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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our work has now been featured in UStA news article! 😍 This press release highlights how our imaging breakthrough could contribute to the development of improved deep-tissue scanning technologies. Read the full article ➡️ (news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/imag... ) @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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Imaging breakthrough could aid deep-tissue scans | University of St Andrews news
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
After 2 years in review, very happy to see this paper (doi.org/10.1002/adom... ) finally accepted in Adv. Optical Mater. 🎉Congrats to Chenfei & Changfeng for their contributions to this collab/w the groups of Jacquemin and Han Sen Soo.👏🏻 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last week, Aniket & @suraksharajan.bsky.social enjoyed #photocat26 at @ua.es.🥳 Aniket gave a talk on EDA #mechanophotochemistry, while Suraksha presented a poster on dual #mechanophotocatalysis. A great opportunity & of course a lovely break from the Scottish weather.😍 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It was a great pleasure to host Prof Fran Kerton and Prof Chris Kozak from @memorialu.bsky.social at @standrewschem.bsky.social Inspiring lectures on Green chemistry, polymerisation and depolymerisation processes.
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The 46th Irvine Review Lectures was held at the @standrewschem.bsky.social on the theme of ‘Beyond heat - Emerging energy sources for making fuels and materials’. Exciting lectures by Xin Tu, Ai-Lan Lee and Tomislav Friscic on plasma, photo and mechano chemistry, respectively.
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St Andrews X-Ray Crystallography @standrewsxray.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Another recently accepted paper with the Smith group. The service determined the structure and absolute configuration of a product from the catalytic enantioselective version of the Sommelet-Hauser rearrangement.
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Piotr’s latest synthesis of a glowing sponge,🤪 out for a show. ✨🧽😍 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social #PhD #research #lablife #chemistry
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A new catalytic enantioselective version of the Sommelet-Hauser rearrangement first discovered in the 1930s has been published in @jacs.acspublications.org by Smith group at @standrewschem.bsky.social. See more details at doi.org/10.1021/jacs....
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The Catalytic Enantioselective Sommelet–Hauser Rearrangement
Abstract. The Sommelet–Hauser rearrangement of ammonium ylides incorporates a dearomatizing [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of a (hetero)aromatic substitue
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Check out our latest in @chemrxiv.org (dx.doi.org/10.26434/che...). We disclose the 1st e.g. of dual mechano-Lewis base-photocatalysis via thermo-photo-kinetic analysis, how reaction rates are affected by the choice of LB, LAG, & temperature. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Huge congratulations to all the students graduating from @standrewschem.bsky.social this year, and to everyone receiving well-deserved prizes and awards. Wishing you all every success for the future! 🎓More details here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/chemistry/ne...
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We are delighted to announce that one of our recent MChem graduates, Robert Kennedy, has been awarded a prize from the Salters’ Institute Graduate Award in Chemistry. We wish Robert all the very best for the future!
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Check out @chemguyeli.bsky.social's guest editorial in @ccschemistry.bsky.social highlighting last year's symposium on Funct. Mater b/w #Soochow Uni & @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. 🎊 Lovely to have our work grace the cover.😍 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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Editorial for Functional Materials Special Section | CCS Chemistry
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Just published in collaboration with the University of Bonn - Binding Affinity Determines the Success of Endogenous Cu(II)-NTA Spin Labeling for In-Cell Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Distance Measurements doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Binding Affinity Determines the Success of Endogenous CuII-NTA Spin Labeling for In-Cell Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Distance Measurements
In-cell electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy requires robust spin-labeling strategies compatible with cellular conditions. CuII-NTA coordination to genetically engineered double-histidin...
