Omar K. Farha Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Omar K. Farha Omar K. Farha is an associate professor of chemistry at Northwestern University, Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abdulaziz University, president of NuMat Technologies, and Associate Editor for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.His accomplishments have been recognized by several awards including the RSC “Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career” Award; the ACS “The Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science; and an award established by the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University: the Omar Farha Award for Research Leadership. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed publications and was named a “Highly Cited Researcher” in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.Website: http://sites.northwestern.edu/omarkfarha/ Publications Boosting Transport Distances for Molecular Excitons within Photoexcited Metal–Organic Framework FilmsACS Appl Mater Interfaces. Sep,2018 | Pubmed ID: 30207679 From Transition Metals to Lanthanides to Actinides: Metal-Mediated Tuning of Electronic Properties of Isostructural Metal–Organic FrameworksInorg Chem.. Oct,2018 | Pubmed ID: 30299939 Redox-Mediator-Assisted Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water by a Molybdenum Sulfide-Functionalized Metal–Organic FrameworkACS Catalysis. Oct,2018 | Pubmed ID: PMIDHighly Selective Acetylene Semihydrogenation Catalyzed by Cu Nanoparticles Supported in a Metal–Organic FrameworkACS Applied Nano Materials. Sep,2018 | Pubmed ID: PMIDInorganic “Conductive Glass” Approach to Rendering Mesoporous Metal–Organic Frameworks Electronically Conductive and Chemically ResponsiveACS Appl Mater Interfaces. Sep,2018 | Pubmed ID: 30113802 Proton Conduction in Tröger’s Base-Linked Poly(crown ether)sACS Appl Mater Interfaces.. Aug,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29869495 Electrostatic Purification of Mixed-Phase Metal–Organic Framework NanoparticlesChemistry of Materials. Aug,2018 | Pubmed ID: PMIDImproving the Efficiency of Mustard Gas Simulant Detoxification by Tuning the Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yield in Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Corresponding Thin FilmsACS Appl Mater Interfaces.. Jul,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29979020 Single-Atom-Based Vanadium Oxide Catalysts Supported on Metal–Organic Frameworks: Selective Alcohol Oxidation and Structure–Activity RelationshipJ Am Chem Soc. Jul,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29950097 Pushing the Limits on Metal–Organic Frameworks as a Catalyst Support: NU-1000 Supported Tungsten Catalysts for o-Xylene Isomerization and DisproportionationJ Am Chem Soc.. Jul,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29909621 Toward a Charged Homo[2]catenane Employing Diazaperopyrenium Homophilic RecognitionJ Am Chem Soc. May,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29723466 Catalytic chemoselective functionalization of methane in a metal−organic frameworkNature Catalysis. May,2018 | Pubmed ID: PMIDAcid-Resistant Mesoporous Metal–Organic Framework toward Oral Insulin Delivery: Protein Encapsulation, Protection, and ReleaseJ Am Chem Soc.. May,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29641892 Site-Directed Synthesis of Cobalt Oxide Clusters in a Metal–Organic FrameworkACS Appl Mater Interfaces.. May,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29671320Electroactive Ferrocene at or near the Surface of Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66Langmuir.. Apr,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29652507 Bifunctional Porphyrin-Based Nano-Metal–Organic Frameworks: Catalytic and Chemosensing StudiesInorg Chem.. Apr,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29533608Can Metal–Organic Framework Composites Contain the Water Contamination Crisis?ACS Cent Sci.. Mar,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29632877 Increased Electrical Conductivity in a Mesoporous Metal–Organic Framework Featuring Metallacarboranes GuestsJ Am Chem Soc.. Mar,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29502408 Metal–Organic Frameworks as Platform Materials for Solar Fuels CatalysisACS Energy Letters. Mar,2018 | Pubmed ID: PMIDCopper Metal–Organic Framework Nanoparticles Stabilized with Folic Acid Improve Wound Healing in DiabetesACS Nano.. Feb,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29406741 Efficient Capture of Perrhenate and Pertechnetate by a Mesoporous Zr Metal–Organic Framework and Examination of Anion Binding MotifsChemistry of Materials. Feb,2018 | Pubmed ID: PMIDExtending the Compositional Range of Nanocasting in the Oxozirconium Cluster-Based Metal–Organic Framework NU-1000—A Comparative Structural AnalysisChemistry of Materials. Feb,2018 | Pubmed ID: PMIDPresence versus Proximity: The Role of Pendant Amines in the Catalytic Hydrolysis of a Nerve Agent SimulantAngew Chem Int Ed Engl.. Feb,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29314562 Correction to Postsynthetic Tuning of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Targeted