#physicalchemistry — Public Fediverse posts

Self-activating electrocatalysts are a novel class of materials for green hydrogen production that autonomously reorganize and improve their catalytic efficiency during continuous operation.
Electrochemistry #MaterialsScience, #PhysicalChemistry #RenewableEnergyTechnologies #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/chm05122601.html

Self-activating electrocatalysts are a novel class of materials for green hydrogen production that autonomously reorganize and improve their catalytic efficiency during continuous operation.
Electrochemistry #MaterialsScience, #PhysicalChemistry #RenewableEnergyTechnologies #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/chm05122601.html

Self-activating electrocatalysts are a novel class of materials for green hydrogen production that autonomously reorganize and improve their catalytic efficiency during continuous operation.
Electrochemistry #MaterialsScience, #PhysicalChemistry #RenewableEnergyTechnologies #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/chm05122601.html

Self-activating electrocatalysts are a novel class of materials for green hydrogen production that autonomously reorganize and improve their catalytic efficiency during continuous operation.
Electrochemistry #MaterialsScience, #PhysicalChemistry #RenewableEnergyTechnologies #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/chm05122601.html

Self-activating electrocatalysts are a novel class of materials for green hydrogen production that autonomously reorganize and improve their catalytic efficiency during continuous operation.
Electrochemistry #MaterialsScience, #PhysicalChemistry #RenewableEnergyTechnologies #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/chm05122601.html

Polaritons are hybrid light-matter quasiparticles created by fusing photons with a layered crystalline material. In this context, molybdenum oxydichloride (MoOCl2) crystals are utilized to effectively guide and manipulate these light-based particles at the nanoscale.
#PhysicalChemistry #Optoelectronics #MaterialsScience #QuantumPhysics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/chm05032601.html

A nanoreactor is a porous shell containing catalytically active nanoparticles; researchers have discovered that these microscopic reactors operate more efficiently when the flow of reactants into the inner space is slightly restricted rather than completely uninhibited.
#ChemicalEngineering #Nanotechnology #MaterialsScience #PhysicalChemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/chm05012601.html

Researchers have developed the first universal model to accurately explain and predict energy level alignment at the interfaces between electrodes, hole-collecting monolayers (HCMs), and #perovskite layers in solar cells. This framework establishes physical guidelines for designing efficient, durable perovskite solar cells without relying heavily on trial and error.
#MaterialsScience #Photovoltaics #SolidStatePhysics #PhysicalChemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ms04302601.html

https://www.europesays.com/ie/456700/ This volcanologist peers into ‘crystal balls’ to forecast eruptions #AnalyticalChemistry #Éire #Geochemistry #IE #Ireland #PhysicalChemistry #Science #Spectroscopy

TIL on @wikipedia that J. Robert Oppenheimer graduated as a #Chemistry major from Harvard.

He decided to pursue his PhD in #Physics after taking a course on #Thermodynamics. Concepts in his doctoral dissertation are still taught in courses in #PhysicalChemistry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer

A renewable tango for drought-stricken power grids

2025 World Hydropower Outlook (International Hydropower Association, 2025). Cuppari, R. I., Pavelsky, T. M. & Characklis, G. W.…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Climate-changemitigation #environment #Hydrology #PhysicalChemistry #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/540501/

A renewable tango for drought-stricken power grids

2025 World Hydropower Outlook (International Hydropower Association, 2025). Cuppari, R. I., Pavelsky, T. M. & Characklis, G. W.…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Climate-changemitigation #hydrology #PhysicalChemistry #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/617788/

A novel, energy-efficient heterostructure catalyst designed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable electricity. This innovation provides a low-cost, highly durable alternative to traditional platinum-based materials for the production of zero-emissions hydrogen fuel.
#ChemicalEngineering #MaterialsScience #PhysicalChemistry #RenewableEnergy #Technology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/eng04142601.html

I've got a Masters proposal presentation tomorrow. Why am I so anxious all the time? I chose this topic, I know it enough to propose it and I love it. Why can't I just chill? :blobcatscared: #physicalchemistry #molecularmodeling #kmc #ComputationalChemistry

