The Purple Planet

The Purple Planet Welcome to the Ghosh group aka The Purple Planet at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway. That includes phthalocyanines, corroles, B12 and their cousins.

A venue for observations, raves and rants on all things porphyrin-related. For a full list of our publications, see: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1161-6364

Lovely day yesterday at the University of Auckland, catching up with old friends and collaborators, Penny Brothers, Jame...
18/09/2026

Lovely day yesterday at the University of Auckland, catching up with old friends and collaborators, Penny Brothers, James Wright, and Christian Hartinger, among others.

16/09/2026

A lot. They touched on how to solve big problems, how to collaborate, and how to overcome barriers

Bye to all friends and colleagues in Tromsø! I shall be in beautiful Aotearoa 17/9-17/10. Twenty years ago, I spent a sa...
15/09/2026

Bye to all friends and colleagues in Tromsø! I shall be in beautiful Aotearoa 17/9-17/10. Twenty years ago, I spent a sabbatical at the University of Auckland, which resulted in longstanding collaboration with Penny Brothers. Our first paper was published in 2008: see link in Comment. Friday 18/9, I shall present a talk at the University of Auckland, kindly organized by Christian Hartinger. – Abhik Ghosh

12/09/2026
09/09/2026

“I liked science but never imagined I could make a career out of it. While both my mother and father were college graduates, no one in our extended family had ever been an engineer, scientist, doctor, or lawyer.” – Louis Brus.

Read more about his incredible journey from working in a hardware store, to becoming a Nobel Prize laureate for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2023/brus/biographical/

06/09/2026

Potassium-studded macrocycle extracts high-purity gold, leaves behind other metal ions

06/09/2026

Exciting review:
Norcorrole: A Stable Porphyrinoid for Exploration of Antiaromaticity.
See link in comment.

Electron-Rich Cobalt Corroles as Potent Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
06/09/2026

Electron-Rich Cobalt Corroles as Potent Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Abstract. The development of efficient, earth-abundant electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is central to advancing sustainable hydro

A guide to emotional intelligence in the lab
04/09/2026

A guide to emotional intelligence in the lab

Learning how to manage your feelings can help you to tackle some tricky situations at work, say organizational psychologists.

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