👋 Our new paper in @natchem.nature.com shows a molecular ferrimagnet that produces almost no external magnetic field and persists well above room temperature.🧲🌡️ Cr(pyrazine)₃ is a simple metal-organic framework with magnetic interactions comparable to the strongest known in inorganic materials. 🔗👇

💫 Quantum Phenomena and Emergent Properties in MOFs ⚛️ is a symposium at the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry in 🇩🇰 this summer, organized by myself and Lars Öhrström. 🏃‍➡️ We welcome submissions for oral contributions by Sunday, March 1 ⏰ iccc2026.com #MOFs #coordinationchemistry

📣PhD Position now available📣 🗓️Application Deadline 8.2.2026 📌The position will be hosted at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) 🧪You will develop metal–organic frameworks as platforms for multi-electron redox chemistry 🔗 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

📣 we are hiring! We are looking for candidates for a fully funded PhD position at EHU to study organic radicals and charge-to-spin conversion mechanisms using computational chemistry methods @ec.europa.eu 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬 📅 Deadline: April 17 👇 Details below, please RT www.danielreta.com/phd-computat...

👋New preprint: "Interplay of Redox Non-Innocence and Symmetry Breaking in a 4d Coordination Framework" 🧪We’ve made Mo(pyz)₂I₂, the 4d cousin of the Cr(pyz)₂X₂ family — with redox-active ligands, symmetry breaking, semiconducting transport, and very strong magnetic interactions. 🔗👇

💫 Open PhD position in synthetic lanthanide and actinide chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at DTU Chemistry! 🇩🇰 🧪 🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... ⏰ Deadline: November 30 Check out our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org

🎓 Early Announcement: The 10th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism (ECMM 2026) will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark — Aug 17–20, 2026. Plenary & keynote talks + great opportunities for early-career researchers. 🌐 www.conferencemanager.dk/ecmm #ECMMCopenhagen #MolecularMagnetism #Copenhagen

🧪 Simplicity engineered for magnetism 🧲 📢 Preprint: Cr(pyrazine)₃ - maybe the simplest MOF with potential voids known. Built from Cr(III) + radical pyrazine linkers, this perovskite analogue shows magnetic interactions rivaling the strongest known in inorganic materials, stabilizing order above RT.

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

The Young Researcher Symposium for Hard Matter research is now open for registration! This free 2½-day event is designed specifically for early-career researchers working with or interested in synchrotron and neutron techniques. Register: www.linxs.se/events/2025/...

Deadline alert! Symposia submissions for #ICCC46 close September 15 at midnight. This is your chance to shape the program for Odense 2026. 🌍✨ Submit here 👉 iccc2026.com

We are recruiting! Two 24 month postdoc positions are available with @m-l-baker.bsky.social and I, one mainly synthesis and the other measurements of lanthanide SMMs. Links below, deadline 19th Aug - please re-post: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Easy, free, fun for kids in the final days of summer- check out our "Try This at Home" activities!

We are looking for candidates to host for EPSRC Postdoctoral Pathway Fellowships. If you are interested in applying and you meet all the criteria on the link below please get in touch with me by e-mail. Deadline 16th August. www.se.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...

International PhD scholarship round for 2026 is open at ANU. Aspiring scholars with Masters degree, or equivalent (eg Australia/NZ Hons), interested in computational chemistry, quantum information, molecular spins, vibronic coupling, or something in that vein - get in touch!

Come work with me! The synchrotron is hiring a *permanent* MX beamline scientist with chemical crystallography experience. If you like crystals and fixing things, this is the job for you! 👩‍🔬🔧💎🤖 australian-nuclear.contactrh.com/jobs/12/4355...

⏰ Only three more days to apply for an open PhD position in lanthanide and actinide chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at DTU Chemistry! 🇩🇰 🧪 🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 📖 You can explore our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org

Crystallographer Helen Dick Megaw was born 118 years ago today. Her studies of the structure of perovskites in the 1940s and 1950s culminated in her 1957 book Ferroelectricity in Crystals which explained their ability to produce electricity and store information. tinyurl.com/mr429bx3 #WomenInSTEM

There are heaps of interesting short reads in the Women in Science Archive for anyone interested in reading about some of the pioneering women across all fields of science and mathematics

👋 We are excited to share an open PhD position in 4f/5f chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at the Technical University of Denmark!🧪 🔗 See more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 📅 Deadline: May 30 📖 Find our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org/articles/

🎉 Just out in Chem! @cp-chem.bsky.social "Molecular alloying drives valence change in a van der Waals antiferromagnet" 👉 See: www.cell.com/chem/abstrac... for materials synthesis, and lots of electron, (high-pressure) X-ray, and neutron diffraction and spectroscopy, magnetism and transport.

Scientists discovered that a special arrangement of europium ions connected by organic molecules could be ideal for efficient magnetic cooling at extremely low temperatures.

Like f-elements in unusual oxidation states? Please look at this 4-year #PhD position between Manchester and Peking University to isolate formally divalent molecules and determine their electronic structures with advanced X-ray spectroscopic techniques. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

An inspiring article by Margaret M. Sheil! Since the early 1900s, pioneering women in Australian chemistry have paved the way for future generations, building a strong network of role models and mentors. #AusJChem #chemistry @csiropublishing.bsky.social Detail- www.publish.csiro.au/CH/CH11182

🎉 Our latest research on valence tautomerism in 4f-organic materials is now out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org We explore the factors driving conversion temperature, cooperativity, thermodynamics, and the magnetic & conductive properties of this fascinating, new class of materials. 🧲⚡ Read it here🔓👇

Another recent ChemComm article, from @majadunstan.bsky.social and @kasperspedersen.bsky.social‬ 'Valence tautomerism, non-innocence, and emergent magnetic phenomena in lanthanide-organic tessellations' pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

Check out our recent paper on a Eu(II)-organic triangular tessellation exhibiting a magnetocaloric effect in the sub-Kelvin regime ❄️ Super chuffed to be involved in this project!

📣📣PhD Position available in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Southern Denmark📣📣 🗓️Application Deadline: 5 March (23:59 CET) 🔁Reposts appreciated 👇👇See Below for more information and to apply👇👇 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

🎈The "2024 Pioneering Investigators" Feature Article by @majadunstan.bsky.social and me is highlighted in today's ChemComm! "Valence tautomerism, non-innocence, and emergent magnetic phenomena in lanthanide-organic tessellations" 📖 Check it out here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

📣Join this group at the Technical University of Denmark👇🇩🇰 We have an open 2-year postdoc position on MOFs with metallic cluster nodes. Excellent skills in synthetic chemistry and crystallography are key. Read more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...