The Amsterdam Modeling Suite (SCM)

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Our heart is in Amsterdam, our team is global. At SCM, passionate scientists develop AMS, a powerful suite for computational chemistry & materials science. From spectroscopy to chemical processes, AMS covers quantum mechanics to fluid thermodynamics.

๐—”๐— ๐—ฆ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: next-gen ML potentials (eSEN, MACE, UMA), broader chemical coverage, GPU speedups, and streamlined workflows. From materials to reactionsโ€”faster, reproducible research. Try it now or request a free trial. ๐Ÿ‘‰zurl.co/zzy9H

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Tackle your chemistry & materials challenges with our comprehensive computational chemistry package: the Amsterdam Modeling Suite

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โšก The future is electric โ€” and our ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ video shows how the ๐—”๐—บ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ helps researchers innovate faster, smarter, and with confidence. Watch now and see ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด in action! ๐ŸŽฌ๐Ÿ”‹#compchemsky #matsky youtu.be/zBwyPn-U_XA?...

Accelerate Battery Innovation with the Amsterdam Modeling Suite

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New in Nature Communications: A careful re-analysis using ADF calculations shows ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐— ๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€โ€”previous differences were computational artifacts. Find out more: www.scm.com/highlights/c... #compchemsky #matsky

Correcting the Record: DFT Confirms J Couplings Are Enantio-Insensitive

Explore ๐—”๐— ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ in this tutorial video! ๐ŸŽฅ See how ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ makes ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป faster, clearer, and more ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. Perfect for learning and practical applications. Watch here: youtu.be/VumU30V6Tu0 #compchemsky #matsky

Visualizing HOMOโ€“LUMO Localization in DNA Bases with AMSlevels + DFTB

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A very practical shortcut for computational chemistsโ€”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒr without compromising accuracy. Definitely a timesaver in day-to-day calculations! youtu.be/3xgpMGbPPeM #compchemsky #matsky

Unlock Faster Transition State Verification in AMS: How to Use PESPointCharacterization

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Explore how to model ๐—ฃ๐—–๐—•๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐——๐——๐—™๐—ง and the faster sTDDFT in ADF. Learn to set up ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ-๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, visualize spectra, and compare accuracy vs computational cost for ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€. youtu.be/MYStR_h2cII #compchemsky #matsky

Fast & Accurate Excited-State Calculations for PCBM: TDDFT vs sTDDFT in ADF | AMS

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๐Ÿš€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—”๐— ๐—ฆ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ! Learn how to export your GUI setups directly to Python scripts and automate ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ in Jupyter Lab. Faster workflows, smarter materials design. ๐Ÿ”‹๐Ÿ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHJu... #compchemsky #matsky

Streamline Computational Workflows with Python in the Amsterdam Modeling Suite | AMS

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๐—ฆ๐—–๐—  ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ #๐—”๐—œ๐—–๐—ต๐—˜๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป! ๐ŸŽ‰ Visit us at ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ and catch ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ & ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ from Nestor Aguirre and Wei-Lin Chen on catalysis, ML, and materials modeling. Donโ€™t miss it! #matsky #compchemsky

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Ever wondered how a ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป? ๐ŸŒŸ Simulate adsorption, reactions, and layer-by-layer growth with MD/MC in the Amsterdam Modeling Suite โ€” atom-by-atom insights before stepping into the lab! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Wj... #compchemsky #matsky

Modeling Chemical Vapor Atomic Layer Deposition with the Amsterdam Modeling Suite | AMS

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Exciton transport made easy with ๐—™๐—ข๐—–๐——๐—™๐—ง ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐——๐—™ ๐Ÿ’ก Calculate singlet & triplet transfer integrals, explore distance/orientation effects in pyrene dimers, and extend to larger systems. youtu.be/oKP_4XI4iXw #compchemsky #matsky

Exciton Transfer Integrals with FOCDFT in ADF | Singlet and Triplet States | AMS

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This weekโ€™s AMS video explores ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, our tool for ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†. See how it finds transition states & maps reactions in real time! ๐ŸŽฅ www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrmy... #compchemsky #matsky

Automating Reaction Pathway Discovery with AMS PESExploration | AMS

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๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ #๐—˜๐—–๐—ฆ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ (๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ)? Visit us at ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต #๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ to explore the Amsterdam Modeling Suite (AMS) for battery & materials research. Donโ€™t miss Nicolas Onofrioโ€™s poster on Oct 13, 18:00 (A03 Symposium). ๐Ÿ”‹ #compchemsky #matsky

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๐— ๐—ข๐—™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ! ๐ŸŽ‰ Check out this AMS video tutorial to see how easy it is to generate, optimize, and explore MOF structures โ€” including custom SBUs and defects. #MOFs #chemnobel #chemsky #compchemsky youtu.be/L9C2drf0VqA?...

