<"progress in="" physical="" chemistry"="" is="" a="" collection="" of="" recent="" "review="" articles"="" published="" in="" the="" "zeitschrift="" für="" physikalische="" chemie".="" the="" aim="" of="" a="" "review="" article"="" is="" to="" give="" a="" profound="" survey="" on="" a="" special="" topic="" outlining="" the="" history,="" development,="" state="" of="" the="" art="" and="" future="" research.="" collecting="" these="" reviews="" the="" editor(s)="" of="" zeitschrift="" für="" physikalische="" chemie="" intend="" to="" counteract="" the="" expanding="" flood="" of="" papers="" and="" thereby="" to="" give="" students="" and="" researchers="" a="" means="" to="" obtain="" fundamental="" knowledge="" on="" their="" special="" interests.="" the="" first="" volume="" of="" progress="" in="" physical="" chemistry="" is="" mainly="" focussed="" on="" intermolecular="" interaction,="" also="" glancing="" at="" topics="" that="" are="" marginally="" touched.="" contents="" •martina="" havenith*,="" gerhard="" w.="" schwaab,="" attacking="" a="" small="" beast:="" ar-co,="" a="" proto-type="" for="" intermolecular="" forces="" •otto="" dopfer,="" ir="" spectroscopy="" of="" microsolvated="" aromatic="" cluster="" ions:="" ionization-induced="" switch="" in="" aromatic="" molecule-solvent="" recognition="" •clemens="" f.="" kaminski,="" fluorescence="" imaging="" of="" reactive="" processes="" •t.="" stangler,="" r.="" hartmann,="" d.willbold,="" b.w.="" könig*,="" modern="" high="" resolution="" nmr="" fort="" he="" study="" of="" structure,="" dynamics="" and="" interactions="" of="" biological="" macromolecules="" •markus="" drescher,="" time-resolved="" esca:="" a="" novel="" probe="" for="" chemical="" dynamics="" •constanze="" donner,="" kinetics="" of="" electrochemical="" phase="" formation="" in="" two-dimensional="" systems="" •claus="" czeslik,="" factors="" ruling="" protein="" adsorption="" •thomas="" koop,="" homogeneous="" ice="" nucleation="" in="" water="" and="" aqueous="" solutions="">