XI International Symposium on Electrochemistry,dedicated to the 125th anniversary of A. N. Frumkin’s birth

Russian Chemical Bulletin -     

Fritz Scholz—a tribute on the occasion of his 65th birthday

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry -     

Conference Cluster 2021 (to the 90th anniversary of G. A. Krestov’s birth)

Russian Chemical Bulletin -     

György Inzelt - a tribute on the occasion of his 65th birthday

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry -     

International Congress on the Heterocyclic Chemistry “KOST-2015” dedicated to the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Professor Aleksei Nikolaevich Kost

Russian Chemical Bulletin -     

Early impact of quantum physics on chemistry: George Hevesy’s work on rare earth elements and Michael Polanyi’s absorption theory

After Heitler and London published their pioneering work on the application of quantum mechanics to chemistry in 1927, it became an almost unquestioned dogma that chemistry would soon disappear as a discipline of its own rights. Reductionism felt victorious in the hope of analytically describing the chemical bond and the structure of molecules. The old quantum theory has already produced a widely applied model for the structure of atoms and the explanation of the periodic system. This paper will show two examples of the entry of quantum physics into more classical fields of chemistry: inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry. Due to their professional networking, George Hevesy and Michael Polanyi found their ways to Niels Bohr and Fritz London, respectively, to cooperate in solving together some problems of classical chemistry. Their works on rare earth elements and adsorption theory throws light to the application of quantum physics outside the reductionist areas. They support the heuristic and persuasive value of quantum thinking in the 1920–1930s. Looking at Polanyi’s later oeuvre, his experience with adsorption theory could be a starting point of his non-justificationist philosophy.     

Professor Monika Waksmundzka-Hajnos — A Tribute on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC -     

Theoretical Studies on the Relationship Between the Structure and Property of Cellulose and Nitrocellulose——Nitration Activity and Mechanism

Many derivatives of industrially useful cellulose have hydroxyls of the anhydroglucose(AHG) units uncompletely substituted. Since each AHG unit of a cellulose molecule is a trihydric alcohol,consisted of one primary(position 6) and two secondary hydroxyl groups(positions 2 and 3), the distribution of substituents in these trihydric alcohol units could be different for different derivatives. The     

Congratulationsto Professor He Binglin on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday——Biographic Sketch of Professor He Binglin

He Binglin was born on August 24, 1918 in Fanyu County, Guangdong Province.He graduated from the Chemistry Department of Southwest Associated Universityin 1942. After graduation he worked in Chongqing Central Institute of Industry forone year as an assistant engineer and then returned to his Alma Mater University