A monograph issue of the Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics(PCCP) on the topic of “Hydrogen Bonding in Electronically Excited States” has been published recently, and the monograph was edited by DICP scientists Assoc. Prof. Guangjiu Zhao and Prof. Keli Han (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012, Issue 25, http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding）.

The 27 papers included in the monograph were selected from 63 submitted papers written by international research teams engaging actively in the area of electronically excited states hydrogen bonding, among them were 5 perspectives and 22 original papers, and the authors came from more than 20 countries, including USA, Canada, UK, Germany, and China. The contents of the monograph involved both experimental and theoretical computation studies, dealing with the structure and kinetics of electronically excited states hydrogen bonding in the gas phase and condensed phase, as well as the important roles played by electronically excited states hydrogen bonding in applications of photo-physical processes and photo-chemical reactions. Moreover, applications of electronically excited states hydrogen bonding in fluorescence sensors and photo-electric materials were also covered.