Carbon nanothreads

Carbon nanothreads, also known as diamond nanothreads, are 1D-crystalline polymers formed from sp3 bonded carbon. They are formed by compressing molecular species (e.g. benzene, pyridine, furan) at extreme pressures. 

My research specifically focusses on controlling nanothread formation pathways via heteroatom incorporation.

From J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 2073–2078. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12143.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

“Synthesis and Post-Processing of Chemically Homogeneous Nanothreads from 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid.” Angew. Chem., 2023, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202217023. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217023


"Solid-State Pathway Control via Reaction-Directing Heteroatoms: Ordered Pyridazine Nanothreads through Selective Cycloaddition" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 2073–2078. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12143.

Phosphine Coordination materials

Phosphine Coordination Materials (PCMs) are a new class of porous coordination polymers that use suitably functionalized phosphine ligands to link between metal nodes. The P(III) phosphine site allows for a wide variety of both pre- and post-synthetic modifications.

My research specifically focused on two areas:

- The discovery of new PCM materials based on tris(p-carboxylato) triphenyl phosphine P(C6H4COOH)3
- The incorporation of catalytically active metal species via pre-, peri- and post-synthetic modification

From Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9295-9299. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802402 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
“Direct, One-Pot Syntheses of MOFs Decorated with Low-Valent Metal-Phosphine Complexes” Organometallics 2019, 38, 3406-3411. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00319

“A MOF with cooperative phosphines that permits post-synthetic installation of open metal sites” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9295-9299. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802402

“A Sensor for Trace H2O in D2O” Chem 2017, 2, 579-589. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.02.010