Reposted by Jakob BlahuschStieber Lab @stieberlab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Any #chemchat or #chemsky folk here who work in industry making or using zeolites and would be willing to have a short interview/meeting? Undergrad researchers and I are part of an NSF innovation corp program and are learning about industry needs. Thanks in advance! 0610
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschSimon Krause @simonkrause.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Check out our new work on identification of #MOF phases and dynamics by THz Raman spectroscopy - great work by @krisgjorgjevikj.bsky.social et al. and many more follow ups to come. I am particularily fond of the non-AI grafical abstract! pubs.rsc.org/ma/article/d... 292
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschDaumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Looking for a #PhD position in a collaborative and interdisciplinary team and an exiting project with supportive supervisors? Check out our available positions for researchers with microbiology, biochemistry or chemistry background @hhu.de here: www.bioac.hhu.de/bioinorganic... #ChemSky #MicroSky 🧪bioac.hhu.deOpen Positions 0119
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Our new paper led by Xue is now on JACS! We uncovered direct light-to-electron storage in a bipyridine-based covalent triazine framework (CTF) and utilized its controlled release of electrons for aqueous solar batteries and H2/H2O2 production in the dark 🔋⛽ doi.org/10.1021/jacs... 081
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Bettina and our PhD student Youngseon attended the Solid State Ionics 25 #SSI25 in Singapore. 🇸🇬 Bettina gave a plenary talk on 'Optoelectronics Meets Ionics: From Photo-intercalation to Solar Batteries' and Youngseon presented her poster on halide solid electrolytes. 🎉 #chemsky 043
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026Here is some AuAl2 I prepared with some students #chemsky 161
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026Is anybody in #chemsky working on lab automation or self-driving labs? What are some good resources to get started with this topic? 100
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026Cool video about photography techniques and how the films look under a SEM #chemsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaj...youtube.comWhy 19th Century Photographs are SUPER DETAILEDYouTube video by Microscopy Specialist 0163
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschEvent Horizon Telescope @ehtelescope.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Ever wanted a black hole in your backyard? Explore M87* in AR, VR, or your browser. Change the black hole parameters to see how they shape what we observe. Try it: blackhole.plav.in Special thanks to BHI Fellow Sasha Plavin for creating this incredible visual tool! 052
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschYuka Spencer @yuka-spencer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🧪 Chemists Wanted! Share your views on working with autonomous robots 🤖 for a University of York study. Who: 18+ with 2+ years of chemistry lab experience Time: 10–15 mins (online) Perk: Win a £50 voucher 👉 Click here www.lifelikelab.science/chem-robot-s... 🎓🙏 #Chemistry #LabAutomation #SciSkylifelikelab.scienceChemistry Robot Study — Lifelike LaboratoryOverview of study on robots in chemistry labs. 033
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschKatharina Nocun @kattascha.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Die Bundesregierung will das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz de facto abschaffen. Im Morgenmagazin durfte ich ausführlich erklären, warum dieser Frontalangriff auf eine der wichtigsten demokratischen Errungenschaft der letzten Jahre gerade jetzt brandgefährlich ist. #IFG www.zdfheute.de/video/zdf-mo... 191582564
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschFight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 02/07/2026As the 5th trilogue finished without agreement, Council and the European People's Party (EPP), with Germany's SDP and CDU being the driving forces, are attempting to bypass Parliament and reactivate the already expired #ChatControl 1.0. No, believe it or not, means no! fightchatcontrol.eu 6306295
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschRoland Wallner 🇪🇺 @rolandwallner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Die Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF / @freiheitsrechte.org) hat ein Gutachten veröffentlicht, das die Verfassungswidrigkeit der AfD belegt. Jetzt müssen es Bundestagsabgeordnete kennen. Mit 2 Klicks eine E-Mail an deine/n Abgeordnete/n schicken, dauert 2 Min:freiheitsrechte.orgAfD-Gutachten: Schreibe deinen AbgeordnetenDie Debatte um die Verfassungsfeindlichkeit der AfD steht still. Das ändern wir jetzt. Wenn Bundestagsabgeordnete E-Mails von echten Menschen aus ihrem Wahlkreis bekommen, hören sie hin. Sie können da... 0298
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschMaurice Höfgen @mauricehoefgen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026DARUM ist das Reformpaket ein Desaster! youtu.be/TxO0A-O4WAMyoutu.beDARUM ist das Reformpaket ein Desaster!YouTube video by Geld für die Welt — Maurice Höfgen 1418980
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026Great video about how to make a new steel alloy #chemsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6qs...youtube.comHow a New Steel Alloy Is Invented! YouTube video by Alec Steele 011
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Growing large crystals is often challenging, but always rewarding💠💠💠 Join us to admire these beautiful single crystals of ReO3, prepared by Lucas and others! 🤩😍 091
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Our new Hot Paper 🔥 is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: co-first authors Lucas G. Balzat and Robert Calaminus use #BayesianOptimization to boost Li7SiPS8 ionic conductivity while lowering synthesis temperature and time. #SolidElectrolytes doi.org/10.1002/anie...doi.orgOptimize Before You Synthesize—Enhancing the Ionic Conductivity of Li7SiPS8 Using Bayesian OptimizationBayesian optimization was used to optimize the synthesis parameters of the solid electrolyte Li7SiPS8$\mathrm {Li}_7\mathrm {SiPS}_8$ in order to increase the ionic conductivity. After only 32 iterat... 061
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 01/06/2026New paper: we tuned the band gap in charge-transfer semiconductors by extending the π-system of the organic cation. By keeping the inorganic part constant, we show the organic cation directly influences the band gap. @lotschgroup.bsky.social #chemsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comMore π, less Gap: Band Gap Tuning in Hybrid Antimony Halide Charge Transfer SemiconductorsExtending the π-conjugation of the organic cation from bipyridinium to phenanthrolinium in hybrid antimony chloride charge transfer semiconductors reduces the band gap from 2.6 to 2.1 eV. This demons... 040
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschBrendan @chemscrapes.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Not that I ever took it personally when I was in the lab. #chemsky #chemchat 06619
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschGeoff Hutchison @geoffhutchison.net · 28/04/2026Another great article on coffee chemistry from Prof. Chris Hendon chhendon.bsky.social Last week as we finished classes, I was telling them about design-of-experiments using a coffee example... #chemsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDirect electrochemical appraisal of black coffee quality using cyclic voltammetry - Nature CommunicationsCoffee flavor is primarily determined by the bean roast color and concentration of the beverage. Here, the authors show that both of these characteristics are reflected in the coffee’s cyclic voltammo... 171
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Last week, Lucas and Jakob visited the UK High-Field Solid-State NMR Facility at the University of Warwick for high-temperature #NMR measurements at their 850 MHz instrument. 🧪 Huge thanks to @panaceanmr.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙌 Stay tuned for the data to be published soon... #chemsky 062
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschStefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I'm so happy to finally disclose Fourier Tiler, the software I always wanted to make, so that anyone can experience #Crystallography and #TotalScattering one mesmerizing image at a time! Let your creative curiosity run free in real and reciprocal space! #Braggyourpattern github.com/stecanossa/F...github.comRelease FourierTiler v1.0 · stecanossa/FourierTilerFirst release of the program. 3183
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschNoel Research Group @noelgroupuva.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Self-driving labs are transforming chemistry; but high cost & complexity limit access to a few well-funded labs. We wanted to change that. Our new paper in #NatureSynthesis introduces RoboChem-Flex 🧪🤖 🔗https://nature.com/articles/s44160-026-01053-0 #selfdrivinglab #flowchemistry #optimization 02314
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschStefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Dear friends, I'm delighted to announce open PhD positions at Ewha Womans University! If you know someone looking for a PhD or a MSc+PhD position, has a passion for the beauty of MOF structures, and doesn't mind the unbelievable nature, food, fun, and cultural marvels of Seoul, feel free to share 🌟 1147
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschNessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 31/03/2026How to make your own robot! A review of people making awesome lab robots out of commercial 3D printers. Thank you @vsaggiomo.bsky.social and Sander for inviting me to help write this paper in @digital-discovery.rsc.org. Beep boop! 🤖 #chemsky doi.org/10.1039/D5DD...doi.orgHacking 3D printers as laboratory robotsThe emergence of affordable and reliable 3D printers has enabled laboratories to optimize setups, print custom parts, accelerate research, and rapidly prototype. A new movement has emerged in the past... 34220
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Bonn, what a week! 📍 So glad we got to be part of the #HäKoConference2026 again this year — inspiring talks and amazing science. Already looking forward to next year! 🧪🤝✨ #chemsky 041
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Our group members, Lucas Balzat and Sebastian Bette, joined the 34th annual meeting of the Crystallographic Society in Lübeck 🎉 They presented on phase transitions in lithium-tin based ion conductors and novel nickel-magnesium coordination polymers, investigated with in situ diffraction techniques 🧪 051
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschTom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The physics of chocolate! physicstoday.aip.org/quick-study/...physicstoday.aip.orgWhat makes for smooth, creamy chocolate?Chocolatiers adjust properties of chocolate’s ingredients to confect a treat that feels as good as it tastes. 043
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschKenichi Endo @kenichiendo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026New preprint! We worked with data scientist colleagues on how we can tidy up messy records of MOF syntheses and use them for ML. The keyword is "data model"! @esengulciftci.bsky.social @simonkrause.bsky.social chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.... 182
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschGeoff Hutchison @geoffhutchison.net · 17/02/2026Hey #chemchat #chemsky question - an app I used to track journal feeds will be dead soon. Any good tools to keep track of new literature articles? Ideally I'd like something I can 👍👎 and filter out topics or authors (e.g., "exclude this paper mill") Suggestions welcome - I'll post a summary 6139
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Four of our PhD students just organized the Max Planck Science Policy Winter School.🏛️ An entire week which brought together 50 young scientists in Berlin to explore where science can have an impact in the political sphere and how it can shape a more resilient future! 🌍 Congrats to them! 🎉 0101
