This Special Issue will highlight frontier areas in ultrafast optical methods toward light-energy conversion. Submit your manuscript by October 31, 2025.
With the increased focus on discovering new light harvesting materials that will provide transformative solutions to global energy and health problems, it becomes imperative to conduct research in the frontier areas of light-energy conversion. One of the crucial aspects of the structure-function relations of these new materials is how structure gives rise to dynamics, which are beneficial for potential applications. An understanding of functional dynamics in material systems can be advanced by exploiting the methods of ultrafast spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters is opening submissions for a new special issue that highlights the usage of ultrafast optical methods to elucidate timescales, reaction coordinates, as well as transient structures that drive function.
Research papers are invited that highlight the power of measuring dynamics in novel light harvesting materials of all kinds, including:
- Molecular materials
- Nanomaterials of various kinds
- Extended inorganic solids
- Topological materials
Organizing Editors
Amitava Patra, Senior Editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
IACS Kolkata, India
Patanjali Kambhampati, Guest Editor
McGill University, Canada
Jyotishman Dasgupta, Guest Editor
TIFR Mumbai, India
Submission Information
We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through October 31, 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.
Authors are welcome to submit any Letter that fits within the scope of the Special Issue. If you are interested in submitting a Perspective, or if you have any general questions about a topic’s suitability, please send a presubmission inquiry to the Editor-in-Chief (eic@jpclett.acs.org).
Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.
Open Access: There are diverse open access options for publications in American Chemical Society journals. Please visit our Open Science Resource Center for more information.
How to Submit
- Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
- Select the "Journals" tab.
- Choose Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
- Click "Submit."
- Select your manuscript type and under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Photophysics of Materials."
If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact eic@jpclett.acs.org.
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