Functional Materials Group

And thank you too @amichalchuk for the tour of the new (and old) chemistry buildings! It brought back memories...

Great to be back @UoBChemistry for the @SscgR Xmas meeting, catch up with familiar faces and to see some excellent science - well done @DominikJKubicki and team for the organisation!

Huge congratulations to all organisers of the @SscgR Christmas meeting on another wonderful conference! And my first visit to Birmingham university has won my heart 👏

Great to hear so many wonderful talks showcasing data from #HRPD @isisneutronmuon at the joint @bcaccg / PCG meeting, including James Cumby (@CumbyLab), Alex Gibbs (@StAndrewsChem), Amber Thompson (@OxfordChemistry) and Steve Hull, amongst others. Thank you all for a great day!

🚨 #phdposition available in our lab 🚨 Interested in crystallography, phase transitions and thermal methods? 💎🌡️Come and work on our EU MolCal MSCA Doctoral Network project to understand solid-state refrigerant materials under pressure. RTs appreciated! molcal.eu/dc-positions/u…

@MJCliffe FPSM (full profile search match) works well at matching things from COD, and is quite easy to use: nanoair.dii.unitn.it:8080/sfpm/

A control cabin is quite nice on a hot day! Thank you @esrfsynchrotron for a stress-free experiment!

📣 Applications for the Malvern Panalytical Thesis prize for Physical Crystallography 2024 are still open. Click the link to find out more: pcg-scmp.org/Prizes

Attention all Physical Crystallographers!!! The 2024 Malvern Panalytical Thesis Prize for Physical Crystallography is now open for entries! Deadline - Friday 14th June. The application is incredibly simple, so don't miss out! For full details please see pcg-scmp.org/Prizes

Come and work with us! We are currently recruiting a @LeverhulmeTrust funded 2 year PDRA position in high pressure crystallography: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre-e… co-supervised with Dr Nick Funnell @isisneutronmuon and @SossoGroup @warwickchem Please RT!

We are recruiting for a new Research Assistant/Associate in modelling solid-state batteries and crystal structure prediction as part of our recent ERC/UKRI Frontiers Grant! Retweets much appreciated 🔋😊 jobs.ac.uk/job/DHW915/res…. @ChemistryNCL

Announcing a very special workshop this summer: The Future of Materials Discovery - UCL, London 25-26 June AI is going to change science in a big way. We have an unbelievable line-up of speakers to discuss what the future looks like Please RT! sites.google.com/view/future-of…

Great day spent discussing the best ways to teach python in Chemistry. Thanks to @an_drewmcc and @michaelriver for the hard work organising!

Really enjoyed presenting @EllieDChem's work at the @RoySocChem fluorine group meeting. Now am early start to get to @UCLChemistry to talk about teaching python!

@an_drewmcc @EllieDChem @RoySocChem @UCLChemistry I'll definitely get to London, I just can't be sure I'll get home again...

@CumbyLab @EllieDChem @RoySocChem @UCLChemistry Hopefully the rail strike doesn't affect you too much 🙏

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Aberdeen and ISIS Neutron and Muon Source eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Great to get our work published in @JMaterChem. Some lovely results measuring CsCaCl3 using the PEARL high-pressure instrument 💎 part of a collaboration between us @isisneutronmuon and researchers @EdinburghUni. tinyurl.com/mway62f5. @r1dley @giarc1bull @CumbyLab @sumitkonar

Farewell HRPD @isisneutronmuon, we probably won't see you again before the big rebuild!

Keep up to date with new research like 'Mixed anion control of negative thermal expansion in a niobium oxyfluoride' by @CumbyLab and @EllieDChem. #openaccess buff.ly/3I4BU2v

@robajackson We've previously shown that fluorine doping can switch this material from semiconducting to metallic, and stabilise the cubic structure (doi.org/10.1039/D2TC01…). Watch this space for phonon modelling!