Publications
Selected publications
- Trapping virtual pores by crystal retro-engineering (Journal article - 2015)
- Controlling the Crystallization of Porous Organic Cages: Molecular Analogs of Isoreticular Frameworks Using Shape-Specific Directing Solvents (Journal article - 2014)
- Separation of rare gases and chiral molecules by selective binding in porous organic cages (Journal article - 2014)
- Porous Organic Cages for Sulfur Hexafluoride Separation (Journal article - 2016)
- Acid- and Base-Stable Porous Organic Cages: Shape Persistence and pH Stability via Post-synthetic "Tying" of a Flexible Amine Cage (Journal article - 2014)
2023
Experimental Confirmation of a Predicted Porous Hydrogen-bonded Organic Framework
Cooper, A., Little, M., Slater, A., Ward, J., Shields, C., Wang, X., . . . Clowes, R. (2023). Experimental Confirmation of a Predicted Porous Hydrogen-bonded Organic Framework. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. doi:10.1002/anie.202303167
2022
A smart and responsive crystalline porous organic cage membrane with switchable pore apertures for graded molecular sieving
He, A., Jiang, Z., Wu, Y., Hussain, H., Rawle, J., Briggs, M. E., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2022). A smart and responsive crystalline porous organic cage membrane with switchable pore apertures for graded molecular sieving. NATURE MATERIALS, 21(4), 463-+. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01168-z
2021
Organic cage inclusion crystals exhibiting guest-enhanced multiphoton harvesting
Ning, G. -H., Cui, P., Sazanovich, I. V., Pegg, J. T., Zhu, Q., Pang, Z., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2021). Organic cage inclusion crystals exhibiting guest-enhanced multiphoton harvesting. CHEM, 7(11), 3157-3170. doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2021.09.016
Integrated Covalent Organic Framework/Carbon Nanotube Composite as Li-Ion Positive Electrode with Ultra-High Rate Performance
Gao, H., Zhu, Q., Neale, A. R., Bahri, M., Wang, X., Yang, H., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2021). Integrated Covalent Organic Framework/Carbon Nanotube Composite as Li-Ion Positive Electrode with Ultra-High Rate Performance. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 11(39). doi:10.1002/aenm.202101880
A Cubic 3D Covalent Organic Framework with nbo Topology
Wang, X., Bahri, M., Fu, Z., Little, M. A., Liu, L., Niu, H., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2021). A Cubic 3D Covalent Organic Framework with nbo Topology. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 143(37), 15011-15016. doi:10.1021/jacs.1c08351
Inherent Ethyl Acetate Selectivity in a Trianglimine Molecular Solid.
He, D., Zhao, C., Chen, L., Little, M. A., Chong, S. Y., Clowes, R., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2021). Inherent Ethyl Acetate Selectivity in a Trianglimine Molecular Solid. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 27(41), 10589-10594. doi:10.1002/chem.202101510
Creating porosity in a trianglimine macrocycle by heterochiral pairing.
He, D., Clowes, R., Little, M. A., Liu, M., & Cooper, A. I. (2021). Creating porosity in a trianglimine macrocycle by heterochiral pairing. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 57(50), 6141-6144. doi:10.1039/d1cc01650d
2020
Nano-assemblies of a soluble conjugated organic polymer and an inorganic semiconductor for sacrificial photocatalytic hydrogen production from water.
Yang, H., Amari, H., Liu, L., Zhao, C., Gao, H., He, A., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2020). Nano-assemblies of a soluble conjugated organic polymer and an inorganic semiconductor for sacrificial photocatalytic hydrogen production from water.. Nanoscale. doi:10.1039/d0nr05801g
Crosslinked Polyimide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites as Long Cycle Life Positive Electrode for Lithium-Ion Cells
Gao, H., Tian, B., Yang, H., Neale, A. R., Little, M. A., Sprick, R. S., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2020). Crosslinked Polyimide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites as Long Cycle Life Positive Electrode for Lithium-Ion Cells. CHEMSUSCHEM, 13(20), 5571-5579. doi:10.1002/cssc.202001389
The Chemistry of Porous Organic Molecular Materials
Little, M. A., & Cooper, A. I. (2020). The Chemistry of Porous Organic Molecular Materials. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 30(41). doi:10.1002/adfm.201909842
3D Cage COFs: A Dynamic Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework with High-Connectivity Organic Cage Nodes.
