Collections and calls for papers

A Special Issue Dedicated to Angelo Albini on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday

This issue of Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences is dedicated to Prof. Angelo Albini on the occasion of his 75th birthday. It includes original articles and reviews from colleagues, former students, bu...

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Antimicrobial PDT in a One Health World

One of the lessons learnt from the Covid-19 crisis is the tight interdependence of human, animal and environmental health. A number of organizations throughout the world, including the World Health Organizat...

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Featured Articles: Click and Bioorthogonal Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry". This collection from S...

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Featured Articles: Quantum Dot Materials

Free access at least until May 10, 2024 - Open Access, where applicable, on a permanent basis The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 was awarded jointly to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Aleksey Yekimov "fo...

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ICP 2023- 31st International Conference on Photochemistry

The international conference on photochemistry (ICP), as well as IUPAC symposium of photochemistry, is the most traditional conference with the longest history in the fields of photochemistry. The 31th ICP (...

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30 June 2024

International Conference on Photochemistry ICP 2021 – Virtual conference, July 19-23

Papers from the International Conference on Photochemistry ICP 2021 – Virtual conference, July 19-23

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Nanosynergistics in Photosciences

Among molecules responsive to external triggers, those sensitive to light, or emitting light, are widely investigated. They present high potentials to play a role in a variety of domains, such as super-resol...

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Organic Light-Driven Synthesis

Photochemical reactions have become an indispensable tool of organic synthesis. An increasing interest in these reactions is also observed in chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Many of them fulfil require...

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01 July 2024

Pushing the limits of flash photolysis to unravel the secrets of biological electron and proton transfer - a topical issue in honour of Klaus Brettel

Time resolved absorption spectroscopy is a powerful tool to unravel biological functions and has been a key technology for elucidating the working of electron transfer chains in photosynthesis or photorepair...

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Tackling the global threats caused by pathogens: New horizons for antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy

The Covid-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has created a great disruption of the personal, social, and professional life of the vast majority of the world’s population, owing to the limited s...

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Topical Collection in celebration of Silvia Elsa Braslavsky´s 80th Birthday

Silvia E. (Elsa) Braslavsky, Professor Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, turned 80 on April 5, 2022. It seems difficult for those of us who ...

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Topical Collection in honour of Prof. Dr. A. M. (Fred) Brouwer and his contributions to science - Probing, structuring and moving molecular matter with light

Fred Brouwer is a brilliant photochemist, an inspiring teacher, and an active member of the photochemical community. A topical collection of papers is hereby created to honour Fred Brouwer for his contributi...

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Topical Collection on Applications of hybrid and semi-artificial photosynthesis

A collection edited by Massimo Trotta.

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Topical Collection on Molecular Modelling and Simulation Methods in Photobiology.

In the recent years molecular modelling and simulation techniques have reached a maturity which allows today to tackle real life problems and answer to important chemical and biological questions in the doma...

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31 December 2024

Topical Collection on Photodermatology

It has now been more than 10 years since a collection on photodermatology appeared in Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences. Given the recent advances in technology and in our understanding of skin (pho...

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01 October 2024

Topical Collection on Photodynamic Therapy-enhanced Antitumour Immunity

You are cordially invited to contribute to PPS’ Topical Collection on Photodynamic Therapy-enhanced Antitumour Immunity. This collection is dedicated to the rapidly evolving field of Photodynamic Therapy (PD...

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15 December 2024

Topical collection on Photosynthetic microorganisms and photosynthetic structures for sustainable development

Our society is facing challenging times with compelling environmental, energetic, economic and health issues that must be readily addressed by the scientific community. An increasing amount of evidence indic...

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Topical Collection on Plant Responses to UV Radiation

"Understanding the mechanisms of plant UV perception, the diverse responses to UV radiation, and their importance in natural and agricultural ecosystems" UV radiation has an extensive impact on the growth an...

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Topical Collection on Semiconductor Photocatalysis: From Fundamentals to Applications

Dedicated to Prof. Bahnemann.

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Topical Collection on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications

This issue of Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences will contain a selection of papers presented at the 11th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry & Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications – SPEA11, held...

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Topical collection on Sunscreens, Environment and Photoprotection

The beneficial effects of photoprotection in skin health has been well established. This topical collection of Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences cover some of the new developments in photoprotection...

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UNEP 2022 Quadrennial assessment

The eight Perspective articles comprise the 2022 Quadrennial Assessment by members of the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol under the United Nations Environment Programme. The a...

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Women in Photobiology

This topical collection recognises and celebrate the contribution of Women in Photobiology, through the publication of papers for which they bear the role of principal investigators. Gender equality is one o...

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30 June 2024