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The Chin (陈) Group @
University of Vienna

bioinspired structuring of moFs and

PUBLICATIONS

"Hidden Structural Colors from Bistable, Electrically Driven Covalent Organic Framework Photonic Assemblies for Secure Optical Encoding" Zorlu, T.; Schoefbeck, F.; Lemmel, J.; Sun, D.; Eder, T.; Reithofer, M.*; Chin, J.M.* ACS. Nano, 2026, 20, 1, 1555-1565. DOI:10.1021/acsnano.5c18545

"High-Temperature Sintered 3D-Printed Alumina as Mechanically Robust Supports for MOF Catalysis" Schoefbeck, F.; Eder, T.; Zeng, W.; Brouczek, D.; Schwentenwein, M.; Benseghir, Y.; Reithofer, M.*; Chin, J.M.* Mater. Adv., 2025, Accepted Manuscript. DOI:10.1039/D5MA01028D

"Durable Electro-Photothermal Superhydrophobic Coatings Based on Liquid-Like Functionalization of Nanoparticles: Improved Water Repellency and Droplet Rebound" Kandeloos, A.J.; Eder, T.; Benseghir, Y.; Reithofer, M.R.; Luitz, M.; Chin, J.M.* Adv. Mater. Interf., 2025, Accepted Manuscript. DOI:10.1002/admi.202500706

"Self-powered flexible Janus-like metal-organic framework membrane for sustainable moisture-enabled electrokinetic energy harvesting" Fauziah, A.R.; Schoefbeck, F.; Reithofer, M.R.; Chin, J.M.* J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, Accepted Manuscript. DOI:10.1039/D5TA06289F

"Bidentate Acyclic Diamino Carbene-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles from Symmetric and Asymmetric Gold(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity" Thomas, S.R.; Tan, T.T.Y.; Rubio, G.M.D.M.; Chalermnon, M; Chin, J.M.*; Reithofer, M.* Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 38, 19316–19324

"Necessary modification to the Oliver-Pharr method for AFM-indentation" Zak, S.*; Gröger, J.; Kandeloos, A.J.; Chin, J.M.; Cordill, M.J. Mater. Des., 2025, 258, 114640.

"Designing MOF-Thermogel Nanocomposites for Differential Multidrug Release in Combinational Cancer Therapy" Zeng, W.; Tan, T.; Lin, Q.; Loh, W.W.; Lee, Y.H.; Reithofer, M.; Loh, X.J.; Chin, J.M.*; Lim, J.* ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2025, 8, 35, 17297–17310.

"Rational design of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Hosts for Nanoparticles in Catalytic Applications: Concepts, Strategies, and Emerging Trends" Chalermnon, M.; Thomas, S.; Chin, J.M.*; Reithofer, M.R.* Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, Advanced Article.

"Directed Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticle Superstructures Using Self-Assembling Peptoids Containing Metal-Bonding N-Heterocyclic Carbenes" Ge, L.; Trinh, T.K.H.; Li, C.; Mayer, F.; Chin, J.M.; Chen, C.L.; Reithofer, M.R.* Nano Lett., 2025, 25, 31, 12049–12058.

"Aerobic Photodegradation of Pyrene-Based Metal–Organic Framework NU-1000 to Terephthalic Acid" Zeng, W; Tan, T. T. Y.*; Benseghir, Y; Reithofer, M.R.; Chin, J.M.*; Lim, J.Y.C.* Chem. Mater., 2025, 37, 9, 3531–3541.

"Covalently bound MOF/COF aerogels as robust catalytic filters for rapid nerve agent decomposition" Sahul, M; Benseghir, Y; Eder, T; Schöfbeck, F; Ge, L; Hetey, D; Reithofer, M.R.; Chin, J.M.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2025, 17, 10, 15938–15947.

"Enhanced Control of Single crystalline Ag Dendritic Growth on Al Foil via Galvanic Displacement and Simultaneous Oxidation of D-Glucose" Rafailović, L.*; Noisternig, S.; Bischoff, J.; Rentenberger, C.; Bautista-Anguis, D.; Sheng, H.; Gammer, C.; Chin, J.M.; Elbataioui, A.; Zhang, H.; Eckert, J.*; Trišović, T. Small Sci., 2025, 5, 2400478.

"Universal Transparent Icephobic Coatings Based on Halogen-free Covalently Attached Mobile Siloxane Chains for Diverse Substrates" Kandeloos, A.J.; Eder, T.; Hetey, D.; Bismarck, A.; Reithofer, M.R.; Cordill, M.; Chin, J.M.* Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 12, 2400808.

"Electric-field assisted spatioselective deposition of MIL-101(Cr)PEDOT to enhance electrical conductivity and humidity sensing performance" Benseghir, Y.; Tsang, M.Y.; Schöfbeck, F.; Hetey, D.; Kitao, T.; Uemura, T.; Shiozawa, H.; Reithofer, M. R.; Chin, J. M.* J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2025, 678, 979-986.

"Fabrication of azido-PEG-NHC stabilized gold nanoparticles as a functionalizable platform" Eisen, C.; Keppler, B.K.; Chin, J.M.*; Su, X.*; Reithofer, M.* Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 18524-18533.

"The tyrosine kinase inhibitor Nintedanib induces lysosomal dysfunctionality: role of protonation-dependent crystallization processes" Mosca, E.; Federa, A.; Pirker, C.; Schosserer, M.; Liendl, L.; Eckhard, M.; Sombke, A.; Dömötör, O.; Kirchhofer, D.; Timelthaler, G.; Baier, D.; Gurschka, P.; Gabler, L.; Reithofer, M.; Chin, J. M.; Elsayad, K.; Englinger, B.; Tahir, A.; Kowol, C.*; Berger, W.* Chem. Biol. Interact., 2024, 403, 111243.

"Synchronous Electrochromism and Electrofluorochromism in a Zirconium Pyrenetetrabenzoate Metal–Organic Framework" El Guerraf, A.; Zeng, W.; Mantel, A.; Benhsina, E.; Chin, J. M.; Shiozawa, H.* Adv. Electron. Mater., 2024, 10, 2300854.

"Physicochemical Methods for the Structuring and Assembly of MOF Crystals" Zorlu, T.; Hetey, D.; Reithofer, M. R.; Chin, J. M.* Acc. Chem. Res., 2024, 57, 15, 2105–2116.

"Transparent PDMS Surfaces with Covalently Attached Lubricants for Enhanced Anti-adhesion Performance" Eder, T.; Mautner, A.; Xu, Y.; Reithofer, M. R.*; Bismarck, A.*; Chin, J. M.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2024, 16, 8, 10942–10952.

"Fabrication of Oriented Polycrystalline MOF Superstructures" Moreau-Linares, M.; Brandner, L. A.; Velásquez-Hernández, M.; Fonseca, J.; Benseghir, Y.; Chin, J. M.; Maspoch, D.; Doonan, C.*; Falcaro, P.* Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2309645.

"Multilength Scale Hierarchy in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis, Characterization and the Impact on Applications" Tsang, M.Y.; Sinelshchikova, A.; Zaremba, O.; Schöfbeck, F.; Durán Balsa, A.; Reithofer, M. R.; Wuttke, S.*; Chin, J. M.* Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 34, 2308376.

"Glycerol-tailored asymmetric polyethersulfone membranes with uniform ion transport for stable lithium metal batteries" Lo, M.; Wu, K. C.-W.; Chin, J. M.; Cheng, L.-P.; Kuan, W.-F.* Giant, 2023, 17, 100227.

"NHC stabilized copper nanoparticles via reduction of a copper NHC complex" Richstein, R.; Eisen, C.; Ge, Lingcong.; Chalermnon, M.; Mayer, F.; Keppler, B. K.; Chin, J. M.; Reithofer, M. R. Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 9738-9741.

"Alignment of Breathing Metal–Organic Framework Particles for Enhanced Water-Driven Actuation" Andreo, J.; Durán Balsa, A.; Tsang, M. Y.; Sinelshchikova, A.; Zaremba, O.; Wuttke, S.; Chin, J. M. Chem. Mater., 2023, 35, 17, 6943-6952.

"Effect of Zr-based metal-organic framework structure on the properties of its composite with polyaniline" Milakin, K.A.; Gupta, S.; Kobera, L.; Mahun, A.; Konefał, M.; Kočková, O.; Taboubi, O.; Morávková, Z.; Chin, J. M.; Allahyarli, K.; Bober, P.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2023, 15, 19, 23813–23823.

"Fabrication of graded porous structure of hydroxypropyl cellulose hydrogels via temperature-induced phase separation" Tialiou, A., Athab, Z. H.; Woodward, R. T. ; Biegler, V.; Keppler, B. K.; Halbus, A. F. ; Reithofer, M. R., Chin, J. M. Carbohydrate Polymers., 2023, 315, 120984.

"Tackling orientation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): The quest to enhance MOF performance" Khalil, I. E.; Fonseca, J.; Reithofer, M. R.; Eder, T.; Chin, J. M. Coord. Chem. Rev., 2023, 481, 215043.

"Hyper Crosslinked Polymer Supported NHC Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles with Excellent Catalytic Performance in Flow Processes" Eisen, C.; Ge, L.; Chin, J. M.; Woodward, R. T.; Reithofer, M. R.* Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 1095-1101.

"CELLOPT: improved unit-cell parameters for electron diffraction data of small-molecule crystals" Gruene, T.; Clabbers, M. T. B.; Luebben, J.; Chin, J. M.; Reithofer, M. R.; Stowasser, F.; Alker, A. M. J. Appl. Cryst., 2022, 55, 647.

"Current Developments of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Au(I)/Au(III) Complexes toward Cancer Treatment" Tialiou, A.; Chin, J. M.; Keppler, B. K.; Reithofer, M. R. Biomedicines, 2022, 10, 1417.

"Reactivity of Diamines in Acyclic Diamino Carbene Gold Complexes" Rúbio, G. M. D. M.; Tan, T. T. Y.; Prado-Roller, A.; Chin, J. M.; Reithofer, M. R. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 7448.

"Metal-Organic Framework superstructures with long-ranged orientational order via E-field assisted liquid crystal assembly" Allahyarli, K.; Reithofer, M. R.; Cheng, F.; Young, A. J.; Kiss, E.; Tan, T. T. Y.; Prado-Roller, A.; Chin, J. M.* J. Colloid Interface Sci, 2021, 610, 1027.

"Catalytically Active Gold Nanomaterials Stabilized by N-heterocyclic Carbenes" Eisen, C.; Chin, J. M.* ; Reithofer, M. R.* Chem. Asian J., 2021, 16, 3026.

"Synthetically Versatile Nitrogen Acyclic Carbene Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles" Rubio, G. M. D. M.; Keppler, B. K.; Chin. J. M.* ; Reithofer, M. R.* Chem. Eur., 2020, 26, 15859.

"An ICP-MS-based assay for characterization of gold nanoparticles with potential biomedical use" Kuznetsova, O. V.; Rubio, G.M.D.M.; Keppler, B. K.; Chin, J. M.; Reithofer, M. R.; Timerbaev, A. R.* Analyt. Biochem., 2020, 611, 114003.

"Using Supercritical CO2 in the Preparation of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Investigating Effects on Crystallisation" Doan, H.; Cheng, F.; Dyirakumunda, T.; Elsegood, M.; Chin, J. M.; Rowe, O.; Redshaw, C.; Ting, V. P. Crystals, 2019, 10, 17.

"Dynamic electric field alignment of metal-organic framework microrods" Cheng, F.; Young, A. J.; Bouillard, J-S. G.; Kemp, N. T.; Guillet-Nicolas, R.; Hall, C. H.; Roberts, D.; Jaafar, A. H.; Adawi, A. M.; Kleitz, F.; Imhof, A.; Reithofer, M. R.; Chin, J. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 12989.

"pH responsive histidin-2-ylidene stabilized gold nanoparticles" Young, A. J.; Eisen, C.; Rubio, G. M. D. M.; Chin, J. M.; Reithofer, M. R. J. Inorg. Biochem., 2019, 199, 110707.

"One-step synthesis and XPS investigations of chiral NHC-Au(0)/Au(I) nanoparticles" Young, A. J.; Sauer, M; Rubio, G. M. D. M.; Sato, A.; Foelske, A; Serpell, C. J.; Chin, J. M.; Reithofer, M. R. Nanoscale, 2019,11, 8327-8333.

"Direct ink writing of catalytically active UiO-66 polymer composites" Young, A. J.; Guillet-Nicolas, R.; Marshall, E. S.; Kleitz, F.; Goodhand, A. J.; Glanville, L. B. L.; Reithofer, M. R.; Chin, J. M. Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 2190-2193

"Stereolithographic 3D printing of extrinsically self-healing composites" Sanders, P.; Young, A. J.; Qin, Y.; Fancey, K. S.; Reithofer, M. R.; Guillet-Nicolas, R.; Kleitz, F.; Pamme, N.; Chin, J. M. Sci. Rep. 2019, 9, 388.

"Optically active histidin-2-ylidene stabilised gold nanoparticles" Young, A. J.; Serpell, C. J.; Chin, J. M.; Reithofer, M. R. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53. 12426.
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"Magnetic Control of MOF Crystal Orientation and Alignment" Cheng, F.; Marshall, E. S.; Young, A. J.; Robinson, P. J.; Bouillard, J-S. G.; Adawi, A. M.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Farha, O. K.; Reithofer M. R.; Chin, J. M. , Chem. Eur. 2017. 23. 15578.

“EPR/ENDOR and Theoretical Study of the Jahn-Teller-Active [HIPTN3N]MoVL Complexes (L = N-, NH)” Sharma, A.; Roemelt, M.; Reithofer, M.; Schrock, R.R.; Hoffman, B.M.; Neese, F. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 12, 6906.

"Capture by Dry Alkanolamines and an Efficient Microwave Regeneration Process" Yang, J.; Tan, H. Y.; Low, Q. X.; Binks, B. P.* and Chin, J. M.* J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 6440.

"Synthesis and bioactivity of a conjugate composed of green tea catechins and hyaluronic acid" Fan Lee, F.; Lim, J.; Reithofer, M. R.; Lee, S. S.; Chung, J. E.; Hauser, C. A. E.; Kurisawa, M. Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 4462.

"Non-Close-Packed Breath Figures via Ion-Partitioning-Mediated Self-Assembly" Aw, J. E.; Goh, G. T. W.; Huang, S.; Reithofer, M. R.; Thong, A. Z. and Chin, J. M.* Langmuir, 2015, 31, 6688.

“Highly thermally resistant polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes lubricating oil prepared via a thiol-ene click reaction” Wang, X.; Chin, J.M.; He, C.; Xu, J.* Sci. Adv. Mater., 2014, 6, 1553.

"In situ synthesis of size- controlled, stable silver nanoparticles within ultrashort peptide hydrogels and their anti- bacterial properties" Reithofer, M. R.; Lakshmanan, A.; Tay, K. P. A.; Chin, J. M.; Hauser, C. A. E. , Biomaterials, 2014, 35, 7535.

"Motorized Janus metal organic framework crystals" Tan, T.T. Y.; Cham, J. T. M.; Reithofer, M. R.; Hor, T. S. A.; Chin, J. M. , Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15175.

"Non-Close- Packed Pore Arrays through One-Step Breath Figure Self- Assembly" Thong, A. Z.; Lim, D. S. W.; Ahsan, A.; Goh, G. T. W.; Xu, J.; Chin, J. M.* , Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 1375.

"Photoresponsive Liquid Marbles and Dry Liquids" Tan, T.T. Y.; Ahsan, A.; Reithofer, M. R.; Tay, S. W.; Tan, S. Y.; Xu, J.; Hor, T. S. A.; Chin, J. M.; Chew, B. K. J.; Wang, X. B. , Langmuir, 2014, 30, 3448.

"Solution-Processable Multicolored Dithienothiophene-Based Conjugated Polymers for Electrochromic Applications" Neo, W. T.; Cho, C. M.; Song, J.; Chin, J. M.; Wang, X.; He, C.; Chan, H. S. O.; Xu, J.* Eur. Polym. J., 2013, 49, 2446

"Supergluing MOF Liquid Marbles" Chin, J. M.; Reithofer, M. R.; Tan, T. Y. T.; Menon, A. G.; Chen, E. Y.; Chow, C. A.; Hor, T. S. A.; Xu, J. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 493.
Highlighted on ScienceDaily, Phys.org and Nanowerk

"Monoaryloxide Pyrrolide (MAP) Imido Alkylidene Complexes of Molybdenum and Tungsten That Contain 2,6-Bis(2,5-R2-pyrrolyl)phenoxide (R = i-Pr, Ph) Ligands and an Unsubstituted Metallacyclobutane on Its Way to Losing Ethylene" Reithofer, M. R.; Dobereiner, G. E.; Schrock, R. R.; Müller, P. , Organometallics, 2013, 32, 2489.

"Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates with Carbon Dioxide and Cesium Carbonate" Reithofer, M. R.; Sum, Y. N.; Zhang, Y., Green Chem., 2013, 15, 2086.

"Thermally Stable Glassy Luminescent Cyclotriphosphazenes" Ng, K. -P. J; Cho, C. M.; Chin, J. M.; Lin, K. K.; He, C.; Xu, J. Eur. Polym. J., 2013, 49, 2404.

"Influence of metal salts on the hydrogelation properties of ultrashort aliphatic peptides" Mishra, A.; Chan, K.-H.; Reithofer, M. R.; Hauser, C. A. E. , RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 9985.

