Publications

Independent career

undergraduate co-author

(9) Tegudeer, Z.; Moon, J.; Wright J.; Das, M.; Rubasinghege, G.; Xu, W.; Gao, W.-Y.* Generic and facile mechanochemical access to versatile lattice-confined Pd(II)-based heterometallic sites. Chem. Sci. 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4SC01918K 

(8)  Verma, G.; Kumar, S.; Slaughter, E. R.; Vardhan, H.; Alshahrani, T. M.; Niu, Z.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Ma, S.* Bifunctional Metal-Organic Nanoballs Featuring Lewis Acidic and Basic Sites as a New Platform for One-Pot Tandem Catalysis. ChemPlusChem 2024, DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400169.

(7) Salvador, F. E.#; Tegudeer, Z.#; Locke, H.; Gao, W.-Y.* Facile mechanochemical synthesis of MIL-53 and its isoreticular analogues with a glance at reaction reversibility. Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 4406–4411. DOI: 10.1039/D4DT00372A. (# equally contributed)

(6) Tian, G.; Guo, F.*; Fan, C.; Zong, Z.-A.; Wang, J.; Tegudeer, Z.; Gao, W.-Y.* Integrating Porphyrin-based Nanoporous Organic Polymers with Electrochemical Aptasensors for Ultratrace Detection of Kanamycin. Microchim. Acta 2024, 191, 100. DOI: 10.1007/s00604-024-06180-z.

(5) Salvador, F. E.; Barajas, J. O.; Gao, W.-Y.* Mechanochemical Access to Catechol-derived Metal-Organic Frameworks. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 3333–3337. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04019. 

(4) Salvador, F. E.; Miller, V.; Shimada, K.; Wang, C.-H.; Wright, J.; Das, M.; Chen, Y.-P.; Chen, Y.-S.; Sheehan, C.; Xu, W.; Rubasinghege, G.; Gao. W.-Y.* Mechanochemistry of Group 4 Element-Based Metal−Organic Frameworks. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 16079–16084. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02704.

(3) Jackson, N.; Vazquez, I. R.; Chen, Y.-P.; Chen, Y.-S.; Gao, W.-Y.* A porous supramolecular ionic solid. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 7248–7251. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC02806E.

(2) Ezazi, A. A.; Gao, W.-Y.; Powers, D. C.* Leveraging Exchange Kinetics for the Synthesis of Atomically Precise Porous Catalysts. ChemCatChem 2021, 13, 2117–2131. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202002034.

(1) Gao, W.-Y.§; Ngo, H. T.§ (§ equal contribution); Niu, Z.; Zhang, W.; Pan, Y.; Yang, Z.; Bhethanabotla, V. R.; Joseph, B.*; Aguila, B.; Ma, S.* A Mixed-Metal Porphyrinic Framework Promoting Gas Phase CO2 Photoreduction without Organic Sacrificial Agents. ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 6273–6277. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001610.

Prior to independent career

1. Gao, W.-Y.; Van Trieste, G. P., III; Powers, D. C. Synthesis of Atomically Precise Single-Crystalline Ru2-Based Coordination Polymers. Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 16077–16081. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT02233K.

2. Gao, W.-Y.; Sur. A.; Wang, C.-H.; Lorzing, G. R.; Antonio, A. M.; G. A. Taggart; Ezazi, A. A.; Bloch, E. D.; Powers, D. C. Atomically Precise Crystalline Materials Based on Kinetically Inert Metal Ions via Reticular Mechanopolymerization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 10878–10883. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202002638.

3. Wang, C.-H.; Gao, W.-Y.; Powers, D. C. Measuring and Modulating Substrate Confinement during Nitrogen-Atom Transfer in a Ru2-Based Metal-Organic Framework. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 19203–19207. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b09620.

4. Gao, W.-Y.; Ezazi, A. A.; Wang, C.-H.; Moon, J.; Abney, C.; Wright, J.; Powers, D. C. Metallopolymerization as a Strategy to Translate Ligand-Modulated Chemoselectivity to Porous Catalysts. Organometallics 2019, 38, 3436–3443. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00162.

5. Cardenal, A. D.; Maity, A.; Gao, W.-Y.; Ashirov, R.; Hyun, S.-M. Powers, D. C. Iodosylbenzene Coordination Chemistry Relevant to Metal–Organic Framework Catalysis. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 10543–10553. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01191.

6. Wang, C.-H.; Gao, W.-Y.; Ma, Q.; Powers, D. C. Templating Metastable Pd2 Carboxylate Aggregates. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 1823–1830. DOI: 10.1039/C8SC04940H.

7. Gao, W.-Y.§; Cardenal, A. D.§ (§ equal contribution); Wang, C.-H.; Powers, D. C. In Operando Analysis of Diffusion in Porous Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 3465–3476. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804490.

