Prof. Nicholas Chilton
@nfchilton.bsky.social
Professor of Chemistry, The Australian National University and The University of Manchester. https://nfchilton.com
Whether you're starting out in a theory project on molecular magnetism, or a synthetic chemist curious about how the magic happens, check out my new tutorial review: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @scienceanu.bsky.social @uomresearchit.bsky.social
Ab initio electronic structure calculations of lanthanide single-molecule magnets; a practical guide
Research into single-molecule magnetism lies at the nexus of challenging synthetic chemistry, spin physics and ab initio quantum chemistry. There are no “one-size-fits-all” textbooks and as such it ca...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Whether you're starting out in a theory project on molecular magnetism, or a synthetic chemist curious about how the magic happens, check out my new tutorial review: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @scienceanu.bsky.social @uomresearchit.bsky.social
ANU is looking lush this morning! @scienceanu.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
ANU is looking lush this morning! @scienceanu.bsky.social
DP outcomes. Congrats to those successful, commiserations to those unsuccessful.
🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
DP outcomes. Congrats to those successful, commiserations to those unsuccessful.
Robson!! Get in!
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Robson!! Get in!
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We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming AMMA webinar, this time next Monday October the 13th at 12:00 Sydney time.
This month we have Dr. Ben Atkinson postdoctoral researcher in the Chilton Lab @nfchilton.bsky.social at the Australian National University
This month we have Dr. Ben Atkinson postdoctoral researcher in the Chilton Lab @nfchilton.bsky.social at the Australian National University
October 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming AMMA webinar, this time next Monday October the 13th at 12:00 Sydney time.
This month we have Dr. Ben Atkinson postdoctoral researcher in the Chilton Lab @nfchilton.bsky.social at the Australian National University
This month we have Dr. Ben Atkinson postdoctoral researcher in the Chilton Lab @nfchilton.bsky.social at the Australian National University
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🚨 Two PhD Opportunities in Actinide Chemistry at @hzdr.bsky.social (Dresden, Germany)
PhD Student – Actinide coordination chemistry lnkd.in/e5y8nwK9
PhD Student – MOFs of the actinides lnkd.in/e2NpT2y8
👉 Apply now and shape the future of actinide chemistry!
#actinides #fblockrocks #chemsky #nuclear
PhD Student – Actinide coordination chemistry lnkd.in/e5y8nwK9
PhD Student – MOFs of the actinides lnkd.in/e2NpT2y8
👉 Apply now and shape the future of actinide chemistry!
#actinides #fblockrocks #chemsky #nuclear
September 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🚨 Two PhD Opportunities in Actinide Chemistry at @hzdr.bsky.social (Dresden, Germany)
PhD Student – Actinide coordination chemistry lnkd.in/e5y8nwK9
PhD Student – MOFs of the actinides lnkd.in/e2NpT2y8
👉 Apply now and shape the future of actinide chemistry!
#actinides #fblockrocks #chemsky #nuclear
PhD Student – Actinide coordination chemistry lnkd.in/e5y8nwK9
PhD Student – MOFs of the actinides lnkd.in/e2NpT2y8
👉 Apply now and shape the future of actinide chemistry!
#actinides #fblockrocks #chemsky #nuclear
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Combining the effects of amides and cyclopentadienyl ligands in a dysprosium single-molecule magnet. Please see the link for our latest collaborative work with @nfchilton.bsky.social group now published in @jacs.acspublications.org, led by Dr Jack Emerson-King:
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Magnetic Hysteresis up to 73 K in a Dysprosium Cyclopentadienyl-Amide Single-Molecule Magnet
Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) based on dysprosocenium cations, [Dy(CpR)2]+ (CpR = substituted cyclopentadienyl), have set record effective energy barriers to magnetic reversal (Ueff) and temperatures...
pubs.acs.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Combining the effects of amides and cyclopentadienyl ligands in a dysprosium single-molecule magnet. Please see the link for our latest collaborative work with @nfchilton.bsky.social group now published in @jacs.acspublications.org, led by Dr Jack Emerson-King:
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Re-Examination of the Relaxation Dynamics of [TbPc2][NBu4] | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Ruben, Chiton, and co-workers @InorgChem #Kramers_ions #TbPC2_NBu4 #NMR #ab_initio
August 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Re-Examination of the Relaxation Dynamics of [TbPc2][NBu4] | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Ruben, Chiton, and co-workers @InorgChem #Kramers_ions #TbPC2_NBu4 #NMR #ab_initio
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Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger | Richard Partington
Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger | Richard Partington
Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger | Richard Partington
International PhD scholarship round for 2026 is open at ANU. Aspiring scholars with Masters degree, or equivalent (eg Australia/NZ Hons), interested in computational chemistry, quantum information, molecular spins, vibronic coupling, or something in that vein - get in touch!
August 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
International PhD scholarship round for 2026 is open at ANU. Aspiring scholars with Masters degree, or equivalent (eg Australia/NZ Hons), interested in computational chemistry, quantum information, molecular spins, vibronic coupling, or something in that vein - get in touch!
I really don't get the capitalisation choice in any of his tweets. It's not even hitting the right emphasis words (eg ANY). I guess someone's PhD thesis Will be On this stuff.
July 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I really don't get the capitalisation choice in any of his tweets. It's not even hitting the right emphasis words (eg ANY). I guess someone's PhD thesis Will be On this stuff.
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A new ‘molecular GPS’ method can help scientists see drug-binding interactions more clearly. Dr Martyna Judd says that understanding drug-protein interactions better can help optimise drug design and prevent side effects.
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science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
Could the invention of ‘molecular GPS’ help us develop better medicines?
