• Officers
• Remarks from the Chair
• Election Information
• Notes from the Secretary-Treasurer
• Biophysical Subdivision
• Theoretical Subdivision
• Request for Symposia Topics and Speakers
• Graduate Student Travel Fellowship Awards
• Technical Program - 223^rd National Meeting Orlando, FL
• Call for Papers - 224^th National Meeting Boston, MA
• Restrictions on Speakers for PHYS Symposia
• Submission of Abstracts
• General Information for Contributed Papers
• Future ACS Meetings
• Announcements
• ACS Membership Information

Remarks from the Chair

Physical Chemistry Division

for the ACS National Meeting in Orlando, April, 2002

Richard M. Stratt

Can one think of little levers and gears functioning at a molecular level? Can you lubricate molecules so they slide over one another? Two symposia, Dynamics and Friction at Submicron Confining Systems and Forces in Biology, explore the usefulness of taking a mechanical perspective on molecular behavior. What role does the detailed molecular structure of enzymes play in their biological activity? Three different symposia, Modern Aspects of Structure-Function Correlations of Biomolecules: Enzyme Action, Modern Aspects of Structure-Function Correlations of Biomolecules: Electrostatic Aspects, and Modern Aspects of Structure-Function Correlations of Biomolecules: Phosphoryl and Nucleotidyl Transfer Reactions, examine the physical chemistry of catalysis, binding, and ion transport. How much do we understand of how environmental contaminants move between the land, the water and the air? A symposium entitled Chemistry and the Environment in the 21^st Century: Environmental Chemistry at Interfaces looks at the some new problems in the physical chemistry of surfaces. Can you make electronic components a molecule at a time? A symposium on Organic and Molecular Electronics examines the possibilities. How does macromolecular recognition occur? What do we know about the molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease? Two symposia, Biophysical Chemistry of Protein Binding Events and Structural and Mechanistic Aspects of Amyloid Fibril Formation, tackle these intriguing topics. How far can we push our understanding of the dynamics of chemical reactions? Two other symposia, Frontiers in Chemical Dynamics and Molecular Modeling and Simulation of Reaction Mechanisms, Kinetics and Catalysis, look at the dynamics of chemical processes in systems ranging from helium clusters to industrially relevant catalysts.

On top of all this, the Spring meeting is traditionally when the Physical Chemistry division honors the people who have won the 2001 national American Chemical Society awards in our field. On Tuesday we will hear talks from Marion C. Thrunauer, winner of the Francis P. Garvin-John M. Olin Medal; Mostafa A. El-Sayed, winner of the Irving Langmuir Award; Klaus Ruedenberg, winner of the ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry; Hongjie Dai, winner of the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry; Giacinto Scoles, winner of the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry; Bruce Berne, winner of the Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids; and Takeshi Oka, winner of the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy. Congratulations to all of them! And, of course, the Wednesday evening of every meeting is reserved for the general Physical Chemistry poster session. Do you want to find out everything that is going on in physical chemistry? Socialize with your colleagues? Or simply give the officers of the Physical Chemistry Division a hard time? Come to the poster session!

Looking ahead a little, I should also mention some things about the Fall 2002 meeting, to be held in Boston, August 18-22, 2002. The deadline for abstracts will be March 22, 2002, so please make sure to keep that in mind as you prepare for the Spring meeting. The Fall meeting will also mark the debut of the Division's awards to be given out for the best posters.Details, including the eligibility requirements, will be announced on the Division's web site and in the Division's Fall meeting poster.

If you haven't already done so, I would urge you to consider becoming a member of the Physical Chemistry division. Students are especially welcome. Membership applications are available outside the physical chemistry meeting rooms and membership costs only $12, whether or not you're a member of the ACS (and only $3 if you're a full-time undergraduate or graduate student and a member of the ACS). Your membership helps the division support the symposia we put on at each national meeting -- and for your membership you receive a free copy of our newsletter (including all of the abstracts of all of the physical chemistry papers submitted to each national meeting). I would also urge you to contribute ideas for possible future symposia by contacting Jim Skinner (skinner@chem.wisc.edu), the program chair for the 2003 national ACS meetings. Most of the symposia we sponsor begin with suggestions from the physical chemistry community.

