'Touching defects in zeolites'.
The work shows complex silanol networks in zeolites where proton donors touch proton acceptors through hydrogen bonds.
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[53] Yanfeng Shen, Zhengxing Qin, Antoine Beuque, Eddy Dib, Shunsuke Asahina, Natsuko Asano, Izabel Cristina Medeiros Costa, Ruizhe Zhang, Lijuan Wang, Jiani Xu, Hongjuan Zhao, Jiujiang Wang, Ludovic Pinard, Svetlana Mintova
Simultaneous Modulation of Mesoporosity and Al Siting for Superior Performance Zeolite Catalyst in Ethylene Dehydroaromatization to Aromatics
Angewandte Chemie, e202508909, 2025
[52] Francesco Dalena, Qiudi Yue, Eddy Dib, Abdelhafid Aitblal, Diogenes Honorato Piva, Zhengxing Qin, Svetlana Mintova
Enhanced Catalytic Ring-Opening of Propylene Oxide Using a Germanium-Containing MFI Zeolite Catalyst with High Selectivity
ACS Catalysis, 15, 10, 8024–8035, 2025.
[51] Mishel Markovski, Abdallah Amedlous, Eddy Dib, Anna Kaleta, Francesco Dalena, Davide Salusso, Mathias Barreau, Diogenes Honorato Piva, Marco Giuseppe Geloso, Aymeric Magissona, Svetlana Mintova
The impact of “empty-corner” tetrahedra in the synthesis of MFI type zeolites: unveiling selenium stereoactivity
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 12, 3886-3897 , 2025.
[50] Eddy Dib, Qiudi Yue, Giorgia Confalonieri, Davide Salusso, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Mathias Barreau, Stoyan P. Gramatikov, Rossella Arletti, Fancesco Dalena, Kirill A. Lomachenko, Diogenes Honorato Piva, Valentin Valtchev, Zhengxing Qin, Zi-Feng Yan, Xionghou Gao, Franck Fayon, Spyridon Zafeiratos, Oleg I. Lebedev, Svetlana Mintova
Germanium atoms exceed the tetrahedral coordination in MFI zeolite
The Journal of American Chemical Society, 147, 4, 3274–3282 , 2025.
[49] Peng Lu, Jiaoyan Xu, Yiqing Sun, Rémy Guillet-Nicolas, Tom Willhammar, Mohammad Fahda, Eddy Dib, Bo Wang, Zhengxing Qin, Hongyi Xu, Jung Cho, Zhaopeng Liu, Haijun Yu, Xiaobo Yang, Qiaolin Lang, Svetlana Mintova, Xiaodong Zou, Valentin Valtchev
A stable zeolite with atomically ordered and interconnected mesopore channel
[48] Vladislav Rac, Vesna Rakić, Ana Palčić, Eddy Dib, Georgeta Postole, Ljiljana Damjanović-Vasilić, Vladimir Pavlović, Steva Lević, Sanja Bosnar
Boron’s Role in Altering MFI-type Zeolite
Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 384, 113454, 2025.
[47] Hugo Cruchade, Francesco Dalena, Eddy Dib, Abdelhafid Aitblal, Diogenes Honorato-Piva, Aymeric Magisson, Svetlana Mintova
Elucidating Silanol Removal in MFI Nanosized Zeolites Through Controlled Post-Synthesis Hydrothermal Treatments
Surfaces and interfaces, 55, 105360, 2024.
[46] Eddy Dib, Ludovica Pace, Vincent Sarou-Kanian, Francesco Dalena, Diogenes Honorato-Piva, Svetlana Mintova
Tuning the atomic ordering of AFI framework with templates charge
Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 381, 113339-113347 2025.
[45] Francesco Dalena, Shuang Tan, Igor Golub, Eddy Dib, Oleg A. Filippov, Ludovica Pace, Rémy Guillet-Nicolas, Valentin Valtchev ,Hailing Guo, Svetlana Mintova
Spectroscopic characterization of black N- and P-doped zeolite templated carbons
Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 381, 113347-113359, 2025.
[44] Francesco Dalena, Eddy Dib, Barbara Onida, Giorgia Ferrarelli, Massimo Migliori, Girolamo Giordano, Marco Daturi, Svetlana Mintova
Evaluation of defects and acidity of zeolite composites by IR and NMR spectroscopy
Molecules, 29(18), 4450-4464, 2024.
[43] Edwin B. Clatworthy, Rémy Guillet-Nicolas, Philippe Boullay, Michael Badawi, Yann Foucaud, Eddy Dib, Nicolas Barrier, Arnold A. Paecklar, Maxime Debost, Sajjad Ghojavand, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Izabel Medeiros-Costa, Svetlana Mintova
Ultra-Thin BPH Nanosheets with Exceptional Water Adsorption Properties
ACS Materials Letters, 6, 4690–4696, 2024.
