@DevonLouwe

A rather big fan of dogs and chemistry. PhD candidate with the Roesler group. Aspiring dog parent.

Joined July 2020
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Summit Nanotech is now Summit Lithium Technologies. Read the announcement on our website: summitlithium.tech/newsroom/…
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Glad to have this labor of love out in @ChemCommun @TheBartLab Proton-coupled electron transfer driven by coordination-induced bond weakening at a trivalent uranium center - now published in Chemical Communications pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

Proton-coupled electron transfer driven by coordination-induced bond weakening at a trivalent...

We present the experimental determination of the N–H bond dissociation free energy (BDFE) of a uranium(iii)-anilido N–H bond revealing a powerful uranium-i

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U Calgary
@UCalgary14 Oct 2025
Metal-organic frameworks are materials that can be customized on the atomic scale. Dr. George Shimizu weighs in on the significance of this year's Nobel prize in the team's dedicated field. @ucalgaryscience
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Metal-organic frameworks are materials that can be customized on the atomic scale. Dr. George Shimizu weighs in on the significance of this year's prize in a field his research group has dedicated years of study towards. @UCalgary
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Warren Piers@wpiers110 Jul 2025
Rapid Intermolecular C-H Activation of Aromatic Substrates at a Cationic, Electrophilic Molybdenum (VI) Nitrido Complex: Mechanistic Nuance in C-H Amination | ChemRxiv - go.shr.lc/3In9FiW Another opus from Chris!

Rapid Intermolecular C-H Activation of Aromatic Substrates at a Cationic, Electrophilic Molybdenum...

When the cationic, octahedral terminal nitrido complex of Mo(VI) supported by a diborate pentadentate ligand is generated in the absence of trapping nucleophiles, it rapidly activates the C(sp2)-H...

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A new(ish) anion on the block for SMOM chemistry. Kris Altus’ latest on the organometallic chemistry of [B(O2C2(CF3)4)2]−. There is also a cautionary note about the toxicity of a starting material. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

[B(O2C2(CF3)4)2]− ([FPB]−): Repurposing This Weakly Coordinating Anion for Solid-State Molecular...

Abstract. The perfluoropinacol borate-based anion [B­(O2C2(CF3)4)2]−, [FPB]–, is developed as a weakly coordinating anion for single-crystal to single-crys

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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
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Spotlight on @ucalgaryscience Jonah Nelson, who co-authored two research papers while studying computational chemistry in Finland, underscoring the value of international collaborations. A special thank you to the Tuononen team @uniofjyvaskyla, who made this possible.
U Calgary
@UCalgary27 Mar 2024
Chemistry undergrad @ucalgaryscience, Jonah Nelson, dives deep into research in Finland, publishing in major chemistry journals bit.ly/49cnmJu #UCalgary
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Our decade-long effort focused on looking at redox-active boron clusters and some fascinating materials and synthetic chemistry that emerged from these studies is now fully accounted for: Redox-Active Boron Clusters | Accounts of Chemical Research pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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We've officially entered the field of functional #polymers. There will be associated postdoctoral opportunities for September 2024.
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tony nguyen@tony_nguy22 Feb 2024
hopefully the finalized publication coming soon!
Boron-Chem-Research@Boron_Chemistry22 Feb 2024
Direct C-H Electrophilic Borylation with (C6F5)2B-NTf2 to Generate B-N Dibenzo[a,h]pyrenes (@DuttonChemistry, @wpiers1): chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv… (@ChemRxiv).
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Warren Piers@wpiers116 Feb 2024
Oxidation-induced ambiphilicity triggers N-N bond formation and dinitrogen release in octahedral terminal molybdenum (V) nitrido complexes Another opus from Chris, with a little help from his friends. Very pleased with this one! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

Oxidation-induced ambiphilicity triggers N–N bond formation and dinitrogen release in octahedral...

Coupling of octahedral, terminal d1 molybdenum(v) nitrido complexes supported by a dianionic pentadentate ligand via N–N bond formation to give μ-dinitroge

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Our amazing glass blower, Mark Toonen in focus. youtu.be/j7ZW7VQj2s8
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Still so so excited to have started this position! Thanks for the shout out @ChemFacultyCDN
Canadian Chemistry Faculty@ChemFacultyCDN12 Dec 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Marissa L. Clapson, who has been hired @UPEI dlvr.it/T03FjP
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I’m excited to announce that I will be starting my new position as assistant professor in inorganic chemistry @UPEI starting December 1st! Happy to get research going in the Clapson group and start teaching in January!
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U Calgary
@UCalgary20 Nov 2023
PhD grad @ucalgaryscience, Dr. Anna Niedzwiecka, fell in love with chemistry and now works to make science more sustainable and inclusive bit.ly/3sGidtO #UCalgaryGrad
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We had plant sale today! It was amazing and the plants were going really fast! You can Join us tomorrow!🌵😍💚
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Our plant sale was brilliant today! Check out the photos 🤩
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Ken Lo@bhkenlo27 Sep 2023
Controlling Extraction of Rare Earth Elements Using Functionalized Aryl-vinyl Phosphonic Acid Esters | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… Jensen, Sellinger, & co-workers @InorgChem #rare_earth #extraction #2_ethyl_hexylesters #styryl_phosphonic_acids #dipole_moment #DFT
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