Ron Smaldone
@ronsmaldone.bsky.social
Professor of Chemistry at the University of Texas, Dallas. Porous Polymers | Covalent Organic Frameworks | 3D Printing | 🎸
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A call to stand up and show support for the Bethesda Declaration, the NIH, and for federally funded science in general.
The Bethesda Declaration
www.science.org
June 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A call to stand up and show support for the Bethesda Declaration, the NIH, and for federally funded science in general.
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April 24 is the National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man. It commemorates the Armenian Genocide, which took place 110 years ago. 1/2
April 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
April 24 is the National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man. It commemorates the Armenian Genocide, which took place 110 years ago. 1/2
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More exceptional articles have been added to our Sustainable Development Goals collections, demonstrating how scientists across the globe are working towards sustainability.
Check out the collection for SDG12: Responsible production and consumption, here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Check out the collection for SDG12: Responsible production and consumption, here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
April 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
More exceptional articles have been added to our Sustainable Development Goals collections, demonstrating how scientists across the globe are working towards sustainability.
Check out the collection for SDG12: Responsible production and consumption, here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Check out the collection for SDG12: Responsible production and consumption, here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
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We're hiring a postdoc to join our @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov plastics recycling team. Scope will include developing new reactions for selective functionalization of polyolefins, assessing properties and recyclability. phxc1b.rfer.us/LBLHM2EPD
Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainable Polymer Chemistry in Bay Area, California, United States
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Materials Science Division (MSD) has an opening for an Organic and Polymer Postdoctoral Fellow where Dr....
phxc1b.rfer.us
April 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We're hiring a postdoc to join our @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov plastics recycling team. Scope will include developing new reactions for selective functionalization of polyolefins, assessing properties and recyclability. phxc1b.rfer.us/LBLHM2EPD
Hexagonal close pancakes
April 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hexagonal close pancakes
I've been called worse I guess....
April 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I've been called worse I guess....
Interested in polymer #3Dprinting and beautiful tropical islands? Join us this December at Pacifichem for the "New Frontiers in Polymeric Materials and Methods for 3D Printing" symposium, organized by Chenfeng Ke (@chenfengke.bsky.social) , Tao Xie, Luke Connal (@lukeconnal.bsky.social), and myself!
March 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Interested in polymer #3Dprinting and beautiful tropical islands? Join us this December at Pacifichem for the "New Frontiers in Polymeric Materials and Methods for 3D Printing" symposium, organized by Chenfeng Ke (@chenfengke.bsky.social) , Tao Xie, Luke Connal (@lukeconnal.bsky.social), and myself!
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We are in a biotech space race, cutting off basic science via slashing NIH and NSF funding robs the US of our competitive advantage: early innovation.
China is poised to dominate biotechnology in the 21st century - The Hill
March 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We are in a biotech space race, cutting off basic science via slashing NIH and NSF funding robs the US of our competitive advantage: early innovation.
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Check out Ariel and Rebecca's fun video about our group's recent paper on 3D printable, dynamic covalent foams! @rmjohnson.bsky.social
💡 We're looking forward to sharing our amazing author videos 📽️ and blogs with #chemsky. Here are the video playlists (and a screenshot from one of the videos) as a sneak peek!
RSC Applied Polymers: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
RSC Applied Interfaces: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
RSC Applied Polymers: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
RSC Applied Interfaces: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
March 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Check out Ariel and Rebecca's fun video about our group's recent paper on 3D printable, dynamic covalent foams! @rmjohnson.bsky.social
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We report a new nickel based conductive MOF with amino functionalized macrocyclic linker that features metallic charge transport ⚡️The access to this article is free for the next 50 days!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Nanoporous synthetic metal: A nickel MOF with an amino-functionalized macrocyclic ligand
Integrating metallic charge transport with high porosity in a single material can unlock significant advancements in energy storage, electrocatalysis,…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
We report a new nickel based conductive MOF with amino functionalized macrocyclic linker that features metallic charge transport ⚡️The access to this article is free for the next 50 days!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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When porous materials folks get together.. @ronsmaldone.bsky.social @runcevski.bsky.social @chemchen.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
When porous materials folks get together.. @ronsmaldone.bsky.social @runcevski.bsky.social @chemchen.bsky.social
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REU programs are being cancelled for fear of not receiving funds and graduate admissions are being limited or completely halted. Hundreds of Americans are losing the opportunity to train as STEM professionals.
February 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
REU programs are being cancelled for fear of not receiving funds and graduate admissions are being limited or completely halted. Hundreds of Americans are losing the opportunity to train as STEM professionals.