Finally, let me express my gratitude to the immediate past officers and staff of the Physical Chemistry division. The hard work and thoughtful leadership of Dan Neumark, the past chair, and Mark Gordon, the past secretary treasurer, were instrumental in the continued success of the division. Ken Jordan, the new secretary-treasurer, and I will have some difficult acts to follow. I also cannot say enough about the stellar contributions of Kristin Hinders, the division's past administrative assistant. I hope that you will take the opportunity to let me know (Richard_Stratt@brown.edu) of any ways in which you think that the Physical Chemistry division can better serve its membership or help contribute to the field of Physical Chemistry.

Election Information

The Bylaws of the Division of Physical Chemistry, approved in 1997, call for the Division Chair to appoint a three person nominating committee before the spring meeting. A complete slate of candidates prepared by this committee will consist of one candidate for Vice-Chair-Elect, one candidate for each vacancy on the Executive Committee, and one candidate for each vacancy that may have developed in the ranks of the division Councilors, Alternate Councilors, and Secretary-Treasurer position. The Vice-Chair-Elect automatically becomes the Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect, Chair, and Immediate Past-Chair in each succeeding year. Thus this person makes a commitment to serve five years on the Executive Committee. In the year this person serves as Chair-Elect the duties of Program Chair are also his or hers. The term of office for other Executive Committee members, Councilors, and Alternate Councilors is three years. The Secretary-Treasurer serves five years.

The Secretary-Treasurer is required to announce the slate of candidates in the fall newsletter (which is part of the abstract separates for the fall meeting).

To increase the input of the members in this nominating process and to broaden the pool of candidates, the executive committee seeks input directly from members for use by the nominating committee. Any member may suggest nominees to any of the officers of the PHYS division in writing. The nominee must agree to serve.

Additional nominations can come from the membership in the following fashion: A petition candidate must be supported by the signatures of not fewer than 4% of the members of the PHYS division in good standing (presently approxi­mately 3,500). No signature shall be valid if it appears on more than one nominating petition for the same vacancy during the same calendar year.

A letter shall be submitted from each petition nominee stating willingness to be a candidate for election and to serve the Division for a full term if elected. No nominee may be a candidate for more than one vacancy. If nomi­nated for more than one vacancy, the nominee must choose which nomination to accept.

Four weeks from the date of the mailing of the fall newsletter shall be allowed for additional nominations to be received by the Secretary-Treasurer. All valid nominations received within that period shall be accepted, and no others.

If no valid nominations are forthcoming from the membership, the nominees submitted by the Nominating Committee for Vice-Chair-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer and membership on the Executive Committee are declared elected.

Regardless of whether petition nominees are validated or not, the Bylaws require the Secretary-Treasurer to mail to every PHYS division member a ballot that bears at a minimum the names and biographical sketches of the single candidates for each Councilor and Alternate Councilor vacancy submitted by the Nominating Committee.

New Officers for the PHYS division follow. The first seven physical chemistry officers assumed their respective offices at the close of the national meeting in Chicago. The Councilors and vice-councilors begin their terms of service on January 1, 2002.
 

Richard M. Stratt, Chair	1 year
John C. Hemminger, Chair-Elect	1 year
James L. Skinner, Vice-Chair	1 year
David Nesbitt, Vice-Chair Elect	1 year
Kenneth D. Jordan, Secretary-Treasurer	5 years
David J. Norris, Executive Committee	3 years
Anne McCoy, Executive Committee	3 years
Mike Bowers, Councilor	3 years
Joseph Golub, Alternate Councilor	3 years

The Physical Chemistry Division thanks outgoing officers Dan Neumark (Chair), Richard M. Stratt (Chair-Elect), John C. Hemminger (Vice-Chair), James Skinner (Vice-Chair-Elect), Mark Gordon (Secretary-Treasurer), David Chandler (Executive Committee), Julia Rice (Executive Committee), Mike Bowers (Councilor) and Joseph Jasinski (Alternate Councilor) for their service to the Division.

Notes from the Secretary-Treasurer

This newsletter contains information about the ACS national meetings and any other items of interest to significant numbers of PHYS division members. All members of the PHYS division are welcome to submit items to the Secretary for inclusion in the newsletter. The deadlines are generally around December 1 and May 1 for the newsletters appearing before the Spring and Fall ACS meetings, respectively. Submissions may be made via mail, FAX or e-mail.

