Diamond's I15-1 beamline is hosting a science user meeting on the 22-23 July 2026. The meeting will showcase the exciting total scattering and pair distribution function research within user community, as well as instrumental developments happening at Diamond. Apply here 👉 https://bit.ly/4dwxrWR

Before the end of the year we we're honored by a visit of @cabrelles497.bsky.social. Of course we enjoyed the last day of Ulm Christmas market. Thanks for making the years end a fun and scientificaly interesting experience!

Arraying MOPs into one-dimensional structures via van der Waals interactions creates new porous aerogels. Three years of Ayana's work is now posted on @chemrxiv.org!! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

Come and join us at Birmingham making cages for catalysis. We have a fully funded PhD studentship (UK home fees only) to start in 2026. Very happy to discuss this project, which can be tailored to suit a candidate's interests. Please get in touch if you are interested #chemsky

Jamie Lewis@lewischemistry.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🧠 Come to Birmingham! We have a 3.5-year PhD studentship available in my group to start in September 2026 working on the synthesis of organic macrocycles and cages with a focus on applications in catalysis. Happy to discuss informally via email. UK home fees only. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Earlier this year, a paper came out that suggested for many organic reactions stirring has little effect on reactions rates. Now, a group has released a preprint arguing that stirring remains critical for reproducibility, selectivity and scalability.

All stirred up: chemical engineers refute claims that ‘stirring doesn’t matter’

Failing to mix reactions in heterogeneous or industrial systems could cause numerous issues and might even be dangerous, preprint claims

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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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PLEASE REPOST: We have a 4-year, fully funded PhD studentship focussed on using computational chemistry to find new and improved oxides for X-ray detection, to start in October 2025. findaphd.com/phds/project.... This is open only to UK nationals.

Computational discovery of novel oxide-based X-ray detectors at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Computational discovery of novel oxide-based X-ray detectors at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

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A really nice @uobchemistry.bsky.social @imperialchemeng.bsky.social collaboration with Jesus Barrio looking at the impact of heterocyclic amines in the synthesis and structure of ZIFs 🥳 Out now on @jmaterchem.rsc.org!👇 More to come soon! @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...

Impact of N-heterocyclic amine modulators on the structure and thermal conversion of a zeolitic imidazole framework

The zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) is a crystalline porous material that has been widely employed as template to fabricate porous nitrogen-doped carbons with high microporosity via thermal tre...

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Please share: We're hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Grey Group. The project will focus on using operando optical microscopy to study solid-state ion dynamics and phase transformations in lithium- and sodium-ion battery materials. Learn more here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52120/

Thanks to all who attended UKPORMAT25, and the @unibirmingham.bsky.social for hosting it. It was great to see so many interesting talks, poster presentations and fruitful scientific discussions. See you all next year at Bristol!

Congratulations to all of our poster prize winners at UKPORMAT 2025, and to @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social and @unibirmingham.bsky.social for sponsoring the prizes. Winners, and certificate pictures below

Heading home after a great time at @rsc-pormat.bsky.social PorMat2025! Must have been practicing my jazz hands for next year’s promised karaoke…Lovely to see old friends and meet new ones, as ever - such a great community.

Last chance to apply for a PhD in our group. Deadline, tomorrow, 30th May. Don't miss out! 👇👇👇 #chemsky

Dr Andrea Laybourn@andrealaybourn.bsky.social · last yr.

📣PhD available in our group focusing on Digital & Flow Chemistry for #MOF production. Based in Sch Chemistry & iPRD @UniLeeds. Start date: 1st Oct 2025. ⏰️Deadline 30th May. Please repost to spread the word 🙏 #chemsky #phdjobs eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

***REGISTRATION EXTENDED! Final deadline 23rd May***

RSC Porous Materials Interest Group@rsc-pormat.bsky.social · last yr.

#UKPorMat2025 is fast approaching & registration is still open at the moment ukpormat.com Not only do we have an outstanding invited speaker list, we're delighted to be able to advertise the rest of our fantastic lineup.

Last few days to register for #UKPorMat2025. Check the awesome line up of speakers 👇👇

RSC Porous Materials Interest Group@rsc-pormat.bsky.social · last yr.

#UKPorMat2025 is fast approaching & registration is still open at the moment ukpormat.com Not only do we have an outstanding invited speaker list, we're delighted to be able to advertise the rest of our fantastic lineup.

#UKPorMat2025 is fast approaching & registration is still open at the moment ukpormat.com Not only do we have an outstanding invited speaker list, we're delighted to be able to advertise the rest of our fantastic lineup.

Remember those patterns? Our article is finally out on @naturecomms.bsky.social and you can read what disordered marvels caused them! Thanks to @nchampness.bsky.social @ellamschmidt.bsky.social & all the great scientists I joined in this journey 🎆 #MOF #crystallography #totalscattering #3DdeltaPDF

A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder - Nature Communications

The synthesis and structural characterization of a metal-organic framework, UoB-100(Dy), reveals a complex nanodomain structure in which strong correlations between nonanuclear metal clusters are obse...

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Stefano Canossa@stecanossa.bsky.social · last yr.

I'll soon share a nice #singlecrystal #MOF #totalscattering work I've been hatching for a while with some great scientists... but since it's taking a while for seeing it online I thought I'd treat you all with an artistic collage of the data 😏 ...stay tuned! #BraggYourPattern #crystallography

Faraday Institution funded postdoc on organic negative electrodes for sodium-ion batteries together with Russell Morris available as part of @nexgenna.bsky.social. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social. Details at www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

This year's Annual UK Porous Materials conference is on June 3/4 at @uobchemistry.bsky.social in Birmingham - registration and abstract submission are open and it's going to be great! More details here: www.ukpormat.com #ChemSky

RSC Porous Materials Interest Group@rsc-pormat.bsky.social · 2y ago

Exciting news - our 8th Annual UK Porous Materials Conference (UKPorMat) will be held at Birmingham 3-4 June and is open for abstract submission and early bird registration. www.rsc.org/events/detai...

Our colleague Tomislav Friscic in full flow for his inaugural lecture at @uobchemistry.bsky.social. A fantastic evening hearing about his journey as a chemist.