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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bacterially produced S8 is what is extracted from underground using the Frasch process.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Gibbs was an austere genius, too little appreciated.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Right, the rounded tilted square is supposed to represent the Kaliapparat and the phoenix rising out of flames?

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Recently I gave the plenary lecture at the ACS Division of Colloid and Interface Science, at the University of Delaware on the occasion of the 100th COLL Symposium. My topic was Katharine Blodgett and the ten other women COLL presenters up to 1950. Whew!

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Thrilled to hear this piece of positive news, David. Fraser would be proud!

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Wonderful news - thanks for sharing!

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Check out Omar Yaghi's AImetry work

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Please keep commenting so we know when the pool is open

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This structure was imagined by myself several years ago. Since I'm not planning to make it, I might as well share it online.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Don Tomalia is in the first row, second from left.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I see you a center-rear, and Donald Tomalia in the first few, second from left.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

A published scientific finding will remain as factual information, despite Mr. Trump's refusal to believe it. The finding cannot be "revoked."

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The white "smoke" in the image is water vapor; carbon dioxide is invisible.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The white "smoke" in the image is water vapor and does not depict carbon emissions (they are invisible).

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Trump may disagree with the science out of ignorance, but he cannot repeal published scientific findings.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Remembering Sir Fraser - early group photos shortly after his arrival at Northwestern University in 2008

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Naturally, I thought of Sir Fraser Stoddart when I spotted this sculptural instantiation of a (possibly pseudo-) double rotaxane along the lakefront in Evanston, IL. The piece is "Salude" by John Adduci.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I have a 3D printed model of Kohnkene!

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Elizabeth Armstrong Wood (1912-2006), materials scientist and crystallographer at Bell Telephone Laboratories for 24 years (1943-1967), author, instructor, leader in scientific societies, geologist, revered mentor and advisor, and expert in iris varieties.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Maybe the "pure water/oil" should read "pure water"? Congrats on your awesome science.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

This is truly beautiful chemistry

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Hi Sebastian, I did my PhD with Robert Letsinger, who has been called "the father of oligonucleotide synthesis". - Peggy

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Trump was not "snubbed" for the Nobel Peace Prize. The deadline for nominations for the 2025 prize was January 31. The Norwegian Nobel Committee received a total of 338 candidates for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, of which 94 were organizations. [nobelprize.org]

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Seems to me a CH2 group is missing at the 5' position on the sugar unit at bottom-right.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Anyone who has visited Bell Labs' anechoic chamber will instantly recall the sensation - or lack thereof!

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Was this the work of Randall Snurr's group?

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

This book for youngsters by the one and only Anissa Ramirez looks pretty cool.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Hopefully they reference the work of Professor Nina Kraus of Northwestern University.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Jer, With your knowledge of and enthusiasm for chemistry and your mentorship skills, high school teaching may be a viable choice.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

An idea for Chicago: Would it be possible for everyone (who is able) to wear a face-concealing mask and gloves to conceal skin color and ethnic features so that ICE and other round-up-minded government agents could not apply their biased thinking to apprehend people they think should be detained.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

This fall the Lost Women of Science podcast will feature four episodes on the life and work of Katharine Burr Blodgett plus a bonus episode on Agnes Pockels. Hoping the producers will include some of my audio on KBB that took a month to prepare.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Just finished The Brothers Vonnegut: Science & Fiction in the House of Magic, about Kurt and Bernard and how their lives intertwined at General Electric. Excellent read.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Glad I'm done with Grammarly, er, making payments for Grammarly.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

We went through a lot of nude mice when I worked in there NIH/NCI Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, as the only chemist among 70 microbiologists.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

In freshman biology class, we were studying about life. Then the exam question was 'What is death?' My blue book scribblings did not merit a good grade.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I love this! A while back it was my job to order 3D-printed CD-MOFs for Fraser to show-n-tell. By the way, did you know that Maye Musk (Elon's mother) was at one time a model for Fraser's skin care company?

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I was a "Scout" in the Girl Scouts (and still am a lifelong member). Several years ago together with Fran Kravitz in the Chicago ACS Section I helped write a manual for the Marie Slowdowska Curie Chemistry Patch activity for young girls.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

"Youth interested in fitting into an expanding universe and looking to science, because of its natural appeal, is not encouraged by gloomy suggestions of a moratorium in science, or suspension in truth-gaining....We are not injured by knowledge, but by its ignorant misuse." (1933, "Irving Langmuir")

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

First page of Irving Langmuir's laboratory notebook from his time at Göttingen, where he obtained his PhD with Nernst. Dated 6 August 1904. Image was taken at the U.S. Library of Congress (yes it's still open).

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Random comment: Isaac Asimov was for a time listed as "Galactic Correspondent" for The Chemical Bulletin, the monthly newsletter of the Chicago ACS Local Section.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Print originals or copies of Sir Fraser Stoddart's ~1300 publications are now located in the Northwestern University archives, along with MANY other files.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

The livestream didn't come through but the May 19 broadcast did. Excellent storytelling by all involved. Thanks for sharing. Ainissa, you had the last word!

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David Amabilino @damabilino.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

On what would have been Fraser Stoddart's 83rd birthday, many of us remember the incredible legacy he has given us.

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Margaret E Schott @pegdesigns.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Hi Beth, Congrats on your 'longevity' at C&EN! Another topic, some of Fraser's former students are planning a symposium in his honor for the Fall 2026 ACS National Meeting in Chicago. So just in case you might want to give a talk, keep that in mind. Best, Peggy (now retired)

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