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Andrea Vezzoli

@skeja24.bsky.social
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Chemistry professor, Royal Society URF & amateur musician. Electrocuting molecules since 2011. Sometimes making music with them. pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~skeja

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Andrea Vezzoli @skeja24.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A paper is not complete without the story behind it... Take a look at our journey in the world of 1D carbon that led us to the Nature Chemistry publication! The story: pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~skeja/behin... The paper (OA): www.nature.com/articles/s41... The hashtags: #chemsky and a cheeky #PiSky
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Andrea Vezzoli @skeja24.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
And it's finally online!
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Takashi Nakanishi @pi-liquids.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hokkaido Univ.-NIMS Joint Grad. School accepts applications for the NIMS Jr. program, with admission scheduled for October 2026. Deadline: April 24th. My research interests are the synthesis of π-liquids, π-gels, π-elastomers, and their applications in soft electronics. www.nims.go.jp/hokudai/en/
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Hokkaido University - NIMS Joint Graduate School Program
Hokkaido University - NIMS Joint Graduate School Program is operated by Hokkaido University and National Institute for Materials Science, providing Doctoral courses in Chemistry, Life Science and Phys...
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SMERALDO @smeraldo-alliance.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Preprint: Charge Transport through Linear Carbon Atomic Chains Vezzoli, Low et al. ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Charge Transport through Linear Carbon Atomic Chains
The linear carbon allotrope carbyne has been predicted to display outstanding electrical and mechanical properties, but its preparation and characterisation are hindered by synthetic challenges. Whils...
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SMERALDO @smeraldo-alliance.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Metal Ion Independent Conductance Through Bis-chelated Metal Complex Molecular Wires based on a Bis(diphenylphosphino)aniline Derivative by Vezzoli, Sadeghi et al. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Metal Ion Independent Conductance Through Bis-chelated Metal Complex Molecular Wires based on a Bis(diphenylphosphino)aniline Derivative
It is becoming increasingly evident that transition metal complexes impart desirable qualities in single-molecule electronics, and testing metallic centres in combination with appropriate ligands is s...
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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Gemma Solomon and I are looking for a postdoc to work across the two groups on modelling biological systems with a view to applications for quantum computing More details about the project including how to apply in the link below. Deadline April 9 2025 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Andy Lawrence @biomimetic-chem.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A postdoctoral position, funded by the Leverhulme Trust for up to 36 months, is available to join my group at the University of Edinburgh. The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis. Deadline: 18th April 2025. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
The School of Chemistry invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to work under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Lawrence on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The succ...
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Lawrence T. (Larry) Scott @scott61144.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Now published. Congratulations Jishan. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PiSky
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Solution-phase synthesis of Clar’s goblet and elucidation of its spin properties - Nature Chemistry
In 1972, Erich Clar envisioned Clar’s goblet, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon featuring two unpaired electrons that are spin-paired. However, synthesizing it in a solution phase remains challenging....
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Andrea Vezzoli @skeja24.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is pretty cool!
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ChemRxiv Bot @chemrxivbot.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Stable Ferrocenium Molecular Wires Authors: Linlin Hou, Varshini Kumar, Munirah Alsaqer, Adam Larbi, Abdalghani Daaoub, Amit Sil, Stephen Moggach, Sara Sangtarash, Richard Nichols, Hatef Sadeghi, Paul Low, Andrea Vezzoli DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-24d4d
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University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Some early morning sunshine before campus comes to life.. ☀️ Have a great Tuesday everyone! 💙
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Joe Forth @joeforth.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
One week left to apply to join me, Will Sharratt, and Katarzyna Gurzarska-Comis as a postdoc at @livuninews.bsky.social and @livunisps.bsky.social! The successful applicant will be using Machine Learning to design granular microgels for accelerated bone healing. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLY766/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in AI-accelerated Microgel Design - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
An academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in AI-accelerated Microgel Design - Grade 7 is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic ...
