Alex Blokhuis
@alexblokhuis.bsky.social
Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow, systems #chemistry, complexity, nonequilibrium thermodynamics at Hermanslab, IMDEA Nanociencia. #chemsky Chemistry content creator 🔬: https://linktr.ee/alexblokhuis
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Alex Blokhuis
@alexblokhuis.bsky.social
· Dec 26
Case studies of dimensionality in chemical data
The ambition to relate intrinsic features of chemical data to the underlying chemical reaction networks (CRNs) is not new, but has experienced only modest success. This may partly be attributed to a ...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Our companion paper was published for Christmas! ⛄🎄🧪, pdf: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
We illustrate new tools we developed exploiting dimensional information in reaction monitoring data, opening up new ways of doing kinetic and mechanistic studies. #chemsky #chemistry
We illustrate new tools we developed exploiting dimensional information in reaction monitoring data, opening up new ways of doing kinetic and mechanistic studies. #chemsky #chemistry
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Thank you very much @gomobel.bsky.social for highliting our work on @chemistryworld.com. Chiral acyl phosphates meet self-assembly..! Thanks also @claudiabonfio.bsky.social and @jeannecrassousiscr.bsky.social for the very nice comments about our work!!
Really cool stuff by @pappasgroup.bsky.social in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social – chiral chemical fuels drive molecules to self-assemble into different structures, depending on handedness 🧬 My latest for @chemistryworld.com 👉🏼 www.chemistryworld.com/news/chiral-... #ChemSky #RealTimeChem #Chemistry
Chiral chemical fuels trigger two very different supramolecular self-assemblies
Handedness of self-assembling peptides might explain the origins of homochirality in biological systems
www.chemistryworld.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Thank you very much @gomobel.bsky.social for highliting our work on @chemistryworld.com. Chiral acyl phosphates meet self-assembly..! Thanks also @claudiabonfio.bsky.social and @jeannecrassousiscr.bsky.social for the very nice comments about our work!!
Reposted by Alex Blokhuis
October 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by Alex Blokhuis
Have you ever wanted to use computer vision to speed up your materials research, but weren’t sure where to start?
High-throughput synthesis can generate huge libraries of new materials. However, characterization often lags behind, becoming the real bottleneck in discovery.
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High-throughput synthesis can generate huge libraries of new materials. However, characterization often lags behind, becoming the real bottleneck in discovery.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Have you ever wanted to use computer vision to speed up your materials research, but weren’t sure where to start?
High-throughput synthesis can generate huge libraries of new materials. However, characterization often lags behind, becoming the real bottleneck in discovery.
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High-throughput synthesis can generate huge libraries of new materials. However, characterization often lags behind, becoming the real bottleneck in discovery.
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Our new preprint 📑 about oscillating chemical reactions ⚗ just came out! arxiv.org/abs/2508.15273
We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3
We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3
Stoichiometric recipes for periodic oscillations in reaction networks
Oscillatory chemical reactions are functional components in a variety of biological contexts. In chemistry, the construction and identification of even rudimentary oscillators remain elusive and lack ...
arxiv.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Our new preprint 📑 about oscillating chemical reactions ⚗ just came out! arxiv.org/abs/2508.15273
We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3
We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3
Reposted by Alex Blokhuis
I just found that geckos🦎 don't rely (if not for an estimated 0.1%) on #VanderWaals interactions for their grip, but on 'contact electrification'... and that leaves me disappointed and thrilled at the same time 😶 #ChemSky
Role of contact electrification and electrostatic interactions in gecko adhesion | Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Geckos, which are capable of walking on walls and hanging from ceilings with the help
of micro-/nano-scale hierarchical fibrils (setae) on their toe pads, have become the
main prototype in the design ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I just found that geckos🦎 don't rely (if not for an estimated 0.1%) on #VanderWaals interactions for their grip, but on 'contact electrification'... and that leaves me disappointed and thrilled at the same time 😶 #ChemSky
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Reposted by Alex Blokhuis
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March 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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We can determine the composition and concentration of solutions from photos of dried drops! Our latest paper in
@digital-discovery.rsc.org describes how RODI 🤖 collects a 23,500-image library and ML/AI performs analyses
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
@digital-discovery.rsc.org describes how RODI 🤖 collects a 23,500-image library and ML/AI performs analyses
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
March 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We can determine the composition and concentration of solutions from photos of dried drops! Our latest paper in
@digital-discovery.rsc.org describes how RODI 🤖 collects a 23,500-image library and ML/AI performs analyses
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
@digital-discovery.rsc.org describes how RODI 🤖 collects a 23,500-image library and ML/AI performs analyses
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
This is some fun chemistry 🧪⚗️
#chemsky
#chemsky
Could spray-drying be used for organic synthesis? Find out in our latest research paper on the synthesis of organic molecules through spray drying! Kudos to Gerard and the team! #MyFirstChemSci is all I need 🕺🏼
👉🏻 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
👉🏻 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Synthesis of organic molecules via spray-drying
Confining chemical reactions within microdroplets has attracted significant attention from chemists due to the accelerated reaction rates resulting from the drastically smaller reaction volumes than i...
