Publications

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Analysis of the Water Adsorption Isotherms in UiO-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks
Mason C. Lawrence, Michael J. Katz

Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021 (XX), XXXX-XXXX


A historical perspective on porphyrin-based metal–organic frameworks and their applications
Xuan Zhang, Megan C. Wasson, Mohsen Shayan, Ellan K. Berdichevsky, Joseph Ricardo-Noordberg, Zujhar Singh, Edgar K. Papazyan, Anthony J. Castro, Paola Marino, Zvart Ajoyan, Zhijie Chen, Timur Islamoglu, Ashlee J. Howarth, Yangyang Liu, Marek B. Majewski, Michael J. Katz, Joseph E. Mondloch, Omar K. Farha

Coordination Chemistry Review 2021 (429), 213615


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Alkaline Earth Metal–Organic Frameworks with Tailorable Ion Release: A Path for Supporting Biomineralization
Maria A. Matlinska, Michelle Ha, Bryden Hughton, Anton O. Oliynyk, Abishek K. Iyer, Guy M. Bernard, Gareth Lambkin, Mason C. Lawrence, Michael J. Katz, Arthur Mar, and Vladimir K. Michaelis

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2019 (11), 32739-32745


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Selective decontamination of the reactive air pollutant nitrous acid via node-linker cooperativity in a metal–organic framework
Devon T. McGrath, Michaela D. Ryan, John J. MacInnis, Trevor C. VandenBoer, Cora J. Young, Michael J. Katz

Chemical Science 2019 (10), 5576-5581


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Investigating the crystal engineering of the pillared paddlewheel metal–organic framework Zn2(NH2BDC)2DABCO
Devon T. McGrath, Victoria A. Downing, Michael J. Katz

New Talent Issue, CrystEngComm 2018 (20), 6082-6087


Catalytic conversion of glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using zirconium-containing metal–organic frameworks using microwave heating
Jue Gong, Michael J. Katz, Francesca M. Kerton

RSC Advances 2018 (8), 31618-31627


Solid‐State Route for the Synthesis of Scalable, Luminescent Silicon and Germanium Nanocrystals
Maxine J Kirshenbaum, Matthew G Boebinger, Michael J Katz, Matthew T McDowell, Mita Dasog

ChemNanoMat 4 (4), 423-429


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Bistable Dithienylethene-Based Metal–Organic Framework Illustrating Optically Induced Changes in Chemical Separations
Brandon J Furlong, Michael J Katz

Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (38), 13280-13283


Investigating the Cheletropic Reaction Between Sulfur Dioxide and Butadiene-Containing Linkers in UiO-66
Jinfeng Zhang, Jared B DeCoste, and Michael J Katz

Canadian Journal of Chemistry 4 (12), 7186-7192
This paper is part of a Special Issue entitled “50 Years of Chemistry at SFU”


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Dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) As a Green Alternative to N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) in MOF Synthesis
Jinfeng Zhang, Gabrielle B White, Michaela D Ryan, Andrew J Hunt, Michael J Katz

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 4 (12), 7186-7192


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Determining the structural stability of UiO-67 with respect to time: A solid-state NMR investigation
Mason C Lawrence, Celine Schneider, Michael J Katz

2016 Chemical Communications 52, 4971-4974


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High volumetric uptake of ammonia using Cu-MOF-74/Cu-CPO-27
Michael J Katz, Ashlee J Howarth, Peyman Z Moghadam, Jared B DeCoste, Randall Q Snurr, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha

2016 Dalton Transactions 45, 4150-4153


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One Step Backward Is Two Steps Forward: Enhancing the Hydrolysis Rate of UiO-66 by Decreasing [OH]
Michael J Katz, Rachel C Klet, Su-Young Moon, Joseph E Mondloch, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha

2015 ACS Catalysis 5, 4637-4642


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High Efficiency Adsorption and Removal of Selenate and Selenite from Water Using Metal–Organic Frameworks
Ashlee J Howarth, Michael J Katz, Timothy C Wang, Ana E Platero-Prats, Karena W Chapman, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha

2015 Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (23), 7488-7494


Destruction of chemical warfare agents using metal–organic frameworks
Joseph E Mondloch, Michael J Katz, William C Isley III, Pritha Ghosh, Peilin Liao, Wojciech Bury, George W Wagner, Morgan G Hall, Jared B DeCoste, Gregory W Peterson, Randall Q Snurr, Christopher J Cramer, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha

