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Dr. Bernd M. Schmidt
@bmschmidtlab.bsky.social
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We use supramolecular chemistry to access novel functional compounds and materials by self-assembly. We also love fluorine chemistry, photoswitches, and ultrasound and are located at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Tobi and I were invited to highlight the recent paper of the team led by Vitórica-Yrezábal and Brammer in Nature Chemistry, so please enjoy "CO2 sorption in fluorinated non-porous coordination polymers" 😍 @chemiehhu.bsky.social @hhu.de
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CO2 sorption in fluorinated non-porous coordination polymers - Nature Chemistry
Porous materials have long been a focus of research for gas separations. Now, flexible, highly fluorinated coordination polymers lacking permanently built-in cavities have been shown to adsorb CO2 thr...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Last week I had the great pleasure of visiting the @szyszkobart.bsky.social group and meeting their hardworking students. In addition to amazing organisation and hospitality, all invited speakers also had the opportunity to present at the 67th PTChem Meeting. 🇵🇱🙏🏻 @chemiehhu.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Our latest mini review on Porous Organic Cage-based Frameworks is finally edited now! 🚀
Dive into Cage-COFs, Cage-POPs, Cage-MOFs, and more next-gen porous materials for catalysis, separation, and sustainability!

@hhu.de @angewandtechemie.bsky.social

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Porous Organic Cages as Building Blocks for Framework Materials
Confined nanospaces are key to the design of porous materials like COFs, MOFs, and molecular cages for applications in molecular recognition, catalysis, and energy storage. This Minireview explores t....
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August 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Structural control of dynamic covalent cages: kinetic vs. thermodynamic assembly and PFAS removal from water using our novel dynamic covalent Tri2Tri2 cages!

Check it out now in @chemicalscience.rsc.org, if you like 👀
@hhu.de
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Structural control of dynamic covalent cages: kinetic vs. thermodynamic assembly and PFAS removal from water
Dynamic covalent chemistry is a powerful tool to synthesise complex structures from simple building blocks. However, even minor variations in the numerous parameters governing self-assembly can drasti...
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June 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Im Rahmen eines Forschungsstipendiums für Postdocs der @humboldt-foundation.de forscht der spanische Chemiker Dr. Marcos Martínez Fernández seit April 2025 in der Arbeitsgruppe für Supramolekulare Chemie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf @bmschmidtlab.bsky.social. 1/3
Porträt von Marcos Martínez Fernández
June 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Verfication post, please ignore.

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June 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Even–odd effects meet visible-light switching! 💡
Our latest paper shows how simple diamines direct the formation of azobenzene macrocycles. A bit of a lighter read in comparison to current news everywhere..:
@hhu.de @jonavoss.bsky.social

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Visible‐Light Switchable Rings and Chains in Dynamic Covalent Imine Chemistry
The combination of a visible-light switchable azobenzene A with aliphatic diamines X of variable chain lengths gives access to various macrocyclic isomers. While diamines with even numbers of methyle...
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April 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Supramolecular chemistry has officially "grown up" in Germany. On behalf of the 10-person Founding Team👇, I am happy to announce the creation of section SupraChem within the German Chemical Society! 🍾 GDCh members please consider joining asap via www.gdch.de/suprachem @gdch.bsky.social
Supramolekulare Chemie | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.
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March 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Our review on photoswitchable self-assembled cages and macrocycles was selected as one of the most popular articles of 2023 & 2024! It's amazing to hear it being read and well received. @jonavoss.bsky.social @hhu.de

Check out the review here:
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February 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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A profound loss for science overall. An extraordinary chemist with remarkable contributions to the field of self-assembly. Condolences to the family.
pegdesigns.bsky.social Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · Dec 30
Colleagues, Students, Postdocs, Collaborators and Friends of Sir Fraser Stoddart: I am writing with the sad news that Fraser passed away suddenly on 31 Dec (Australia time) while on holiday with family. No details yet on any services. He is irreplaceable.
December 31, 2024 at 6:28 AM
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Slowly, this very stressful year is coming to and end and we want to wish all of you a Happy Christmas time🎄 and all the best for the upcoming year 2025 🎉🐍
December 20, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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Tim's article on porous organic Tri4Tri4 cages was selected as the front cover of ChemComm🏆🥊🎉
celebrating the 60th anniversary of ChemComm. @hhu.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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Please check out our square macrocycle-based material by dynamic-covalent chemistry, if you like: Fluorinated Squareimines for Molecular Sieving of Aromatic over Aliphatic Compounds @hhu.bsky.social now early online in ACIE 😍

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Fluorinated Squareimines for Molecular Sieving of Aromatic over Aliphatic Compounds
Squareimines are a new class of electron-deficient macrocycles with a unique rectangular structure that facilitates interactions with the electron-deficient panels, enabling selective separation of a....
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November 29, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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We studied a fluorinated and a non-fluorinated tetrahedral Tri4Tri4 porous organic cage for H2, CO2, and CH4 adsorption. Finally something porous from our lab again with quite some surprises regarding selectivities and stabilities 🧪⚗️ #pocs @hhu.bsky.social
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November 27, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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I was very fortunate to be asked to comment on #microed in the realm of supramolecular chemistry. Extremely interesting article in @chemistryworld.bsky.social

Microcrystal electron diffraction promises a revolution in study of proteins, small molecules:
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Microcrystal electron diffraction promises a revolution in study of proteins, small molecules
Microcrystal electron diffraction microED promises revolution study proteins small molecules
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November 20, 2024 at 10:07 AM
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Had the immense pleasure of hosting my mentor and friend, Makoto Fujita, for a GDCh talk yesterday 🍻🙏. Very grateful for the many students and colleagues joining the lecture, also from universities nearby, with more than 100 people attending in total.

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June 11, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Our latest research delves again into the world of fluorinated organic macrocycles and cages, transforming them into rigid entities bearing functional groups in exo-position using isocyanates, and further reactions thereof!
#supramolecularchemistry
#ChemSky
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March 7, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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Honored to receive a Thieme Chemistry Journal Award!
Very grateful for the recognition of our team's works
Congratulations to all the other awardees 🏆🏆🏆!
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2024 Awardees - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag
The Thieme Chemistry Journals Award is presented every year to up-and-coming researchers worldwide who are in the early stages of their independent academic career as assistant or junior professors.
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January 11, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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The busy end-of-year stress and Christmas season keeps us all on our toes! Nevertheless, as the days are getting shorter, the year is slowly coming to an end. We wish you all happy holidays, a Merry Christmas 🎄🎁, and the best for the upcoming New Year 2024 🥳🥂

This year's card was made by Dr. Küng.
December 20, 2023 at 10:42 AM
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Saw this on the internet, could be a leaked design from @michelrickhaus.bsky.social group 👀😉
December 13, 2023 at 12:09 PM
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Autumn @hhu.bsky.social campus 🍁🍂🍃
Leaves are falling down so quickly, really a shame
November 3, 2023 at 12:06 PM
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First post on this platform! #ChemSky, check out our massive ChemSocRev review article on "Recent advances in supramolecular fullerene chemistry" (focus 2013-2023). Hope it will be useful and inspire further research! Apologies for any omissions. With: X. Chang, Y. Xu
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October 23, 2023 at 7:46 AM
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This is my first post on BlueSky. If you know me from Twitter, please do connect. Would love to see the #chemtwitter commmunity become a strong #chemsky community
October 20, 2023 at 7:15 AM