Omar K. Farha

Research interests

Publications

• Balancing volumetric and gravimetric uptake in highly porous materials for clean energy

  Science · 2020 · 10.1126/science.aaz8881

• Using nature’s blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals

  Science · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc3183

• Metal–organic frameworks for heavy metal removal from water

  Coordination Chemistry Reviews · 2017 · 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.12.010

• Room-Temperature Synthesis of UiO-66 and Thermal Modulation of Densities of Defect Sites

  Chemistry of Materials · 2017 · 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05115

• Postsynthetic Tuning of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Targeted Applications

  Accounts of Chemical Research · 2017 · 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00577

• Metal–organic frameworks for the removal of toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2017 · 10.1039/c7cs00108h

• Best Practices for the Synthesis, Activation, and Characterization of Metal–Organic Frameworks

  Chemistry of Materials · 2016 · 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02626

• Chemical, thermal and mechanical stabilities of metal–organic frameworks

  Nature Reviews Materials · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/natrevmats.2015.18

• 2D Homologous Perovskites as Light-Absorbing Materials for Solar Cell Applications

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b03796

• Destruction of chemical warfare agents using metal–organic frameworks

  Nature Materials · 2015 · 10.1038/nmat4238

• Fe-Porphyrin-Based Metal–Organic Framework Films as High-Surface Concentration, Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2

  ACS Catalysis · 2015 · 10.1021/acscatal.5b01767

• A Hafnium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as an Efficient and Multifunctional Catalyst for Facile CO 2 Fixation and Regioselective and Enantioretentive Epoxide Activation

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2014 · 10.1021/ja508626n

• Beyond post-synthesis modification: evolution of metal–organic frameworks via building block replacement

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2014 · 10.1039/c4cs00067f

• Perfluoroalkane Functionalization of NU-1000 via Solvent-Assisted Ligand Incorporation: Synthesis and CO2 Adsorption Studies

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 10.1021/ja408959g

• Methane Storage in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Current Records, Surprise Findings, and Challenges

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 10.1021/ja4045289

• A facile synthesis of UiO-66, UiO-67 and their derivatives

  Chemical Communications · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc46105j

• Vapor-Phase Metalation by Atomic Layer Deposition in a Metal–Organic Framework

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4050828

• Light-Harvesting and Ultrafast Energy Migration in Porphyrin-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2012 · 10.1021/ja310596a

• Imparting functionality to a metal–organic framework material by controlled nanoparticle encapsulation

  Nature Chemistry · 2012 · 10.1038/nchem.1272

• Metal–Organic Framework Materials with Ultrahigh Surface Areas: Is the Sky the Limit?

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2012 · 10.1021/ja3055639

• Light-Harvesting Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Efficient Strut-to-Strut Energy Transfer in Bodipy and Porphyrin-Based MOFs

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2011 · 10.1021/ja206029a

• Large-scale screening of hypothetical metal–organic frameworks

  Nature Chemistry · 2011 · 10.1038/nchem.1192

• Metal–Organic Framework Materials as Chemical Sensors

  Chemical Reviews · 2011 · 10.1021/cr200324t

• Rational Design, Synthesis, Purification, and Activation of Metal−Organic Framework Materials

  Accounts of Chemical Research · 2010 · 10.1021/ar1000617

• De novo synthesis of a metal–organic framework material featuring ultrahigh surface area and gas storage capacities

  Nature Chemistry · 2010 · 10.1038/nchem.834

• Metal–organic framework materials as catalysts

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2009 · 10.1039/b807080f

• A Catalytically Active, Permanently Microporous MOF with Metalloporphyrin Struts

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2009 · 10.1021/ja900203f

• Supercritical Processing as a Route to High Internal Surface Areas and Permanent Microporosity in Metal−Organic Framework Materials

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2008 · 10.1021/ja808853q

Current projects

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