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Omar Yaghi, Ph.D.

Christopher S. Foote Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Irving and Jean Stone Chair, Physical Sciences

Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry

Member, California NanoSystems Institute

Education:

Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana, 1990

Honors and Awards:

2008 AAAS, AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
2007 DOE , Hydrogen Program R&D Award for Outstanding Achievements
2007 UCLA, Deans Recognition Award
2007 15th most highly cited chemists; over 100 citations per paper (1997-2007)
2007 MRS Medal Recipient, Materials Research Society
2006 Popular Science magazine, One of "10 Brilliant" scientists and engineers
2006 UCLA, H. N. McCoy Award for the greatest discovery in chemical sciences
2006 UCLA, Christopher S. Foote Professorship
2006 22nd most highly cited chemist; over 100 citations per paper (1996-2006)
2005 ISI Thomson, Top 3 most cited papers in chemical sciences for March 03 - April 05
2005 28th most highly cited chemist; over 100 citations per paper (1995-2005)
2004 Italian Chemical Society, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Sacconi Medal
2004 University of Michigan, Robert W. Parry Collegiate Chair
2004 Among top 68 most highly cited chemists; over 100 citations per paper (1994-2004)
2003 University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry Chair's Excellence in Research Award
2002 3M Faculty Award
2001 Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, Visiting Professor
1999 Graduate College Mentor Award
1998 American Chemical Society (Solid State Chem. Division), Exxon Award
1997 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
1995 Exxon Education Foundation Award
1991 University of Illinois-Urbana, Elected to Sigma Chi Honor Society
1990 NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Academic Experience:

Academic Experience:

Harvard University, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow

Contact Information:

Email Address:	yaghi@chem.ucla.edu
Work Email Address:	yaghi@chem.ucla.edu

Laboratory Address:	Laboratory Mol Sci Bldg 1224
Work Address:	Office Mol Sci Bldg 1505B UNITED STATES

Home Page:	http://yaghi.chem.ucla.edu/

Lab Number:	1 (310) 825-4996 Laboratory
Work Phone Number:	1 (310) 206-0398 Office

Technical Research Interest:

The design and construction of chemical structures is at the heart of what chemist do, however, it remains more of an art than a science. This is largely due to the difficulty in predicting the outcome of chemical synthesis in particular those of large molecules and extended structures. To accomplish the synthesis of structures by design, it is important (1) to control the orientation (connectivity and geometry) of the building blocks in a targeted structure, and (2) to obtain the products in crystalline form so that their atomic arrangement can be definitively characterized by X-ray diffraction techniques. Indeed, the challenges are conceptual and practical in that one needs to know what structures might form from a given set of molecular building blocks and then find means of linking such building blocks into specific predetermined structures.

My research group has been developing the conceptual as well as the practical aspects of constructing chemical structures using the concept of molecular building blocks. Our research has led to the invention of new classes of crystalline porous materials most notably ones that we call metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In general, MOF structures have two main components: the organic linkers and the metal oxide units. The linkers act as "struts" that bridge the metal oxide units which in turn act as "joints" in the resulting MOF architecture. This arrangement inevitability produces porous structures for which we've shown that molecules can pass through the pores with preservation of the MOF structure. Since we reported the first porous MOFs in 1998 and 1999, over 2,000 three-dimensional structures have been reported by my group and others around the world. It is worth noting that to date there are more porous MOFs than porous zeolites or carbon materials, and MOFs have extraordinary surface areas (2,000-6,500) exceeding those of state-of-art materials. Furthermore, MOFs are stable in air at room temperature and withstand temperatures up to 450_C. They are made using simple, inexpensive and high yielding solution synthesis methods.

These properties coupled with the flexibility with which one can vary the composition and metrics of the metal oxide units and the organic links of a given structure, have led to extensive investigation of MOFs in both academia and industry. At the heart of the matter is that we've shown for the first time that chemists are able to predictably assemble molecular building blocks into predetermined structures which can be functionalized and their metrics altered at will. We call this new kind of chemistry "reticular chemistry" to emphasize that the dream of designing large and extended structure is becoming a reality. We define reticular chemistry as the chemistry dealing with linking of molecular building blocks, by strong bonds, into predetermined structures.

