Energy Science Materials Chemistry Organic Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry Sensor Science Surface Chemistry Sustainable Chemistry Polymers/Organic Materials

Our research program utilizes organic synthesis and coordination chemistry to make polymers and organized assemblies. Targets are chosen for their potential to have novel properties and methodology development is a critical component of all efforts. Two major research thrusts are:

Controlling crystal polymorphism and multicomponent crystallization. The ability of molecules to crystallize in more than one arrangement in the solid state has profound implications for a variety of phenomena including solid state reactivity and pharmaceutical performance. We are developing techniques to control the process of crystallization in a general fashion with the goal of making materials with improved functionality. One of our key approaches exploits polymers as phase directors. Focus areas include pharmaceuticals, explosives, and organic electronic materials. Combinatorial materials chemistry plays a vital role in these efforts as do advanced analytical techniques including X-ray microdiffraction, thermal analysis, and Raman spectroscopy.

Porous materials. Coordination polymers with high levels of porosity are being intensively investigated. New synthetic methods pioneered in the group are leading to materials with unprecedented structural properties. Both fundamental studies on processes such as gas adsorption, supramolecular isomerism, and host-guest chemistry are conducted alongside applications in gas (hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane) storage and separations in liquids. Key techniques applied to characterize materials include X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and adsorption analysis

Barnard, R. A.; Dutta, A.; Schnobrich, J. K.; Morrison, C. N.; Ahn, S.; Matzger, A. J. "Two-Dimensional Crystals from Reduced Symmetry Analogues of Trimesic Acid" Chem, Eur. J., 2015, 21, 1-9 (online)

Dutta, A.; Koh, K.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J. "Porous Solids Arising from Synergistic and Competing Modes of Assembly: Combining Coordination Chemistry and Covalent Bond Formation" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 1-6 (online)

Tran, L. D.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J. "Filling Pore Space in a Microporous Coordination Polymer to Improve Methane Storage Performance" Langmuir, 2015, 31, 2211-2217 (online)

Pfund, L. Y.; Price, C. P.; Frick, J. J.; Matzger, A. J. "Controlling Pharmaceutical Crystallization with Designed Polymeric Heteronuclei" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 871-875 (online)

Crivelli. P.; Cooke, D.; Barbiellini, B.; Brown, B. L.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Guo, P.; Gidley, D. W.; Gerchow, L.; Matzger, A. J. "Positronium emission spectra from self-assembled metal-organic frameworks" Phys. Rev. B, 2014, 89, 241103 (online)

Dutta, A.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J. "Coordination copolymerization of three carboxylate linkers into a pillared layer framework" Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 3729-3734 (online)

Pfund, L. Y.; Matzger, A. J. "Towards Exhaustive and Automated High-Throughput Screening for Crystalline Polymorphs" ACS Comb. Sci., 2014, 16, 309-313 (online)

Barnard, R.; Matzger, A. J. "Functional Group Effects on the Enthalpy of Adsorption for Self-Assembly at the Solution/Graphite Interface" Langmuir, 2014, 30, 7388-7394 (online)

Guo, P.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J. "Microporous Coordination Polymers as Efficient Sorbents for Air Dehumidification" Langmuir, 2014, 30, 1921-1925 (online)

Genna, D. T.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Heterogenization of Homogeneous Catalysts in Metal-Organic Frameworks via Cation Exchange" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 10586-10589 (online)

Roy, S.; Chamberlin, B.; Matzger, A. J. "Polymorph Discrimination Using Low Wavenumber Raman Spectroscopy" Org. Process Res. Dev., 2013, 17, 976-980 (online)

Feldblyum, J. I.; Dutta, D.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Dailly, A.; Imirzian, J.; Gidley, D. W.; Matzger, A. J. "Interpenetration, Porosity, and High-Pressure Gas Adsorption in Zn4O(2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate)3" Langmuir, 2013, 29, 8146-8153 (online)

Dutta, D; Feldblyum, J. I.; Gidley, D. W.; Imirzian, J.; Liu, M.; Matzger, A. J.; Vallery, R. S.; Wong-Foy, A. G. "Evidence of Positronium Bloch States in Porous Crystals of Zn4O-Coordination Polymers" Phys. Rev. Lett., 2013, 110, 197403 (online)

Landenberger, K. B.; Bolton, O. J.; Matzger, A. J. "Two Isostructural Explosive Cocrystals with Significantly Different Thermodynamic Stabilities" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 6468-6471 (online)

Shaw, C. M.; Zhang, X.; San Miguel, L.; Matzger, A. J.; Martin, D. C. "Synthesis and structure of α-substituted pentathienoacenes" J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 3686-3694 (online)

Liu, B.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J. "Rapid and enhanced activation of microporous coordination polymers by flowing supercritical CO2" Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1419-1421 (online)

Henssler, J. T.; Matzger, A. J. "Regiochemical Effects of Furan Substitution on the Electronic Properties and Solid-State Structure of Partial Fused-Ring Oligothiophenes" J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77, 9298-9303 (online)

Feldblyum, J. I.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J. "Non-interpenetrated IRMOF-8: synthesis, activation, and gas sorption" Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 9828-9830 (online)

Bolton, O.; Simke, L. R.; Pagoria, P. F.; Matzger, A. J. "High Power Explosive with Good Sensitivity: A 2:1 Cocrystal of CL-20:HMX" Cryst. Growth. Des., 2012, 12, 4311-4314 (online)

Changi, S.; Matzger, A. J.; Savage, P. E. "Kinetics and pathways for an algal phospholipid (1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) in high-temperature (175-350 °C) water" Green Chem., 2012, 14, 2856-2867 (online)