 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
Tel. 34963544431; Fax: +34 963543274
Interests: theoretical chemistry; physical chemistry; mathematical chemistry; computational chemistry; molecular modelling; simulation and design; computer-aided drug design and development; molecular graphics and representation of molecular properties

Prof. Dr. Abderrazzak Douhal
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Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, Campus Tecnolóogico de Toledo, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (UCLM), Avenida Carlos III, S.N., 45071 Toledo, Spain
Interests: femtochemistry; femtobiology; fhemical and biological confinement effects; nanophotonics; drugs delivery; DSSCs; perovskite solar cells; LEDs; silica-based material composites photochemitry; MOFs; COFs and HOFs photochemistry; single molecule and crystal photoevents; proton transfer; electron transfer energy transfer
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Mallamace
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1. MIFT Department, Universita degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
2. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA
Interests: water and water systems; scattering processes; polymers; bio-polymers and nano-materials

Prof. Dr. Jeffery L. Yarger
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Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences, Tempe, United State
Interests: nanotechnology; structural dynamics; biochemistry; physical chemistry; magnetic materials and magnetism; biophysics; biopolymers; NMR spectroscopy; physics and chemistry of amorphous materials