[42] Ludovica Pace, Eddy Dib, Diogenes Honorato-Piva, Valérie Ruaux, Aurelie Vicente, Svetlana Mintova
Unrevealing the effect of templates on atomic scale ordering and hydrophilic properties of aluminophosphates
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 11, 6178-6189, 2024.
[41] Mohammad Fahda, Jawad Fayek, Eddy Dib, Hugo Cruchade, Nathan Pichot, Nourrdine Chaouati, Ludovic Pinard, Petko S. Petkov, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Alvaro Mayoral, Bernhard Witulski, Louwanda Lakiss, Valentin Valtchev
Investigating the Physicochemical Properties of an Extra-large Pore Aluminosilicate ZEO-1
Chemistry of Materials, 36, 11, 5405–5421 , 2024.
[40] Francesca Rosso, Alessia Airi, Matteo Signorile, Eddy Dib, Silvia Bordiga, Valentina Crocellà, Svetlana Mintova, Francesca Bonino
Insight on MWW siliceous zeolites: from 2D precursors toward 3D structure
Microporous mesoporous Materials, 366, 112924, 2024.
[39] Eddy Dib, Svetlana Mintova, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Hrisiyan A. Aleksandrov, Marina Carravetta
Chemical shift anisotropy: a promising parameter to distinguish the 29Si NMR peaks in zeolites
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 22, 10792–10796, 2023.
[38] Ming Cheng, Hugo Cruchade, Ludovic Pinard, Eddy Dib, Honghai Liu, Jiujiang Wang, Xinmei Liu, Zi-Feng Yan, Zhengxing Qin, Svetlana Mintova
Coke Relocation and Mo Immobilization in Donut-Shaped Mo/HZSM-5 Catalysts for Methane Dehydroaromatization
Journal of Chemistry Materials A, 11, 24991-24998, 2023.
[37] Aymeric Magisson, Edwin B. Clatworthy, Sajjad Ghojavand, Philippe Bazin, Valérie Ruaux, Eddy Dib, Svetlana Mintova
CO2 Adsorption Behavior of Nanosized CHA Zeolites Synthesized in the Presence of Barium or Calcium Cations
Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2300326, 1-9, 2023.
[36] Sajjad Ghojavand, Eddy Dib, Svetlana Mintova
Flexibility in zeolites, origin, limits and evaluation
Chemical Science, 14, 12430 - 12446, 2023.
[35] Mishel Markovski, Eddy Dib, Sajjad Ghojavand, Abdallah Amedlous, Valérie Ruaux, Aymeric Magisson, Oleg Lebedev, Igor E. Golub, Francesco Dalena, Svetlana Mintova
The influence of deuterium on sodium mobility and viscosity of colloidal precursor suspensions yielding template-free nanosized zeolites
Colloids and Surfaces A, 677, Part B, 132422, 2023.
[34] Yiqing Sun, Qiaolin Lang, Guangying Fu, Haonuan Zhao, Eddy Dib, Xiaolong Liu, Xiaobo Yang, Peng Lu, Bing Yu, Valentin Valtchev
Highly hydrophobic zeolite ZSM-8 with perfect framework lattice obtained in a strongly acidic medium
Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 363, 112839, 2023.
[33] Sajjad Ghojavand, Eddy Dib, Jérôme Rey, Ayoub Daouli, Edwin B. Clatworthy, Philippe Bazin, Valérie Ruaux, Michael Badawi, Svetlana Mintova
Interplay between alkali-metal cations and silanol sites in nanosized CHA zeolites: implications for CO2 adsorption
Communications Chemistry, 6, 134, 2023.
[32] Sajjad Ghojavand, Eddy Dib, Baptiste Riodent, Valérie Ruaux, Svetlana Mintova
Altering the atomic order in nanosized CHA zeolites by post-synthetic silylation treatment
Advanced Sustainable Systems, 7, 2200480, 1-8, 2023.
[31] Eddy Dib, Edwin B Clatworthy, Arnold Paecklar, Julien Grand, Nicolas Barrier, Svetlana Mintova
The role of Al distribution on CO2 adsorption capacity in RHO zeolites
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 1, 3–10, 2023.
