Volker Blum
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Volker Blum
@aimsduke.bsky.social
Ab initio materials simulations at Duke University. Associate professor, Duke MEMS & Chemistry. https://aims.pratt.duke.edu/ . Opinions my own. Unlike the shirt on the right side of the profile image, which is not my own. The number on the shirt is 10.
So I'll be here. Thanks to everyone else who is here.

And also, sorry if I'm missing so many posts. There should really be an algorithm of some kind ;) (not.)
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Well, I view it this way, if someone wants to find me, they will find me here.

I do believe that most others have moved to LinkedIn but I am no longer interested in algorithms that sort posts for me. Likewise, I am bewildered by the constant stream of LinkedIn emails seeking to engage me.
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
No, but my organic chemistry is a bit rusty. Still trying to work out how to react a traditional advent season cake from a Viennese cemetery ...
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How about the Inorganic Compounds cup? ;)
November 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Am I missing a subtlety here?
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
* restricts free speech in a way that does not, as far as I can tell, resemble any of the far more narrow free speech restrictions of which I am aware. This here would cover publication of non-sensitive scientific results where coauthorship may arise for a host of entirely benign reasons.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Is my understanding correct that this bill would withhold federal funding from a researcher for coauthoring even unrelated scientific publications with individuals affiliated with any institutions in specific countries?
If so, I wonder how is this constitutional? It restricts free speech ...
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Ah. Yes. Roses are red. Violets are ... not purple. Makes sense.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I probably missed that the discourse exists?
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sure enough, purple in the white light, too. Just no single-color purple lights around where I was.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Uh, good luck. PBE+ Tkatchenko-Scheffler + free energy works for the Tp phase diagram IIRC
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Umm. That would be a problem ... no?
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
(If you're wondering why I am posting this. I really think our Pratt School 360 first-year advising program is one of the best things we ever did. If nothing else, I learned so much about the first-year experience and what this university actually is about. Go Duke.)
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM