We are motivated by outstanding challenges in the design and synthesis of molecular materials . . .
We explore and build connections between molecular structure and material properties . . .
We direct our research toward practical challenges associated with
capturing, separating, storing, and detecting molecules.
We explore and build connections between molecular structure and material properties . . .
We direct our research toward practical challenges associated with
capturing, separating, storing, and detecting molecules.
Recent News
09/2023 Congratulations to Zoe on her first 1st author publication in Chemistry of Materials! Zoe led a collaborative team from Pitt and University of Minnesota to develop predictive post synthetic methods for rationally tuning MOF color.
06/2023 Congratulations to Yuyu on her first 1st author publication! This work focuses on controlling the length of peptide-based gold nanoparticle single helices and can be found in Chemistry of Materials.
04/2023 Yiwen's paper on core-shell MOFs designed for for CO2 capture in humid environments published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces . . . Congrats!
03/2023 Victoria was accepted into the Nuclear Chemistry Summer School sponsored by the Department of Energy and the American Chemical society . . . Congrats Victoria!
03/2023 Sydney's latest work uncovering the molecular basis of helical structure transitions is published as an article in J. Am. Chem. Soc.! Great work team! This was another fun collaborative effort with Prof. Tiff Walsh and her group at Deakin University in Australia.
03/2023 Sydney successfully defends her dissertation detailing the effects of peptide sequence on the structure and properties of nanoparticle assemblies. Congrats Sydney! Ph.D. #16 from the group!
03/2023 Logan and Donny are both awarded Wass Summer Undergraduate Fellowship awards to continue their research during the summer! Congrats!
02/2023 Ryan is awarded the McKeever Fellowship to conduct summer research in the group! Congrats, Ryan!
02/2023 Undergrads Logan Moore, Donny Truong, and Zhengkai Chen join the group!
01/2023 Steve is elected as a student member of the Molecular Foundry User Executive Committee! Nice work, Steve!
10/2022 Dr. Yi Han's study on crystallographic mapping of water adsorption in MOFs with open metal sites is published in JACS! This was a terrific collaborative effort between our group and our theoretical colleagues at Pitt and NETL, Prof. Ken Jordan and Dr. Dan Sorescu. Congrats all!
08/2022 Ryan Racioppo joins the group!
08/2022 Yiwen's collaborative work with the Wilmer and Hornbostel groups (Pitt Engineering) and Dr. Jan Steckel (NETL) is published in Nanoscale. This research documents the first steps toward computationally designing stratified MOFs for specific functions, in this case DAC of CO2. This work was featured in 'Nano' magazine and in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette!
05/2022 Steve Yannucci joins group as graduate student! Welcome (again)!
04/2022 Zack successfully defended his dissertation! Congrats Zack! He is now an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Augustana University!
01/2022 Noah Garrett joins the group as a 1st year graduate student...welcome Noah!
09/2023 Congratulations to Zoe on her first 1st author publication in Chemistry of Materials! Zoe led a collaborative team from Pitt and University of Minnesota to develop predictive post synthetic methods for rationally tuning MOF color.
06/2023 Congratulations to Yuyu on her first 1st author publication! This work focuses on controlling the length of peptide-based gold nanoparticle single helices and can be found in Chemistry of Materials.
04/2023 Yiwen's paper on core-shell MOFs designed for for CO2 capture in humid environments published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces . . . Congrats!
03/2023 Victoria was accepted into the Nuclear Chemistry Summer School sponsored by the Department of Energy and the American Chemical society . . . Congrats Victoria!
03/2023 Sydney's latest work uncovering the molecular basis of helical structure transitions is published as an article in J. Am. Chem. Soc.! Great work team! This was another fun collaborative effort with Prof. Tiff Walsh and her group at Deakin University in Australia.
03/2023 Sydney successfully defends her dissertation detailing the effects of peptide sequence on the structure and properties of nanoparticle assemblies. Congrats Sydney! Ph.D. #16 from the group!
03/2023 Logan and Donny are both awarded Wass Summer Undergraduate Fellowship awards to continue their research during the summer! Congrats!
02/2023 Ryan is awarded the McKeever Fellowship to conduct summer research in the group! Congrats, Ryan!
02/2023 Undergrads Logan Moore, Donny Truong, and Zhengkai Chen join the group!
01/2023 Steve is elected as a student member of the Molecular Foundry User Executive Committee! Nice work, Steve!
10/2022 Dr. Yi Han's study on crystallographic mapping of water adsorption in MOFs with open metal sites is published in JACS! This was a terrific collaborative effort between our group and our theoretical colleagues at Pitt and NETL, Prof. Ken Jordan and Dr. Dan Sorescu. Congrats all!
08/2022 Ryan Racioppo joins the group!
08/2022 Yiwen's collaborative work with the Wilmer and Hornbostel groups (Pitt Engineering) and Dr. Jan Steckel (NETL) is published in Nanoscale. This research documents the first steps toward computationally designing stratified MOFs for specific functions, in this case DAC of CO2. This work was featured in 'Nano' magazine and in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette!
05/2022 Steve Yannucci joins group as graduate student! Welcome (again)!
04/2022 Zack successfully defended his dissertation! Congrats Zack! He is now an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Augustana University!
01/2022 Noah Garrett joins the group as a 1st year graduate student...welcome Noah!
