Publications

Selected publications are listed below.  Please see Google Scholar | ORCID for a complete list.

Unraveling Energy Transfer Dynamics and Exciton Diffusion in Multicomponent Metal–Organic Frameworks. Joel Cornelio, Isabella Wagner, Sam Otter, Kai Chen, Justin M. Hodgkiss and Shane G. Telfer ACS Applied Energy Materials 2025, ASAP .

Robust Co(II)-Based Metal-Organic Framework for the Efficient Uptake and Selective Detection of SO2. Valeria B. López-Cervantes, Alfredo López-Olvera, Juan L. Obeso, Iván Kaleb Torres, Eva Martínez-Ahumada, Paulina Carmona-Monroy, Elí Sánchez-González, Diego Solís-Ibarra, Enrique Lima, Elnaz Jangodaz, Ravichandar Babarao, Ilich A. Ibarra, and Shane G. Telfer Chemistry of Materials 2024, 36, 2735–2742 .

Hetero-interpenetrated metal–organic frameworks.  David Perl, Seok J. Lee, Alan Ferguson, Geoffrey B. Jameson, and  Shane G. Telfer Nature Chemistry 2023, 15, 1358–1364.

Multicomponent Metal-Organic Frameworks.  Seok J. Lee and Shane G. Telfer Angewandte Chemie 2023, 62, e202306341 .

Flexing of a Metal–Organic Framework upon Hydrocarbon Adsorption: Atomic Level Insights from Neutron Scattering.  Benjamin A. Trump, Omid T. Qazvini, Seok J. Lee, Elnaz Jangodaz, Wei Zhou, Craig M. Brown, and Shane G. Telfer Chemistry of Materials 2023, 35, 1387–1394 .

Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Multicomponent Truxene-Quinoxaline Metal–Organic Frameworks.  Joel Cornelio, Seok June Lee, Tian-You Zhou, Adil Alkaş, Kavipriya Thangavel, Andreas Pöppl and Shane G. Telfer Chemistry of Materials 2022, 34, 8437–8445.

Selective Capture of Carbon Dioxide from Hydrocarbons using a Metal-Organic Framework. Omid T. Qazvini, Ravichandar Babarao and Shane G. Telfer Nature Communications 2021, 12, article 197.

Flexibility of a Metal–Organic Framework Enhances Gas Separation and Enables Quantum Sieving. Omid T. Qazvini, Victoria-Jayne Scott, Linda Bondorf, Maxime Ducamp, Michael Hirscher, François-Xavier Coudert, and Shane G. Telfer Chemistry of Materials 2021, 33, 8886.

MUF-16: A Robust Metal–Organic Framework for Pre- and Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture. Omid T. Qazvini and Shane G. Telfer ACS App. Mat. Int. Sci. 2021, 13, 12141.

Thermal Elimination of Ethylene from Cyclobutyl Groups Characterized by X‐ray Crystallography in a Metal–Organic Framework Matrix. Adil Alkas, Laurene E. S. Friche, Shikeale N. Harris, and Shane G. Telfer Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 10321.

Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) using an emerging metal-organic framework (MUF-15) for CO2 separation. Hang Yin, Adil Alkaş Yiming Zhang, Yatao Zhang, and Shane G. Telfer J. Membrane Sci. 2020, 118245.

A Robust Ethane-Trapping Metal–Organic Framework with a High Capacity for Ethylene Purification. Omid T. Qazvini, Ravichandar Babarao, Zhao-Lin Shi, Yue-Biao Zhang, and Shane G. Telfer, J. Am. Chem Soc. 2019, 141, 5014-20.

Harnessing Bottom‐up Self‐Assembly to Position Five Distinct Components in an Ordered Porous Framework. Binbin Tu, Lisa Diestel, Zhao-Lin Shi, WRL Nisansala Bandara, Yi Chen, Weimin Lin, Yue-Biao Zhang, Shane G Telfer, Qiaowei Li, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 5402.

