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D-Index
93
Citations
32807
World Ranking
1779
National Ranking
100

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2019 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Supramolecular Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2006 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Neil R. Champness is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and has made significant contributions primarily within the field of Materials Science. Their research spans various subfields, with a notable focus on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Themself has been involved in multiple aspects of crystallography and chemistry, emphasizing topics such as:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Neil R. Champness has contributed to a range of recent papers, including:

  • How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation? (2022, Advanced Materials)
  • 2021 roadmap on lithium sulfur batteries (2021, Journal of Physics Energy)
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks and Metal-Organic Cages - A Perspective (2020, ChemPlusChem)
  • A periodic table of metal-organic frameworks (2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • Densified HKUST-1 Monoliths as a Route to High Volumetric and Gravimetric Hydrogen Storage Capacity (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Their frequent co-authors include Christian J. Doonan, Rosemary J. Young, Christopher J. Sumby, E. Stephen Davies, and Michael W. George.

Regarding publication venues, Neil R. Champness has published extensively in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (39 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (4 publications)
  • Chemical Science (3 publications)
  • Chemical Communications (3 publications)
  • Faraday Discussions (3 publications)

Throughout their career, this scientist has received several awards such as:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2020)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Supramolecular Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2010)
  • Corday-Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2006)

Best Publications

  • Inorganic crystal engineering using self-assembly of tailored building-blocks

    Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Peter Hubberstey;Wan-Sheung Li

  • Terminology of metal–organic frameworks and coordination polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)

    Stuart Robert Batten;Neil R Champness;Xiao-Ming Chen;Javier Garcia-Martinez

  • Supramolecular design of one-dimensional coordination polymers based on silver(I) complexes of aromatic nitrogen-donor ligands

    Andrei N. Khlobystov;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Dmitrii A. Lemenovskii

  • Controlling molecular deposition and layer structure with supramolecular surface assemblies

    James A. Theobald;Neil S. Oxtoby;Michael A. Phillips;Neil R. Champness

  • High capacity hydrogen adsorption in Cu(II) tetracarboxylate framework materials: the role of pore size, ligand functionalization, and exposed metal sites

    Xiang Lin;Irvin Telepeni;Alexander J. Blake;Anne Dailly

  • High H2 adsorption by coordination-framework materials

    Xiang Lin;Junhua Jia;Xuebo Zhao;K. Mark Thomas

  • Recent advances in crystal engineering

    Christer B. Aakeröy;Neil R. Champness;Christoph Janiak

  • Coordination polymers, metal-organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines

    Stuart Robert Batten;Neil R Champness;Xio-Ming Chen;Javier Garcia-Martinez

  • New Approaches to the Analysis of High Connectivity Materials: Design Frameworks Based upon 44- and 63-Subnet Tectons

    Robert J. Hill;De-Liang Long;Neil R. Champness;Peter Hubberstey

  • OLEX: new software for visualization and analysis of extended crystal structures

    Oleg V. Dolomanov;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Martin Schröder

  • ANION CONTROL IN BIPYRIDYLSILVER(I) NETWORKS : A HELICAL POLYMERIC ARRAY

    Matthew A. Withersby;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Peter Hubberstey

  • Structural diversity of building-blocks in coordination framework synthesis: combining M(NO3)2 junctions and bipyridyl ligands

    Sarah A Barnett;Neil R Champness

  • A partially interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide

    Sihai Yang;Xiang Lin;William Lewis;Mikhail Suyetin

  • New trends in crystal engineering

    Dario Braga;Lee Brammer;Neil R. Champness

  • Exceptional thermal stability in a supramolecular organic framework: Porosity and gas storage

    Wenbin Yang;Alex Greenaway;Xiang Lin;Ryotaro Matsuda

  • Cation-induced kinetic trapping and enhanced hydrogen adsorption in a modulated anionic metal-organic framework

    Sihai Yang;Xiang Lin;Alexander J. Blake;Gavin S. Walker

  • SOLVENT CONTROL IN THE SYNTHESIS OF 3,6-BIS(PYRIDIN-3-YL)-1,2,4,5-TETRAZINE-BRIDGED CADMIUM(II) AND ZINC(II) COORDINATION POLYMERS

    Matthew A. Withersby;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Paul A. Cooke

  • A Porous Framework Polymer Based on a Zinc(II) 4,4‘-Bipyridine-2,6,2‘,6‘-tetracarboxylate: Synthesis, Structure, and “Zeolite-Like” Behaviors

    Xiang Lin;Alexander J. Blake;Claire Wilson;Xue Zhong Sun

  • Lanthanum coordination networks based on unusual five-connected topologies

    De-Liang Long;Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Claire Wilson

  • Exceptionally high H2 storage by a metal-organic polyhedral framework.

    Yong Yan;Xiang Lin;Sihai Yang;Alexander J. Blake

  • Inorganic Crystal Engineering Using Self-Assembly of Tailored Building-Blocks

    Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Peter Hubberstey;Wan‐Sheung Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander J. Blake
Alexander J. Blake University of Nottingham
Martin Schröder
Martin Schröder University of Manchester
Peter Hubberstey
Peter Hubberstey University of Nottingham
Claire Wilson
Claire Wilson University of Glasgow
Peter H. Beton
Peter H. Beton University of Nottingham
William Lewis
William Lewis University of Sydney
Andrei N. Khlobystov
Andrei N. Khlobystov University of Nottingham
Sihai Yang
Sihai Yang University of Manchester
William Levason
William Levason University of Southampton
Gillian Reid
Gillian Reid University of Southampton

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