Dave Adams
@profdjadams.bsky.social
I work in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. Interested in gels, soft matter, castles, guitars and mountains. All views are my own!
Seeing all the aurora photos on here, I will join with the latest masterpiece from my 4 year old of her thumb which fits the colour palette…
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Seeing all the aurora photos on here, I will join with the latest masterpiece from my 4 year old of her thumb which fits the colour palette…
We show that you can make functionalised dipeptide adopt different micelles depending on salt and solve the structures formed using cryoEM - in some cases, there are up to 18 unique conformations from a single dipeptide in the tube:
July 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We show that you can make functionalised dipeptide adopt different micelles depending on salt and solve the structures formed using cryoEM - in some cases, there are up to 18 unique conformations from a single dipeptide in the tube:
My out of office autoreply does not seem to be working for everyone so to make it totally clear - I am not in Glasgow…
July 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
My out of office autoreply does not seem to be working for everyone so to make it totally clear - I am not in Glasgow…
At the ICSMC for the week and Kyoto is an amazing place. The science is good too!
May 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
At the ICSMC for the week and Kyoto is an amazing place. The science is good too!
...and then, since these have lots of benzophenone present, you can use these as photoinitiators and grow polymers off the surface of the noodles...
May 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
...and then, since these have lots of benzophenone present, you can use these as photoinitiators and grow polymers off the surface of the noodles...
From these entangled micelles, the noodles formed can be metres long and robust...
May 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
From these entangled micelles, the noodles formed can be metres long and robust...
We can make benzophenone-functionalised dipeptides - if you get the chemical structure right, these self-assemble into micelles that entangle and allow noodles to be formed... you get some lovely SAXS data from these:
May 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We can make benzophenone-functionalised dipeptides - if you get the chemical structure right, these self-assemble into micelles that entangle and allow noodles to be formed... you get some lovely SAXS data from these:
If anyone is brimming with such ideas and not appalled at the state of the world, I can put you in contact with the sender of this junk email…
May 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If anyone is brimming with such ideas and not appalled at the state of the world, I can put you in contact with the sender of this junk email…
Without reading this right wing nonsense, if true I’m guessing the resulting bad reception will lead to 1000% tariffs for Scotland…
April 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Without reading this right wing nonsense, if true I’m guessing the resulting bad reception will lead to 1000% tariffs for Scotland…
The world basically sucks at the moment, but less than an hour away from home we have this and sometimes it is badly needed…
March 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The world basically sucks at the moment, but less than an hour away from home we have this and sometimes it is badly needed…
We're hosting a Faraday Discussions meeting in Glasgow themed around supramolecular gels. Just highlighting that the early bird registration date is fast approaching - get involved to have fun discussions around the use (or not) of inverted vials! We also have an excellent line up of speakers...
March 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We're hosting a Faraday Discussions meeting in Glasgow themed around supramolecular gels. Just highlighting that the early bird registration date is fast approaching - get involved to have fun discussions around the use (or not) of inverted vials! We also have an excellent line up of speakers...
Teaching the 6 year old about recrystallisation. Experiment seems to be going well. Just need a polarised microscope at home now…
January 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Teaching the 6 year old about recrystallisation. Experiment seems to be going well. Just need a polarised microscope at home now…
I guess this is meant to be a good thing, but I would refer the author to the other possible meaning of ‘servicing’…
January 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I guess this is meant to be a good thing, but I would refer the author to the other possible meaning of ‘servicing’…
I’ll take this as the first win of 2025…
January 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I’ll take this as the first win of 2025…
Email greetings designed to engage…
December 21, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Email greetings designed to engage…
Well, we live in Jordanhill, the kids are in school in Broomhill, we walk through Dowanhill for work and the uni is at Hillhead… I guarantee it’s not flat!
December 11, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Well, we live in Jordanhill, the kids are in school in Broomhill, we walk through Dowanhill for work and the uni is at Hillhead… I guarantee it’s not flat!
I could take this as a comment on the number of equations in my average research paper..?
December 8, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I could take this as a comment on the number of equations in my average research paper..?
When you are on holiday with the kids, Spotify freaks out…
December 5, 2024 at 9:08 AM
When you are on holiday with the kids, Spotify freaks out…
Excuse to add the nicest video from this year showing this in action… (collected by Marco Marcello at Liverpool, lead author on this work)
November 27, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Excuse to add the nicest video from this year showing this in action… (collected by Marco Marcello at Liverpool, lead author on this work)
A thing of beauty. There’s something very satisfying about making some bread whilst the wind whistles around outside…
November 24, 2024 at 5:31 PM
A thing of beauty. There’s something very satisfying about making some bread whilst the wind whistles around outside…
Did the scholargoggler.com thing, bandwagon hopping for fun. Strangely pleased that things I write about are most heavily highlighted…
November 23, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Did the scholargoggler.com thing, bandwagon hopping for fun. Strangely pleased that things I write about are most heavily highlighted…
Spotify has correctly surmised today’s mood…
November 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Spotify has correctly surmised today’s mood…
It’s an amazing place. 5 yo loved it, 3 yo loved it, then got terrified in the underground bit…
November 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
It’s an amazing place. 5 yo loved it, 3 yo loved it, then got terrified in the underground bit…
The best days have squirrels in them…
November 16, 2024 at 10:26 AM
The best days have squirrels in them…