The current ACS Bylaws & Regulations may be viewed at: http://chemistry.org/portal/Chemistry?PID=acsdisplay.html&DOC=bulletin5\index.html.

A copy of the bylaws & regulations is also included on the Division’s web page.

Biophysical Subdivision

Subdivision membership is free to dues-paying members or affiliates of the Division of Physical Chemistry. To join the Biophysical Subdivision, notify the Chair, Arieh Warshel, at the address in the table of officers. Indicate that you wish to join and mention that you belong to the PHYS division. If you do not belong to the Division, you may join both the Division and the Biophysical Subdivision by completing the application form at the end of this newsletter.

Theoretical Subdivision

Theoretical Chemistry News is mailed semiannually to all members of the Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision. It includes news of symposia at national meetings as well as information about the Theoretical Chemistry Postdoctoral Position Clearinghouse.

Subdivision membership is free to dues-paying members or affiliates of the Division of Physical Chemistry. To join the Theoretical Subdivision notify the secretary, Anne Chaka, at the address in the table of officers. Indicate that you wish to join and mention that you belong to the PHYS division. If you do not belong to the Division, you may join both the Division and the Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision by completing the application form available on the Division’s web page: http://hackberry.chem.trinity.edu/PHYS/member.html

Request for Symposia Topics and Speakers

Recent Symposia Topics

Graduate Student Travel Fellowships

• Anna A. De Angelis, University of California, Irvine
• Jianhan Chen, University of California, Irvine
• Joseph E. Curtis, University of California, Irvine
• Heather M. Netzloff, Iowa State University
• Jamie M. Rintelman, Iowa State University
• Jie Song, University of North Dakota

Congratulations on receiving this award!

Plans are now being made to change the travel fellowship program to an award program for posters at each meeting. Eligible posters will have to be presented by Graduate Students who will apply to the Program Chair prior to the meeting for consideration. The posters will be divided by topic for judging. The process is currently being finalized and will be implemented at the Boston meeting, Fall 2002. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact John C. Hemminger, Program Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697. Phone: (949) 824-6020; Fax (949) 824-3168, jchemmin@uci.edu.

Spring National ACS Meeting

Technical Program

April 7-11, 2002
Orlando, FL

• Molecular Modeling and Simulation of Reaction Mechanisms, Kinetics and Catalysis, Thanh Truong, truong@chemistry.chem.utah.edu, Joe Golab (BP)
• Structural and Mechanistic Aspects of Amyloid Fibril Formation, Robert Tycko, tycko@helix.nih.gov
• Forces in Biology, Zan Schulten, zan@uiuc.edu
• Biophysical Chemistry of Protein Binding Events, Betsy Komives, ekomives@ucsd.edu
• Modern Aspects of Structure-Function Correlations in Biomolecules
• Electrostatic Aspects of Structure-Function Correlation of Biological Systems, Ernest Mehler and Bertran Garcia Moreno
• Structure-Function Correlation in Enzyme Action, Amnon Kohen and Arieh Warshel
• Structure-Function Correlation in Phosporyl and Nucleotidyl Transfer Reactions, Jan Florian and Steven Sprang
• Dynamics and Friction at Submicron Confining Systems, Y. Braiman, braimany@ornl.gov, J. M. Drake, jmdrake@erenj.com, F. Family, phyff@emory.edu, J. Klafter, klafter@post.tau.ac.il
• Organic and Molecular Electronics, Cherie Kagan, cheriek@us.ibm.com, Zhenan Bao, zbao@bell-labs.com
• Frontiers in Chemical Dynamics, Paul L. Houston, plh2@cornell.edu, H. Floyd Davis, hfd1@Cornell.edu
• Chemistry and the Environment in the 21^st Century: Environmental Chemistry at Interfaces, George W. Flynn flynn@chem.columbia.edu
• Physical Chemistry Poster Session, John C. Hemminger, jchemmin@uci.edu

• Recent Advances in Electron Correlation Methodology, co-sponsored with COMP, Angela Wilson (North Texas).
• Chemistry and the Environment in the 21^st Century: Environmental Catalysis, co-sponsored with COLL, Peter Stair (Northwestern).
• State of the Art: Recent Advances in the Spectroscopy of Biological Systems, co-sponsored with CHED, Maureen A. Scharberg (San Jose University).

