Stefano Canossa
@stecanossa.bsky.social
Framework materials, total scattering & Fourier transform enthusiast │ Curator of patterns and alternative crystallographic teaching at behance.net/specialdefects
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6817-0810
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6817-0810
🧐 ... there's probably some non-human presence deciding if I passed the "human identity" test, failing if we assume that the image was relevant
February 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
🧐 ... there's probably some non-human presence deciding if I passed the "human identity" test, failing if we assume that the image was relevant
... and as if that wasn't special enough, I had the chance to give a 1-day workshop on single-crystal diffraction and #3Dtotalscattering to more than 30 (!) enthusiastic students — exactly on 'Fat Thursday'. Who else had free delicious paczki making a surprise appearance during their lectures? 😏
February 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
... and as if that wasn't special enough, I had the chance to give a 1-day workshop on single-crystal diffraction and #3Dtotalscattering to more than 30 (!) enthusiastic students — exactly on 'Fat Thursday'. Who else had free delicious paczki making a surprise appearance during their lectures? 😏
"If they have a beer blackboard, it's a good place" 🦗
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"If they have a beer blackboard, it's a good place" 🦗
Nice! I Wish I had them here (of course for symmetry evaluation purposes... you know, in person you get a better feeling for it). #BakeYourPattern
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Nice! I Wish I had them here (of course for symmetry evaluation purposes... you know, in person you get a better feeling for it). #BakeYourPattern
Back in office to find a lovely gift from the OlexSys team... their iconic photographic calendar! 🫶 Very relatable image to kickstart January 2026: "Ants on a mission" - Irrelevant to the naive eye, resolved, and slowly but surely building much bigger things than themselves. 🐜
January 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Back in office to find a lovely gift from the OlexSys team... their iconic photographic calendar! 🫶 Very relatable image to kickstart January 2026: "Ants on a mission" - Irrelevant to the naive eye, resolved, and slowly but surely building much bigger things than themselves. 🐜
Spotted in Rome: a researcher-sized Moka pot (possibly pun intended)
December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Spotted in Rome: a researcher-sized Moka pot (possibly pun intended)
More interesting stats by anisota.net/harvest
Cryptic combinations emerge, probably a message from a greater consciousness from a parallel (reciprocal?) dimension:
"Lattice scientists"
"Hope symmetry"
"Paper crystals"
"Disordered community"
and most importantly... "Soon Science" 😌
Cryptic combinations emerge, probably a message from a greater consciousness from a parallel (reciprocal?) dimension:
"Lattice scientists"
"Hope symmetry"
"Paper crystals"
"Disordered community"
and most importantly... "Soon Science" 😌
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
More interesting stats by anisota.net/harvest
Cryptic combinations emerge, probably a message from a greater consciousness from a parallel (reciprocal?) dimension:
"Lattice scientists"
"Hope symmetry"
"Paper crystals"
"Disordered community"
and most importantly... "Soon Science" 😌
Cryptic combinations emerge, probably a message from a greater consciousness from a parallel (reciprocal?) dimension:
"Lattice scientists"
"Hope symmetry"
"Paper crystals"
"Disordered community"
and most importantly... "Soon Science" 😌
📢!! After nearly a decade looking for my place in academia, I am incredulous to announce that in 2026 I'll start as research Professor at Ewha University in Seoul, and visiting PI at ShanghaiTech! I'm so thrilled to get closer to my Asian friends 🍻 and finally realize my scientific vision! 🎆 #MOFs
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📢!! After nearly a decade looking for my place in academia, I am incredulous to announce that in 2026 I'll start as research Professor at Ewha University in Seoul, and visiting PI at ShanghaiTech! I'm so thrilled to get closer to my Asian friends 🍻 and finally realize my scientific vision! 🎆 #MOFs
Turns out that in awarding the chocolate ones they are way less picky #NobelPrize 🪙
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Turns out that in awarding the chocolate ones they are way less picky #NobelPrize 🪙
Time for possibly the fanciest thing I will experience in my lifetime: #NobelPrize concert is about to begin 🪙
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Time for possibly the fanciest thing I will experience in my lifetime: #NobelPrize concert is about to begin 🪙
"Everybody focuses on the useful, nobody pays attention to the useless." Susumu Kitagawa at #NobelLectures citing ancient Chinese philosophy on the use of the useless, the value of the empty... principles I have been cherishing since my early studies of Dào Dé Jīng (道德經) almost 2 decades ago 🫶🏻 🪙
December 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Everybody focuses on the useful, nobody pays attention to the useless." Susumu Kitagawa at #NobelLectures citing ancient Chinese philosophy on the use of the useless, the value of the empty... principles I have been cherishing since my early studies of Dào Dé Jīng (道德經) almost 2 decades ago 🫶🏻 🪙
This picture competes for the least original or significant I have ever posted, but right there you see my last non-swedish coffee of the week: I'm coming for your Kanelbullar and Hallongrotta, Stockholm! Oh.. and for the #MOF #NobelPrize week 😌 see you soon, my friends!