8. Wang, C.-H.; Das, A.; Gao, W.-Y.; Powers, D. C. Probing Substrate Diffusion in Interstitial MOF Chemistry with Kinetic Isotope Effects. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3676–3681. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201713244.

9. Yang, H.; Guo, F.; Lama, P.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wu, H.; Barbour, L.; Zhou, W.; Zhang, J.; Aguila, B.; Ma, S. Visualizing Structural Transformation and Guest Binding in a Flexible Metal-Organic Framework under High Pressure and Room Temperature. ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 1194–1200. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00378.

10. Yang, Q.; Lama, P.; Sen, S.; Lusi, M.; Chen, K.-J.; Gao, W.-Y.; S, M.; Pham, T.; Kusaka, S.; Hosono, N.; Perry J.; Ma, S.; Space, B.; Barbour, L.; Kitagawa, S.; Zaworotko, M. Reversible Switching between Highly Porous and Nonporous Phases of an Interpenetrated Diamondoid Coordination Network That Exhibits Gate-Opening at Methane Storage Pressures. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5684–5689. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800820.

11. He, H.; Sun, Q.; Gao, W.-Y.; Perman, J. A.; Sun, F.; Zhu, G.; Aguila, B.; Forrest, K.; Space B.; Ma, S. A Stable Metal-Organic Framework Featuring a Local Buffer Environment for Carbon Dioxide Fixation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 4657–4662. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201801122.

12. Wang, X.§; Gao, W.-Y.§ (§ equal contribution); Niu Z.; Wojtas, L.; Perman, J. A.; Chen, Y.-S.; Li, Z.; Aguila, B.; Ma, S. A metal-metalloporphyrin framework based on an octatopic porphyrin ligand for chemical fixation of CO2 with aziridines. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 1170–1173. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08844B.

13. Tyson, T. A.; Gao, W.-Y.; Chen, Y.-S.; Ghose, S.; Yan, Y. Large Thermal Motion in Halide Perovskite. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 9401. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09220-2.

14. Elzein, R.; Chang, C.-M.; Ponomareva, I.; Gao, W.-Y.; Ma, S.; Schlaf, R. Advanced Photoemission Spectroscopy Investigations Correlated with DFT Calculations on the Self-Assembly of 2D Metal Organic Frameworks Nano Thin Films. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 31403–31412. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b10340.

15. Sun, Q.; He, H.; Gao, W.-Y.; Aguila, B.; Wojtas, L.; Dai, Z.; Li, J.; Chen, Y.-S.; Xiao, F.-S.; Ma, S. Imparting amphiphobicity on single-crystalline porous materials. Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 13300. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13300.

16. Cantillo, N. M.; Goenaga, G. A.; Neal, C. A.; Gao, W.-Y.; Williams, K.; Ma, S.; More, K. L.; Zawodzinski, T. Investigation of a microporous iron(III) porphyrin framework derived cathode catalyst in PEM fuel cells. J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 15621–15630. DOI: 10.1039/C6TA03059A.

17. Gao, W.-Y.; Tsai, C.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Thiounn, T.; Lin, C.-C.; Ma, S. Interpenetrating Metal-Metalloporphyrin Framework for Selective CO2 Uptake and Chemical Transformation of CO2. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 7291–7294. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00937.

18. Gao, W.-Y.; Wu, H.; Leng, K.; Sun, Y.; Ma, S. Inserting CO2 into Aryl C–H Bonds of Metal-Organic Frameworks: CO2 Utilization for Direct Heterogeneous C-H Activation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5472–5476. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201511484.

19. Stackhouse, C.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, W.; Ma, S. A lanthanide metal-organic framework based on a custom-designed macrocyclic ligand. J. Coord. Chem. 2016, 69, 1844–1851. DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2016.1194979.

20. Kumar, S.; Verma, G.; Gao, W.-Y.; Niu, Z.; Wojtas, L.; Ma, S. Anionic Metal-Organic Framework for Selective Dye Removal and CO2 Fixation. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 4373–4377. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600218.

21. Gao, W.-Y.; Thiounn, T.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Ma, S. Two highly porous single-crystalline zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks. Sci. China Chem. 2016, 59, 980–983. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-016-0071-8.

22. Zhang, W.; Gao, W.-Y.; Pham, T.; Jiang, P.; Ma, S. A Robust Metal-Metalloporphyrin Framework Based upon a Secondary Building Unit of Infinite Nickel Oxide Chain. Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16, 1005–1009. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01548.

23. Williams, K.; Meng, L.; Lee, S.; Lux, L.; Gao, W.-Y.; Ma, S. Imparting Brønsted acidity into a zeolitic imidazole framework. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 393–396. DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00229J.

