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87
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2390
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  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For combining analytic theory, firstprinciples computations, and neutron scattering measurements to design, discover, and understand new materials with novel physics

Overview

Taner Yildirim is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research focuses on areas within Materials Science and Chemistry, with an emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Additional areas of expertise include Mechanical Engineering, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their work covers several specialized topics, notably:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Taner Yildirim has contributed frequently to several key publication venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Neutron News

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Taner Yildirim illustrate research developments within porous materials and metal-organic frameworks, including:

  • "Balancing volumetric and gravimetric uptake in highly porous materials for clean energy," 2020, Science
  • "Optimization of the Pore Structures of MOFs for Record High Hydrogen Volumetric Working Capacity," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Fine-Tuning a Robust Metal-Organic Framework toward Enhanced Clean Energy Gas Storage," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Air-Stable Cu(I) Metal-Organic Framework for Hydrogen Storage," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A microporous aluminum-based metal-organic framework for high methane, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide storage," 2020, Nano Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include the following individuals:

  • Wei Zhou
  • Craig M. Brown
  • Hayden A. Evans
  • Gavin A. McCarver
  • Zeyu Deng

Among their recognitions, Taner Yildirim has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2008 for work combining analytic theory, first-principles computations, and neutron scattering measurements to explore new material physics.

Best Publications

  • Unusual and Highly Tunable Missing-Linker Defects in Zirconium Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66 and Their Important Effects on Gas Adsorption

    Hui Wu;Hui Wu;Yong Shen Chua;Yong Shen Chua;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Madhusudan Tyagi;Madhusudan Tyagi

  • Titanium-decorated carbon nanotubes as a potential high-capacity hydrogen storage medium.

    T. Yildirim;S. Ciraci

  • Methane Storage in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Current Records, Surprise Findings, and Challenges

    Yang Peng;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Ibrahim Eryazici;Joseph T. Hupp

  • Computation-Ready, Experimental Metal–Organic Frameworks: A Tool To Enable High-Throughput Screening of Nanoporous Crystals

    Yongchul G. Chung;Jeffrey Camp;Maciej Haranczyk;Benjamin J. Sikora

  • Balancing volumetric and gravimetric uptake in highly porous materials for clean energy

    Zhijie Chen;Penghao Li;Ryther Anderson;Xingjie Wang

  • Origin of the 150-K anomaly in LaFeAsO: competing antiferromagnetic interactions, frustration, and a structural phase transition.

    T. Yildirim

  • High-Capacity Methane Storage in Metal−Organic Frameworks M2(dhtp): The Important Role of Open Metal Sites

    Hui Wu;Wei Zhou;Taner Yildirim

  • Magnetically driven ferroelectric order in Ni3V2O8.

    G. Lawes;A. B. Harris;T. Kimura;N. Rogado

  • Enhanced H2 adsorption in isostructural metal-organic frameworks with open metal sites: strong dependence of the binding strength on metal ions.

    Wei Zhou;Hui Wu;Taner Yildirim

  • Hydrogen and Methane Adsorption in Metal−Organic Frameworks: A High-Pressure Volumetric Study

    Wei Zhou;Hui Wu;Michael R. Hartman,†,‖ and;Taner Yildirim

  • Hydrogen storage in a prototypical zeolitic imidazolate framework-8.

    Hui Wu;Wei Zhou;Taner Yildirim

  • Exceptional Mechanical Stability of Highly Porous Zirconium Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66 and Its Important Implications

    Hui Wu;Hui Wu;Taner Yildirim;Taner Yildirim;Wei Zhou;Wei Zhou

  • Giant Anharmonicity and Nonlinear Electron-Phonon Coupling in MgB 2 : A Combined First-Principles Calculation and Neutron Scattering Study

    T. Yildirim;O. Gülseren;O. Gülseren;J. W. Lynn;C. M. Brown;C. M. Brown

  • Graphene oxide framework materials: theoretical predictions and experimental results.

    Jacob W. Burress;Srinivas Gadipelli;Srinivas Gadipelli;Jamie Ford;Jamie Ford;Jason M. Simmons

  • Exceptional CO2 capture in a hierarchically porous carbon with simultaneous high surface area and pore volume

    Gadipelli Srinivas;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Zheng Xiao Guo;Taner Yildirim;Taner Yildirim

  • Carbon capture in metal–organic frameworks—a comparative study

    Jason M. Simmons;Hui Wu;Hui Wu;Wei Zhou;Wei Zhou;Taner Yildirim;Taner Yildirim

  • Tailoring of nanoscale porosity in carbide-derived carbons for hydrogen storage.

    Yury Gogotsi;Ranjan K Dash;Gleb Yushin;Taner Yildirim

  • Systematic study of adsorption of single atoms on a carbon nanotube

    Engin Durgun;S. Dag;V. M. K. Bagci;O. Gülseren

  • Transition Metal-Ethylene Complexes as High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage Media

    E. Durgun;S. Ciraci;W. Zhou;Taner Yildirim

  • Strong coupling of the Fe-spin state and the As-As hybridization in iron-pnictide superconductors from first-principle calculations.

    Taner Yildirim;Taner Yildirim

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Zhou
Wei Zhou National Institute of Standards and Technology
Hui Wu
Hui Wu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Salim Ciraci
Salim Ciraci Bilkent University
Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
Banglin Chen
Banglin Chen Fujian Normal University
Amnon Aharony
Amnon Aharony Tel Aviv University
Joseph T. Hupp
Joseph T. Hupp Northwestern University
Randall Q. Snurr
Randall Q. Snurr Northwestern University
Yun Liu
Yun Liu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Craig M. Brown
Craig M. Brown National Institute of Standards and Technology

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