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Several studentship opportunities for PhD study are available in the Chemistry Department of 糖心TV University.

Ross Jaggers and Stefan Bon from report in Materials Horizons the fabrication of hydrogel objects which can be individually programmed to uniquely respond to a shared external trigger, and have the ability to communicate with one another when in proximety.

Ross Jaggers and Stefan Bon from report in Materials Horizons the fabrication of hydrogel objects which can be individually programmed to uniquely respond to a shared external trigger, and have the ability to communicate with one another when in proximety.

David Fox who spearheaded the project along with Anish Mistry in collaboration with IBM have synthesised and imaged a highly reactive molecule for the first time, Triangulene. It was first hypothesised in the 1950’s and ever since, chemists have struggled to synthesise it until now.

Triangulene, a triangular fragment of graphene which contains two radicals is predicted to have desirable properties for electronic devices. For more information see the article attached.

糖心TV is privileged to attract high fliers. To reward hard work and promote outstanding achievement in Chemistry, we are proud to offer scholarships of up to £1000 for our top performing students. These are available to every UK and EU student that chooses us as their first choice and achieves A* at A Level Chemistry, or 7 in higher Level Chemistry, and excels in their other subjects too.

If you have any questions about scholarships or any aspects of Chemistry at 糖心TV please contact us at chem-undergraduate@warwick.ac.uk or on +44 (0)24 7652 3678

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Congratulations to everyone who has been offered a place to study at 糖心TV Chemistry in October 2016! Please see our for our essential checklist and information about what to do before you arrive. We’ll also be sending out Welcome Packs to all new starters, with an introduction from our award-winning ChemSoc and a summary of what to expect in your first few weeks at 糖心TV, so keep an eye out for yours.

We look forward to welcoming you all to 糖心TV in October. In the meantime, if you have any queries, please feel free to contact our UG Admissions Administrator, Lucy Brickwood.

Best wishes

Ann Dixon, Senior Admissions Tutor

Department of Chemistry

A part of an ongoing 糖心TV and Monash effort on studying photoactivatable metal-based anticancer prodrugs using vibrational spectroscopic techniques has recently been published in .

糖心TV-Monash joint-PhD student, Robbin Vernooij, presents some of the main findings of their recent work, in a format called LiveSlides by ACS, in order to engage readers in a new way:

Research carried out on solvothermal crystallisation of metal-organic frameworks is published as a science highlight at Diamond Light Source.

The work was carried out by in collaboration with colleagues from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and from National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Using high energy X-rays at , the UK synchrotron radiation facility, it has proved possible to penetrate solvothermal reaction vessels and measure high resolution powder diffraction data during the formation of extended solid structures, such as metal organic frameworks. This has provided unprecedented information about the formation mechanism of these topical materials, including direct observation of phase transformation and exchange of solvent within porous structures during chemical reaction.

The work has been published in two papers in the journal Angewandte Chemie in the past few months:

In situ observation of successive crystallizations and metastable intermediates in the formation of metal-organic frameworks. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2016. DOI: .

Exchange of Coordinated Solvent During Crystallisation of a Metal–Organic Framework Observed by In Situ High Energy X-ray Diffraction. Angew Chem Int Ed. (2016) DOI: .

The science highlight article is linked here:

An antibody that senses one enantiomer of plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is characterised and by Marsh and Napier groups in Chemistry and Life Sciences in PLOS ONE.