Chris Hawes
@cshchem.bsky.social
Inorganic chemistry lecturer, crystallography, spectroscopy and MOFs with occasional 3d printing. He/him, Kiwi in UK. https://hawesgroup.wordpress.com/
Really happy to see this one out in the world, top efforts by Scarlett and Corey on their final year projects (a couple of years apart mind you) with technical input from the brilliant Sian as always
🔓Be sure to read the recent #OpenAccess article by Chris Hawes and colleagues at Keele University reporting the structural chemistry and environment-dependent fluorescence of a tetratopic pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole ligand 👏⬇️
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![A new tetratopic carboxylic acid ligand containing a fluorescent pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole is reported, and its structural chemistry in two solvated forms and a strontium(II) MOF are examined alongside its photophysical behaviour.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ia42xxcm7nxdgtcyo4kn2mdp/bafkreidigkqnuuz5swpu6mb3f75a62bqoxv5n5og3s6c2vwtj6x7shgws4@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Really happy to see this one out in the world, top efforts by Scarlett and Corey on their final year projects (a couple of years apart mind you) with technical input from the brilliant Sian as always
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Structural chemistry and environment-dependent fluorescence of a tetratopic pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole ligand http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2025/CE/D5CE00926J
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Structural chemistry and environment-dependent fluorescence of a tetratopic pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole ligand http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2025/CE/D5CE00926J
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We have a 3-year postdoc position available, starting in October, to work on molecular capsules for catalysis. Click on the link below to apply! 👇 Happy to have informal chats about the post - send me an email. Application deadline 6 July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #chemsky
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June 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We have a 3-year postdoc position available, starting in October, to work on molecular capsules for catalysis. Click on the link below to apply! 👇 Happy to have informal chats about the post - send me an email. Application deadline 6 July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #chemsky
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I am amused by the framing of this article because you may as well accuse me of refusing to use a flame thrower in my work. I'm not refusing, it is of no use to me because I am a non-fictition writer. That's all.
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I am amused by the framing of this article because you may as well accuse me of refusing to use a flame thrower in my work. I'm not refusing, it is of no use to me because I am a non-fictition writer. That's all.
Huh, next month it'll be 10 years since moving to this hemisphere, time sure does fly!
March 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Huh, next month it'll be 10 years since moving to this hemisphere, time sure does fly!
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Congratulations to Dr Ruby Morel on passing her PhD viva today 🎉 Noone is more deserving and watch this space for her papers on porous liquid crystals 🙌 Thanks to @annagslater.bsky.social and @g-craig.bsky.social for examining!
March 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Congratulations to Dr Ruby Morel on passing her PhD viva today 🎉 Noone is more deserving and watch this space for her papers on porous liquid crystals 🙌 Thanks to @annagslater.bsky.social and @g-craig.bsky.social for examining!
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George Sheldrick will be missed🕯️🕯️🕯️#SHELX #crystallography #education
February 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
George Sheldrick will be missed🕯️🕯️🕯️#SHELX #crystallography #education
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This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
AI is for people who don't want to or can't think. Period.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
Today I opened up Word and now on every freaking line there is an icon for Microsoft's Copilot AI tool, always asking me to use it to write. WTF. After googling, it appears IMPOSSIBLE to remove. I cannot use Word with an AI tool. I'm a professional fucking writer. I don't want it inserting shit.
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
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Nothing so irritating in academia as the low key flex re group size. Look at my empire….🙄
January 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Nothing so irritating in academia as the low key flex re group size. Look at my empire….🙄
My latest 3d print and paint project was the crystal structure of a classic lanthanide dota complex (dotarem/gadoteric acid), it's a nice case study for teaching about stability constants and their relevance which I use in year 2 inorganic but mainly I just think it's a cool looking molecule
![3d printed and painted crystal structure of the [Gd(dota)(H2O)] anion in classic atom colouring except for a satin gold colour for the metal ion, with a matt finish](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xg37pw75ckacvc6p3znkckjx/bafkreibhn4mjozdtonrgxuqsrjt7pwgocce4et2p7me4fuzffldhi3ezle@jpeg)
January 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My latest 3d print and paint project was the crystal structure of a classic lanthanide dota complex (dotarem/gadoteric acid), it's a nice case study for teaching about stability constants and their relevance which I use in year 2 inorganic but mainly I just think it's a cool looking molecule
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Massive congratulations to my Unimelb #InorganicChemistry colleagues Richard Robson & Paul Donnelly
#OzChem #ChemSky
#MOFs #BioinorganicChemistry
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#OzChem #ChemSky
#MOFs #BioinorganicChemistry
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New Chemistry Chair honours legacy of Professor Richard Robson
New Chemistry Chair honours legacy of Professor Richard Robson
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December 6, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Massive congratulations to my Unimelb #InorganicChemistry colleagues Richard Robson & Paul Donnelly
#OzChem #ChemSky
#MOFs #BioinorganicChemistry
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#OzChem #ChemSky
#MOFs #BioinorganicChemistry
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I see your immediate vacancy and call with one of my own!
Immediately available PhD studentship (Home fees & stipend) on a MOF/polymers/neutrons/computational project with ISIS, Cardiff and the Ada Lovelace Centre. Original student unable to start so post re-advertised.
#ChemSky spread the word!
