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  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Rajamani Krishna is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The research work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Engineering, with notable subfields including Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of research focus on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, Membrane Separation and Gas Transport, Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, and Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis.

Rajamani Krishna has published extensively in several key venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent collaborators include Lingyao Wang, Yuanbin Zhang, Banglin Chen, Yunjia Jiang, and Feng Luo.

The following are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Rajamani Krishna, indicating the focus on metal-organic frameworks and gas separation technologies:

  • Mixed Metal-Organic Framework with Multiple Binding Sites for Efficient C2H2/CO2 Separation, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A Chemically Stable Hofmann-Type Metal−Organic Framework with Sandwich-Like Binding Sites for Benchmark Acetylene Capture, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Metal-Organic Framework Based Hydrogen-Bonding Nanotrap for Efficient Acetylene Storage and Separation, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Pore-Space-Partition-Enabled Exceptional Ethane Uptake and Ethane-Selective Ethane-Ethylene Separation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A robust Th-azole framework for highly efficient purification of C2H4 from a C2H4/C2H2/C2H6 mixture, 2020, Nature Communications

Rajamani Krishna has been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • Multicomponent mass transfer

    Ross Taylor;R. Krishna

  • Hydrocarbon Separations in a Metal-Organic Framework with Open Iron(II) Coordination Sites

    Eric D. Bloch;Wendy L. Queen;Wendy L. Queen;Rajamani Krishna;Joseph M. Zadrozny

  • The Maxwell-Stefan approach to mass transfer

    R. Krishna;J.A. Wesselingh

  • Pore chemistry and size control in hybrid porous materials for acetylene capture from ethylene

    Xili Cui;Kaijie Chen;Huabin Xing;Qiwei Yang

  • Evaluating metal–organic frameworks for post-combustion carbon dioxide capture via temperature swing adsorption

    Jarad A. Mason;Kenji Sumida;Zoey R. Herm;Rajamani Krishna

  • Modelling reactive distillation

    R. Taylor;R. Taylor;R. Krishna

  • Ethane/ethylene separation in a metal-organic framework with iron-peroxo sites.

    Libo Li;Libo Li;Rui-Biao Lin;Rajamani Krishna;Hao Li;Hao Li

  • Microporous metal-organic framework with potential for carbon dioxide capture at ambient conditions

    Shengchang Xiang;Shengchang Xiang;Yabing He;Zhangjing Zhang;Zhangjing Zhang;Hui Wu;Hui Wu

  • Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Capture through Channel-Wall Functionalization

    Ning Huang;Xiong Chen;Rajamani Krishna;Donglin Jiang

  • Separation of Hexane Isomers in a Metal-Organic Framework with Triangular Channels

    Zoey R. Herm;Brian M. Wiers;Jarad A. Mason;Jasper M. van Baten

  • Molecular sieving of ethylene from ethane using a rigid metal-organic framework.

    Rui-Biao Lin;Libo Li;Libo Li;Hao-Long Zhou;Hui Wu

  • Metal–organic frameworks with potential for energy-efficient adsorptive separation of light hydrocarbons

    Yabing He;Rajamani Krishna;Banglin Chen

  • Comparative analysis of CFD models of dense gas–solid systems

    van Bgm Berend Wachem;JC Jaap Schouten;van den Cm Bleek;R Krishna

  • Porous Polymer Networks: Synthesis, Porosity, and Applications in Gas Storage/Separation

    Weigang Lu;Daqiang Yuan;Dan Zhao;Christine Inge Schilling

  • Polyamine-Tethered Porous Polymer Networks for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas†

    Weigang Lu;Julian P. Sculley;Daqiang Yuan;Rajamani Krishna

  • Sulfonate-Grafted Porous Polymer Networks for Preferential CO2 Adsorption at Low Pressure

    Weigang Lu;Daqiang Yuan;Julian Sculley;Dan Zhao

  • Potential of microporous metal–organic frameworks for separation of hydrocarbon mixtures

    Zongbi Bao;Zongbi Bao;Ganggang Chang;Ganggang Chang;Huabin Xing;Rajamani Krishna

  • Molecular Simulations of Adsorption Isotherms for Linear and Branched Alkanes and Their Mixtures in Silicalite

    T. J. H. Vlugt;R. Krishna;B. Smit

  • Enhanced carbon dioxide capture upon incorporation of N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine in the metal–organic framework CuBTTri

    Thomas M. McDonald;Deanna M. D'Alessandro;Rajamani Krishna;Jeffrey R. Long

  • Metal-organic frameworks as adsorbents for hydrogen purification and precombustion carbon dioxide capture

    Zoey R. Herm;Joseph A. Swisher;Berend Smit;Rajamani Krishna

  • UTSA-74: A MOF-74 Isomer with Two Accessible Binding Sites per Metal Center for Highly Selective Gas Separation

    Feng Luo;Changsheng Yan;Lilong Dang;Rajamani Krishna

Frequent Co-Authors

J.M. van Baten
J.M. van Baten AmsterCHEM
Banglin Chen
Banglin Chen Fujian Normal University
Wei Zhou
Wei Zhou National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ross Taylor
Ross Taylor Clarkson University
Berend Smit
Berend Smit University of California, Berkeley
Libo Li
Libo Li Taiyuan University of Technology
Hui Wu
Hui Wu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sofia Calero
Sofia Calero Eindhoven University of Technology
Shengchang Xiang
Shengchang Xiang Fujian Normal University
Yabing He
Yabing He The University of Texas at San Antonio

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