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 15/01/2026🚀In solid‑state batteries, size matters! Check out our study where we show that larger particles lead to faster lithium transport in solid electrolyte sheets!⚡ #chemsky #RSC #EESBatteriespubs.rsc.orgEffect of particle size on the slurry-based processability and conductivity of t-Li7SiPS8All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) promise higher energy and power densities and improved safety over lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) by using non-flammable solid electrolytes (SEs), with thiophosphate-ba... 062
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 07/01/2026I just started watching some of the talks from #39c3. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szdz... This talk is about a nazi dating platform and who is responsible for it. The end is especially great.youtube.com 100
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschValentin Rodionov @arbitraryeffect.bsky.social · 15/12/2025🧵 1/?: Switching a Research Desktop to Linux (Intro & Prehistory) 1/ This is the first in a series of threads/mini-tutorials I'll be posting on switching a real academic research & development desktop to Linux. Not a “open source rocks” 🧵— this is about doing actual science. #ChemSky #AcademicSky 2167
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Our PhD student Lucas returned from a trip to Japan🎌🗾 He was a part of a delegation of Junior Experts invited by the Japanese Foreign Ministry to meet with Japanese scientists from academia and industry to discuss how next-generation batteries can help to reach future carbon neutrality 🤩👏 061
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 11/12/2025We aim for high-level research, so we decided to put ourselves at the highest altitude in Germany - the Zugspitze! 🏔️❄️☃️ This year's group retreat was fully surrounded by snow, but the confinement effect in the mountain successfully induced our red-hot, strong bonds once again 🤝🤝 0133
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 10/12/2025Well-made comparison of different sizes of life neal.fun/size-of-life/neal.funSize of LifeFrom an amoeba to a blue whale 000
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 09/11/2025I have a question for #chemsky and #chemchat: I often see published PXRD patterns which do not fit to the theoretical pattern of a new structure. If the diffraction data don't support the structure, what does that say about the rest of the characterization? 463
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 24/10/2025Surprising to see this in 2025. At minimum, I expected the data to be available upon reasonable request. 150
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschJiyeon Kim @jiyeonkim.bsky.social · 16/10/2025I’m excited to join the IUCr Early Career Board for Acta Cryst. A, J. Appl. Cryst., and J. Synchrotron Rad. 💎🌐 Looking forward to learning from and contributing to the crystallography community through meaningful scientific exchange! #IUCr #EarlyCareerBoard 🔗 journals.iucr.org/s/services/e...journals.iucr.org(IUCr) Editors and Co-editors of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 1123
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschMargaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Okay, today is physics #NobelPrize day, so there's just enough time for another instalment of... PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 2 In 1912, a Swedish inventor called Gustaf Dalén beat Albert Einstein and Max Planck (inter alia) to the biggest prize in physics. How? Well...🧵🧪⚛️ 25824
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschMargaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Ahead of tomorrow’s #NobelPrize announcement, I went on a deep dive in search of the most obscure physics Nobel Prizes in history. That means it's time for a thread on...🧵 PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 1 (1/n) 29433
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschStefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 04/10/2025My 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 💎 #crystallographypubs.rsc.orgUseful practices in single crystal diffraction analysis of reticular structuresSingle 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... 45426
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschStefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I see some new nice people joining us here on #SciSky #Academicsky - Welcome!! 🎉 🙌 Here's some tips to get you started 👇 1) #starterpacks allow you to easily follow profiles you might be interested in, and tailor your daily feed. You into #crystallography ? Here's one go.bsky.app/MoRWz57. 176
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschStefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025This is awesome! #crystallography 072
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschAron ⇋ e⁻ @aronwalsh.github.io · 20/08/2025"The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request" How can this still appear in scientific papers from 2025? As a reader, reviewer, and evaluator (promotions, faculty hiring, awards), it is a red flag #OpenScience #ChemSky 57110
Reposted by Jakob BlahuschLotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Check out our new paper just published together with the Canepa group. 🎉📝 We took a deep dive into the crystal structure of Li4SiS4.🔍 This helped us investigate how mixing silicon with tin in Li4SiS4–Li4SnS4 affects the structure and ionic conductivity. 🧩 Check it out ⬇️ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...pubs.acs.orgStructure and Transport Properties in the Pseudobinary Phase System Li4SiS4–Li4SnS4Thio-lithium superionic conductors (thio-LISICONs) are a family of promising solid electrolyte materials for potential applications in solid-state batteries. The orthorhombic polymorph of the thio-LIS... 2122
Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 15/08/2025A friend of mine recently showed me cluesbysam.com I really like the puzzlescluesbysam.comClues by SamA daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent! 010