Publications

2024

27. Modulated Self-Assembly of Catalytically Active Metal–Organic Nanosheets Containing Zr6 Clusters and Dicarboxylate Ligands
Ram R. R. Prasad, Sophia S. Boyadjieva, Guojun Zhou, Jiangtian Tan, Francesca C. N. Firth, Sanliang Ling, Zheho Huang, Matthew J. Cliffe, Jonathan A. Foster*, and Ross S. Forgan*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, advanced publication
DOI:10.1021/acsami.4c00604

2023

26. Scalable and sustainable manufacturing of ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets (MONs) for solar cell applications
David J. Ashworth, Justin Driver, Kezia Sasitharan, Ram R.R. Prasad, Joshua Nicks, Benedict J. Smith, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Jonathan A. Foster*
Chemical Engineering Journal, 477, 146871-146871
DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2023.146871

25. Controlling the Composition and Position of Metal–Organic Frameworks via Reactive Inkjet Printing
David Alexander Gregory, Joshua Nicks, Joaquin Artigas-Arnaudas, Michael S. Harris, Jonathan A. Foster,* and Patrick J. Smith*
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2023, 10, 2300027
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300027

2022

24. Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets as Templates to Enhance Performance in Semi-Crystalline Organic Photovoltaic Cells
Kezia Sasitharan, Rachel C. Kilbride, Emma L.K. Spooner, Jenny Clark, Ahmed Iraqi, David G. Lidzey, and Jonathan A. Foster
Advanced Science, 2022.
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200366  

23. Post-exfoliation functionalisation of metal–organic framework nanosheets via click chemistry
Joshua Nicks, and Jonathan A. Foster
Nanoscale, 2022.
DOI: 10.1039/D2NR00346E 

2021

22. Metal-organic framework nanosheets: programmable 2D materials for catalysis, sensing, electronics, and separation applications
Joshua Nicks, Kezia Sasitharan, Ram RR Prasad, David J Ashworth, and Jonathan A Foster
Advanced Functional Materials, 2021.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202103723

21. Monolayer nanosheets formed by liquid exfoliation of charge-assisted hydrogen-bonded frameworks
Joshua Nicks, Stephanie A Boer, Nicholas G White, and Jonathan A Foster
Chemical Science, 2021.
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC06906J

2020

20. Blending functionalised ligands to form multivariate metal-organic framework nanosheets (MTV-MONs) with tuneable surface chemistry
David J Ashworth, and Jonathan A Foster
Nanoscale, 2020.
DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D0NR01009J

19. Metal-organic framework nanosheets for enhanced performance of organic photovoltaic cells
Kezia Sasitharan, David G Bossanyi, Naoum Vaenas, Andrew J Parnell, Jenny Clark, Ahmed Iraqi, David G Lidzey, and Jonathan A Foster
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020.
DOI: doi.org/10.1039/C9TA12313J

2019

18. Increasing alkyl chain length in a series of layered metal–organic frameworks aids ultrasonic exfoliation to form nanosheets
David J Ashworth, Thomas M Roseveare, Andreas Schneemann, Max Flint, Irene Dominguez Bernáldes, Pia Vervoorts, Roland A Fischer, Lee Brammer, and Jonathan A Foster
Inorganic Chemistry, 2019.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01128

17. Tandem catalysis by ultrathin metal-organic nanosheets formed by post-synthetic functionalisation of a layered framework
Joshua Nicks, Jiawen Zhang, and Jonathan A. Foster
ChemComm, 2019.
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02061f

2018

16. Ultrasonic exfoliation of hydrophobic and hydrophilic metal-organic frameworks to form nanosheets
David J. Ashworth, Adam Cooper, Mollie Trueman, Rasha WM Al-Saedi, Liam D. Smith, Anthony JHM Meijer, and Jonathan A Foster
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803221

15. Review: Metal–organic framework nanosheets (MONs): a new dimension in materials chemistry
David J Ashworth, and Jonathan A Foster
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c8ta03159b

