Dr Grazia Bezzu

2022

• Ye, C. et al. 2022. Long-life aqueous organic redox flow batteries enabled by amidoxime-functionalized ion-selective polymer membranes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61(38), article number: e202207580. (10.1002/anie.202207580)
• Valentini, C., Gowland, D., Bezzu, C. G., Romito, D., Demitri, N., Bonini, N. and Bonifazi, D. 2022. Customising excitation properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by rational positional heteroatom doping: the peri-xanthenoxanthene (PXX) case. Chemical Science 13(21), pp. 6335-6347. (10.1039/D2SC01038K)
• Monteleone, M. et al. 2022. Advanced methods for analysis of mixed gas diffusion in polymeric membranes. Journal of Membrane Science 648, article number: 120356. (10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120356)

2021

• Bezzu, C. G. et al. 2021. Ultrapermeable polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) containing spirocyclic units with fused triptycenes. Advanced Functional Materials 31(37), article number: 2104474. (10.1002/adfm.202104474)
• Fasano, F. et al. 2021. BN‐doped metal–organic frameworks: tailoring 2D and 3D porous architectures through molecular editing of borazines. Chemistry - A European Journal 27(12), pp. 4124-4133. (10.1002/chem.202004640)
• Felemban, S. A. et al. 2021. Synthesis and gas permeation properties of tetraoxidethianthrene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9, pp. 2840-2849. (10.1039/D0TA10134F)

2020

• Al-Hetlani, E., Amin, M. O., Bezzu, C. G. and Carta, M. 2020. Spirobifluorene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity for the adsorption of methylene blue from wastewater: effect of surfactants. Royal Society Open Science 7(9), article number: 200741. (10.1098/rsos.200741)
• Longo, M. et al. 2020. Correlating gas permeability and Young's modulus during the physical aging of polymers of intrinsic microporosity using atomic force microscopy. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59(12), pp. 5381-5381. (10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04881)

2019

• Carloni, L., Bezzu, C. G. and Bonifazi, D. 2019. Patterning porous networks through self-assembly of programmed biomacromolecules. Chemistry - A European Journal 25(71), pp. 16179-16200. (10.1002/chem.201902576)
• Comesaña-Gándara, B. et al. 2019. Redefining the Robeson upper bounds for CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 separations using a series of ultrapermeable benzotriptycene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Energy and Environmental Science 12(9), pp. 2733-2740. (10.1039/C9EE01384A)
• Antonangelo, A. R., Bezzu, C. G., McKeown, N. B. and Nakagaki, S. 2019. Highly active manganese porphyrin-based microporous network polymers for selective oxidation reactions. Journal of Catalysis 369, pp. 133-142. (10.1016/j.jcat.2018.10.036)
• Bezzu, C. G. et al. 2019. Highly stable fullerene-based porous molecular crystals with open metal sites. Nature Materials 18, pp. 740-745. (10.1038/s41563-019-0361-0)

2018

• Fuoco, A. et al. 2018. Temperature dependence of gas permeation and diffusion in triptycene-based ultrapermeable polymers of intrinsic microporosity. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10(42), pp. 36475-36482. (10.1021/acsami.8b13634)
• Monteleone, M. et al. 2018. A novel time lag method for the analysis of mixed gas diffusion in polymeric membranes by on-line mass spectrometry: pressure dependence of transport parameters. Membranes 8(3), article number: 73. (10.3390/membranes8030073)
• Bezzu, C. G. et al. 2018. The synthesis, chain-packing simulation and long-term gas permeability of highly selective spirobifluorene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6(22), pp. 10507-10514. (10.1039/C8TA02601G)

2017

• Antonangelo, A. R. et al. 2017. Synthesis, crystallographic characterization and homogeneous catalytic activity of novel unsymmetric porphyrins. RSC Advances 7(80), pp. 50610-50618. (10.1039/C7RA08734A)
• Rose, I. et al. 2017. Polymer ultrapermeability from the inefficient packing of 2D chains. Nature Materials 16(9), pp. 932-937. (10.1038/nmat4939)
• Carta, M., Bezzu, C. G., Vile, J., Kariuki, B. M. and McKeown, N. B. 2017. Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity derived from a carbocyclic analogue of Tröger's base. Polymer 126, pp. 324-329. (10.1016/j.polymer.2017.03.037)
• Antonangelo, A. R., Bezzu, G., Mughal, S. S., Malewschik, T., McKeown, N. B. and Nakagaki, S. 2017. A porphyrin-based microporous network polymer that acts as an efficient catalyst for cyclooctene and cyclohexane oxidation under mild conditions. Catalysis Communications 99, pp. 100. (10.1016/j.catcom.2017.05.024)

2016

• Lee, M., Bezzu, C. G., Carta, M., Bernardo, P., Clarizia, G., Jansen, J. C. and McKeown, N. B. 2016. Enhancing the gas permeability of Tröger’s base derived polyimides of intrinsic microporosity. Macromolecules 49(11), pp. 4147-4154. (10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00351)
• Taylor, R. G. D. et al. 2016. The synthesis of organic molecules of intrinsic microporosity designed to frustrate efficient molecular packing. Chemistry - A European Journal 22(7), pp. 2466-2472. (10.1002/chem.201504212)
• Burt, L. A., Bezzu, C. G., McMonagle, C. J., Moggach, S. A. and McKeown, N. B. 2016. A hindered subphthalocyanine that forms crystals with included aromatic solvent but will not play ball with C60. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 20(08n11), pp. 1034-1040. (10.1142/S1088424616500528)