Catalysts Confined in Programmed Framework Pores Enable New Transformations and Tune Reaction Efficiency and Selectivity. Tian-You Zhou, Bernhard Auer, Seok J. Lee, and Shane G. Telfer, J. Am. Chem Soc. 2019, 141, 1577-82.

Multipurpose Metal–Organic Framework for the Adsorption of Acetylene: Ethylene Purification and Carbon Dioxide Removal. Omid T. Qazvini, Ravichandar Babarao, and Shane G. Telfer, Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 4919-46.

Metal-organic framework glasses with permanent accessible porosity. Chao Zhou, Louis Longley, Andraž Krajnc, Glen J. Smales, Ang Qiao, Ilknur Erucar, Cara M. Doherty, Aaron W. Thornton, Anita J. Hill, Christopher W. Ashling, Omid T. Qazvini, Seok J. Lee, Philip A. Chater, Nicholas J. Terrill, Andrew J. Smith, Yuanzheng Yue, Gregor Mali, David A. Keen, Shane G. Telfer and Thomas D. Bennett, Nature Communications  2018, 9, article number 5042.

Systematic Tuning of the Luminescence Output of Multicomponent Metal–Organic Frameworks. Joel Cornelio, Tian-You Zhou, Adil Alkas, and Shane G. Telfer, J. Am. Chem Soc. 2018, 140, 15470–15476.

General Synthetic Strategy for Libraries of Supported Multicomponent Metal Nanoparticles. Hui Yang, Siobhan J. Bradley, Xin Wu, Andrew Chan, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Thomas Nann, Jian Zhang, Paul E. Kruger, Shengqian Ma, and Shane G. Telfer, ACS Nano 2018, 12, 4594-4604.

Modulating the Performance of an Asymmetric Organocatalyst by Tuning Its Spatial Environment in a Metal–Organic Framework. Lujia Liu, Tian-You Zhou and Shane G. Telfer, J. Am. Chem Soc. 2017, 139, 13936–43.

Catalytically Active Bimetallic Nanoparticles Supported on Porous Carbon Capsules Derived From Metal–Organic Framework Composites. Hui Yang, Siobhan J. Bradley, Andrew Chan, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Thomas Nann, Paul E. Kruger, and Shane G. Telfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 118, 11872.

Controlled Degrees of Partial Interpenetration in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Alan Ferguson, Stefan Tapperwijn, Lujia Liu, David Perl, Stijn van Cleuvenbergen, FX Coudert, Monique van der Veen, Thiery Verbeist, and Shane G. Telfer, Nature Chemistry, 2016, 8, 250.

Multicomponent Metal-Organic Frameworks as Defect-Tolerant Materials. Seok J. Lee, Celine Doussot, Antony Baux, Lujia Liu, Geoffrey Jameson, Christopher Richardson,  Joshua J. Pak, Fabien Trousselet, FX Coudert, and Shane G. Telfer, Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 368.

Systematic Ligand Modulation Enhances the Moisture Stability and Gas Sorption Characteristics of Quaternary Metal–Organic Frameworks. Lujia Liu and Shane G. Telfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3901.

Programmed Pore Architectures in Modular Quaternary Metal-Organic Frameworks. Lujia Liu, Kristina Konstas, Matthew R Hill, and Shane G. Telfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17731.

Photolabile Protecting Groups in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Preventing Interpenetration and Masking Functional Groups. Rajesh K. Deshpande, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Geoffrey B. Jameson and Shane G. Telfer, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 1574-1576.

A General Thermolabile Protecting Group Strategy for Organocatalytic Metal−Organic Frameworks. David J. Lun, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, and Shane G. Telfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5806–5809.

Thermolabile Groups in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Suppression of Network Interpenetration, Post-Synthetic Cavity Expansion, and Protection of Reactive Functional Groups. Rajesh K. Deshpande, Jozeph L. Minnaar and Shane G. Telfer, Angew. Chemie, Int. Ed. 2010, 47, 4598.