David Mills
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David Mills
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· Jun 25
Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide–alkene complex up to 100 kelvin - Nature
A dysprosium amide–alkene complex shows soft magnetic hysteresis loops up to 100 kelvin, arising from the high charge density of the amide ligands and the structural role of the pendant alkene.
www.nature.com
Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Funded PhD position: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This is an interdisciplinary project where you get to do coordination chemistry with bismuth and zinc, as well as some microbiology and some computational chemistry - all in the name of combatting antimicrobial resistance.
Currently UK only.
This is an interdisciplinary project where you get to do coordination chemistry with bismuth and zinc, as well as some microbiology and some computational chemistry - all in the name of combatting antimicrobial resistance.
Currently UK only.
Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes at Nottingham Trent University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes at Nottingham Trent University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Funded PhD position: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This is an interdisciplinary project where you get to do coordination chemistry with bismuth and zinc, as well as some microbiology and some computational chemistry - all in the name of combatting antimicrobial resistance.
Currently UK only.
This is an interdisciplinary project where you get to do coordination chemistry with bismuth and zinc, as well as some microbiology and some computational chemistry - all in the name of combatting antimicrobial resistance.
Currently UK only.
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Excited to share our book chapter "In silico Catalyst Design within Asymmetric Organocatalysis", published with Wiley. It covers computational methods from basics to data-driven approaches.
@iiribarren.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Compchem #CatalystDesign
@iiribarren.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Compchem #CatalystDesign
In silico Catalyst Design Within Asymmetric Organocatalysis
This chapter focuses on the fundamental design principles that guide computational studies in asymmetric organocatalysis, emphasizing key concepts such as transition state theory, the Curtin–Hammett ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Excited to share our book chapter "In silico Catalyst Design within Asymmetric Organocatalysis", published with Wiley. It covers computational methods from basics to data-driven approaches.
@iiribarren.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Compchem #CatalystDesign
@iiribarren.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Compchem #CatalystDesign
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Whether you're starting out in a theory project on molecular magnetism, or a synthetic chemist curious about how the magic happens, check out my new tutorial review: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @scienceanu.bsky.social @uomresearchit.bsky.social
Ab initio electronic structure calculations of lanthanide single-molecule magnets; a practical guide
Research into single-molecule magnetism lies at the nexus of challenging synthetic chemistry, spin physics and ab initio quantum chemistry. There are no “one-size-fits-all” textbooks and as such it ca...
pubs.rsc.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Whether you're starting out in a theory project on molecular magnetism, or a synthetic chemist curious about how the magic happens, check out my new tutorial review: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @scienceanu.bsky.social @uomresearchit.bsky.social
We are hiring PhD students in very different research areas! Please see two adverts below, and note that the second position is restricted to UK students only. Please re-post; interested candidates please contact me by email:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Controlling magnetic relaxation times in rare earth single-molecule magnets and qubits at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [FSE Bicentenary PhD] Controlling magnetic relaxation times in rare earth single-molecule magnets and qubits at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We are hiring PhD students in very different research areas! Please see two adverts below, and note that the second position is restricted to UK students only. Please re-post; interested candidates please contact me by email:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 🔁 Reposts appreciated!
My group at @manchester.ac.uk is recruiting a 3.5-year PhD student to explore Sb & Bi pincer complexes for metallomimetic chemistry.
🔬 Fully funded (UK only)
📍 Manchester
🧪 Synthetic inorganic chemistry
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/yrjkvha9
My group at @manchester.ac.uk is recruiting a 3.5-year PhD student to explore Sb & Bi pincer complexes for metallomimetic chemistry.
🔬 Fully funded (UK only)
📍 Manchester
🧪 Synthetic inorganic chemistry
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/yrjkvha9
Sustainable Catalysis with Sb and Bi Pincer Complexes at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Sustainable Catalysis with Sb and Bi Pincer Complexes at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 🔁 Reposts appreciated!
My group at @manchester.ac.uk is recruiting a 3.5-year PhD student to explore Sb & Bi pincer complexes for metallomimetic chemistry.
🔬 Fully funded (UK only)
📍 Manchester
🧪 Synthetic inorganic chemistry
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/yrjkvha9
My group at @manchester.ac.uk is recruiting a 3.5-year PhD student to explore Sb & Bi pincer complexes for metallomimetic chemistry.
