Tim Easun

Makes you shudder.

Fragment to framework: automatic fragmentation of covalent organic frameworks into building blocks for band gap analysis Understanding structure–property relationships in ordered functional materials is essential for their rational design and optimisation. Fragment-based approaches relating materials’ properties to thos...

DeCOFpose is an automatic #fragmentation tool for covalent organic #frameworks - whether you want to analyse, fragment, or reconstruct them! Great work with @chemwedding.bsky.social and @michelle-ernst.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

In this map @undertheraedar shows us the current UK centre of population.

Several ways to define the centre point:

BBOX centre = UK bounding box geometric centre
Land Centre = centre based only on UK land
Pop Centre = population weighted centre of the UK

Source: buff.ly/sT7MqPi

We’ve had lots of fun messing about with non-thermal plasma for chemistry…like anything, it’s not magic, but high energy/low temp combo opens very interesting possibilities. Needs to be understood & controlled better via interdisciplinary collaboration! It’s got huge potential (pun intended 😅)

Come on, yew can both do better 😏

Almost elder abuse.

They seem confident that treewriter won't just produce a lot of pulp fiction.

Elements above 100? No.

Just out on ChemRxiv our new preprint, “Can We Automate Scientific Reasoning in Closed-Loop Experiments using Large Language Models?” @liverpooluni.bsky.social @aichemyhub.bsky.social chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

Oh no. Go far enough and there's kilts.

I found them and reported them for impersonation. Hopefully they'll be gone soon!

How odd. And now I feel snubbed by your imposter who didn't message me! 😂

A list of 2026 Faraday Discussions: 8–10 April – Vibrations at Interfaces 13–15 April – Molecular and ion flows through angstrom-scale channels 20–22 April – Bridging the gap from surface science to heterogeneous catalysis 1–3 July – Emerging materials for optoelectronics applications 13–15 July – Solid electrolyte interphases in next-generation batteries 14–16 September – Molecular excited states theory and experiment 14–16 September – Sustainable chemistry of e-fuels and e-chemicals 2–4 November – Bridging electrochemical devices across Earth and space applications

#ChemSky if you're considering which science conferences to attend this year, take a look at the Faraday Discussion series. Organised by @rsc.org, Faraday Discussions are unique scientific meetings where most of the meeting is devoted to discussion and debate. www.rsc.org/our-events/a...

Nessa Carson: Conference Database A researcher-endorsed database of global conferences relevant to all chemists, with particular focus on the UK and Europe.

It's new annual conference budget time! I've updated the public, filterable Chemistry Conference Database with hundreds of new conferences.

There are currently 564 conferences in the list.
supersciencegrl.co.uk/conferences #chemsky #chemchat

Shedding light on how photoactive crystals respond in real time Lauren Hatcher discusses her work developing techniques for time-resolved crystallography

Lauren Hatcher uses time-resolved crystallography to understand how photoactive molecules change structure when exposed to light.

This is very clever! Put a MOF particle on an AFM tip, dunk it in polymer solution, then see how sticky the tip now is - repeat and you can get a polymer uptake isotherm on a single particle. Love the idea.

It was very good! 👍

Congratulations Stefano!

The sentiment is mutual! 😁

It's the most wonderful time of year #MASC2025

Don't worry, we can pretend it's rubbish and cold and wet and you aren't missing anything 👍👍

You too!

Yup. I might have been super-last-minute making arrangements but yup. Looking forward to it.

Yes Ben. At some point you're going to have to create time for your final exam.
(That was right, right...?)

all academic applications should have consolation prizes.

doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”

Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes at Nottingham Trent University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes at Nottingham Trent University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD position: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This is an interdisciplinary project where you get to do coordination chemistry with bismuth and zinc, as well as some microbiology and some computational chemistry - all in the name of combatting antimicrobial resistance.
Currently UK only.

In the latest publishing madness, I had a manuscript returned to me because it scored >15% in a 'similarity test'. On careful inspection, it was mostly matching the published thesis of one of the authors containing the results, and our own previous related study published in the same journal.

Dear All Have you seen Prof Biscuit recently? Professor Biscuit is roaming Main Building or more likely, is asleep somewhere cosy. Have you seen him recently? If so, could he be persuaded to be returned to the Bursary, please?

They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)

From memes to valuable methods in chemistry.

Reminiscent of the halcyon days of chemtwitter.

Culminating in a very useful bit of knowledge if you ever find yourself with spare POCl3
#ChemChat

#chemchat
i need your best inorganic memes. Go