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Karl Petter Lillerud

Karl Petter Lillerud

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Chemistry
Norway
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
32732
World Ranking
4859
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Karl Petter Lillerud is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions to materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry. The scientist's work also extends into catalysis, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and the study of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their research covers various specialized topics, including:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Chemical Synthesis and Characterization
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Recent publications by Karl Petter Lillerud include:

  • Modulation of the Thermochemical Stability and Adsorptive Properties of MOF-808 by the Selection of Non-structural Ligands, 2021, Chemistry of Materials
  • UiO-66 type MOFs with mixed-linkers - 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylate and 1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylate: Effect of the modulator and post-synthetic exchange, 2020, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • A Toroidal Zr70 Oxysulfate Cluster and Its Diverse Packing Structures, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • MAPO-18 Catalysts for the Methanol to Olefins Process: Influence of Catalyst Acidity in a High-Pressure Syngas (CO and H2) Environment, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Co-catalyst free ethene dimerization over Zr-based metal-organic framework (UiO-67) functionalized with Ni and bipyridine, 2020, Catalysis Today

Karl Petter Lillerud frequently collaborates with a group of researchers including:

  • Unni Olsbye
  • Sigurd Øien-Ødegaard
  • Calliope Bazioti
  • E. Redekop
  • Øystein Prytz

The scientist has contributed regularly to multiple publication venues, most notably:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • A new zirconium inorganic building brick forming metal organic frameworks with exceptional stability.

    Jasmina Hafizovic Cavka;Søren Jakobsen;Unni Olsbye;Nathalie Guillou

  • Synthesis and Stability of Tagged UiO-66 Zr-MOFs

    Mathivathani Kandiah;Merete Hellner Nilsen;Sandro Usseglio;Søren Jakobsen

  • Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons: How Zeolite Cavity and Pore Size Controls Product Selectivity

    Unni Olsbye;Stian Svelle;Morten Bjørgen;Pablo Beato

  • Disclosing the Complex Structure of UiO-66 Metal Organic Framework: A Synergic Combination of Experiment and Theory

    Loredana Valenzano;Bartolomeo Civalleri;Sachin Chavan;Silvia Bordiga

  • Defect Engineering: Tuning the Porosity and Composition of the Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66 via Modulated Synthesis

    Greig C. Shearer;Sachin Chavan;Silvia Bordiga;Silvia Bordiga;Stian Svelle

  • The Inconsistency in Adsorption Properties and Powder XRD Data of MOF-5 Is Rationalized by Framework Interpenetration and the Presence of Organic and Inorganic Species in the Nanocavities

    Jasmina Hafizovic;Morten Bjørgen;Unni Olsbye;Pascal D. C. Dietzel

  • Tuned to Perfection: Ironing Out the Defects in Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66

    Greig C. Shearer;Sachin Chavan;Jayashree Ethiraj;Jenny G. Vitillo

  • Conversion of methanol into hydrocarbons over zeolite H-ZSM-5: ethene formation is mechanistically separated from the formation of higher alkenes.

    Stian Svelle;Finn Joensen;Jesper Nerlov;Unni Olsbye

  • Methanol to gasoline over zeolite H-ZSM-5: Improved catalyst performance by treatment with NaOH

    Morten Bjørgen;Finn Joensen;Martin Spangsberg Holm;Unni Olsbye

  • H2 storage in isostructural UiO-67 and UiO-66 MOFs.

    Sachin Chavan;Jenny G. Vitillo;Diego Gianolio;Olena Zavorotynska

  • Electronic and vibrational properties of a MOF-5 metal–organic framework: ZnO quantum dot behaviour

    S. Bordiga;C. Lamberti;G. Ricchiardi;L. Regli

  • Product shape selectivity dominates the Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) reaction over H-SAPO-34 catalysts

    Bart P.C. Hereijgers;Bart P.C. Hereijgers;Francesca Bleken;Merete H. Nilsen;Stian Svelle

  • Post-synthetic modification of the metal–organic framework compound UiO-66

    Mathivathani Kandiah;Sandro Usseglio;Stian Svelle;Unni Olsbye

  • Detailed Structure Analysis of Atomic Positions and Defects in Zirconium Metal‒Organic Frameworks

    Sigurd Øien;David Wragg;Helge Reinsch;Stian Svelle

  • The formation and degradation of active species during methanol conversion over protonated zeotype catalysts

    U. Olsbye;S. Svelle;K. P. Lillerud;Z. H. Wei

  • Methane to Methanol: Structure–Activity Relationships for Cu-CHA

    Dimitrios Pappas;Elisa Borfecchia;Michael Martin Dyballa;Ilia A. Pankin

  • Mechanistic insight into the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction

    Unni Olsbye;Morten Bjørgen;Stian Svelle;Karl-Petter Lillerud

  • On High Temperature Oxidation of Chromium II . Properties of and the Oxidation Mechanism of Chromium

    P. Kofstad;K. P. Lillerud

  • The Effect of Acid Strength on the Conversion of Methanol to Olefins Over Acidic Microporous Catalysts with the CHA Topology

    Francesca Bleken;Morten Bjørgen;Luisa Palumbo;Silvia Bordiga

  • The mechanisms of ethene and propene formation from methanol over high silica H-ZSM-5 and H-beta

    Morten Bjørgen;Finn Joensen;Karl-Petter Lillerud;Unni Olsbye

Frequent Co-Authors

Unni Olsbye
Unni Olsbye University of Oslo
Silvia Bordiga
Silvia Bordiga University of Turin
Stian Svelle
Stian Svelle University of Oslo
Carlo Lamberti
Carlo Lamberti University of Turin
Helmer Fjellvåg
Helmer Fjellvåg University of Oslo
Pablo Beato
Pablo Beato Max Planck Society
Francesca Bonino
Francesca Bonino University of Turin
Jenny G. Vitillo
Jenny G. Vitillo University of Insubria
Mats Tilset
Mats Tilset University of Oslo
Helge Reinsch
Helge Reinsch Kiel University

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