Immediately available PhD studentship (Home fees & stipend) on a MOF/polymers/neutrons/computational project with ISIS, Cardiff and the Ada Lovelace Centre. Original student unable to start so post re-advertised.
#ChemSky spread the word!
Soft & Crystalline Composite Materials: Developing Total Scattering Workflows for the Interrogation of Structure. at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Soft & Crystalline Composite Materials: Developing Total Scattering Workflows for the Interrogation of Structure. at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 27, 2024 at 7:26 PM
I see your immediate vacancy and call with one of my own!
Immediately available PhD studentship (Home fees & stipend) on a MOF/polymers/neutrons/computational project with ISIS, Cardiff and the Ada Lovelace Centre. Original student unable to start so post re-advertised.
#ChemSky spread the word!
Immediately available PhD studentship (Home fees & stipend) on a MOF/polymers/neutrons/computational project with ISIS, Cardiff and the Ada Lovelace Centre. Original student unable to start so post re-advertised.
#ChemSky spread the word!
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OK #chemsky do your thing. I have an immediate PhD vacancy working on a MOF / crystallography / electron diffraction project with Syngenta. Home fees and stipend are covered. Spread the word!
November 27, 2024 at 6:46 PM
OK #chemsky do your thing. I have an immediate PhD vacancy working on a MOF / crystallography / electron diffraction project with Syngenta. Home fees and stipend are covered. Spread the word!
Not often I'm in the first 10% of something, I'll take that
September 17, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Not often I'm in the first 10% of something, I'll take that
Took a break from this for a bit but back to printing and painting some crystal structure models, I'm a big fan of the flat cartoon look from matte varnish and black highlights on the bonds #chemsky
September 5, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Took a break from this for a bit but back to printing and painting some crystal structure models, I'm a big fan of the flat cartoon look from matte varnish and black highlights on the bonds #chemsky
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Come and work with us in Te Kura Matū at the University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, in Christchurch New Zealand | Ōtautahi Aotearoa. #Chemsky
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Associate Professor | Professor and Head of School, Physical and Chemical Sciences -
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August 19, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Come and work with us in Te Kura Matū at the University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, in Christchurch New Zealand | Ōtautahi Aotearoa. #Chemsky
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Been trying some new styles with these 3d printed crystal structures recently: used Blender to add infill to aromatic rings for coordinating cyclopentadienyls, and this weekend tried some matt paints for a change with black outlines on the bonds for a more cartoony style
![Picture of two hand painted 3d printed crystal structures, a glossy [(Cp)Fe(CO)2]2 with coloured infill on the rings, and an alanine zwitterion painted in matt style with black highlights between the atoms and bonds](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xg37pw75ckacvc6p3znkckjx/bafkreibnveucxzzpdevhkr4fyduqy3mt5w4duec4b5wf2wihpt772qitem@jpeg)
January 7, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Been trying some new styles with these 3d printed crystal structures recently: used Blender to add infill to aromatic rings for coordinating cyclopentadienyls, and this weekend tried some matt paints for a change with black outlines on the bonds for a more cartoony style
Those'll do, I guess
November 8, 2023 at 9:10 AM
Those'll do, I guess
Welcome to Chemsky @jamieagould.bsky.social !
October 22, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Welcome to Chemsky @jamieagould.bsky.social !
Huge week for me, I bought a 9 pack of mini kitkats for my office over 48 hours ago and there's still one left, please clap
October 4, 2023 at 11:06 AM
Huge week for me, I bought a 9 pack of mini kitkats for my office over 48 hours ago and there's still one left, please clap
I caved and bought a Kobo. Annotating on PDFs on the e-ink screen is so cool! Is this the gadget that will finally help me catch up on reading papers? No, still no.
September 29, 2023 at 8:39 PM
I caved and bought a Kobo. Annotating on PDFs on the e-ink screen is so cool! Is this the gadget that will finally help me catch up on reading papers? No, still no.
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From the x-rated site: The RoySocChem 2023 Macrocyclic & Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting #MASC2023 registration is open and the first abstract deadlines are not far off - you do knot want to miss them! mascgroup.co.uk/masc23/ #ChemSky
September 27, 2023 at 12:42 PM
From the x-rated site: The RoySocChem 2023 Macrocyclic & Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting #MASC2023 registration is open and the first abstract deadlines are not far off - you do knot want to miss them! mascgroup.co.uk/masc23/ #ChemSky
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
- sorting line at a recycling plant
- quantity surveyors assistant at a glaziers
- handing out bus timetables
- worked the till at a video rental store
- sold ostensibly science themed toys and various junk in a mall
- sorting line at a recycling plant
- quantity surveyors assistant at a glaziers
- handing out bus timetables
- worked the till at a video rental store
- sold ostensibly science themed toys and various junk in a mall
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
- Computer lab assistant
- Barista
- Camp counselor for differently abled kids and adults
- Hazardous waste manager
- Computer lab assistant
- Barista
- Camp counselor for differently abled kids and adults
- Hazardous waste manager
September 25, 2023 at 6:42 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
- sorting line at a recycling plant
- quantity surveyors assistant at a glaziers
- handing out bus timetables
- worked the till at a video rental store
- sold ostensibly science themed toys and various junk in a mall
- sorting line at a recycling plant
- quantity surveyors assistant at a glaziers
- handing out bus timetables
- worked the till at a video rental store
- sold ostensibly science themed toys and various junk in a mall