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Just dropped a new video + blog post with Ariel for RSC Applied Polymers, and we had a blast making it! 🧪✨ We went full infomercial mode to show off how these dynamic foams achieve next-level expansion & mechanical properties: tinyurl.com/balloondogfoams
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Hear from the authors of ‘3D Printable Polymer Foams with Tunable Expansion and Mechanical Properties Enabled by Catalyst-Free Dynamic Covalent Chemistry’ – RSC Applied Polymers Blog
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February 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just dropped a new video + blog post with Ariel for RSC Applied Polymers, and we had a blast making it! 🧪✨ We went full infomercial mode to show off how these dynamic foams achieve next-level expansion & mechanical properties: tinyurl.com/balloondogfoams
@ronsmaldone.bsky.social
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Latest from the lab in @rscapplied.bsky.social! We 3D printed polymer foams with dynamic covalent crosslinkers allowing more control over strength and expansion compared to conventional crosslinkers - with enough print resolution to 3D print a cool balloon dog (and other stuff too I guess...)
Thrilled to share that our foams paper has expanded into publication! 🎉 Even better—I got to coauthor this with Ariel! Our dynamic materials are rising to the occasion with exciting properties, and we can’t wait for you to check it out. Read here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #3DPrinting #FoamTastic
3D printable polymer foams with tunable expansion and mechanical properties enabled by catalyst-free dynamic covalent chemistry
Thermoset foams are some of the most common polymer materials in our lives. Despite their prevalence, they are notoriously difficult to form into complex shapes and finding a balance between mechanica...
pubs.rsc.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Latest from the lab in @rscapplied.bsky.social! We 3D printed polymer foams with dynamic covalent crosslinkers allowing more control over strength and expansion compared to conventional crosslinkers - with enough print resolution to 3D print a cool balloon dog (and other stuff too I guess...)
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Just out in Science Advances @science.org! Chemical recycling of plastics to monomer accelerated through oxy-functionalization remote from the bond undergoing cleavage. Polymer conformation plays dominant role. @molecularfoundry.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Circularity in polydiketoenamine thermoplastics via control over reactive chain conformation
Controlling polymer chain conformation dictates reactivity and recyclability.
www.science.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just out in Science Advances @science.org! Chemical recycling of plastics to monomer accelerated through oxy-functionalization remote from the bond undergoing cleavage. Polymer conformation plays dominant role. @molecularfoundry.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Thanks to @profdaveleigh.bsky.social for writing this tribute to Fraser #Chemsky
Obituary: James Fraser Stoddart (1942-2024) chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines
https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9
https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9
James Fraser Stoddart obituary: chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines
An early love of construction toys led the Scottish chemist to thread molecules together, opening up a new field of chemistry.
go.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thanks to @profdaveleigh.bsky.social for writing this tribute to Fraser #Chemsky
I appear to have chosen the perfect time to submit my first NIH proposal....
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
scim.ag
January 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I appear to have chosen the perfect time to submit my first NIH proposal....
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If you wanted the United States to completely cede the biotech, agbiotech, and pharmaceutical sectors to Europe and Asia, this is exactly how you'd go about it.
January 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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It doesn’t snow often in TX and the snowmen in my neighborhood reflect this…
January 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It doesn’t snow often in TX and the snowmen in my neighborhood reflect this…
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Using my first post here to say…I’m on my way… to better foams, sweet foams! 🎸 Our latest preprint showcases a Motley Crue of improved properties—enhanced expansion and mechanical strength in 3D-printed foams. Check it out: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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3D Printable Polymer Foams with Tunable Expansion and Mechanical Properties Enabled by Catalyst-Free Dynamic Covalent Chemistry
Thermoset foams are some of the most common polymer materials in our lives. Despite their prevalence, they are notoriously difficult to form into complex shapes and finding a balance between mechanica...
chemrxiv.org
December 23, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Using my first post here to say…I’m on my way… to better foams, sweet foams! 🎸 Our latest preprint showcases a Motley Crue of improved properties—enhanced expansion and mechanical strength in 3D-printed foams. Check it out: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
@ronsmaldone.bsky.social
@ronsmaldone.bsky.social
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I’ll miss gently berating him about how he could never organise files on his laptop and always had hundreds of files on his desktop. Fraser delivered my first chemistry lecture and the rest is history… I learned so much and owe him so much. RIP. chemistry.northwestern.edu/people/in-me... #Chemsky
December 31, 2024 at 9:56 AM
I’ll miss gently berating him about how he could never organise files on his laptop and always had hundreds of files on his desktop. Fraser delivered my first chemistry lecture and the rest is history… I learned so much and owe him so much. RIP. chemistry.northwestern.edu/people/in-me... #Chemsky