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Christopher J. Sumby

Christopher J. Sumby

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
9032
World Ranking
15917
National Ranking
354

Overview

Christopher J. Sumby is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and specializes in materials science, with a substantial focus on materials chemistry. They have contributed extensively to research on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and crystallography.

Their recent papers include:

  • Metal-Organic Framework-Based Enzyme Biocomposites, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Towards applications of bioentities@MOFs in biomedicine, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Isolating reactive metal-based species in Metal-Organic Frameworks - viable strategies and opportunities, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Highly Active Gas Phase Organometallic Catalysis Supported Within Metal-Organic Framework Pores, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Influence of the Synthesis and Storage Conditions on the Activity of Candida antarctica Lipase B ZIF-8 Biocomposites, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Christian J. Doonan
  • Jack D. Evans
  • Michael T. Huxley
  • Jorge Albalad
  • Ricardo A. Peralta

Sumby's most common publication venues are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The main fields of study they focus on include:

  • Materials Science

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology

Main topics of research involve:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties

Best Publications

  • Mixed-Matrix Membranes.

    Janina Dechnik;Jorge Gascon;Christian J. Doonan;Christoph Janiak

  • Metal-Organic Framework-Based Enzyme Biocomposites.

    Weibin Liang;Peter Wied;Francesco Carraro;Christopher J Sumby

  • Post-synthetic metalation of metal–organic frameworks

    Jack D. Evans;Christopher J. Sumby;Christian J. Doonan

  • Enhanced Activity of Enzymes Encapsulated in Hydrophilic Metal-Organic Frameworks.

    Weibin Liang;Huoshu Xu;Francesco Carraro;Natasha K. Maddigan

  • Enzyme Encapsulation in a Porous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework.

    Weibin Liang;Francesco Carraro;Marcello B Solomon;Stephen G Bell

  • Capturing snapshots of post-synthetic metallation chemistry in metal–organic frameworks

    Witold M. Bloch;Alexandre Burgun;Campbell J. Coghlan;Richmond Lee

  • Towards applications of bioentities@MOFs in biomedicine

    Miriam de J. Velásquez-Hernández;Mercedes Linares-Moreau;Efwita Astria;Francesco Carraro

  • Post-synthetic structural processing in a metal-organic framework material as a mechanism for exceptional CO2/N2 selectivity.

    Witold M Bloch;Ravichandar Babarao;Matthew Roland Hill;Christian J Doonan

  • Protein surface functionalisation as a general strategy for facilitating biomimetic mineralisation of ZIF-8

    Natasha K. Maddigan;Andrew Tarzia;David M. Huang;Christopher J. Sumby

  • Control of Structure Topology and Spatial Distribution of Biomacromolecules in Protein@ZIF-8 Biocomposites

    Weibin Liang;Raffaele Ricco;Natasha K. Maddigan;Robert P. Dickinson

  • Kinetically controlled porosity in a robust organic cage material.

    Antonio Avellaneda;Peter Valente;Alexandre Burgun;Jack D Evans

  • Enhancing Mixed-Matrix Membrane Performance with Metal–Organic Framework Additives

    Janina Dechnik;Christopher J. Sumby;Christoph Janiak

  • Emerging applications of metal–organic frameworks

    Raffaele Ricco;Constance Pfeiffer;Kenji Sumida;Christopher J. Sumby

  • Highly active catalyst for CO2 methanation derived from a metal organic framework template

    R. Lippi;R. Lippi;S. C. Howard;H. Barron;C. D. Easton

  • Metal–organic framework catalysis

    Christian J. Doonan;Christopher J. Sumby

  • Tris(pyridylmethylamino)cyclotriguaiacylene Cavitands: An Investigation of the Solution and Solid‐State Behaviour of Metallo‐Supramolecular Cages and Cavitand‐Based Coordination Polymers

    Christopher J. Sumby;Julie Fisher;Timothy J. Prior;Michaele J. Hardie

  • Synthesis and Applications of Porous Organic Cages

    Jack D. Evans;Christopher J. Sumby;Christian J. Doonan

  • Norbornadiene‐Based Photoswitches with Exceptional Combination of Solar Spectrum Match and Long‐Term Energy Storage

    Martyn Jevric;Anne U. Petersen;Mads Mansø;Mads Mansø;Sandeep Kumar Singh

  • AIMs: a new strategy to control physical aging and gas transport in mixed-matrix membranes

    Melanie Kitchin;Melanie Kitchin;Jesse Teo;Kristina Konstas;Cher Hon Lau;Cher Hon Lau

  • Synthesis of a zinc(II) imidazolium dicarboxylate ligand metal-organic framework (MOF): a potential precursor to MOF-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene compounds

    Rachel S. Crees;Marcus L. Cole;Lyall R. Hanton;Christopher J. Sumby

  • A 3-D diamondoid MOF catalyst based on in situ generated [Cu(L)2] N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) linkers: hydroboration of CO2

    Alexandre Burgun;Rachel S. Crees;Marcus L. Cole;Christian J. Doonan

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian J. Doonan
Christian J. Doonan University of Adelaide
Peter J. Steel
Peter J. Steel University of Canterbury
Paolo Falcaro
Paolo Falcaro Graz University of Technology
Michaele J. Hardie
Michaele J. Hardie University of Leeds
Matthew R. Hill
Matthew R. Hill Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem University of Adelaide
Neil R. Champness
Neil R. Champness University of Birmingham
Kasper Moth-Poulsen
Kasper Moth-Poulsen Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa Kyoto University
Shuhei Furukawa
Shuhei Furukawa Kyoto University

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