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Alexander J. Blake is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, contributing notably to the subfields of Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry, and Oncology.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Alexander J. Blake has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials
  • Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry
  • Chemical Reviews
  • Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Recent papers provide insight into the range of topics explored by the scientist. These include:

  • Innovative Molecular Design Strategies in Materials Science Following the Aurophilicity Concept, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Exceptional Packing Density of Ammonia in a Dual-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Selective Gas Uptake and Rotational Dynamics in a (3,24)-Connected Metal-Organic Framework Material, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Guest-Controlled Incommensurate Modulation in a Meta-Rigid Metal-Organic Framework Material, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Structural diversity and applications of Ce(III)-based coordination polymers, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Collaboration has formed an important component of their research activities, as shown by frequent co-authors including:

  • Vito Lippolis
  • Martin Schröder
  • William Lewis
  • Laurence J. Taylor
  • Stephen P. Argent

Best Publications

  • Inorganic crystal engineering using self-assembly of tailored building-blocks

    Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Peter Hubberstey;Wan-Sheung Li

  • Supramolecular design of one-dimensional coordination polymers based on silver(I) complexes of aromatic nitrogen-donor ligands

    Andrei N. Khlobystov;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Dmitrii A. Lemenovskii

  • High capacity hydrogen adsorption in Cu(II) tetracarboxylate framework materials: the role of pore size, ligand functionalization, and exposed metal sites

    Xiang Lin;Irvin Telepeni;Alexander J. Blake;Anne Dailly

  • High H2 adsorption by coordination-framework materials

    Xiang Lin;Junhua Jia;Xuebo Zhao;K. Mark Thomas

  • Selectivity and direct visualization of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide in a decorated porous host

    Sihai Yang;Junliang Sun;Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta;Samantha K. Callear

  • OLEX: new software for visualization and analysis of extended crystal structures

    Oleg V. Dolomanov;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Martin Schröder

  • Chemistry of Thioether Macrocyclic Complexes

    Alexander J. Blake;Martin Schröder

  • ANION CONTROL IN BIPYRIDYLSILVER(I) NETWORKS : A HELICAL POLYMERIC ARRAY

    Matthew A. Withersby;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Peter Hubberstey

  • A partially interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide

    Sihai Yang;Xiang Lin;William Lewis;Mikhail Suyetin

  • Exceptional thermal stability in a supramolecular organic framework: Porosity and gas storage

    Wenbin Yang;Alex Greenaway;Xiang Lin;Ryotaro Matsuda

  • Cation-induced kinetic trapping and enhanced hydrogen adsorption in a modulated anionic metal-organic framework

    Sihai Yang;Xiang Lin;Alexander J. Blake;Gavin S. Walker

  • SOLVENT CONTROL IN THE SYNTHESIS OF 3,6-BIS(PYRIDIN-3-YL)-1,2,4,5-TETRAZINE-BRIDGED CADMIUM(II) AND ZINC(II) COORDINATION POLYMERS

    Matthew A. Withersby;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Paul A. Cooke

  • A Porous Framework Polymer Based on a Zinc(II) 4,4‘-Bipyridine-2,6,2‘,6‘-tetracarboxylate: Synthesis, Structure, and “Zeolite-Like” Behaviors

    Xiang Lin;Alexander J. Blake;Claire Wilson;Xue Zhong Sun

  • A monometallic lanthanide bis(methanediide) single molecule magnet with a large energy barrier and complex spin relaxation behaviour

    Matthew Gregson;Nicholas F. Chilton;Ana Maria Ariciu;Floriana Tuna

  • A Robust Binary Supramolecular Organic Framework (SOF) with High CO2 Adsorption and Selectivity

    Jian Lü;Cristina Perez-Krap;Mikhail Suyetin;Nada H. Alsmail

  • Synthesis and Structure of a Terminal Uranium Nitride Complex

    David M. King;Floriana Tuna;Eric J. L. McInnes;Jonathan McMaster

  • Lanthanum coordination networks based on unusual five-connected topologies

    De-Liang Long;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Claire Wilson

  • Exceptionally high H2 storage by a metal-organic polyhedral framework.

    Yong Yan;Xiang Lin;Sihai Yang;Alexander J. Blake

  • Metal−Organic Polyhedral Frameworks: High H2 Adsorption Capacities and Neutron Powder Diffraction Studies

    Yong Yan;Irvin Telepeni;Sihai Yang;Xiang Lin

  • A delocalized arene-bridged diuranium single-molecule magnet

    David P. Mills;Fabrizio Moro;Jonathan McMaster;Joris van Slageren;Joris van Slageren

  • Unprecedented seven- and eight-connected lanthanide coordination networks

    De-Liang Long;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Claire Wilson

  • Inorganic Crystal Engineering Using Self-Assembly of Tailored Building-Blocks

    Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Peter Hubberstey;Wan‐Sheung Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Schröder
Martin Schröder University of Manchester
Claire Wilson
Claire Wilson University of Glasgow
William Lewis
William Lewis University of Sydney
Neil R. Champness
Neil R. Champness University of Birmingham
Peter Hubberstey
Peter Hubberstey University of Nottingham
Jonathan McMaster
Jonathan McMaster University of Nottingham
Simon Parsons
Simon Parsons University of Edinburgh
Stephen T. Liddle
Stephen T. Liddle University of Manchester
Vito Lippolis
Vito Lippolis University of Cagliari
Richard E. P. Winpenny
Richard E. P. Winpenny University of Manchester

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