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 Chip, 2018, in press 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., 2018, in press 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” CrystEngComm, 2017, online, 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., 2017, online, 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. 2017, 10, 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. 2017, in press, 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, in press, Link
24. Smaldone, R. A.; Thompson, C. M.; Evans, M.; Voit, W. “Teaching Science Through Video Games” Nature Chem. 2017, 9, 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. 2016, 52, 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. Interfaces, 2016, 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. 2016, 52, 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” Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 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. 2014, 50, 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., 2013, 52, 381-387.
15. Boyle, M. M., Gassensmith, J. J., Whalley, A. C., Forgan, R. S., Smaldone, R. A., Hartlieb, K. J., Blackburn, A. K., Sauvage, J-P., Stoddart, J. F., “Stereochemistry of Molecular Figure-of-Eights”, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 10312–10323. (“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. 2012, 134, 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., 2012, 14, 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. 2012, 134, 406–417. Link: http://dx.doi.org/acs.blog.blog
11. Boyle, M. M.; Forgan, R. S.; Friedman, D. C.; Gassensmith, J. J.; Smaldone, R. A.; Sauvage, J-. P.; Stoddart, J. F. “Donor-Acceptor Molecular Figures of Eights” Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 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. 2011, 133, 15312–15315.
9. Boyle, M. M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Whalley, A.; Ambrogio, M.; Stoddart, J. F. “Mechanized Materials” Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 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. 2011, 50, 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., 2010, 132, 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., 2010, 49, 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. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2010, 48, 927–935.
4. Smaldone, R. A.; Moore, J. S. “Reactive Sieving with Foldamers: Inspiration from Nature and Directions for the Future.” Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 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. 2007, 129, 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., 2004, 45, 4105–4108.