Dr Amy Hall
@amyvhall.bsky.social
Assistant Professor and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Chemistry at Durham University. Interested in all things crystalline.
A personal update on something else I’ve been working on… seven weeks earlier than expected!
February 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
A personal update on something else I’ve been working on… seven weeks earlier than expected!
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
Researchers studied the crystallisation of terephthalic dihydrazide (TeDi) and discovered that it unexpectedly forms two distinct crystal structures simultaneously when cooled in solution.
👀Read in full: ccdc-info.com/4qtsTE4
#Crystallography #ChemSky
👀Read in full: ccdc-info.com/4qtsTE4
#Crystallography #ChemSky
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Researchers studied the crystallisation of terephthalic dihydrazide (TeDi) and discovered that it unexpectedly forms two distinct crystal structures simultaneously when cooled in solution.
👀Read in full: ccdc-info.com/4qtsTE4
#Crystallography #ChemSky
👀Read in full: ccdc-info.com/4qtsTE4
#Crystallography #ChemSky
This is a special one for me. Getting any paper published in a peer-reviewed journal is amazing (especially as a corresponding author) but to be published in JACS is something else!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
When Reality Defies Prediction: Polymorphism, Twinning, and Accordion Crystals
The ability to understand crystallization and predict the resulting solid form of a system is not always easily achieved, but it is critical, particularly in the field of materials science. Intriguing...
pubs.acs.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This is a special one for me. Getting any paper published in a peer-reviewed journal is amazing (especially as a corresponding author) but to be published in JACS is something else!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
So pleased our review honouring Angelo Gavezzotti has been published! This work was driven by Aurora Cruz-Cabeza and her students, so I’m delighted to be a part of it.
Happy New Year!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Happy New Year!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
From X-ray diffraction to molecular simulations: celebrating Professor Angelo Gavezzotti’s contributions to crystal science - Structural Chemistry
Structural Chemistry - Professor Angelo Gavezzotti’s scientific works have shaped the field of structural chemistry and inspired crystallographers and molecular modellers alike. To honour his...
link.springer.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
So pleased our review honouring Angelo Gavezzotti has been published! This work was driven by Aurora Cruz-Cabeza and her students, so I’m delighted to be a part of it.
Happy New Year!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Happy New Year!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
I wouldn't normally do science on Christmas Eve but the first independent paper of @amyvhall.bsky.social came out. We were honoured to be involved, providing our gelator. She converted into a hydrazone creating an amazing super-porous crystalline material, full of water.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I wouldn't normally do science on Christmas Eve but the first independent paper of @amyvhall.bsky.social came out. We were honoured to be involved, providing our gelator. She converted into a hydrazone creating an amazing super-porous crystalline material, full of water.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Yesterday, I received an early Christmas present… my first solo corresponding author paper was published!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We report the structures of bis(acylhydrazone) derivatives and how their behaviour changes with linker length and type – as well as three new polymorphs.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We report the structures of bis(acylhydrazone) derivatives and how their behaviour changes with linker length and type – as well as three new polymorphs.
Supramolecular Diversity in Bis(acylhydrazone) Crystals: Linker Effects, Polymorphism, and Gelator Assemblies
A series of previously unknown bis(acylhydrazone)s with aliphatic (zero to four CH2 units) and aromatic (phenylene substituted) linkers was synthesized and structurally characterized. Aliphatic deriva...
pubs.acs.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Yesterday, I received an early Christmas present… my first solo corresponding author paper was published!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We report the structures of bis(acylhydrazone) derivatives and how their behaviour changes with linker length and type – as well as three new polymorphs.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We report the structures of bis(acylhydrazone) derivatives and how their behaviour changes with linker length and type – as well as three new polymorphs.
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
We have pioneered 3D-printing supramolecular gels by wet-spinning, using the patterns to grow cells for regenerative medicine (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...) or as soft conductors for nanoelectronics (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....).
Here is a cool video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgP...
Here is a cool video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgP...
3D printing of gels @ York festival of ideas
YouTube video by TAJMON TONY V
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We have pioneered 3D-printing supramolecular gels by wet-spinning, using the patterns to grow cells for regenerative medicine (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...) or as soft conductors for nanoelectronics (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....).
Here is a cool video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgP...
Here is a cool video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgP...
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
Researchers from every corner of crystallography and related disciplines are encouraged to submit their work for consideration in the program of plenaries, keynotes, microsymposia, and posters.
Submit your abstract for IUCr2026 today:
Submit your abstract for IUCr2026 today:
Call for Papers - Twenty-Seventh Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography
Fourwaves - Twenty-Seventh Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography
event.fourwaves.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Researchers from every corner of crystallography and related disciplines are encouraged to submit their work for consideration in the program of plenaries, keynotes, microsymposia, and posters.
Submit your abstract for IUCr2026 today:
Submit your abstract for IUCr2026 today:
I submitted my first experimental (and solo corresponding author) paper today! It has certainly been a labour of love and I have learnt *so* much from when I first started writing: how to supervise, how to collaborate, how to manage lots of different moving parts... Keep your fingers crossed for me!
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I submitted my first experimental (and solo corresponding author) paper today! It has certainly been a labour of love and I have learnt *so* much from when I first started writing: how to supervise, how to collaborate, how to manage lots of different moving parts... Keep your fingers crossed for me!
I got some @diamondlightsource.bsky.social data back today which has made my year!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
April 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I got some @diamondlightsource.bsky.social data back today which has made my year!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
The system unlocks a set of strategies to selectively prepare materials that can exist in more than one crystalline form, known as polymorphs. #ChemSky
Graphene-enhanced supramolecular gels direct how drug molecules crystallise
System could be useful in preformulation stage of drug development
www.chemistryworld.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The system unlocks a set of strategies to selectively prepare materials that can exist in more than one crystalline form, known as polymorphs. #ChemSky
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social (Durham) kicks off the #BCA25 polymorphism, hydrates and co-crystals session with "Are hydrogen bonds really queen in molecular cocrystals?"