2015 Nature materials 14, 512-516


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Exploiting parameter space in MOFs: a 20-fold enhancement of phosphate-ester hydrolysis with UiO-66-NH2
Michael J Katz, Su-Young Moon, Joseph E Mondloch, M Hassan Beyzavi, Casey J Stephenson, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha

2015 Chemical Science 6 (4), 2286-2291


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Turning On Catalysis: Incorporation of a Hydrogen-Bond-Donating Squaramide Moiety into a Zr Metal–Organic Framework
C Michael McGuirk, Michael J Katz, Charlotte L Stern, Amy A Sarjeant, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha, Chad A Mirkin

2015 Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (2), 919-925


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A UiO-66 analogue with uncoordinated carboxylic acids for the broad-spectrum removal of toxic chemicals
Jared B DeCoste, Tyler J Demasky, Michael J Katz, Omar K Farha, Joseph T Hupp

2015 New Journal of Chemistry 39, 2396-2399


Remnant PbI2, an unforeseen necessity in high-efficiency hybrid perovskite-based solar cells?
Duyen H Cao, Constantinos C Stoumpos, Christos D Malliakas, Michael J Katz, Omar K Farha, Joseph T Hupp, Mercouri G Kanatzidis

2014 APL Materials 2 (9), 091101


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Dynamics of Back Electron Transfer in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Featuring 4-tert-Butyl- and Atomic-Layer-Deposited Alumina as Surface Modifiers
Michael J Katz, Michael J DeVries Vermeer, Omar K Farha, Michael J Pellin, Joseph T Hupp

2014 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B


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Fabrication of Transparent-Conducting-Oxide-Coated Inverse Opals as Mesostructured Architectures for Electrocatalysis Applications: A Case Study with NiO
Vennesa O Williams, Erica J DeMarco, Michael J Katz, Joseph A Libera, Shannon C Riha, Dong Wook Kim, Jason R Avila, Alex B F Martinson, Jeffrey W Elam, Michael J Pellin, Omar K Farha, Joseph T Hupp

2014 ACS applied materials & interfaces 6 (15), 12290-12294


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Directed Growth of Electroactive Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films Using Electrophoretic Deposition
Idan Hod, Wojciech Bury, David M Karlin, Pravas Deria, Chung-Wei Kung, Michael J Katz, Monica So, Benjamin Klahr, Danni Jin, Yip-Wah Chung, Teri W Odom, Omar K Farha, Joseph T Hupp

2014 Advanced Materials 26 (36) 6295-6300


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High-Surface-Area Architectures for Improved Charge Transfer Kinetics at the Dark Electrode in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
William L Hoffeditz, Michael J Katz, Pravas Deria, Alex B F Martinson, Michael J Pellin, Omar K Farha, Joseph T Hupp

2014 ACS applied materials & interfaces 6 (11) 8646-8650


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Simple and Compelling Biomimetic Metal–Organic Framework Catalyst for the Degradation of Nerve Agent Simulants
Michael J Katz, Joseph E Mondloch, Ryan K Totten, Jin K Park, SonBinh T Nguyen, Omar K Farha, Joseph T Hupp

2014 Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 (2), 497-501


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Are Zr6-based MOFs water stable? Linker hydrolysis vs. capillary-force-driven channel collapse
Joseph E Mondloch, Michael J Katz, Nora Planas, David Semrouni, Laura Gagliardi, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha

2014 Chemical Communications 50 (64), 8944-8946


Class III Delocalization and Exciton Coupling in a Bimetallic Bis-ligand Radical Complex
Tim J Dunn, Linus Chiang, Caterina F Ramogida, Khatera Hazin, Michael I Webb, Michael J Katz, Tim Storr

2013 Chemistry-A European Journal 19 (29), 9606-9618


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Diamido-Ether Actinide Complexes as Initiators for Lactide Ring-Opening Polymerization
Cassandra E Hayes, Yann Sarazin, Michael J Katz, Jean-François Carpentier, Daniel B Leznoff

2013 Organometallics 32 (5), 1183-1192


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A facile synthesis of UiO-66, UiO-67 and their derivatives
Michael J Katz, Zachary J Brown, Yamil J Colón, Paul W Siu, Karl A Scheidt, Randall Q Snurr, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha

2013 Chemical Communications 49 (82), 9449-9451


Unexpected Transformation of a Schiff Base Pyridine N-Oxide in the Presence of Pr(NO3)3·6H2O
Sabrina Ouizem, Diane A Dickie, Michael J Katz, Robert T Paine

2013 Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements 188 (1-3), 111-115


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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
Michael J Katz, Michael JD Vermeer, Omar K Farha, Michael J Pellin, Joseph T Hupp

2012 Langmuir 29 (2), 806-814


Toward solar fuels: Water splitting with sunlight and "rust"?
Michael J Katz, Shannon C Riha, Nak Cheon Jeong, Alex BF Martinson, Omar K Farha, Joseph T Hupp

2012 Coordination Chemistry Reviews 256 (21), 2521-2529


Vapochromic Behaviour of M[Au(CN)2]2-Based Coordination Polymers (M= Co, Ni)
Julie Lefebvre, Jasmine L Korčok, Michael J Katz, Daniel B Leznoff

2012 Sensors 12 (3), 3669-3692


Directed ortho, ortho'-dimetalation of hydrobenzoin: Rapid access to hydrobenzoin derivatives useful for asymmetric synthesis
Inhee Cho, Labros Meimetis, Lee Belding, Michael J Katz, Travis Dudding, Robert Britton

2011 Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 7 (1), 1315-1322


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Characterising Lone-Pair Activity of Lead(II) by 207Pb Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: Coordination Polymers of [N(CN)2]−M and [Au(CN)2] with Terpyridine Ancillary Ligands
Brandon J Greer, Vladimir K Michaelis, Michael J Katz, Daniel B Leznoff, Georg Schreckenbach, Scott Kroeker

2011 Chemistry-A European Journal 17 (13), 3609-3618


Photochromic benzo [g] quinoxalines
Muriel Rakotomalala, Michael Katz, Emilie Voisin, Tamara CS Pace, Cornelia Bohne, Vance E Williams

2011 Canadian Journal of Chemistry 89 (3), 297-302


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Changes in Electronic Properties of Polymeric One-Dimensional {[M(CN)2]-}n (M: Au, Ag) Chains Due to Neighboring Closed-Shell Zn(II) or Open-Shell Cu(II) Ions.
Francois Baril-Robert, Xiaobo Li, Michael J Katz, Andrew R Geisheimer, Daniel B Leznoff, Howard Patterson

2010 Inorganic chemistry 50 (1), 231-237


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Synthesis and characterization of a series of halide-bridged, multinuclear iron(II) and cobalt(II) diamido complexes and a dinuclear, high-spin cobalt(II) alkyl derivative
Zohreh Moatazedi, Michael J Katz, Daniel B Leznoff

2010 Dalton Transactions 39 (41), 9889-9896


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Highly Birefringent Cyanoaurate Coordination Polymers: The Effect of Polarizable C− X Bonds (X= Cl, Br)
Michael J Katz, Daniel B Leznoff

2009 Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (51), 18435-18444


Ammonia-Sensing Cyanoaurate Coordination Polymers
Daniel B Leznoff, Michael J Katz, Julie Lefebvre

2009 Experiments in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 85-91


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Impact of metallophilicity on "colossal" positive and negative thermal expansion in a series of isostructural dicyanometallate coordination polymers
Jasmine L Korcok, Michael J Katz, Daniel B Leznoff

2009 Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (13), 4866-4871


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Natural abundance 13C and 15N solid-state NMR analysis of paramagnetic transition-metal cyanide coordination polymers
Pedro M Aguiar, Michael J Katz, Daniel B Leznoff, Scott Kroeker

2009 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11 (32), 6925-6934


NHC Complexes of Osmium Clusters: A Structural and Reactivity Study
Craig E Cooke, Michael C Jennings, Michael J Katz, Roland K Pomeroy, Jason A C Clyburne

2008 Organometallics 27 (22), 5777-5799


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Polymorphism of Zn[Au(CN)2]2 and its luminescent sensory response to NH3 vapor
Michael J Katz, Taramatee Ramnial, Hua-Zhong Yu, Daniel B Leznoff

2008 Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (32), 10662-10673


Structural and spectroscopic impact of tuning the stereochemical activity of the lone pair in lead(II) cyanoaurate coordination polymers via ancillary ligands
Michael J Katz, Vladimir K Michaelis, Pedro M Aguiar, Renante Yson, Haiyan Lu, Harini Kaluarachchi, Raymond J Batchelor, Georg Schreckenbach, Scott Kroeker, Howard H Patterson, Daniel B Leznoff