Zhu, Q., Wang, X., Clowes, R., Cui, P., Chen, L., Little, M. A., & Cooper, A. I. (2020). 3D Cage COFs: A Dynamic Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework with High-Connectivity Organic Cage Nodes.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c07732
Structure–activity relationships in well-defined conjugated oligomer photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water
Aitchison, C. M., Sachs, M., Little, M. A., Wilbraham, L., Brownbill, N. J., Kane, C. M., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2020). Structure–activity relationships in well-defined conjugated oligomer photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water. Chemical Science. doi:10.1039/d0sc02675a
An Expandable Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Characterized by Three-Dimensional Electron Diffraction.
Cui, P., Svensson Grape, E., Spackman, P. R., Wu, Y., Clowes, R., Day, G. M., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2020). An Expandable Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Characterized by Three-Dimensional Electron Diffraction.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(29), 12743-12750. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c04885
Inducing Social Self‐Sorting in Organic Cages To Tune The Shape of The Internal Cavity
Abet, V., Szczypinski, F. T., Little, M. A., Santolini, V., Jones, C. D., Evans, R., . . . Slater, A. G. (2020). Inducing Social Self‐Sorting in Organic Cages To Tune The Shape of The Internal Cavity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. doi:10.1002/anie.202007571
Inducing social self-sorting in organic cages to tune the shape of the internal cavity
Slater, A., Abet, V., Szczypinski, F., Little, M., Santolini, V., Jones, C. D., . . . Jelfs, K. (2020). Inducing social self-sorting in organic cages to tune the shape of the internal cavity. Angewandte Chemie. doi:10.1002/ange.202007571
Photocatalytic Proton Reduction by a Computationally Identified, Molecular Hydrogen-Bonded Framework
Aitchison, C., Kane, C., McMahon, D. P., Spackman, P., Wang, X., Wilbraham, L., . . . Cooper, A. (2020). Photocatalytic Proton Reduction by a Computationally Identified, Molecular Hydrogen-Bonded Framework. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020(15), 7158-7170. doi:10.1039/d0ta00219d
Organic heterojunctions for direct solar fuel generation
Sprick, R. S., Little, M. A., & Cooper, A. I. (2020). Organic heterojunctions for direct solar fuel generation. Communications Chemistry, 3(1). doi:10.1038/s42004-020-0288-z
Organic Cage Dumbbells
Greenaway, R. L., Santolini, V., Szczypinski, F. T., Bennison, M. J., Little, M. A., Marsh, A., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2020). Organic Cage Dumbbells. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 26(17), 3718-3722. doi:10.1002/chem.201905623
2019
From Concept to Crystals via Prediction: Multi‐Component Organic Cage Pots by Social Self‐Sorting
Greenaway, R. L., Santolini, V., Pulido, A., Little, M. A., Alston, B., Briggs, M., . . . Jelfs, K. E. (2019). From Concept to Crystals via Prediction: Multi‐Component Organic Cage Pots by Social Self‐Sorting. Angewandte Chemie (German version), 131(45), 16421-16427. doi:10.1002/ange.201909237
Barely porous organic cages for hydrogen isotope separation
Liu, M., Zhang, L., Little, M. A., Kapil, V., Ceriotti, M., Yang, S., . . . Cooper, A. (2019). Barely porous organic cages for hydrogen isotope separation. Science, 366(6465), 613-620. doi:10.1126/science.aax7427
From Concept to Crystals via Prediction: Multi-Component Organic Cage Pots by Social Self-Sorting
Greenaway, R. L., Santolini, V., Pulido, A., Little, M. A., Alston, B. M., Briggs, M. E., . . . Jelfs, K. E. (2019). From Concept to Crystals via Prediction: Multi-Component Organic Cage Pots by Social Self-Sorting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(45), 16275-16281. doi:10.1002/anie.201909237
Mining predicted crystal structure landscapes with high throughput crystallisation: old molecules, new insights
