Publications

64. Ehrman, R. N.; Brohlin, O. R.; Wijesundara, Y. H.; Kumari, S.; Trashi, O.; Howlett, T. S.; Trashi, I.; Herbert, F. C.; Raja, A.; Koirala, S.; Tran, N.; Al-Kharji, N. M.; Tang, W.; Senarathna, M. C.; Hagge, L. M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Gassensmith, J. J. Chem. Sci. 2024accepted

63. Arora, N; Debnath, T.; Senarathna, M. C.; Roske, I. G.; Cisneros, G. A.; Smaldone, R. A. “Computational and Experimental Studies of Iodine and Iodide Adsorption in Amide Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks” Chem. Sci. 2024, accepted

62. Perera, S. D.; Johnson, R. M.; Pawle, R.; Elliott, J; Tran, T.; Gonzalez, J.; Huffstetler, J.; Ayers, L. C.Ganesh, V.; Senarathna, M. C.; Cortés-Guzmán, K. P.; Dube, S.Springfield, S.; Hancock, L. F.; Lund, B. R.; Smaldone, R. A. “Surface Functionalization of 3D Printed Metal Organic Framework Composites through Polymerization Induced Phase Separation” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024accepted

61. Parikh, A. R.; Cortés-Guzman, K. P.; Bian, N.; Johnson, R. M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Lu, H.; Voit, W. E. “Unsaturated Microcrystalline Cellulose Resins for Vat Photopolymerization Based 3D Printing.” J. Polym. Sci. 2024accepted

60. Arora, N.; Flores, C.; Senarathna, M. C.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A.; “Design, Synthesis, and Applications of Mesoporous Covalent Organic Frameworks” CCS Chemistry2023accepted

59. Smaldone, R. A.; Brown, K. A.; Gu, G. X.; Ke, C. “Using 3D Printing as a Tool for Materials Discovery” Device20231, 1-10

58. Senarathna, M. C.; Li, H.; Perera, S. D.; Correas, J. T.; Diwakara, S. D.; Boardman, S. R.; Liu, Y.; Smaldone, R. A. “Highly Flexible Dielectric Films from Solution Processable Covalent Organic Frameworks” ChemRxiv, 2023, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., accepted

57. Cortés-Guzmán, K. P.; Parikh, A. R.; Sparacin, M.; Adegoke, L.; Ecker, M.; Voit, W. E.; Smaldone, R. A. “Thermal annealing effects on the mechanical properties of bio-based 3D printed thermosets” ChemRxiv, 2023, Polym. Chem. 202314, 2697-2707 (Invited article for the Pioneering Investigators issue)

56. Johnson, R. M.; Cortés-Guzmán, K. P.; Perera, S. D.; Parikh, A. R.; Ganesh, V.; Voit, W. E.; Smaldone, R. A.; “Lignin-Containing Covalent Adaptable Network Resins for Digital Light Projection 3D Printing”, ChemRxiv, 2023,online, J. Polym Sci. 2023accepted (Invited article for a special issue on Polymers for Additive Manufacturing)

55. Wijesundara, Y. H.; Herbert, F. C.; Trashi, O.; Trashi, I.; Brohlin, O. R.; Kumari, S.; Howlett, T.; Benjamin, C. E.; Shahrivarkevishahi, A.; Diwakara, S. D.; Perera, S. D.; Cornelius, S. A.; Vizuet, J. P.; Balkus, K. J.; Smaldone, R. A.; De Nisco, N. J.; Gassensmith, J. J. “Carrier Gas Triggered Controlled Biolistic Delivery of DNA and Protein Therapeutics from Metal–Organic Frameworks,” Chem. Sci. 202213, 13803-13814.