"Tuning Omniphobicity via Morphological Control of Metal-Organic Framework Functionalized Surfaces" Tan, T. T. Y.; Reithofer, M. R.; Chen, E. Y.; Menon, A. G.; Hor, T. S. A.; Xu, J.; Chin, J. M.* , J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 16272.
Highlighted on Nanowerk, USANews and A*STAR Research

"Tuning the aspect ratio of NH2-MIL-53(Al) microneedles and nanorods via coordination modulation" Chin, J. M.; Chen, E. Y.; Menon, A. G.; Tan, H. Y.; Hor, T. S. A.; Schreyer, M. K.; Xu, J. CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 654.

"Protonation of the Dinitrogen-Reduction Catalyst [HIPTN3N]MoIII Investigated by ENDOR Spectroscopy" Kinney, A. R.; McNaughton, R. L.; Chin, J. M.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoffman, B. M. Inorg. Chem.,2011, 50, 418.

"Experimental and Theoretical EPR Study of Jahn-Teller-Active [HIPTN3N]MoL Complexes (L = N2, CO, NH3)." McNaughton, R. L.; Roemelt, M.; Chin, J. M.; Schrock, R.R.; Neese, F.; Hoffman, B.M. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 8645.

"Synthesis of DiamidoPyrrolyl Molybdenum Complexes Relevant to Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia." Chin, J. M.; Schrock, R.R.; Müller, P. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 7904.

"EPR Study of the Low-Spin [d3; S=12], Jahn-Teller-Active, Dinitrogen Complex of a Molybdenum Trisamidoamine." McNaughton, R.L.; Chin, J. M.; Weare, W.W.; Schrock, R.R.; Hoffman, B.M. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 3480.

"Catalytic reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia at a single molybdenum center." Weare, W.W.; Dai, X.; Byrnes, M. J.; Chin, J. M.; Schrock, R.R.; Müller, P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2006, 103, 17099.

Patents

“Self-Assembling Ultrashort Aliphatic Depsipedides for Biomedical Applications” PCT Int. Appl. 2016, WO 2016144259 A1 20160915; Hauser, C. A. E.; Reithofer, M. R.; Loo, Y.

" Method for regeneration of used sorbent with gas adsorbate" PCT Int. Appl. 2015, WO 2015163819 A1 20151029; Chin, J. M.; Yang, J.; Tan, H. Y.; Sum, Y. N.; Tay, S. W. Licensed, July 2015

“Self-Assembling Ultrashort Aliphatic Cyclic Peptides for Biomedical Applications” Singapore Patent Application No.: 10201502526S; Hauser, C. A. E.; Reithofer, M. R.

"Method of removing heat energy from an object" Patent No. SG 10201407256; Singapore Patent Application No.: 201308215-1; Chin, J. M.; Tay, S. W.; Loh, X. J.; Tan, A. Y. X.;Tan, T. T. Y.; Xu, J.

"Nanoparticle-containing Hydrogels" PCT Int. Appl. 2015, WO 2015057170 A1 20150423; Hauser, C. A. E.; Reithofer, M. R.; Chin, J. M. Licensed, 2016

"Metathesis catalysts and methods thereof", PCT Int. Appl. 2014, WO 2014172534 A1 20141023. Reithofer, M. R.; Schrock R. R.

"Method for purifying gas using liquid marbles" PCT Int. Appl. 2014, WO 2014189470 A1 20141127; Chin, J. M.; Tay, S.W.; Tan, Y. X. A.; Xu J. Licensed, July 2015

Highlighted on ChannelNewsAsia, AM Live, in an televised interview on 19th December 2013.

"Hydrogels comprising self-assembling ultrashort peptides modified with bioactive agents for therapeutic and cosmetic use", PCT Int. Appl. 2014, WO 2014104974 A2 20140703; Hauser, C. A. E.; Reithofer, M. R.; Chan, K.-H.; Mishra, A.

"Synthesis of cyclic carbonates", PCT Int. Appl. 2014, WO 2014171894 A1 20141023; Zhang, Y.; Reithofer, M. R.; Sum, Y. N.

"Single-step contactless method for the formation of a polymer film with regions of varying topography and/or hydrophobicity" Singapore Patent Application No.: 201304029-0; Thong, Z. A.; Chin, J. M.; Xu, J.

"Photo-responsive macro- and micro- liquid marbles" PCT Int. Appl. 2014, WO 2014126536 A1 20140821; Chin, J. M.; Tay, S. W.; Wang X. B.; Xu J.; Hor, T. S. A. Licensed, July 2015

"Self-assembled composite ultrasmall peptide-polymer hydrogels", PCT Int. Appl. 2013, WO 2013066274 A1 20130510; Hauser, C.; Loo, Y.; Wan, A. C. A.; Reithofer, M.

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