Wow! Nearly 17k views of my @ActaCrystC.IUCr.org paper about the #SCXRD #CrystalStructure of spicy capsaicin. Time to celebrate with some chillies! 🌶🌶🌶
doi.org/10.1107/S205...
#ChemSky #RealTimeChem #Crystallography #Capsaicin #Capsicum #Diffraction
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#ChemSky #RealTimeChem #Crystallography #Capsaicin #Capsicum #Diffraction
August 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Wow! Nearly 17k views of my @ActaCrystC.IUCr.org paper about the #SCXRD #CrystalStructure of spicy capsaicin. Time to celebrate with some chillies! 🌶🌶🌶
doi.org/10.1107/S205...
#ChemSky #RealTimeChem #Crystallography #Capsaicin #Capsicum #Diffraction
doi.org/10.1107/S205...
#ChemSky #RealTimeChem #Crystallography #Capsaicin #Capsicum #Diffraction
SCXRD - single-cheese X-ray diffraction
“They were able to identify the presence of two rather unique crystals on the surface of washed rind cheeses: struvite and ikaite.”
#MinCup25
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#MinCup25
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Paul Kinstedt: Blowing Minds, One Washed Rind Cheese at a Time | Murray's Cheese Blog
Thank you, Jasper Hill Farm. Thank you for not only throwing a raucous (and fiery) 15th anniversary party, but to also mark the occasion with the launch of the inaugural Jasper Hill Science Fair. It s...
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September 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
SCXRD - single-cheese X-ray diffraction
Got to help the new PhD student with their first crystals yesterday, although I did have to point out they probably won't see diffraction quite like this every time they grow crystals! #chemsky
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Got to help the new PhD student with their first crystals yesterday, although I did have to point out they probably won't see diffraction quite like this every time they grow crystals! #chemsky
Another month or so and our new @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social SCXRD would have a structure in minutes
April 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Another month or so and our new @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social SCXRD would have a structure in minutes
Super excited to share the first fluoflavine radical-bridged single-molecule magnets 🧲🥳😎! The new lanthanide molecules feature open magnetic hysteresis loops 🧲🎉 ! The study includes SCXRD, SQUID, HF-EPR and DFT data! Published in JACS!
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December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Super excited to share the first fluoflavine radical-bridged single-molecule magnets 🧲🥳😎! The new lanthanide molecules feature open magnetic hysteresis loops 🧲🎉 ! The study includes SCXRD, SQUID, HF-EPR and DFT data! Published in JACS!
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Materials
I selected 100 articles from Physical sciences section that somehow contain diffraction, mainly PXRD, but a bit of SCXRD. Articles from 28/11/2024 to 07/01/2025.
Methods
Eyes, not fancy-pancy AI or any scripts. A bit of a Excel and Paint.NET.
2/x
I selected 100 articles from Physical sciences section that somehow contain diffraction, mainly PXRD, but a bit of SCXRD. Articles from 28/11/2024 to 07/01/2025.
Methods
Eyes, not fancy-pancy AI or any scripts. A bit of a Excel and Paint.NET.
2/x
January 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Materials
I selected 100 articles from Physical sciences section that somehow contain diffraction, mainly PXRD, but a bit of SCXRD. Articles from 28/11/2024 to 07/01/2025.
Methods
Eyes, not fancy-pancy AI or any scripts. A bit of a Excel and Paint.NET.
2/x
I selected 100 articles from Physical sciences section that somehow contain diffraction, mainly PXRD, but a bit of SCXRD. Articles from 28/11/2024 to 07/01/2025.
Methods
Eyes, not fancy-pancy AI or any scripts. A bit of a Excel and Paint.NET.