It is worth discussing aspects of reticular chemistry here to point out the thinking involved in the design of new structures. In recent contributions we reported how the concept of secondary building units (SBUs) is being applied with eminent success to the design of highly porous and rigid MOF structures. Here, clusters such as those of the copper-carboxylate paddlewheel, Cu2(O2C-)4, and the octahedral basic zinc carboxylate, Zn4O(O2C-)6, have been used as rigid SBUs that respectively act as square and octahedral joints (i.e. vertices) in the framework. If the designer identifies the one step reaction conditions that reproducibly lead to such a particular SBU, then control of the vertex geometry in the resulting MOF is possible. Since the organic links remain intact and their geometry preserved throughout the assembly process, one should also be able to predict the underlying topology of the resulting MOF structure. However, the number of topologies that could, in principle, result from linking molecular shapes into extended MOF structures is vast-giving rise to three questions which my group is actively engaged in addressing: (1) From this large topology space, how do we as designers identify the most important topologies that should be considered in this chemistry? (2) How are they distributed among crystal structures already reported in the chemical literature? (3) How can these data be interpreted, organized, and classified for the purpose of developing systems of 'grammar' and 'taxonomy' that can lead to the design and construction of extended structures, the rationalization of existing structures, and the prediction of new ones?

Our ability to design and synthesize a MOF structure nearly at will is being used to provide solutions to problems of energy storage (hydrogen and methane), carbon dioxide sequestration, separation of gases for medical uses, polymerization catalysis, highly selective and sensitive sensors, and countless others currently under investigation by my group and by chemical, automobile and electronic industries. We work closely with companies; an aspect that provides my group members (undergraduates and doctorate graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research fellows) with a unique experience of being engaged in a spectrum of projects involving basic science of design and synthesis, characterization of structure and porosity, and the feasibility of MOFs in various applications.

The excitement of reticular chemistry and the ability to construct chemical structures from molecular building blocks has recently led us to create new classes of materials potentially as extensive as MOFs: metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs), zeolite imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs). On a fundamental level, these classes of materials are produced by linking molecular building blocks through progressively stronger and stronger bonds, and doing so and still overcoming the "crystallization problem". What kind of new chemistry and basic science concepts will these new materials inspire? What kind of new properties will be uncovered? What kind of new applications will be developed? And what immense pleasure will be derived in addressing these questions?

A partial list of ongoing projects in the Yaghi research group is provided here.

Design and Synthesis, structure characterization and porosity of MOFs, MOPs, ZIFs, and COFs
Automated and High throughput methods for inorganic synthesis and for X-ray powder diffraction studies of porous crystals
Design and synthesis of electronically conducting porous frameworks for highly selective and sensitive sensing
Gas storage and transport: Hydrogen storage for automobile fueling and mobile electronics; methane storage for automobile fueling and for transport of natural gas reserves; carbon dioxide separation and storage applications: power plants and automobile emissions; fuel cell applications including the separation of CO
Polymerization catalysis by MOFs for the production of polymers used as construction materials
Biomedical applications including drug molecule storage separation, storage and release by MOFs

Learn more about Prof. Yaghi in recent interviews published on the web:
http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Releases/2005/Nov05/yaghi
http://www.sciencewatch.com/nov-dec2004/sw_nov-dec2004_page3.htm

Additional Information:

