The research group led by Neil Champness at the University of Birmingham pursues research into supramolecular chemistry and all aspects of molecular organisation. This includes the understanding of supramolecular organisation in the solid-state via crystal engineering, solution phase self-assembly processes and supramolecular surface assembly.

Research
Details of our research can be found here but our studies encompass Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), surface self-assembly, mechanically interlocked molecules and the synthesis and study of organic materials and dye molecules.

Recent Publications

G. R. F. Orton, B. S. Pilgrim, N. R. Champness, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, in press.

R. Steeno, A. Minoia, M.C. Gimenez-Lopez, M.O. Blunt, N.R. Champness, R. Lazzaroni, K. S. Mali, S. De Feyter, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 1454-1457.

E. Aliyev, J. Warfsman, B. Tokay, S. Shishatskiy, J. Lillepaerg, C. Abetz, V. Filiz, N. R. Champness, V. Abetz, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 684-694.

C.J. Judd, F.L.Q. Junqueira, S.L. Haddow, N.R. Champness, D.A. Duncan, R.G. Jones, A. Saywell, Commun. Chem., 2020,3, 166.

J. Warfsman, B. Tokay, N. R. Champness, Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 2021, 311, 110686.

S. P. Argent, I. da Silva, A. Greenaway, M. Savage, J. Humby, A. J. Davies, H. Nowell, W. Lewis, P. Manuel, C. C. Tang, A. J. Blake, M. W. George, A. V. Markevich, E. Besley, S. Yang, N. R. Champness and M. Schröder, Inorg. Chem, 2020, 59, 15646-15658.

B.S. Pilgrim and N.R. Champness, ChemPlusChem, 2020, 85, 1842–1856.

N. Pearce, E.S. Davies and N.R. Champness, Dyes Pigm., 2020, 183, 108735.

A. Sweetman, N.R. Champness, and A. Saywell, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 4189-4202.

Isolating Reactive Metal-based Species in Metal-organic Frameworks – Viable Strategies and Opportunities.
R. J. Young, M. T. Huxley, E. Pardo, N. R. Champness, C. J. Sumby, C. Doonan, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 4031-4050.

N. Pearce, E.S. Davies, N.R. Champness, Molecules, 2020, 25, 1627.

S.L. Griffin, N.R. Champness, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2020, 414, 213295.

B. Mangham, M.W.D. Hanson-Heine, E.S. Davies, A. Wriglesworth, M.W. George, W. Lewis, D.L. Kays, J. McMaster, N.A. Besley, N.R. Champness, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 4429-4438.


J. Warfsmann, B. Tokay, N.R. Champness, CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 1009-1017.

M.T. Huxley, R.J. Young, W.M. Bloch, N.R. Champness, C.J. Sumby, C.J. Doonan, Organometallics, 2019, 38, 3412−3418.

L. Yang, P. Langer, E.S. Davies, M. Baldoni, K. Wickham, N.A. Besley, E. Besley, N.R. Champness, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 3723-3732.

M.O. Blunt, Y. Hu, C.W. Toft, A.G. Slater, W. Lewis, N.R. Champness, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2018, 122, 26070-26079.

M.T. Huxley, A. Burgun, H. Ghodrati, C.J. Coghlan, A. Lemieux, N.R. Champness, D.M. Huang, C.J. Doonan, C.J. Sumby, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018,140, 6416-6425.