Publications by Arunraj Chidambaram

Biomimetic Photodegradation of Glyphosate in Carborane-Functionalized Nanoconfined Spaces

The removal of organophosphorus (OP) herbicides fromwater hasbeen studied using adsorptive removal, chemical oxidation, electrooxidation,enzymatic degradation, and photodegradation. The OP herbicide glyphosate(GP) is one of the most used herbicides worldwi ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Robust metal-organic frameworks for dry and wet biogas upgrading

Kyriakos Stylianou, Arunraj Chidambaram

Biofuels are considered as viable, sustainable and renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. One amongst them is biomethane which has emerged as one of the valuable contributors in facilitating the essential transition towards green energy sources. Industria ...

ELSEVIER2021

A polymeric ionic liquid catalyst for the N-formylation and N-methylation of amines using CO2/PhSiH3

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Aswin Gopakumar, Andreas Züttel, Dmitry Vasilyev, Kyriakos Stylianou, Arunraj Chidambaram, Serhii Shyshkanov

We describe a polymeric ionic liquid (PIL) derived from trimethyl(p-vinylbenzyl)ammonium chloride ([VBTAm]Cl) that efficiently catalyzes the N-formylation of amines employing CO2 and PhSiH3 at room temperature with low catalyst loadings in near-quantitativ ...

2020

A Highly Water-Stable meta-Carborane-Based Copper Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient High-Temperature Butanol Separation

Kyriakos Stylianou, Arunraj Chidambaram

Biofuels are considered sustainable and renewable alternatives to conventional fossil fuels. Biobutanol has recently emerged as an attractive option compared to bioethanol and biodiesel, but a significant challenge in its production lies in the separation ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Accelerated Discovery of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) For Energy Related Applications

Arunraj Chidambaram

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are an emerging class of materials that consist of metal ions which are linked with organic ligands via coordination bonds to form extended networks. MOF structures consists predominantly of open voids which makes them among ...

EPFL2020

CO(2)Methanation via Amino Alcohol Relay Molecules Employing a Ruthenium Nanoparticle/Metal Organic Framework Catalyst

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Kyriakos Stylianou, Arunraj Chidambaram, Serhii Shyshkanov, Ngoc Tú Nguyên, Xinjiang Cui

Methanation of carbon dioxide (CO2) is attractive within the context of a renewable energy refinery. Herein, we report an indirect methanation method that harnesses amino alcohols as relay molecules in combination with a catalyst comprising ruthenium nanop ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2020

Capturing chemical intuition in synthesis of metal-organic frameworks

Seyedmohamad Moosavi, Berend Smit, Kyriakos Stylianou, Arunraj Chidambaram, Christoph Leopold Talirz

Nature Research2019

Frustrated Lewis pair-mediated fixation of CO2 within a metal-organic framework

Paul Joseph Dyson, Kyriakos Stylianou, Arunraj Chidambaram, Serhii Shyshkanov, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

Finding pragmatic solutions to curb the accumulation of atmospheric CO2 and tackle the associated greenhouse effect is challenging. Herein, we demonstrate the use of an in situ formed frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) within a metal-organic framework (MOF) to ef ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2019

Data-driven design of metal-organic frameworks for wet flue gas CO2 capture

Seyedmohamad Moosavi, Berend Smit, Kyriakos Stylianou, Peter George Boyd, Andrzej Gladysiak, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Arunraj Chidambaram, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Enrique Garcia Diez, Susana Garcia Lopez

Limiting the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere is one of the largest challenges of our generation(1). Because carbon capture and storage is one of the few viable technologies that can mitigate current CO2 emissions(2), much effort is focused on developing ...

2019

Selective adsorption of carbon dioxide by a metal-organic framework

Berend Smit, Kyriakos Stylianou, Peter George Boyd, Arunraj Chidambaram

The present invention relates to the removal of carbon dioxide from gases. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of metal-organic frameworks for a selective adsorption of carbon dioxide from a gas. Further, the invention relates to a method f ...

2019

Lanthanide-based near-infrared emitting metal-organic frameworks with tunable excitation wavelengths and high quantum yields

Gloria Capano, Fatmah Ebrahim, Berend Smit, Kyriakos Stylianou, Andrzej Gladysiak, Arunraj Chidambaram, Bardiya Valizadeh, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

Royal Society of Chemistry2018

Biporous Metal-Organic Framework with Tunable CO2/CH4 Separation Performance Facilitated by Intrinsic Flexibility

Seyedmohamad Moosavi, Berend Smit, Kyriakos Stylianou, Daniele Ongari, Peter George Boyd, Andrzej Gladysiak, Arunraj Chidambaram, Kathryn Suzanne Deeg, Kaili Yee Ordiz

In this work, we report the synthesis of SION-8, a novel metal-organic framework (MOF) based on Ca(II) and a tetracarboxylate ligand TBAPy(4-) endowed with two chemically distinct types of pores characterized by their hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties ...

2018

Electronic metal–organic framework sensors

Kyriakos Stylianou, Arunraj Chidambaram

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of crystalline and porous materials, are synthesized through the self-assembly of organic ligands and inorganic metal nodes (ions or clusters). For the past few years, MOFs have been in the limelight due to their st ...

2018