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Dr Amy Hall

@amyvhall.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Chemistry at Durham University. Interested in all things crystalline (and some things not-so!).

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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Being able to design hydration capability rather than discover it by trial and error is an important step forward for crystal engineering. Congratulations to PhD student Henry Holleb on this wonderful achievement!!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
By linking computed electrostatic potential descriptors with hydrate formation, we establish a framework that enables the rational design of molecular salts with targeted hydration behaviour.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
For many years, molecular salts have been known to hydrate more readily than cocrystals, but the underlying reasons have remained unclear. In this work, we show that the nature of the counterion is critical: charge localisation emerges as a key driver of hydration propensity.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Just published alert! 🚨 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hydration control in molecular salts through counterion selection - Nature Communications
Predicting when and why molecular salts form hydrates has remained a significant problem in solid-state chemistry, despite its impact on the stability and performance of industrially relevant material...
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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 26/02/2026
We are looking for two talented people to join us at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick as assistant professors. Permanent positions. 🧪🍎🥽 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
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Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 25/02/2026
This review celebrates the legacy of Professor Angelo Gavezzotti💫 His pioneering work reshaped #StructuralChemistry, inspiring crystallographers and molecular modellers worldwide. The Durham Molecular Crystals & Crystallisation group (& friends) pay tribute🔗 ccdc-info.com/4tZBUrw #Crystallography
Promotional graphic with Fig.2 from the publication showing a photo of Angelo Gavezzotti with Jack Dunitz, a word cloud and a graph plotting number of entries in the GSD per year and key dates.
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 25/02/2026
The Royal Society needs you! It is looking for important locations in the history of women in science in the UK.
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Royal Society asks for help as it unveils interactive UK map charting memorialisation of women in science
Locations, landmarks and monuments dotted throughout the UK highlight the contributions of women
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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 24/02/2026
📣We’re excited to join the BCA Spring Meeting at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social, bringing together a vibrant community of crystallographers to share the latest research, tools, and techniques in the field. Register here: ccdc-info.com/4kWfQdg #Crystallography #ChemSky
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Emily Draper @profdraper.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I have a 2 year PDRA position available in my group focusing on synthetic organic chemistry for supramolecular materials. Please apply using the link below if you’d be a good fit for the role in Glasgow @uofgchem.bsky.social www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Associate
Job Purpose To make a leading contribution to the ‘Design of Organic Electronic Materials using Predictive Modelling’ working with Professor Draper in the research discipline design and synthesis o...
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Thank you!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A personal update on something else I’ve been working on… seven weeks earlier than expected!
A baby with lots of dark hair in a light blue baby grow lying face down on his Mother’s chest.
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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 12/02/2026
Researchers studied the crystallisation of terephthalic dihydrazide (TeDi) and discovered that it unexpectedly forms two distinct crystal structures simultaneously when cooled in solution. 👀Read in full: ccdc-info.com/4qtsTE4 #Crystallography #ChemSky
Promotional graphic with the chemical structures of oxalyl dihydrazide and terephthalic dihydrazide.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Love your mug!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
@jacs.acspublications.org 💎
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Haha, in the words of Shaggy “it wasn’t me!”. I blame @tobyjb.bsky.social 😅
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
That’s lovely!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Thank you!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This work would not have been possible without the collaboration with incredible scientists at Durham, York, and Southampton. I am so pleased to see our work out in the world!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We also managed to isolate Form II with the use of a mimetic supramolecular gelator. The electron diffraction structure of the gelator reveals a similar herringbone structure to Form II, which allows the temptation and growth of Form II and the inhibition of Form I.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
These discrepancies highlight and emphasise the tension between real crystals with defects, disorder, and twinning and idealised calculations, especially for polymorphs that lie within a small energy range.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Form I is stable for years at a time, while Form II disappears in solution within a day. We calculated the lattice energies of the polymorphs and generated the CSP landscape. All data suggested Form II was the most stable polymorph - the opposite of what we observe experimentally.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This work stemmed from my wonderful MChem’s preliminary results. She discovered the concomitant growth of two polymorphs (Form I and II) of a simple acylhydrazide. Further crystallisation studies of Form I revealed an accordion crystal morphology not seen before in organic systems.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is a special one for me. Getting any paper published in a peer-reviewed journal is amazing (especially as a corresponding author) but to be published in JACS is something else! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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When Reality Defies Prediction: Polymorphism, Twinning, and Accordion Crystals
The ability to understand crystallization and predict the resulting solid form of a system is not always easily achieved, but it is critical, particularly in the field of materials science. Intriguing...