🔬 Fully funded (UK only)
📍 Manchester
🧪 Synthetic inorganic chemistry
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/yrjkvha9
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We are advertising for two PhD studentships in organometallic chemistry! Come and work with us @imperialchemistry.bsky.social from October 2026:
Advert 2) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Advert 2) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD Studentship in C–H Functionalisation Using Polymetallic Complexes at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD Studentship in C–H Functionalisation Using Polymetallic Complexes at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We are advertising for two PhD studentships in organometallic chemistry! Come and work with us @imperialchemistry.bsky.social from October 2026:
Advert 2) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Advert 2) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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💫 Open PhD position in synthetic lanthanide and actinide chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at DTU Chemistry! 🇩🇰 🧪
🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
⏰ Deadline: November 30
Check out our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org
🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
⏰ Deadline: November 30
Check out our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
💫 Open PhD position in synthetic lanthanide and actinide chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at DTU Chemistry! 🇩🇰 🧪
🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
⏰ Deadline: November 30
Check out our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org
🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
⏰ Deadline: November 30
Check out our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org
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We are hiring two PhDs on our EU SMOM project for a Sept 2026 start.
The two projects will involve being trained, and becoming expert in, air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, single-crystal SMOM synthesis, reactivity, and deployment in sustainable catalysis.
tinyurl.com/3yvk5jnd
The two projects will involve being trained, and becoming expert in, air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, single-crystal SMOM synthesis, reactivity, and deployment in sustainable catalysis.
tinyurl.com/3yvk5jnd
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are hiring two PhDs on our EU SMOM project for a Sept 2026 start.
The two projects will involve being trained, and becoming expert in, air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, single-crystal SMOM synthesis, reactivity, and deployment in sustainable catalysis.
tinyurl.com/3yvk5jnd
The two projects will involve being trained, and becoming expert in, air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, single-crystal SMOM synthesis, reactivity, and deployment in sustainable catalysis.
tinyurl.com/3yvk5jnd
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Y'all wanted some EChem? Check out our contribution in InorgChem @acs.org towards tetravalent lanthanides, with @conradgoodwin.bsky.social, @john-seed.bsky.social, in collaboration with @gen-chem.bsky.social + @peremiro.bsky.social for calculations!
Synthesis, Redox Chemistry, and Electronic Structures of Bis-di(silylamido)silane f-Element Complexes
We report the synthesis and characterization of pseudo-tetrahedral f-element complexes bearing the sterically demanding bidentate di(silylamido)silane ligand, {Me2Si(NSiiPr3)2}2– (Me2SiN†N†). Two equi...
pubs.acs.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Y'all wanted some EChem? Check out our contribution in InorgChem @acs.org towards tetravalent lanthanides, with @conradgoodwin.bsky.social, @john-seed.bsky.social, in collaboration with @gen-chem.bsky.social + @peremiro.bsky.social for calculations!
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📣 Come and join us !
Applications are now open for 200 new PhD Studentships and Fellowships.
We're investing in early career researchers, in partnership with philanthropic support - to develop the next generation of research leaders.
Share with someone you know!
www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bic...
We're investing in early career researchers, in partnership with philanthropic support - to develop the next generation of research leaders.
Share with someone you know!
www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bic...
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📣 Come and join us !
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PhD studentship at Uni Warwick with CENTA! Join us to study the decomposition of potent greenhouse gas N2O using Earth abundant Ti-based molecular photocatalysts. Exciting joint project with @chaplinlab.bsky.social group. Please contact Seb for details. centa.ac.uk/studentship/... Please re-post.
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
PhD studentship at Uni Warwick with CENTA! Join us to study the decomposition of potent greenhouse gas N2O using Earth abundant Ti-based molecular photocatalysts. Exciting joint project with @chaplinlab.bsky.social group. Please contact Seb for details. centa.ac.uk/studentship/... Please re-post.
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We have Postdoc position open in my lab for SMOM. Please see this post on LinkedIn for full details.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry | Andrew Weller
We are hiring a Postdoc! If you have PhD/PDRA experience in air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, are interested in using this expertise in single-crystal SMOM synthesis and reactivity,...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We have Postdoc position open in my lab for SMOM. Please see this post on LinkedIn for full details.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
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Join our team! We're searching for a #postdoc for a project on bimetallic #uranium complexes 🧪☢️⚗️. Funded 12 month fellowship by the Karl-Ziegler-Foundation. Further information and link to the application portal: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
Deadline: 10 November. #chempostdoc #chemsky
Deadline: 10 November. #chempostdoc #chemsky
Job advertisement
www.uni-hamburg.de
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Join our team! We're searching for a #postdoc for a project on bimetallic #uranium complexes 🧪☢️⚗️. Funded 12 month fellowship by the Karl-Ziegler-Foundation. Further information and link to the application portal: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
Deadline: 10 November. #chempostdoc #chemsky
Deadline: 10 November. #chempostdoc #chemsky
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A PDRA position is available @bathchem.bsky.social in the Liptrot group. Great opportunity with a fantastic group!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
AP13080 Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry - Jobs at Bath
www.bath.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A PDRA position is available @bathchem.bsky.social in the Liptrot group. Great opportunity with a fantastic group!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
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Just seen that Periodic Videos have recently put out a new Dy video - great to see this featured on there! 🧲
Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide–alkene complex up to 100 kelvin - Nature
A dysprosium amide–alkene complex shows soft magnetic hysteresis loops up to 100 kelvin, arising from the high charge density of the amide ligands and the structural role of the pendant alkene.
