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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
18996
World Ranking
4085
National Ranking
119

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Thomas Devic is affiliated with the University of Nantes in France and conducts research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their scholarly output focuses on multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry, with additional contributions to Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials as well as Mechanical Engineering.

Devic's published works address a diverse range of topics related to material synthesis, characterization, and application. Key research themes include advancements in battery materials, the synthesis and application of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), x-ray diffraction techniques in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, magnetism in coordination complexes, semiconductor materials and devices, and advanced battery materials and technologies.

Frequent publication venues for Devic's work include The Cambridge Structural Database with 17 publications, ECS Meeting Abstracts with 9 publications, Dalton Transactions, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and Inorganic Chemistry, each comprising multiple contributions.

Selected recent papers reflect the scope of their research:

  • Porphyrin and phthalocyanine-based metal organic frameworks beyond metal-carboxylates, 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • Mixed-metal Zr/Ti MIL-173 porphyrinic metal-organic frameworks as efficient photocatalysts towards solar-driven overall water splitting, 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Small-Pore Gallates MOFs for Environmental Applications: Sorption Behaviors and Structural Elucidation of Their High Affinity for CO2, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Vapor-Phase Infiltration inside a Microporous Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Framework for Postsynthesis Modification, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • A gallic acid based metal organic framework derived NiS/C anode for sodium ion batteries, 2021, Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Collaborative work is a significant part of Devic's research activity. Frequent coauthors include Nathalie Guillou, Bernard Lestriez, Lionel Roué, Nicolas Dupré, and Pablo Salcedo-Abraira, each contributing to multiple publications in partnership with Devic.

Best Publications

  • Why hybrid porous solids capture greenhouse gases

    Gérard Férey;Christian Serre;Thomas Devic;Guillaume Maurin

  • High valence 3p and transition metal based MOFs

    Thomas Devic;Christian Serre

  • Cathode Composites for Li–S Batteries via the Use of Oxygenated Porous Architectures

    Rezan Demir-Cakan;Mathieu Morcrette;Farid Nouar;Carine Davoisne

  • High-throughput assisted rationalization of the formation of metal organic frameworks in the Iron(III) aminoterephthalate solvothermal system.

    Sebastian Bauer;Christian Serre;Thomas Devic;Patricia Horcajada

  • Comparative study of hydrogen sulfide adsorption in the MIL-53(Al, Cr, Fe), MIL-47(V), MIL-100(Cr), and MIL-101(Cr) metal-organic frameworks at room temperature.

    Lomig Hamon;Christian Serre;Thomas Devic;Thierry Loiseau

  • Functionalization in Flexible Porous Solids: Effects on the Pore Opening and the Host−Guest Interactions

    Thomas Devic;Patricia Horcajada;Christian Serre;Fabrice Salles

  • A series of isoreticular, highly stable, porous zirconium oxide based metal-organic frameworks.

    V. Guillerm;F. Ragon;M. Dan-Hardi;T. Devic

  • How linker’s modification controls swelling properties of highly flexible iron(III) dicarboxylates MIL-88

    Patricia Horcajada;Fabrice Salles;Stefan Wuttke;Thomas Devic

  • MIL-103, a 3-D lanthanide-based metal organic framework with large one-dimensional tunnels and a high surface area.

    Thomas Devic;Christian Serre;Nathalie Audebrand;Jérôme Marrot

  • Co-adsorption and separation of CO2-CH4 mixtures in the highly flexible MIL-53(Cr) MOF.

    Lomig Hamon;Philip L. Llewellyn;Thomas Devic;Aziz Ghoufi

  • Effect of NH2 and CF3 functionalization on the hydrogen sorption properties of MOFs

    Claudia Zlotea;Delphine Phanon;Matjaz Mazaj;Daniela Heurtaux

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

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

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

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

  • Complex adsorption of short linear alkanes in the flexible metal-organic-framework MIL-53(Fe).

    P.L. Llewellyn;P. Horcajada;G. Maurin;T. Devic

  • Titanium coordination compounds: from discrete metal complexes to metal–organic frameworks

    Hala Assi;Georges Mouchaham;Nathalie Steunou;Thomas Devic;Thomas Devic

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

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

  • A zirconium methacrylate oxocluster as precursor for the low-temperature synthesis of porous zirconium(IV) dicarboxylates

    Vincent Guillerm;Silvia Gross;Christian Serre;Thomas Devic

  • Prediction of the Conditions for Breathing of Metal Organic Framework Materials Using a Combination of X-ray Powder Diffraction, Microcalorimetry, and Molecular Simulation

    Philip L. Llewellyn;Guillaume Maurin;Thomas Devic;Sandra Loera-Serna

  • Iron(III) metal–organic frameworks as solid Lewis acids for the isomerization of α-pinene oxide

    Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy;Mercedes Alvaro;Hubert Chevreau;Patricia Horcajada

  • Large breathing of the MOF MIL-47(VIV) under mechanical pressure: a joint experimental–modelling exploration

    Pascal G. Yot;Quintian Ma;Quintian Ma;Julien Haines;Qingyuan Yang;Qingyuan Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Serre
Christian Serre École Normale Supérieure
Guillaume Maurin
Guillaume Maurin University of Montpellier
Gérard Férey
Gérard Férey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patricia Horcajada
Patricia Horcajada IMDEA Energy Institute
Philip L. Llewellyn
Philip L. Llewellyn Aix-Marseille University
Alexandre Vimont
Alexandre Vimont Université de Caen Normandie
Hervé Jobic
Hervé Jobic Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Marco Daturi
Marco Daturi Université de Caen Normandie
Qingyuan Yang
Qingyuan Yang Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Vincent Guillerm
Vincent Guillerm King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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