Esengul Ciftci
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Esengul Ciftci
@esengulciftci.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student at @mpifkf.bsky.social working on Dynamic Metal-Organic Frameworks, with @KrauseGroup
Congratulations to Omar Yaghi, Susumu Kitagawa, and Richard Robson on receiving the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their pioneering work on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Their discoveries continue to inspire scientists worldwide. I’m grateful to contribute to this fascinating area of research.
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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My tutorial review on single crystal diffraction analysis is now online @crystengcomm.rsc.org! Students, supervisors, and reviewers: Please consider this thought-provoking read to discover many facets of the crystallographic practice that are often overlooked or misunderstood 💎 #crystallography
Useful practices in single crystal diffraction analysis of reticular structures
Single crystal diffraction analysis remains the gold standard for the three-dimensional atomic structure characterization of framework materials such as metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic fram...
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October 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Grateful to the Royal Society of Chemistry Switzerland for inviting me to visit CERN, a place where science and technology push their limits. A powerful reminder of Carl Sagan’s words: “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
#CERN #Science #Technology
September 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Come join our team! We have a PhD position available on noncovalent interactions in COFs. The position is part of the BEAM graduate school. (Details in the alt text)
September 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Wrapped up 24 intense hours at BESSY II, lots of data, and a truly valuable experience. Huge thanks to @stecanossa.bsky.social and @shuntokuda.bsky.social for the help, and to @simonkrause.bsky.social for all his support. Looking forward to data analysis 😊
August 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Look at our first group photo in 2025!

We celebrated Bettina's Leibniz award together and enjoyed the beautiful weather of early summer with BBQ ☀️🌲
Here’s to more breakthroughs, sunshine, and sizzling science this year!
July 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Attended the Japanese–German Symposium on Frontiers in Future Materials Design at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. Inspiring talks and ideas. Big thanks to the organizing team for a great event! #mpi #futurematerials
July 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Had a great time at the International Max Planck Research School for Condensed Matter Science (IMPRS-CMS) Retreat with colleagues from different research areas at MPI-FKF. Glad to share a brief intro on MOFs. Thanks to the organizers! #MOFs #imprs #mpı
July 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Glad to attend MOF School 2025 online this year. It was a week full of insightful lectures. The photo is from my first MOF School in Lake Como, a truly memorable experience and a turning point in my MOF journey.
Many thanks to the organizers for both inspiring events!
#MOFschool2025 #MOFs
June 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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🏃‍♂️🌍 The FKF-Nanorunners crushed it at the Stuttgart Run 2025!

Over 12 nationalities, one team spirit — members of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research proudly crossed the finish line together (10 km run / 5 km Nordic walking). Science, sweat & solidarity! 💪🔥 #TeamFKFNanorunner
May 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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In an open letter of support to the President of @harvard.edu, Max Planck President Patrick Cramer @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de has expressed his full support of the University in its stance against demands by the Trump administration to change its policies in order to retain federal funding.
April 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We recently attended the Rietveld and Pair Distribution Function (PDF) Analysis Workshop in Stuttgart. This one week school gathered PhD students and postdocs from around the world for both theoretical lectures and hands-on sessions in crystal structure analysis, with a focus on TOPAS software.
April 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I would like to thank the Royal Society of Chemistry Switzerland for the kind invitation. It was a pleasure to meet researchers and professionals doing great work in their fields.
April 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Back from great two days at @mpifkf.bsky.social celebrating the new position in @uniulm.bsky.social and a bit of fare well. So honoured to work with these guys and a big thanks to the whole @lotschgroup.bsky.social ! #baileyssontherocks
April 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Last week, I had the amazing opportunity to give a lecture at the 36. Deutsche Zeolith-Tagung in Erlangen and present our progress on the topic of "Light-driven molecular motors in permanently porous Metal-Organic Frameworks".
March 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Happy International Women’s Day! We asked some of our researchers about their experiences as women in STEM. You can read some of their responses in this thread, whole read a whole article on our website: www.fkf.mpg.de/8658191/2025
March 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Thrilled that @esengulciftci.bsky.social made the cover of MAX magazine by @maxplanck.de with her MAXMIND project, for which we hosted Fatma in our group in late 2024.
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February 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The first issue of the new year in the Max Planck Society’s magazine has highlighted our MaxMinds project on the cover with my mentee, Fatma Alma. Grateful to @maxplanckpress @mpifkf, Simon Krause, Michael Eppard, E. Yıldız, Z. Caglar, and the all team for their support!
February 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM