Adam Clancy

Want a PhD next year? Are you interested in phosphorous nanomaterials? Want to learn how to make solar cells? Always wanted to deal with London's rental market? Then oh boy do I have news for you!

Details below, and you can email me if you have questions

#Chemsky #nanosky #PhD

2 days left!

Poster abstracts deadline is 31 October 2025

www.rsc.org/events/detai...

Co2+-mediated adsorption facilitates atomic force microscopy of DNA molecules at double-helix resolution Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has demonstrated the ability to resolve single DNA molecules in liquid at a spatial resolution that is sufficient to visualize the double helix structure and variations t...

💥RSC CNN Paper of the Week💥

Co2+-mediated adsorption facilitates atomic force microscopy of DNA molecules at double-helix resolution

Hoogenboom* (University College London)

Pailing, Nanoscale, 10.1039/D5NR02314A
@nanoscale-journals.rsc.org

#chemsky #nanosky

🗣️ Last chance to submit your oral abstract for the RSC CNN Annual Symposium 2026!

📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
📍 12–13 Jan, Burlington House, London
🔗 rsc.org/events/detail/81692

#chemsky #nanosky

Bruce Springsteen is going to feel silly when he learns about autoignition temperatures

Would anyone who does neutron scattering be interested in corrosion-proof sample cans (Al and TiZr)? If so, please drop me an email at a.clancy[at]ucl.ac.uk and let me help you ... by first helping me.

1 week left to apply for a PhD position, 4 y. with 2/3 of E 13 TV-L salary, assigned broadly to the design and synthesis of coordination compds for the activation of small molecules (www.chemie.hu-berlin.de/aglimberg/st...). Pls apply directly to christian.limberg@chemie.hu-berlin.de. Pls retweet!

Calling all chemists and polymer scientists! We are seeking your feedback on new recommendations for classifying and defining polymerization reactions—a chance to help shape the language of our field. Read the provisional recommendation here: iupac.org/recommendati...
#chemsky #polymers @iupac.org

Conductometric evidence for accurate dissociation behaviour of surface groups on nanorods The surface charge of nanoparticles is usually quantified under the assumption that strong electrolytes fully dissociate in aqueous systems. Here, we demonstrate the effect of counterion condensation ...

💥RSC CNN Paper of the Week💥

Conductometric evidence for accurate dissociation behaviour of surface groups on nanorods

Kröger*, Kontturi* (Aalto University)

Kröger, PCCP, 10.1039/D5CP01616A
@pccp.rsc.org

#chemsky #nanosky

Microtomy-fabricated two-dimensional nano-slits enable single molecule biosensing Nanofluidic devices have emerged as a powerful sensor for single-molecule studies. Among these, biological nanopores have demonstrated remarkable capabilities, ranging from detecting epigenetic modifi...

💥RSC CNN Paper of the Week💥

Microtomy-fabricated two-dimensional nano-slits enable single molecule biosensing

Radha, Varma, Keerthi* (Indian Institute of Science, University of Manchester)

Sajeer P, Nanoscale, 10.1039/D5NR01832C
@nanoscale-journals.rsc.org

#chemsky #nanosky

Go home Winviz, you're drunk

UV-Vis Absorption up to a wavelength of 0 nm = infinite energy!!
👉 Nobel Prize or Retraction due to an 'experiment' hand-drawn by 'scientists' working in theoretical chemistry? Elsevier: please decide!

doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...

#researchintegrity #ChemSky #PiSky #CompChemSky

Do love nanomaterials? Do you tolerate LinkedIn? Consider following the RSC Nanoscience Group (link below) to stay up to date with events, awards!

#Chemsky #Nanosky

A new MIL-101-type chromium-based metal–organic framework with densely packed sulfonic groups: an ultra-high uptake of toxic Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions from an aqueous medium Metal–organic frameworks have been demonstrated to be effective adsorbents of heavy metal ions in recent decades. Nevertheless, their practical applications remain limited because of their slow uptake...