54. Cortés-Guzmán, K. P.; Parikh, A. R.; Sparacin, M.; Remy, A. K.; Adegoke, L.; Ecker, M.; Voit, W. E.; Smaldone, R. A. “Recyclable, Biobased Photoresins for 3D Printing Through Dynamic Imine Exchange” ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 202239, 13091–13099

53. Durand-Silva, A; Perera, S. D.; Remy, A. K.; Hargrove, J.; Ferneyhough, Z. Stelling, A. L.; Smaldone, R. A. “Infrared Spectroscopic and Mechanical Analysis of Supramolecular Self-Healing in 3D Printable Urea Photoresins” ACS Appl. Polym. Mater.20224, 12, 8825–8832

52. Diwakara, S. D.; Ong, W. S. Y.; Wijesundara, Y. H.; Gearhart, R. L.; Herbert, F. C.; Fisher, S. G.; McCandless, G. T.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Gassensmith, J. J.; Dodani, S. C.; Smaldone, R. A. “Supramolecular Reinforcement of a Large-Pore 2D Covalent Organic Framework,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022144, 2468–2473

51.  Perera, S. D.; Durand-Silva, A; Remy, A. K.; Diwakara, S. D.; Smaldone, R. A. “3D Printing of Aramid Nanofiber Composites by Stereolithography” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022accepted Link

50. Brohlin, O. R.; Ehrman, R. N.; Herbert, F. C.; Wijesundara, Y. H.; Raja, A.; Shahrivarkevishahi, A.; Diwakara, S. D.; Smaldone, R. A.; Gassensmith, J. J. “Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Nanoencapsulation of Cpg for Stabilization and Enhancement of Immunoadjuvancy,” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, accepted Link

49. Abeykoon, N. C.; Mahmood, S. F.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Wunch, M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Yang, D. J.; Ferraris, J. P. “High Surface Area Carbon Fiber Supercapacitor Electrodes Derived from an in Situ Porogen Containing Terpolymer: Poly(Acrylonitrile-Co-1-Vinylimidazole-Co-Itaconic Acid),” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 20214, 8988-8999. Link

48. Berry, D. R.; Cortés-Guzmán, K. P.; Durand-Silva, A.;  Perera, S. D.;  Remy, A. K.; Yan, Q.; Smaldone, R. A.  “Supramolecular Tools for Polymer Additive Manufacturing”MRS Commun. 202111, 146-156 Link

47. Diwakara, S. D.; McCandless, G. T.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Smaldone, R. A.  “Synthesis of Sidechain Free Hydrazone-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks Through Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Activation” Org. Mater. 2021, 3, 277-282 Link

46. Herbert, F. C.;   Abeyrathna, S.;   Abeyrathna, N. ; Wijesundara, Y.; Brohlin, O.;   Luzuriaga, M. A.;   Durand-Silva, A.;  Diwakara, S. D.;   Smaldone, R. A.;  Meloni, G.;   Gassensmith, J. J. “Stabilization of Supramolecular Membrane Protein-Lipid Bilayer Assemblies Through Immobilization in a Crystalline Exoskeleton” Nat. Commun. 202112, 2202 Link

45. Durand-Silva, A.; Cortés-Guzmán, K. P.; Johnson, R. M.; Perera, S. D.; Diwakara, S. D.; Smaldone, R. A. “Balancing Self-Healing and Shape Stability in Dynamic Covalent Photoresins for Stereolithography 3D Printing” ACS Macro Lett. 2021, 10, 486–491 Link

44. Huynh, M.T.; Veyan, J.F.; Pham, H.; Rahman, R.; Yousuf, S.; Brown, A.; Lin, J.; Balkus, K.J., Jr.; Diwakara, S.D.; Smaldone, R.A.; LeGrand, B.; Mikoryak, C.; Draper, R.; Pantano, P. “The Importance of Evaluating the Lot-to-Lot Batch Consistency of Commercial Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Products.” Nanomaterials 202010, 1930. Link

43. Alahakoon, S. B.; Tan, K.; Pandey, H.; Diwakara, S. D.; McCandless, G. T.; Grinffiel, D. I.; Durand-Silva, A.; Thonhauser, T.; Smaldone, R. A.  “2D-Covalent Organic Frameworks with Interlayer Hydrogen Bonding Oriented through Designed Nonplanarity” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020,142, 12987–12994. Link

42. Durand-Silva, A.; Smaldone, R. A. “Recycling the Unrecyclable with Dynamic Covalent Chemistry” ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 836–838. Link

41. Ong, W. S.-Y., Smaldone, R. A., Dodani, S. C. “A Neutral Porous Organic Polymer for the Recognition of Anionic Dyes in Aqueous Solutions” Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 7716-7721 Link

40. Alahakoon, S. B, Diwakara, S. D,, Thompson, C. M., Smaldone, R. A. “Supramolecular Design In 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks” Chem Soc Rev 2020  (Invited Review) Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 1344-1356. Link

39. S. Li, X. Zhou, Z. Chen, F. C. Herbert, R. Jayawickramage, S. D. Panangala, M. A. Luzuriaga, S. B. Alahakoon, S. D. Diwakara, X. Meng, L. Fei, J. Ferraris, R. A. Smaldone, J. J. Gassensmith “Metal–Organic Framework-Encapsulated Bacteria and Its Energy Storage Potential” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 10, 11884-11889. Link

38. Berry, D. R.; Diaz, B. K., Durand-Silva, A., Smaldone R. A. “Radical Free Crosslinking of Direct-Write 3D Printed Hydrogels Through a Base Catalyzed Thiol-Michael Reaction” Polym. Chem. 2019 10, 5979-5984(invited article for special issue on 3D printing) Link

37. Kam, H.; Ranathunga, D. T. S.; Payne, E. R.; Smaldone, R. A.; Nielsen, S. O.; Dodani, S. C. “Spectroscopic Characterization and in Silico Modelling of Polyvinylpyrrolidone as an Anion-Responsive Fluorescent Polymer in Aqueous Media.” Supramol. Chem.201931, 514-522 Part of the “Emerging Supramolecular Chemists in North America” Issue. Link

36. Jafari, B. H.; Walker, N.;  Smaldone, R.;  Gans, N.  “Geometric Trajectory  Planning  for  Robot  Motion  Over  a  3D  Surface,” Proc. ASME 019 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, June 2019

35.  Appuhamillage, G. A.; Berry, D. R.; Benjamin, C. E.; Luzuriaga, M. A.; Reagan, J. C.; Gassensmith. J. J.; Smaldone, R. A. “3D Printed Chitosan/Pluronic Hydrogels for Toxic Heavy Metal Adsorption” Polym. Int., 2019, 68, 964-971. Link

34.  Dharmarwardana, M.; Arimilli, B. S.; Luzuriaga, M. A.; Kwon, S.; Lee, H.; Appuhamillage, G. A.; McCandless, G. T.; Smaldone, R. A.; Gassensmith, J. J.  “The Thermo-responsive Behavior in Molecular Crystals of Naphthalene Diimides and Their 3D Printed Thermochromic Composites” CrystEngComm201820, 6054-6060.  Link Emerging Investigators Special Issue

33. Luzuriaga, M. A.; Berry, D. R.; Reagan, J. C.; Smaldone, R. A.; Gassensmith, J. J. “Biodegradable 3D Printed Polymer Microneedles for Transdermal Drug Delivery” Lab Chip201818, 1223-1230. Link

32. Lu, L.;  Zhang, P.; Zhang, Z.; Lin, Q.; Wu, Y.; Cheng, A.; Lin, Y.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Ke, C. “Hierarchical Co-assembly Enhanced Direct Ink Writing” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201857, 5105-5109.  Link

31. Thompson, C. M.; Occhialini, G.; McCandless, G. T.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Cameron, V. V.; Nielsen, S. O.; Smaldone, R. A. “Computational and Experimental Studies on the Effects of Monomer Planarity on Covalent Organic Framework Formation” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 10506–10513  Link

30.  Lin, Y.; Jiang, X.;  Kim, S. T.; Alahakoon, S. B.;  Hou, X.; Zhang, Z.;  Thompson, C. M.;  Smaldone, R. A.; Ke, C. “An Elastic Hydrogen-bonded Crosslinked Organic Framework for Effective Iodine Capture in Water” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 7172–7175. Link

