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Now that all the dust has settled and everyone has safely returned to campus, we are excited to formally welcome all four of our new first-year grad students: Simar, Sayandeep, Trent, and Fang-Yu! Here's to the start of something great! #NotOurSnowman #ButStillSmiling #MaskedUp
Our paper on applying Bayesian statistics to Tafel data analysis is out in @NatureComms! You can read it here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-20924-y
I’m going to attempt my first paper Tweetorial below: 1/11
Our work on the application of Bayesian statistics to Tafel Analysis in CO2 reduction is now peer-reviewed and in @NatureComms! @adityal crunched the numbers and found no preference for TS cardinality. Maybe you read it as a preprint? If not, check it out: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-20924-y
Great example of "office musings" yielding useful frameworks - Zack and @adityal take us another step toward understanding chemistry not as "either/or," EChem v. Thermochem, but as universally dependent upon multiple thermo variables. Out now in @Joule_CP! https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(20)30613-9
Online Now: Thermodynamic Discrimination between Energy Sources for Chemical Reactions from @ManthiramLab and @KManthiram http://dlvr.it/RqMYk5 #chemistry #energy #Joule #electrochemistry #thermodynamics
Huge congrats to Katie (@kjsteinb) for passing her thesis proposal! A bright future full of lithium chemistry awaits! #NitrogenReduction #BreakingBonds #TakingNames Pic credit may possibly go to Juniper the cat?? 🐱
We're stoked to welcome 3 new grad students to the team: Sayandeep, Simar, and Trent! Onboarding is not the same right now, but we're looking forward to learning and growing with you, & gradually ramping up research as public health measures allow! #VoltageBoost #LabExcitedState
This one has been a long time coming, but finally in the midst of #AIChE2020 it has arrived! @chung_minju demonstrates chlorine-mediated ethylene epoxidation in saline water. If you love high rates, high FEs, and industrially-relevant EChem, we got you: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acscatal.0c02810
We're at #AIChE2020! Come find us:
Mon: Carboxylation (Nathan)
Tue: O-atom Transfer (@KManthiram )
Wed: Thermodynamics of E Sources (Zack)
Thu: C-H Activation (@ReadMeLikeANook) & Amination (Zack)
Fri: CO2R Modeling (@js_zeng) & Bayesian Tafel Slope Analysis (@adityal)
We are hiring for the position of assistant professor; applications received before Dec. 1, 2020 will be giving priority. Find more info here: http://ow.ly/7LWa50CfXZQ
#Catalysis Club of Chicago 2020-21 Monthly speakers! #Theory and #Experiment, #Organometallics, #MOFs, #Zeolites, #Electrocatalysis—We've got it #all. Join us!
Congrats @ReadMeLikeANook and all of this year's CRE award winners!

We congratulate all twenty CRE Division #AIChE2020 meeting grant #Award winners!
We continue working on confinement to promote catalysis! Here, super talented faculty candidate @DiIorioCatalyst shows how ordered alcohol solvent networks confined in hydrophobic zeolite pores stabilize transition states. #zeolites @J_A_C_S https://twitter.com/DiIorioCatalyst/status/1321444121832267776
Check out our latest paper in @J_A_C_S! We show that hydrophobic zeolites order confined H-bonded alcohol networks and catalyze transfer hydrogenations faster than their hydrophilic counterparts. @Blake_Johnson39 @yuriy_roman http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.0c09825
Congrats to everyone on AIChE's 35 under 35, including our very own @KManthiram!
