Alice Coles-Aldridge
After graduating with an MChem from Durham University in 2014, I moved on to the University of St Andrews to pursue a PhD working on ceria-based materials for solid oxide fuel cells. Although I learnt a great deal in the lab, I felt myself increasingly drawn towards scientific communication and writing.
I began working as a Publishing Editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry in Summer 2018 on the Sustainability portfolio where I ensure the highest-quality research in these fields is published. I also write articles for Chemistry World, which has exposed me to an even greater breadth of research and allowed me to carry on with scientific writing. I have always found talking to and learning from other scientists very enjoyable and I am glad to be able to continue doing this.
When not reading or writing scientific articles you will find me practicing pirouettes and jetés.
ResearchSelf-assembling silver dendrites boost flux of carbon capture membrane
Non-equilibrium permeation conditions stimulate silver network growth in molten-carbonate membranes
ResearchFossilised bones inspire long-term DNA data storage
Earth alkali salts found to stabilise synthetic DNA
ResearchMixed oxidation states expand repertoire of hypervalent iodine reagents
Iodine(iii) and iodine(v) coexist in new nitroiodoxybenzene-based oxidant
ResearchIntense sound fields make mercury react with water
After nearly a century, scientists can explain why a grey cloud forms when mercury and water are sonicated
ResearchDye-coated particles could finally bring colour to e-readers
Dispersion polymerisation method creates particles that can switch between coloured and white states
ResearchContinuous ethanol release at ice–solid interfaces keeps ice at bay for nearly two years
Interfacial ethanol layers from liquid-packed coatings maintain long-lasting and super-low ice adhesion at temperatures as low as -60°C
ResearchNew hypervalent iodine compound is most powerful oxidant in series
2-iodoxybenzoic acid ditriflate can oxidise stubborn hydrocarbons and obstinate polyfluoroalcohols
ResearchNon-natural system uses covalent base-pairing to transfer information
Template-directed process that replicates non-biological molecules is step towards using evolution to explore chemical space