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This picture competes for the least original or significant I have ever posted, but right there you see my last non-swedish coffee of the week: I'm coming for your Kanelbullar and Hallongrotta, Stockholm! Oh.. and for the #MOF #NobelPrize week 😌 see you soon, my friends!
Periodic structure, aperiodic composition apparently... Wow they really made an effort! P4, if one ignores the colours. Nice! #crystallography
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Periodic structure, aperiodic composition apparently... Wow they really made an effort! P4, if one ignores the colours. Nice! #crystallography
Very cool feature! Lots of interesting stats to reflect on... for example, my alt-text attention could have been a bit better
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Very cool feature! Lots of interesting stats to reflect on... for example, my alt-text attention could have been a bit better
And here we have our Fourier transform nr. 58! As far as I'm concerned, perhaps the most enigmatic and unexpected spectrum so far... anyway, quite a spectacle! #BraggYourPattern #Fouriertransform #crystallography
As always, more on behance.net/specialdefects and instagram.com/specialdefects
As always, more on behance.net/specialdefects and instagram.com/specialdefects
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And here we have our Fourier transform nr. 58! As far as I'm concerned, perhaps the most enigmatic and unexpected spectrum so far... anyway, quite a spectacle! #BraggYourPattern #Fouriertransform #crystallography
As always, more on behance.net/specialdefects and instagram.com/specialdefects
As always, more on behance.net/specialdefects and instagram.com/specialdefects
While playing around with shapes I discovered another optical illusion: it looks like it's tilting while going inwards, doesn't it... 🧐 it's not — check the corners. Its Fourier spectrum is really unlike anything I've seen so far... will post it soon. #BraggYourPattern
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
While playing around with shapes I discovered another optical illusion: it looks like it's tilting while going inwards, doesn't it... 🧐 it's not — check the corners. Its Fourier spectrum is really unlike anything I've seen so far... will post it soon. #BraggYourPattern
I actually had something similar a while ago... was also quite puzzled from the colour. But it was not too bad -- not sour though, at all
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I actually had something similar a while ago... was also quite puzzled from the colour. But it was not too bad -- not sour though, at all
As always, here's the real-space picture 🙇 You can find many more pairs on www.behance.net/specialdefects
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
As always, here's the real-space picture 🙇 You can find many more pairs on www.behance.net/specialdefects
Time for a new 57th entry in my #Reciprocart gallery! This time we look at the frequency spectrum of a Hyperbolic tiling of triangles 📐 Unsurprisingly (for the experienced) it's a bunch of lines... but the hexagonal symmetry is visible if one looks close enough 🧐 #crystallography #Braggyourpattern
October 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Time for a new 57th entry in my #Reciprocart gallery! This time we look at the frequency spectrum of a Hyperbolic tiling of triangles 📐 Unsurprisingly (for the experienced) it's a bunch of lines... but the hexagonal symmetry is visible if one looks close enough 🧐 #crystallography #Braggyourpattern
Every now and then I might post important concepts on single crystal diffraction analysis from my recent review. Today, this wrapped-up version of figure 1 reminds us what we lose in the process, and what we actually gain at the end: a model 💎
#crystallography #MOFs
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#crystallography #MOFs
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Every now and then I might post important concepts on single crystal diffraction analysis from my recent review. Today, this wrapped-up version of figure 1 reminds us what we lose in the process, and what we actually gain at the end: a model 💎
#crystallography #MOFs
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#crystallography #MOFs
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
You sure you did not have the automatic update option active? I remember it was on by default on mine, but once I changed it to "off" I feel like my laptop's Lord, granting update rights whenever I please 😑
October 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
You sure you did not have the automatic update option active? I remember it was on by default on mine, but once I changed it to "off" I feel like my laptop's Lord, granting update rights whenever I please 😑
Well, well... who wants to be cited at the beginning of one of my papers next year? #NobelPrize
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Well, well... who wants to be cited at the beginning of one of my papers next year? #NobelPrize
I guess it's time to dust off a celebratory picture of my memorable visit to Omar's lab a few years back, with my good friend Stefan Wuttke 😊 #MOFs
October 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I guess it's time to dust off a celebratory picture of my memorable visit to Omar's lab a few years back, with my good friend Stefan Wuttke 😊 #MOFs
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Someone in Verona decided to make "phonon-ish manhole covers" - Approved 👌🏻 #Braggyourpattern
October 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Someone in Verona decided to make "phonon-ish manhole covers" - Approved 👌🏻 #Braggyourpattern