Dave Adams
@profdjadams.bsky.social
I work in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. Interested in gels, soft matter, castles, guitars and mountains. All views are my own!
Difficult to say this without people getting defensive and rejecting the paper…
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Difficult to say this without people getting defensive and rejecting the paper…
Also the same group has published two completely different datasets for the same system and no-one seems to have ever commented or noticed. This is despite the authors even interpreting them also differently…
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Also the same group has published two completely different datasets for the same system and no-one seems to have ever commented or noticed. This is despite the authors even interpreting them also differently…
Problem is that the answer as to why the data are different elsewhere is that they have not sorted out the artefacts…
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Problem is that the answer as to why the data are different elsewhere is that they have not sorted out the artefacts…
Yeah will probably do now but then where? Experience says no-one cites the preprints and few people read them either…
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Yeah will probably do now but then where? Experience says no-one cites the preprints and few people read them either…
I don’t care where it goes but it should be published somewhere so people can at least find it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I don’t care where it goes but it should be published somewhere so people can at least find it.
Very interesting to finally dive into azobenzene-based gels as well; wow, is the literature in that area ... erm... **variable in quality**
a man with his mouth open and the words aaaahhhhh written below him
ALT: a man with his mouth open and the words aaaahhhhh written below him
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November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Very interesting to finally dive into azobenzene-based gels as well; wow, is the literature in that area ... erm... **variable in quality**
Some cool stuff here, with massively increased half-lives of the cis-isomers of an azobenzene in the gel state as well as good energy storage. Lots of progress needed still, but this is an interesting approach I think...
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Some cool stuff here, with massively increased half-lives of the cis-isomers of an azobenzene in the gel state as well as good energy storage. Lots of progress needed still, but this is an interesting approach I think...
Yes, a number of times when people just used some of our kit. Also a number of times when a PhD student helped someone and they were co-authors but I had not been involved so just asked not to be a coauthor...
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Yes, a number of times when people just used some of our kit. Also a number of times when a PhD student helped someone and they were co-authors but I had not been involved so just asked not to be a coauthor...
Memories of Tomb Raider 3 there…
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Memories of Tomb Raider 3 there…
I really think there is a market for old-styled cars with decent bodywork and engines - what looks best, cybertruck or MGB???
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I really think there is a market for old-styled cars with decent bodywork and engines - what looks best, cybertruck or MGB???
That's the dream...
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That's the dream...
Teams being down = normal use of Teams...
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Teams being down = normal use of Teams...
FRS number or farage????
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
FRS number or farage????
A win for the UK right there…
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A win for the UK right there…
Try multiplying by number of FRS at each institution and that should weight it in the ‘right’ way for you… or maybe by the number of MPs from a PPE degree you run?
October 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Try multiplying by number of FRS at each institution and that should weight it in the ‘right’ way for you… or maybe by the number of MPs from a PPE degree you run?
There’s a breed called Heck #juatsaying
October 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There’s a breed called Heck #juatsaying
If only you had changed you handle before posting that...
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If only you had changed you handle before posting that...
Reposted by Dave Adams
A few key things that apply no matter where you are:
⭐ Meeting with your supervisor at least once a week strongly correlates with higher satisfaction
⭐ Students early in their PhD tend to be happier than those nearing the end
⭐ Working more than 60 hours a week makes satisfaction plummet
⭐ Meeting with your supervisor at least once a week strongly correlates with higher satisfaction
⭐ Students early in their PhD tend to be happier than those nearing the end
⭐ Working more than 60 hours a week makes satisfaction plummet
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A few key things that apply no matter where you are:
⭐ Meeting with your supervisor at least once a week strongly correlates with higher satisfaction
⭐ Students early in their PhD tend to be happier than those nearing the end
⭐ Working more than 60 hours a week makes satisfaction plummet
⭐ Meeting with your supervisor at least once a week strongly correlates with higher satisfaction
⭐ Students early in their PhD tend to be happier than those nearing the end
⭐ Working more than 60 hours a week makes satisfaction plummet
Reposted by Dave Adams
@profdraper.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM