Kristin Hutchins: Predicting photoactivity in dithienylethene crystalline solids #CrystalEngineering #Di­aryl­ethene #Photoswitch ... #IUCr scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?…

Great symposium on Dynamic Crystals at #MWGLRM org by Ryan Groeneman!!! Wonderful to see MacGillivray Group, Travis Holman--Chemistry (and other ramblings), Kristin Hutchins, Christer, Lindsey, and Greg!

Of course the symposium at #MWGLRM required additional discussion between students and faculty! 🤣🤣🤣 Ryan Groeneman MacGillivray Group Travis Holman--Chemistry (and other ramblings) Kristin Hutchins Eric Reinheimer

The Karen C. Glass, PhD had a super fun time leading a group of Colchester Middle School students through Week 3 of the US Crystal Comp!

The crystals are starting to grow.

Of course we had to bring some dry ice just for fun.

Week 4 of the #2023USCGC is under way. The crystals got noticeably bigger over the last week. Only two more weeks of growing until we harvest them for the US Crystal Comp.

That is awesome!!!! Costumes and Crystals! What a great way to enjoy week 3 of the #2023USCGC!

Grow crystals grow!!!! Looks like we have a few entries for the Coolest Crystal brewing! 😍😍😍 So excited to see the final results!!!!

Thanks for the invitation Jeffrey Rack! Looking forward to helping folks analyze and visualize crystal structures! 💎💎💎

The next Physical Inorganic Tutorial is Wednesday, December 13, 3 pm Eastern. Note new date. Professor Jason Benedict Benedict Research UB will discuss how to create beautiful figures from .cif files. ACSINORDivision. Please RT. Register here. unm.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Yes! DEC 13th! Tips and tricks for analyzing and visualizing crystals structures using cif files!

Sounds fun! Count me in!

Judging of the #2023USCGC has begun! #crystals from across the country were sent to Georgetown Chemistry in DC! Judges of this #NSFfunded US Crystal Comp include The Knope Lab Fernando Uribe-Romo Jeffrey Rack and many current and former students! UB Dept of Chemistry Univ. of New Mexico UCF Chemistry Chemistry Department

The full results of the #2023USCGC are now available at: uscrystalgrowingcompetition.org/uscgc-winners Pdf incls a pic of the top 10 crystals from each category and scores for the 188 crystals sent in! Another all time high for US Crystal Comp! 🥳🥳🥳 THANK YOU to all of our participants and sponsors!

🔓#OpenAccess research from Benedict Research UB, Dinesh G. Patel & co: "Crystallographic, spectroscopic, & computational characterization of a diiodonaphthoquinone diarylethene photochrome: halogen bonding & photocrystallography" Read it here👉doi.org/10.1039/D4CE00… 📍UB Dept of Chemistry

Awesome to speak at the Telluride Making-Breaking Bonds with 💡and reconnect with many friends and colleagues ⁦Benedict Research UB⁩ ⁦Jeffrey Rack⁩ ⁦Grace Han⁩ ⁦Sivaguru Lab⁩ ⁦Elizabeth R Young, Physical Chemist, Lehigh U⁩ and many others! See you next time!

Another great Telluride workshop on breaking and making bonds with light was organized by Jason Benedict Research UB and Francisco. Special thanks to Jeff Jeffrey Rack for initiating this more than a decade ago. It was great to meet Anna Gudmundsdottir Kristin Hutchins and many more friends.

For our third presentation of day 3 at #FIP24 we had Benedict Research UB discussing BEAUTIFYING YOUR BENCHTOP: CRYSTAL LANDSCAPING OF PHOTOACTIVE CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS

Spread the word!!! The #2024USCGC starts Oct. 21! Register today at uscrystalgrowingcompetition.org A fun and exciting STEM competition for US kids in grades K-12! Get ready to grow your biggest, best, and coolest crystals!!!! Benedict Research UB Fernando Uribe-Romo The Knope Lab Jeffrey Rack UBuffalo Science News