24. Wang, X.§; Gao, W.-Y.§ (§ equal contribution); Luan, J.; Wojtas, L.; Ma, S. An effective strategy to boost the robustness of metal-organic framework via introduction of size-matching ligand braces. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 1971–1974. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC09432A.

25. Pham, T; Forrest, K. A.; Gao, W.-Y.; Ma, S.; Space, B. Theoretical Insights into the Tuning of Metal Binding Sites of Paddlewheels in rht-Metal–Organic Frameworks. ChemPhysChem 2015, 16, 3170–3179. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500504.

26. Xie, T.-Z.; Guo, K.; Guo, Z.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Ning, G.-H.; Huang, M.; Lu, X; Li, J.-Y.; Liao, S.-Y.; Chen, Y.-S.; Moorefield, C. N.; Saunders, M. J.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome G. R. Precise Molecular Fission and Fusion: Quantitative Self-Assembly and Chemistry of a Metallo-Cuboctahedron. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9224–9229. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503609.

27. Gao, W.-Y.; Pham, T.; Forrest, K. A.; Space, B.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Ma, S. The local electric field favours more than exposed nitrogen atoms on CO2 capture: a case study on the rht-type MOF platform. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9636–9639. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02573G.

28. Zhang, Z.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, Z.; Zaworotko, M. J. A new family of anionic organic-inorganic hybrid doughnut-like nanostructures. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9223–9226. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02719E.

29. Gao, W.-Y.; Cai, R.; Pham, T.; Forrest, K. A.; Hogan, A.; Nugent, P.; Williams, K.; Wojtas, L.; Luebke, R.; Weselinski, L. J.; Zaworotko, M. J.; Space, B.; Chen, Y.-S.; Eddaoudi, M.; Shi, X.; Ma, S. Remote Stabilization of Copper Paddlewheel Based Molecular Building Blocks in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 2144–2151. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00084.

30. Gao, W.-Y.; Leng, K.; Cash. L.; Chrzanowski, M.; Stackhouse, C. A.; Sun, Y.; Ma., S. Investigation of prototypal MOFs consisting of polyhedral cages with accessible Lewis-acid sites for quinoline synthesis. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 4827–4829. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09410G.

31. Gao, W.-Y.; Palakurty, S.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Ma, S. Open metal sites dangled on cobalt trigonal prismatic clusters within porous MOF for CO2 capture. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 369–372. DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00240G.

32. Whittington, C. L.; Wojtas, L.; Gao, W.-Y.; Ma, S.; Larsen, R. W. A new photoactive Ru(II)tris(2,2′-bipyridine) templated Zn(II) benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate metal organic framework: structure and photophysical properties. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 5331–5337. DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02594F.

33. Wu, H.; She, F.; Gao, W.-Y.; Prince, A.; Li, Y.; Wei, L.; Mercer, A.; Wojtas, L.; Ma, S.; Cai, J. The synthesis of head-to-tail cyclic sulfono-γ-AApeptides. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 672–676. DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02232G.

34. Wu, H.; Qiao, Q.; Hu, Y.; Teng, P.; Gao, W.-Y.; Zuo, X.; Wojtas, L.; Larsen, R. W.; Ma, S. Cai, J. Sulfono-γ-AApeptides as a New Class of Nonnatural Helical Foldamer. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 2501–2507. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406112.

35. Xing, Z.; Wang, B.; Gao, W.-Y.; Pan, C.; Halsted, J. K.; Chong, E. S.; Lu, J.; Wang, X.; Luo, W.; Chang, C.-H.; Wen, Y.; Ma, S.; Amine, K.; Ji, X. Reducing CO2 to dense nanoporous graphene by Mg/Zn for high power electrochemical capacitors. Nano Energy 2015, 11, 600–610. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.11.011.

36. Gao, W.-Y.; Ma, S. Beyond Custom Design of Organic Ligands: An Integrative Strategy for Metal-Organic Frameworks Design. Comments Inorg. Chem. 2014, 34, 125–141. DOI: 10.1080/02603594.2014.956926.

37. Bommier, C.; Luo, W.; Gao, W.-Y.; Greaney, A.; Ma, S.; Ji, X. Predicting capacity of hard carbon anodes in sodium-ion batteries using porosity measurements. Carbon 2014, 76, 165–174. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.04.064.

38. Gao, W.-Y.; Chrzanowski, M.; Ma, S. Metal-metalloporphyrin frameworks: a resurging class of functional materials. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, 43, 5841–5866. DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00001C.

39. Gao, W.-Y.; Chen, Y.; Niu, Y.; Williams, K.; Cash, L.; Perez, P. J.; Wojtas, L.; Cai, J.; Chen, Y.-S.; Ma, S. Crystal Engineering of an nbo Topology Metal-Organic Framework for Chemical Fixation of CO2 under Ambient Conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2615–2619. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309778.

40. Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Ma, S. A porous metal-metalloporphyrin framework featuring high-density active sites for chemical fixation of CO2 under ambient conditions. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 5316–5318. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47542E.

41. Gao, W.-Y.; Cai, R.; Meng, L.; Wojtas, L.; Zhou, W.; Yildirim, T.; Shi, X.; Ma, S. Quest for a highly connected robust porous metal-organic framework on the basis of a bifunctional linear linker and a rare heptanuclear zinc cluster. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 10516–10518. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45986A.

42. Yaghoubi, H.; Dayerizadeh, A.; Han, S.; Mulaj, M.; Gao, W.-Y.; Li, X.; Muschol, M.; Ma, S.; Takshi, A. The effect of surfactant-free TiO2 surface hydroxyl groups on physicochemical, optical and self-cleaning properties of developed coatings on polycarbonate. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2013, 46, 505316. DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/50/505316.

43. Zhang, Y.; Li, B.; Williams, K.; Gao, W.-Y.; Ma, S. A new microporous carbon material synthesized via thermolysis of a porous aromatic framework embedded with an extra carbon source for low-pressure CO2 uptake. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 10269–10271. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45252B.

44. Zhang, Z.; Ji, Y. R.; Wojtas, L.; Gao, W.-Y.; Ma, S.; Zaworotko, M. J.; Antilla, J. C. Two homochiral organocatalytic metal organic materials with nanoscopic channels. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 7693–7695. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43801E.

45. Gao, W.-Y.; Zhang, Z.; Cash, L.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Ma, S. Two rare indium-based porous metal–metalloporphyrin frameworks exhibiting interesting CO2 uptake. CrystEngComm 2013, 15, 9320–9323. DOI: 10.1039/C3CE41090K.

46. Meng, L.; Cheng, Q.; Kim, C.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Cheng, Y.-S.; Zaworotko, M. J.; Zhang, X. P.; Ma, S. Crystal Engineering of a Microporous, Catalytically Active fcu Topology MOF Using a Custom-Designed Metalloporphyrin Linker. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10082–10085. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205603.

47. Zhang, Z.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Ma, S.; Eddaoudi, M.; Zaworotko, M. J. Post-Synthetic Modification of Porphyrin-Encapsulating Metal-Organic Materials by Cooperative Addition of Inorganic Salts to Enhance CO2/CH4 Selectivity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 9330–9334. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203594.

48. Lin, C. K.; Zhao, D.; Gao, W.-Y.; Yang, Z.; Ye, J.; Xu, T.; Ge, Q.; Ma, S.; Liu, D.-J. Tunability of Band Gaps in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 9039–9044. DOI: 10.1021/ic301189m.

49. Gao, W.-Y.; Yan, W.; Cai. R.; Williams, K.; Salas, A.; Wojtas, L.; Shi, X.; Ma, S. A pillared metal-organic framework incorporated with 1,2,3-triazole moieties exhibiting remarkable enhancement of CO2 uptake. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8898–8900. DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34380K.

50. Wang, X.-S.; Chrzanowski, M.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Zaworotko M. J.; Ma, S. Vertex-directed self-assembly of a high symmetry supermolecular suilding block using a custom-designed porphyrin. Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 2823–2827. DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20330H.

51. Gao, W.-Y.; Niu, Y.; Chen, Y.; Wojtas, L.; Cai, J.; Chen, Y.-S.; Ma, S. Porous metal-organic framework based on a macrocyclic tetracarboxylate ligand exhibiting selective CO2 uptake. CrystEngComm 2012, 14, 6115–6117. DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25484K.

52. Wang, X.-S.; Chrzanowski, M.; Kim, C.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Zhang, X. P.; Ma, S. Quest for highly porous metal-metalloporphyrin framework based upon a custom-designed octatopic porphyrin ligand. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7173–7175. DOI: 10.1039/C2CC33118G.

53. Gao, W.-Y.; Yan, W.; Cai, R.; Meng, L.; Salas, A.; Wang, X.-S.; Wojtas, L.; Shi, X.; Ma, S. Porous Double-Walled Metal Triazolate Framework Based upon a Bifunctional Ligand and a Pentanuclear Zinc Cluster Exhibiting Selective CO2 Uptake. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 4423–4425. DOI: 10.1021/ic3002256.

54. Xiang, H.; Gao, W.-Y.; Zhong, D.-C.; Jiang, L.; Lu, T.-B. The diverse structures of Cd(II) coordination polymers with 1,3,5-benzenetribenzoate tuned by organic bases. CrystEngComm 2011, 13, 5825–5832. DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05541K.