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Neal Mankad
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Inorganic chemistry professor at the University of Illinois Chicago 🧪⚛️⚗️
Associate Editor of Dalton Transactions 📝📔
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They’re invading daycare facilities on the north side of Chicago now. The cruelty is the point

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November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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daltontrans.rsc.org
We are delighted to introduce our new Associate Editor, Dinorah Gambino from Universidad de la República, Uruguay📢

Please join us in welcoming her to our Editorial Board!

Dinorah’s research focuses on bioinorganic chemistry - read our blog to find out more👇
blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/10/2...

#chemsky🧪
Dalton Transactions promotional slide for new Associate Editor, Dinorah Gambino.
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
metallacycle.bsky.social
Unfortunately my neighborhood and my son’s CPS school are featured prominently in this video youtu.be/UArzAIw14Oc?...
Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools
YouTube video by ABC 7 Chicago
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October 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
metallacycle.bsky.social
I've posted a new Substack in which I came to a completely opposite conclusion than when I started writing!

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Does the 80/20 rule apply to academic chemistry research?
More equality than I thought!
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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daltontrans.rsc.org
To mark the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we've launched a #MOFs collection, showcasing research by Laureates Susumu Kitagawa, Omar M. Yaghi & Richard Robson and their colleagues, spanning 3 decades of MOFs research from synthesis to application👀

Read now 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
#chemsky 🧪
Dalton Transactions promotional graphic for the "MOFs: Three Decades of Design and Discovery" collection.
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
metallacycle.bsky.social
Big thanks to @chemistpaul.bsky.social & Thomas Montgomery for hosting me at Duquesne U. Forgot how nice Pittsburgh is, and they're even repping X-ray crystallography at the newly renovated airport!
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
metallacycle.bsky.social
Thank you to Elad Gross for bringing me and my former student Hsien-Cheng (Antonio) Yu along for this story. We dusted off our old (NHC)Cu-M complexes to act as precursors for nanomaterials! #chemsky
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Heterobinuclear Molecular Precursors Direct the Formation of Supported Subnanometer Cu–M Clusters with Tunable Catalytic Behavior
Subnanometer bimetallic clusters hold great promise for catalytic applications due to their unique electronic properties and high surface-to-volume ratios. However, precise control over their composit...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
metallacycle.bsky.social
As an experiment, I started a Substack called Metallacyclic Logic for my random reflections and rabbit holes. You can subscribe to it here nealmankad.substack.com?r=dv3oq&utm_...
Metallacyclic Logic | Neal Mankad | Substack
Reflections of a chemistry professor from a state university in the midwestern United States. Click to read Metallacyclic Logic, by Neal Mankad, a Substack publication. Launched 7 hours ago.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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uottawanmr.bsky.social
Are you a coffee snob? u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2010/10/nmr-... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
September 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
metallacycle.bsky.social
Big thanks to @manar-shoshani.bsky.social for inviting me to spend a terrific day at the KU Department of Chemistry and present our recent work on radical and bioinspired approaches toward earth-abundant metal catalysis. Lots of great #chemsky science happening in Lawrence KS!
September 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Skip the fume hood, get brain damage and Nazi vibes. #ChemSky 🤯

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Screen capture with the initial paragraph of The Atlantic piece: “The story we got about world war ii is all wrong,” a guest told Tucker Carlson on his podcast two weeks ago. “I think that’s right,” replied Carlson. The guest, a Cornell chemistry professor named David Collum, then spelled out what he meant: “One can make the argument we should have sided with Hitler and fought Stalin.” Such sentiments might sound shocking to the uninitiated, but they are not to Carlson’s audience. In fact, the notion that the German dictator was unfairly maligned has become a running theme on Carlson’s show—and beyond.”
September 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
metallacycle.bsky.social
Thanks to Dan Ess for bringing us along for the ride on this one @roushansingh.bsky.social

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CpFe(CO)2 Radical Generated from Dinuclear [CpFe(CO)2]2 and Mononuclear (Cp)(CO)2Fe(H): Density Functional Theory Is Accurate for One, But Not Both
Density functional theory (DFT) methods remain the most practical approach to calculating properties and reaction mechanisms of transition metal complexes. While the accuracy of DFT methods has been e...
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August 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
metallacycle.bsky.social
Terrific opportunity!! #chemsky
daltontrans.rsc.org Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · Aug 21
🎉Dalton Transactions now publishes Tutorial Reviews!

Read our blog post to find out more about this new article type and check out the first Tutorial Review published in our journal by @matsonlab.bsky.social 👏

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#chemsky 🧪
Dalton Transactions promotional graphic for the first tutorial review.
August 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
metallacycle.bsky.social
For anyone sticking around for #acsfall2025 on Thursday, I'll be giving two talks. Hope to run into you! #chemsky
August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reposted by Neal Mankad
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The American Chemical Society announced that the ACS Board of Directors has approved $2.5 million to be granted to graduate students who have been impacted by the termination or cancellation of their adviser’s research grant(s) cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky
ACS announces millions in funding for students affected by terminated grants
The grants will help students within 1 year of completion of their degree
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August 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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daltontrans.rsc.org
📢ICYMI: Read our 2024 Outstanding Paper exploring the reactivity of a CAAC-stabilised neutral diboraanthracene and its change in geometry upon reaction with different substrates👇

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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 @maxdietz.bsky.social, Merle Arrowsmith and Holger Braunschweig

#chemsky 🧪
Dalton Transactions infographic for the 2024 Outstanding Paper Award.
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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📢Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Dalton Transactions Outstanding Paper Award🎉

Check out the work from the Holger Braunschweig lab, here:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

📍 ‪@uni-wuerzburg.de
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 @maxdietz.bsky.social, Merle Arrowsmith, Holger Braunschweig
Dalton Transactions promotion graphic for the 2024 Outstanding Paper award.
July 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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paulwenthold.bsky.social
Ok ChemSky, here's a dumb question: how is Avegadro's number determined? My son asked me that the other day and I just sat with my mouth open. Duuuuuuhhhhhhhh.....

Somehow you gotta count atoms.

So how do we know there that 12 grams of carbon 12 has 6.02e23 atoms?
July 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
metallacycle.bsky.social
Big thanks to Russ Hille and the other organizers for inviting me and my student Ananthu to present our research at MoTEC 2025, which was hosted on the famous Queen Mary! It was a great event!! #chemsky
July 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Neal Mankad
daltontrans.rsc.org
🔓Be sure to read the #OpenAccess communication by Neal P. Mankad and co-workers on solubilizing dimolybdenum paddlewheel complexes for energy storage applications. 👀👇

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT...
📍 @uic-chemistry.bsky.social @metallacycle.bsky.social 🧪
Mo≣Mo paddlewheel complexes bearing solubilizing groups were synthesized for their tunable physical properties relevant to energy storage applications.
July 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
metallacycle.bsky.social
Happy 4th #chemsky what is this molecule?
July 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Reposted by Neal Mankad
chemistryworld.com
The @rsc.org had hoped to make all of its journals open access by 2028. It is now adapting its plans in light of increasingly complex and uncertain publishing landscape. #ChemSky #ScienceSky
Royal Society of Chemistry changes direction on open access rollout following community feedback
In place of open access across the board, the society will adopt regional publishing models
www.chemistryworld.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Being part of our peer reviewer network gives you the connections to develop your knowledge, reputation and career. We’re looking for experts in inorganic chemistry to review for us. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/c2n32pm
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June 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#ChemSky for visibility...
June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM