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The Guardian University Guide 2026 - UK Universities ranked by subject area: Chemistry, showing Leicester in 2nd place overall

The Guardian University Guide 2026 - showing Leicester in 2nd place for Chemistry

@leicesterchem.bsky.social Ranked 2nd in UK 🥈… 1st in England 🥇 - @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 - Universities ranked by subject area: Chemistry www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

Hello #BlueSky and #ChemSky community! We are the University of Leicester School of Chemistry: Celebrating over 100 years of excellence in research & teaching.

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.

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...

Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of alkaline earth and rare earth iminophosphoranomethanide complexes Communications Chemistry, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s42004-025-01572-5Iminophosphoranomethanide ligands have been used to stabilize metal complexes, but their application as alkyl precursors in deprotonation reactions remains unexplored. Here, the authors prepare and characterize bis- and tris- methanide alkaline and rare earth complexes through protonolysis between dibenzyl metal precursors and the CH2(SiMe3)P(Ph)2 = NSiMe3 proligand or salt elimination reactions, and show that rare earth methanides can be used as synthetic precursors for the preparation of solvent-free complexes.

Just out: Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of alkaline earth and rare earth iminophosphoranomethanide complexes

Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of alkaline earth and rare earth iminophosphoranomethanide complexes - Communications Chemistry Iminophosphoranomethanide ligands have been used to stabilize metal complexes, but their application as alkyl precursors in deprotonation reactions remains unexplored. Here, the authors prepare and ch...

Check out our latest group paper in collaboration with @danireta.bsky.social, now out in @commschem.nature.com. A lot of hard work to put this together, a great collaborative effort! #chemsky www.nature.com/articles/s42...

I just got a paper accepted in a @acs.org journal as part of my @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant. My University @upvehu.bsky.social has an agreement with ACS, so I do not have to pay for the APCs. Turns out that ACS refuse to validate the agreement and won't publish my work. Great #OpenAccess policy

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Still one week to apply to one the 2 #PhD available in my group, in San Sebastián, Spain.

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These are all competitive studentships, so please get in touch if you're interested in submitting an application!!

GTA funded - Rare earth reagents for small molecule activation at University of Leicester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - GTA funded - Rare earth reagents for small molecule activation at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com

Second opportunity is a GTA/PhD studenthip (4 years funding) on rare earth low oxidation state chemistry, focusing on multimetallic clusters for molecualr magnetism. Deadline is 2nd February. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Project Title New chemical tools for actinide-lanthanide separation at University of Leicester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Project Title New chemical tools for actinide-lanthanide separation at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com

First opportunity is an EPSRC DLA project (4 years funding!!) on lanthanide and actinide chemistry, looking a new separation techniques and small molecule reactivity. Deadline is 31st January - 7 days left to apply! findaphd.com/phds/project... #nuclear #inorganic

🚨PhD alert🚨 We still have 2 x #PhD opportunities for UK students to joing our group in September 2025! #chemsky

Time to stop mentioning alkyl group inductive effects New computational evidence reiterates that alkyl groups are inductively electron-withdrawing and that hyperconjugation dominates

A computational investigation into the inductive effect in aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons has generated fresh evidence that alkyl groups are inductively electron-withdrawing relative to hydrogen and that this effect is small compared to other factors such as hyperconjugation.

Project Title New chemical tools for actinide-lanthanide separation at University of Leicester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Project Title New chemical tools for actinide-lanthanide separation at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com

🚨PhD alert🚨 Another opportunity for a PhD studentship in our group, as part of the EPSRC DLA scheme here at the University of Leicester. This is a competitive scheme with other projects - get in touch if you want to know more! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of alkaline earth and rare earth iminophosphoranomethanide complexes Herein we report the use of the methanide ligand {CH(SiMe3)P(Ph)2=NSiMe3}– (NPC-H) in the stabilization of alkaline earth and rare earth complexes. Protonolysis of the proligand with nBu2Mg or dibenzy...

New preprint out now in ChemRxiv! Work led by Matt (and Archie on a new class of group 2 and rare earth methanides. Great to collaborate again with Dani Reta - check out his amazing spectroscopic and theoretical work on our Eu complexes! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... #chemsky

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GTA funded - Rare earth reagents for small molecule activation at University of Leicester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - GTA funded - Rare earth reagents for small molecule activation at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD | Postgraduate research | University of Leicester 4 year Graduate Teaching Assistant PhD in Chemistry. University of Leicester

Here at Leicester we are recruiting 2xGTA/PhD students (start date September 2025) with several projects to choose from, including one in our group. If you like rare earths and want to make some crazy molcules, get in touch! #phd #phdlife #chemsky le.ac.uk/study/resear...

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Nice! Can I be added as well? Thanks!

Well...hello #bluesky! Just a small question though: how is it possible I racked up over 1K followers in a week despite zero interactions??? 🤔

I have made a ChemSky starter pack and am posting here to help boost visibility. This list is not exhaustive, but should hopefully help newcomers or rejoiners find some accounts and feeds to follow
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