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Degradative Alcohol Functionalization by Titanocene Photocatalysis Organotitanium complexes are scarcely employed in photocatalytic reactions despite their robust ligand-to-metal charge-transfer photo-chemistry. Herein, we describe the development of titanocene pho-t...

Sharing our 1st preprint on our work on organo-Ti photocatalysis! We've found that titanocenes are photoactive catalysts for alcohol activation by LMCT excitation, enabling β-scission of alkoxyl radicals for degradative functionalization. Congrats Jagrut, Ashley & the whole team!

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Hello BlueSky 🦋 I'm the Director of Graduate Studies in Cornell Chemistry. We're hiring a new Graduate Field Coordinator to help support our graduate program. Please apply or repost if you know someone great! tinyurl.com/3znxx4bh

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⭐️ fifth year PhD student Kaitlyn (who worked in the Chirik lab as a UG) traveled to the pits of New Jersey today to present her research on fluorination using MOFs at Princeton! Thanks @stache-lab.bsky.social for helping to organize 😀

Congrats to former UG Darren and current PhD student Sewon for their great work on photo oxidative degradation of poly(vinyl ethers)!

Stay tuned for a new podcast episode tomorrow! Got some exciting stuff from Hanning Jiang and Erik Medina on their latest research!

🚨 NEWS 🚨 Super excited to share that our first paper has been published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social, describing our development of Vitamin B6-inspired amino acid photodecarboxylation! doi.org/10.1002/anie...

The Continuing NIH/NSF Crisis, Part III: Indirect Costs

Here’s my post on the NIH indirect costs slash-and-burn. God, these people are exhausting:

Upcycling Poly(vinyl chloride) and Polystyrene Plastics Using Photothermal Conversion Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and polystyrene (PS) are among the least recycled plastics. In this work, we developed a simple and novel strategy to valorize PVC and PS plastics via photothermal conversio...

Remember when we chopped up the rubber duck? Now you’ll see why - check out our latest photothermal work in JACS, recycling PVC and polystyrene! Congrats to Hanning and Erik (first publication ever!) on this great work! #plastics #recycling #chemsky

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Couldn’t resist posting this:
I met Santa on my run this morning! Merry Christmas!! 🎅❄️🎁🤣
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Happy holidays from the Stache lab! Take a listen to our new podcast episode where we talk about what kind of gear Santa has, ancient holiday traditions, and more!

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New process recycles black plastics using sunlight Carbon black pigment helps drive recycling of black polystyrene

New process recycles black plastics using sunlight: Carbon black pigment helps drive recycling of black polystyrene. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky #bluesci 🧪 #scinews

It's an honor to announce that I am 1 of 4 recipients of the AAAS Marion Milligan Mason Award 2025 along with my colleague Michelle Calabrese (CEMS #UMNProud), Erin Stache (Princeton), and @gracegdhan.bsky.social #ChemSky

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Very grateful for 2025 Marion Milligan Mason Award 🌟 by @aaas.bsky.social Congrats to all fantastic recipients Jessica Lamb @ewerpointe.bsky.social Erin Stache @stache-lab.bsky.social Michelle Calabrese!

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Congrats to Erin for being selected as a 2025 Marion Milligan Mason for Women in the Chemical Sciences awardee by the AAAS! Very proud to be one of four including other amazing scientists like Jessica Lamb ( @ewerpointe.bsky.social ), Grace Han ( @gracegdhan.bsky.social ), and Michelle Calabrese!

Red-Light-Induced Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer Catalysis by Tuning the Axial Coordination of Cobyrinate Photoinduced ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) is a powerful technique for the formation of reactive radical species via homolytic cleavage of the metal–ligand bond. Here, we present that the exc...

Red light, green light? Not anymore - we show red light turns on and controls polymerization by accessing an LMCT mechanism using thiolate ligation on cobalt. Check it out in JACS - great work Sajjad, Cristina, and Dan! #Chemsky #light #polymers
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Polymers Unchained Have you ever wondered about the different types of plastic, or why recycling is so complicated for each one? Have you ever wanted to learn more, but don't know where to start, or feel like the subjec...

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Polymers Unchained Podcast · The Stache Lab · Have you ever wondered about the different types of plastic, or why recycling is so complicated for each one? Have you ever wanted to learn more, but don't know where to sta...

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Polymers Unchained Chemistry Podcast · 2 Episodes

If you're looking to hear more about the history of plastics, check out our newest episode of Polymers Unchained on your favorite podcast app! #sustainability #plastic #pollution #recycling
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Congratulations to Hanning, Sewon, and Liat for their great work!

Wouldn’t it be great if we could recycle plastic waste using sunlight? Now we can! Check out our latest work on recycling post-consumer polystyrene plastic! pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Polymers Unchained Chemistry Podcast · 1 Episodes

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Check out some of our latest work in the style of Wes Anderson! We love recycling in any form 🐥♻️ #wesandersontrend #recycling #chemistry #chemsky

Check out our first episode of Polymers Unchained - a new podcast demystifying the world of plastics! Download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. #chemsky bit.ly/3Am2GDe

Stache Lab is now on Bluesky!! #chemsky