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Mike Zaworotko group @ZGroupUL

The crystal engineering research group led by Prof. Mike Zaworotko. Main interests are metal-organic materials and multi-component pharmaceutical materials. @UL

Joined June 2021
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What are MOFs and related materials good for? Hydrocarbon separations is one answer as detailed in an in-depth review by @ZGroupUL in Adv Materials: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley… In short: - The field has come an awfully long way since the 2000s - It is complicated
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D-Day 2026 in Limerick = January 28th The first @zgroupUL daffodil is now in bloom. Seems early but this reverses the trend: D-Day 2025 = Jan 14 D-Day 2024 = Jan 23 D-Day 2023 = Feb 4 D-Day 2022 = Feb 3
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Better, greener tandem catalysis enabled by "COFcap-2" @zgroupUL Profs ZZ, Yao of nankai.edu.cn report in @naturecomms: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-5… Homochiral amines inc. R-sitagliptin 3 drug product intermediates use N2 as NH3 source If general, stay tuned for more
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Flexible sorbents of all types (molecular 1D network) are😎 to study can have 🌶️properties. @zgroupUL members @KKoupepidou @sbnbkv have just published a feature article on functional flexible sorbents in @ChemComm: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Arti… That is 2 papers in <24 h for KK!
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Transient porosity in a closed pore solid reported by @zgroupul @MukherjeeChem in @angew_chem: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Congrats @KKoupepidou for never giving up on this sorbent @Barbour_Group @MACATAMO_Group who provided insight into sorption mechanism (angular linker = 😀)
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D-Day 2025 in Limerick = January 14th The first @zgroupUL daffodil is now in bloom. If this seems a little early, it is. For the record: D-Day 2024 = Jan 23 D-Day 2023 = Feb 4 D-Day 2022 = Feb 3
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1D coordination polymer H-bonds pi stacking = MOF as reported in @J_A_C_S by @zgroupUL and @brianbspace: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102… Congrats to @alan_eaby co-authors for revealing how this understudied but potentially vast family of materials can serve as H2O and CO2 sorbents.
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Sam's SAM has unusual water vapor sorption properties strange guest-induced structural transformations. Read in @ACSMatLett: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… Congrats to all @zgroupUL and @MACATAMO_Group authors on 2025 paper #1, especially @SamM_Shabangu for his first 1st author paper.
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A new linker ligand 3 coordination polymers reported by @ZGroupUL in @CGD_ACS @jjvittal special issue: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… Published on Xmas day = cool Made by mechanochem or slurry = green 1st author an undergrad = priceless Congrats to Maria🇮🇪 @sbnbkv🇰🇬 @alan_eaby🇿🇦
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They might be checking out, but they will never really leave. @zgroupul says bon voyage to @KKoupepidou @XiaLi_Lisa who soon depart for 🇯🇵 🇨🇳 for the next chapter. Both are great researchers and consummate team players which augurs well for their futures.
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We 😍 ultramicroporous materials. A lot. @ZGroupUL delighted to report with YL Peng of @CUP1953 in @NatureChemistry on sieving of C3 gases by a hybrid azolate framework, HAF-1, that has just the right pore size: rdcu.be/d0h3p Doing different things feels pretty good.
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🇨🇳 2024 visit by @zgroupul just over with lecture at China University of Petroleum, Beijing campus. Thanks YunLei Peng for being a great host. 2 weeks of literal blue skies beyond blue sky research in Lanzhou, Xi'an, Beijing and Tianjin. Looking forward to 1 or 2 2025 visits.
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Crystal engineering has come a long way both geographically and scientifically. The first CELTIC China meeting was held on 11/03 in historic, beautiful Xi"an. Past present @ZGroupUL members joined by Chen Xiao-Ming family to enjoy great people porous materials chemistry.
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Travel in 2024 concludes with 🇨🇳 starting in Lanzhou. @ZGroupUL and @MukherjeeChem present lectures @iLZU1909. Wang Wei and Chen Shoushun are thanked for being such great hosts. Looking forward to future engagements. Off we go now to Xi'an for the first CELTIC in 🇨🇳 meeting.
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Two days of sunshine, porous materials and people chemistry. A great way to spend a weekend - the 3rd Texas Pore Engineering Conference hosted by @MiljanicGroup @UH_RimerGroup at @UHouston. Kicked off by @GroupZhou (20th Oct), closing shortly with a presentation by @zgroupUL.
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CALF-20 strikes yet again - this time as a sieve for n-butene/iso-butene. Now out in @ACSMatLett: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… @zgroupul is delighted to continue its partnership on design and properties of narrow pore sorbents with Yun Lei Peng group from @CUP1953
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Strange water sorption properties caused by a reversible redox reaction involving dipyrazolate linked Co(II) octanuclear clusters. Now out in @J_A_C_S: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac… Another fruitful collaboration between JR Li @BJUT1960 @ZGroupUL lead by "XK" @XiangJingKong1 Tao
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Brilliant 2 days of MOF presentations and brainstorming hosted by Neil and @UoBChemistry in their swanky new digs. @ZGroupUL, @MACATAMO_Group @MukherjeeChem pleased to present participate in the discussions. Looking forward to future partnerships. #ChemicalSciUL #bernalnews
Neil Champness@ChampnessGroup
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Fantastic to host both old friends and new from @UL and @ICMol_UV for two days discussing all things MOF. @UoBChemistry.
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C8 separations enabled by an interpenetrated pcu topology DMOF-1 variant are the focus of the latest collaboration between the Na Sun group (Shenyang University of Chemical Technology) and @ZGroupUL Now available OA in @InorgChem: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Selective Separation of C8 Aromatics by an Interpenetrating Metal–Organic Framework Material

O-xylene (OX) is an important chemical raw material, but it is often produced in mixtures with other C8 aromatics. Similar physicochemical properties of the C8 isomers make their separation and...

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Better, cheaper and greener - prototypal members of new platform of hybrid ultramicroporous materials based on en chelate linker reported by @zgroupul @MukherjeeChem @MACATAMO_Group in @ChemicalScience: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti… 🥂 Dan O'H @koli_motte 1st paper @AsifRaza_chem
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