Every now and then I might post important concepts on single crystal diffraction analysis from my recent review. Today, this wrapped-up version of figure 1 reminds us what we lose in the process, and what we actually gain at the end: a model 💎 #crystallography #MOFs pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

What do sponges, bricks & catalytic converters have in common? 🤔 Find out with #CRC1333 doctoral researcher Fabian Heck at Science in the Bar! 📍 Café Faust, Stuttgart | 🕗 Oct 23, 20:00 ▶️more here: 🔗https://bit.ly/42HkIem #ScienceInTheBar #PorousMaterials

@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu is on Bluesky! You will find: 🔬 EU-funded science news & breakthroughs 💰 Calls, tenders & funding tips (Horizon Europe, ERC, MSCA…) 🚀 Projects growing from TRL 1 to market-ready 📊 Tools & resources for researchers Join the conversation!

2025 isn't over yet but it's unlikely that Twitter will see a resurgence of research discussions.

Celebrated the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for MOFs with #EU4MOFs people!

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks” Stay tuned for more. #NobelPrize

Nobel Prize for MOFs!!

Reading “Organic Chemistry for Babies” with my son

Presenting a poster today at P061 to showcase my new group

We are looking for postdoctoral candidates in the areas of organic electronics, operando spectroscopy in catalysis, advanced EPR. CV and cover letter to [email protected], stating what complementary expertise you bring and why our group interests you.

Attending the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry next week! #SFC2025

I have stopped drinking energy drinks some time ago, but for this intense conference I made an exception #EuroMOF @euromof.bsky.social

My presentation is shifted 1 slot earlier, as shown in the online program #EuroMOF

Missing-cluster defects and surface defects on the wall of the auditorium #BraggYourPattern #EuroMOF

I will give a talk about MOCOFs at Oral 45 on Tuesday morning #EuroMOF

Now is the time for getting adsorbed in the pores of #EuroMOF 2025 @euromof.bsky.social

Got the first prize in #EuroMOF YSS pub quiz! I'm a certified MOF nerd now 🤓

Excited to see fresh presentations in the Young Scientist Symposium of EuroMOF2025! @yss-euromof2025.bsky.social @euromof.bsky.social

I used the semester break to make some progress on the space group diagram project: now all space group diagrams of the trigonal crystal system (space groups no. 143 - 167) are complete! They are available as PNG, PDF, and PPT at: crystalsymmetry.wordpress.com/space-group-... Enjoy!

Join us on a new episode of the #MOFCast as we launch #MPIF: think #CIFs for syntheses - designed to make MOF synthesis reproducible. Share this post!🙏 Visit www.mpif4ever.com and come look at poster #38, session 1 at #EuroMOF! #science #podcast @euromof.bsky.social shows.acast.com/the-mofcast/...

Great to see that the cacio e pepe phase diagram paper got Ig Nobel prize

Where has this awesome space group symmetry visualizer been all my life? spacegroups.symotter.org

Got a nice shower curtain

Me: "I wrote this." Carbon dioxide: "It sucks. It's utter trash. A child could have done better. Plus your outfit is horrible. Did a cavefish dress you?" Me, to other guy: "Who is this jerk?" Other guy, the one who says the punchline: "That's supercritical CO₂."

Come join our team! We have a PhD position available on noncovalent interactions in COFs. The position is part of the BEAM graduate school. (Details in the alt text)

Every time I write “the formation of formate anion…”, I feel formication

The first PhD student, Mr. Akash Deshpande, joined our group today. Let's sail to the new chemistry land together!

As it is not only me anymore, I have created my group account!

Got some single crystals of pasta!

This toy can isomerize into various conformers via complicated pseudorotation sequence. Isn't this overly sophisticated for babies?!

At this point, I'm just exploiting the children's toy market to fulfill my geometric fun cheaply

Bought a baby toy with a rare (pseudo)symmetry of the Th point group

Found some crystallites in a kids ball pool with my son #BraggYourPattern

Had a cozy time yesterday joining a summer BBQ with my lab neighbors, the Buchmeiser Group, at the university grill site.

After a break, our next PorMat Webinar is on Tuesday 29th of July at 10:00 UK time: Pierre Karam - Smart Luminescent MOFs: Dual Strategies for Thermal Sensing and Structural Design and Sara Realista - Exploring MOFs for CO2 Electrocatalysis. Registration: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/560...

It was an exciting symposium with old and new friends! Thank organizers

One of the features I like in Zotero for literature organization: Automatic checking and reporting of retracted articles

Important changes on @erc.europa.eu grants‼️Grant structure & most importantly eligibility timeframes (10 years for starting, 15 years for consolidator post PhD-but you can have them only once) changes: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Interesting concept and analysis for reticular materials!

What happens when scientists leave their original research theme to explore a new field? A new @nature.com paper by @dashunwang.bsky.social et al quantifies this "pivot" and shows that it comes at a cost: work in new fields receives relatively fewer citations 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nothing is like being THE first PhD and in this case with a fantastic supervisor and scientists.

PhD/Postdoc position in my group is open now 🚀 Are you interested in catalysis within MOFs/COFs? Want a brand-new environment? Apply or ask me anything by June 27, 2025! Repost appreciated 🤝 www.ipoc.uni-stuttgart.de/pcmc/positio...

Exciting public survey results and field summary on #MOFs and #COFs!

Saying goodbye to the samples of my last postdoc times

Now I'm officially a junior professor at the University of Stuttgart. Thrilled for a new start as a PI!

Had a lot of insights for ongoing and future collaborations in #CRC1333!

✨Our work on optoionic charge storage in COF, where we provide insights into decoupled solar energy conversion and storage is now published in JACS.✨ @lotschgroup.bsky.social @mpifkf.bsky.social Open access paper: doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #solar #energy #battery #COFs

I have been using EndNote for years, but now considering migration to Zotero. It seems to have many useful functions

As a synthetic chemist, I have never worked on GitHub before, but now I came to realize this is extremely useful for collaboration work!

I'm used to getting random submission invitation emails, but this one is specific. Yes I once managed to have a kidney problem, but that’s not my research!