Dear Colleagues,

(Apologies for cross posting)

It is my great pleasure to invite you to submit an article for a high-profile Special Issue on “Experimental and Computational Photochemistry of Bioorganic Molecules” to be published in Molecules. This Special Issue aims to highlight research on light-induced processes in the nucleic acids and amino acids, as well as their derivatives and analogues, in both the gas and condensed phases. This includes, but is not limited to, new experimental and theoretical methodologies in the electronic and structural dynamics of these biomolecules. Research articles focusing on electronic and vibrational relaxation mechanisms; excited-state charge, energy, hydrogen, or proton transfer phenomena; and elucidation of probable mechanisms of product formation or product repair are among topics that this Special Issue aims to address. Reviews articles and Perspectives from experts in the field are also welcome.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to showcase your latest research alongside leading authors such as:

Mario Barbatti

Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille Cedex, France

Patrik Callis

Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA

Xuebo Chen

Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, People´s Republic of China

Mattanjah S. de Vries

University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Wolfgang Domcke

Institute of physical and Theoretical chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany

Naᵭa Došlić

Ruᵭer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Marco Garavelli

Universita' degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Leticia González

Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Gustavsson

Laboratoire Francis Perrin, CEA Saclay, France

John M. Kelly

Centre for Chemical Synthesis and Chemical Biology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Bern Kohler

Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA

Dimitra Markovitsi

Laboratoire Francis Perrin, CEA Saclay, France

Philipp Marquetand

Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Manuela Merchán

Instituto de Ciencia Molecular Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain

Anthony W. Parker

Central Laser Facility, Science & Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Susan Quinn

University College Dublin, School of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Dublin, Ireland

Katharina Röttger

Laser Chemistry, Spectroscopy & Dynamics Group, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Friedrich Temps

Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

The submission deadline is 15 October 2016. Please note that all submissions will be subject to a rigorous peer-review and revision process. However, articles will be published as soon as they are accepted.

I greatly appreciate your consideration and sincerely hope you will accept this invitation to contribute to this special issue. Looking forward to hearing from you.

With best wishes,

Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández
Guest Editor

Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049, IF 2.416, according to the 2014 Journal Citation Reports®, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules) is a fully open access journal. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. Article Processing Charges (APC) of 1800 CHF apply to accepted papers.

For more details about the Special Issue, please click on:

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/bioorganic_photochemistry

For information on manuscript preparation and related matters, please see the instructions for authors: