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Tim Schmidt

@schmidtim.bsky.social
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Just a boy who loves shooting molecules with lasers

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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That’s the only one that doesn’t do it for me. I’m a Pilsner guy. But tonight I’m drinking my home made imperial chocolate milk stout.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They said #shinedome26
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Signed a book. Didn’t get my own page.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A few people went for a run this morning, but not me.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
You get the gist
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Can you see it?
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Haha this is labelled “Adult Content”
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I had quite a conversation with chatto about making a dumb pun. Eventually it got it right.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Why is Chatty G so bad at chemistry?
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sad to report the untimely passing of friend and colleague Klaas Nauta. He'd been out of touch for a while, but it's incredibly sad he's left the party for the last time. I don't have all the answers, but feel free to email/DM.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
‘Sup?
UNSW library and noon
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We can’t get a word in without a blue tick and anyone with a blue tick looks like a dick.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Good. Had some very good news in the past months/weeks. Some is public, some is not.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Your nation thankski you!
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Kiewa Valley and Bogong is putting on a show this morning.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Gearing up for Kernhole at our school community day
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Bahaha. Nobody is sure.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Crazy. It went upstairs.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Anyone else have bush-chickens in the kitchen?
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I believe they’ve done the experiment.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
There should definitely be a local warming from solar. But like you say, if the electricity is pumped away the heat will be 1 - A - eta
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ok let’s go!
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
If it heats then it’s not reflecting. So low albedo. My calculation was to do with global warming because low albedo contributes to that
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The solar cells albedo is very small - mostly limited to the 4% glass interface. The electricity produced mostly produces heat somewhere else eventually. So - bifacial would be similar. I once estimated that a solar panel takes about 6 months to pay off its albedo compared to a white surface
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Reminds me of tinned oysters - if you’ve ever had the pleasure
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We have VUV light sources
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I also do not recommend ozone but have no experience with halogens.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
NO2 remains one of my least favourite gases to inhale
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Indeed. Very very different outcomes
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Thanks Rami!
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
unsw.edu.au
Pioneering UNSW researchers elected to the Australian Academy of Science
Leading experts in polymer chemistry, quantum computing and molecular science have been recognised for their world-leading discoveries.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
More methylmethacrylate
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Roar!! 🦖 🦖
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
There is no try in chemistry.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’ve been elected to the academy! Congrats to the other newly minted FAAs.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Structural exciton localization drives efficient solid-state sensitized triplet fusion upconversion www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Structural exciton localization drives efficient solid-state sensitized triplet fusion upconversion - Nature Photonics
An absolute photon upconversion efficiency of 8.2% is demonstrated using a liquid triplet fusion medium that behaves as solid on excitonic timescales. The findings may drive higher efficiencies in nan...
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
*to say!
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
@markwbwilson.bsky.social
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Wonderful to host Mark Wilson from U. Toronto. Crossed the “big pond” today hi.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The Wang.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
When you scroll the socials for some downtime and …
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Me, describing my career at my retirement party…
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Have sent the post on
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Yeah we have some people in that area. Atmospheres, and water. We discovered what was in the Malabar beach nuggets.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Hmm. Does that mean mercury price has spiked too?
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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
<salute>
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Does this get me banned? gizmodo.com/floridas-sur...
gizmodo.com
Florida's Surgeon General Is Now Peddling Fake Water
In a recent social media post, Joseph Ladapo endorsed the use of structured water, which doesn't actually seem to exist.
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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
1963 Triumph Spitfire
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