29. Alahakoon, S. B.; Occhialini, G.; McCandless, G. T.; Karunathilake, A. K.; Nielsen, S. O.; Smaldone, R. A. “Experimental and Theoretical Insight into the Effect of Fluorine Substituents on the Properties of Azine Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks” CrystEngComm2017, 19, 4882 – 4885 Link (Special Issue on Covalent Organic Frameworks)

28. Yang, K.; Grant, J. C.; Lamey, P.; Joshi-Imre, A.; Lund, B. R.; Smaldone, R. A.; Voit, W. “Diels–Alder Reversible Thermoset 3D Printing: Isotropic Thermoset Polymers via Fused Filament Fabrication” Adv. Funct. Mater.201727, 1700318 Link

27.  Alahakoon, S. B.; Thompson, C. M.; Occhialini, G.; Smaldone, R. A. “Design Principles for Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Applications in Energy Storage” ChemSusChem. 201710, 2116-2129 Link

26.  Appuhamillage, G. A.; Reagan, J. C.; Khorsandi, S.; Davidson, J. R.; Voit, W.; Smaldone, R. A. “3D Printed Remendable Polylactic Acid Blends With Uniform Mechanical Strength Enabled By A Dynamic Diels-Alder Reaction” Polym. Chem. 20178, 2087-2092 Link 

25. Alahakoon, S. B.; McCandless, G. T.; Karunathilake, A. K.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A.   “Enhanced Structural Organization in Covalent Organic Frameworks Through Fluorination” Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 4255. Link

24. Smaldone, R. A.; Thompson, C. M.; Evans, M.; Voit, W. “Teaching Science Through Video Games” Nature Chem20179, 97-102. Link

23. Karunathilake, A. K.; Thompson, C. M.; Peranathan, S.; Ferraris, J. P.; Smaldone, R. A. “Electrochemically Active Porous Polymers Based on Corannulene” Chem. Commun. 201652, 12881-12884   Link

22. Li, S.; Dharmawardana, M.; Welch, R. P.; Ren, Y.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Gassensmith, J. J. “Template Directed Synthesis of Porous and Protective Core-Shell Bionanoparticles” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2016, 55, 10691-10696. Link

21.  Karunathilake, A. A. K.; Chang, J.; Thompson, C. M.; Nguyen, C. U.; Nguyen, D.; Rajan, A.; Sridharan, A.; Vyakaranam, M.; Adegboyega, N.; Kim, S. J.; Smaldone, R. A. “Hexaphenylbenzene and Hexabenzocoronene-Based Porous Polymers for the Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds,” RSC Adv. 2016, 65763-65769  Link

20.  Davidson, J. R.; Appuhamillage, G. A.; Thompson, C. M.; Voit, W.; Smaldone, R. A. “A Design Paradigm Utilizing Reversible Diels-Alder Reactions to Enhance the Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Materials” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2016, 16961–16966.  Link

19.  Alahakoon, S. B.; Thompson, C. M.; Nguyen, A. X.; Occhialini, G.; McCandless, G. T.; Smaldone, R. A. “An Azine Linked Hexaphenylbenzene-Based Covalent Organic Framework” Chem. Commun. 201652, 2843-2845. Link

18. Thompson, C. M.; McCandless, G. T.; Wijenayake, S.; Alfarawati, O.; Jahangiri, M.; Kokash, A.; Tran, Z.; Smaldone, R. A. “Substituent Effects on the Gas Sorption and Selectivity Properties of Hexaphenylbenzene and Hexabenzocoronene-based Porous Polymers” Macromolecules201447, 8645-8652. Link

17. Thompson, C. M., Li, F., Smaldone, R. A. “Synthesis and sorption properties of hexa-(peri)-hexabenzocoronene-based porous organic polymers” Chem. Commun. 201450, 6171-6173. Link

Prior to UT Dallas

16. Ke. C., Smaldone, R. A., Kikuchi, T., Li, H., Davis, A. P., Stoddart, J. F. “Quantitative Emergence of Hetero[4]rotaxanes by Template-Directed Click Chemistry” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 201352, 381-387.

