Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Professor Jacek Klinowski

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

A one-dimensional CoII coordination polymer exhibiting an unusual conformation for 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane

FAA Paz, AD Bond, YZ Khimyak, J Klinowski

– Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online

(2002)

58,

M691

(doi: 10.1107/s1600536802019888)

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Modular Cadmium‐Organic Framework with Biphenyl‐4,4′‐dicarboxylate

FAA Paz, YZ Khimyak, AD Bond, J Rocha, J Klinowski

– European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

(2002)

2002,

2823

(doi: 10.1002/1099-0682(200211)2002:11<2823::aid-ejic2823>3.0.co;2-t)

NMR studies of restricted diffusion in lyotropic systems.

K Szutkowski, J Klinowski, S Jurga

– Solid State Nucl Magn Reson

(2002)

22,

394

(doi: 10.1006/snmr.2002.0087)

¹H and ¹³C NMR studies of molecular dynamics in the biocopolymer of glycolide and ε-caprolactone

F Nozirov, E Szczesniak, Z Fojud, P Dobrzynski, J Klinowski, S Jurga

– Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance

(2002)

22,

(doi: 10.1006/snmr.2002.0056)

The equipotential surfaces of cubic lattices

PJF Gandy, J Klinowski

– Chemical Physics Letters

(2002)

360,

543

(doi: 10.1016/s0009-2614(02)00864-3)

Integral representations of the Riemann zeta function for odd-integer arguments

D Cvijović, J Klinowski

– Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

(2002)

142,

435

(doi: 10.1016/S0377-0427(02)00358-8)

Geometric quantization of curvature energy in equipotential surfaces of ionic crystals

PJF Gandy, J Klinowski

– The Journal of Chemical Physics

(2002)

116,

9431

(doi: 10.1063/1.1471246)

SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ALUMINOPHOSPHATE MOLECULAR-SIEVE DPA-VPI-5

X Liu, H He, J Klinowski

– Journal of Physical Chemistry

(2002)

95,

9924

(doi: 10.1021/j100177a058)

Layered titanate pillared with alumina

MW Anderson, J Klinowski

– Inorganic Chemistry

(2002)

29,

3260

(doi: 10.1021/ic00342a047)

ESCA, SOLID-STATE NMR, AND X-RAY-DIFFRACTION MONITOR THE HYDROGEN-BONDING IN A COMPLEX OF 1,8-BIS(DIMETHYLAMINO)NAPHTHALENE WITH 1,2-DICHLOROMALEIC ACID

K Wozniak, H He, J Klinowski, W Jones, TL Barr

– The Journal of Physical Chemistry

(2002)

99,

14667

(doi: 10.1021/j100040a014)