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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

Solid-state NMR studies of zeolite [Si,B]-ZSM-5 synthesized by the 'fluoride method'
SA AXON, J KLINOWSKI
– Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
98,
1929
Structural Defects Cause Different Rates of Phase Transformation of the Molecular Sieves TBA-VPI-5 and DPA-VPI-5 into AlPO4-8
HY HE, TL BARR, J KLINOWSKI
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
98,
8775
INSITU SOLID-STATE NMR-STUDIES OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF METHANOL ON THE MOLECULAR-SIEVE SAPO-34
MW ANDERSON, B SULIKOWSKI, PJ BARRIE, J KLINOWSKI
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
94,
2730
13C and 1H magic-angle-spinning NMR studies of the conversion of methanol over offretite/erionite intergrowths
MW ANDERSON, ML OCCELLI, J KLINOWSKI
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
96,
388
Solid-state NMR studies of the shape-selective catalytic conversion of methanol into gasoline on zeolite ZSM-5
MW ANDERSON, J KLINOWSKI
– Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2002)
112,
10
1H magic-angle-spinning NMR studies of the adsorption of alcohols on molecular sieve catalysts
MW ANDERSON, PJ BARRIE, J KLINOWSKI
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
95,
235
SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ALUMINOPHOSPHATE MOLECULAR-SIEVE DPA-VPI-5
XS LIU, HY HE, J KLINOWSKI
– Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
95,
9924
TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE AL13 POLYOXYCATION INTERCALATED IN THE LAYERED LATTICE OF MOO3
E LALIK, W KOLODZIEJSKI, A LERF, J KLINOWSKI
– Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
97,
223
Detection of Fulleroid Sites in Fullerene-60 by High-Resolution Solid-State 1H NMR
W KOLODZIEJSKI, A CORMA, J BARRAS, J KLINOWSKI
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
99,
3365
Attractive inter- and intramolecular N⋯O interactions in N,N-dipicrylamine and its ionic complexes
K WOZNIAK, HY HE, J KLINOWSKI, W JONES, E GRECH
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
98,
13755
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Research Group

Email address

jk18@cam.ac.uk

College

Peterhouse