Cui, P., McMahon, D. P., Spackman, P. R., Alston, B. M., Little, M. A., Day, G. M., & Cooper, A. I. (2019). Mining predicted crystal structure landscapes with high throughput crystallisation: old molecules, new insights. CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 10(43), 9988-9997. doi:10.1039/c9sc02832c
Synthesis of a Large, Shape-Flexible, Solvatomorphic Porous Organic Cage
Teng, B., Little, M. A., Hasell, T., Chong, S. Y., Jelfs, K. E., Clowes, R., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2019). Synthesis of a Large, Shape-Flexible, Solvatomorphic Porous Organic Cage. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 19(7), 3647-3651. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01761
2018
Sulfone-containing covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water
Wang, X., Chen, L., Chong, S. Y., Little, M. A., Wu, Y., Zhu, W. -H., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2018). Sulfone-containing covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water. Nature Chemistry, 10(12), 1180-1189. doi:10.1038/s41557-018-0141-5
Computational modelling of solvent effects in a prolific solvatomorphic porous organic cage
McMahon, D. P., Stephenson, A., Chong, S. Y., Little, M. A., Jones, J. T. A., Cooper, A. I., & Day, G. M. (2018). Computational modelling of solvent effects in a prolific solvatomorphic porous organic cage. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 211, 383-399. doi:10.1039/c8fd00031j
High-throughput discovery of organic cages and catenanes using computational screening fused with robotic synthesis
Greenaway, R. L., Santolini, V., Bennison, M. J., Alston, B. A., Pugh, C. J., Little, M. A., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2018). High-throughput discovery of organic cages and catenanes using computational screening fused with robotic synthesis. Nature Communications, 9. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05271-9
Near-Ideal Xylene Selectivity in Adaptive Molecular Pillar[n]arene Crystals
Jie, K., Liu, M., Zhou, Y., Little, M., Pulido, A., Chong, S., . . . Cooper, A. (2018). Near-Ideal Xylene Selectivity in Adaptive Molecular Pillar[n]arene Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(22), 6921-6930. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b02621
Cage Doubling: Solvent-Mediated Re-equilibration of a [3+6] Prismatic Organic Cage to a Large [6+12] Truncated Tetrahedron
Pugh, C. J., Santolini, V., Greenaway, R. L., Little, M. A., Briggs, M. E., Jelfs, K. E., & Cooper, A. I. (2018). Cage Doubling: Solvent-Mediated Re-equilibration of a [3+6] Prismatic Organic Cage to a Large [6+12] Truncated Tetrahedron. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 18(5), 2759-2764. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01422
A solution-processable dissymmetric porous organic cage
Slater, A. G., Little, M. A., Briggs, M. E., Jelfs, K. E., & Cooper, A. I. (2018). A solution-processable dissymmetric porous organic cage. MOLECULAR SYSTEMS DESIGN & ENGINEERING, 3(1), 223-227. doi:10.1039/c7me00090a
2017
Design and Synthesis of 3D Porous Diamondoid Frameworks by Cocrystallization
Tothadi, S., Little, M. A., Hasell, T., Briggs, M. E., Chong, S. Y., & Cooper, A. I. (2017). Design and Synthesis of 3D Porous Diamondoid Frameworks by Cocrystallization. In ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES Vol. 73 (pp. C470). doi:10.1107/S2053273317091033
Computationally-Guided Synthetic Control over Pore Size in Isostructural Porous Organic Cages
Slater, A. G., Reiss, P. S., Pulido, A., Little, M. A., Holden, D. L., Chen, L., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2017). Computationally-Guided Synthetic Control over Pore Size in Isostructural Porous Organic Cages. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE, 3(7), 734-742. doi:10.1021/acscentsci.7b00145
Computer-guided porous materials design: from rationalization to prediction
