Publications by Fatmah Ebrahim

Using genetic algorithms to systematically improve the synthesis conditions of Al-PMOF

Berend Smit, Fatmah Ebrahim, Seyedmohamad Moosavi, Kevin Maik Jablonka, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Christoph Leopold Talirz

The synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is often complex and the desired structure is not always obtained. In this work, we report a methodology that uses a joint machine learning and experimental approach to optimize the synthesis conditions of A ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

3D metal freeform micromanufacturing

Andreas Mortensen, Yves Bellouard, Raphaël Charvet, Fatmah Ebrahim, Cyril Dénéréaz, Léa Deillon, Tao Yang, Enrico Casamenti, Luciano Borasi, Sacha Jérémy Florentin Pollonghini

Despite remarkable progress made in recent years, producing freeform three-dimensional micro-components out of copper, silver or gold and their alloys remains an engineering challenge: current processes are either too slow to be economically viable, or pro ...

2021

Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Production through MOF/MOF Heterojunctions

Berend Smit, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Fatmah Ebrahim, Kyriakos Stylianou, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Maria Fumanal Quintana, Stavroula Kampouri

A strategy for enhancing the photocatalytic performance of MOF- based systems (MOF: metal-organic framework) is developed through the construction of MOF/MOF heterojunctions. The combination of MIL-167 with MIL-125-NH2 leads to the formation of MIL-167/MIL ...

2021

Color-tunable emitter material

Berend Smit, Fatmah Ebrahim, Christopher Patrick Ireland

The invention is directed to a color-tunable emitter material comprising a crystal containing complexes of luminescent biomolecule-based ligands and metal ions and to a method for preparing the color-tunable emitter material. Furthermore, the invention rel ...

2021

Metal organic frameworks and methods for using thereof

Paul Joseph Dyson, Berend Smit, Fatmah Ebrahim, Serhii Shyshkanov, Kyriakos Stylianou, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

The invention features metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having a crystalline lattice comprising metallic nodes and organic ligands, wherein each organic ligand comprises a Lewis acidic or basic centre bound to N conjugated systems, wherein N is comprised be ...

2020

Luminescent, porous, metal-organic crystals: Design, synthesis, and applications

Fatmah Ebrahim

The work presented in this thesis is focused on the design and discovery of new luminescent, porous, crystalline materials for targeted applications. In particular, we focus on luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Organic Molecules of Intrinsic ...

EPFL2020

Selective, Fast-Response, and Regenerable Metal-Organic Framework for Sampling Excess Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water

Paul Joseph Dyson, Fatmah Ebrahim, Serhii Shyshkanov, Kyriakos Stylianou, Ngoc Tú Nguyên, Andrzej Gladysiak, Patrick Favre

Prolonged consumption of water contaminated with fluoride ions (F-) at concentrations exceeding 1.5 ppm can lead to considerable health implications, particularly in children and developing embryos. With irreversible and potentially severe forms of fluorid ...

2019

In Situ Formation of Frustrated Lewis Pairs in a Water-Tolerant Metal-Organic Framework for the Transformation of CO2

Paul Joseph Dyson, Fatmah Ebrahim, Serhii Shyshkanov, Kyriakos Stylianou, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) consist of sterically hindered Lewis acids and Lewis bases, which provide high catalytic activity towards non-metal-mediated activation of "inert" small molecules, including CO2 among others. One critical issue of homogeneous ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2019

Metal Substitution as the Method of Modifying Electronic Structure of Metal–Organic Frameworks

Berend Smit, Fatmah Ebrahim, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Olga Syzgantseva

Targeted modification of electronic structure is an important step in the optimization of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for photovoltaic, sensing, and photocatalytic applications. The key parameters to be controlled include the band gap, the absolute ene ...

2019

Discovery of a self-healing catalyst for the hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

Emad Oveisi, Mounir Driss Mensi, Fatmah Ebrahim, Kyriakos Stylianou, Ngoc Tú Nguyên, Andrzej Gladysiak, Bardiya Valizadeh, Fatma Pelin Uran

Sustainable catalysts based on earth-abundant elements are considered as economical alternatives to precious-metal-bearing catalysts and could be impactful for many applications. Self-healing sustainable catalysts, which in addition to their 'green' charac ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2019