ApplicationsAcc Chem Res.. Jan,2018 | Pubmed ID: 29292988 Bottom-Up Design and Generation of Complex Structures: A New Twist in Reticular ChemistryCrystal Growth & Design. Jan,2018 | Pubmed ID: Dynamics of Back Electron Transfer in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Featuring 4-tert-Butyl-Pyridine and Atomic-Layer-Deposited Alumina As Surface Modifiers The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25127076 Water-Stable Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Framework Material with High-Surface Area and Gas-Storage Capacities Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25123293 Directed Growth of Electroactive Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films Using Electrophoretic Deposition Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25070374 Real-time Observation of Atomic Layer Deposition Inhibition: Metal Oxide Growth on Self-assembled Alkanethiols ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25046585 Fabrication of Transparent-Conducting-Oxide-Coated Inverse Opals As Mesostructured Architectures for Electrocatalysis Applications: A Case Study with NiO ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25033088 Are Zr₆-based MOFs Water Stable? Linker Hydrolysis Vs. Capillary-force-driven Channel Collapse Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24974960 SERS of Molecules That Do Not Adsorb on Ag Surfaces: a Metal-organic Framework-based Functionalization Strategy The Analyst. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24949495 Defect Creation by Linker Fragmentation in Metal-organic Frameworks and Its Effects on Gas Uptake Properties Inorganic Chemistry. Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24903856 High-surface-area Architectures for Improved Charge Transfer Kinetics at the Dark Electrode in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24828106 A Metal-organic Framework-based Material for Electrochemical Sensing of Carbon Dioxide Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24827031 Beyond Post-synthesis Modification: Evolution of Metal-organic Frameworks Via Building Block Replacement Chemical Society Reviews. Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24723093 Solvent-assisted Linker Exchange: an Alternative to the De novo Synthesis of Unattainable Metal-organic Frameworks Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24652755 Versatile Functionalization of the NU-1000 Platform by Solvent-assisted Ligand Incorporation Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Feb, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24406797 Simple and Compelling Biomimetic Metal-organic Framework Catalyst for the Degradation of Nerve Agent Simulants Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24273208 Perfluoroalkane Functionalization of NU-1000 Via Solvent-assisted Ligand Incorporation: Synthesis and CO2 Adsorption Studies Journal of the American Chemical Society. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24175709 Systematic Modulation of Quantum (electron) Tunneling Behavior by Atomic Layer Deposition on Nanoparticulate SnO2 and TiO2 Photoanodes Journal of the American Chemical Society. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24148005 A Mixed Dicarboxylate Strut Approach to Enhancing Catalytic Activity of a De Novo Urea Derivative of Metal-organic Framework UiO-67 Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24132049 Layer-by-layer Fabrication of Oriented Porous Thin Films Based on Porphyrin-containing Metal-organic Frameworks Journal of the American Chemical Society. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24127847 Aromatizing Olefin Metathesis by Ligand Isolation Inside a Metal-organic Framework Journal of the American Chemical Society. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24047342 A Facile Synthesis of UiO-66, UiO-67 and Their Derivatives Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24008272 Dye Stabilization and Enhanced Photoelectrode Wettability in Water-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Through Post-assembly Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2 Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23876134 Enhanced Catalytic Activity Through the Tuning of Micropore Environment and Supercritical CO2 Processing: Al(Porphyrin)-Based Porous Organic Polymers for the Degradation of a Nerve Agent Simulant Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23875620 An Exceptionally High Boron Content Supramolecular Cuboctahedron Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23863859 Methane Storage in Metal-organic Frameworks: Current Records, Surprise Findings, and Challenges Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23841800 Vapor-phase Metalation by Atomic Layer Deposition in a Metal-organic Framework Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23829224 Selective Isolation of Gold Facilitated by Second-sphere Coordination with α-cyclodextrin Nature Communications. Month, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23673640 Three-dimensional Architectures Incorporating Stereoregular Donor-acceptor Stacks Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23649830 Removal of Airborne Toxic Chemicals by Porous Organic Polymers Containing Metal-catecholates Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23463320 Simultaneously High Gravimetric and Volumetric Methane Uptake Characteristics of the Metal-organic Framework NU-111 Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23459705 γ-Cyclodextrin Cuprate Sandwich-type Complexes Inorganic Chemistry. Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23432138 Energy Transfer from Quantum Dots to Metal-organic Frameworks for Enhanced Light Harvesting Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23293894 Light-harvesting and Ultrafast Energy Migration in Porphyrin-based Metal-organic Frameworks Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23249338 Effects of Adsorbed Pyridine Derivatives and Ultrathin Atomic-layer-deposited Alumina Coatings on the Conduction Band-edge Energy of TiO2 and on Redox-shuttle-derived Dark Currents Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23244696 Effective Panchromatic Sensitization of Electrochemical Solar Cells: Strategy and Organizational Rules for Spatial Separation of Complementary Light Harvesters on High-area Photoelectrodes Journal of the American Chemical Society. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23130681 Opening ZIF-8: a Catalytically Active Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework of Sodalite Topology with Unsubstituted Linkers Journal of the American Chemical Society. Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23088345 Incorporation of an A1/A2-difunctionalized Pillar[5]arene into a Metal-organic Framework Journal of the American Chemical Society. Oct, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23025413 Understanding Excess Uptake Maxima for Hydrogen Adsorption Isotherms in Frameworks with Rht Topology Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22992582 Metal-organic Framework Materials with Ultrahigh Surface Areas: is the Sky the Limit? Journal of the American Chemical Society. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22906112 Fast Transporting ZnO-TiO2 Coaxial Photoanodes for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Based on ALD-modified SiO2 Aerogel Frameworks ACS Nano. Jul, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22721529 Engineering ZIF-8 Thin Films for Hybrid MOF-based Devices Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22718482 Designing Higher Surface Area Metal-organic Frameworks: Are Triple Bonds Better Than Phenyls? Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22670563 Imparting Functionality to a Metal-organic Framework Material by Controlled Nanoparticle Encapsulation Nature Chemistry. Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22437717 Urea Metal-organic Frameworks As Effective and Size-selective Hydrogen-bond Catalysts Journal of the American Chemical Society. Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22296523 Large-scale Screening of Hypothetical Metal-organic Frameworks Nature Chemistry. Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22270624 High Propene/propane Selectivity in Isostructural Metal-organic Frameworks with High Densities of Open Metal Sites Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22250050 Metal-adeninate Vertices for the Construction of an Exceptionally Porous Metal-organic Framework Nature Communications. Month, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22215079 Coordination-chemistry Control of Proton Conductivity in the Iconic Metal-organic Framework Material HKUST-1 Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22148287 Metal-organic Framework Materials As Chemical Sensors Chemical Reviews. Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22070233 Light-harvesting Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs): Efficient Strut-to-strut Energy Transfer in Bodipy and Porphyrin-based MOFs Journal of the American Chemical Society. Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21916479 Fabrication of Metal-organic Framework-containing Silica-colloidal Crystals for Vapor Sensing Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21858878 Luminescent Infinite Coordination Polymer Materials from Metal-terpyridine Ligation Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003). Sep, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21822519 Post-synthesis Modification of a Metal-organic Framework to Form Metallosalen-containing MOF Materials Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21770411 Active-site-accessible, Porphyrinic Metal-organic Framework Materials Journal of the American Chemical Society. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21446651 Kinetic Separation of Propene and Propane in Metal-organic Frameworks: Controlling Diffusion Rates in Plate-shaped Crystals Via Tuning of Pore Apertures and Crystallite Aspect Ratios Journal of the American Chemical Society. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21417272 Selective Surface and Near-surface Modification of a Noncatenated, Catalytically Active Metal-organic Framework Material Based on Mn(salen) Struts Inorganic Chemistry. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21381644 A Convenient Route to High Area, Nanoparticulate TiO2 Photoelectrodes Suitable for High-efficiency Energy Conversion in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids. Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21250741 De Novo Synthesis of a Metal-organic Framework Material Featuring Ultrahigh Surface Area and Gas Storage Capacities Nature Chemistry. Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20966950 Rational Design, Synthesis, Purification, and Activation of Metal-organic Framework Materials Accounts of Chemical Research. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20608672 Electronic Tuning of Nickel-based Bis(dicarbollide) Redox Shuttles in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20586090 Separation of Gas Mixtures Using Co(II) Carborane-based Porous Coordination Polymers Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). May, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20405064 Ni(III)/(IV) Bis(dicarbollide) As a Fast, Noncorrosive Redox Shuttle for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Journal of the American Chemical Society. Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20230034 Chemical Reduction of a Diimide Based Porous Polymer for Selective Uptake of Carbon Dioxide Versus Methane Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20126711 Control over Catenation in Metal-organic Frameworks Via Rational Design of the Organic Building Block Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20039671 An Interpenetrated Framework Material with Hysteretic CO(2) Uptake Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19918820 Synthesis and Gas Sorption Properties of a Metal-azolium Framework (MAF) Material Inorganic Chemistry. Nov, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19813724 Selective Bifunctional Modification of a Non-catenated Metal-organic Framework Material Via "click" Chemistry Journal of the American Chemical Society. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19736982 A Zn-based, Pillared Paddlewheel MOF Containing Free Carboxylic Acids Via Covalent Post-synthesis Elaboration Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Jul, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19557260 Metal-organic Framework Materials As Catalysts Chemical Society Reviews. May, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19384447 Gas-sorption Properties of Cobalt(II)--carborane-based Coordination Polymers As a Function of Morphology Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19367598 Post-synthesis Alkoxide Formation Within Metal-organic Framework Materials: a Strategy for Incorporating Highly Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Ions Journal of the American Chemical Society. Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19292487 A Catalytically Active, Permanently Microporous MOF with Metalloporphyrin Struts Journal of the American Chemical Society. Apr, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19271705 Supercritical Processing As a Route to High Internal Surface Areas and Permanent Microporosity in Metal-organic Framework Materials Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jan, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19108683 An Example of Node-based Postassembly Elaboration of a Hydrogen-sorbing, Metal-organic Framework Material Inorganic Chemistry. Nov, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18928272 Carborane-based Metal-organic Frameworks As Highly Selective Sorbents for CO(2) over Methane Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Sep, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18802507 Separating Solids: Purification of Metal-organic Framework Materials Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18549210 Synthesis and Hydrogen Sorption Properties of Carborane Based Metal-organic Framework Materials Journal of the American Chemical Society. Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17900124 Alkoxy Derivatives of Dodecaborate: Discrete Nanomolecular Ions with Tunable Pseudometallic Properties Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Month, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17385783 Synthesis and Evaluation of Transthyretin Amyloidosis Inhibitors Containing Carborane Pharmacophores Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Mar, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17360344 Synthesis of Stable Dodecaalkoxy Derivatives of Hypercloso-B12H12 Journal of the American Chemical Society. Dec, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16366578 Síntese e caracterização de funcionalizados metal-organic frameworks Olga Karagiaridi1, Wojciech Bury1,2, Amy A. Sarjeant1, Joseph T. Hupp1, Omar K. Farha1,3 1Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, 3Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University JoVE 52094 Química
Síntese e caracterização de funcionalizados metal-organic frameworks Olga Karagiaridi1, Wojciech Bury1,2, Amy A. Sarjeant1, Joseph T. Hupp1, Omar K. Farha1,3 1Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, 3Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University JoVE 52094 Química