Pulido, A., Slater, A. G., Chen, L., Little, M. A., Chong, S. Y., Holden, D., . . . Day, G. M. (2017). Computer-guided porous materials design: from rationalization to prediction. In ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES Vol. 73 (pp. A289). doi:10.1107/S010876731709715X
Chirality as a tool for function in porous organic cages
Hasell, T., Little, M. A., Chong, S. Y., Schmidtmann, M., Briggs, M. E., Santolini, V., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2017). Chirality as a tool for function in porous organic cages. NANOSCALE, 9(20), 6783-6790. doi:10.1039/c7nr01301a
Functional materials discovery using energy–structure–function maps
Pulido, A., Chen, L., Kaczorowski, T., Holden, D., Little, M. A., Chong, S. Y., . . . Day, G. M. (2017). Functional materials discovery using energy–structure–function maps. Nature, 543(7647), 657-664. doi:10.1038/nature21419
Styrene Purification by Guest-Induced Restructuring of Pillar[6]arene
Jie, K., Liu, M., Zhou, Y., Llittle, M. A., Bonakala, S., Chong, S. Y., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2017). Styrene Purification by Guest-Induced Restructuring of Pillar[6]arene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(8), 2908-2911. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b13300
Modular assembly of porous organic cage crystals: isoreticular quasiracemates and ternary co-crystal
Tothadi, S., Little, M. A., Hasell, T., Briggs, M. E., Chong, S. Y., Liu, M., & Cooper, A. I. (2017). Modular assembly of porous organic cage crystals: isoreticular quasiracemates and ternary co-crystal. CRYSTENGCOMM, 19(33), 4933-4941. doi:10.1039/c7ce00783c
Reticular synthesis of porous molecular 1D nanotubes and 3D networks
Slater, A. G., Little, M. A., Pulido, A., Chong, S. Y., Holden, D., Chen, L., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2017). Reticular synthesis of porous molecular 1D nanotubes and 3D networks. Nature Chemistry, 9, 17-25. doi:10.1038/nchem.2663
2016
Periphery-Functionalized Porous Organic Cages
Reiss, P. S., Little, M. A., Santolini, V., Chong, S. Y., Hasell, T., Jelfs, K. E., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2016). Periphery-Functionalized Porous Organic Cages. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 22(46), 16547-16553. doi:10.1002/chem.201603593
Three-dimensional Protonic Conductivity in Porous Organic Cage Solids
Liu, M., Chen, L., Lewis, S., Chong, S. Y., Little, M. A., Hasell, T., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2016). Three-dimensional Protonic Conductivity in Porous Organic Cage Solids. Nature Communications, 7. doi:10.1038/ncomms12750
A Unified Treatment of the Relationship Between Ligand Substituents and Spin State in a Family of Iron(II) Complexes
Cook, L. J. K., Kulmaczewski, R., Mohammed, R., Dudley, S., Barrett, S. A., Little, M. A., . . . Halcrow, M. A. (2016). A Unified Treatment of the Relationship Between Ligand Substituents and Spin State in a Family of Iron(II) Complexes. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 55(13), 4327-4331. doi:10.1002/anie.201600165
Porous Organic Cages for Sulfur Hexafluoride Separation
Hasell, T., Miklitz, M., Stephenson, A., Little, M. A., Chong, S. Y., Clowes, R., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2016). Porous Organic Cages for Sulfur Hexafluoride Separation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 138(5), 1653-1659. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b11797
2015
Dynamic flow synthesis of porous organic cages
Briggs, M. E., Slater, A. G., Lunt, N., Jiang, S., Little, M. A., Greenaway, R. L., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2015). Dynamic flow synthesis of porous organic cages. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 51(98), 17390-17393. doi:10.1039/c5cc07447a
The effect of solvent choice on the gelation and final hydrogel properties of Fmoc-diphenylalanine
Raeburn, J., Mendoza-Cuenca, C., Cattoz, B. N., Little, M. A., Terry, A. E., Cardoso, A. Z., . . . Adams, D. J. (2015). The effect of solvent choice on the gelation and final hydrogel properties of Fmoc-diphenylalanine. SOFT MATTER, 11(5), 927-935. doi:10.1039/c4sm02256d