Learn about the work and lives of these 35 high-achieving chemical and biological engineers https://bit.ly/3iOyLpk #AIChE35Under35
Please RT. We are looking for #postdocs, who are interested in synthetic chemistry, #maingroupchemistry and luminescent materials. Email me (dtyang@nwpu.edu.cn) if interested.
pls RT: Registration is now open for the MIT ACCESS Program, a weekend-long symposium aimed to expose underrepresented minority students to the benefits of a graduate education in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science! http://access.mit.edu/
Honoured to be chairing the 1st @ChemPhysChem virtual symposium on CO2 reduction, on 29 September, especially with such an exciting lineup. Please sign up! @MariaEscEsc @KManthiram @fhi_mpg_de https://www.chemistryviews.org/details/event/11257056/1st_ChemPhysChem_Virtual_Symposium_on_CO2_Reduction.html
Our first ever preprint is now up on @ChemRxiv! @adityal re-examined several Tafel datasets from the CO2 reduction literature using Bayesian data analysis. Our takeaway: let's rethink how we use Tafel data in electrochemical mechanistic analysis! https://chemrxiv.org/articles/preprint/Bayesian_Data_Analysis_Reveals_No_Preference_for_Cardinal_Tafel_Slopes_in_CO2_Reduction_Electrocatalysis/12844715
Join our team! Interested in batteries for EVs and aircraft? Our @ARPAE IONICS battery postdoc position description and application portal is now live. Awardees include @24M_Tech @venkvis and @SepionTech https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=90919
We have 10 postdoctoral positions immediately available in multiple sites @NSF_CSOE https://cci.utah.edu.
Please share to anyone interested in highly collaborative research in synthetic organic electrochemistry.
Two postdoc openings in my group @NTUsg are now online! Come join us in Singapore! #compchem
We use a suite of computational modelling methods to understand and engineer catalysts at the atomic scale.
RTs are appreciated.
1. http://tiny.cc/17rksz
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Join our team! We have postdoc positions open for electrochemists to further develop these lithium metal batteries for EVs and eVTOL with @venkvis @24M_Tech @ARPAE . Battery and electrolyte expertise required. DM me if interested. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/07/20/battery-electric-planes-cars/
🎉Congratulations to J-WAFS PI @KManthiram of @MITChemE who has been selected for the Department of @ENERGY's 2020 Early Career Research Program! His research will find more #sustainable methods for chemical #synthesis of everyday materials. @ManthiramLab https://bit.ly/394C2N6
Prospective PhD students, I have an exciting vacancy on green ammnonia electrosynthesis @ImpMaterials, funded by @ERC_Research with @HallettGroup and @titiricigroup as cosupervisors (fully funded for UK and EU students). Please retweet https://www.imperial.ac.uk/materials/study/phdlist/phdcdt-research-projects-available/
New content online: In situ electrochemical generation of nitric oxide for neuronal modulation http://dlvr.it/RZgtKs
Thanks to @MIT News for covering our recent collaboration with @AnikeevaLab! To quote Prof. Anikeeva summarizing a reviewer comment: "Electrolysis in a biological system has never [before] been leveraged to control biological function." http://news.mit.edu/2020/nitric-oxide-messenger-molecule-inside-body-demand-0629
Was amazing to be a part of this exciting work, led by Jimin Park & @ksjinerg where we integrate electrocatalysts and multifunctional fibers to create implantable devices for in-situ production and on-demand release of gaseous NO in deep brain circuits !
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0701-x
Our collaboration with @ManthiramLab was published today in @NatureNano. Congratulations to co-first authors Jimin and Kyoungsuk, and the rest of the team.
In situ electrochemical generation of nitric oxide for neuronal modulation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0701-x.epdf?sharing_token=EMTngzknuWd0cDXhnnM9WNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0ONDGnhr26oSifJNhyiSAO29BLaI5zpEh6Sv_sslhm8YNmiU1bihHLeyQFSJvLa0RqUK5K0JEMiHQ3AbFfyZN4fBwAYR2Sdn7xAnm0kOkXqfhgmHsZP5i1X78p8n0DGAkU%3D
Excited to share our new collaborative work with @AnikeevaLab: in situ generation of NO as a neuronal signalling molecule in mouse brains. @ksjinerg as co-first author contributed to both the electrocatalysis and the mouse model work!🐭Now in @NatureNano: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0701-x
Thanks to @tcemagazine for highlighting our ammonia synthesis work!