2008 Inorganic chemistry 47 (14), 6353-6363


Synthesis, structures, and kinetics of mixed-donor amido-amino-siloxo ligands from symmetrical diamidosilyl ether ligands via a retro-Brook rearrangement
Farzad Haftbaradaran, Angela M Kuchison, Michael J Katz, Gabriele Schatte, Daniel B Leznoff

2008 Inorganic chemistry 47 (3), 812-822


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The use of aurophilic and other metal–metal interactions as crystal engineering design elements to increase structural dimensionality
Michael J Katz, Ken Sakai, Daniel B Leznoff

2008 Chemical Society Reviews 37 (9), 1884-1895


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Highly birefringent materials designed using coordination polymer synthetic methodology
Michael J Katz, Harini Kaluarachchi, Raymond J Batchelor, Alexei A Bokov, Zuo-Guang Ye, Daniel B Leznoff

2007 Angewandte Chemie 119 (46), 8960-8963


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A Concert of Weak Interactions Generates the Very Complex {Cu(tmeda)[Au(CN)4]21/3H2O Structure
Michael J Katz, Harini Kaluarachchi, Raymond J Batchelor, Gabriele Schatte, Daniel B Leznoff

2007 Crystal Growth & Design 7 (10), 1946-1948


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Preparation and characterization of two chiral Au(CN)2-based coordination polymers containing (1R, 2R)-N,M'-dimethylcyclohexanediamine
Andrew R Geisheimer, Michael J Katz, Raymond J Batchelor, Daniel B Leznoff

2007 CrystEngComm 9 (11), 1078-1083


A New Basic Motif in Cyanometallate Coordination Polymers: Structure and Magnetic Behavior of M(μ‐OH2)2[Au(CN)2]2 (M= Cu, Ni)
Julie Lefebvre, Fergal Callaghan, Michael J Katz, Jeff E Sonier, Daniel B Leznoff

2006 Chemistry-A European Journal 12 (26), 6748-6761


The perils and opportunities of reactive building blocks: Attempted synthesis of new Hg(CN)2-based coordination polymers and the structures of the resulting products
Daniel B Leznoff, Michael J Katz, Leslie K L Cheng, Neil D Draper, Raymond J Batchelor

2006 Journal of molecular structure 796 (1), 223-229


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Diamidosilylether complexes of yttrium(III) and chromium(III): Synthetic challenges and surprises
Edwin W Y Wong, Anjan Kumar Das, Michael J Katz, Yoshimasa Nishimura, Raymond J Batchelor, Masayoshi Onishi, Daniel B Leznoff

2006 Inorganica chimica acta 359 (9), 2826-2834


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Structure and multinuclear solid-state NMR of a highly birefringent lead-gold cyanide coordination polymer
Michael J Katz, Pedro M Aguiar, Raymond J Batchelor, Alexei A Bokov, Zuo-Guang Ye, Scott Kroeker, Daniel B Leznoff

2006 Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (11), 3669-3676


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[Au(CN)4]-as Both an Intramolecular and Intermolecular Bidentate Ligand with [(tmeda)Cu(μ-OH)] Dimers: from Antiferro-to Ferromagnetic Coupling in Polymorphs
Michael J Katz, Carolyn J Shorrock, Raymond J Batchelor, Daniel B Leznoff

2006 Inorganic chemistry 45 (4), 1757-1765


Structural Pitstops and Turnoffs on the Way to the Birefringent 2-D Layer Structure {(tmeda)M[Hg(CN)2]2}[HgCl4](M=Cu, Ni)
Neil D Draper, Michael J Katz, Raymond J Batchelor, Daniel B Leznoff

2005 Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials 15 (4), 447-458


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Synthesis and structure of diamido ether uranium(IV) and thorium(IV) halide "ate" complexes and their conversion to salt-free bis (alkyl) complexes
Kimberly C Jantunen, Farzad Haftbaradaran, Michael J Katz, Raymond J Batchelor, Gabriele Schatte, Daniel B Leznoff

2005 Dalton Transactions, 3083-3091


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Department of Chemistry,
Memorial University,
St. John's, NL
Canada

Phone: 1-709-864-8745
Email: mkatz@mun.ca
Website: www.KatzResearchGroup.com