Hydrogels formed from Fmoc amino acids
Draper, E. R., Morris, K. L., Little, M. A., Raeburn, J., Colquhoun, C., Cross, E. R., . . . Adams, D. J. (2015). Hydrogels formed from Fmoc amino acids. CRYSTENGCOMM, 17(42), 8047-8057. doi:10.1039/c5ce00801h
Trapping virtual pores by crystal retro-engineering
Little, M., Briggs, M., Jones, J., Schmidtmann, M., Hasell, T., Chong, S., . . . Cooper, A. (2015). Trapping virtual pores by crystal retro-engineering. Nature Chemistry, 7(02), 153-159. doi:10.1038/nchem.2156
2014
Separation of rare gases and chiral molecules by selective binding in porous organic cages
Chen, L., Reiss, P., Chong, S., Holden, D., Jelfs, K., Hasell, T., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Separation of rare gases and chiral molecules by selective binding in porous organic cages. Nature Materials, 13(10), 954-960. doi:10.1038/nmat4035
Guest control of structure in porous organic cages
Little, M. A., Chong, S. Y., Schmidtmann, M., Hasell, T., & Cooper, A. I. (2014). Guest control of structure in porous organic cages. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 50(67), 9465-9468. doi:10.1039/c4cc04158e
Complex thermal expansion properties in a molecular honeycomb lattice.
Loughrey, J. J., Comyn, T. P., Apperley, D. C., Little, M. A., & Halcrow, M. A. (2014). Complex thermal expansion properties in a molecular honeycomb lattice.. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 50(57), 7601-7603. doi:10.1039/c4cc02198c
Acid- and Base-Stable Porous Organic Cages: Shape Persistence and pH Stability via Post-synthetic "Tying" of a Flexible Amine Cage
Liu, M., Little, M. A., Jelfs, K. E., Jones, J. T. A., Schmidtmann, M., Chong, S. Y., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2014). Acid- and Base-Stable Porous Organic Cages: Shape Persistence and pH Stability via Post-synthetic "Tying" of a Flexible Amine Cage. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 136(21), 7583-7586. doi:10.1021/ja503223j
Iron(II) complexes of 2,6-di(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-pyridine derivatives with hydrogen bonding and sterically bulky substituents.
Roberts, T. D., Little, M. A., Kershaw Cook, L. J., & Halcrow, M. A. (2014). Iron(II) complexes of 2,6-di(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-pyridine derivatives with hydrogen bonding and sterically bulky substituents.. Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 43(20), 7577-7588. doi:10.1039/c4dt00355a
Hexasulfanyl analogues of cyclotriveratrylene
Little, M. A., Loughrey, J. J., Santoro, A., Halcrow, M. A., & Hardie, M. J. (2014). Hexasulfanyl analogues of cyclotriveratrylene. Tetrahedron Letters, 55(15), 2530-2533. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.03.025
Controlling the Crystallization of Porous Organic Cages: Molecular Analogs of Isoreticular Frameworks Using Shape-Specific Directing Solvents
Hasell, T., Culshaw, J. L., Chong, S., Schmidtmann, M., Little, M., Jelfs, K. E., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Controlling the Crystallization of Porous Organic Cages: Molecular Analogs of Isoreticular Frameworks Using Shape-Specific Directing Solvents. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(4), 1438-1448. doi:10.1021/ja409594s
Design and Synthesis of 3D Porous Diamondoid Frameworks by Cocrystallization
Tothadi, S., Little, M. A., Hasell, T., Briggs, M. E., Chong, S. Y., & Cooper, A. I. (2014). Design and Synthesis of 3D Porous Diamondoid Frameworks by Cocrystallization. In ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES Vol. 70 (pp. C470). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Predicted crystal energy landscapes of porous organic cages
Pyzer-Knapp, E. O., Thompson, H. P. G., Schiffmann, F., Jelfs, K. E., Chong, S. Y., Little, M. A., . . . Day, G. M. (2014). Predicted crystal energy landscapes of porous organic cages. CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 5(6), 2235-2245. doi:10.1039/c4sc00095a