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Bottom-up approach to making larger hydrocarbon molecules capable of optical cycling Nature Chemistry - Alkaline-earth phenoxides show promise as optical cycling centres; however, their properties when connected to larger structures is unclear. Now it has been shown that their...

Check out our new paper on making cooler and bigger qubits in @natchem.nature.com!
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09.10.2025 18:31 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

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08.10.2025 10:12 — 👍 147    🔁 66    💬 2    📌 15

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08.10.2025 03:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bar chart titled “Chemistry Nobel Prize 2025 Prediction Poll.” The chart lists predicted discoveries and scientists, sorted by increasing number of votes. Biomolecular Condensates — Brangwynne, Hyman, Rosen (1 vote) Chemical Biology — Chi-Huey Wong, Stuart Schreiber, Peter Schultz (1 vote) Reticular Chemistry — Omar Yaghi, Makoto Fujita, Richard Robson (2 votes) Controlled Radical Polymerization — Ezio Rizzardo, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Mitsuo Sawamoto (2 votes) C–N Coupling — Stephen Buchwald, John Hartwig (2 votes) DNA Synthesis — Marvin Carruthers (2 votes) Electron Transfer — Harry Gray, Jacqueline Barton (2 votes) Next-gen DNA Sequencing — David Klenerman, Shankar Balasubramanian, Jonas Mayer (3 votes) Single-Atom Catalysts — Tao Zhang et al. (4 votes) Ab initio Molecular Dynamics — Roberto Car, Michele Parrinello (6 votes) Ab initio MD received the highest number of votes in the poll.

We conducted a #ChemNobel prediction poll in the group on the #NobelPrize in Chemistry Eve!

(PS: we might be a little biased 😉) #chemsky #compchem #compchemsky

08.10.2025 03:14 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Hello from LA! 🌞

04.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for the warm welcome! :)

03.10.2025 22:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

✨Exciting news - the Alexandrova Group is now on Bluesky!✨

Hello, friends on #chemsky and #compchemsky. We're glad to be here! Stay tuned for the latest #compchem 💻 research and news from the lab!

03.10.2025 22:45 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0