2/x
At least SCXRD part survived…
January 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
At least SCXRD part survived…
Hah, we were talking about it today with our SCXRD technician, in his words "we don't like dichloromethane, please students don't use dichloromethane"
March 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hah, we were talking about it today with our SCXRD technician, in his words "we don't like dichloromethane, please students don't use dichloromethane"
Our work examining SnxTaSe2 is out in @jacs.acspublications.org! From a single intercalated TMD growth composition, we find unexpected structural diversity that is not captured by common characterization techniques. #chemsky 🧪 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Superconducting Sn-Intercalated TaSe2: Structural Diversity Obscured by Routine Characterization Techniques
Using Sn-intercalated TaSe2 as a model system, we demonstrate the presence of structural heterogeneity captured by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) and scanning transmission electron microscop...
pubs.acs.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Our work examining SnxTaSe2 is out in @jacs.acspublications.org! From a single intercalated TMD growth composition, we find unexpected structural diversity that is not captured by common characterization techniques. #chemsky 🧪 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Huge congratulations to Jennifer and Navutheya, whose master’s and bachelor’s theses are summarized here, and to Christopher for his outstanding help with SCXRD! 2/2
March 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Huge congratulations to Jennifer and Navutheya, whose master’s and bachelor’s theses are summarized here, and to Christopher for his outstanding help with SCXRD! 2/2
🚨 Our dept. is hiring an X-ray Facility Manager / Research Scientist. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a state-of-the-art X-ray facility (SCXRD/PXRD). Reach out if you have any questions!
💼 Apply here: lnkd.in/eYnH-j23
💼 Apply here: lnkd.in/eYnH-j23
March 18, 2026 at 4:50 PM
🚨 Our dept. is hiring an X-ray Facility Manager / Research Scientist. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a state-of-the-art X-ray facility (SCXRD/PXRD). Reach out if you have any questions!
💼 Apply here: lnkd.in/eYnH-j23
💼 Apply here: lnkd.in/eYnH-j23
This would not have been possible without the hard work from Ayu, with amazing support from Edgar! Fabian Dankert did magic with the SCXRD data, Jonas Surkau carried out the IR/RAMAN studies and Andrey chipped in some CV-tricks. Great team effort! Congrats to everyone! #31P #phosphorus #ProudPI
March 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This would not have been possible without the hard work from Ayu, with amazing support from Edgar! Fabian Dankert did magic with the SCXRD data, Jonas Surkau carried out the IR/RAMAN studies and Andrey chipped in some CV-tricks. Great team effort! Congrats to everyone! #31P #phosphorus #ProudPI
Are these crystals big enough for neutron diffraction? :)
#crystallography
#crystallography
October 6, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Are these crystals big enough for neutron diffraction? :)
#crystallography
#crystallography
Really happy to have this one out! 😁In this paper, we show that metal complexes can be integrated into into B←N frameworks. We linked trinuclear Au₃(pyrazolate)₃ complexes with boronate esters and obtained highly crystalline (SCXRD!), adaptable 1D and 2D polymers. Have a look! 👀
Metal-organic B-N networks. Work by @atenasolea.bsky.social and co-workers, published #openaccess in @chemicalscience.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/sc/article/d...
August 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Really happy to have this one out! 😁In this paper, we show that metal complexes can be integrated into into B←N frameworks. We linked trinuclear Au₃(pyrazolate)₃ complexes with boronate esters and obtained highly crystalline (SCXRD!), adaptable 1D and 2D polymers. Have a look! 👀
Summary of SCXRD week
Out of 10 measured structures:
- 6 unexpected
- 2 expected, but just because few weeks ago related structures were unexpected
- 2 expected (appeared on Friday afternoon)
#crystallography #RealTimeChem
Out of 10 measured structures:
- 6 unexpected
- 2 expected, but just because few weeks ago related structures were unexpected
- 2 expected (appeared on Friday afternoon)
#crystallography #RealTimeChem
November 8, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Summary of SCXRD week
Out of 10 measured structures:
- 6 unexpected
- 2 expected, but just because few weeks ago related structures were unexpected
- 2 expected (appeared on Friday afternoon)
#crystallography #RealTimeChem
Out of 10 measured structures:
- 6 unexpected
- 2 expected, but just because few weeks ago related structures were unexpected
- 2 expected (appeared on Friday afternoon)
#crystallography #RealTimeChem
Joining #chemsky, I'll revisit some previous research, while I wait for review on the latest.
