Joe Forth
@joeforth.bsky.social
Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry at University of Liverpool. Bioprinting. Frugal Automation. Squishy Devices. Animate Materials. Blood-Brain Barrier. He/him.
Heading home after 4 days visiting Chengdu and Sichuan University that were everything my inner @fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social fanboy wanted - might wait for a bit after getting back before weighing myself though.
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Heading home after 4 days visiting Chengdu and Sichuan University that were everything my inner @fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social fanboy wanted - might wait for a bit after getting back before weighing myself though.
This morning's breakfast was peanut-butter-stuffed French toast at a cha chaan teng.
The white lump? Butter.
The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough.
About 900 calories for £2.80.
[Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
The white lump? Butter.
The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough.
About 900 calories for £2.80.
[Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This morning's breakfast was peanut-butter-stuffed French toast at a cha chaan teng.
The white lump? Butter.
The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough.
About 900 calories for £2.80.
[Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
The white lump? Butter.
The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough.
About 900 calories for £2.80.
[Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
Hull's transformation over the last few years has got to be one of the North-East's great secrets.
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hull's transformation over the last few years has got to be one of the North-East's great secrets.
There's something familiar about the guys they have working the coffee shop at XJTLU...can't put my finger on what it is though. #chemsky
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
There's something familiar about the guys they have working the coffee shop at XJTLU...can't put my finger on what it is though. #chemsky
Treating myself to airport pints after a 6am start, an open day, and a train journey down to Gatwick for wee jaunt to China through Suzhou, Hong Kong, and Chengdu.
October 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Treating myself to airport pints after a 6am start, an open day, and a train journey down to Gatwick for wee jaunt to China through Suzhou, Hong Kong, and Chengdu.
The Roadmap for Animate Matter is out! From self-building lasers to buildings that breathe, we lay out a vision for materials that are:
1. Active - they move,
2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states,
3. Autonomous - they can make a decision.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#chemsky
1. Active - they move,
2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states,
3. Autonomous - they can make a decision.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#chemsky
August 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The Roadmap for Animate Matter is out! From self-building lasers to buildings that breathe, we lay out a vision for materials that are:
1. Active - they move,
2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states,
3. Autonomous - they can make a decision.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#chemsky
1. Active - they move,
2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states,
3. Autonomous - they can make a decision.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#chemsky
And sorry to say it but @banffcentre.bsky.social quite possibly has @berkeleylab.lbl.gov beat for #BestViewFromALab (though I guess it's not *strictly* a lab)
July 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
And sorry to say it but @banffcentre.bsky.social quite possibly has @berkeleylab.lbl.gov beat for #BestViewFromALab (though I guess it's not *strictly* a lab)
@ualberta.bsky.social is basically a forest that just happens to have a University in it.
July 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
@ualberta.bsky.social is basically a forest that just happens to have a University in it.
Tell you what lads Alberta's lovely. Go to Alberta.
July 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Tell you what lads Alberta's lovely. Go to Alberta.
New paper! Droplets that change shape, move, and divide by incorporating an active magnetic particle cytoskeleton.
Collaboration with Tom Russell at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov. Led by Paul Kim. Happy to have played just a little part in this one! #chemsky
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Collaboration with Tom Russell at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov. Led by Paul Kim. Happy to have played just a little part in this one! #chemsky
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
May 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
New paper! Droplets that change shape, move, and divide by incorporating an active magnetic particle cytoskeleton.
Collaboration with Tom Russell at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov. Led by Paul Kim. Happy to have played just a little part in this one! #chemsky
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Collaboration with Tom Russell at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov. Led by Paul Kim. Happy to have played just a little part in this one! #chemsky
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Solid-like oil-water interfaces are fun - we've used them elsewhere to 3D-print structures made entirely of liquids, like this fibril of water in oil.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
May 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Solid-like oil-water interfaces are fun - we've used them elsewhere to 3D-print structures made entirely of liquids, like this fibril of water in oil.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
We do this by printing droplets straight onto an oil-water interface at which a solid (or 'solid-like', depending on how fussy you are) layer of nanoparticles only 10 nm thick is assembled.
May 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We do this by printing droplets straight onto an oil-water interface at which a solid (or 'solid-like', depending on how fussy you are) layer of nanoparticles only 10 nm thick is assembled.
New paper! We use printing methods and some simple theory to discuss a liquid material made of water droplets that builds itself.
A collaboration with Giorgio Volpe, Matt Blunt, and Rob Malinowski at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Led by Anshu Thapa.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A collaboration with Giorgio Volpe, Matt Blunt, and Rob Malinowski at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Led by Anshu Thapa.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New paper! We use printing methods and some simple theory to discuss a liquid material made of water droplets that builds itself.
A collaboration with Giorgio Volpe, Matt Blunt, and Rob Malinowski at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Led by Anshu Thapa.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A collaboration with Giorgio Volpe, Matt Blunt, and Rob Malinowski at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Led by Anshu Thapa.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Finally - one group tasked their Arduino with measuring air quality in a room full of 3D-printers. Sadly they didn't have any printers running on the day they took measurements, but they *did* manage to spot that the ventilation in the room needed some work.
December 13, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Finally - one group tasked their Arduino with measuring air quality in a room full of 3D-printers. Sadly they didn't have any printers running on the day they took measurements, but they *did* manage to spot that the ventilation in the room needed some work.
Another group tasked their Arduino with measuring nighttime air quality in their flat while they slept. Turns out the gas sensor on the Nicla Sense ME really *can* detect low methane levels.
December 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Another group tasked their Arduino with measuring nighttime air quality in their flat while they slept. Turns out the gas sensor on the Nicla Sense ME really *can* detect low methane levels.
One group trained a classifier to identify common solvents, which could then be used to passively sense solvent levels in the lab. Fun fact - it detects Ethyl Acetate as 30% Ethanol and 70% Acetone.
December 13, 2024 at 3:58 PM
One group trained a classifier to identify common solvents, which could then be used to passively sense solvent levels in the lab. Fun fact - it detects Ethyl Acetate as 30% Ethanol and 70% Acetone.
The first cohort of University of Liverpool's Digital Chemistry MSc just finished their first semester!
In mine and @annagslater.bsky.social's course (CHEM501) students use an Arduino to build and code a WiFi-connected environmental sensor. Some highlights.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/2025...
In mine and @annagslater.bsky.social's course (CHEM501) students use an Arduino to build and code a WiFi-connected environmental sensor. Some highlights.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/2025...
December 13, 2024 at 3:57 PM
The first cohort of University of Liverpool's Digital Chemistry MSc just finished their first semester!
In mine and @annagslater.bsky.social's course (CHEM501) students use an Arduino to build and code a WiFi-connected environmental sensor. Some highlights.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/2025...
In mine and @annagslater.bsky.social's course (CHEM501) students use an Arduino to build and code a WiFi-connected environmental sensor. Some highlights.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/2025...
Honestly as soon as I heard @epimechfc.bsky.social was on here I did question the value of being on the other place. Here's a cat photo to celebrate the weekend.
November 15, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Honestly as soon as I heard @epimechfc.bsky.social was on here I did question the value of being on the other place. Here's a cat photo to celebrate the weekend.