Paul McGonigal

Fantastic summary by @gomobel.bsky.social of our recent paper about state-independent electrolytes - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... The self-assembly of diffuse aromatic cations is key to maintaining the conducivity across phase transitions.

Would you DARE 😱 to get a TATTOO of your target molecule before you’ve made it?

Moheb, you brought energy and passion into this project. It wasn’t the tattoo that made it happen, but it symbolizes your spirit to never give up! Congrats!!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@chem.uzh.ch

Oxford Chemistry electrolyte research in Quad

Research led by @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social, featured in Oxford’s alumni magazine Quad, reveals new state-independent electrolytes with solid-state, liquid-like ion transport.

alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/hail-the-designer-electrolyte

Thanks for your help with everything @kshimizu.bsky.social, and for sharing the news article - very cool!

This molecule conducts charge like a liquid, even when it’s a solid Loose ion pairing helps this organic electrolyte maintain conductivity through phase changes

For this organic charge carrier, conductivity is more than just a phase! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social and team devised a clever new material that keeps ions flowing in more-ordered states of matter, thanks to diffused charges and a lil ordered chaos:
cen.acs.org/materials/el...

Video credit @scicommstudios.bsky.social

By combining weak ionic interactions and flexible molecular design, we created “state-independent electrolytes” that conduct just as efficiently across three phases of matter.

The work was led by PhD students Juliet Barclay and Jack Williamson. Congratulations to the team!

#Chemistry #Materials

When liquids freeze, ions normally grind to a halt — but not in our new materials!

Our latest paper in @science.org shows how organic salts can keep the same ionic conductivity mechanism as they transform from liquid to solid.

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@ox.ac.uk @ajavestro.bsky.social

📣 Announcement 📣

We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials."

Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social

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MASC 2024: discipline-spanning science with supramolecular chemistry at its core Supramolecular chemistry research is wide and varied, touching upon areas as diverse as molecular machines, soft materials, protein–substrate interactions, optoelectronics and energy storage. This ...

Read the full report of the latest MASC meeting held in December 2024 at the University of York, available open access for 1 year! Next stop: the Open University, 15-16 Dec 2025

@ajavestro.bsky.social, Victor Chechik, @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social, @professor-dave.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/1061...

Counterion‐Mediated Luminophore Dimerization Emissive organic salts have long been integral to the discovery of fluorescence phenomena and functional luminescent dyes. Typically, one component of the salt acts as the photoactive unit (luminopho...

Our latest paper shows emissive organic cations can be brought together by certain counterions, giving emission from the monomer, excimer or dimer state

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...