I hope @mark-carney.bsky.social is paying attention. For years, successive governments have refused to properly fund research & education. Creating & funding bespoke programs don't work. Consistent funding for basic research is the best way forward. Every report has said so! Please fund research.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦@emmettmacfarlane.com · 3mo ago

Turns out when we allow our provinces to destroy universities, it has an impact. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco...

MOF2028 in Seoul!

Thermodynamics of metal–organic frameworks: from fundamentals to advanced applications http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2026/CS/D6CS00060F

I’ve been working on a work/personal project for the last few years. I want to introduce you to Atomicity.ca a digital lab notebook designed with professors and graduate students in mind. Still working on more features, but happy to share.

Atomicity | Digital Lab Notebook for University Research Labs

Welcome to Atomicity, a digital lab notebook designed in canada for canadian university labs.

atomicity.ca

Happy International Women's Day! 👩‍🔬 To celebrate we're highlighting some of the impactful work published with us in 2025/2026 led by women researchers worldwide. Read our collection👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... #Chemsky #IWD2026 🧪

The 4th MOF symposium in ECS Meetings will be held at the 250th ECS Meeting in Calgary, Canada, on Oct. 25-29, 2026! Join us and submit abstracts for oral/poster presentations here, by March 27: ecs.confex.com/ecs/250/cfp.... Feel free to share!

Regenerable Luminescent Triarylborane Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks as Solid-State Sensors http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02800

Check out this article collection from Journal of Chemical Education, which illustrates how #MOFs have been integrated into classrooms and labs at various educational levels. Explore now: buff.ly/RMOElHU

Accessing the Pores and Unlocking Open Metal Sites in a Rare-Earth Cluster-Based Metal–Organic Framework http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c01391

Watch Harri's award lecture next Thursday!

RSC Advances@rscadvances.rsc.org · 9mo ago

We would like to highlight the winner of the RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Award 2024 in the Inorganic Chemistry category, T. Harri Jones, for his contribution in doi.org/10.1039/D4RA... 🏆Congratulations! Read more about Harri here: blogs.rsc.org/ra/2025/11/1...

On the road to Stockholm…. #NobelPrize #ozchem

Multifunctional Fe‐Doped MOF‐808 Nanocomposites for Chemo/Chemodynamic Synergistic Therapy https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202512728?af=R

Hydrology Paper of the Day @corymsimon.bsky.social @chemashlee.bsky.social on passive atmospheric water harvesting via adsorbent nanoporous materials: chemical engineering in the context of regional geography; weather and climate variables in an optimization framework; and modelling water deliveries

Cory Simon@corymsimon.bsky.social · 9mo ago

💦 in our latest research (with @chemashlee.bsky.social), we framed an optimization problem (a linear program) for designing bespoke mixtures of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for robust, passive atmospheric water harvesting. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Out now on the cover of issue 91 of ChemComm! "When MOFs met SALI: solvent-assisted ligand incorporation in metal–organic frameworks for catalysis and beyond" by Marzena Pander, Emilian Stachura, Magdalena Kozieł-Szymańska and Wojciech Bury Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/QqDXmfw

💦 in our latest research (with @chemashlee.bsky.social), we framed an optimization problem (a linear program) for designing bespoke mixtures of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for robust, passive atmospheric water harvesting. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Optimizing Mixtures of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Robust and Bespoke Passive Atmospheric Water Harvesting

Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a method to obtain clean water in remote or underdeveloped regions including, but not limited to, those with an arid or desert climate. For passive (i.e., relying...

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Accessing High Nuclearity Cluster-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks using Early Lanthanoids https://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-qzwqh?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss

I have a question for #chemsky and #chemchat: I often see published PXRD patterns which do not fit to the theoretical pattern of a new structure. If the diffraction data don't support the structure, what does that say about the rest of the characterization?

I would love to know what university leaders say to politicians behind closed doors, because "asbestos is falling on our students' heads and we can't afford to change lightbulbs" doesn't seem to be what they are hearing.

Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦@michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“Canada is the best place to live, and top talent from around the world want to come here because they see opportunities and possibilities to contribute to cutting-edge research”... ...he says while allocating $1.7B to bribe people to move here and cutting grant funding. Unbelievable.

🚨We are delighted to share our latest themed collection: MOFs in Asia Guest Edited by Hoi Ri Moon, Sarah S Park and Jihye Park, this collection showcases recent advances & innovative research in the field of MOFs across Asia. Read the full collection here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... #chemsky 🧪

Nice to See MOFs getting their shine. With that said, please think about contributing to a special MOF issue of @materialsadvances.rsc.org curated by @chemashlee.bsky.social, @majikatz.bsky.social, and myself. blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/10/2...

Structural characterization of rare-earth chain-based metal—organic frameworks with a pyrene linker and their performance in the detoxification of a mustard gas simulant https://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-w9vzj?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss

Day one of our 2025 Crystallography Workshop! Featuring a special pop-up talk from @sbattenresearch.bsky.social about this year's chemistry Nobel Prize, and outreach training where everyone could make their own lolly crystal structure 🍭💎 @crystallised-cricket.com #BraggYourPattern #OzChem

#chemnobel #chemsky #ozchem

Great timing for our review and cover art in @crystengcomm.rsc.org !! Congrats to Micaela and Pedro for writing a very nice highlight on RE-UiO-66 😊

CrystEngComm@crystengcomm.rsc.org · 11mo ago

🔓The cover of issue 39 showcases #OpenAccess Highlight by @chemashlee.bsky.social & co discussing the developments in synthesis and characterisation of RE-UiO-66, a rare-earth cluster-based MOF with fcu net, read it here⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 @concordia.ca, @cicbiomagune.bsky.social 🧪

SHOUT OUT MOFS FOR WINNING THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY!!! MOFs have been my side hustle (lol) throughout my undergrad and I’m so happy to see them getting recognition. Huge day for MOF enthusiasts

Just a little humble brag. Here's me getting my PhD with my supervisors - Bernard Hoskins and newly minted #NobelPrize Laureate Richard Robson. So thrilled for Richard, and thinking also of Bernard tonight (who passed away many years ago but was a crucial collaborator of Richard's). #Chemsky #ozchem

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)@cenmag.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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... #ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

We interrupt our regular programming to announce…

My tutorial review on single crystal diffraction analysis is now online @crystengcomm.rsc.org! Students, supervisors, and reviewers: Please consider this thought-provoking read to discover many facets of the crystallographic practice that are often overlooked or misunderstood 💎 #crystallography

Useful practices in single crystal diffraction analysis of reticular structures

Single crystal diffraction analysis remains the gold standard for the three-dimensional atomic structure characterization of framework materials such as metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic fram...

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Micaela will be presenting at the Young Scientist Symposium at EuroMOF2025!! Check out her talk, but also her poster at the main conference on early lanthanoid cluster-based MOFs!!

Young Scientist Symposium@yss-euromof2025.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📣 Meet the fourteenth of 18 oral speakers of the Young Scientist Symposium: Micaela Richezzi from the Concordia University, who will be sharing great insights on 'Exploring The Synthesis Of High Nuclearity Cluster-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks Using Early Lanthanoids'! ✨ #EuroMOF2025 #MOF #COF

Developments in the discovery, synthesis, and characterization of RE(III)-UiO-66 and its structural analogues http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2025/CE/D5CE00730E