AMS insights: Design Your Own Metalโ€“Organic Frameworks (MOFs) with Autografs

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๐Ÿš€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—บ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ! Join us to develop methods & software for simulating vibrational spectroscopies of chiral molecules. 3-year EU Marie Curie position with attractive benefits. Apply here: www.scm.com/news/job-ope... #matsky #compchemsky

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๐—ฆ๐—–๐—  ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—œ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ (๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿต, ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜…)! Join us at Chips & Drinks โ€“ NL Showcase ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ on ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ 8 @ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ (free tickets!). Meet Fedor Goumans to learn how simulations accelerate new semiconductor processes & materials. #matsky #compchemsky

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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—  ๐—ฎ๐˜ #๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ! โšก๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ Booth 6445, Oct 6โ€“9, Detroit Weโ€™ll showcase the Amsterdam Modeling Suite (AMS) โ€” helping researchers predict battery performance, design next-gen electrodes/electrolytes & accelerate R&D. #matsky #compchemsky

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DFT calculations with the ADF program can now ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ก๐—ฃ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€. Computed hyperfine couplings and rotation barriers match experiments, showing computational chemistry can guide radical design before synthesis. zurl.co/7iJHH #matsky #compchemsky

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๐—”๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐˜€๐—ถ-๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ? ๐ŸŒ Meet Nestor & Nicolas (SCM) โ€” our booth opens today 13:00! Letโ€™s talk materials challenges & how AMS with DFT, ReaxFF & ML can boost your R&D in batteries, OLEDs, semiconductors, catalysts & more. ๐Ÿ“ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐—ต | ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒโ€“๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐—ต #psik2025 #compchemsky #matsky

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Hey #IMID2025! ๐Ÿ‘‹ Stop by Bart Klumpersโ€™ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—— ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (P2-170, Aug 21, 14:00 KST / 07:00 CEST, Hall 2A, BEXCO). See results from our ๐—–๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† & chat about connecting atomistic insights to device-level performance! #OLED #compchemsky #matsky

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๐—ฆ๐—–๐—  ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—–๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—–! ๐Ÿงช Find Fedor & Nestor at Booth 2325: ๐Ÿ—“ Aug 18โ€“20 | โšก Materials modeling, catalysis, AMS2025 ๐ŸŽฏ Donโ€™t miss Nestorโ€™s poster: Automated multiscale modeling for accelerated catalyst design ๐Ÿ—“ Wed, Aug 20 | ๐Ÿ•• 6โ€“8 PM ๐Ÿ“ Hall C #ACSFall2025 #CompChemSky #MatSky

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๐—ฆ๐—–๐—  ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป #๐—œ๐— ๐—œ๐——๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿ“ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต #๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿณ, Hall 2A, Exhibition Center โ… , BEXCO ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Aug 21 | 14:00โ€“15:30 ๐Ÿ“„ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Multiscale Modeling of OLED Devices ๐Ÿ‘ค B. Klumpers, with TU/e collaborators ๐Ÿ“Œ Session P2-170, Hall 2A Letโ€™s connect on display innovation! #compchemsky #matsky

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UD researchers used AMS - COSMO-RS to fast-track green extraction & purification from potato peel waste ๐Ÿฅ”โžก๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ ๐Ÿ”น 2,400+ solvents screened ๐Ÿ”น Bio-based adsorbents designed ๐Ÿ”น 92% recovery of key compounds Smart modeling = less waste, more impact โ™ป๏ธ zurl.co/0p5JG #compchemsky #matsky

Harnessing COSMO-RS for Sustainable Innovation: From High-Throughput Solvent Screening to Smart Adsorbent Design - SCM

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๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Get AMS news every 2โ€“3 months: updates, tutorials, jobs, events & more. No spam. No pressure. Unsubscribe anytime. zurl.co/LT8o1 #MatSky #CompChemSky

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SCM is at ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ at the Battery Cells & Systems + Vehicle Electrification Expo @ NEC Birmingham! โšก ๐Ÿ—“ July 9 (09:30โ€“16:30) ๐Ÿ—“ July 10 (09:30โ€“16:00) ๐ŸŽค ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น: Machine Learning for Sustainable Materials ๐Ÿ“… July 10, 11:30 @ Theatre 2 #AMS25 #MatSky #CompChemSky

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๐—ฆ๐—–๐—  ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—ข๐—– ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ! ๐Ÿงช Matti & David will be there June 22โ€“27 to chat all things AMS2025โ€”from catalysis to machine learning. Come find us at the SCM booth, share your ideas, and letโ€™s talk theory & tools! #WATOC2025 #CompChem #CompChemSky #MatSky

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๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—ข๐—– ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€” take on the ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—”๐— ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ! Tune the M3GNet ML potential for polymerization reactions & ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ โ‚ฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐Ÿงช Sign up at the SCM booth ๐Ÿ“… Deadline: July 15 ๐Ÿ”— More: zurl.co/SbFPJ #WATOC2025 #MatSky #CompChem #CompChemSky

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๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜-๐— ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด? Come chat with Nicolas Onofrio at booth 13 about your toughest challenges in batteries, semiconductors & materials modeling โšก๏ธ See you there! #EMRS2025 #MatSky #CompChem #CompChemSky

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