Julian R. Silverman
@manhattanscientist.bsky.social
⚗️ teaching science @ the Fashion Institute 🧼 researching waste-derived materials 🌈
Forthcoming from RSC Books: How and Why Soap Works
#pigments #inks #mordants #paper fan of #gardenindicators
https://sites.google.com/view/sustainable-materials-lab/home
Forthcoming from RSC Books: How and Why Soap Works
#pigments #inks #mordants #paper fan of #gardenindicators
https://sites.google.com/view/sustainable-materials-lab/home
Pinned
Saw some beautiful Stibnite minerals at the @brucemuseum.bsky.social in Westport CT.
While you could grind these into dust for kohl I’m glad they are safely behind glass.
While you could grind these into dust for kohl I’m glad they are safely behind glass.
Say what you want about the dispensaries that are everywhere they are definitely a gateway to learning about terpenes.
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Say what you want about the dispensaries that are everywhere they are definitely a gateway to learning about terpenes.
One of my favorite things is stumbling into a new subway station and finding some great art.
🦭 🦭
🦭 🦭
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
One of my favorite things is stumbling into a new subway station and finding some great art.
🦭 🦭
🦭 🦭
#gardenindicators in action
Here’s the recipe:
Holiday Synthesis: Cranberry Lime Pie
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
#gardenindicators in action
Putting together a demo for the talk with:
Chanel No 5
Not a Perfume
Eternity
And the timeless classic: BOD
Chanel No 5
Not a Perfume
Eternity
And the timeless classic: BOD
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Putting together a demo for the talk with:
Chanel No 5
Not a Perfume
Eternity
And the timeless classic: BOD
Chanel No 5
Not a Perfume
Eternity
And the timeless classic: BOD
Is it the holidays yet?
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Is it the holidays yet?
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Julian R. Silverman
The Polymer Revolution is here!
Discover how different polymers were developed and the exciting advances they enabled across society.
Check out the full contents, read the first chapter for free or order a copy on our website:
books.rsc.org/books/monogr...
#RSCBooks #HistoryOfScience
Discover how different polymers were developed and the exciting advances they enabled across society.
Check out the full contents, read the first chapter for free or order a copy on our website:
books.rsc.org/books/monogr...
#RSCBooks #HistoryOfScience
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Polymer Revolution is here!
Discover how different polymers were developed and the exciting advances they enabled across society.
Check out the full contents, read the first chapter for free or order a copy on our website:
books.rsc.org/books/monogr...
#RSCBooks #HistoryOfScience
Discover how different polymers were developed and the exciting advances they enabled across society.
Check out the full contents, read the first chapter for free or order a copy on our website:
books.rsc.org/books/monogr...
#RSCBooks #HistoryOfScience
Looking for topics/case studies for our final exam I found IFF's first patent for Iso E Super, a (set of) woody aroma compounds.
A great way to explore functional groups, stereochemistry and analytical chem.
patents.google.com/patent/US392...
A great way to explore functional groups, stereochemistry and analytical chem.
patents.google.com/patent/US392...
US3929677A - Perfume compositions and perfurme articles containing one isomer of an octahydrotetramethyl acetonaphthone
- Google Patents
(WHEREIN THE DASHED LINES REPRESENT METHYL GROUPS ''''CIS'''' TO ONE ANOTHER) HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE USEFUL AS AMBER AND FRUITY AMBER FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS. Products produced by the process comp...
patents.google.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Looking for topics/case studies for our final exam I found IFF's first patent for Iso E Super, a (set of) woody aroma compounds.
A great way to explore functional groups, stereochemistry and analytical chem.
patents.google.com/patent/US392...
A great way to explore functional groups, stereochemistry and analytical chem.
patents.google.com/patent/US392...
Time for some TLC (tender loving chemistry)
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Time for some TLC (tender loving chemistry)
Reposted by Julian R. Silverman
A couple kinks left but here is my demo for a lecture on alchemy tomorrow.
Black -> light -> yellow -> Red
Black -> light -> yellow -> Red
June 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A couple kinks left but here is my demo for a lecture on alchemy tomorrow.