15. Boyle, M. M., Gassensmith, J. J.,  Whalley, A. C., Forgan, R. S., SmaldoneR. A.,  Hartlieb, K. J., Blackburn, A. K., Sauvage, J-P., Stoddart, J. F.,  “Stereochemistry of Molecular Figure-of-Eights”, Chem. Eur. J. 20121810312–10323.  (“Very Important Paper”)

14. Belowich, M. E., Valente, C., Smaldone, R. A., Friedman, D. C., Thiel, J., Cronin, L., Stoddart, J. F. “Positive Cooperitivity in the Template-Directed Synthesis of Monodisperse Macromolecules” J. Am. Chem Soc. 2012134, 5243–5261.  (Highlighted in RSC Chemistry World).

13. Gassensmith, J. J.; Smaldone, R. A.; Forgan, R. S.; Wilmer, C. E.; Cordes, D.; Botros, Y. Y.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; Snurr, R. Q.; Stoddart,  J. F.  “Polyporous Metal-Coordination Frameworks” Org. Lett.201214, 1460–1463.

12. Forgan, R. S., Smaldone, R. A.; Gassensmith, J. J.; Furukawa, H.; Cordes, D. B.; Li, Q.; Wilmer, C.; Botros, Y. Y.; Snurr, R. Q.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; Stoddart, J. F.  “Nanoporous Carbohydrate Metal-Organic Frameworks” J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2012134, 406–417Link: http://dx.doi.org/acs.blog.blog

11. Boyle, M. M.; Forgan, R. S.; Friedman, D. C.; Gassensmith, J. J.; SmaldoneR. A.; Sauvage, J-. P.; Stoddart, J. F.  “Donor-Acceptor Molecular Figures of Eights” Chem. Commun. 201147, 11870–11872

10. Gassensmith, J. J.; Furukawa, H.; Smaldone, R. A.;  Forgan, R. S.; Botros, Y. Y.; Yaghi, O. M.; Stoddart, J. F. “Strong and Reversible Binding of Carbon Dioxide in a Green Metal-Organic Framework” J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2011133, 15312–15315.

9. Boyle, M. M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Whalley, A.; Ambrogio, M.; Stoddart, J. F. “Mechanized Materials” Chem. Sci. 20112, 204–210.

8. Han, S.; Wei, Y.; Valente, C.; Forgan, R. S.; Gassensmith, J. J.; Smaldone, R. A.; Nakanishi, H.; Coskun, A.; Stoddart, J. F.; Grzybowski, B. A. “Imprinting Chemical and Responsive Micropatterns into Metal-Organic Frameworks.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201150, 276–279.

7. Zhang, Z.; Che, Y.; Smaldone, R. A.; Xu, M.; Bunes, B. R.; Moore, J. S.; Zang, L. “Reversible Dispersion and Release of Carbon Nanotubes Using Foldable Oligomers.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010132, 14113–14117.

6. Smaldone, R. A.; Forgan, R. S.; Furukawa, H.; Gassensmith, J. J.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; Yaghi, O. M.;  Stoddart, J. F.; “Metal-Organic Frameworks from Edible Natural Products.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201049, 8630–8634 (Cover Article, November 2010, Featured in Chemistry World, Chemical and Engineering News, and The New York Times).

5. Smaldone, R. A.; Lin, E-C.; Moore, J. S.  “Intrastrand Foldamer Crosslinking by Reductive Amination.” J. PolymSci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 201048, 927–935.

4. Smaldone, R. A.; Moore, J. S. “Reactive Sieving with Foldamers: Inspiration from Nature and Directions for the Future.” Chem. Eur. J. 200814, 2650–2657

3. Smaldone, R. A.; Moore, J. S.  “Sequence Dependence of Reactivity in meta-Phenyleneethynylene Foldamers.” Chem. Commun. 2008, 1011–1013.

2. Smaldone, R. A.; Moore, J. S. “Foldamers as Reactive Sieves: Reactivity as a Probe of Conformational Flexibility.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007129, 5444–5450.

1. Chien, T-C.; Smaldone, R. A.; Townsend, L. B  “Facile Synthesis of 1-Substituted 4,5-Diaminopyrazoles and its Application Toward the Synthesis of Pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazines.” Tetrahedron Lett.200445, 4105–4108.