Publications

32. Altering the Thermodynamics of Stimuli-Responsive Derivatives through Layered Hybrid Material Design

Grace C. Thaggard, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Jaewoong Lim, Xinnan Shi, Virginia S. Arnold, Megha Badiger, Ronan Mulkerrin, Richard D. Broskey, Ethan Irizarry, Gisele Atim, Ali Azmy, Mark D. Smith, Sophya Garashchuk, Ioannis Spanopoulos,* Natalia B. Shustova*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 42591–42606.

31. Strategic Engineering of Structural Complexity in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Jihyun Park, Jaewoong Lim,* Hoi Ri Moon*

Trends Chem. 2025, 7, 590–602.

30. Highly Selective Adsorption of para-Xylene and Ethylbenzene and Explicit Exclusion of ortho-Xylene from Xylene Isomers Using a Pillar-Layered MOF with Tuned Pore Channels

Seonghwan Lee, Amitosh Sharma, Jae Hyeok Lee, Jaewoong Lim, Seung Kyu Min,* Hyungphil Chun,* Myoung Soo Lah*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202512244.

(selected as an Outside Front Cover)

29. Stimuli-Responsive Photoswitch-Actinide Binding: A Match Made in MOFs

Kyoung Chul Park, Jaewoong Lim, Grace C. Thaggard, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Ingrid Lehman-Andino, Yuan Liu, Jennii M. Burrell, Corey R. Martin, An T. Ta, Andrew B. Greytak, Jake W. Amoroso, David P. DiPrete, Mark D. Smith, Simon R. Phillpot, Natalia B. Shustova*

Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 14115–14126.

28. Shifting Gears: Photochromic Metal-Organic Frameworks with Stimulus-Adaptable Performance

Johanna Haimerl, Grace C. Thaggard, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Raphael Bühler, Jaewoong Lim, Kyoung Chul Park, Julien Warnan, Roland A. Fischer*, Natalia B. Shustova*

 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 19918–19930.

27. Switching from Molecules to Functional Materials: Breakthroughs in Photochromism With MOFs

Grace C. Thaggard, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Kyoung Chul Park, Jaewoong Lim, Molly A. Quetel, Mamata Naik, Natalia B. Shustova*

 Adv. Mater. 2024, 2410067.

26. Friends or Foes: Fundamental Principles of Th-Organic Scaffold Chemistry Using Zr-Analogs as a Guide

Jaewoong Lim, Kyoung Chul Park, Grace C. Thaggard, Yuan Liu, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Donald J. Toler, An T. Ta, Preecha Kittikhunnatham, Mark D. Smith, Simon R. Phillpot, Natalia B. Shustova*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 12155–12166. 

25. Mining for Metal-Organic Systems: Chemistry Frontiers of Th-, U-, and Zr-Materials 

Kyoung Chul Park, Jaewoong Lim, Grace C. Thaggard, Natalia B. Shustova*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 18189–18204.

24. A Change of Pace: Record Photoresponse through Spirooxazine Confinement in a Metal–Organic Matrix

Grace C. Thaggard, Gina R. Wilson, Mamata Naik, Molly A. Quetel, Jaewoong Lim, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Mark D. Smith, Natalia B. Shustova*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 31746–31756. 

23. Multivariate Metal–Organic Frameworks Ranging from a Homogeneous Uniform Distribution to Heterogeneous 1D, 2D, and 3D Distributions of Mixed Building Blocks

Junmo Seong, Seok Jeong, Sung Wook Moon, Seonghwan Lee, Jaewoong Lim, Amitosh Sharma, Somi Won, Seung Bin Baek, Seung Kyu Min,* Myoung Soo Lah*

Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 925–936.

(selected as a Cover) 

22.  Post-synthetic modifications in metal-organic frameworks for high proton conductivity

Amitosh Sharma, Seonghwan Lee, Jaewoong Lim, Myoung Soo Lah*

Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2024, 45, 145–156. 

21. Superprotonic Conductivity of MOFs Confining Zwitterionic Sulfamic Acid as Proton Source and Conducting Medium

Amitosh Sharma,† Jaewoong Lim,† Seonghwan Lee, Seungwan Han, Junmo Seong, Seung Bin Baek, Myoung Soo Lah* (†equal contribution)

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302376. 

(selected as a Back Cover)

20. Strategy for designing metal-organic frameworks with superprotonic Conductivity

Amitosh Sharma,† Jaewoong Lim,† Myoung Soo Lah* (†equal contribution)

Coord. Chem. Rev. 2023, 479, 214995.