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
So pleased our review honouring Angelo Gavezzotti has been published! This work was driven by Aurora Cruz-Cabeza and her students, so I’m delighted to be a part of it. Happy New Year! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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From X-ray diffraction to molecular simulations: celebrating Professor Angelo Gavezzotti’s contributions to crystal science - Structural Chemistry
Structural Chemistry - Professor Angelo Gavezzotti’s scientific works have shaped the field of structural chemistry and inspired crystallographers and molecular modellers alike. To honour his...
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Sorry sorry sorry Angelo* I’m in hospital with flu if that helps my case for lack of attention to detail 😅
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
It is! There’s definitely lots to learn from it. Watch this space? 👀
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Thanks, Dave. Very much appreciated. Have a great Christmas!
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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I wouldn't normally do science on Christmas Eve but the first independent paper of @amyvhall.bsky.social came out. We were honoured to be involved, providing our gelator. She converted into a hydrazone creating an amazing super-porous crystalline material, full of water. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
We crystallised the bis(acylhydrazone) derivative of a well-known gelator, revealing impressive and large water channels running throughout, reminiscent of a HOF. Thanks to the excellent Masters’ and PhD students, crystallographers, and collaborators (@professor-dave.bsky.social) Merry Christmas!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Yesterday, I received an early Christmas present… my first solo corresponding author paper was published! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... We report the structures of bis(acylhydrazone) derivatives and how their behaviour changes with linker length and type – as well as three new polymorphs.
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Supramolecular Diversity in Bis(acylhydrazone) Crystals: Linker Effects, Polymorphism, and Gelator Assemblies
A series of previously unknown bis(acylhydrazone)s with aliphatic (zero to four CH2 units) and aromatic (phenylene substituted) linkers was synthesized and structurally characterized. Aliphatic deriva...
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Haha, any time 🥁
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Ba dum tss! 😂
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Ooooooh 🤩
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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We have pioneered 3D-printing supramolecular gels by wet-spinning, using the patterns to grow cells for regenerative medicine (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...) or as soft conductors for nanoelectronics (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....). Here is a cool video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgP...
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3D printing of gels @ York festival of ideas
YouTube video by TAJMON TONY V
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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Researchers from every corner of crystallography and related disciplines are encouraged to submit their work for consideration in the program of plenaries, keynotes, microsymposia, and posters. Submit your abstract for IUCr2026 today:
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Call for Papers - Twenty-Seventh Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography
Fourwaves - Twenty-Seventh Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I submitted my first experimental (and solo corresponding author) paper today! It has certainly been a labour of love and I have learnt *so* much from when I first started writing: how to supervise, how to collaborate, how to manage lots of different moving parts... Keep your fingers crossed for me!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I got some @diamondlightsource.bsky.social data back today which has made my year!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 28/04/2025
The system unlocks a set of strategies to selectively prepare materials that can exist in more than one crystalline form, known as polymorphs. #ChemSky
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Graphene-enhanced supramolecular gels direct how drug molecules crystallise
System could be useful in preformulation stage of drug development
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🤩
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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 15/04/2025
Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social (Durham) kicks off the #BCA25 polymorphism, hydrates and co-crystals session with "Are hydrogen bonds really queen in molecular cocrystals?"
Amy Hall delivers a lecture on hydrogen bonds in cocrystals at the 2025 BCA Spring Meeting
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Obligatory train station coffee picture, this time with @tobyjb.bsky.social. Ready for the BCA 😎💎
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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Your yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Wow! What’s in it?!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Thank you, Mike! Feeling more confident today 😊
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I’m giving my first ever keynote talk next week at the British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting… I’m excited/scared/feeling all the feelings!
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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Supramolecular Gels as Unique Tools for Reaction Engineering. @angewandtechemie.bsky.social Gels can be used to achieve unique reaction outcomes, and open up wholly new ways of doing synthetic chemistry Very happy to see this review article published: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Supramolecular Gels as Nanoreactors - (i) Catalytic Gel Fibres, (ii) Enzyme-Loaded Gels, (iii) Gels with Reactive Species, offer a Unique Environment, Assembled Reactivity and Structured Domains.
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Wow!
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I’m also super tired because I’ve had a really good day. I’ve been working on a paper for close to a year with so much conflicting data, but today, a colleague made a comment that tied it all together. Watch this space 🤩
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Dr Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Yay, I finally made 100 citations! However, it’s 21:30 and I’m almost 30 so I’m going to celebrate by going to bed early 😅
A screenshot of Amy Hall’s Google Scholar page, showing a total of 100 citations.
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Peter Gao @planetarygao.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
me staring at my data
Daniel Craig saying “It makes no damn sense. Compels me though.” from Knives Out
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