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Taking lanthanides out of isolation: tuning the optical properties of metal-organic frameworks

Berend Smit, Kevin Sivula, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Kyriakos Stylianou, Gloria Capano, Andrzej Gladysiak, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Maria Fumanal Quintana, Stavroula Kampouri, Davide Tiana

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are increasingly used in applications that rely on the optical and electronic properties of these materials. These applications require a fundamental understanding on how the structure of these materials, and in particular t ...

2020

Rapid, Selective Heavy Metal Removal from Water by a Metal-Organic Framework/Polydopamine Composite

Wendy Lee Queen, Emad Oveisi, Seyedmohamad Moosavi, Daniel Teav Sun, Li Peng, Davide Tiana

Drinking water contamination with heavy metals, particularly lead, is a persistent problem worldwide with grave public health consequences. Existing purification methods often cannot address this problem quickly and economically. Here we report a cheap, wa ...

2018

Mixed-linker UiO-66: structure-property relationships revealed by a combination of high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction and density functional theory calculations

Berend Smit, Nicola Casati, Davide Tiana

The use of mixed-linker metal-organic frameworks (MIXMOFs) is one of the most effective strategies to modulate the physical-chemical properties of MOFs without affecting the overall crystal structure. In many instances, MIXMOFs have been recognized as soli ...

2017

Adsorbate-induced lattice deformation in IRMOF-74 series

Berend Smit, Cory Matthew Simon, Matthew David Witman, Efrem Daniel Braun, Davide Tiana, Sudabeh Jawahery

IRMOF-74 analogues are among the most widely studied metal-organic frameworks ( MOFs) for adsorption applications because of their one-dimensional channels and high metal density. Most studies involving the IRMOF-74 series assume that the crystal lattice i ...

Springer Nature2017

Metal-Organic Frameworks Invert Molecular Reactivity: Lewis Acidic Phosphonium Zwitterions Catalyze the Aldol-Tishchenko Reaction

Berend Smit, Daniele Ongari, Davide Tiana, Gerald Bauer, Xiangru Xu

The influence of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as additives is herein described for the reaction of n-alkyl aldehydes in the presence of methylvinylketone and triphenylphosphine. In the absence of a MOF, the expected Morita-Baylis-Hillman product, a beta ...

American Chemical Society2017

Formation pathways of metal–organic frameworks proceeding through partial dissolution of the metastable phase

Pascal Miéville, Berend Smit, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Kyriakos Stylianou, Peter George Boyd, Andrzej Gladysiak, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Davide Tiana, Samantha Lynn Anderson

2017

Origin of the Strong Interaction between Polar Molecules and Copper(II) Paddle-Wheels in Metal Organic Frameworks

Berend Smit, Daniele Ongari, Davide Tiana

The copper paddle-wheel is the building unit of many metal organic frameworks. Because of the ability of the copper cations to attract polar molecules, copper paddle-wheels are promising for carbon dioxide adsorption and separation. They have therefore bee ...

American Chemical Society2017

A universal chemical potential for sulfur vapours

Davide Tiana

The unusual chemistry of sulfur is illustrated by the tendency for catenation. Sulfur forms a range of open and closed S-n species in the gas phase, which has led to speculation on the composition of sulfur vapours as a function of temperature and pressure ...

2016