Content: Preface; IR spectroscopy of hydrides and its application to hydrogen bonding and proton transfer studies; Raman spectroscopy of graphene; Solid-state NMR: a key tool for the understanding at a molecular level of well-defined heterogeneous catalysts and surface chemistry on top of oxide materials; Raman spectroscopy for solid oxide fuel cells; Integrated analytical techniques for analysing individual environmental particles; Materials sciences using synchrotron infrared light sources; Metal-based molecular switches generated from dithienyl ethene (DTE); Nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy; Simulation of spectroscopic properties of inorganic compounds; Combined time-resolved X-ray scattering and spectroscopy methods;Solid state NMR of immobilized catalysts and nanocatalysts