Stephen Argent
@steppphhhen.bsky.social
Crystallographer and sometimes supramolecular chemist at University of Nottingham. Looking for light chemistry banter and responsible ownership.
dead of horsepunch
September 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
dead of horsepunch
Did they all have their Wikipedia pages vandalised in the late noughties?
August 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Did they all have their Wikipedia pages vandalised in the late noughties?
If you don't want to see a picture of my cute pet I'll have to post it to you instead.
August 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If you don't want to see a picture of my cute pet I'll have to post it to you instead.
Many thanks again to @rscadvances.rsc.org @materialsadvances.rsc.org for their generous sponsorship of our PGR Symposium poster prizes. Congratulations again to Alice Nottingham and Sean Hoggett for their terrific posters!
August 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Many thanks again to @rscadvances.rsc.org @materialsadvances.rsc.org for their generous sponsorship of our PGR Symposium poster prizes. Congratulations again to Alice Nottingham and Sean Hoggett for their terrific posters!
Not often inspired to try and improve my life by following tips on social media, but I might give this a go.
July 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Not often inspired to try and improve my life by following tips on social media, but I might give this a go.
Diffractometers like to throw shapes.
June 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Diffractometers like to throw shapes.
Love your photos of the four fold symmetric patterns in the Bahia palace! I spotted this rare example of a cheeky Kagome pattern taken in the entrance to the small Riad. People were just walking straight over it 🙄.
May 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Love your photos of the four fold symmetric patterns in the Bahia palace! I spotted this rare example of a cheeky Kagome pattern taken in the entrance to the small Riad. People were just walking straight over it 🙄.
How much more fun would the Fourier transform be if the moons were random?
May 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
How much more fun would the Fourier transform be if the moons were random?
A treat for anyone that made it to the end of the thread. Happy tessellating and fast Fourier transforming everyone! 23/23
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A treat for anyone that made it to the end of the thread. Happy tessellating and fast Fourier transforming everyone! 23/23
Bit of a naughty pattern that one. 22/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Bit of a naughty pattern that one. 22/999
You might need a stiff drink if you've made it this far down the thread. I hope it's coming to an end. 21/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
You might need a stiff drink if you've made it this far down the thread. I hope it's coming to an end. 21/999
I think I can see some systematic absences in this tiling. Or maybe it just needs rotating by 45°. 20/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I think I can see some systematic absences in this tiling. Or maybe it just needs rotating by 45°. 20/999
The code used to generate these Fourier transform images is on GitHub (apologies in advance) github.com/steppphhhen/... 19/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The code used to generate these Fourier transform images is on GitHub (apologies in advance) github.com/steppphhhen/... 19/999
This tiling reminds me of the mind-bending card game "Set" that the group of @nchampness.bsky.social used to play in the office at lunchtime. 18/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This tiling reminds me of the mind-bending card game "Set" that the group of @nchampness.bsky.social used to play in the office at lunchtime. 18/999
This tiling is called "The Wedding of the Hen" (www.atlasobscura.com/places/weddi...), and it was probably worth the journey to Lisbon alone (that and the TimeOut market). 17/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This tiling is called "The Wedding of the Hen" (www.atlasobscura.com/places/weddi...), and it was probably worth the journey to Lisbon alone (that and the TimeOut market). 17/999
But sometimes everthing is just lovely and you get to see some freaky interpenetration. 16/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
But sometimes everthing is just lovely and you get to see some freaky interpenetration. 16/999
Sometimes the researcher describes what it is they're trying to do, and you know it's going to be a difficult day (or perhaps year). 15/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sometimes the researcher describes what it is they're trying to do, and you know it's going to be a difficult day (or perhaps year). 15/999
Sometimes you put a crystal on the diffractometer against your better judgement because the researcher has pleading eyes and has tried so hard. 14/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sometimes you put a crystal on the diffractometer against your better judgement because the researcher has pleading eyes and has tried so hard. 14/999
Sometimes you go to the lab with a functionalised polyoxometalate crystal, and you keep saying "please don't be cubic, please don't be cubic". And it is. (you both know who you are) 13/999
April 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sometimes you go to the lab with a functionalised polyoxometalate crystal, and you keep saying "please don't be cubic, please don't be cubic". And it is. (you both know who you are) 13/999