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Kasper S. Pedersen
@kasperspedersen.bsky.social
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark
www.kasperpedersen.org
👋New preprint: "Interplay of Redox Non-Innocence and Symmetry Breaking in a 4d Coordination Framework"

🧪We’ve made Mo(pyz)₂I₂, the 4d cousin of the Cr(pyz)₂X₂ family — with redox-active ligands, symmetry breaking, semiconducting transport, and very strong magnetic interactions.

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November 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
💫 Open PhD position in synthetic lanthanide and actinide chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at DTU Chemistry! 🇩🇰 🧪

🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

⏰ Deadline: November 30

Check out our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🎓 Early Announcement:
The 10th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism (ECMM 2026) will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark — Aug 17–20, 2026.
Plenary & keynote talks + great opportunities for early-career researchers.
🌐 www.conferencemanager.dk/ecmm

#ECMMCopenhagen #MolecularMagnetism #Copenhagen
October 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🧪 Simplicity engineered for magnetism 🧲

📢 Preprint: Cr(pyrazine)₃ - maybe the simplest MOF with potential voids known. Built from Cr(III) + radical pyrazine linkers, this perovskite analogue shows magnetic interactions rivaling the strongest known in inorganic materials, stabilizing order above RT.
October 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📣 New preprint: "4f-intermediate valence in an ytterbium–bipyridine coordination solid"

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We report exp. evidence for a multiconfigurational electronic ground state in a ytterbocene-based 1D polymer - the first example of intermediate valence in a coordination solid. ⚛️
July 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🎉 Just out in Nature Comm @natcomms.nature.com

"Unleashing phosphorus mononitride"

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Spearheaded by the Reinholdt group (Lund), we find that the elusive P≡N molecule finds new life in an Os complex and unlocks unique [NPS₂]²⁻, [NPCl]⁻, and aromatic [PN₄]⁻ species.
July 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Honored to receive the 2025 Bjerrum Gold Medal 🏅 for "outstanding contributions to inorganic and coordination chemistry", awarded at the Danish Chemical Society Annual Meeting.
Pictured with Niels J. Bjerrum, grandson of the celebrated chemist Niels J. Bjerrum.

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June 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
⏰ Only three more days to apply for an open PhD position in lanthanide and actinide chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at DTU Chemistry! 🇩🇰 🧪

🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

📖 You can explore our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org
June 12, 2025 at 8:52 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/
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
🎉 Just out in Chem! @cp-chem.bsky.social

"Molecular alloying drives valence change in a van der Waals antiferromagnet"

👉 See: www.cell.com/chem/abstrac...

for materials synthesis, and lots of electron, (high-pressure) X-ray, and neutron diffraction and spectroscopy, magnetism and transport.
Molecular alloying drives valence change in a van der Waals antiferromagnet
Engineering van der Waals (vdW) crystals leverages control of the confinement and transport of charge, spin, and heat in 2D atomic layers. This study introduces a new function by altering valence stat...
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April 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎉 Our latest research on valence tautomerism in 4f-organic materials is now out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org

We explore the factors driving conversion temperature, cooperativity, thermodynamics, and the magnetic & conductive properties of this fascinating, new class of materials. 🧲⚡

Read it here🔓👇
March 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
❄️ Our recent paper on sub-Kelvin magnetic refrigeration in a frustrated Eu(II)-organic network is featured in this week's issue of JACS 📖

Check out the paper here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

#ChemSky
March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
👋Our department at the Technical University of Denmark is looking for an assistant/associate professor in *any* chemical discipline! 🧪🇩🇰

Check it out and feel free to get in touch 💬

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Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Chemistry - DTU Chemistry
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) offers the opportunity to build a research group in advanced and applied chemistry at an internationally esteemed department with an excellent infrastructure.
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February 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Kasper S. Pedersen
📣📣PhD Position available in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Southern Denmark📣📣

🗓️Application Deadline: 5 March (23:59 CET)

🔁Reposts appreciated

👇👇See Below for more information and to apply👇👇
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PhD Position available in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Southern Denmark
Application deadline: 5 Marts 2025 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
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February 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🎉 New sub-Kelvin cool paper out in the Journal of the American Chemical Society❄️❄️

"A Triangular Frustrated Eu(II)–Organic Framework for Sub-Kelvin Magnetic Refrigeration"

👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
January 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🎉 Yesterday, Carl Emil Andersen defended his thesis entitled "Expanding the Field of Low- and Zero-Valent Metals in Metal-Organic Frameworks".

Thanks to Profs. @munzgroup.bsky.social (Saarland), Christine McKenzie (Univ. of Southern Denmark), and Martin Nielsen (DTU) for scrutinizing the thesis.
January 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
⚡ 💎 This year, we successfully integrated 3D electron diffraction into the curriculum for "26127 Experimental Inorganic Chemistry" at DTU Chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark — adding a powerful new tool to our teaching toolbox.
January 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🎈The "2024 Pioneering Investigators" Feature Article by @majadunstan.bsky.social and me is highlighted in today's ChemComm!

"Valence tautomerism, non-innocence, and emergent magnetic phenomena in lanthanide-organic tessellations"

📖 Check it out here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
January 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
📣Join this group at the Technical University of Denmark👇🇩🇰

We have an open 2-year postdoc position on MOFs with metallic cluster nodes. Excellent skills in synthetic chemistry and crystallography are key.

Read more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
December 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
🎉 "2024 Pioneering Investigators" Feature Article out in ChemComm:

"Valence tautomerism, non-innocence, and emergent magnetic phenomena in lanthanide-organic tessellations"

We review recent results on 4f-organic tessellations with novel 🧲 and⚡properties.

🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#chemsky
Valence tautomerism, non-innocence, and emergent magnetic phenomena in lanthanide-organic tessellations
Coordination networks based on lanthanide ions entangle collective magnetic phenomena, otherwise only observed in inorganic 4f materials, and the tunable spatial and electronic structure engineering i...
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December 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Hi #chemsky! 🧪
We are a synthetic inorganic chemistry group at the Technical University of Denmark, broadly interested in d- and f-block chemistry, framework materials, magnetism, crystallography, and synchrotron spectroscopy.
More info: www.kasperpedersen.org
Recent group photo👇 🧑‍🔬🇩🇰🇦🇺🇫🇷🇯🇵🇰🇿
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November 19, 2024 at 8:02 PM