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Francis Taulelle

Francis Taulelle

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Materials Science

D-Index
73
Citations
22959
World Ranking
3783
National Ranking
36

Chemistry

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74
Citations
23372
World Ranking
4608
National Ranking
62

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Francis Taulelle was affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium during their academic career. Their research contributed primarily to fields including Materials Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Catalysis.

Their work frequently addressed key topics such as:

  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Zeolite catalysis and synthesis
  • Advanced NMR techniques and applications
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • Mesoporous materials and catalysis
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography

Among the recent papers associated with Taulelle's research are:

  • Water as a tuneable solvent: a perspective, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Ion-Pairs in Aluminosilicate-Alkali Synthesis Liquids Determine the Aluminum Content and Topology of Crystallizing Zeolites, 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • Super-ions of sodium cations with hydrated hydroxide anions: inorganic structure-directing agents in zeolite synthesis, 2021, Materials Horizons
  • Nucleation of Porous Crystals from Ion-Paired Prenucleation Clusters, 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • A zeolite crystallisation model confirmed by in situ observation, 2021, Faraday Discussions

The scientist collaborated extensively with colleagues such as Eric Breynaert, Johan A. Martens, Sambhu Radhakrishnan, Maarten Houlleberghs, and Christine E. A. Kirschhock. These collaborations were substantial, with multiple coauthored publications forming a core part of their research output.

Throughout their career, Taulelle's work appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ChemPhysChem
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Chemical Society Reviews

Best Publications

  • Metal-organic frameworks as efficient materials for drug delivery.

    Patricia Horcajada;Christian Serre;María Vallet-Regí;Muriel Sebban

  • A Rationale for the Large Breathing of the Porous Aluminum Terephthalate (MIL‐53) Upon Hydration

    Thierry Loiseau;Christian Serre;Clarisse Huguenard;Gerhard Fink

  • Flexible Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks for a Controlled Drug Delivery

    Patricia Horcajada;Christian Serre;Guillaume Maurin;Naseem A. Ramsahye

  • MIL-96, a Porous Aluminum Trimesate 3D Structure Constructed from a Hexagonal Network of 18-Membered Rings and μ3-Oxo-Centered Trinuclear Units

    Thierry Loiseau;Ludovic Lecroq;Christophe Volkringer;Jérôme Marrot

  • Triazine-based Carbon Nitrides for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution†

    Katharina Schwinghammer;Brian Tuffy;Brian Tuffy;Maria B. Mesch;Eva Wirnhier

  • A quantitative study of 27Al MAS NMR in crystalline YAG

    D Massiot;C Bessada;Jp Coutures;Francis Taulelle

  • A Water Stable Metal–Organic Framework with Optimal Features for CO2 Capture

    Qingyuan Yang;Sébastien Vaesen;Florence Ragon;Andrew D. Wiersum

  • Synthesis, Single-Crystal X-ray Microdiffraction, and NMR Characterizations of the Giant Pore Metal-Organic Framework Aluminum Trimesate MIL-100

    Christophe Volkringer;Dimitry Popov;Thierry Loiseau;Gérard Férey

  • Design of hydrophilic metal organic framework water adsorbents for heat reallocation.

    Amandine Cadiau;Ji Sun Lee;Daiane Damasceno Borges;Paul Fabry

  • The Kagomé topology of the gallium and indium metal-organic framework types with a MIL-68 structure: synthesis, XRD, solid-state NMR characterizations, and hydrogen adsorption.

    Christophe Volkringer;Mohamed Meddouri;Thierry Loiseau;Nathalie Guillou

  • Polymorphic copper iodide clusters: insights into the mechanochromic luminescence properties.

    Quentin Benito;Xavier F. Le Goff;Sébastien Maron;Alexandre Fargues

  • Al30: A Giant Aluminum Polycation

    Lionel Allouche;Corine Gérardin;Thierry Loiseau;Gérard Férey

  • The Structure of the Aluminum Fumarate Metal–Organic Framework A520

    Elsa Alvarez;Elsa Alvarez;Elsa Alvarez;Nathalie Guillou;Charlotte Martineau;Bart Bueken

  • Recent advances in application of 27Al NMR spectroscopy to materials science

    Mohamed Haouas;Francis Taulelle;Charlotte Martineau

  • Structure and Dynamics of the Functionalized MOF Type UiO-66(Zr): NMR and Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopies Coupled with DFT Calculations

    Sabine Devautour-Vinot;Guillaume Maurin;Christian Serre;Patricia Horcajada

  • Acid-functionalized UiO-66(Zr) MOFs and their evolution after intra-framework cross-linking: structural features and sorption properties

    Florence Ragon;Betiana Campo;Qingyuan Yang;Qingyuan Yang;Charlotte Martineau

  • Synthesis and solid- and liquid-state characterization of a hexameric cluster of titanium(IV): Ti6(.mu.2-O)2(.mu.3-O)2(.mu.2-OC4H9)2(OC4H9)6(OCOCH3)8

    S Doeuff;Y Dromzee;Francis Taulelle;C Sanchez

  • Monolithic cells for solar fuels

    Jan Rongé;Tom Bosserez;David Martel;Carlo Nervi

  • Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Related Microporous N,N‘-Piperazinebismethylenephosphonates of Aluminum and Titanium

    Christian Serre;John A. Groves;Philip Lightfoot;Alexandra M. Z. Slawin

  • Design of zeolite by inverse sigma transformation

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

  • A microdiffraction set-up for nanoporous metal-organic-framework-type solids.

    Christophe Volkringer;Dimitry Popov;Thierry Loiseau;Nathalie Guillou

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohamed Haouas
Mohamed Haouas Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Gérard Férey
Gérard Férey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thierry Loiseau
Thierry Loiseau University of Lille
Jérôme Marrot
Jérôme Marrot Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Christian Serre
Christian Serre École Normale Supérieure
Christophe Volkringer
Christophe Volkringer Institut Universitaire de France
Guillaume Maurin
Guillaume Maurin University of Montpellier
Patricia Horcajada
Patricia Horcajada IMDEA Energy Institute

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