David Harding

The areas around the chemistry cluster are weird with Finnish Intelligentia and K-pop Indonesian cluster!

This is really great stuff Jett!

This is a really nice tool and I am pleased to see myself in the chemistry research cluster.

You and I look quite close it would seem. Glad to see I am actually in the chemistry research cluster and not some really weird cluster!

I absolutely agree. I was quite shy as a child and dressing up would not of suited me.

I clearly remember in primary school the teacher reading to us in the afternoon, it's one of my fondest memories of school.

Definitely MeCN, ACN just looks weird. I have mat sci friend who always uses ACN. My brain always takes a few seconds longer to process it.

I am going with very unlikely. AI's tendency to say nothing with many words seems to be characteristic feature of the tech.

Switching Spin‐States: Spin Crossover vs. Coordination‐Induced Spin‐State Switching The total spin of a metal center can be switched in different ways. In this concept, the phenomenon spin crossover is compared with coordination-induced spin-state switching. The impact of the switch....

Switching Spin‐States: Spin Crossover vs. Coordination‐Induced Spin‐State Switching - Hörner - 2024 - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry - Wiley Online Library chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The first isolation of neutral aluminium(i) trimers called cyclotrialumanes is reported by Bakewell et al. in @natcomms.nature.com.

CSD Entry OXATOA reveals a perfectly planar Al₃ ring, supported by a bulky amidinate framework.

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A beginner's guide to spin crossover Spin crossover (SCO) complexes are an important class of molecular magnetic switches with applications from data storage to highly responsive sensors. In this tutorial review we explore basic concepts...

Our Beginner’s guide to spin crossover is now available as an advance article.

Thanks to @crystengcomm.rsc.org for getting the review published so quickly and if you do find the review useful, please cite it often!

#spincrossover #molecularswitches #chemsky
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Incredibly excited to share the final piece of work from my PhD. In this enjoyable collaboration between the Xavi Ribas and @feringalab.bsky.social we were able to rotate a motor guest inside a molecular cage. 🧪
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I'd guess they ignore the water molecules in the calculation?

I can certainly say that you don't Masters out in Thailand. The MSc is a natural progression to a PhD.

Unlike Canada which John describes in the thread, transfer to the PhD is not possible. But you can start a PhD direct from a BSc. Most don't, they want to try first.

I do love this review. Clear language, but powerful concepts behind it if one reads carefully.

a man in a suit and tie sitting at a table ALT: a man in a suit and tie sitting at a table

Rant alert!

I have noticed recently an increasing misuse of concepts in papers I review.

One of the most common seems to be the use of band gap theory on molecular complexes. These contain discrete MOs, not bands.

Has anyone else noticed this?
#peerreview #chemsky

And if they think that students in Europe dress like that they are very much mistaken!

That's lovely!

We are considered civil servants and are therefore vital for the proper running of the nation.

But, that has changed has unis have become more professional. But the old laws remain. It is one of many reforms we need in Thailand.

In Thailand, academics can get tenure, but we are legally forbidden from forming a union.

It has been argued that this allows the admin power that hurts our academic freedoms.

I really can’t understand the reason for these decisions. Thailand is really quite strong in materials research and we love green tech. It’s inexplicable.

I have found AI useful when I am stuck on how to phrase certain concepts or ideas.

Interestingly, I pretty much never use what it produces, it's more that it sparks other ideas that I go on to use.

So, what will happen?

Interestingly, if I hadn't worked in Canada I would have no idea what this is!

Rather depressingly this kind of research is something the Thai government loves to fund.

As you say, pretty much any plant will work and it's largely formulaic stuff. It's also not sustainable as often claimed.

I just realised on my computer the organisation of the images seems different so to be clear I mean the Beyond the metrics picture.

I like the final picture. The second is too detailed and the main messages get lost.

I saw the news and immediately thought of you. I honestly can't see what this platform added beyond threatening UK researchers.

YouTube video by Larry & Paul SHOCKING: UK News Host Has USA Meltdown - #BrokenNews

WOW! New #BrokenNews arrival IMMINENT:

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That is so weird! And also really interesting. I bet there are other systems that will show similar behaviour, we just have to go looking.

Reverse micelle synthesis and downsizing effects in iron(III) spin crossover materials We report the reverse micelle synthesis, structural characterisation and magnetic properties of iron(iii) spin crossover (SCO) nanomaterials based on [Fe(qsal)2]NO3, [Fe(qsal-I)2]OTf and [Fe(qsal-I)2]...

Spin crossover (SCO) complexes are magnetic switches, but can they be made practical? A key challenge is nanosizing them.

In our latest work, we report the synthesis of SCO nanomaterials with similar SCO behaviour to the bulk.

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