Just like how GPS triangulates your location using satellites, scientists can now place labels at different positions around the surface of a protein to visualise drug-binding interactions more clearl...
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July 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A new ‘molecular GPS’ method can help scientists see drug-binding interactions more clearly. Dr Martyna Judd says that understanding drug-protein interactions better can help optimise drug design and prevent side effects.
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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Going to be on ABC TV News Breakfast in about 45 minutes! Talking cosmology 🌌✨
July 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Going to be on ABC TV News Breakfast in about 45 minutes! Talking cosmology 🌌✨
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nothing would make me happier than US science returning to the amazing and transformational legacy of success and dominance
but if that's not possible, we need other places with the vision to take over as the pacesetter
humanity's long term success demands no less
but if that's not possible, we need other places with the vision to take over as the pacesetter
humanity's long term success demands no less
Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
July 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
nothing would make me happier than US science returning to the amazing and transformational legacy of success and dominance
but if that's not possible, we need other places with the vision to take over as the pacesetter
humanity's long term success demands no less
but if that's not possible, we need other places with the vision to take over as the pacesetter
humanity's long term success demands no less
Australia really does have a first-class science ecosystem - just on a small scale. Come make it bigger.
Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
July 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Australia really does have a first-class science ecosystem - just on a small scale. Come make it bigger.
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A novel dysprosium compound retains magnetic memory at 100K, the highest temperature for such materials. Its linear design could reduce the space needed for data storage. www.chemistryworld.com/news/linear-...
July 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A novel dysprosium compound retains magnetic memory at 100K, the highest temperature for such materials. Its linear design could reduce the space needed for data storage. www.chemistryworld.com/news/linear-...
"wow, how do they come up with this stuff" - a concerned parent
Jek leads our latest preprint in @chemrxiv.bsky.social with the @nfchilton.bsky.social group on a mixed axial dysprosium amide-cyclopentadienyl single-molecule magnet (SMMs). We find similar high-temperature soft hysteretic properties to dysprosium bis(amide) SMMs.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Magnetic hysteresis up to 73 K in a dysprosium cyclopentadienyl-amide single-molecule magnet
Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) based on dysprosocenium cations, [Dy(CpR)2]+ (CpR = substituted cyclopentadienyl), have set record effective energy barriers to magnetic reversal (Ueff) and temperatures...
chemrxiv.org
June 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"wow, how do they come up with this stuff" - a concerned parent
More fantastic chemistry from the Mills group!
Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide–alkene complex up to 100 kelvin - Nature
A dysprosium amide–alkene complex shows soft magnetic hysteresis loops up to 100 kelvin, arising from the high charge density of the amide ligands and the structural role of the pendant alkene.
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
More fantastic chemistry from the Mills group!
Let's go ABC radio! @scienceanu.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
June 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Let's go ABC radio! @scienceanu.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
@llangresearch.bsky.social hey Lucas! How's it going?
May 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
@llangresearch.bsky.social hey Lucas! How's it going?
This. Or multi mode transport links in general with regional centres. Nightmare.
Has anyone invented an AI that can accurately plan complicated, multi-day, multi-destination train trips? This would be so much more useful to academics than the current functionality of doing a bad job of undergraduate assignments.
May 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This. Or multi mode transport links in general with regional centres. Nightmare.
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🔓Read this #OpenAccess study by @millsgroupchem.bsky.social, @nfchilton.bsky.social & co on two heteroleptic octahedral Dy(III) cis-aryloxide complexes—rare Dy(III) SMMs with observable EPR spectra👀
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
📍@uniofmanchester.bsky.social, @scienceanu.bsky.social
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📍@uniofmanchester.bsky.social, @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Direct characterisation of mJ = ±15/2 ground state in octahedral Dy(III) single-molecule magnets
Two heteroleptic octahedral Dy(iii) cis-aryloxide complexes, [Dy(OPh*)2(THF)3X] {HOPh* = 2,6-bis(diphenyl-methyl)-4-tert-butylphenol; X = Cl (1), Br (2)}, have been characterised by multi-frequency…
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May 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🔓Read this #OpenAccess study by @millsgroupchem.bsky.social, @nfchilton.bsky.social & co on two heteroleptic octahedral Dy(III) cis-aryloxide complexes—rare Dy(III) SMMs with observable EPR spectra👀
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
📍@uniofmanchester.bsky.social, @scienceanu.bsky.social
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📍@uniofmanchester.bsky.social, @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Brilliant developments in this fantastic software.
Dear ORCA community, In the comings days and weeks, we'll give you a view sneak peaks into ORCA 6.1. Here is the first: some of the new tools for theoretical spectroscopy
May 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Brilliant developments in this fantastic software.
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Glorious day in Manchester today 😎
@uniofmanchester.bsky.social
@uniofmanchester.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Glorious day in Manchester today 😎
@uniofmanchester.bsky.social
@uniofmanchester.bsky.social
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👋 We are excited to share an open PhD position in 4f/5f chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at the Technical University of Denmark!🧪
🔗 See more and apply here:
efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅 Deadline: May 30
📖 Find our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org/articles/
🔗 See more and apply here:
efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅 Deadline: May 30
📖 Find our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org/articles/
PhD scholarship in switchable f-block–organic framework materials - DTU Chemistry
PhD scholarship in switchable f-block–organic framework materials. The PhD project will focus on the design, synthesis, and characterization of new types of metal-organic network structures, which inc...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
👋 We are excited to share an open PhD position in 4f/5f chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at the Technical University of Denmark!🧪
🔗 See more and apply here:
efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅 Deadline: May 30
📖 Find our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org/articles/
🔗 See more and apply here:
efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅 Deadline: May 30
📖 Find our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org/articles/