Jan P. Scheifers

enthusiastic scientist, passionate teacher and proud nerd is growing crystals💎🤩 for science (and for fun) (he/him)

[Richard Dronskowski @rdrons]

Save the date and please retweet! The 7th LOBSTER school will take place on the beautiful island of Tenerife (IACTEC & @ULL) between March 18-20, 2026. A website for registration will follow shortly. Stay tuned and see you there!

[Mercouri Kanatzidis @MercouriK]

in JACS: A powerful mixed-flux synthesis strategy enabling rational design of silver chalcogenides with 23 new compositions and 6 unique structures, beyond the reach of AI prediction. Bridging molecular and solid-state synthesis through solution control. https://t.co/NOANzliQEq

[Lauren McHugh @LNMcHugh25]

📢 Available PhD project on hybrid glass coated 2D nanomaterials! Prof. Yu-Lun Chueh and I have a fully funded #phdposition based at both @LivUni in the UK and @NTHU_TAIWAN. Deadline June 2nd 🗓️ Re-tweets appreciated 🙏 https://t.co/tNLLiA0gLj

[Shao-Liang Zheng @shaoliangzheng]

George Sheldrick will be missed🕯️🕯️🕯️#SHELX @IUCr #crystallography #education

[Lauren McHugh @LNMcHugh25]

Come and work with us @LivUni! Myself and Dr Matthew Dyer have a fully funded CDT #phdposition available. 🗓️ Deadline of February 17th, though early application is encouraged! Informal enquiries welcomed. RTs appreciated! 🙏 https://t.co/aZpmDT4Rmm

[Liverpool University Jobs @livunijobs]

📢We are seeking 2 postdoctoral research associates with expertise in the synthesis and characterisation of new inorganic materials.
Information / Apply ➡️https://t.co/OeD7NGmKI0
@livunieng @livuniphyssci @livuniphysics

[Jan P. Scheifers @JPScheifers]

@BatoolMoussaoui @DiamondLightSou Always a pleasure to work with @DavidAllan704 and the @RosseinskyGroup 😊 We return to @MIF_UoL with beautiful diffraction data for several exciting new crystal structures. Stay tuned!

[Jan P. Scheifers @JPScheifers]

@StawskiWojtek I am also looking for a similar option. CrystalMaker can calculate selectable voids but those are spherical. I also thought about exporting molecular surfaces to a dedicated 3D modeling software to calculate volumes, but I couldn't find a way to do so 😕

[Anja Mudring @AnjaMudring]

Intermetallics keep to amaze with their puzzling properties. Read more in a recent joint work with our colleagues from Genova:

Unusual superconductivity in crystallographically disordered RT2−xSn2 ... https://t.co/AE6DJrWGpQ

[Latturner Group @LatturnerGroup]

Growing intermetallics in molten gallium? More gallium goes into your products as you cool. Check out our new @InorgChem paper on Gallium Flux Reactions of Cerium and Transition Metals | Inorganic Chemistry https://t.co/6KYMiwIYLd

[Inorganic Chemistry @InorgChem]

How many isomers can you draw for PdSn2? In @InorgChem: Lim et al. @Fredrickson_UW examine chemical pressures for 3 potential 18-n+m isomers of PdSn2, revealing how atomic size effects determine the winner: an intergrowth of the fluorite and CuAl2 types: https://t.co/RuvylLggg4

[Taylor Sparks @taylordsparks]

While working with @RosseinskyGroup and @chrisco87125539 during my year in the UK, we set out to try and improve the already impressive FUSE crystal structure prediction package by incorporating machine learning into the process. We were successful and we now see speed-ups on the order of 2-8X faster with significantly lower energy structures too!

How did we do it?
(1) instead of using rules-based approaches for selecting lattice parameter sizes (ionic radii, for example), we simply predicted what average atomic volume for the desired composition.
(2) instead of considering all possible building blocks in the flexible unit structure engine, we first predicted the top most likely structures using machine learning and then decomposed these structures into building blocks which we used.

There were lots of other clever tricks like how we ranked predicted structures that you can read about in the article out now in @RoySocChem Faraday Discussions
https://t.co/i25NwzS3mF

[Latturner Group @LatturnerGroup]

If you like crystal structures and you're looking for a light beach read, here's a review of ternary and quaternary rare earth carbide structures I put together! #crystallography
https://t.co/9r1vC3hcvL

[Rosseinsky Group @RosseinskyGroup]

New mixed anion compound with a very low thermal conductivity resulting from bonding anisotropy. Well done @Cara_Hawkins_ for leading this excellent research. https://t.co/7OLEYsi3gl

[Jan P. Scheifers @JPScheifers]

@paulo_paioti @AmerChemSociety Same for me on android

[Jan P. Scheifers @JPScheifers]

@MolecularXtal @rdrons Same for me! I ended up getting my PhD in (inorganic) chemistry after a BSc and MSc in Mat. Sci. This lecture was one of the reasons

[Rosseinsky Group @RosseinskyGroup]

We're in the news! #advancedmaterials #batteries #Sustainability https://t.co/IpzSzS9syl

[Maggie Hudson @NanoChemMaggie]

@PRX_Energy Superionic lithium transport via multiple coordination environments defined by two-anion packing in @ScienceMagazine from @RosseinskyGroup @MIF_UoL @LivUni https://t.co/KR2pQurAIV

[Sumit Konar @sumitkonar]

Difference between powder XRD and single-crystal XRD..
when I was a PhD student at Stockholm University - Prof Lynne McCusker from ETH Zurich gave a fantastic presentation..
now when I teach x-ray crystallography to @unilincoln students I use her slides with her permission.

[Anja Mudring @AnjaMudring]

Hot from the press: The structures of ternary rare earth intermetallics appear often at first sight complex, but ... read more @

The crystal and electronic structure of RE23Co6.7In20.3 (RE = Gd–Tm, L... https://t.co/6Augh1DcAP