This web-based theme issue showcases a collection of papers which were submitted following the XXI Italian national meeting on Raman spectroscopy and non-linear optical effects (GNSR 2009) held in Milan in February. The issue has been Guest Edited by Professor Matteo Tommasini and Professor Chiara Castiglioni at Politecnico di Milano. 

At the meeting, the Italian raman spectroscopists group (GNSR) formally decided to join the Società Chimica Italiana (Italian chemical society). Società Chimica Italiana is one of PCCP's 16 Owner Societies. All PCCP Owner Societies receive a royalty every time the journal publishes an article by a researcher based in the Owner Society's country. 

Earlier this year PCCP published a special celebratory issue to highlight the recent work of Italian physical chemists in celebration of the Società Chimica Italiana 100 year anniversary, which can be viewed via the link at the bottom of the page. Links to all the articles from this web theme issue can be found below. 

This list will be updated once new articles are published, so please come back and view it again.