A team of MIT chemical engineers has developed an electrochemical process for producing ammonia that reduces emissions and could allow decentralised production of ammonia in remote areas.
https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/producing-ammonia-with-small-scale-electrochemical-reactors/
Non-aqueous gas diffusion electrodes for rapid ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and water-splitting-derived hydrogen
https://go.nature.com/3dD8R5g ($)
Huge congrats to Nik for having his work on non-aqueous GDEs for ammonia synthesis featured as this month's cover @NatureCatalysis! Turns out isolation proved a good time to learn to make 3D illustrations in #blender.
Check out the article here: https://rdcu.be/b3WDe
Thanks to @NatureCatalysis for the News & Views piece discussing our recent paper on GDEs for non-aqueous ammonia synthesis! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-020-0461-x
Chemical engineers at @MIT are working to create ammonia with small-scale, electrochemical reactors – a solution that could equip farmers with fertilizer in remote, rural areas.
Read more 👇
@KManthiram @ManthiramLab @MITChemE @mitenergy @NSF @jwafs_mit
https://bit.ly/3fDfOVj
Do you want to become an excellent graduate student? @IbehOmodolor, Hope Otor & friends have organized a webinar to give you some advice: Saturday, 5/16 at 3 pm (info below). Everyone is welcome to attend! [RT's appreciated] @UToledo @UToledoCoE @NSBE @PhdExhausted @Dissertating
Post Doc Opportunity: Looking for a post doc with experience/interest in electrochemistry, electrochemical energy conversion, storage, membranes, water. Interested applicants please DM me for more information. Please RT #membrane @MembraneSociety @ECSorg
We are looking for new group members: one PhD and one Postdoc!
More info on our website:https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lnce/openings/
[ASAP] Kinetic Analysis of Electrochemical Lactonization of Ketones Using Water as the Oxygen Atom Source http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c00931 #chemistry #feedly
When it rains, it pours! Check out our new paper by Joseph et al. in @ACSCatalysis! We demonstrate the use of water as an O-atom source in the lactonization of cyclic ketones through #electrocatalysis on Pt. #GoodbyeHarshOxidants #HelloSustainableSynthesis https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.0c00931
Excited by the paper just out by @ManthiramLab. A J-WAFS seed grant helped fuel this work, which points to a possible future where more affordable fertilizer could be made from air, water, and sun. https://twitter.com/MITChemE/status/1257743135456858112

The @ManthiramLab's small-scale reactors could enable cheaper fertilizer production http://ow.ly/L9X450zxAcy
Thanks to @ChemistryWorld for covering our work on #nonaqueous #GDEs for #ammonia synthesis! #eHaberBosch #StillWorkingOnGettingTheHairOutOfTheSoup
At present, ammonia production alone is responsible for around 1.5% of global carbon emissions
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/record-amounts-of-ammonia-produced-from-nitrogen-and-water/4011685.article
Thanks to @physorg_com for covering our recent work on stainless steel cloth #GDEs for #NRR! Link to read: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-020-0455-8
#TinyHaberBosch #WeMeshWithGDEs https://phys.org/news/2020-05-technique-enable-cheaper-fertilizer-production.html
Researchers from @ManthiramLab are working to develop a cleaner, less expensive alternative to traditional fertilizer manufacturing processes. @MITChemE
http://mitener.gy/mjaV50zyW3r
Thanks to @ScienceMagazine for highlighting our new paper on #electrochemical #ammonia synthesis! Happy to be mentioned alongside work from Prof. Wang's group on high-rate #CO2 reduction. Check out both of these articles now in @NatureCatalysis! https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/making-commodity-chemicals-requires-fossil-fuels-new-devices-could-do-it-renewables
The @ManthiramLab's small-scale reactors could enable cheaper fertilizer production http://ow.ly/L9X450zxAcy
Thanks to @MIT News for featuring our new #GDE research for high-rate #electrochemical #HaberBosch! #DistributedFertilizerProduction #OmNomNomElectrons http://news.mit.edu/2020/cheaper-fertilizer-production-0504
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