In 2023, we reported scXRD of N-O OA of Ni(0) to isoxazoles (acs.organomet.2c00533), illustrating a long-proposed mode of catalyst poisoning. Contrary to the literature, we did not observe this for Pd(0).
In 2023, we reported scXRD of N-O OA of Ni(0) to isoxazoles (acs.organomet.2c00533), illustrating a long-proposed mode of catalyst poisoning. Contrary to the literature, we did not observe this for Pd(0).
November 18, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Joining #chemsky, I'll revisit some previous research, while I wait for review on the latest.
In 2023, we reported scXRD of N-O OA of Ni(0) to isoxazoles (acs.organomet.2c00533), illustrating a long-proposed mode of catalyst poisoning. Contrary to the literature, we did not observe this for Pd(0).
In 2023, we reported scXRD of N-O OA of Ni(0) to isoxazoles (acs.organomet.2c00533), illustrating a long-proposed mode of catalyst poisoning. Contrary to the literature, we did not observe this for Pd(0).
I really love it when a fresh batch of scXRD structures drops from our collaborators at @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social! N–Cl bonds have become our group's workhorse and the structs allow finding really neat trends, here's a snippet from our 2025 paper. #chemchat #chemsky
April 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I really love it when a fresh batch of scXRD structures drops from our collaborators at @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social! N–Cl bonds have become our group's workhorse and the structs allow finding really neat trends, here's a snippet from our 2025 paper. #chemchat #chemsky
Best LN2 for SCXRD - free leftovers after NMR refill!
October 31, 2023 at 2:18 PM
Best LN2 for SCXRD - free leftovers after NMR refill!
Pedro’s latest preprint is posted! He explains how to grow crystals of RE-UiO-66 suitable for standard SCXRD (not an easy task). With co-authors Chris Copeman, Micaela Richezzi, Justin Sardilli (undergrad) and Hatem Titi 💎
Deciphering Trends in Structural Parameters of RE-UiO-66 Metal–Organic Frameworks through Single Crystal Analysis https://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-l5nth?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
October 18, 2023 at 11:07 AM
Pedro’s latest preprint is posted! He explains how to grow crystals of RE-UiO-66 suitable for standard SCXRD (not an easy task). With co-authors Chris Copeman, Micaela Richezzi, Justin Sardilli (undergrad) and Hatem Titi 💎
Ideal crystals are bad for SCXRD.
February 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ideal crystals are bad for SCXRD.
I did an analysis of a crystals that formed on the leaves of touch-me-not few year ago. Not nothing interesting, just sugar. But crystals were good enough for SCXRD.
June 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I did an analysis of a crystals that formed on the leaves of touch-me-not few year ago. Not nothing interesting, just sugar. But crystals were good enough for SCXRD.
SHELXT and AutoChem made my work so much easier when I was pursuing a PhD. Can this be the next step of SCXRD?
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pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
CrystalX: High-Accuracy Crystal Structure Analysis Using Deep Learning
Atomic structure analysis of crystalline materials is a paramount endeavor in both chemical and material sciences. This sophisticated technique necessitates not only a solid foundation in crystallogra...
pubs.acs.org
April 27, 2026 at 10:45 AM
SHELXT and AutoChem made my work so much easier when I was pursuing a PhD. Can this be the next step of SCXRD?
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Rest easy Chris, I think you're well into the top 10% for number of SCXRD data sets collected by grad students at UC!
September 17, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Rest easy Chris, I think you're well into the top 10% for number of SCXRD data sets collected by grad students at UC!