Omar M. Yaghi was born in Amman, Jordan (1965). He received his B.S. in chemistry from the State University of New York-Albany (1985) and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Urbana (1990) with Professor Walter G. Klemperer. From 1990-92, he was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University with Professor Richard H. Holm. He joined the faculty at Arizona State University in 1992 and was awarded the ACS-Exxon Solid-State Chemistry Award in 1998. In June 1999, he moved to the University of Michigan as a Professor of Chemistry and was awarded the Robert W. Parry Collegiate Chair by the Chemistry Department at UM, and the Sacconi Medal by the Inorganic Division of the Italian Chemical Society in 2005. Since January 2006 he has been the Christopher S. Foote Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA and the Director of the Center for Reticular Chemistry at the California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA. Recently he has been named as one of Popular Science Magazine "Brilliant 10" scientists and engineers in the nation. He is one of the most highly cited chemists in the world with over 100 citations per paper for over 100 scientific papers. He has established several research programs dealing with the reticular synthesis of discrete polyhedra and extended frameworks from purely organic, inorganic, and metal-organic building blocks for their applications in clean energy, catalysis, gas storage and separation technologies.

Selected Publications:

Uribe-Romo, F. J. Hunt, J. R. Furukawa, H. Klock, C. O'Keeffe, M. Yaghi, O. M. , A crystalline imine-linked 3-D porous covalent organic framework, J Am Chem Soc, 2009, 131 (13), 4570-1.

Banerjee, R. Furukawa, H. Britt, D. Knobler, C. O'Keeffe, M. Yaghi, O. M. , Control of pore size and functionality in isoreticular zeolitic imidazolate frameworks and their carbon dioxide selective capture properties, J Am Chem Soc, 2009, 131 (11), 3875-7.

Doonan, C. J. Morris, W. Furukawa, H. Yaghi, O. M. , Isoreticular Metalation of Metal-Organic Frameworks, J Am Chem Soc, 2009.

Tranchemontagne, D. J. Mendoza-Cortes, J. L. O'Keeffe, M. Yaghi, O. M. , Secondary building units, nets and bonding in the chemistry of metal-organic frameworks, Chem Soc Rev, 2009, 38 (5), 1257-83.

Furukawa, H. Yaghi, O. M. , Storage of Hydrogen, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide in Highly Porous Covalent Organic Frameworks for Clean Energy Applications, J Am Chem Soc, 2009.

Gould, S. L. Tranchemontagne, D. Yaghi, O. M. Garcia-Garibay, M. A. , Amphidynamic character of crystalline MOF-5: rotational dynamics of terephthalate phenylenes in a free-volume, sterically unhindered environment, J Am Chem Soc, 2008, 130 (11), 3246-7.

Wang, B., Furukawa, H., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., Colossal Cages in Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks as Selective Carbon Dioxide Reserviors, Nature, 2008, Accepted.

Furukawa, H. Kim, J. Ockwig, N. W. O'Keeffe, M. Yaghi, O. M. , Control of vertex geometry, structure dimensionality, functionality, and pore metrics in the reticular synthesis of crystalline metal-organic frameworks and polyhedra, J Am Chem Soc, 2008, 130 (35), 11650-61.

Han, S. S. Furukawa, H. Yaghi, O. M. Goddard, W. A. , Covalent organic frameworks as exceptional hydrogen storage materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130 (35), 11580-+.

Morris, W. Doonan, C. J. Furukawa, H. Banerjee, R. Yaghi, O. M. , Crystals as molecules: postsynthesis covalent functionalization of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, J Am Chem Soc, 2008, 130 (38), 12626-7.

Rahul Banerjee, Anh Phan, Bo Wang, Carolyn Knobler, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Michael O'Keeffe, and Omar M. Yaghi , High-Throughput Synthesis of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks and Application to CO2 Capture , Science, 2008, 319.

Tranchemontagne, D. J. Ni, Z. O'Keeffe, M. Yaghi, O. M. , Reticular chemistry of metal-organic polyhedra, Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2008, 47 (28), 5136-47.

Hunt, J. R. Doonan, C. J. LeVangie, J. D. Cote, A. P. Yaghi, O. M. , Reticular synthesis of covalent organic borosilicate frameworks, J Am Chem Soc, 2008, 130 (36), 11872-3.

Tranchemontagne, D. J. Hunt, J. R. Yaghi, O. M. , Room temperature synthesis of metal-organic frameworks: MOF-5, MOF-74, MOF-177, MOF-199, and IRMOF-0, Tetrahedron, 2008, 64 (36), 8553-8557.

