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Christine E. A. Kirschhock

Christine E. A. Kirschhock

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
13617
World Ranking
8103
National Ranking
103

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Christine E. A. Kirschhock is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Additional areas of study include Catalysis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers themes within Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis, Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis, Chemical Synthesis and Characterization, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, Ionic Liquids Properties and Applications, as well as Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

Frequent publication venues for Christine E. A. Kirschhock include:

  • Chemistry of Materials
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Materials Horizons
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Faraday Discussions

Recent published papers demonstrate a focus on zeolite chemistry, framework flexibility, and nucleation mechanisms. Selected papers include:

  • Framework flexibility-driven CO2 adsorption on a zeolite, 2020, Materials Horizons
  • Chlorination of a Zeolitic-Imidazolate Framework Tunes Packing and van der Waals Interaction of Carbon Dioxide for Optimized Adsorptive Separation, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Ion-Pairs in Aluminosilicate-Alkali Synthesis Liquids Determine the Aluminum Content and Topology of Crystallizing Zeolites, 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • Understanding crystal nucleation mechanisms: where do we stand? General discussion, 2022, Faraday Discussions
  • Structural Aspects Affecting Phase Selection in Inorganic Zeolite Synthesis, 2022, Chemistry of Materials

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include Eric Breynaert, Sambhu Radhakrishnan, C. Vinod Chandran, Karel Asselman, and Johan A. Martens.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis Modulation as a Tool To Increase the Catalytic Activity of Metal–Organic Frameworks: The Unique Case of UiO-66(Zr)

    Frederik Vermoortele;Bart Bueken;Gaëlle Le Bars;Ben Van de Voorde

  • Selective Adsorption and Separation of Xylene Isomers and Ethylbenzene with the Microporous Vanadium(IV) Terephthalate MIL‐47

    Luc Alaerts;Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Michael Maes;Monique A. van der Veen

  • Identification of precursor species in the formation of MFI zeolite in the TPAOH-TEOS-H2O system

    Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Raman Ravishankar;Frederik Verspeurt;Piet J. Grobet

  • Selective Adsorption and Separation of ortho-Substituted Alkylaromatics with the Microporous Aluminum Terephthalate MIL-53

    Luc Alaerts;Michael Maes;Lars Giebeler;Pierre A. Jacobs

  • Physicochemical Characterization of Silicalite-1 Nanophase Material

    Raman Ravishankar;Christine Kirschhock;Brian J. Schoeman;Peter Vanoppen

  • Characterization of nanosized material extracted from clear suspensions for MFI zeolite synthesis

    Raman Ravishankar;Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Peter-Paul Knops-Gerrits;Eddy J. P. Feijen

  • Mechanism of transformation of precursors into nanoslabs in the early stages of MFI and MEL zeolite formation from TPAOH-TEOS-H2O and TBAOH-TEOS-H2O mixtures

    Christine Kirschhock;Raman Ravishankar;L Van Looveren;Pierre Jacobs

  • Biobutanol separation with the metal-organic framework ZIF-8.

    Julien Cousin Saint Remi;Tom Rémy;Vincent Van Hunskerken;Stijn van de Perre

  • Nominal and effective dosimetry of silica nanoparticles in cytotoxicity assays.

    Dominique Lison;Leen C. J. Thomassen;Virginie Rabolli;Laetitia Gonzalez

  • Zeosil Nanoslabs: Building Blocks in nPr 4 N + -Mediated Synthesis of MFI Zeolite.

    Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Véronique Buschmann;Sebastien Kremer;Raman Ravishankar

  • Separation of styrene and ethylbenzene on metal-organic frameworks: analogous structures with different adsorption mechanisms.

    Michael Maes;Frederik Vermoortele;Luc Alaerts;Sarah Couck

  • Aggregation Mechanism of Nanoslabs with Zeolite MFI-Type Structure

    Christine Kirschhock;Raman Ravishankar;Pierre Jacobs;Johan Martens

  • Design of zeolite by inverse sigma transformation

    Elke Verheyen;Lennart Joos;Kristof Van Havenbergh;Eric Breynaert

  • Framework breathing in the vapour-phase adsorption and separation of xylene isomers with the metal-organic framework MIL-53.

    Vincent Finsy;Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Gill Vedts;Michael Maes

  • Synthesis and characterization of stable monodisperse silica nanoparticle sols for in vitro cytotoxicity testing.

    Leen C J L.C.J. Thomassen;Alexander Aerts;Virginie V. Rabolli;Dominique Lison

  • Convenient synthesis of Cu3(BTC)2 encapsulated Keggin heteropolyacid nanomaterial for application in catalysis

    Lik H. Wee;Sneha R. Bajpe;Nikki Janssens;Ive Hermans

  • NH2-MIL-53(Al): a high-contrast reversible solid-state nonlinear optical switch.

    Pablo Serra-Crespo;Monique A. van der Veen;Elena Gobechiya;Kristof Houthoofd

  • Influence of size, surface area and microporosity on the in vitro cytotoxic activity of amorphous silica nanoparticles in different cell types

    Virginie Rabolli;Leen C J Thomassen;Catherine Princen;Dorota Napierska

  • Molecular shape-selectivity of MFI zeolite nanosheets in n-decane isomerization and hydrocracking

    Elke Verheyen;Changbum Jo;Mert Kurttepeli;Gina Vanbutsele

  • Alumina: discriminative analysis using 3D correlation of solid-state NMR parameters.

    C. Vinod Chandran;Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Sambhu Radhakrishnan;Francis Taulelle

  • Adsorption and separation of light gases on an amino-functionalized metal-organic framework: an adsorption and in situ XRD study.

    Sarah Couck;Elena Gobechiya;Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Pablo Serra-Crespo

Frequent Co-Authors

Joeri F. M. Denayer
Joeri F. M. Denayer Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Gino V. Baron
Gino V. Baron Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sara Bals
Sara Bals University of Antwerp
Dirk De Vos
Dirk De Vos KU Leuven
Karen Maex
Karen Maex University of Amsterdam
Jan Vermant
Jan Vermant ETH Zurich

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