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Brendan F. Abrahams

Brendan F. Abrahams

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Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
13472
World Ranking
6498
National Ranking
205

Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
13587
World Ranking
8834
National Ranking
207

Overview

Brendan F. Abrahams is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Materials Science, focusing primarily on Materials Chemistry. Their research also covers subfields such as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their scholarly work spans a variety of main and specialized topics including Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications. Additional topics include Magnetism in coordination complexes, Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes, Crystallography and molecular interactions, and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials.

Brendan F. Abrahams has published papers in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Science China Chemistry

Some of their recent papers demonstrate a focus on electrocatalytic materials, coordination polymers, and photomechanical systems. Notable publications include:

  • "Tailorable carbon cloth electrodes covered with heterostructured Co/CoO/CoN interfaces for scalable electrocatalytic overall water splitting" (2023), Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "One-pot pyrolysis synthesis of highly active Ru/RuOX nanoclusters for water splitting" (2021), Nano Research
  • "Photopolymerization-Driven Macroscopic Mechanical Motions of a Composite Film Containing a Vinyl Coordination Polymer" (2023), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Phase Transition-Promoted Rapid Photomechanical Motions of Single Crystals of a Triene Coordination Polymer" (2023), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Visible Light and Microwave-Mediated Rapid Trapping and Release of Singlet Oxygen Using a Coordination Polymer" (2023), Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors. These include:

  • Timothy A. Hudson
  • Richard Robson
  • Ashley L. Sutton
  • Deanna M. D'Alessandro
  • Carol Hua

Best Publications

  • Assembly of porphyrin building blocks into network structures with large channels

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Bernard F. Hoskins;D. M. Michail;Richard Robson

  • Enantioseparation of Racemic Organic Molecules by a Zeolite Analogue This work was supported by The Major State Basic Research Development Program (Grant No. G2000077500), the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Program, the National Science Foundation of the USA (CHE-9904338), and the University of Tennessee SARIF EPPE Fund.

    Ren-Gen Xiong;Xiao-Zeng You;Brendan F. Abrahams;Ziling Xue

  • Novel, Acentric Metal–Organic Coordination Polymers from Hydrothermal Reactions Involving In Situ Ligand Synthesis

    Ren-Gen Xiong;Xiang Xue;Hong Zhao;Xiao-Zeng You

  • Enantioseparation of racemic organic molecules by a zeolite Analogue

    Ren-Gen Xiong;Xiao-Zeng You;Brendan F. Abrahams;Ziling Xue

  • A {CrIII2DyIII2} Single‐Molecule Magnet: Enhancing the Blocking Temperature through 3d Magnetic Exchange

    Stuart Langley;Daniel P Wielechowski;Veacheslav Vieru;Nicholas Frederick Chilton

  • Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations of two three-dimensional coordination polymers through regioselective [2+2] photodimerization reactions.

    Dong Liu;Zhi-Gang Ren;Hong-Xi Li;Jian-Ping Lang

  • A new type of infinite 3D polymeric network containing 4-connected, peripherally-linked metalloporphyrin building blocks

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson

  • A Robust (10,3)-a Network Containing Chiral Micropores in the AgI Coordination Polymer of a Bridging Ligand that Provides Three Bidentate Metal-Binding Sites

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Patricia A. Jackson;Richard Robson

  • Highly Efficient Separation of a Solid Mixture of Naphthalene and Anthracene by a Reusable Porous Metal–Organic Framework through a Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation

    Dong Liu;Jian-Ping Lang;Jian-Ping Lang;Brendan F Abrahams

  • Ni(tpt)(NO3 )2 -A Three-Dimensional Network with the Exceptional (12,3) Topology: A Self-Entangled Single Net.

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Stuart R. Batten;Martin J. Grannas;Hasan Hamit

  • Hydrothermal preparation of novel Cd(II) coordination polymers employing 5-(4-pyridyl)tetrazolate as a bridging ligand.

    Xiang Xue;Xi-Sen Wang;Li-Zhong Wang;Ren-Gen Xiong

  • {[WS4Cu4(4,4′‐bpy)4][WS4Cu4I4(4,4′‐bpy)2]}∞—An Unusual 3D Porous Coordination Polymer Formed from the Preformed Cluster [Et4N]4[WS4Cu4I6]

    Jian-Ping Lang;Qing-Feng Xu;Rong-Xin Yuan;Brendan F Abrahams

  • A Cubic (3,4)-Connected Net with Large Cavities in Solvated [Cu3(tpt)4](ClO4)3 (tpt = 2,4,6-Tri(4-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine)

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Stuart R. Batten;Hasan Hamit;Bernard F. Hoskins

  • Zinc saccharate: a robust, 3D coordination network with two types of isolated, parallel channels, one hydrophilic and the other hydrophobic.

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Michael Moylan;Simon D. Orchard;Richard Robson

  • Surface-Confined Amorphous Films from Metal-Coordinated Simple Phenolic Ligands

    Md. Arifur Rahim;Kristian Kempe;Markus Müllner;Hirotaka Ejima

  • Crystal Engineering of Novel Materials Composed of Infinite Two- and Three-Dimensional Frameworks

    Richard Robson;Brendan F. Abrahams;Stuart R. Batten;Robert W. Gable

  • Opto-electronic multifunctional chiral diamondoid-network coordination polymer: bis{4-[2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl]benzoato}zinc with high thermal stability

    Ren-Gen Xiong;Jing-Lin Zuo;Xiao-Zeng You;Brendan F. Abrahams

  • Fabrication of Photoactuators: Macroscopic Photomechanical Responses of Metal-Organic Frameworks to Irradiation by UV Light

    Yi‐Xiang Shi;Wen‐Hua Zhang;Brendan F. Abrahams;Pierre Braunstein

  • A Very Large Metallosupramolecular Capsule with Cube-like 43 Topology Assembled from Twelve Cu(II) Centers and Eight Tri-Bidentate Tri-Anionic Ligands Derived from 2,4,6-Triphenylazo-1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Simon J. Egan;Richard Robson

  • The archetype for a new class of simple extended 3D honeycomb frameworks. The synthesis and x-ray crystal structures of Cd(CN)5/3(OH)1/3.1/3(C6H12N4), Cd(CN)2.1/3(C6H12N4), and Cd(Cn)2.2/3H2O.tBuOH (C6H12N4 = hexamethylenetetramine) revealing two topologically equivalent but geometrically different frameworks

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Bernard F. Hoskins;Jianping Liu;Richard Robson

  • A cluster rearrangement of an open cubane (Cu4Br4) to a prismane (Cu6Br6) in a copper(I)-olefin network

    Xiang Xue;Xi‐Sen Wang;Ren‐Gen Xiong;Xiao‐Zeng You

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Robson
Richard Robson University of Melbourne
Bernard F. Hoskins
Bernard F. Hoskins University of Melbourne
Jian-Ping Lang
Jian-Ping Lang Soochow University
Keith S. Murray
Keith S. Murray Monash University
Boujemaa Moubaraki
Boujemaa Moubaraki Monash University
Stuart Robert Batten
Stuart Robert Batten Monash University
Zi-Ling Xue
Zi-Ling Xue University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Alan M. Bond
Alan M. Bond Monash University
Chi-Ming Che
Chi-Ming Che University of Hong Kong
Guy N. L. Jameson
Guy N. L. Jameson University of Melbourne

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