19. Breaking the photoswitch speed limit

Grace C. Thaggard, Kyoung Chul Park, Jaewoong Lim, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Johanna Haimerl, Gina R. Wilson, Margaret K. McBride, Kelly L. Forrester, Esther R. Adelson, Virginia S. Arnold, Shehani T.Wetthasinghe, Vitaly A. Rassolov, Mark D. Smith, Daniil Sosnin, Ivan Aprahamian, Manisha Karmakar, Sayan Kumar Bag, Arunabha Thakur, Minjie Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang, Jorge A. Castaño, Manuel N. Chaur, Michael M. Lerch, Roland A. Fischer, Joanna Aizenberg, Rainer Herges, Jean-Marie Lehn, Natalia B. Shustova* 

Nat. Commum. 2023. 14, 7556.

18. Cooperative and Orthogonal Switching in the Solid State Enabled by Metal-Organic Framework Confinement Leading to a Thermo-Photochromic Platform

Gina R. Wilson, Kyoung Chul Park, Grace C. Thaggard, Corey R. Martin, Austin R. Hill, Johanna Haimerl, Jaewoong Lim, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Brandon J. Yarbrough, Kelly L. Forrester, Roland A. Fischer, Perry J. Pellechia, Mark D. Smith, Sophya Garashchuk, Natalia B. Shustova*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202308715.

17. f-block MOFs: A Pathway to Heterometallic Transuranics

Kyoung Chul Park, Preecha Kittikhunnatham, Jaewoong Lim, Grace C. Thaggard, Yuan Liu, Corey R. Martin, Gabrielle A. Leith, Donald J. Toler, An T. Ta, Nancy Birkner, Ingrid Lehman-Andino, Alejandra Hernandez-Jimenez, Gregory Morrison, Jake W. Amoroso, Hans-Conrad zur Loye, Dave P. DiPrete, Mark D. Smith; Kyle S. Brinkman, Simon R. Phillpot, Natalia B. Shustova*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202216349.

16. Confinement-Driven Photophysics in Hydrazone-Based Hierarchical Materials

Grace C. Thaggard, Gabrielle A. Leith, Daniil Sosnin, Corey R. Martin, Kyoung Chul Park, Margaret K. McBride, Jaewoong Lim, Brandon J. Yarbrough, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Gina R. Wilson, Austin R. Hill, Mark D. Smith, Sophya Garashchuk, Andrew B. Greytak, Ivan Aprahamian,* Natalia B. Shustova*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202211776. 

15. Construction of Chimeric Metal-Organic Frameworks with Symmetry-Mismatched Building Blocks

Seungwan Han, Seonghwan Lee, Dongwook Kim, Junmo Seong, Amitosh Sharma, Jaewoong Lim, Seok Jeong, Guobin Zhao, Yu Chen, Seung Bin Baek, Yongchul G. Chung,* Myoung Soo Lah* 

Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 5903–5913. 

(selected as a Cover)

14. Symmetry-Mismatched SBU Transformation in MOFs: Postsynthetic Metal Exchange from Zn to Fe and Its Effects on Gas Adsorption and Dye Selectivity

Seungwan Han, Dongwook Kim, Seonghwan Lee, Hyunkyung Choi, Sung Wook Moon, Amitosh Sharma, Junmo Seong, Jaewoong Lim, Seok Jeong, Seung Bin Baek, Yung Sam Kim, Chul Sung Kim,* Seung Kyu Min,* Myoung Soo Lah*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 48406–48415. 

(selected as a Cover)

13. Spatial distribution modulation of mixed building blocks in metal-organic frameworks

Seok Jeong, Junmo Seong, Sung Wook Moon, Jaewoong Lim, Seung Bin Baek, Seung Kyu Min,* Myoung Soo Lah* 

Nat. Commum. 2022, 13, 1027.

12. Metal-Photoswitch Friendship: From Photocrhromic Complexes to Functional Materials

Grace C. Thaggard, Johanna Haimerl, Kyoung Chul Park, Jaewoong Lim, Roland A. Fischer, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Brandon J. Yarbrough, Gina R. Wilson, Natalia B. Shustova* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23249–23262. 