Fall National ACS Meeting

Call for Papers

August 18-22, 2002
Boston, MA

Please see http://www.acs.org/meetings/abstract/abinfo.html for abstract submission access and guidelines. ONLY electronic abstracts via the ACS online submittal system OASys, will be accepted, except by special arrangement with the ACS symposium organizers.

Planned Symposia:

• Applications of Neutron Scattering in Structural Biology and Biophysics
• Chemical Studies Important in Astrobiology
• Biologically Relevant Molecules in the Gas Phase
• Mesoscale Phenomena in Fluid Systems
• Ordered Molecular Assemblies of Nanoparticles
• Nanoparticle Dynamics in Polymer Systems (co-sponsored with POLY)
• Classical and Quantum Statistical Mechanics Studies of Solvation (co-sponsored with COMP)
• New Developments in Force Fields for Molecular Modeling (co-sponsored with COMP)
• Time-Dependent DFT and the Calculation of Spectra? (co-sponsored with COMP)
• Frontiers in Atmospheric Chemistry

Restrictions on Speakers for PHYS Symposia

Submission of Abstracts

Request for contributed oral presentation: Authors who submit a contributed paper to the program and wish their abstract to be considered for possible oral presentation in a topical symposium must indicate such preference. The abstract should be submitted to the symposium in which oral presentation is desired, and is due one week prior to the deadline.

General Information for Contributed Papers

Information and Rules Applying to All Contributed Poster Papers

1. No paper will be accepted unless an author expects to be present.
2. ACS Bylaws 3(a) require that "papers by American Chemists or chemical engineers not members of the Society shall not appear on the program unless they be joint with one or more Society members."
3. Prospective poster presenters who also submit papers to other Divisions should inform the Chairman-Elect as to the Division, titles of papers and co-authors by the deadline date.
4. Each poster paper will have a poster board measuring 4’x8’.
5. All illustrations, charts, and textual material to be posted must be prepared in advance since materials for these purposes will not be available at the meeting.
6. Posters should be mounted prior to the opening of the session and left in place until the close. Authors are encouraged to be present the entire session.
7. There must be a heading (with lettering at least 1" height) giving the title of the papers, the author(s), their affiliation(s), and the number assigned to it in the program.
8. Illustrative material will be read by attendees from a distance of 3’ or more, so lettering on illustrations should be at least 3/8" high.
9. There should be a logical sequence (introduction, development and conclusion) to the display and each sheet should be numbered.
10. Mounting the sheets on colored construction paper and using other techniques for improving graphic impact will enhance the presentation's effectiveness. Ease of reading is far more important than artistic flair. Certain color combinations, for instance, may look beautiful but may be almost impossible to read, especially in the absence of optimum lighting.
11. Do NOT mount illustrations on heavy stock, which is difficult to mount on the poster boards.
12. Each author is responsible for mounting his or her material at least 1/2 hour prior to the opening of the assigned poster session and removing it within 1/2 hour after the close of the session. ACS cannot assume any responsibility for materials beyond those time limits.
13. Do provide sign-up sheets to record names and addresses of attendees who wish more information.
14. Do bring duplicates of data and conclusions. Duplicating facilities are unavailable through ACS.
15. ACS provides a modest supply of pushpins, masking tape and felt-tipped pens but it is wise to bring your own. Upon advance request, ACS will arrange for blackboards to be available in the room.
16. Admission to poster sessions will be by ACS meeting badge only.
17. A poster paper submitted to the Program Chair (before the deadline) for presentation at a national meeting should be considered accepted unless the author is specifically notified to the contrary by the Division of Physical Chemistry Program Chairman.