Omar Yaghi et al, Super-sized molecular sponges boost carbon capture, Chemistry World, 2008.

Gould, S., Tranchmontagne, D., Yaghi, O.M., and Garcia-Garibay, M.A., The Amphidynamic Character of Crystalline MOF-5: Rotational Dynamics in a Free-Volume Environment, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, ASAP.

Walton, K.S., Millward, A.R., Dubbeldam, D., Frost, H., Low, J.J., Yaghi, O.M., and Snurr, R.Q., Understanding Inflections and Steps in Carbon Dioxide Adsorption Isotherms in Metal-Organic Frameworks, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 407.

Yaghi, O.M, A Tale of Two Entanglements, Nature Mat, 2007, 6, 92.

El-Kaderi, H., Hunt, J.R., Mendoza-Cortez, J.L., Côté, A.P., Taylor, R., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M , Designed Synthesis of 3-D Covalent Organic Framework, Science, 2007, 316, 268-272.

Pawsey, S., Moudrakovski, I., Ripmeester, J., Wang, L-Q., Exarhos, G. J., Rowsell, J. L. C., Yaghi, O.M., Hyperpolarized Xe-129 nuclear magnetic resonance studies of isoreticular metal-organic frameworks, J. Phys. Chem, 2007, 111 (16), 6060-6067.

Kaye, S., Dailly, A., Yaghi, O.M., Long, J., Impact of Preparation and Handling on the Hydrogen Storage Properties of Zn₄O(1,4-benzenedicarboxylate)₃ (MOF-5), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 14176-14177.

Furukawa, H., Miller, M., Yaghi, O.M., Independent verification of the saturation hydrogen uptake in MOF-177 and establishment of a benchmark for hydrogen adsorption in metal-organic frameworks, J. Mater. Chem., 2007 (17), 3197-3204.

Siberio-Pérez, D., Wong-Foy, A., Yaghi, O.M., Matzger, A., Raman spectroscopic investigation of CH₄ and N₂ adsorption in metal-organic frameworks, Chem. Mater., 2007, 19, 3681-3685.

Côté, A., El-Kaderi, H., Furukawa, H., Hunt, J., and Yaghi, O.M., Reticular Synthesis of Microporous and Mesoporous 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 12914-12915.

Delgado-Friedrichs, O., O'Keefe, M., Yaghi, O.M. , Taxonomy of periodic nets and the design of materials, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1035-1043.

Huang, B.L., Ni, Z., Millward, A., McGaughey, A.J.H., Usher, C., Kaviany, M., Yaghi, O.M., Thermal conductivity of a metal-organic framework (MOF-5): Part II. Measurement, Int. J. Heat and Mass Trans., 2007, 50, 405-411.

Hayashi, H., Côté, A.P., Furukawa, H., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M. , Zeolite A Imidazolate Frameworks, Nature Materials, 2007, In press.

Sudik, A.C., Côté, A.P., Wong-Foy, A.G., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M. , A metal-organic framework with a hierarchical system of pores and tetrahedral building blocks, Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2006, 45 (16), 2528-33.

Chen, B.L., Liang, C.D., Yang, J., Contreras, D.S., Clancy, Y., Lobkovsky, E.B., Yaghi, O.M., Dai, S., A microporous metal-organic framework for gas-chomatographic separation of alkanes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45 (9), 1390-1393.

Furukawa, H., Kim, J., Plass, K.E., and Yaghi, O.M., Crystal Structure, Dissolution, and Deposition of a 5 nm Functionalized Metal-Organic Great Rhombicuboctahedron, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2006, 128, 8398-8399.

Spencer, E., Howard, J.A.K., McIntyre, G., Rowsell, J., Yaghi, O.M. , Determination of the hydrogen absorption sites in Zn₄O(1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) by single crystal neutron diffraction, Chem Comm., 2006 (3), 278-280.

Rowsell, J.L.C., Yaghi, O.M. , Effects of functionalization, catenation, and variation of the metal oxide and organic linking units on the low-pressure hydrogen adsorption properties of metal-organic frameworks, J Am Chem Soc, 2006, 128, 1304-1315.