14. Increased rate of solvent diffusion in a prototypical supramolecular gel measured on the picosecond timescale
Tilo Seydel, Robert M Edkins, Christopher D Jones, Jonathan A Foster, Robert Bewley, Juan A Aguilar, and Katharina Edkins
ChemComm, 2018.
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc02962h

Pre-2018

13. Pharmaceutical polymorph control in a drug-mimetic supramolecular gel
Jonathan A Foster, Krishna K Damodaran, Antoine Maurin, Graeme M Day, Hugh PG Thompson, Gary J Cameron, Jenifer Cuesta Bernal, and Jonathan W Steed
Chemical science, 2017.
DOI: 10.1039/C6SC04126D

12. Liquid exfoliation of alkyl-ether functionalised layered metal–organic frameworks to nanosheets
Jonathan A Foster, Sebastian Henke, Andreas Schneemann, Roland A Fischer, and Anthony K Cheetham
ChemComm, 2016.
DOI: 10.1039/C6CC05154E

11. AuICl-bound N-heterocyclic carbene ligands form MII4(LAuCl)6 integrally gilded cages
William J Ramsay, Jonathan A Foster, Katharine L Moore, Tanya K Ronson, Raphaël J Mirgalet, David A Jefferson, and Jonathan R Nitschke
Chemical Science, 2015.
DOI: 10.1039/C5SC03065J

10. Differentially Addressable Cavities within Metal–Organic Cage-Cross-Linked Polymeric Hydrogels
Jonathan A Foster, Richard M Parker, Ana M Belenguer, Norifumi Kishi, Sam Sutton, Chris Abell, and Jonathan R Nitschke
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b05507

9. Temperature‐ and voltage‐induced ligand rearrangement of a dynamic electroluminescent metallopolymer
Demet Asil, Jonathan A Foster, Asit Patra, Xavier de Hatten, Jesús del Barrio, Oren A Scherman, Jonathan R Nitschke, and Richard H Friend
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404186

8. Using gel morphology to control pore shape
Jonathan A Foster, David W Johnson, Mark-Oliver M Pipenbrock, and Jonathan W Steed
New Journal of Chemistry, 2014.
DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ01295F

7. Blending Gelators to Tune Gel Structure and Probe Anion‐Induced Disassembly
Jonathan A Foster, Robert M Edkins, Gary J Cameron, Neil Colgin, Katharina Fucke, Sam Ridgeway, Andrew G Crawford, Todd B Marder, Andrew Beeby, Steven L Cobb, and Jonathan W Steed
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303153

6. Halogen-bonding-triggered supramolecular gel formation
Lorenzo Meazza, Jonathan A Foster, Katharina Fucke, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Giuseppe Resnati, and Jonathan W Steed
Nature Chemistry, 2013.
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1496

5. Anion tuning of chiral bis(urea) low molecular weight gels
Gareth O Lloyd, Marc-Oliver M Piepenbrock, Jonathan A Foster, Nigel Clarke, and Jonathan W Steed
Soft Matter, 2012.
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06448G

4. Hydrogen bonding interactions with the thiocarbonyl π-system
Joseph T Lenthall, Jonathan A Foster, Kirsty M Anderson, Michael R Probert, Judith AK Howard, and Jonathan W Steed
CrystEngComm, 2011.
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00680G

3. Anion tuning and polymer templating in a simple low molecular weight organogelator
Marc-Oliver M Piepenbrock, Nigel Clarke, Jonathan A Foster, and Jonathan W Steed
ChemComm, 2011.
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03439H

2. Exploiting Cavities in Supramolecular Gels; Bausteine mit Hohlräumen in supramolekularen Gelen
Jonathan A Foster, and Jonathan W Steed
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010.
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201000070

1. Anion-switchable supramolecular gels for controlling pharmaceutical crystal growth
Jonathan A Foster, Marc-Oliver M Piepenbrock, Gareth O Lloyd, Nigel Clarke, Judith AK Howard, and Jonathan W Steed
Nature Chemistry, 2010.
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.859