April 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social (Durham) kicks off the #BCA25 polymorphism, hydrates and co-crystals session with "Are hydrogen bonds really queen in molecular cocrystals?"
Obligatory train station coffee picture, this time with @tobyjb.bsky.social. Ready for the BCA 😎💎
April 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Obligatory train station coffee picture, this time with @tobyjb.bsky.social. Ready for the BCA 😎💎
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
Your yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work.
April 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Your yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work.
I’m giving my first ever keynote talk next week at the British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting… I’m excited/scared/feeling all the feelings!
April 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I’m giving my first ever keynote talk next week at the British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting… I’m excited/scared/feeling all the feelings!
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
Supramolecular Gels as Unique Tools for Reaction Engineering.
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social
Gels can be used to achieve unique reaction outcomes, and open up wholly new ways of doing synthetic chemistry
Very happy to see this review article published:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social
Gels can be used to achieve unique reaction outcomes, and open up wholly new ways of doing synthetic chemistry
Very happy to see this review article published:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
March 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Supramolecular Gels as Unique Tools for Reaction Engineering.
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social
Gels can be used to achieve unique reaction outcomes, and open up wholly new ways of doing synthetic chemistry
Very happy to see this review article published:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social
Gels can be used to achieve unique reaction outcomes, and open up wholly new ways of doing synthetic chemistry
Very happy to see this review article published:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Yay, I finally made 100 citations! However, it’s 21:30 and I’m almost 30 so I’m going to celebrate by going to bed early 😅
March 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Yay, I finally made 100 citations! However, it’s 21:30 and I’m almost 30 so I’m going to celebrate by going to bed early 😅
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
me staring at my data
March 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
me staring at my data
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
You also geek out on disordered & defective materials? I and @hannabostroem.bsky.social are organizing a dedicated session at the coming 35th European #crystallography meeting: we'd love to see and showcase your research ✨
Submissions are open at ecm35.org until 30th April, consider joining us!
Submissions are open at ecm35.org until 30th April, consider joining us!
35th European Crystallographic Meeting
35th European Crystallographic Meeting
www.ecm35.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
You also geek out on disordered & defective materials? I and @hannabostroem.bsky.social are organizing a dedicated session at the coming 35th European #crystallography meeting: we'd love to see and showcase your research ✨
Submissions are open at ecm35.org until 30th April, consider joining us!
Submissions are open at ecm35.org until 30th April, consider joining us!
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
Nominations are open for this years CCG- @ccdc.cam.ac.uk Chemical Crystallography Prize for Younger Scientists, more details here: ccg.crystallography.org.uk/young-crysta...
Please spread the word! 💎🔬🏆
Please spread the word! 💎🔬🏆
The CCDC Chemical Crystallography Prize for Young Scientists – The Chemical Crystallography Group
ccg.crystallography.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Nominations are open for this years CCG- @ccdc.cam.ac.uk Chemical Crystallography Prize for Younger Scientists, more details here: ccg.crystallography.org.uk/young-crysta...
Please spread the word! 💎🔬🏆
Please spread the word! 💎🔬🏆
Two spaniel molecules per sofa unit cell (with some disorder).
March 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Two spaniel molecules per sofa unit cell (with some disorder).
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
📣Heading to the @acs.org Spring meeting?
Join us in remembering Arnie Rheingold, an incredible scientist, crystallographer, mentor and a predominant figure who greatly influenced the contents of the #CSD.
📆 25th March
🔗 ccdc-info.com/430AwKe
#ACSSpring2025 #ChemSky
Join us in remembering Arnie Rheingold, an incredible scientist, crystallographer, mentor and a predominant figure who greatly influenced the contents of the #CSD.
📆 25th March
🔗 ccdc-info.com/430AwKe
#ACSSpring2025 #ChemSky
March 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📣Heading to the @acs.org Spring meeting?
Join us in remembering Arnie Rheingold, an incredible scientist, crystallographer, mentor and a predominant figure who greatly influenced the contents of the #CSD.
📆 25th March
🔗 ccdc-info.com/430AwKe
#ACSSpring2025 #ChemSky
Join us in remembering Arnie Rheingold, an incredible scientist, crystallographer, mentor and a predominant figure who greatly influenced the contents of the #CSD.
📆 25th March
🔗 ccdc-info.com/430AwKe
#ACSSpring2025 #ChemSky
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
Happy National Protein Day! Even though I've been a protein crystallographer for ~5 years now, it never ceases to blow my mind that these intricate little molecular machines can form beautiful crystals that are useful for #structure determination!
February 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy National Protein Day! Even though I've been a protein crystallographer for ~5 years now, it never ceases to blow my mind that these intricate little molecular machines can form beautiful crystals that are useful for #structure determination!
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
Even more crystal growing success in the facility today! We've gone from tiny hexagonal disks to large hexagonal rods thanks to repeated seeding.
February 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Even more crystal growing success in the facility today! We've gone from tiny hexagonal disks to large hexagonal rods thanks to repeated seeding.
Reposted by Dr Amy Hall
A giant of modern crystallography has passed. George Sheldrick was the author of the SHELX series of programs (among others) for structure solution and refinement of both small-molecule and macromolecular crystal structures.
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/shel...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/shel...
Sheldrick’s SHELX
From code on a Titan to becoming the titan of crystal structure determination
www.chemistryworld.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A giant of modern crystallography has passed. George Sheldrick was the author of the SHELX series of programs (among others) for structure solution and refinement of both small-molecule and macromolecular crystal structures.
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/shel...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/shel...