Publications de Kyriakos Stylianou

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

Reply to "Inconsistencies in the specific nucleobase pairing motif prone to photodimerization in a MOF nanoreactor"

Berend Smit, Dominik Józef Kubicki, David Lyndon Emsley, Samantha Lynn Anderson, Kyriakos Stylianou, Peter George Boyd, Andrzej Gladysiak, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

Nature Portfolio2022

Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Production through MOF/MOF Heterojunctions

Fatmah Ebrahim, Berend Smit, Kyriakos Stylianou, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Stavroula Kampouri, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Maria Fumanal Quintana

A strategy for enhancing the photocatalytic performance of MOF- based systems (MOF: metal-organic framework) is developed through the construction of MOF/MOF heterojunctions. The combination of MIL-167 with MIL-125-NH2 leads to the formation of MIL-167/MIL ...

2021

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

Sustainable Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes to Anilines with Highly Active in-situ Generated Copper Nanoparticles

Mounir Driss Mensi, Berend Smit, Kyriakos Stylianou, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Ngoc Tú Nguyên, Fatma Pelin Uran

Metal nanoparticles (NPs) are usually stabilized by a capping agent, a surfactant, or a support material, to maintain their integrity. However, these strategies can impact their intrinsic catalytic activity. Here, we demonstrate that the in-situ formation ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2020

A novel integrated Cr(vi) adsorption–photoreduction system using MOF@polymer composite beads

Mounir Driss Mensi, Berend Smit, Daniel Teav Sun, Wendy Lee Queen, Kyriakos Stylianou, Bardiya Valizadeh, Stavroula Kampouri, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

Taking lanthanides out of isolation: tuning the optical properties of metal-organic frameworks

Kevin Sivula, Gloria Capano, Muhammad Aiman Bin Rahmanudin Hamdan, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Berend Smit, Samantha Lynn Anderson, Kyriakos Stylianou, Davide Tiana, Andrzej Gladysiak, Christopher Patrick Ireland, Stavroula Kampouri, Maria Fumanal Quintana

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are increasingly used in applications that rely on the optical and electronic properties of these materials. These applications require a fundamental understanding on how the structure of these materials, and in particular t ...

2020

Sustainable Capture of Aromatic Volatile Organic Compounds by a Pyrene-Based Metal-Organic Framework under Humid Conditions

Sylvain Alexandre Marie Sudan, Kyriakos Stylianou, Andrzej Gladysiak, Bardiya Valizadeh

The threat posed by the presence of artificial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the environment is a widely acknowledged fact, both for environmental issues and human health concerns. Ever-increasing production requires the continuous development of te ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Unraveling the synergy between metal-organic frameworks and co-catalysts in photocatalytic water splitting

Alfredo Pasquarello, Zhendong Guo, Kyriakos Stylianou, Stavroula Kampouri, Patrick Gono, Stefano Falletta

We investigate the synergy occurring in photocatalytic water splitting between the metal-organic framework MIL-125-NH(2)and two co-catalysts, namely NiO and Ni2P, by calculating their band edge alignment with respect to the redox levels of liquid water. Fo ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

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

Metal organic frameworks and methods for using thereof

Paul Joseph Dyson, Fatmah Ebrahim, Berend Smit, Kyriakos Stylianou, Serhii Shyshkanov, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

The invention features metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having a crystalline lattice comprising metallic nodes and organic ligands, wherein each organic ligand comprises a Lewis acidic or basic centre bound to N conjugated systems, wherein N is comprised be ...

2020

A recyclable metal-organic framework for ammonia vapour adsorption

Kyriakos Stylianou, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

Herein, we present a new strategy to design metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as adsorbents for ammonia (NH3) vapour. The linking ligand is functionalized with a sterically hindered Lewis acidic boron (B) centre, allowing efficient capture of NH3 and easy re ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

Design of lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks with enhanced near-infrared emission

Kyriakos Stylianou, Andrzej Gladysiak, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

A strategy based on the use of ligand steric hindrance and metal doping is reported for the design and synthesis of near-infrared (NIR) emitting lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The lanthanide ions are free of coordinated solvents, and the ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

Degradation of plastic materials into terephthalic acid (tpa), ethylene glycol and/or other monomers that form the plastic materials

Berend Smit, Samantha Lynn Anderson, Kyriakos Stylianou, Christopher Patrick Ireland

The invention relates to a method for degradation of plastic materials into terephthalic acid (TPA)and/or ethylene glycol and/or other monomers that form the plastic materials. ...

2020

On the Electronic and Optical Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Case Study of MIL-125 and MIL-125-NH2

Alfredo Pasquarello, Gloria Capano, Berend Smit, Francesco Ambrosio, Kyriakos Stylianou, Stavroula Kampouri

The photo-active MIL-125 and MIL-125-NH2 metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), despite having a very similar crystalline structure, exhibit different optical behaviors. Luminescence in MIL-125 decays in about 1 ns, while for its amino counterpart, the lifetime ...

2020

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

Incarceration of Iodine in a Pyrene-Based Metal-Organic Framework

Andreas Züttel, Kyriakos Stylianou, Mariana Spodaryk, Andrzej Gladysiak, Ngoc Tú Nguyên

A pyrene-based metal-organic framework (MOF) SION-8 captured iodine (I-2) vapor with a capacity of 460 and 250 mg g(MOF)(-1) at room temperature and 75 degrees C, respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and van-der-Waals-corrected density f ...

2019

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