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Thomas J. Emge is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a substantial body of work in materials chemistry and organic chemistry.

The scientist has contributed to several subfields of study, including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Thomas J. Emge has frequently published in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alan S. Goldman
  • Kate M. Waldie
  • Minzhu Zou
  • Mark C. Lipke
  • Faraj Hasanayn

Recent published papers by Thomas J. Emge feature a range of topics and journals and include:

  • Crystallizing Atomic Xenon in a Flexible MOF to Probe and Understand Its Temperature-Dependent Breathing Behavior and Unusual Gas Adsorption Phenomenon, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Intrinsic (Trap-Free) Transistors Based on Epitaxial Single-Crystal Perovskites, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Reactivity of Iridium Complexes of a Triphosphorus-Pincer Ligand Based on a Secondary Phosphine. Catalytic Alkane Dehydrogenation and the Origin of Extremely High Activity, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Identification of the local electrical properties of crystalline and amorphous domains in electrochemically doped conjugated polymer thin films, 2020, RSC Advances
  • Alkane Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by a Fluorinated Phebox Iridium Complex, 2021, ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • A Luminescent Microporous Metal–Organic Framework for the Fast and Reversible Detection of High Explosives

    Anjian Lan;Kunhao Li;Haohan Wu;David H. Olson

  • New Microporous Metal−Organic Framework Demonstrating Unique Selectivity for Detection of High Explosives and Aromatic Compounds

    Sanhita Pramanik;Chong Zheng;Xiao Zhang;Thomas J. Emge

  • Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for kinetic separation of propane and propene

    Jing Li;Kunhao Li;David H. Olson

  • Microporous metal-organic frameworks with high gas sorption and separation capacity

    Jeong Yong Lee;David H. Olson;Long Pan;Thomas J. Emge

  • Rational design of synthetic metal superconductors

    Jack M. Williams;Hau H. Wang;Thomas J. Emge;Urs Geiser

  • Solution Processable MOF Yellow Phosphor with Exceptionally High Quantum Efficiency

    Qihan Gong;Zhichao Hu;Benjamin J. Deibert;Thomas J. Emge

  • Organic superconductors: structural aspects and design of new materials

    Jack M. Williams;Mark A. Beno;Hau H. Wang;Peter C. W. Leung

  • Ambient-pressure superconductivity at 2.7 K and higher temperatures in derivatives of (BEDT-TTF)2IBr2: synthesis, structure, and detection of superconductivity

    Jack M. Williams;Hau H. Wang;Mark A. Beno;Thomas J. Emge

  • Enhancing Gas Adsorption and Separation Capacity through Ligand Functionalization of Microporous Metal–Organic Framework Structures

    Yonggang Zhao;Haohan Wu;Thomas J. Emge;Qihan Gong

  • Discovery of a small-molecule inhibitor and cellular probe of Keap1-Nrf2 protein-protein interaction.

    Longqin Hu;Sadagopan Magesh;Lin Chen;Lili Wang

  • Net Oxidative Addition of C(sp3)-F Bonds to Iridium via Initial C-H Bond Activation

    Jongwook Choi;David Y. Wang;Sabuj Kundu;Yuriy Choliy

  • Synthetic metals based on bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF): Synthesis, structure, and ambient-pressure superconductivity in (BEDT-TTF)2I3

    Jack M. Williams;T. J. Emge;H. H. Wang;M. A. Beno

  • Achieving High Density of Adsorbed Hydrogen in Microporous Metal Organic Frameworks

    Jeong Yong Lee;Long Pan;Sean P. Kelly;Jacek Jagiello

  • Distinct Thermodynamics for the Formation and Cleavage of N-H Bonds in Aniline and Ammonia. Directly-Observed Reductive Elimination of Ammonia from an Isolated Amido Hydride Complex

    Mira Kanzelberger;Xiawei Zhang;Thomas J. Emge;Alan S. Goldman

  • A new layered metal–organic framework as a promising heterogeneous catalyst for olefin epoxidation reactions

    Jingming Zhang;Ankush V. Biradar;Sanhita Pramanik;Thomas J. Emge

  • Role of the intermolecular interactions in the two-dimensional ambient-pressure organic superconductors. beta. -(ET)/sub 2/I/sub 3/ and. beta. -(ET)/sub 2/IBr/sub 2/

    Myung Hwan Whangbo;Jack M. Williams;Peter C. W. Leung;Mark A. Beno

  • Rational design and synthesis of highly active pincer-iridium catalysts for alkane dehydrogenation

    Sabuj Kundu;Yuriy Choliy;Gao Zhuo;Ritu Ahuja

  • Importance of Intermolecular Hydrogen—Hydrogen And Hydrogen-anion Contacts For The Lattice Softness, The Electron-phonon Coupling, And The Superconducting Transition Temperatures, T c , of Organic Conducting Salts β-(et) 2 x (x- = Ibr 2 -, aui2”, I 3 )

    Myung Hwan Whangbo;Jack M. Williams;Arthur J. Schultz;Thomas J. Emge

  • Dimerization of Alkynes Promoted by a Pincer-Ligated Iridium Complex. C−C Reductive Elimination Inhibited by Steric Crowding

    Rajshekhar Ghosh;Xiawei Zhang;Patrick Achord;Thomas J. Emge

  • A chiral phenoxyamine magnesium catalyst for the enantioselective hydroamination/cyclization of aminoalkenes and intermolecular hydroamination of vinyl arenes.

    Xiaoming Zhang;Thomas J. Emge;Kai C. Hultzsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan S. Goldman
Alan S. Goldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jing Li
Jing Li Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John G. Brennan
John G. Brennan Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Karsten Krogh-Jespersen
Karsten Krogh-Jespersen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Spencer Knapp
Spencer Knapp Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Martha Greenblatt
Martha Greenblatt Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mark Croft
Mark Croft Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Debasis Banerjee
Debasis Banerjee Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Daniel Seidel
Daniel Seidel University of Florida
Ronggui Yang
Ronggui Yang Peking University

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