#Perovskite solar cells are an emerging, highly efficient technology for converting solar light into electricity that have recently been engineered with molecular anchors to withstand the structural deterioration caused by extreme environmental temperature swings.
#MaterialsScience #Photovoltaics #PhysicalChemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/ms03272601.html

A diagnostic technique employing zero-to-ultra-low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (ZULF NMR) enables the non-destructive evaluation of electrolyte composition and volume inside sealed rechargeable batteries.
#Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #QuantumSensing #MaterialsScience #Electrochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/chm03052601.html

A novel methodology that utilizes solar energy and light-absorbing "antenna" catalysts to power olefin epoxidation, significantly reducing the energy required and the carbon emissions produced during chemical manufacturing.
#PhysicalChemistry #Electrochemistry #PlasmonicChemistry #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/chm03042601.html

Formic acid #molecules are not two-dimensional as traditionally depicted, but exist as three-dimensional, chiral structures due to constant #quantum zero-point motion that forces atoms out of a flat plane.
#QuantumScience #Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #Structural Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/qs02202601.html

Formic acid #molecules are not two-dimensional as traditionally depicted, but exist as three-dimensional, chiral structures due to constant #quantum zero-point motion that forces atoms out of a flat plane.
#QuantumScience #Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #Structural Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/qs02202601.html

Formic acid #molecules are not two-dimensional as traditionally depicted, but exist as three-dimensional, chiral structures due to constant #quantum zero-point motion that forces atoms out of a flat plane.
#QuantumScience #Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #Structural Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/qs02202601.html

Formic acid #molecules are not two-dimensional as traditionally depicted, but exist as three-dimensional, chiral structures due to constant #quantum zero-point motion that forces atoms out of a flat plane.
#QuantumScience #Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #Structural Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/qs02202601.html

🧵 Post 2 / 3 — Removing Hand-Waving
🌀 Where the hand-waving usually starts
In many explanations we’re told: • “electrons form clouds”
• “bonds form by overlap”
• “Cooper pairs move without resistance”
All true — but often mechanically vague.
Using explicit phase, boundary, and flux constraints, many topics become clearer without contradicting known physics: electron orbitals, bonding (covalent/ionic/metallic), reaction selectivity, and even superconductivity (Cooper pairs, flux exclusion).
Probability remains — but it’s no longer doing all the explanatory work.
🌀
#Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #CondensedMatter #Superconductivity
#BeyondHandWaving #MechanicsAndProbability

🧵 Post 2 / 3 — Removing Hand-Waving
🌀 Where the hand-waving usually starts
In many explanations we’re told: • “electrons form clouds”
• “bonds form by overlap”
• “Cooper pairs move without resistance”
All true — but often mechanically vague.
Using explicit phase, boundary, and flux constraints, many topics become clearer without contradicting known physics: electron orbitals, bonding (covalent/ionic/metallic), reaction selectivity, and even superconductivity (Cooper pairs, flux exclusion).
Probability remains — but it’s no longer doing all the explanatory work.
🌀
#Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #CondensedMatter #Superconductivity
#BeyondHandWaving #MechanicsAndProbability

🧵 Post 2 / 3 — Removing Hand-Waving
🌀 Where the hand-waving usually starts
In many explanations we’re told: • “electrons form clouds”
• “bonds form by overlap”
• “Cooper pairs move without resistance”
All true — but often mechanically vague.
Using explicit phase, boundary, and flux constraints, many topics become clearer without contradicting known physics: electron orbitals, bonding (covalent/ionic/metallic), reaction selectivity, and even superconductivity (Cooper pairs, flux exclusion).
Probability remains — but it’s no longer doing all the explanatory work.
🌀
#Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #CondensedMatter #Superconductivity
#BeyondHandWaving #MechanicsAndProbability

🧵 Post 2 / 3 — Removing Hand-Waving
🌀 Where the hand-waving usually starts
In many explanations we’re told: • “electrons form clouds”
• “bonds form by overlap”
• “Cooper pairs move without resistance”
All true — but often mechanically vague.
Using explicit phase, boundary, and flux constraints, many topics become clearer without contradicting known physics: electron orbitals, bonding (covalent/ionic/metallic), reaction selectivity, and even superconductivity (Cooper pairs, flux exclusion).
Probability remains — but it’s no longer doing all the explanatory work.
🌀
#Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #CondensedMatter #Superconductivity
#BeyondHandWaving #MechanicsAndProbability

