Elena Patyukova and Paul Topham from Aston University and Martin Greenall from the University of Lincoln have recently secured laboratory time at the ESRF X-ray facility in Grenoble.  The experiment, which will take place in March 2018, will test the predictions of their own mathematical model on the role of hydrogen bonding in polymers.  The theoretical side of their project uses results from graph theory and integer sequences, and has benefitted from discussions with members of the Algebra group in Lincoln.