[30] Shadi Al-Nahari, Eddy Dib, Claudia Cammarano, Etienne Saint-Germes, Dominique Massiot, Vincent Sarou-Kanian, Bruno Alonso
Impact of mineralizing agents on aluminum distribution and acidity of ZSM-5 zeolites
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62, e202217992, 2023.127
[29] Georgi N. Vayssilov, Hristiyan A. Aleksandrov, Eddy Dib, Izabel Medeiros Costa, Nikolai Nesterenko, Svetlana Mintova
Superacidity and Spectral Signatures of Hydroxyl Groups in Zeolites
Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 343, 112144, 2022.
[28] Guangying Fu, Eddy Dib, Qiaolin Lang, Haonuan Zhao, Songxia Wang, Ruiqin Ding, Xiaobo Yang, Valentin Valtchev
Acidic medium synthesis of zeolites – an avenue to control the structure directing power of the organic template
Dalton Transactions, 51, 11499 - 11506, 2022.
[27] Eddy Dib, Edwin B Clatworthy, Louwanda Lakiss, Valérie Ruaux, Svetlana Mintova
Hydroxyl environments in zeolites probed by deuterium solid-state MAS NMR combined with IR spectroscopy
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 9, 2964-2968, 2022.
[26] Eddy Dib, Jérôme Rey, Aurelie Vicente, Shrikant Kunjir, Hussein Awala, Sarah Komaty, Ayoub Daouli, Tomáš Bučko, Hussein El Siblani, Robert Bedard, Jeffery Bricker, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Michael Badawi, Svetlana Mintova
Access to sodalite cages in ion-exchanged nanosized FAU zeolites probed by hyperpolarized 129Xe NMR and DFT calculations
Micrporous Mesoporous Materials, 338:111965, 2022.
[25] Eddy Dib, Edwin B Clatworthy, Hugo Cruchade, Izabel C Medeiros-Costa, Nikolai Nesterenko, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Svetlana Mintova
Exploration, explanation and exploitation of hydroxyls in zeolites.
National Science Review, 9, nwac081, 2022.
[24] Marat R. Agliullin, Yury G.Kolyagin, Dmitriy V.Serebrennikov, Nelly G. Grigoreva, Andrey S. Dmitrenok, Valery N. Maistrenko, Eddy Dib, Svetlana Mintova, Boris I. Kutepov
Acid properties and morphology of SAPO-11 molecular sieve controled by silica source.
Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 338:111962, 2022.
[23] Edwin Clatworthy, Arnold Paecklar, Eddy Dib, Maxime Debost, Nicolas Barrier, Philippe Boullay, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Nikolai Nesterenko, Svetlana Mintova
Engineering RHO nanozeolite: controlling the particle morphology, Al and cation content, stability and flexibility
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5:6032–6042,2022.
[22] Eddy Dib, Beatriz Bernardo-Maestro, Fernando López-Arbeloa, Joaquín Pérez-Pariente, Luis Gómez-Hortigüela
A combination of Proton Spin Diffusion NMR and molecular simulations to probe supramolecular assemblies of organic molecules in nanoporous materials
Dalton Ttransactions, 51:5434-5440,2022.
[21] Florent Dubray, Eddy Dib, Izabel Medeiros-Costa, Cindy Aquino, Delphine Minoux, Stijn van Daele, Nikolai Nesterenko, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Svetlana Mintova.
The challenge of silanol species characterization in zeolites
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 9:1125-1133,2022.
[20] Izabel C. Medeiros-Costa, Eddy Dib, Florent Dubray, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Jean-Pierre Dath, Nikolai Nesterenko, Hristiyan A. Aleksandrov, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Svetlana Mintova.
Unraveling the effect of silanol defects on the insertion of single site Mo in the MFI zeolite framework.
Inorganic Chemistry, 61:1418–1425, 2022.
[19] Marco Fabbiani, Shadi Al-Nahari, Laura Piveteau, Eddy Dib, Vasyl Veremeienko, Arnold Gaje, Dan G. Dumitrescu, Philippe Gaveau, Tzonka Mineva, Dominique Massiot, Arie van der Lee, Julien Haines, Bruno Alonso.
Correlated disorder and inhibition of the monoclinic-orthorhombic transition in host-guest organic-silicalite-1 assemblies.
Chemistry of Materials, 34:366–387, 2022.
[18] Xiaobo Yang, Eddy Dib, Qiaolin Lang, Hailing Guo, Guangying Fu, Juan Wang, Qisong Yi, Haonuan Zhao, Valentin Valtchev.
Silicalite-1 formation in acidic medium: synthesis conditions and physicochemical properties.
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 329:111537–111549, 2022.
[17] Eddy Dib, Izabel C. Medeiros-Costa, Georgi N. Vassilov, Hrsityan A. Aleksandrov, Svetlana Mintova.