🧵 Post 2 / 3 — Removing Hand-Waving
🌀 Where the hand-waving usually starts
In many explanations we’re told: • “electrons form clouds”
• “bonds form by overlap”
• “Cooper pairs move without resistance”
All true — but often mechanically vague.
Using explicit phase, boundary, and flux constraints, many topics become clearer without contradicting known physics: electron orbitals, bonding (covalent/ionic/metallic), reaction selectivity, and even superconductivity (Cooper pairs, flux exclusion).
Probability remains — but it’s no longer doing all the explanatory work.
🌀
#Chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #CondensedMatter #Superconductivity
#BeyondHandWaving #MechanicsAndProbability

Chemistry Expert (PhD)
Mercor

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/mercor-27779-chemistry-expert-phd/

#biochemistry #inorganicchemistry #OrganicChemistry #physicalchemistry #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/mercor-27779-chemistry-expert-phd/?fsp_sid=2636

🔬 From Atmospheric Chemistry to High-Resolution Spectroscopy

Free virtual symposium honors the legacy of Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus and marks the release of her autobiography Burning for Science

Join personal reflections and scientific talks by:
• Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus (Bielefeld)
• Melanie Schnell (DESY)
• Joseph Francisco (UPenn)

🔗 Register: https://www.chemistryviews.org/from-atmospheric-chemistry-to-high-resolution-spectroscopy/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #physicalchemistry #chemphyschem #lifesinchem

By combining high-resolution electrostatic mapping with molecular dynamics simulations, we investigated the behavior of these surface-trapped ionic charges. We found that they spread across the surface with remarkable mobility. Their two-dimensional diffusion exceeds that of ions in bulk water, with the limiting factor being the friction between the ionic solvation shell and the solid.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505841122

#PNAS #MolecularDynamics #SurfaceScience #PhysicalChemistry#ComputationalChemistry

🔬 From Atmospheric Chemistry to High-Resolution Spectroscopy

Free virtual symposium honors the legacy of Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus and marks the release of her autobiography Burning for Science

Join personal reflections and scientific talks by:
• Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus (Bielefeld)
• Melanie Schnell (DESY)
• Joseph Francisco (UPenn)

🔗 Register: https://www.chemistryviews.org/from-atmospheric-chemistry-to-high-resolution-spectroscopy/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #physicalchemistry #chemphyschem #lifesinchem

Chemistry Expert (PhD)
Mercor

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/mercor-27779-chemistry-expert-phd/

#biochemistry #inorganicchemistry #OrganicChemistry #physicalchemistry #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/mercor-27779-chemistry-expert-phd/?fsp_sid=1586

Chemistry Expert (PhD)
Mercor

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/mercor-27779-chemistry-expert-phd/

#biochemistry #inorganicchemistry #OrganicChemistry #physicalchemistry #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/mercor-27779-chemistry-expert-phd/?fsp_sid=1369

Fully funded PhD studentship
University of St Andrews

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-st-andrews-27778-fully-funded-phd-studentship/

#carbonmaterials #physicalchemistry #superresolutionmicroscopy #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-st-andrews-27778-fully-funded-phd-studentship/?fsp_sid=1082

🔬 From Atmospheric Chemistry to High-Resolution Spectroscopy

Free virtual symposium honors the legacy of Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus and marks the release of her autobiography Burning for Science

Join personal reflections and scientific talks by:
• Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus (Bielefeld)
• Melanie Schnell (DESY)
• Joseph Francisco (UPenn)

🔗 Register: https://www.chemistryviews.org/from-atmospheric-chemistry-to-high-resolution-spectroscopy/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #physicalchemistry #chemphyschem #lifesinchem

Fully funded PhD studentship
University of St Andrews

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-st-andrews-27778-fully-funded-phd-studentship/

#carbonmaterials #physicalchemistry #superresolutionmicroscopy #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-st-andrews-27778-fully-funded-phd-studentship/?fsp_sid=81

🔬 From Atmospheric Chemistry to High-Resolution Spectroscopy

Free virtual symposium honors the legacy of Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus and marks the release of her autobiography Burning for Science

Join personal reflections and scientific talks by:
• Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus (Bielefeld)
• Melanie Schnell (DESY)
• Joseph Francisco (UPenn)

🔗 Register: https://www.chemistryviews.org/from-atmospheric-chemistry-to-high-resolution-spectroscopy/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #physicalchemistry #chemphyschem #lifesinchem

So let's get this Bunsentagung started #PhysicalChemistry #bunsentagung

Meet our Managing Editor Dr. Marc Kielmann at Aromaticity 2025 in Mérida, Mexico 🇲🇽, Jan. 27–30, 2025. He is excited to chat with you about #OrganicChemistry, #ScientificPublishing and #OpenAccess.

