Sign in

Javi Castells-Gil

@jcastells-gil.bsky.social
79 followers 112 following 4 posts

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at University of Birmingham🧑‍🔬 working on disordered materials. Former PhD student at Funimat (ICMol - UV). Enjoying crystallography, total scattering & beamtimes. ⚡ ☕🏊🧗

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Diamond Light Source @diamondlightsource.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Diamond's I15-1 beamline is hosting a science user meeting on the 22-23 July 2026. The meeting will showcase the exciting total scattering and pair distribution function research within user community, as well as instrumental developments happening at Diamond. Apply here 👉 bit.ly/4dwxrWR
113
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Simon Krause @simonkrause.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Before the end of the year we we're honored by a visit of @cabrelles497.bsky.social. Of course we enjoyed the last day of Ulm Christmas market. Thanks for making the years end a fun and scientificaly interesting experience!
051
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Shuhei Furukawa @furukawas.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Arraying MOPs into one-dimensional structures via van der Waals interactions creates new porous aerogels. Three years of Ayana's work is now posted on @chemrxiv.org!! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
0193
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Come and join us at Birmingham making cages for catalysis. We have a fully funded PhD studentship (UK home fees only) to start in 2026. Very happy to discuss this project, which can be tailored to suit a candidate's interests. Please get in touch if you are interested #chemsky
066
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 20/10/2025
Earlier this year, a paper came out that suggested for many organic reactions stirring has little effect on reactions rates. Now, a group has released a preprint arguing that stirring remains critical for reproducibility, selectivity and scalability.
chemistryworld.com
All stirred up: chemical engineers refute claims that ‘stirring doesn’t matter’
Failing to mix reactions in heterogeneous or industrial systems could cause numerous issues and might even be dangerous, preprint claims
14110
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
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
pubs.rsc.org
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...
45426
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
scanlond81.bsky.social @scanlond81.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
PLEASE REPOST: We have a 4-year, fully funded PhD studentship focussed on using computational chemistry to find new and improved oxides for X-ray detection, to start in October 2025. findaphd.com/phds/project.... This is open only to UK nationals.
findaphd.com
Computational discovery of novel oxide-based X-ray detectors at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Computational discovery of novel oxide-based X-ray detectors at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
089
Javi Castells-Gil @jcastells-gil.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A really nice @uobchemistry.bsky.social @imperialchemeng.bsky.social collaboration with Jesus Barrio looking at the impact of heterocyclic amines in the synthesis and structure of ZIFs 🥳 Out now on @jmaterchem.rsc.org!👇 More to come soon! @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
pubs.rsc.org
Impact of N-heterocyclic amine modulators on the structure and thermal conversion of a zeolitic imidazole framework
The zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) is a crystalline porous material that has been widely employed as template to fabricate porous nitrogen-doped carbons with high microporosity via thermal tre...
010
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Grey Group @greygroupcam.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Please share: We're hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Grey Group. The project will focus on using operando optical microscopy to study solid-state ion dynamics and phase transformations in lithium- and sodium-ion battery materials. Learn more here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52120/
jobs.cam.ac.uk
Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Operando optical microscopy for battery electrodes (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Operando optical microscopy for battery electrodes (Fixed Term) in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.
066
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
RSC Porous Materials Interest Group @rsc-pormat.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Thanks to all who attended UKPORMAT25, and the @unibirmingham.bsky.social for hosting it. It was great to see so many interesting talks, poster presentations and fruitful scientific discussions. See you all next year at Bristol!
0169
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
RSC Porous Materials Interest Group @rsc-pormat.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Congratulations to all of our poster prize winners at UKPORMAT 2025, and to @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social and @unibirmingham.bsky.social for sponsoring the prizes. Winners, and certificate pictures below
1136
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Heading home after a great time at @rsc-pormat.bsky.social PorMat2025! Must have been practicing my jazz hands for next year’s promised karaoke…Lovely to see old friends and meet new ones, as ever - such a great community.
Photo showing me (small and in the bottom right corner) behind a lectern giving a talk - pointing at something and grinning, but I’ve no idea what it was.
2133
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Dr Andrea Laybourn @andrealaybourn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Last chance to apply for a PhD in our group. Deadline, tomorrow, 30th May. Don't miss out! 👇👇👇 #chemsky
012
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
RSC Porous Materials Interest Group @rsc-pormat.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
***REGISTRATION EXTENDED! Final deadline 23rd May***
01411
Javi Castells-Gil @jcastells-gil.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Last few days to register for #UKPorMat2025. Check the awesome line up of speakers 👇👇
042
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
RSC Porous Materials Interest Group @rsc-pormat.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#UKPorMat2025 is fast approaching & registration is still open at the moment ukpormat.com Not only do we have an outstanding invited speaker list, we're delighted to be able to advertise the rest of our fantastic lineup.
175
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Remember those patterns? Our article is finally out on @naturecomms.bsky.social and you can read what disordered marvels caused them! Thanks to @nchampness.bsky.social @ellamschmidt.bsky.social & all the great scientists I joined in this journey 🎆 #MOF #crystallography #totalscattering #3DdeltaPDF
nature.com
A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder - Nature Communications
The synthesis and structural characterization of a metal-organic framework, UoB-100(Dy), reveals a complex nanodomain structure in which strong correlations between nonanuclear metal clusters are obse...
0309
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Armstrong Group @ara-battery.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Faraday Institution funded postdoc on organic negative electrodes for sodium-ion batteries together with Russell Morris available as part of @nexgenna.bsky.social. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social. Details at www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk
Research Fellow (Sodium-ion Batteries) - AR2281SB
Research Fellow (Sodium-ion Batteries) - AR2281SB, School of Chemistry, Salary: £ 38,249 – £45,413 per annum, Start: As soon as possible, Fixed term until 29 September 2026, <p style="margin-right:...
033
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Tim Easun @timeasun.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This year's Annual UK Porous Materials conference is on June 3/4 at @uobchemistry.bsky.social in Birmingham - registration and abstract submission are open and it's going to be great! More details here: www.ukpormat.com #ChemSky
ukpormat.com
UK Porous Materials Conference (UKPorMat)
The UK Porous Materials Group annual meeting and conference, covering all porous materials from MOFs, COFs, POCs, POPs, PCPs, PIMs & zeolites. UKPorMat.
01915
Reposted by Javi Castells-Gil
Neil Champness @nchampness.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Our colleague Tomislav Friscic in full flow for his inaugural lecture at @uobchemistry.bsky.social. A fantastic evening hearing about his journey as a chemist.
0225