pubs.rsc.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is some fun chemistry 🧪⚗️
#chemsky
#chemsky
March 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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February 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Cool 🔥
Mutual Multilinearity of Nonequilibrium Network Currents
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.04298
Sara Dal Cengio, Pedro E. Harunari, Vivien Lecomte, Matteo Polettini
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.04298
Sara Dal Cengio, Pedro E. Harunari, Vivien Lecomte, Matteo Polettini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04298
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Cool 🔥
Speculations about hypothetical new elements in spectra from the sun. 🧪⚗️
📕 Introduction à la chimie générale (1919) by H.Copaux
Today, "coronium" is interpreted as Fe13+, i.e. iron ionized thirteen times.
#chemsky #chemistry
📕 Introduction à la chimie générale (1919) by H.Copaux
Today, "coronium" is interpreted as Fe13+, i.e. iron ionized thirteen times.
#chemsky #chemistry
February 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Speculations about hypothetical new elements in spectra from the sun. 🧪⚗️
📕 Introduction à la chimie générale (1919) by H.Copaux
Today, "coronium" is interpreted as Fe13+, i.e. iron ionized thirteen times.
#chemsky #chemistry
📕 Introduction à la chimie générale (1919) by H.Copaux
Today, "coronium" is interpreted as Fe13+, i.e. iron ionized thirteen times.
#chemsky #chemistry
February 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
CuSO4, CoCl2, NaOH 🧫🧪⚗️
#chemsky #RealTimeChem #STEM #chemistry #gel #science #reaction-diffusion #systemschemistry
#chemsky #RealTimeChem #STEM #chemistry #gel #science #reaction-diffusion #systemschemistry
January 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
CuSO4, CoCl2, NaOH 🧫🧪⚗️
#chemsky #RealTimeChem #STEM #chemistry #gel #science #reaction-diffusion #systemschemistry
#chemsky #RealTimeChem #STEM #chemistry #gel #science #reaction-diffusion #systemschemistry
Reposted by Alex Blokhuis
We wrote a review on the "Physics of droplet regulation in biological cells": arxiv.org/abs/2501.13639 Beside the basic #physics of phase separation, we discuss three aspects that separate cellular from traditional droplets:
January 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We wrote a review on the "Physics of droplet regulation in biological cells": arxiv.org/abs/2501.13639 Beside the basic #physics of phase separation, we discuss three aspects that separate cellular from traditional droplets:
January 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
CoCl2, Na3PO4 🧫🧪⚗️
#Chemsky #RealTimeChem #STEM #Chemistry #Science #Reaction-Diffusion #Systemschemistry
#Chemsky #RealTimeChem #STEM #Chemistry #Science #Reaction-Diffusion #Systemschemistry
January 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
CoCl2, Na3PO4 🧫🧪⚗️
#Chemsky #RealTimeChem #STEM #Chemistry #Science #Reaction-Diffusion #Systemschemistry
#Chemsky #RealTimeChem #STEM #Chemistry #Science #Reaction-Diffusion #Systemschemistry
Reposted by Alex Blokhuis
Peng-Lai, @stefanborsley.bsky.social, Martin & our collaborators Alessandro and @giusepponelab.bsky.social demonstrate how a catalyst transduces chemical energy to perform mechanical work in www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @nature.com. tinyurl.com/jny7nen5. Animation @scicommstudios.bsky.social😀
January 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Peng-Lai, @stefanborsley.bsky.social, Martin & our collaborators Alessandro and @giusepponelab.bsky.social demonstrate how a catalyst transduces chemical energy to perform mechanical work in www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @nature.com. tinyurl.com/jny7nen5. Animation @scicommstudios.bsky.social😀