The Objectives of the Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division are to promote international collaboration between scientists in physical and biophysical chemistry and related fields in order to:

• Recognize new developments in physical and biophysical chemistry and its fields of applications;
• Promote future oriented activities in physical and biophysical chemistry important for the needs of the world community;
• Encourage the compilation and documentation of critically evaluated physical and biophysical chemical data;
• Address problems and formulate recommendations on terminology, symbols, units and conventions in physical and biophysical chemistry, disseminate the recommendations, encourage their translation as well as monitor their acceptance by the chemical community;
• Establish and stimulate the use of methodologies, standards and reference materials in physical and biophysical chemistry.

In addition to the Commission on Physicochemical Symbols, Terminology, and Units (Commission I.1), the Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division is involved in the Interdivisional Subcommittee on Materials Chemistry (ISMC), together with the Inorganic Chemistry Division and the Polymer Division.

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