Future National ACS Meetings

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ACS Women Chemists Committee Travel Awards - Year 2002

The deadline dates for receipt of applications for 2002 and 2003 meetings are as follows:

• February 15, 200 - Meetings between July 1 and December 31, 2002
• September 15, 2002 - Meetings between January 1 and June 30, 2003

1. A resume (include permanent address).
2. A completed official application form that you must obtain from your department chair, or may download from http://membership.acs.org/W/WCC/travap00.pdf (if you need an acrobat reader, go to http://www/adobe.com/store/products/reader.html ). The application form is also available from the WCC Staff Liaison at the American Chemical Society. (See address below or call 800/227-5558, ext. 6123; e-mail: wcc@acs.org)
3. An abstract of the work to be presented, using the official meeting abstract form (or printed copy of an online abstract submission). If not on the official meeting abstract form, reason must be stated on the application form. You will also need to submit your paper through the meeting registration process independent of this Travel Award application.
4. A letter detailing the reasons you want this award (both scientific and financial), and specifying whether you have made a previous presentation at a national or major meeting.
5. A letter from your advisor confirming your participation in the meeting at which you will be making your presentation, commenting on your technical ability and potential, and listing any other travel support that would be available from the department or research grants.

Please send your application to:

Women Chemists Committee
American Chemical Society
ll55 l6th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036

Cheryl Brown, 800/227-5558 ext. 6123, or e-mail: wcc@acs.org

Criteria:

• Awardee must be a woman undergraduate currently enrolled in a two-year chemistry related program or pursuing a major or minor in a four-year chemistry program at a school that does not grant a doctoral in chemistry.The awardee must have completed one semester of college level chemistry.
• Applicants must demonstrate that they have overcome hardships (economic, personal, or academic) in pursuit of their education in order to be considered for the award.
• The jury will consider 4 categories: improvement, initiative, successes, and grades from the previous two semesters (not cumulative grade point average).

• Nominees must submit a letter requesting the award, one letter of recommendation, and school transcripts. The request should contain nominee name, address, telephone number, and email address as well as explain the hardships the student has overcome and her current successes.
• Submissions should be sent to: Women Chemists Committee, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington DC 20036.

Purpose: To recognize individuals who have significantly stimulated or fostered diversity in the chemical enterprises.

Nature: The award consists of $250, a plaque, and up to $750 for travel expenses to the regional ACS meeting at which the award will be presented.

Establishment and Support: The ACS Women Chemists Committee

Rules of Eligibility: Nominees for the award may come from any professional setting: academia, industry, government, or other independent facility. The award is intended to recognize significant accomplishments by an individual. The award will be given without regard to the age, gender or nationality of the recipient.

To Nominate: Write a one page letter describing the accomplishment and include biographical and contact information of the nominee. One seconding letter will be accepted.

Send nominations to:

Women Chemists Committee
American Chemical Society
1155 16^th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

For information regarding the award, contact Cheryl Brown, 800/227-5558 ext. 6123, or e-mail: wcc@acs.org

Deadline for receipt of nominations is February 1, 2002

ACS Membership Application Information for 2002

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2002 ACS ProSpectives Conferences

Catalysis in Modern Organic Synthesis (title pending)
Steve Buchwald, MIT; Gregory Fu, MIT; Eric Jacobsen, Harvard, Cambridge Marriott, Boston, MA, September 8-11, 2002. Catalytic methodologies for organic synthesis, with a focus on technologies with applications in pharmaceutical science.

Combinatorial Chemistry (title pending)
Andrew Combs, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Jack Hodges, Pfizer, Lansdowne Conference Center, Leesburg, VA
September 22-25, 2002. Developing new synthetic methodologies for library synthesis, examining the latest advances in purification and analysis, and briefly reviewing emerging technologies in combinatorial chemistry.

Drug Delivery (title pending)
Robert Langer, MIT; Nicholas Peppas, Purdue; Patrick Couvreur, Universite Paris-Sud, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA
October 13-16, 2002. Biological and chemical fundamentals of drug delivery that determine present and future technological opportunities. Special emphasis on gene delivery, cell delivery and growth, molecular design of improved biomacromolecular carriers, micro-imprinting and bioanotechnology.

Proteomics (title pending)
John Yates III, Scripps Research Institute; Joshua LaBaer, Harvard Medical School, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Cambridge, MA
November 10-13, 2002. Using proteomics technologies to understand protein interactions, dynamics, and regulation.

To receive additional information on any of the above conferences, please send an e-mail to acsprospectives@acs.org, or go to the website: www.acsprospectives.org or call 202.872.6286.

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