➡️ https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/news/M5CP5RLBB3CBT6Z4L4NMJFHTHA?M=y

#Aromaticity2025 #TheoreticalChemistry #ComputationalChemistry #OrganicChemistry #PhysicalChemistry #QuantumChemistry #ChemTwitter #CompChem #TheoChem #aromaticity
#BJOC 💎 🔓

Meet our Managing Editor Dr. Marc Kielmann at Aromaticity 2025 in Mérida, Mexico 🇲🇽, Jan. 27–30, 2025. He looks forward to chatting with you about #OrganicChemistry, #ScientificPublishing and #OpenAccess.

➡️ https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/news/M5CP5RLBB3CBT6Z4L4NMJFHTHA?M=y

#Aromaticity2025 #TheoreticalChemistry #ComputationalChemistry #OrganicChemistry #PhysicalChemistry #QuantumChemistry #ChemTwitter #CompChem #TheoChem #aromaticity
#BJOC 💎 🔓

Understanding Polymerization in Extraterrestrial Ices

How can complex organic molecules like paraldehyde be synthesized in extraterrestrial ices?

https://www.chemistryviews.org/understanding-olymerization-in-extraterrestrical-ices/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #extraterrestrial #physicalchemistry

Klaus Boldt, Heisenberg-Professor in Rostock, shares his insights on his Trend Report Physical Chemistry in "Nachrichten aus der Chemie" ( @gdch ) in the latest episode of our KarriereRadio🎙️. Join us as we discuss his groundbreaking research, the challenges and rewards of being a Principal Investigator in physical chemistry, and the exciting opportunities in the field.
RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ef2c05d4/podcast/rss
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/53TvvQZ1E07i3O5gvslBNP
#PhysicalChemistry #Nanochemistry #Research #Podcast #Chemiverse

I took my first degree in the Natural Sciences Tripos at the University of Cambridge. This involved doing a very general first year comprising four different elements that could be chosen flexibly. I quickly settled on Physics, Chemistry and  Mathematics for Natural Sciences to reflect my A-level results but was struggling for the fourth. In the end I picked the one that seemed most like Physics, a course called Crystalline Materials. I didn’t like that at all, and wish I’d done some Biology instead – Biology of Cells and Biology of Organisms were both options – or even Geology, but I stuck with it for the first year.

Having to do such a wide range of subjects was very challenging. The timetable was densely packed and the pace was considerable. In the second year, however, I was able to focus on Mathematics and Physics and although it was still intense it was a bit more focussed. I ended up doing Theoretical Physics in my final year, including a theory project.

My best teacher at School, Dr Geoeff Swinden,  was a chemist (he had a doctorate in organic chemistry from Oxford University) and when I went to Cambridge I fully expected to specialisze in Chemistry rather than Physics. I loved the curly arrows and all that. But two things changed. One was that I found the Physics content of the first year far more interesting – and the lecturers and tutors far more inspiring – than Chemistry, and the other was that my considerable ineptitude at practical work made me doubt that I had a future in a chemistry laboratory. And so it came to pass that I switched allegiance to Physics, a decision I am very glad I made.

(It was only towards the end of my degree that I started to take Astrophysics seriously as a possible specialism, but that’s another story…)

Anyway, when I turned up at Cambridge over 40 years ago to begin my course, and having Chemistry as a probable end point, I bought all the recommended text books, one of which was Physical Chemistry by P.W. Atkins. I found a picture (above) of the 1982 edition which may well be the one I bought (although I vaguely remember the one I had being in paperback). I thought it was a very good book, and it has gone into many subsequent editions. I also found the Physical part of Chemistry quite straightforward because it is basically Physics. I even got higher marks in Chemistry in the first year than I did in Physics but that didn’t alter my decision to drop Chemistry after the first year. When I did so, I followed tradition and sold my copy to a new undergraduate along with the other books relating to courses that I dropped.