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Greenfield Group (imineswitch.com) from @standrewschem.bsky.social were recently featured in a Nature Index piece, for their contributions to imine-based photoswitches. Check it out at www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🚨🔦💡
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A fantastic finale to the C2C meeting @st-andrewschem.bsky.social, bringing together #researchers from Japan, Germany & UK to discuss π-conjugated materials. Thanks to all participants & speakers.🥳 Kudos to Kaitlin, Yinxuan & Jiaxuan for helping @chemguyeli.bsky.social organise the event.🙏
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Congratulations to members of @standrewschem.bsky.social recognised in the @rsc.org 2026 Prizes. 🏆 Prof. Eli Zysman-Colman – Tilden Prize 🏆 Dr Danica Pinto – Inspirational Committee Award 🏆 Prof. Stuart Macgregor, Dr Arif Sajjad & Daniel Storm – Dalton Horizon Prize Details: shorturl.at/jRGgs
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St Andrews Chemistry Members Honoured in 2026 RSC Prizes | University of St Andrews
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St Andrews X-Ray Crystallography @standrewsxray.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A recently accepted paper with the Smith group is now online in @jacs.acspublications.org (doi.org/10.1021/jacs...). The service determined the structures and absolute configurations of three of the [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement products. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Blues brothers parody dropping soon🤪 (4 cool dudes- Jake, Aniket, @suraksharajan.bsky.social, Kaitlin)😂 #mechanophotocatalysis #crew @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The group welcomes Nicola from the Luca Dell'Amico group, who is spending the month on an exchange as part of the St Andrews-Padova partnership, working on the #photocatalysis.💐⚗️🧪 @standrewsosc.bsky.social @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Check out our latest pre-print in @chemrxiv.org (10.26434/chemrxiv.15004593/v1) where we demonstrate #mechanophotochemistry, conducting a broad range of EDA complex photochemistry in the solid state in air under mechanochemical agitation. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Work published in @natcomms.nature.com rdcu.be/e9ieD demonstrating how pulse dipolar EPR can resolve different states of a human transporter in native membranes. @ackermannkatrin.bsky.social @belab.bsky.social
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Swapped and non-swapped TRAAK states co-exist in membranes at a ratio influenced by temperature
Nature Communications - TRAAK is expressed in the nervous system and helps regulate neuronal excitability. Here, the authors use EPR to quantify the relative populations of TRAAK’s swapped...
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Cu(II) binding to Human Serum Albumin. 1st structure including the square-planar ATCUN site, as expected. Multiple Cu(II) sites exist, and EPR reveals occupation of several sites at low loading. More details at doi.org/10.1039/D6QI..., @ackermannkatrin.bsky.social @belab.bsky.social
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Pint of Science 2026 is here! The University of St Andrews team brings 3 themes: From Comics to the Cosmos, Earth Matters, and When Polymers Walk into a Pub. Join us 18–20 May at Sandy’s Bar, 19:30–21:30. Book before tickets sell out! #pint26 pintofscience.co.uk/events/st-an...
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
An engaging session at yesterday’s Chemistry Inaugural Lecture Showcase, where @chemguyeli.bsky.social presented a compelling overview of illuminating a research career in #optoelectronic materials.😍👏🏻 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Check out our latest in @chemrxiv.org (doi.org/10.26434/che...), where we highlight the use of BINAP motifs to modulate the photophysics of hashtag#mrtadf emitters. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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St Andrews X-Ray Crystallography @standrewsxray.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Rather belatedly now is this work published in Nature Chemistry early this year. The service determined two structures for this work, including the absolute configurations, one of the compounds existing as a pair of diastereomers.
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Our paper in @cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xc...) on Ir NHC photocatalysts has been identified by the editors as one of the best catalysis papers in the journal (www.cell.com/cell-reports... @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Who said love only glows red? Salil fell for green long-lived, low-temperature phosphorescence.💚 Some love doesn't fade… they keep glowing.😁✨ #FluorescenceFriday @standrewsosc.bsky.social @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🚨Fully Funded #PhD Studentships – Open globally🚨 Join us (@chemguyeli.bsky.social) at the @st-andrewschem.bsky.social, 1-2 studentships available. 📅Deadline: April 16, 2026 🔗Register interest: lnkd.in/d2Ev4_ee 🙏Sharing across networks would be greatly appreciated! #OLED #AI #photocatalysis ⚗️🧪
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Bela Bode @belab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Work just published in @natcomms.nature.com rdcu.be/e9ieD demonstrating how pulse dipolar EPR can resolve different states of a human transporter in native membranes. EPR contributions by @ackermannkatrin.bsky.social @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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Swapped and non-swapped TRAAK states co-exist in membranes at a ratio influenced by temperature
Nature Communications - TRAAK is expressed in the nervous system and helps regulate neuronal excitability. Here, the authors use EPR to quantify the relative populations of TRAAK’s swapped...
