What We Are Reading

June 30th, 

Tunable Electrical Conductivity in Metal-Organic Framework Thin-Film Devices

A. Alec Talin, Andrea Centrone, Alexandra C. Ford, Michael E. Foster, Vitalie Stavila, Paul Haney, R. Adam Kinney, Veronika Szalai, Farid El Gabaly, Heayoung P. Yoon, François Léonard, Mark D. Allendorf
Science, 2014, 343 , pp 66-69

What We Are Reading

June 23th, 

Rationally tuned micropores within enantiopure metal-organic frameworks for highly selective separation of acetylene and ethylene

Sheng-Chang Xiang, Zhangjing Zhang, Cong-Gui Zhao, Kunlun Hong, Xuebo Zhao, De-Rong Ding, Ming-Hua Xie, Chuan-De Wu, Madhab C. Das, Rachel Gill, K. Mark Thomas & Banglin Chen
Nat. Comm., 2011, 2 (204), pp 1–7

June 24th,

Functional links between stability and reactivity of strontium ruthenate single crystals during oxygen evolution

Seo Hyoung Chang, Nemanja Danilovic, Kee-Chul Chang, Ram Subbaraman, Arvydas P. Paulikas, Dillon D. Fong, Matthew J. Highland, Peter M. Baldo, Vojislav R. Stamenkovic, John W. Freeland, Jeffrey A. Eastman & Nenad M. Markovic
Nat. Comm., 2014, 5 (4191), pp 1–9

What We Are Reading

June 16th, 
Large-Scale Quantitative Structure−Property Relationship (QSPR) Analysis of Methane Storage in Metal−Organic Frameworks
Michael Fernandez and Tom K. Woo
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117 (15), pp 7681–7689

June 17th,
Multiferroic Materials Based on Organic Transition-Metal Molecular Nanowires
Menghao Wu, J. D. Burton, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Puru Jena
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (35), pp 14423–14429

Correction: Congratulations to Kelly

Dr. Kelly Nicholson will be joining Praxair, Inc. rather than Air Liquide.

Congratulations to Kelly

Congratulations to Kelly Nicholson, who recently successfully defended her PhD thesis. Kelly will be moving to a job with Air Liquide.

Congratulations to Dieh, Liwei, and Nita

Congratulations to Dieh, Liwei, and Nita, who have all successfully defended their PhD theses in the past few days. Finishing a PhD is always a major accomplishment, and we look forward to watching all three go on to bigger and better things!

What We Are Reading

March 24th, 
Understanding Hydrocarbon Adsorption in the UiO-66 Metal Organic Framework: Separation of (Un)satured Linear, Branched, Cyclic Adsorbates, Including Stereoisomers
T. Duerinck, R. Bueno-Perez, F. Vermoortele, D. E. De Vos, S. Calero, G. V. Baron, and J. F. M. Denayer
J. Physical Chemistry C, 117, 12567 (2013)

March 10th,
Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework 8 (ZIF-8)
From "Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials" by Jorg Karger, (Wiley)