Our latest paper on divalent rare earth chemistry is up on @chemicalscience.rsc.org! Electrochemical measurements of the RE(3+/2+) couple in neutral divalent anilide complexes weren't sufficiently negative to reduce 4,4′-bipyridine or pyridine – yet several do! See: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...

Very honoured to have been awarded a Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize (2026). I'm forever grateful to colleagues, collaborators, mentors, group members, and funders who have given me the opportunity to work in this community. Congratulations to all #RSCPrizes! (www.rsc.org/standards-an...)

Our latest paper in collaboration with the Liddle, @nfchilton.bsky.social and @conradgoodwin.bsky.social groups investigating uranium ketimides is now published in Inorganic Chemistry, with @john-seed.bsky.social and other Manchester and ANU Chemistry peeps: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Proud of first year PhD student Iulia for winning a poster prize at the 59th @rsc.org @esr-group.bsky.social national meeting in Colchester. Iulia presented some of her work characterising the electronic structures of open-shell lanthanocenes and actinocenes. #EPR #RealTimeChem

Excited to show our latest preprint “Uranocenium – The bis-[8]annulene Uranium Cation”. Uranocene is oxidised to uranocenium cation both chemically, and electrochemically, with reversibility comparable to ferrocene. This derives from an unusual electronic structure. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

Y'all wanted some EChem? Check out our contribution in InorgChem @acs.org towards tetravalent lanthanides, with @conradgoodwin.bsky.social, @john-seed.bsky.social, in collaboration with @gen-chem.bsky.social + @peremiro.bsky.social for calculations!

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...

Happy to share Ben’s first full research article from his time in the group: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Challenging synthesis and some interesting new main group architectures making an appearance for the first time on an f-element. #Chemistry #Actinides #f-elements

Happy to announce two funded #PhD studentships for aspiring synthetic chemists to do some f-element molecule making. (1) High oxidation states; (2) Tuneable electronic structures for qubits. See: www.capgoodwin.com/pages/positi... for details, and below for both FindAPhD links.

Working on my X-it at the moment and shifting over here. The #Chemistry community is growing at a solid clip, and I look forward to seeing more new folks! It’s fitting that my first post here includes some glorious crystals and #felement colours. Courtesy of 2nd yr PhD researcher Cameron Deakin.

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