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Breher Research Group @brehergroup.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Let’s start here with our last post from the other timeline: Many thanks to the Podlech group for letting us be part of this nice study: A Stable Carbon‐Centered Radical Showing Six Amphoteric Redox States. Now out in Chem Eur J. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A Stable Carbon‐Centered Radical Showing Six Amphoteric Redox States
A fully conjugated system built by alternate fusion of four benzene and three cyclopentadiene rings is a further rare example of an air- and moisture-stable carbon-centered hydrocarbon radical. It wa...
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John Ward @jwward.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
🚀 #PhD studentship available to work with me and Gabriella Pizzuto on the #digital transformation of chemical analysis for #sustainable materials development @livunisps.bsky.social in collaboration with @unileveruki.bsky.social, starting October 2025 🧪🤖 Deadline 30th April tinyurl.com/yf38kshs
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Digital Transformation of Chemical Analysis for Sustainable Materials Development at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Digital Transformation of Chemical Analysis for Sustainable Materials Development at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
🚨PhD available - UK home fees ONLY🚨 we will shortly be advertising for a fully-funded PhD studentship (fees + stipend) to work in our group on molecular capsules. For informal enquiries send me an email including your CV. Retweets appreciated! Full details to come soon.
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Andrea Vezzoli @skeja24.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I've written a "behind the paper" column to celebrate the story and the people behind our paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10...., and discuss some little details we couldn't fit in the paper itself. It's here pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~skeja/behin...
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University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Huge congratulations to Professor Brianna Heazlewood from our Department of Physics, who has been named a finalist in the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK—a first for the University of Liverpool! 👏 Read the full story ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/02/19/l...
Photograph of Professor Brianna Heazlewood.
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Andrea Vezzoli @skeja24.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Our last contribution: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... This is the result of a 3-years long "deep dive" into the statistics of time series, to try to understand the irreproducibility of flicker noise data in our field. We think we found out at least the two main reasons: 1/2
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Digging through the (Statistical) Dirt: A Reproducible Method for Single-Molecule Flicker Noise Analysis
Flicker noise analysis has found widespread use in the molecular electronics community over the past 9 years. The noise power of the junctions and the value of its scaling exponent n provide informati...
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Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
From the same issue of Angewandte, the latest from the Liverpool molecular electronics team. @smeraldo-alliance.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Single‐Molecule Mechanoresistivity by Intermetallic Bonding
A novel method to impart mechanoresistive behaviour to molecular junctions is described in this contribution, relying on metal-ion interactions between Au electrodes and the Pt(II) centre of cyclomet...
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Esther Johnston @estherjohnston.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week reports the first planar π-extended arsinines! Check out "Dithienoarsinines: stable and planar π-extended arsabenzenes" by Hiroaki Imoto et al.. Read here for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/10.1039/... #ChemSky 🧪
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Andrea Vezzoli @skeja24.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam
Cover art for the album "Symbolic" by Death
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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 10/12/2024
31 years ago, on December 10, 1993, the Doom game was released. I still remember how the graphics, sound, and gameplay blew me away. It was an incredible experience for me. 🥰 #gaming #doom
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Linda A. Zotti @lindazotti.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The doctoral fellowship program from Fundación La Caixa is open for applications. If you are interested in doing a PhD at IFIMAC, don’t hesitate to reach out. Check out the eligibility criteria carefully: fundacionlacaixa.org/documents/d/... . Application deadline: January 23rd. Please re-post.
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Nick Greeves @nickgreeves.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
One of the Liverpool Chemistry buildings is 73 years old today. Happy birthday 🎉🎉 28 November 1951 #chemsky
THIS STONE WAS LAID BY THE MOST HONOURABLE
THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY
K.GP C.
CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY ON THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER
1951
ARCHITECT - ROBERTSON R YOUNG
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Andrea Vezzoli @skeja24.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
A question to understand if I'm doing my part for the #chemistry / #chemsky communities: how many manuscripts do you review per month? (apologies if this has been already asked / the discussion is ongoing, pls point me towards the relevant post if so).
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Andrea Vezzoli @skeja24.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Let's see if this place can bring some joy back into social media... I wasn't really using the old place anymore, so this migration at least gave me the last push I needed to close the account for good. Farewell blue bird turned angry letter.
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