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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Our main interest is in the relationship between the structure and properties of solids. We study the geometric reasons for the chemical activity of solids and the relationship between local order and physical properties, using mathematical techniques and computer graphics. We use solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) to examine molecular sieves, minerals, layered materials, fullerenes, ceramics and biological materials.

The G minimal surface divides space into two interpenetrating labyrinths (coloured red and green).

Specific projects:

  • Periodic minimal surfaces (surfaces with zero mean curvature), which appear in a variety of inorganic, organic and biological structures, and the associated mathematical problems.
  • Morphogenesis (the origin of shape and form).
  • Systematic enumeration of crystalline networks using mathematical tiling theory.
  • Graphite, graphite oxide and graphene.
  • Synthesis and characterization of microporous and mesoporous molecular sieves.
  • Synthesis and characterization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Selected Publications

Hypothetical zeolitic frameworks: In search of potential heterogeneous catalysts. J. Phys. Chem. 112, 1040 (2008)

Low-temperature thermal decomposition of large single crystals of ammonium perchlorate. Chem. Phys. Lett. 454, 233 (2008)

Simulating self-assembly of ZnS nanoparticles into mesoporous materials. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 15283 (2006)

Cross-polarization in the solid state. A guide for chemists. Chem. Rev. 102, 613 (2002)

Synthesis and characterization of a new layered compound of trimesic acid. New Journal of Chemistry 26, 381 (2002)

Exact computation of the triply periodic G ('gyroid") minimal surface. Chem. Phys. Lett. 321, 363 (2000)

Systematic enumeration of crystalline networks. Nature 400, 644 (1999)

Structural studies of tabasheer, an opal of plant origin. Phil. Mag. A 77, 201 (1998)

Structure of graphite oxide revisited. J. Phys. Chem. B102, 4477 (1998)

Solid-state NMR studies of fullerene C60/benzene solvates. J. Phys. Chem. B101, 117 (1997)

New rapidly convergent series representations for z (2 n + 1). Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 125, 1263 (1997)

Directing the pore dimensions in the mesoporous molecular sieve MCM-41. Chem. Phys. Lett. 263, 247 (1996)

Taboo Search: an approach to the multiple-minima problem. Science, 267, 664 (1995)

Publications

ESCA and Solid-State NMR Studies of Allophane
H HE, TL BARR, J KLINOWSKI
– Clay Minerals
(2018)
30,
201
The characterization of clay-organic systems.
DTB TENNAKOON, R SCHLOGL, T RAYMENT, J KLINOWSKI, W JONES, JM THOMAS
– Clay Minerals
(2018)
18,
357
Studies of the Surface Properties of an MCM-41 Molecular Sieve Using Thermal Analysis and Nitrogen Adsorption Methods
P Staszczuk, T Danielkiewicz, J Klinowski
– Adsorption Science and Technology
(2016)
18,
307
Structural Characterisation of Catalytically Important Clay-Organic Intercalates
DT TENNAKOON, W JONES, JM THOMAS, T RAYMENT, J KLINOWSKI
– Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
(2011)
93,
147
A new supramolecular organic-inorganic adduct: {[Eu(CH3OH)(H2O)8]2 [Eu(H2O)8][PW12O40]3}•8(C14H20O5)•2(C28H40O10)•6(CH3OH)•6(H2O)
PCR Soares-Santos, L Cunha-Silva, FL Sousa, JLC Sousa, PJ Gates, J Klinowski, T Trindade, J Rocha, AMV Cavaleiro, FAA Paz, HIS Nogueira
– Journal of Molecular Structure
(2011)
989,
80
Low-temperature thermal decomposition of crystalline partly and completely deuterated ammonium perchlorate
D Majda, A Korobov, U Filek, B Sulikowski, P Midgley, DA Nicol, J Klinowski
– Chemical Physics Letters
(2011)
504,
185
Low Temperature Studies Of Rare Gases Adsorbed On Molecular Sieve Materials
GF MCCANN, I GAMESON, WJ STEAD, T RAYMENT, PJ BARRIE, J KLINOWSKI
– MRS Proceedings
(2011)
233,
273
Chemistry and catalytic activity of molybdenum(VI)-pyrazolylpyridine complexes in olefin epoxidation. Crystal structures of monomeric dioxo, dioxo-μ-oxo, and oxodiperoxo derivatives.
AC Coelho, M Nolasco, SS Balula, MM Antunes, CCL Pereira, FA Almeida Paz, AA Valente, M Pillinger, P Ribeiro-Claro, J Klinowski, IS Gonçalves
– Inorg Chem
(2010)
50,
525
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks
J Klinowski, FAA Paz, P Silva, J Rocha
– Dalton Transactions
(2010)
40,
321
Crystal and supramolecular structures of dioxomolybdenum(VI) and dioxotungsten(VI) complexes of dihydroxybenzoic acids
B Monteiro, L Cunha-Silva, S Gago, J Klinowski, FAA Paz, J Rocha, IS Goncalves, M Pillinger
– Polyhedron
(2010)
29,
719
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Research Group

Email address

jk18@cam.ac.uk

College

Peterhouse