Christophe Thomas

Synthesis of Conjugated Linear and Cyclic Polyynes by Selective Alkyne Metathesis The formation of polyynes with an odd number of conjugated triple bonds is challenging, particularly for complex architectures since most established methods rely on irreversible C–C bond-forming rea...

🎉 Our latest paper on polyyne synthesis by alkyne metathesis is now out in Angewandte Chemie 📰: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A fantastic collaboration with the groups of Marc Mauduit, Matthias Tamm and Rik Tykwinski! 🤝

@iscr-rennes.bsky.social
@tykwinskigroup.bsky.social

Rooster: Steve Carell is back to his best in this stellar delight of a comedy This sophisticated, character-driven sitcom from the creators of Scrubs and Ted Lasso is very funny. And it’s proof that all that drama hasn’t blunted Carrell’s comic edge

Rooster: Steve Carell is back to his best in this stellar delight of a comedy

My department is hiring a professor in the history of science! www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,
Nous recrutons un·e enseignant·e-chercheur·euse contractuel·le en chimie des systèmes conjugués au laboratoire MOLTECH Anjou et au département de chimie de @univangers.bsky.social
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Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchers

Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study

Les amphithéâtres se remplissent, mais les postes disparaissent. En dix ans, plus de 200 000 étudiants supplémentaires ont rejoint l’université, sans que les moyens suivent.
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Multicatalytic Access to Renewable Poly(Silyl Ether)s with Tunable Properties This work presents a one-pot, multicatalytic approach that combines magnesium-catalyzed esterification and borane-mediated hydrosilylation for the synthesis of partially bio-based poly(silyl ethers)....

Our latest article "Multicatalytic Access to Renewable Poly(Silyl Ether)s with Tunable Properties" now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Congrats to Doctor Fan! And special thanks to Fan S., @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
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Multicatalytic Access to Renewable Poly(Silyl Ether)s with Tunable Properties This work presents a one-pot, multicatalytic approach that combines magnesium-catalyzed esterification and borane-mediated hydrosilylation for the synthesis of partially bio-based poly(silyl ethers)....

Our latest article "Multicatalytic Access to Renewable Poly(Silyl Ether)s with Tunable Properties" now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Congrats to Doctor Fan! And special thanks to Fan S., @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
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We're Hiring! If you are interested in a PDRA post with the Mehta group, please apply! @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social

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New Themed Collection online: 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰?

💚 Collection ➡️ rsc.li/SusPol24
📖 Editorial ➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5GC...
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From Molecule to Material: How Support Changes Heterobimetallic Catalysts in Lactide Polymerization Silica-supported heterobimetallic alkoxide complexes were developed as catalysts for lactide ring-opening polymerization. Grafting iron-based ate complexes onto SiO2-700 produced well-defined active ...

From Molecule to Material: How Support Changes Heterobimetallic Catalysts in Lactide Polymerization. Congratulations to Fan for her latest article in Macromolecular Rapid Communications. @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social
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From Molecule to Material: How Support Changes Heterobimetallic Catalysts in Lactide Polymerization Silica-supported heterobimetallic alkoxide complexes were developed as catalysts for lactide ring-opening polymerization. Grafting iron-based ate complexes onto SiO2-700 produced well-defined active ...

From Molecule to Material: How Support Changes Heterobimetallic Catalysts in Lactide Polymerization. Congratulations to Fan for her latest article in Macromolecular Rapid Communications. @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social
👉: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Our review article “Construction and Deconstruction: Recent Advances in Degradable Silicon-Based Polymers” is out in Green Chemistry (@greenchemistry.rsc.org)! Congratulations to Jakhongir and Dr Liu! @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social
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Our review article “Construction and Deconstruction: Recent Advances in Degradable Silicon-Based Polymers” is out in Green Chemistry (@greenchemistry.rsc.org)! Congratulations to Jakhongir and Dr Liu! @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Catalyst Design - Ottawa, Ontario (CA) job with University of Ottawa, Ontario CANADA | 12844053 The University of Ottawa invites applications for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sustainable Catalyst Design. The successful candidate wil...

@uottawa.ca is hiring a Full Professor and Tier 1 CRC in Sustainable Catalyst Design. Ability to teach inorganic and organometallic chemistry especially welcome. Comes with dedicated funding, teaching reduction, and substantial startup funds. Ottawa is a great place to live!

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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC

Congratulations to Dr Liu! Thanks to the jury members Jutta Rieger, Fanny Bonnet (‪@fannybonnetumet.bsky.social‬), Gilles Gasser (@gassergroup.bsky.social) and Carine Robert @thomaspolymer.bsky.social‬ @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Liu! Thanks to the jury members Jutta Rieger, Fanny Bonnet (‪@fannybonnetumet.bsky.social‬), Gilles Gasser (@gassergroup.bsky.social) and Carine Robert @thomaspolymer.bsky.social‬ @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social

“Combiner IA et bases de données de matériaux pour la capture du CO2 dans l’air”, nos travaux à l'actu de CNRS Chimie ! www.inc.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

One‐Pot Synthesis of Poly(acrylate)‐graft‐polylactide

Our article on “One-Pot Synthesis of Poly(acrylate)-graft-polylactide” is now online in @ChemCatChem! Congratulations Kanokon and Fan! @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social #openaccess
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

One‐Pot Synthesis of Poly(acrylate)‐graft‐polylactide

Our article on “One-Pot Synthesis of Poly(acrylate)-graft-polylactide” is now online in @ChemCatChem! Congratulations Kanokon and Fan! @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social #openaccess
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Suite à un désistement, cette offre de THESE INDUSTRIELLE est à nouveau ouverte à candidature.
@ibmm-balard.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social

Combining Two Mechanistically Distinct Reactions from a Single Iron Complex: A Tandem Approach to Thermally Stable and Recyclable Polymers An iron-based catalytic system can act as an efficient and selective tandem catalyst for the production of poly(silylether)s, followed by the ring-opening polymerization of lactide, providing direct ...

Congrats to the lab of @thomaspolymer.bsky.social ! 👏 Kanokon Upitak
@chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social
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Let's make fibres! We are looking for PhD candidates to study sugar-based biomimetic self-co-assemblies with DNA!

Combining Two Mechanistically Distinct Reactions from a Single Iron Complex: A Tandem Approach to Thermally Stable and Recyclable Polymers An iron-based catalytic system can act as an efficient and selective tandem catalyst for the production of poly(silylether)s, followed by the ring-opening polymerization of lactide, providing direct ...

"Combining Two Mechanistically Distinct Reactions from a Single Iron Complex: a Tandem Approach to Thermally Stable and Recyclable Polymers" now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Congrats to Kanokon! @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social

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[Appel à témoins] Pour un article, je cherche des témoignages de profs du supérieur qui ont un avis sur les travaux de groupe. En faites-vous faire à vos élèves ? Pourquoi ? À quoi ça sert selon vous ?
Disponible par DM ou cberthelemy@leparisien.fr
Please RT si vs n'êtes pas concernés <3

Call for applications for a Junior Professor chair at Université de Poitiers
"Reaction mechanisms in catalytic processes"
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Combining Two Mechanistically Distinct Reactions from a Single Iron Complex: A Tandem Approach to Thermally Stable and Recyclable Polymers An iron-based catalytic system can act as an efficient and selective tandem catalyst for the production of poly(silylether)s, followed by the ring-opening polymerization of lactide, providing direct ...

"Combining Two Mechanistically Distinct Reactions from a Single Iron Complex: a Tandem Approach to Thermally Stable and Recyclable Polymers" now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Congrats to Kanokon! @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....