💥RSC CNN Paper of the Week💥

A new MIL-101-type chromium-based metal–organic framework with densely packed sulfonic groups: an ultra-high uptake of toxic Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions from an aqueous medium

Nguyen*

Nguyen, Nanoscale Adv, 10.1039/D5NA00442J
@nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#chemsky #nanosky

I know a guy who
alloys steel
He makes it stronger
a harder feel
He don't use carbon
or molyb'
He don't use nickel
or any of these

He uses manganese

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📣 Join us for two days of inspiring talks, and networking with leaders in the field of nanoscience at the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Annual Symposium 🧪✨

📍 London, UK
📅 12–13 January 2026
📝 Abstract deadlines:
— Oral: 30 Sept 2025
— Poster: 31 Oct 2025

@rsc.org
#chemsky #nanosky

A reminder that we have a fully-funded 4-year PhD project available! #PhD #ChemSky

While the aim of science technically isn't to see how much of a grant you can spend without going over on the last day, I'm still feeling pretty cheery after hitting £0.18 under the limit. Built up a little stockpile of solvent-resistant syringes to hide in my office too #chemsky

A one-step route to solubilised, purified or functionalised single-walled carbon nanotubes Reductive dissolution is a promising processing route for single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) that avoids the damage caused by ultrasonication and aggressive oxidation whilst simultaneously allowi...

Happy 10th birthday to my first paper - a simple way to dissolve individualised nanotubes by stirring in dimethylacetamide alongside sodium and naphthalene. Somehow it feels both a lifetime ago, and yesterday.
#Chemsky

Is this 現實生活 ? Is this just fántǐ zì?

Toxicity of nanoplastics: machine learning combined with meta-analysis Nanoplastics (NPs) are widespread in ecosystems, and their biohazards are of increasing concern. The hazards posed by NPs to aquatic and terrestrial plants as well as to aquatic animals have been exte...

💥RSC CNN Paper of the Week💥

Toxicity of nanoplastics: machine learning combined with meta-analysis

Chen* (Capital Medical University)

Li, Nanoscale Horiz, 10.1039/D5NH00024F
@nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#chemsky #nanosky

Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6  - Nature The facile synthesis and spectroscopic identification of previously unreported hexanitrogen C2h-N6 is described, representing experimentally realized neutral molecular nitrogen allotropes beyond N2 th...

Just when organic chemists thought they have all the possible small molecules, N6 makes its appearance.

By far, excellent read of this year #ChemSky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Anyone who cares about nanoscience should know that registration for the @rsc-cnn.bsky.social Annual Symposium is open. Bargain of a conference (£120) in London's incredible Burlington House, with fantastic speakers including my old PhD boss Milo Shaffer from @imperialchemistry.bsky.social
#chemsky

Connecting the nanoseed defect structure and crystallinity with resulting nanoparticle products Anisotropic gold (Au) nanocrystals (NCs) represent an interesting class of materials due to their shape and size dependent tunable optical properties as well as facet dependent catalytic and photocata...

💥RSC CNN Paper of the Week💥

Connecting the nanoseed defect structure and crystallinity with resulting nanoparticle products

Moreau* (Washington State University)

Roy, Nanoscale Adv, 10.1039/D5NA00418G
@nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#chemsky #nanosky

Why did Word have to make the painful process of grant writing even more excruciating by changing the keyboard shortcuts for subscript and superscript? Chemists everywhere are surely cursing as loudly as me. #chemsky

archive.ph/MBbO8

Royal Society prize winner returns award in protest over Elon Musk Andrea Sella is latest scientist to express dismay over UK science academy’s refusal to criticise tech billionaire

UCL's Andrea Sella to return his 2014 Michael Faraday prize to the Royal Society over its continued refusal to censure Elon Musk. Sella won the award as 'an exemplary science communicator' (in the words of the RS's spokesperson). Its return too is exemplary science communication.

And this probably is a coincidence, but apparently almost 1/3 of our faculty has a surname beginning with B or C, which seems weirdly high

Academic Staff We have a diverse and international faculty engaged in a broad spectrum of research, we promote excellence and strive to inspire through challenging teaching.

Only 19 days left to apply for the UCL Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship (=Assist Prof). A great tenured job in a country not actively decimating its academic research landscape🇬🇧

Others have shared the advert, so instead let me introduce your amazing potential future colleages

#Chemsky #chemjobs

Calling all inorganic (bio)chemists - come be my colleague at the fantastic @uclchemistry.bsky.social !!! (Lecturer = Assistant Professor)

London is such an incredible city to work in ❤️

Anyone in the US looking for a new job abroad... 👀

#chemsky 🧪