Yesterday I found out that Peter Atkins has decided to make one of his books available to download. The book concerned is however not the compendious tome I bought, but a shorter summary called Concepts in Physical Chemistry, which was published in 1995. This is no doubt a very useful text for beginning Chemistry students so I thought I’d pass on this information. You can download it here, although you have to do it chapter by chapter in PDF files.

P.S. Chemistry in Spanish is ‘Química’. Since Physics and Chemistry share the same building in the University of Barcelona, where I am currently working, I frequently walk past rooms with doors marked ‘Quim’ (but I have never taken the opportunity to enter one).

https://telescoper.blog/2024/05/26/free-atkins/

#chemistry #ConceptsInPhysicalChemistry #education #PeterAtkins #PhysicalChemistry #Physics #Science

If you're interested in state of the art quantum dot and colloidal semiconductor nanoparticle research, I can only recommended this special issue "40 Years of Colloidal Nanocrystals in JCP" released earlier this year in the Journal of Chemical Physics! Of course it contains an article by myself 😎 #QuantumDots #JournalChemicalPhysics #nanoparticle #PhysicalChemistry https://pubs.aip.org/jcp/collection/1325/40-Years-of-Colloidal-Nanocrystals-in-JCP

If you're interested in state of the art quantum dot and colloidal semiconductor nanoparticle research, I can only recommended this special issue "40 Years of Colloidal Nanocrystals in JCP" released earlier this year in the Journal of Chemical Physics! Of course it contains an article by myself 😎 #QuantumDots #JournalChemicalPhysics #nanoparticle #PhysicalChemistry https://pubs.aip.org/jcp/collection/1325/40-Years-of-Colloidal-Nanocrystals-in-JCP

yPCs at the JCF Klausurtagung 2023!
From Aug 25 to 27, Noah Al-Shamery was at the young chemists meet-up in Wuppertal as a yPC representative to network and to raise awareness for the German Bunsen Society across Germany. With speakers from Bayer, Shimadzu, and the OPCW, Wuppertal University was a great place for making new long-lasting connections between young professionals in their chemistry careers. #jcf #chemistry #PhysicalChemistry
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EYCN Delegates say YES to yPCs in the European Young Chemists' Network of EuChemS! 🎉
Last weekend, the elected delegates from chemical societies all across Europe came together in The World Congress in The Hague, Netherlands, to network, elect a new board, and to vote on the inclusion of yPC in future EYCN activities. We are looking forward to the exciting new international collaboration opportunities that this step will bring to yPC! #PhysicalChemistry #EYCN #EarlyCareerScientist
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Was ist die Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie und wofür steht sie? Antworten auf diese und viele weitere Fragen in der neuen Imagebroschüre der DBG! Natürlich auch mit Kurzvorstellung der yPC :-) #PhysicalChemistry #BunsenGesellschaft https://www.unserebroschuere.de/Deutsche-Bunsen-Gesellschaft/WebView/

Jennifer Meyer joined the department of chemistry at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau (@rptu_transfer) as a Junior Professor in physical chemistry in Fall 2020. In her presentation, she will give a short glimpse into scattering experiments to investigate the dynamics of chemical reactions - by transferring them into the gas phase! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/nadc.20234136457 #chemiverse #chemistry #PhysicalChemistry #GasPhase

@sflorg ⬆️

#PhysicalChemistry is everywhere!

#Chemiverse #Mastochem 🦠

Corina Andronescu, Uni Duisburg-Essen Germany, haa 2 Ph.D. positions opened in my group, in CO2 electroreduction (SECCM, GDEs) and N2 electrooxidation. Funding for 3 years, according to TVL 13, 50 %. #chemistry #chemiverse #PhysicalChemistry #electrochemistry #electroreduction #electrooxidation #PhD #academia https://karriere.uni-due.online/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ausschreibungstext_2205b-22e_wiss_AG-Andronescu_eng_WISNA.pdf
https://karriere.uni-due.online/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ausschreibungstext_2205b-22e_wiss_AG-Andronescu_eng_WISNA.pdf