11. Capture Instead of Release: Defect-Modulated Radionuclide Leaching Kinetics in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Kyoung Chul Park, Corey R. Martin, Gabrielle A. Leith, Grace C. Thaggard, Gina R. Wilson, Brandon J. Yarbrough, Buddhima K. P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Preecha Kittikhunnatham, Abhijai Mathur, Isak Jatoi, Mackenzie A. Manzi, Jaewoong Lim, Ingrid Lehman-Andino, Alejandra Hernandez-Jimenez, Jake W. Amoroso, Dave P. DiPrete, Yuan Liu, Joseph Schaeperkoetter, Scott T. Misture, Simon R. Phillpot, Shenyang Hu, Yulan Li, Antoine Leydier, Vanessa Proust, Agnès Grandjean, Mark D. Smith, Natalia B. Shustova* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16139–16149. 

10. Creating Tunable Mesoporosity by Temperature-Driven Localized Crystallite Agglomeration

Seok Jeong, Youjung Sim, Jin Kyun Kim, Sunyoung Shin, Jaewoong Lim, Junmo Seong, Seonghwan Lee, Dohyun Moon, Seung Bin Baek, Chae Un Kim,* Ja-Hyoung Ryu,* Myoung Soo Lah* 

Small 2022, 18, 2107006. 

(selected as an Inside Front Cover)

9. Ligand functionalization of defect-engineered Ni-MOF-74

Jaewoong Lim,† Seonghwan Lee,† Amitosh Sharma, Junmo Seong, Seung Bin Baek,* Myoung Soo Lah* (†equal contribution)

RSC Adv. 2022, 12, 31451–31455.

8. Transformation of a Cluster-Based Metal-Organic Framework to a Rod Metal-Organic Framework

Somi Won, Seok Jeong, Dongwook Kim, Junmo Seong, Jaewoong Lim, Dohyun Moon, Seung Bin Baek, Myoung Soo Lah*

Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 273–278. 

(selected as a Back Cover)

7. Amine-Tagged Fragmented Ligand Installation for Covalent Modification of MOF-74

Jaewoong Lim, Seonghwan Lee, Hyeonbin Ha, Junmo Seong, Seok Jeong, Min Kim, Seung Bin Baek,* Myoung Soo Lah*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9296–9300. 

(selected as a Front Cover)

6. Superprotonic Conductivity of MOF-808 Achieved by Controlling the Binding Mode of Grafted Sulfamate

Amitosh Sharma, Jaewoong Lim, Seok Jeong, Somi Won, Junmo Seong, Seonghwan Lee, Yung Sam Kim,* Seung Bin Baek,* Myoung Soo Lah* 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 14334–14338. 

(selected as an Inside Back Cover)

5. Synthetic Multiscale Design of Nanostructured Ni Single Atom Catalyst for Superior CO2 Electroreduction

Gyoung Hwa Jeong, Ying Chuan Tan, Jun Tae Song, Gil-Yong Lee, Ho Jin Lee, Jaewoong Lim, Hu Young Jeong, Somi Won, Jihun Oh,* Sang Ouk Kim* 

Chem. Eng. J. 2021, 426, 131063.

4. Solvent-mediated framework flexibility of interdigitated 2D layered metal-organic frameworks

Seonghwan Lee, Seok Jeong, Junmo Seong, Jaewoong Lim, Amitosh Sharma, Somi Won, Dohyun Moon, Seung Bin Baek, Myoung Soo Lah*

Mater. Chem. Front. 2021, 5, 3621–3627. 

(selected as an Inside Front Cover)

3. Phase transition-induced improvement in the capacity of fluorine-substituted LiFeBO3 as a cathode material for lithium ion batteries

Khoirul Umam, Byung Cheol Sin, Laxman Singh, Chaewon Moon, Jaeeun Choi, Inyoung Lee, Jaewoong Lim, Jaehoon Jung,* Myoung Soo Lah,* Youngil Lee*

Electrochim. Acta 2021, 367, 137634.

2. Scalable Solid-State Synthesis of Self-Assembled Si Nanoparticles in Spherical Carbons through Relative Miscibility for Li-Ion Batteries

Yuwon Park, Jaewoong Lim, Duckgyun Mok, Youngjin Kim, Mi-Sook Kwon, Kyu Tae Lee*

J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019, 166, A1127–A1131.

1. Two-dimensional nanosheets of tungsten vanadate (WV2O7) obtained by assembling nanorods on graphene as a supercapacitor electrode

Ilbok Lee, Gyoung Hwa Jeong, Jaewoong Lim, Sang-Wook Kim,* Songhun Yoon*

J. Alloys. Compd. 2018, 758, 99–107.