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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Aug 22

Remember when not all mixes were eclectic

Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 29

Life as a one long decision tree… TikTok for inverse materials design… today’s event refracted through GPT (see photo…) - a privilege to see @aronwalsh.github.io’s wide-ranging and stimulating talk on AI for materials this pm @ Energy2025 @iopp-environment.bsky.social @ioppublishing.bsky.social

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 29

“I chose this career because it lets me live in this world of ideas” 🤩💭💡

Inspiring words from our careers panelist Jelena Popovic-Neuber, Associate Professor of Battery Technology, University of Stavanger, this afternoon @ioppublishing.bsky.social @iopp-environment.bsky.social

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 29

Great talk from Petra Cameron of Uni Bath spanning the economics of electricity, her obsession with her own rooftop solar cells, and why perovskites are/remain such promising candidates as alternatives to silicon PV. A few myths busted along the way for good measure 😅 @ioppublishing.bsky.social

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 29

⚠️ Chemists in the house ⚠️
@ifanstephens.bsky.social continues our day of interdisciplinary talks at the IOP with a summary of the ubiquity of the Haber-Bosch process, and how alternatives to lithium electrolytes could help unlock green ammonia as a fuel for the future @iopp-environment.bsky.social

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 29

And we’re off! @emjewls.bsky.social gets JPhys Energy’s Energy2025 event underway with a colourful portrait of her pathway from pigments in industry to leading the battery sustainability group at Uni Birmingham. @ioppublishing.bsky.social

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 15

AI for advanced functional materials: Exploring current and future directions iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

🆕 in JPhys Materials - a great 12,00 word primer penned by key figures in the field including @sergei-imaging.bsky.social and @vlderinger.bsky.social @ioppublishing.bsky.social #AI

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 7

[3/3] There’ll also be a panel session on where your STEM degree could take you, from tenure to industry, venture capital to publishing, with plenty of tips and advice along the way.

Last few spaces available. Book yours before registration closes! iop.eventsair.com/energy-2025/...

#energy

Registration - Energy 2025 - Institute of Physics

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 7

[2/3] With talks from @aronwalsh.github.io 💻, @emjewls.bsky.social 🔋, @ifanstephens.bsky.social 🔌, Petra Cameron ☀️, Libby Gibson ♻️ and Jessica Higgins ☢️

and networking opportunities and poster sessions organised by @titiricigroup.bsky.social @proffreitag.bsky.social...

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Apr 7

[1/3] Why do we need new types of solar cell, and why are they so hard to make? Can AI really discover new materials?

Join us on 29 April at the IOP in London as we tackle these and other fundamental questions shaping the future of energy research. Not to be missed!! @ioppublishing.bsky.social

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Mar 17

🥲🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍 #nufc

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Mar 6

Shout out to our co-organisers @titiricigroup.bsky.social @proffreitag.bsky.social @ioppublishing.bsky.social 🫡

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Mar 6

❇️Energy 2025❇️

Tuesday 29 April at the IOP London

A one-day event for early career researchers, with talks from @lonepair.bsky.social, @emjewls.bsky.social, @ifanstephens.bsky.social, Petra Cameron, Libby Gibson & Jessica Higgins

PLUS

Careers panel, poster session, networking ➡️ ow.ly/2Oqs50V4a69

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Feb 12

tell me you haven’t missed these sheet metal skies

Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Feb 11

scientists themselves, play an instrumental role in supporting science and the research community on a daily basis. Thank you for everything you bring to our team and our journals.

a poster for international day of women and girls in science with two girls

ALT: a poster for international day of women and girls in science with two girls

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Feb 11

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪👩‍🔬 Recognising my amazing immediate @ioppublishing.bsky.social colleagues @aswathyvgirija.bsky.social, @celiarowland.bsky.social, @sophiecaldwell.bsky.social @publisher-myla.bsky.social, @drepappalardo.bsky.social who, whilst not practising...

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Feb 11

Tomorrow!

IOP Publishing @ioppublishing.bsky.social · Feb 6

📣 Join our free #Webinar, ‘Sustainability Spotlight: PFAS Unveiled’ on Feb 12 at 4:00 p.m. (GMT) / 10:00 a.m. (CST).
Learn about #PFAS, their risks, and scientific advances from leading experts. 🌱🌍

Save your space now 👉 ow.ly/BMec50UUHc8

Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Feb 5

picture life post-ppt

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Giovanni Volpe @giovannivolpe.bsky.social · Jan 25

Excited to announce the publication of "Diffusion models for super-resolution microscopy" in JPhysPhoton!

Work led by @harshithb.bsky.social with a step-by-step guide to building diffusion models to transform microscopy images from low- to high-resolution.

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Diffusion models for super-resolution microscopy: a tutorial - IOPscienceSearch

Diffusion models for super-resolution microscopy: a tutorial, Bachimanchi, Harshith, Volpe, Giovanni

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Celia Rowland @celiarowland.bsky.social · Jan 26

This week I am here in sunny (but breezy) San Francisco for @spie.org Photonics West- meeting some new faces and some familiar ones. Looking forward to chatting about MQT, JPhys Photonics and JOPT and hearing more about exciting research happening in the field 🤩

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our latest podcast features a conversation with Colm O’Dwyer, who is professor of chemical energy at University College Cork in Ireland and president of the Electrochemical Society. ⚛️🧪 ow.ly/cHb250ULPpb

Why electrochemistry lies at the heart of modern technology – Physics World

Our podcast guest is Colm O’Dwyer, president of the Electrochemical Society

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Jan 23

Soft matter, hard challenges...

Synthesis/characterisation, instrumental, simulation and theoretical methods...

They're all taken in turn in this JPhys Materials roadmap. A key bookmark for researchers in colloids, polymers, amphiphiles, liquid crystals & foams

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Jan 23

Ambient energy harvesting is pretty cool (and hot) 🥶🌶️🌡️ But what is needed in order to fully harness its potential for green energy anytime, anywhere? The Roadmap on energy harvesting materials by @vpecunia.bsky.social et al points the way forward -> JPhys Materials iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · Jan 21

Quantum batteries leverage exotic #quantum phenomena to store and release energy in ways that conventional batteries cannot. Now it turns out that the bane of most quantum devices – decoherence – can actually boost a quantum battery's charging speed. ⚛️ 🧪 physicsworld.com/a/when-charg...

When charging quantum batteries, decoherence is a friend, not a foe – Physics World

Controlled dephasing can be harnessed to enhance the batteries’ efficiency and stability

physicsworld.com

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Daniel Jopling @usualtropes.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thank you @aswathyvgirija.bsky.social for developing the idea and leading from start to finish.

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