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Just seen that Periodic Videos have recently put out a new Dy video - great to see this featured on there! 🧲
Combining the effects of amides and cyclopentadienyl ligands in a dysprosium single-molecule magnet. Please see the link for our latest collaborative work with @nfchilton.bsky.social group now published in @jacs.acspublications.org, led by Dr Jack Emerson-King:
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Magnetic Hysteresis up to 73 K in a Dysprosium Cyclopentadienyl-Amide Single-Molecule Magnet
Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) based on dysprosocenium cations, [Dy(CpR)2]+ (CpR = substituted cyclopentadienyl), have set record effective energy barriers to magnetic reversal (Ueff) and temperatures...
pubs.acs.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Combining the effects of amides and cyclopentadienyl ligands in a dysprosium single-molecule magnet. Please see the link for our latest collaborative work with @nfchilton.bsky.social group now published in @jacs.acspublications.org, led by Dr Jack Emerson-King:
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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and press release here.
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s...
Scientists develop groundbreaking ‘blood on demand’ technology to revolutionise emergency transfusions
Rapid washout: Cocktail-treated RBCs can be washed and prepared for transfusion in just 25 minutes – compared to over 75 minutes for glycerol.Higher recovery rates: The new method results in an averag...
www.manchester.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
and press release here.
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s...
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Our work showing how our macromolecular cryoprotectants unlock "blood on demand' is now published! @uommib.bsky.social From the freezer to fully washed in just 25 minutes, compared to 75 mins using glycerol. Partnership with Tom Whale, Fraser Macrae and more.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
Towards blood on demand: Rapid post-thaw isolation of red blood cells from multicomponent cryoprotectants
Severe blood loss due to trauma, anaemia, or chemotherapy necessitates immediate red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. The short shelf-life of RBCs at 4 …
www.sciencedirect.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our work showing how our macromolecular cryoprotectants unlock "blood on demand' is now published! @uommib.bsky.social From the freezer to fully washed in just 25 minutes, compared to 75 mins using glycerol. Partnership with Tom Whale, Fraser Macrae and more.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
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Can I flip it? Yes you can!
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
August 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Can I flip it? Yes you can!
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
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There are no examples of uranium-antimony multiple bonds, even under spectroscopic scenarios. Until now. Check out our work on U-Sb bonds spanning single, double, and pseudo-triple bonding interactions. Out now in @natcomms.nature.com ! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Uranium-stibinidiide, -stibinidene, and -stibido multiple bonds and uranium-nitride formation from multimetallic diuranium-distibene-mediated dinitrogen cleavage - Nature Communications
Although uranium-nitrogen multiple bonding is well developed, there are far fewer uranium-phosphorus and -arsenic multiple bonds, and none for antimony, even in spectroscopic scenarios. Here, the auth...
www.nature.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There are no examples of uranium-antimony multiple bonds, even under spectroscopic scenarios. Until now. Check out our work on U-Sb bonds spanning single, double, and pseudo-triple bonding interactions. Out now in @natcomms.nature.com ! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Liam Griffin and I have reviewed recent advances in the heterometallic bonding chemistry of the alkaline earth metals @daltontrans.rsc.org. It was fun to put this together, and we hope it's useful!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Alkaline earth metals: heterometallic bonding
The alkaline earth metals are notorious for their tendency to form ionic compounds of their dications. In recent years, however, chemists have found ways to kinetically skirt around the edges of these...
pubs.rsc.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Liam Griffin and I have reviewed recent advances in the heterometallic bonding chemistry of the alkaline earth metals @daltontrans.rsc.org. It was fun to put this together, and we hope it's useful!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
We are recruiting! Two 24 month postdoc positions are available with @m-l-baker.bsky.social and I, one mainly synthesis and the other measurements of lanthanide SMMs. Links below, deadline 19th Aug - please re-post:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry:Manchester
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
August 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We are recruiting! Two 24 month postdoc positions are available with @m-l-baker.bsky.social and I, one mainly synthesis and the other measurements of lanthanide SMMs. Links below, deadline 19th Aug - please re-post:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Thanks to Jake and Darren @dr-dwillcox.bsky.social for leading this work - I've very much enjoyed getting back to my heavy group 13 roots!
Our groups first foray into heterobimetallic Zn/Al chemistry. Congratulations to Jake, Josef, Avantika, George, Nik and @millsgroupchem.bsky.social.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Janus-Faced Reactivity of Heterobimetallic Al–Zn Complexes
p-Block complexes containing unsupported metal–metal bonds can activate small molecules via mechanisms that complement and contrast with those of d-block metal complexes. Within this compound class, A...
chemrxiv.org
August 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thanks to Jake and Darren @dr-dwillcox.bsky.social for leading this work - I've very much enjoyed getting back to my heavy group 13 roots!