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Check out Abhi's beautiful cover for @materchemfront.rsc.org (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Check out our latest contribution on @chemrxiv.org (dx.doi.org/10.26434/che...), a collab/w the group of Kaji, continuing our exploration of #tadf #liquid crystalline materials. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
When tidying up looks better than the measurements.😁😍🥳 Thanks to Egle for capturing it! @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Yesterday, Janine had the honor of presenting her poster on #TADF Odots for multiplexed FLIM at the Little France Postgraduate Symposium during her stay at the Vendrell lab at the Uni of Edi. She enjoyed the great conversations and was awarded the first poster prize. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨The clock’s ticking, just one week left to secure a fully funded #PhD studentships.🚨⚗️🧪 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Recent research published in the @J_A_C_S (doi.org/10.1021/jacs...) by the Ashbrook and Morris groups has used in situ solid-state NMR spectroscopy and in situ X-ray diffraction to study the mechanism of non-traditional zeolite synthesis.
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Research from the Ashbrook and Morris groups (Exploiting in situ NMR spectroscopy to understand non-traditional methods for zeolite synthesis), has been selected for the RSC 2025 most popular analytical chemistry articles collection. More details: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@standrewschem.bsky.social hosted a panel event for the RSC IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast 2026, organised and chaired by final-year student Katie. Prof Sharon Ashbrook, Dr Alex Gibbs & Dr Amy Price shared their journeys and research. A packed, inspiring celebration of women in science.
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We’re proud to be championing diversity in the @standrewschem.bsky.social at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. In 2024, we launched our first Broom-McIntyre Diversity Fellowship, supporting postdoctoral researchers from backgrounds historically under-represented in chemistry. tinyurl.com/3nnxun7a
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Prof Venkataraman Thangaduraidelivered an exciting lecture entitled ‘Electrochemical Technologies: A Pathway to Achieve NetZero Emissions and Promote Sustainability’ at the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social inaugural lectures showcase.
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Professor Stuart Macgregor delivered an inspiring lecture entitled ‘Computational Inorganic Chemistry: Methods, Models, Collaborations and Catalysis’ at the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social inaugural lecture showcase.
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Professor Eli Zysman-Colman @chemguyeli.bsky.social delivered an inspiring lecture entitled ‘Illuminating a Research Career in Optoelectronic Materials’ as a part of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social inaugural lecture showcase.
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Professor Finlay Morrison delivered an exciting lecture entitled ‘Polar Exploration of Chemical Space’ as a part of the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social inaugural lecture showcase.
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Congrats 🎊 to Julius and Tomas for their paper accepted in @jmaterchem.rsc.org (doi.org/10.1039/D5TC...), demonstrating the use of boron-based #mrtadf #lc emitters. This paper continues a productive collab/w the group of Sabine Laschat.⚗️🧪 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Our first preprint of 2026 is out in @chemrxiv.org (doi.org/10.26434/che...), and it highlights the rational design of a potent, strongly photoreducing, and high triplet energy Ir #photocatalyst that can be excited in the visible. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Our paper dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie... in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social was highlighted by Hepatochem (hepatochem.com/2025-photoch...) as one of their favourites of 2025.😍🧪⚗️ @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A new pathway for an old reaction! Check out a new approach to conduct catalytic enantioselective [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement. A groundbreaking discovery led by Prof. Andrew Smith just published in @natchem.nature.com. See more details at: nature.com/articles/s41...
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The catalytic enantioselective [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement cascade of allylic ethers - Nature Chemistry
The [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement of allylic ethers is traditionally considered to proceed via formation and recombination of radical pairs. Now it has been shown that an alternative reaction cascade, in...
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St Andrews X-Ray Crystallography @standrewsxray.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Another paper accepted late last year is this work with the Kumar group, published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1002/anie...). The service determined the structure of an intermediate complex in their proposed catalytic cycle for upcycling PET waste. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The School of Chemistry is looking to recruit motivated students onto our MSc by Research degree.
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Huge congratulations to all the prize winners at this year’s PG symposium @standrewschem.bsky.social. Thanks to our sponsors @asynt.bsky.social, @thermofishersci.bsky.social, Radleys, Restek, Alvatek, Vapourtec, Huber & Lauda for the support and to the organisers Craig Johnston & Julia Payne.
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