Complex H-bonded silanol network in zeolites revealed by IR and NMR spectroscopy ;combined with DFT calculations.
Journal of Chemistry Materials A, 9:27347–27352, 2021.
[16] Izabel C. Medeiros-Costa, Eddy Dib, Nikolai Nesterenko, Jean-Pierre Dath, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Svetlana Mintova.
Silanol defect engineering and healing in zeolites: opportunities to fine-tune their properties and performances.
Chemical Society Reviews, 50:11156–11179, 2021.
[15] Sajjad Ghojavand, Edwin B. Clatworthy, Aurélie Vicente, Eddy Dib, Valérie Ruaux, Maxime Debost, Jaafar El Fallah, Svetlana Mintova.
The role of mixed alkali metal cations on the formation of nanosized CHA zeolite from colloidal precursor suspension.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 604:350–357, 2021.
[14] Eddy Dib, Julien Grand, Antoine Gedeon, Svetlana Mintova, Christian Fernandez.
Control the position of framework defects in zeolites by changing the symmetry of organic structure directing agents.
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 315:110899–110903, 2021.
[13] Tzonka Minva, Eddy Dib, Arnold Gaje, Hugo Petitjean, Jean-Louis Bantignies, Bruno Alonso.
Zeolite structure direction: identification, strength and involvement of weak CH...O hydrogen bonds.
Chem Phys Chem, 21:149–153, 2020.
[12] Eddy Dib, Hussein El Siblani, Shrikant Kunjir, Aurélie Vicente, Nicolas Nuttens, Danny Verboekend, Bert Sels, Christian Fernandez.
Recrystallization on alkaline treated zeolites in the presence of pore-directing agents.
Crystal Growth and Design, 18:2010–2015, 2018.
[11] Eddy Dib, Tzonka Mineva, Emmanuel Véron, Vincent Sarou-Kanian, Franck Fayon, Bruno Alonso.
ZSM-5 zeolite: Complete Al bond connectivity and implications on structure formation from solid-state NMR and quantum chemistry calculations.
The journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16:1010–1015, 2018.
[10]Julien Grand, Siddulu Naidu Talapaneni, Aurélie Vicente, Christian Fernandez, Eddy Dib, Hristiyan Aleksandrov, Georgi Vayssilov, Richard Retoux, Philippe Boullay, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Valentin Valtchev, Svetlana Mintova.
One-pot synthesis of silanol-free nanosized MFI zeolite.
Nature Materials, 16:1010–1015, 2017.
[9]Jean-Fabien Petit, Eddy Dib, Philippe Gaveau, Philippe Miele, Bruno Alonso, Umit Demerci.
11B MAS NMR study of the thermolytic dehydrocoupling of two ammoniaboranes upon the release of one equivalent of H2 at isothermal conditions.
Chemistry Select, 2:9396–9401, 2017.
[8] Eddy Dib, Tzonka Mineva, Philippe Gaveau, Emmanuel Véron, Vincent Sarou-Kanian, Franck Fayon, Bruno Alonso.
Probing disorder in Al-ZSM-5 zeolites by 14N NMR spectroscopy.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(29):215831–15841, 2017.
[7] Eddy Dib, Mélanie Freire, Valérie Pralong, Tzonka Mineva, Bruno Alonso.
Intermolecular interactions in AST zeolites through 14N NMR and DFT calculations.
Acta Crystallographica Section C, 73:202–207, 2017.
[6] Eddy Dib, Tzonka Mineva, Bruno Alonso.
Recent advances in 14N solid-state NMR.
Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, 87:175–235, 2016.
[5] Eddy Dib, Julien Grand, Svetlana Mintova, Christian Fernandez.
Structure-directing agent governs the location of silanol defects in zeolites.
Chemistry of Materials, 27(22):7577–7579, 2015.
[4] Eddy Dib, Antoine Gimenez, Tzonka Mineva, Bruno Alonso.
Preferential orientations of structure directing agents in zeolites.
Dalton Transactions, 44:16680–16683, 2015.
[3] Eddy Dib, Tzonka Mineva, Philippe Gaveau, Bruno Alonso.
14N NMR of tetrapropylammonium based crystals.
European Physical Journal - Special Topics, 224:1769–1773, 2015.
[2] Eddy Dib, Bruno Alonso, Tzonka Mineva.
DFT-D study of 14N nuclear quadrupolar interactions in tetra-n-alkyl ammonium halide crystals.
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 118(19):3525–3533, 2014.
[1] Eddy Dib, Tzonka Mineva, Philippe Gaveau, Bruno Alonso.
14N solid-state NMR, a sensitive probe of the local order in zeolites.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15:18349–18352, 2013.