2014

• Taylor, R., Carta, M., Bezzu, C. G., Walker, J., Msayib, K. J., Kariuki, B. and McKeown, N. B. 2014. Triptycene-based organic molecules of intrinsic microporosity. Organic Letters 16(7), pp. 1848-1851. (10.1021/ol500591q)
• Vile, J., Carta, M., Bezzu, C. G., Kariuki, B. and McKeown, N. B. 2014. Centrotriindane- and triptindane-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Polymer 55(1), pp. 326-329. (10.1016/j.polymer.2013.07.035)

2013

• Natarajan, R. et al. 2013. Tunable porous organic crystals: structural scope and adsorption properties of nanoporous steroidal ureas. Journal of the American Chemical Society 135(45), pp. 16912-16925. (10.1021/ja405701u)
• El-Betany, A. M., Vachova, L., Bezzu, C. G., Pope, S. J. A. and McKeown, N. B. 2013. The synthesis and study of fluorescent PAMAM-based dendritic molecules. Tetrahedron 69(39), pp. 8439-8445. (10.1016/j.tet.2013.07.054)
• Jeffs, C. A., Smith, M. W., Stone, C. A., Bezzu, C. G., Msayib, K. J., McKeown, N. B. and Perera, S. P. 2013. A polymer of intrinsic microporosity as the active binder to enhance adsorption/separation properties of composite hollow fibres. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 170, pp. 105-112. (10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.11.039)
• Abbott, L. J. et al. 2013. Characterizing the structure of organic molecules of intrinsic microporosity by molecular simulations and X-ray scattering. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117(1), pp. 355-364. (10.1021/jp308798u)
• Bezzu, C. G., Kariuki, B., Helliwell, M., Tuna, F., Warren, J. E., Allan, D. R. and McKeown, N. B. 2013. In-situ coordination chemistry within cobalt-containing phthalocyanine nanoporous crystals. CrystEngComm 15(8), pp. 1545-1550. (10.1039/c2ce26463c)
• Mughal, S., Bezzu, C. G., Carter, E., Pope, S. J. A. and McKeown, N. B. 2013. The tetratriptycenoporphyrazines revisited. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 17(08n09), pp. 778-784. (10.1142/S1088424613500351)

2012

• Bezzu, C. G., Carta, M., Tonkins, A., Jansen, J. C., Bernardo, P., Bazzarelli, F. and McKeown, N. B. 2012. A spirobifluorene-based polymer of intrinsic microporosity with improved performance for gas separation. Advanced Materials 24(44), pp. 5930-5933. (10.1002/adma.201202393)
• Forde, M. M. et al. 2012. Methane oxidation using silica-supported N-bridged di-iron phthalocyanine catalyst. Journal of Catalysis 290, pp. 177-185. (10.1016/j.jcat.2012.03.013)
• Vile, J., Carta, M., Bezzu, C. G., Dee, J. and McKeown, N. B. 2012. The unexpected formation of a dihydroisobenzofuran derivative from the addition of a Grignard reagent to a 1,3-indanedione. ARKIVOC 2012(7) (10.3998/ark.5550190.0013.712)

2011

• Bezzu, C. G., Helliwell, M., Kariuki, B. and McKeown, N. B. 2011. Synthesis and crystal structure of a novel phthalocyanine-calixarene conjugate. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 15(7-8), pp. 686-690. (10.1142/S1088424611003628)
• Hashem, M., Bezzu, C. G., Kariuki, B. and McKeown, N. B. 2011. Enhancing the rigidity of a network polymer of intrinsic microporosity by the combined use of phthalocyanine and triptycene components. Polymer Chemistry 2(10), pp. 2190-2192. (10.1039/c1py00288k)
• Short, R. B., Carta, M., Bezzu, C. G., Fritsch, D., Kariuki, B. and McKeown, N. B. 2011. Hexaphenylbenzene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Chemical Communications 47(24), pp. 6822-6824. (10.1039/c1cc11717c)
• Vile, J., Carta, M., Bezzu, C. G. and McKeown, N. B. 2011. Tribenzotriquinacene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Polymer Chemistry 2(10), pp. 2257-2260. (10.1039/c1py00294e)

2010

• Bezzu, C. G., Helliwell, M., Warren, J. E., Allan, D. R. and McKeown, N. B. 2010. Heme-like coordination chemistry within nanoporous molecular crystals. Science 327(5973), pp. 1627-1630. (10.1126/science.1184228)

2008

• Makhseed, S., Ibrahim, F., Samuel, J., Helliwell, M., Warren, J. E., Bezzu, C. G. and McKeown, N. B. 2008. Clathrate formation from octaazaphthalocyanines possessing bulky phenoxyl substituents: A new cubic crystal containing solvent-filled, nanoscale voids. Chemistry - a European Journal 14(16), pp. 4810-4815. (10.1002/chem.200701980)

2007

• Makhseed, S., Ibrahim, F., Bezzu, C. G. and McKeown, N. B. 2007. The synthesis of metal-free octaazaphthalocyanine derivatives containing bulky phenoxy substituents to prevent self-association. Tetrahedron Letters 48(41), pp. 7358-7361. (10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.08.022)