Wong-Foy, A.G., Matzger, A.J., Yaghi, O.M. , Exceptional H2 saturation uptake in microporous metal-organic frameworks, J Am Chem Soc, 2006, 128, 3494-3495.

Park, K.S., Côté, A.P., Choi, J. Y., Huang, R., Uribe-Romo, F.J., Chae, H.K., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., Exceptional chemical and thermal stability of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2006, 103, 10186-10191.

Stallmach, F., Groger, S., Kunzel, V., Karger, J., Yaghi, O.M., Hesse, M., Muller, U. , NMR studies on the diffusion of hydrocarbons on the metal-organic framework material MOF-5, Angew Chem Int Ed., 2006, 45, 2123-2126.

Grzesiak, A.L., Uribe-Romo, F.J., Ockwig, N.W., Yaghi, O.M., Matzger, A.J. , Polymer-Induced Heteronucleation for the Discovery of New Extended Solids, Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2006, 45, 2553-2556.

Delgado-Friedericks, O., O'Keefe, M., Yaghi, O.M., Three-periodic nets and tilings: edge-transitive bimodal structures, Acta Cryst, 2006, 62 (5), 350-355.

Rowsell, J.L.C., Eckert, J., Yaghi, O.M. , Characterization of H2 binding sites in prototypical metal-organic frameworks by inelastic neutron scattering, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 14904-14910.

Sudik, A., Ockwig, N., Millward, A., Côté, A.P., Yaghi, O.M. , Design, synthesis, structure, and gas (N₂, Ar, CO₂, CH₄, and H₂) sorption properties of porous metal-organic tetrahedral and heterocuboidal polyhedra, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 7110.

Rowsell, J.L.C., Spencer, E., Eckert, J., Howard, J.A.K., Yaghi, O.M. , Gas adsorption sites in a large-pore metal-organic framework, Science, 2005, 309, 1350.

Chen, B., Contreras, D.S., Ockwig, N., Yaghi, O.M. , High H2 adsorption in a microporous metal-organic framework with open metal sites, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 4745.

Millward, A.R., Yaghi, O.M. , Metal-organic frameworks with exceptionally high capacity for storage of carbon dioxide at room temperature, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 17998-17999.

Ni, Z., Yassar, A., Antoun, T., Yaghi, O.M. , Porous metal-organic truncated octahedron constructed from paddle-wheel squares and terthiophene links, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 12752.

Côté, A.P., Benin, A., Ockwig, A.N., Matzger, A.J., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M. , Porous, crystalline, covalent organic frameworks, Science, 2005, 310, 1166.

Centrone, A., Siberio-Perez, D.Y., Millward, A.R., Yaghi, O.M., Matzger, A.J., Zerbi, G., Raman spectra of hydrogen and deuterium adsorbed on a metal-organic framework, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2005, 411, 516.

O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., Reticular chemistry - Present and future prospects - Introduction, J. Solid State Chem, 2005, 178, V-VI.

Ockwig, N., Friedrichs, O.D., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O. M. , Reticular chemistry: occurrence and taxonomy of nets and grammar for the design of frameworks, Acc Chem Res, 2005, 38, 176.

Rosi, N., Kim, J., Chen, B., Eddaoudi, M., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M. , Rod packings and metal-organic frameworks constructed from rod-shaped secondary building units, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 1504.

Rowsell, J., Yaghi, O.M. , Strategies for hydrogen storage in metal--organic frameworks, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 4670.

Chen, B., Ockwig, N., Fronczek, F.R., Contreras, D.S., Yaghi, O.M. , Transformation of a metal-organic framework from the NbO to PtS net, Inorg Chem, 2005, 44, 181.

Delgado-Friedrichs O., Foster M. D., Prosperio D. M., Treacy J.P., Yaghi O. M. , What do we know about three-periodic nets? , J. Solid State Chem., 2005, 178, 2533-2554.

