Computational chemistry has become an essential approach in nearly every area of molecular science, including catalysis, biophysics, environmental science, and spectroscopy. Calculations can provide significant insight at the atomic-level into mechanisms, dynamics, and processes, and can provide ...

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The Interdisciplinary Nature of Particulate Systems

Particulate materials, like sand, ore or grain, are ubiquitous in Nature. And even more significantly, they are the second-most processed materials in industry, just after water. They may behave similar to a solid, a liquid or a gas, and—frequently—all of those simultaneously. In all cases their ...

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New Developments in Hierarchical Structure and Dynamics of Polymers

Polymer physics is a broad and interdisciplinary field with impact across diverse societal needs and industrial sectors, including energy, infrastructure, transportation, water, and health. The 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Polymer Physics will focus on new experimental, simulation, and ...

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Solid state chemistry has played an essential role in the design, discovery, and optimization of new functional materials to meet ever-growing societal demands for smaller, faster, cleaner, and more sustainable technologies. For some technologies discovery of a material with the right combination ...

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Stereochemistry pervades many areas of science, including chemistry, biology, and materials science. The 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Stereochemistry will feature the most recent advances in catalysis, chemical biology, macromolecular chemistry, natural-product synthesis, and reaction ...

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“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water” - Wystan Hugh Auden What is so special about water that it has its own biennial Gordon Research Conference (GRC) since 1970? The "molecular sociology" of water, its condensed phase. The attraction of water molecules continually forms ...

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The program of our GRC meeting spans a range of topics at the frontier of organic and hybrid electronics and optoelectronics. Areas of traditional strength such as carrier transport or separation in organic semiconductors and devices, physics of organic interfaces, and molecular and polymer ...

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Exciting developments and opportunities face fuel cell research – with the launch of commercial fuel cell electric vehicles in 2014 and prospects for new applications outside of the transportation and portable power sectors. Innovations in materials, especially low-/non-precious group metal ...

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Addressing the Challenges at the Energy-Materials-Food-Water Nexus Through Green Chemistry

The Food-Energy-Water nexus is a complex problem requiring a multidisciplinary research approach for understanding how they are linked and how sustainable solutions can be developed to ensure the continued provision of these necessary resources for humanity. Chemists and chemical engineers ...

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Natural products have been inspiring scientists, physicians, and engineers for decades. Their exquisite and complex structures have motivated synthetic chemists to develop and showcase powerful synthetic methodologies. Their potent and often highly selective ability to bind to biological targets ...

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