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Jakob Blahusch

@jabla.eurosky.social
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Researcher working on hybrid metal halides and lab automation @lotschgroup.bsky.social @ LMU Munich and MPI for solid state research 👨‍🔬 jabla.gitlab.io

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Simon Krause @simonkrause.bsky.social · 9h
Check 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...
grafical abstract that shows a Raman probe and sample analyiss
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Daumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Looking 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 🧪
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Open Positions
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our 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...
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Bettina 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
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026
Here is some AuAl2 I prepared with some students #chemsky
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026
Is anybody in #chemsky working on lab automation or self-driving labs? What are some good resources to get started with this topic?
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026
Cool video about photography techniques and how the films look under a SEM #chemsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaj...
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Why 19th Century Photographs are SUPER DETAILED
YouTube video by Microscopy Specialist
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Event Horizon Telescope @ehtelescope.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Ever 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!
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Yuka 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 #SciSky
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Chemistry Robot Study — Lifelike Laboratory
Overview of study on robots in chemistry labs.
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Katharina Nocun @kattascha.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Die 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...
Informationsfreiheitsgesetz
"quasi tot"

"Selbst Trump hat es nicht gewagt, in der Form Hand an die Informationsfreiheit anzulegen in den USA", so Katharina Nocun, Vorstand LobbyContol, zur Begrenzung des Informationsfreiheitsgesetzes.
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
As 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
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Roland Wallner 🇪🇺 @rolandwallner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Die 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:
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AfD-Gutachten: Schreibe deinen Abgeordneten
Die 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...
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Maurice Höfgen @mauricehoefgen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
DARUM ist das Reformpaket ein Desaster! youtu.be/TxO0A-O4WAM
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DARUM ist das Reformpaket ein Desaster!
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
Great video about how to make a new steel alloy #chemsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6qs...
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How a New Steel Alloy Is Invented!
YouTube video by Alec Steele
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Growing large crystals is often challenging, but always rewarding💠💠💠 Join us to admire these beautiful single crystals of ReO3, prepared by Lucas and others! 🤩😍
Optical microscopy picture of ReO3 crystals with a red metallic color and cubic shapes.
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Our 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...
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Optimize Before You Synthesize—Enhancing the Ionic Conductivity of Li7SiPS8 Using Bayesian Optimization
Bayesian 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...
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 01/06/2026
New 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/...
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More π, less Gap: Band Gap Tuning in Hybrid Antimony Halide Charge Transfer Semiconductors
Extending 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...
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Brendan @chemscrapes.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Not that I ever took it personally when I was in the lab. #chemsky #chemchat
Inside the mind of an organic chemist: 1H NMR of a failed reaction.  Two scenarios.  The first scenario:  What happens: shows a FT, it is transformed via a Fourier transform, and it generates a messy spectrum with a forest of peaks in the resulting spectrum. There is no product here.  The second scenario: What we see: Shows the same FID, the same Fourier transform, but this time the spectrum has a flat baseline. The only signal is a hand coming off the baseline holding up its middle finger.  It's mocking us....always mocking us.
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Geoff Hutchison @geoffhutchison.net · 28/04/2026
Another 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...
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Direct electrochemical appraisal of black coffee quality using cyclic voltammetry - Nature Communications
Coffee 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...
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Last 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
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I'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...
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Release FourierTiler v1.0 · stecanossa/FourierTiler
First release of the program.
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Noel Research Group @noelgroupuva.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Self-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
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Dear 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 🌟
A beautiful view of the new Institute for Multiscale Matter and System at sunset, with the description of the job posting:

"Fully funded PhD positions available at Ewha Womans University-Institute for Multiscale Matter and Systems, jointly supervised by Prof. Hoi Ri Moon and Prof. Stefano Canossa. Selected candidates will work at the new IMMS institute supported by the National Research Laboratory 2.0 program. Here, they will join an international team in harnessing structural complexity to uncover uncharted territories in the chemistry of porous materials, focussing on one or a combination of the following topics:
1- Design and applications of defect-engineered metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
2- Development of automated and autonomous laboratories for reticular materials discovery.
3- Design and applications of MOF glasses and complex heterostructures.
4- New total scattering methods based on X-ray and electron crystallography. 

The ad continues with some important details on the application requirements and process:

"REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS
We welcome applications from female candidates of any origin, having relevant academic education and genuine enthusiasm to join our research vision and lead future innovation in Chemistry and Materials Science.
A strong background in one or more of the following is highly desirable: coordination chemistry, solid-state chemistry, or crystallography. 
Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral, are essential.
N.B. Joining the group as MSc intern and connecting MSc and PhD activities is possible.
  
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
To apply, please send the documents listed below at s.canossa@ewha.ac.kr using as subject “OT_2026-01”. Please note that, for practical reasons, applications stating different subjects will not be considered. Application documents (in pdf format): 
(1) One- or two-page CV covering academic education and areas of focus/expertise.
(2) One-page letter describing research interests and motivation for joining the group.
(3) Recommendation letter from the MSc thesis supervisor (not required for joint MSc-PhD applicants). 
    
We look forward to hearing from you! "
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Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 31/03/2026
How 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...
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Hacking 3D printers as laboratory robots
The 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...
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Bonn, 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
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Our 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 🧪
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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The physics of chocolate! physicstoday.aip.org/quick-study/...
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What makes for smooth, creamy chocolate?
Chocolatiers adjust properties of chocolate’s ingredients to confect a treat that feels as good as it tastes.
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Kenichi Endo @kenichiendo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New 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....
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Geoff Hutchison @geoffhutchison.net · 17/02/2026
Hey #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
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Four 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! 🎉
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Lotsch 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 #EESBatteries
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Effect of particle size on the slurry-based processability and conductivity of t-Li7SiPS8
All-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...
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 07/01/2026
I 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.
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Valentin 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
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Our 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 🤩👏
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We 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 🤝🤝
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 10/12/2025
Well-made comparison of different sizes of life neal.fun/size-of-life/
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Size of Life
From an amoeba to a blue whale
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 20/11/2025
#BraggYourPattern in Oslo
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 09/11/2025
I 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?
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 24/10/2025
Surprising to see this in 2025. At minimum, I expected the data to be available upon reasonable request.
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Jiyeon Kim @jiyeonkim.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I’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...
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(IUCr) Editors and Co-editors of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
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Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Okay, 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...🧵🧪⚛️
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Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Ahead 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)
A photo of the Matterhorn rising above an Alpine landscape. The colours are a little washed out, but do not appear artificially tinted
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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
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Useful practices in single crystal diffraction analysis of reticular structures
Single 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...
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I 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.
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is awesome! #crystallography
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 28/08/2025
Just some pretty crystals #chemsky
Crystals with green luminesence
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Aron ⇋ 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
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Check 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/...
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Structure and Transport Properties in the Pseudobinary Phase System Li4SiS4–Li4SnS4
Thio-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...
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Jakob Blahusch @jabla.eurosky.social · 15/08/2025
A friend of mine recently showed me cluesbysam.com I really like the puzzles
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Look at our first group photo in 2025! We celebrated Bettina's Leibniz award together and enjoyed the beautiful weather of early summer with BBQ ☀️🌲 Here’s to more breakthroughs, sunshine, and sizzling science this year!
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