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PUBLICATIONS

​"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, DOI: 10.1016/j.giant.2023.100227

"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., 2023, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309645


"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, DOI:
10.1039/D3CC02745G


​"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., 2023, DOI:10.1002/adfm.202308376.


"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, DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01186.


"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, DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00799A.


"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 CO
2 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.
 
"Ligation of anti-cancer drugs to self-assembling ultrashort peptides by click chemistry for localized therapy" Reithofer, M. R.*; Chan, K.-H.; Lakshmanan, A.; Lam, D. H.; Mishra, A.; Gopalan, B.; Joshi, M.; Wang, S.; Hauser, C. A. E.* ,Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 625-630. 
Featured as HOT paper by Chemical Science.
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"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.
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"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.
 
"Effect of reactivity on cellular accumulation and cytotoxicity of oxaliplatin analogues," Buss, I.; Kalayda, G. V.; Lindauer, A.; Reithofer, M. R.; Galanski, M.; Keppler, B. K.; Jaehde, U. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 17, 699.

"A SAR study of novel antiproliferative ruthenium and osmium complexes with quinoxalinone ligands in human cancer cell lines" Ginzinger, W.; Muehlgassner, G.; Arion, V. B.; Jakupec, M. A.; Roller, A.; Galanski, M.; Reithofer, M.; Berger, W.; Keppler, B. K. , J. Med. Chem., 2012, 55, 3398.
 
"Tuning of Lipophilicity and Cytotoxic Potency by Structural Variation of Anticancer Platinum(IV) Complexes" Reithofer, M. R.; Bytzek, A. K.; Valiahdi, S. M.; Kowol, C. R.; Groessl, M.; Hartinger, C. G.; Jakupec, M. A.; Galanski, M.; Keppler, B. K., J. Inorg. Biochem, 2011, 105, 46.
 
"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.

"Synthesis of [(DPPNCH2CH2N)3N]3− Molybdenum Complexes (DPP = 3,5-(2,5-diisopropylpyrrolyl)2C6H3) and Studies Relevant to Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen" Reithofer, M. R.; Schrock, R. R.; Müller; P. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 8349-8358.

"The first example of MEEKC-ICP-MS coupling and its application for the analysis of anticancer platinum complexes" Bytzek, A. K.; Reithofer, M. R.; Galanski, M.; Groessl, M.; Keppler, B. K.; Hartinger C. G. , Electrophoresis, 2010, 31, 1144.

"Novel dicarboxylatodichlorido(ethan-1,2-diamine)platinum(IV) complexes with exceptionally high cytotoxicity" Reithofer, M. R.*; Schwarzinger, A.; Valiahdi, S. M.; Galanski, M.; Jakupec, M. A.; Keppler, B. K., J. Inorg. Biochem, 2008, 102, 2072.

"Novel endothal containing platinum(IV) complexes - synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxic activity" Reithofer, M. R.; Valiahdi, S. M.; Galanski, M.; Jakupec, M. A.; Arion, V. B.; Keppler, B. K. , Chem. Biodiv., 2008, 5, 2160-2170, (ICBIC 13 special issue).

"Unprecedented twofold intramolecular hydroamination in diam(m)ine - dicarboxylatodichloridoplatinum(IV) complexes - ethane-1,2-diamine vs. ammine ligands" Reithofer, M. R.; Galanski, M.; Arion, V. B.; Keppler, B. K. , Chem. Comm., 2008, 9, 109.

"Novel di- and tetracarboxylatoplatinum(IV) complexes - synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxic activity" Reithofer, M. R.; Valiahdi, S. M.; Jakupec, M. A.; Arion, V. B.; Egger, A.; Galanski, M.; Keppler, B. K. , J .Med. Chem., 2007, 50, 6692.

"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.
 
"An Entry to Novel Platinum Complexes. Carboxylation of Dihydroxoplatinum(IV) Complexes with Succinic Anhydride and Subsequent Derivatization" Reithofer, M.; Galanski, M.; Roller, A.; Keppler, B. K. , Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2006, 13, 2612.

"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 

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"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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