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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · 12d

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did they all have their Wikipedia pages vandalised in the late noughties?

Screen grab of the Wikipedia page for coronene taken in 2009 when persons unknown added "sphincterene" to the other names section.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Aug 18

If you don't want to see a picture of my cute pet I'll have to post it to you instead.

A fluffy Chow Chow puppy sitting in a cardboard box

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Aug 6

Many thanks again to @rscadvances.rsc.org @materialsadvances.rsc.org for their generous sponsorship of our PGR Symposium poster prizes. Congratulations again to Alice Nottingham and Sean Hoggett for their terrific posters!

Photo of the School of Chemistry post-graduate symposium poster session in full flow taking place in the iconic GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratory Winter Garden atrium. PG and staff researchers mingle together amongst posters in the sunny sub-tropical atrium, discussing their science whilst refereshing themsleves with delicious cold Castle Rock Session IPA (upfront hoppy aromas of grapefruit with a soft bitterness - vegan friendly and gluten free) all made possible by our generous sponsors GPE Scientific, Julabo, Apollo Scientific, Biotage, RSC Publishing and Sygnature.

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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · Jul 31

Come work with me! The synchrotron is hiring a *permanent* MX beamline scientist with chemical crystallography experience. If you like crystals and fixing things, this is the job for you! 👩‍🔬🔧💎🤖
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Beamline Scientist - MX

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Jul 12

Not often inspired to try and improve my life by following tips on social media, but I might give this a go.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Jun 13

Diffractometers like to throw shapes.

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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · May 22

About last night… 💙

(Been drawing since the final whistle and now we’re finished & we’ve made NEW mugs and fellow Spurs fans if you feel like sharing the heck out of these we would appreciate it so so much #COYS #COYS #COYS)

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · May 16

Love your photos of the four fold symmetric patterns in the Bahia palace! I spotted this rare example of a cheeky Kagome pattern taken in the entrance to the small Riad. People were just walking straight over it 🙄.

Hexagonal tiling photograph taken off a floor in the Bahia palace, Marrakesh.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · May 4

How much more fun would the Fourier transform be if the moons were random?

Tiling from the floor of the Duomo di Siena alongside a Fourier transform of the image.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · May 1

Remember to vote early if you're a chow chow, as it's too blinking hot to be doing much after 9am #dogsatpollingstations Broxtowe Beeston North

Avchow chow dog with a somewhat undergroomed blue coat standing outside a polling station in Bramcote

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 24

Many thanks to @benjaminchem.bsky.social for the kind invite to cross the river and visit Nottingham Trent University Chemistry to collect some diffraction data for a naughty incommensurate crystal on their rather marvelous @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social Synergy-DW.

Photo of the river Trent taken from the cycle path of Clifton Bridge looking south. The water is still and pleasingly reflects the blue cloudy sky.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

A treat for anyone that made it to the end of the thread. Happy tessellating and fast Fourier transforming everyone! 23/23

An azulejo tiling picture of Pan in all his naughtiness, alongside a Fourier transform of the tiling image.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

Bit of a naughty pattern that one. 22/999

Side by side images of an AI generated aperiodic azulejo style tiling and a Fourier transform of the tiling image. Wildly tentative wallpaper group guess made by a crude Python script is p4 or p6 (very nope).

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

You might need a stiff drink if you've made it this far down the thread. I hope it's coming to an end. 21/999

Side by side images of an azulejo tiling (of the Delirium Tremens Beer Elephants) and a Fourier transform of the tiling image. Wildly tentative wallpaper group guess made by a crude Python script is pmm or cmm.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

I think I can see some systematic absences in this tiling. Or maybe it just needs rotating by 45°. 20/999

Side by side images of an azulejo tiling and a Fourier transform of the tiling image. Wildly tentative wallpaper group guess made by a crude Python script is p4m or p6m.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

The code used to generate these Fourier transform images is on GitHub (apologies in advance) github.com/steppphhhen/... 19/999

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

This tiling reminds me of the mind-bending card game "Set" that the group of @nchampness.bsky.social used to play in the office at lunchtime. 18/999

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

This tiling is called "The Wedding of the Hen" (www.atlasobscura.com/places/weddi...), and it was probably worth the journey to Lisbon alone (that and the TimeOut market). 17/999

Tiling called "The Wedding of the Hen" alongside a Fourier transform of the image.

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

But sometimes everthing is just lovely and you get to see some freaky interpenetration. 16/999

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

Sometimes the researcher describes what it is they're trying to do, and you know it's going to be a difficult day (or perhaps year). 15/999

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

Sometimes you put a crystal on the diffractometer against your better judgement because the researcher has pleading eyes and has tried so hard. 14/999

Side by side images of an azulejo tiling of broken tiles and a Fourier transform of the tiling image. Wildly tentative wallpaper group guess made by a crude Python script is p4 or p6 (it so really isn't).

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

Sometimes you go to the lab with a functionalised polyoxometalate crystal, and you keep saying "please don't be cubic, please don't be cubic". And it is. (you both know who you are) 13/999

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

Sometimes you go into the lab with a crystal that you think is so full of promise, and the outcome is underwhelming in the extreme (you crystal service users all know who you are) 12/999

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Stephen Argent @steppphhhen.bsky.social · Apr 14

The script also tries a few different maths-ey things to make the contrast of the Fourier transforms pop a bit more. 11/999

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