Prof. Nicholas Chilton

I remember when he was "the 7yo" - nice to hear from you both. All the best Dave :)

Damn. Saw them in Manchester a few years ago, great live band.

The qubit scale needed to solve real problems (read: substantially beyond classical limits) is phenomenally large. The number of gate operations is insane. The time needed to run each gate with error correction means it would take a few million years. Things must improve by many orders of magnitude.

Quantum computing most likely will never do this. Certainly not in our lifetime. Quantum secure communication, yes. Most other things proposed to be solved by quantum, no.

We will be holding a two-day conference on rare-earth science at @scienceanu.bsky.social in two weeks' time. In parallel we will have REECON+: a high level discussion on the future of global critical mineral value chains.

reecon.anu.edu.au/ozre

#chemsky
#ozchem

Herecy! Way easier to teach electronic structure with them, and don't forget magnets bro!

Congrats Bela!

Ab initio electronic structure calculations of lanthanide single-molecule magnets; a practical guide Research into single-molecule magnetism lies at the nexus of challenging synthetic chemistry, spin physics and ab initio quantum chemistry. There are no “one-size-fits-all” textbooks and as such it ca...

Whether you're starting out in a theory project on molecular magnetism, or a synthetic chemist curious about how the magic happens, check out my new tutorial review: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @scienceanu.bsky.social @uomresearchit.bsky.social

ANU is looking lush this morning! @scienceanu.bsky.social

DP outcomes. Congrats to those successful, commiserations to those unsuccessful.

Robson!! Get in!

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming AMMA webinar, this time next Monday October the 13th at 12:00 Sydney time.

This month we have Dr. Ben Atkinson postdoctoral researcher in the Chilton Lab @nfchilton.bsky.social at the Australian National University

🚨 Two PhD Opportunities in Actinide Chemistry at @hzdr.bsky.social (Dresden, Germany)
PhD Student – Actinide coordination chemistry lnkd.in/e5y8nwK9
PhD Student – MOFs of the actinides lnkd.in/e2NpT2y8
👉 Apply now and shape the future of actinide chemistry!
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Magnetic Hysteresis up to 73 K in a Dysprosium Cyclopentadienyl-Amide Single-Molecule Magnet Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) based on dysprosocenium cations, [Dy(CpR)2]+ (CpR = substituted cyclopentadienyl), have set record effective energy barriers to magnetic reversal (Ueff) and temperatures...

Combining the effects of amides and cyclopentadienyl ligands in a dysprosium single-molecule magnet. Please see the link for our latest collaborative work with @nfchilton.bsky.social group now published in @jacs.acspublications.org, led by Dr Jack Emerson-King:
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For papers we've usually given copyright away to publishers. But it's an interesting question if you've paid for open access with a CC-BY license - needs to acknowledge you as author. creativecommons.org/using-cc-lic...

Re-Examination of the Relaxation Dynamics of [TbPc2][NBu4] | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Ruben, Chiton, and co-workers @InorgChem #Kramers_ions #TbPC2_NBu4 #NMR #ab_initio

Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger | Richard Partington Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment

Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger | Richard Partington

Good analogy.

@scienceanu.bsky.social @uomresearchit.bsky.social

International PhD scholarship round for 2026 is open at ANU. Aspiring scholars with Masters degree, or equivalent (eg Australia/NZ Hons), interested in computational chemistry, quantum information, molecular spins, vibronic coupling, or something in that vein - get in touch!

I really don't get the capitalisation choice in any of his tweets. It's not even hitting the right emphasis words (eg ANY). I guess someone's PhD thesis Will be On this stuff.

Could the invention of ‘molecular GPS’ help us develop better medicines? Just like how GPS triangulates your location using satellites, scientists can now place labels at different positions around the surface of a protein to visualise drug-binding interactions more clearl...

A new ‘molecular GPS’ method can help scientists see drug-binding interactions more clearly. Dr Martyna Judd says that understanding drug-protein interactions better can help optimise drug design and prevent side effects.

science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Me in a big coat smiling next to a bright multicolored wall with little lights and the ABC logo

Going to be on ABC TV News Breakfast in about 45 minutes! Talking cosmology 🌌✨

nothing would make me happier than US science returning to the amazing and transformational legacy of success and dominance

but if that's not possible, we need other places with the vision to take over as the pacesetter

humanity's long term success demands no less

Australia really does have a first-class science ecosystem - just on a small scale. Come make it bigger.

"were you born in a tent?" for us!

A novel dysprosium compound retains magnetic memory at 100K, the highest temperature for such materials. Its linear design could reduce the space needed for data storage. www.chemistryworld.com/news/linear-...

Yeah it's great. Deep fried haggis balls from a chippy are also fantastic

"Won't somebody please think of the children?!"

"wow, how do they come up with this stuff" - a concerned parent