MacLachlan Group

Congratulations to Seiya (@s_o0808) for his Excellent Poster Award at #ismsc2025! We are very proud of your achievements and look forward to many more to come!

Congratulations to Gunwant on her recent paper! In this work, she expands on our work on bis(phenylpyridine) Pt complexes, branching out to N-bridged systems. You can view the #veryimportantpaper here: …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…

Another year, another holiday party group photo from us! Happy holidays from the MacLachlan Group! ☺️

Congratulations to Raksha on her paper in @angew_chem! She explores post-synthetic modification of rotaxanes through metallation of the host macrocycle with Pt, comparing the dynamics of the resulting Pt(II), Pt(III), and Pt(IV) complexes. Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

@lucasandrew21 And most recently is another paper from our aerogel expert, @li_zongzhe on the development of composite graphene oxide/CNC aerogels for applications in solar steam generation and water purification: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@lucasandrew21 Next, we have Seiya Ota with his first paper in the group, published as a Hot Paper in Chem Sci! In this work, he demonstrates how to make a diverse library of dual-binding Pt complexes, all from just two precursor ligands: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Our group has been busy lately! Here are some of the newest papers from our group:

Check out this week's #ChemSciPicks from Mark MacLachlan et al. @MacLachlanUBC @ubcscience @UBCChem! "p-Extended Ligands with Dual-Binding Behavior: Hindered Rotation Unlocks Unexpected Reactivity in Cyclometalated Pt Complexes" Read here for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4SC04799K

Looking for a paper with a twist? Check out @Madhureeta95's latest paper on self-assembled bimetallic nanofibers, just published in ACS_ANM! @ACS_AMI pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

#CSC2024 Winnipeg summary: 1. Give a nice talk 2. Hang out with good friends 3. Make some new connections

...followed by @li_zongzhe and Seiya Ota! Congratulations again, everyone, and thanks to all the conference attendees who came to view our presentations!

Congratulations to all of our group members who smashed their presentations at #csc2024! Pictured here are @lucasandrew21, @Miguel_A_Soto_, Yota Neagari, and Raksha Kandel...

Jeanette Loos is back with her final paper from the group, just published in @SupraMolChem! In this work, she shows how to create extremely moldable and mechanically stable bicomponent gels with low molecular weight gelators. Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Congratulations to Yihan Shi on her latest paper with the group! In this work, she shows how to combine methyl viologen and CNCs to create reusable photochromic films for photo-patterning and encryption applications. You can check it out here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Congratulations to Dr. Kyoungil Cho (@Kgmpo4N2EGLGRIO), a previous postdoc in our group, on the 2nd paper from his time with us! Published in @CGD_ACS, this paper examines the growth of a variety of MOFs on cellulose nanocrystal surfaces. Read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Thanks for the announcement, @nanoscale_rsc! Our postdoc, Yitao Xu, has just published another excellent chapter in his saga of graphene oxide photonic liquids - this time, featuring magnetic control! You can check it out in the quoted post below 👇

Check out Miguel's latest paper below in @ChemicalScience for a crash course on Pt supramolecular chemistry! Congratulations to Miguel🎉

Another year, another Christmas party in the books! Happy holidays, everyone!

Our group may have gone a bit overboard for Halloween this year... if you dressed up as a solvent, which one would you choose? 🍁🎉🎃