Highlighted Publications
Sikma, R. E.; Reyes, R. A.; Richards, D.; Kotula, P. G.; Meyerson, M. L.; Schafer, D. P.; Roman-Kustas, J. K.; Percival, S. J.; Sava Gallis, D. F., "Monodisperse Cu Nanoparticles Supported on a Versatile Metal-Organic Framework for Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2," ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024, 7 (23), 26629-26635.
Sikma, R. E.; Vogel, D. J.; Reyes, R. A.; Meyerson, M. L.; Kotula, P. G.; Sava Gallis, D. F., "High-Entropy Metal-Organic Frameworks (HEMOFs): A New Frontier in Materials Design for CO2 Utilization," Advanced Materials, 2024, 36 (45), 2407435.
Sikma, R. E.; Song, B.; Deneff, J. I.; Smith, J.; Sanchez, K.; Reyes, R. A.; Lucero, L. M.; Fritzsching, K. J.; Ilgen, A. G.; Sava Gallis, D. F., "Tuning the Pore Chemistry of Zr-MOFs for Efficient Metal Ion Capture from Complex Streams," Chemical Communications, 2024, 60, 5808-5811.
Sikma, R. E.; Butler, K. S.; Vogel, D. J.; Harvey, J. A.; Sava Gallis, D. F., "Quest for Multifunctionality: Current Progress in the Characterization of Heterometallic Metal-Organic Frameworks," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 5715-5734.
Sikma, R. E.; Balto, K. P.; Figueroa, J. D.; Cohen, S. M. “Metal-Organic Frameworks with Low-Valent Metal Nodes,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2022, 134, e202206353.
Sikma, R. E.; Katyal, N.; Lee, S. -K.; Fryer, J. W.; Romero, C. G.; Emslie, S. K.; Taylor, E. L.; Lynch, V. M.; Chang, J. -S.; Henkelman, G.; Humphrey, S. M., “Low-valent metal ions as MOF pillars: A new route toward stable and multifunctional MOFs,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 13710-13720.
Sikma, R. E.; Kunal, P.; Dunning, S. G.; Reynolds III, J. E.; Lee, J. S.; Chang, J. -S; Humphrey, S. M., “Organoarsine metal-organic framework with cis-diarsine pockets for the installation of uniquely confined metal complexes,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 9806-9809.
Contributing Publications
Piradi, V.; Chai, W.; Emslie, S. K.; Sikma, R. E.; Zhang, C.; Vasylevskyi, S.; Henkelman, G.; Humphrey, S. M., “Organoarsine Metal-Organic Framework as a Solid-State Ligand for Rhodium(I) Olefin Hydroformylation Catalysis,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147 (32), 29119-29129.
Emslie, S. K.; Patterson, B.; Archambeau, A. K.; Schumacher, A. H.; Sikma, R. E.; O’Dea, C. J.; Vasylevskyi, S.; Page, Z. A.; Powell, C. B.; Henkelman, G.; Powell, G. L.; Humphrey, S. M., “Phosphine and Arsine MOFs with Stabilized Diosmium(I) Carbonyl Sawhorse Pillars,” Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64 (48), 23354-23359.
Song, B.; Sikma, R. E.; Meyerson, M. L.; Leung, K.; Sanchez, K. M. M.; Smith, J. G.; Sava Gallis, D. F.; Ilgen, A. G., "The Selective Adsorption of Ni2+ Over Co2+ from Aqueous Solutions in Surface Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks," Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 355 (A), 129379.
Bobbitt, N. S.; Sikma, R. E.; Sammon, J. P.; Chandross, M.; Deneff, J. I.; Sava Gallis, D. F., "Infection Diagnostics Enabled by Selective Adsorption of Breath-Based Biomarkers in Zr-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks," ACS Sensors, 2025, 10 (1), 360-375.
Ilgen, A. G.; Sikma, R. E.; Sava Gallis, D. F.; Leung, K.; Sun, C.; Song, B.; Sanchez, K.; Smith, J. G., "Local Coordination Environment of Lanthanides Adsorbed onto Cr- and Zr-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16 (36), 48536-48546.
Griffin, S. E.; Domecus, G. P.; Flores, C.; Sikma, R. E.; Benz, L.; Cohen, S. M., “A Coordination Polymer of Vaska’s Complex as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Reductive Formation of Enamines from Amides,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2023, 62, e202301611.
Zhu, J.; Samperisi, L.; Kalaj, M.; Chiong, J. A.; Bailey, J. B.; Zhang, Z.; Yu, C. -J.; Sikma, R. E.; Zou, X.; Cohen, S. M.; Huang, Z.; Tezcan, F. A., “Metal-Hydrogen-Pi-Bonded Organic Frameworks,” Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, 1927-1935.
Lee, D. J.; Yu, X.; Sikma, R. E.; Li, M.; Cohen, S. M.; Cai, G.; Chen, Z., “Holistic Design Consideration of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Composite Membranes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 34742-34749.
Wang, F.; Sikma, E.; Duan, Z.; Lei, C.; Zhang, Z.; Humphrey, S. M.; Sessler, J. L., “Dipyrrolylnaphthrydine-based Schiff-base cryptands and their selective gas adsorption properties,” Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2020, 24, 424-431.
Reynolds, J. E.; Bohnsack, A. M.; Kristek, D. J.; Gutierrez-Alejandre, A.; Dunning, S. G.; Waggoner, N. W.; Sikma, R. E.; Ibarra, I. A.; Humphrey, S. M., “Phosphonium zwitterions for lighter and chemically-robust MOFs: highly reversible H2S capture and solvent-triggered release,” Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability,” 2019, 7, 16842-16849.
Wang, F.; Sikma, E.; Duan, Z.; Sarma, T.; Lei, C.; Zhang, Z.; Humphrey, S. M.; Sessler, J. L., “Shape-persistent pyrrole-based covalent organic cages: synthesis, structure and selective gas adsorption properties,” Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 6185-6188.
Dunning, S. G.; Nandra, G.; Conn, A. D.; Chai, W.; Sikma, R. E.; Lee, J. -S.; Kunal, P.; Reynolds III, J. E.; Chang, J. -S.; Steiner, A.; Henkelman, G.; Humphrey, S. M., “A MOF with cooperative phosphines that permits post-synthetic installation of open metal sites,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2018, 57, 9295-9299.