Chae, H., Siberio-Perez, D.Y., Kim, J., Go, Y., Eddaoudi, M., Matzger, A., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M. , A route to high surface area, porosity and inclusion of large molecules in crystals, Nature, 2004, 427, 523.

Duren, T., Sarkisov, L., Yaghi, O.M., Snurr, R.Q. , Design of new materials for methane storage, Langmuir, 2004, 20, 2683.

Roswell, J., Millward, A., Park, K., Yaghi, O.M. , Hydrogen sorption in functionalized metal-organic frameworks, J Am Chem Soc, 2004, 126, 5666.

Rowsell, J., Yaghi, O.M., Metal-Organic Frameworks: A New Class of Porous Materials, Micro- and Mesoporous Mater., 2004, 73, 3.

Wu, J., Melcer, N., Sharp, W., O'Keeffe, M., Spence, J.C.H., Yaghi, O.M. , Structural study of new hydrocarbon nano-crystals by energy-filtered electron diffraction, Ultramicroscopy, 2004, 98, 145.

Bonneau, C., Friedrichs, O., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M. , Three-periodic nets and tilings: minimal nets, Acta Cryst., 2004, A60, 517.

Vodak, D.T., Kim, K., Iordanidis, L., Rasmussen, P., O'Keeffe, M., Matzger, A., Yaghi, O.M. , Computation of aromatic C3N4 networks and synthesis of the molecular precursor N(C3N3)3Cl6, Chem. Eur. J., 2003, 9, 4197.

Chae, H.K., Kim, J., Delgado-Friedrichs, O., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M. , Design of frameworks with mixed triangular and octahedral building blocks exemplified by the structure of [Zn4O(TCA)2] having the pyrite topology, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42, 3907.

Plevert, J., Gentz, T., Groy, T.L., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi O.M. , Layered Structures Constructed from New Linkages of Ge7(O,OH,F)19 Clusters, Chem. Mater., 2003, 15, 714.

Rosi, N., Eddaoudi, M., Vodak, D., Eckert, J., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., Metal-Organic Frameworks as New Materials for Hydrogen Storage, Science, 2003, 300, 1127.

Plevert, J., Smith, R.S., Gentz, T., Li, H., Groy, T. L., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., Synthesis and characterization of zirconogermanates, Inorg Chem, 2003, 42, 5954.

Friedrichs, O.D., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., The CdSO4, Rutile, Cooperate and Quartz Dual Nets: Interpenetration and Catenation, Solid State Sciences, 2003, 5, 73.

Friedrichs, O., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O. M. , Three-periodic nets and tilings: regular and quasiregular nets, Acta Cryst., 2003, A59, 22.

Li, H., Kim, J., Yaghi, O.M. , [Cd₁₆In₆₄S₁₃₄]^44-: 35-Å tetrahedron with a large cavity, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42, 1819.

N. Rosi, M. Eddaoudi, J. Kim, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Advances in the chemistry of metal-organic frameworks, CrystEngComm., 2002 (4), 401.

Eddaoudi, M., Kim, J., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., Cu₂[o-Br-C₆H₃(CO₂)₂]₂(H₂O)₂•(DMF)₈(H₂O)₂: A framework deliberately designed to have the NbO structure type, J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2002 (124), 376.

M. Eddaoudi, J. Kim, D. Vodak, A. Sudik, J. Wachter, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Geometric requirements and examples of important structures in the assembly of square building blocks, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA,, 2002 (99), 4900.

N. L. Rosi, M. Eddaoudi, J. Kim, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Infinite secondary building units and forbidden catenation in metal-organic frameworks, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2002 (41), 284.

Vodak, D., Braun, M., Iordanidis, L., Plevert, J., Beck, L., Spence, J., O'Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., One-step synthesis and structure of an oligo(spiro-orthocarbonate), J. Am. Chem. Soc., , 2002 (124), 4942.

M. Eddaoudi, J. Kim, N. Rosi, D. Vodak, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Systematic design of pore size and functionality in metal-organic frameworks and application in methane storage, Science, 2002 (295), 469.