Black -> light -> yellow -> Red
Black -> light -> yellow -> Red
Me right now:
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Me right now:
In undergrad before a phys chem exam I renamed my friend “vibrational relaxation” in my phone so I would have to think about the term every time we texted
Anyway he reached out after many years because he’s visiting nyc and I can’t help but think about non-radiative energy transmission
Anyway he reached out after many years because he’s visiting nyc and I can’t help but think about non-radiative energy transmission
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In undergrad before a phys chem exam I renamed my friend “vibrational relaxation” in my phone so I would have to think about the term every time we texted
Anyway he reached out after many years because he’s visiting nyc and I can’t help but think about non-radiative energy transmission
Anyway he reached out after many years because he’s visiting nyc and I can’t help but think about non-radiative energy transmission
This week is iron and oak
Amazing how we get so many colors from iron
Amazing how we get so many colors from iron
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This week is iron and oak
Amazing how we get so many colors from iron
Amazing how we get so many colors from iron
Always a pleasure to discuss the wonders of lignin.
Note: it’s not suggested to hug the big ball of Twine in Cawker City KS. It’s rumored the locals pee on it.
With that said it has over a literal ton of lignin in it.
Note: it’s not suggested to hug the big ball of Twine in Cawker City KS. It’s rumored the locals pee on it.
With that said it has over a literal ton of lignin in it.
🍂 From acorns to lignin — chemistry, creativity, and a dash of twine.
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Always a pleasure to discuss the wonders of lignin.
Note: it’s not suggested to hug the big ball of Twine in Cawker City KS. It’s rumored the locals pee on it.
With that said it has over a literal ton of lignin in it.
Note: it’s not suggested to hug the big ball of Twine in Cawker City KS. It’s rumored the locals pee on it.
With that said it has over a literal ton of lignin in it.
Reposted by Julian R. Silverman
🍂 From acorns to lignin — chemistry, creativity, and a dash of twine.
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🍂 From acorns to lignin — chemistry, creativity, and a dash of twine.
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
This week’s Greener by Design guest, @manhattanscientist.bsky.social (SUNY FIT), showed how sustainability can be both brilliant and fun:
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #STEMEducation #GreenerByDesign
Really loving the detail on this 3M guide to shaving for respirator fitting:
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Really loving the detail on this 3M guide to shaving for respirator fitting:
This looks really neat:
Sustainable Preparation of World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines by Mechanochemistry | December 9th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
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Sustainable Preparation of World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines by Mechanochemistry | December 9th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
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Promoting Chemistry Applied to World Needs
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November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This looks really neat:
Sustainable Preparation of World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines by Mechanochemistry | December 9th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
beyondbenign.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Sustainable Preparation of World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines by Mechanochemistry | December 9th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
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November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Lots of friendly faces in PA
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Lots of friendly faces in PA
Just in time for NYC’s ornamental kale season
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just in time for NYC’s ornamental kale season
#gardenindicators in action: testing to see if our student’s soap is safe for the skin
#gardenindicators in print:
How to find acids with flowers: Robert Boyle’s ‘syrrup of violets’ and the chemistry of color indicators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#gardenindicators in print:
How to find acids with flowers: Robert Boyle’s ‘syrrup of violets’ and the chemistry of color indicators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#gardenindicators in action: testing to see if our student’s soap is safe for the skin
#gardenindicators in print:
How to find acids with flowers: Robert Boyle’s ‘syrrup of violets’ and the chemistry of color indicators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#gardenindicators in print:
How to find acids with flowers: Robert Boyle’s ‘syrrup of violets’ and the chemistry of color indicators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Yesterday students make mozzarella to explore proteins and Thermo/mechano/chemical changes.
One class did better than the others :/
One class did better than the others :/
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yesterday students make mozzarella to explore proteins and Thermo/mechano/chemical changes.
One class did better than the others :/
One class did better than the others :/
I'm a little sad that my pitch for an advanced PIME (physical, inorganic, materials, environmental) cosmetics course to complement our GOB cosmetics course wasn't picked up.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm a little sad that my pitch for an advanced PIME (physical, inorganic, materials, environmental) cosmetics course to complement our GOB cosmetics course wasn't picked up.
Spent most of yesterday cheering on runners in the marathon and thinking about chromatography
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/long-di...
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/long-di...
The Long Distance Run | LCGC International
Long-distance running is examined as a metaphor for gas chromatography separations.
www.chromatographyonline.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Spent most of yesterday cheering on runners in the marathon and thinking about chromatography
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/long-di...
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/long-di...
Very excited to learn that blue light is separate from visible light /s
Is violet light still a thing?
Science miscommunication?
Is violet light still a thing?
Science miscommunication?
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Very excited to learn that blue light is separate from visible light /s
Is violet light still a thing?
Science miscommunication?
Is violet light still a thing?
Science miscommunication?