Omar K. Farha

Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

Affiliated withNorthwestern University King Abdulaziz University

Research Area

Biography

Omar K. Farha is an associate professor of chemistry at Northwestern University, Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abdulaziz University, president of NuMat Technologies, and Associate Editor for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

His accomplishments have been recognized by several awards including the RSC “Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career” Award; the ACS “The Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science; and an award established by the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University: the Omar Farha Award for Research Leadership. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed publications and was named a “Highly Cited Researcher” in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Website: http://sites.northwestern.edu/omarkfarha/

JoVE Journal Publications

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Publication title Cited by 8	2014

Other Publications

Article	Year
Synthesis of stable dodecaalkoxy derivatives of hypercloso-B12H12. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 16366578	2005
Synthesis and evaluation of transthyretin amyloidosis inhibitors containing carborane pharmacophores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 17360344	2007
Alkoxy derivatives of dodecaborate: discrete nanomolecular ions with tunable pseudometallic properties. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)\| PubMed ID: 17385783	2007
Synthesis and hydrogen sorption properties of carborane based metal-organic framework materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 17900124	2007
Separating solids: purification of metal-organic framework materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 18549210	2008
Carborane-based metal-organic frameworks as highly selective sorbents for CO(2) over methane. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 18802507	2008
An example of node-based postassembly elaboration of a hydrogen-sorbing, metal-organic framework material. Inorganic chemistry\| PubMed ID: 18928272	2008
Supercritical processing as a route to high internal surface areas and permanent microporosity in metal-organic framework materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 19108683	2009
A catalytically active, permanently microporous MOF with metalloporphyrin struts. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 19271705	2009
Post-synthesis alkoxide formation within metal-organic framework materials: a strategy for incorporating highly coordinatively unsaturated metal ions. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 19292487	2009
Gas-sorption properties of cobalt(II)--carborane-based coordination polymers as a function of morphology. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)\| PubMed ID: 19367598	2009
Metal-organic framework materials as catalysts. Chemical Society reviews\| PubMed ID: 19384447	2009
A Zn-based, pillared paddlewheel MOF containing free carboxylic acids via covalent post-synthesis elaboration. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 19557260	2009
Selective bifunctional modification of a non-catenated metal-organic framework material via "click" chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 19736982	2009
Synthesis and gas sorption properties of a metal-azolium framework (MAF) material. Inorganic chemistry\| PubMed ID: 19813724	2009
An interpenetrated framework material with hysteretic CO(2) uptake. Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)\| PubMed ID: 19918820	2010
Control over catenation in metal-organic frameworks via rational design of the organic building block. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 20039671	2010
Chemical reduction of a diimide based porous polymer for selective uptake of carbon dioxide versus methane. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 20126711	2010
Ni(III)/(IV) bis(dicarbollide) as a fast, noncorrosive redox shuttle for dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 20230034	2010
Separation of gas mixtures using Co(II) carborane-based porous coordination polymers. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 20405064	2010
Electronic tuning of nickel-based bis(dicarbollide) redox shuttles in dye-sensitized solar cells. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)\| PubMed ID: 20586090	2010
Rational design, synthesis, purification, and activation of metal-organic framework materials. Accounts of chemical research\| PubMed ID: 20608672	2010
De novo synthesis of a metal-organic framework material featuring ultrahigh surface area and gas storage capacities. Nature chemistry\| PubMed ID: 20966950	2010
A convenient route to high area, nanoparticulate TiO2 photoelectrodes suitable for high-efficiency energy conversion in dye-sensitized solar cells. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids\| PubMed ID: 21250741	2011
Selective surface and near-surface modification of a noncatenated, catalytically active metal-organic framework material based on Mn(salen) struts. Inorganic chemistry\| PubMed ID: 21381644	2011
Kinetic separation of propene and propane in metal-organic frameworks: controlling diffusion rates in plate-shaped crystals via tuning of pore apertures and crystallite aspect ratios. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 21417272	2011
Active-site-accessible, porphyrinic metal-organic framework materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 21446651	2011
Post-synthesis modification of a metal-organic framework to form metallosalen-containing MOF materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 21770411	2011
Luminescent infinite coordination polymer materials from metal-terpyridine ligation. Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)\| PubMed ID: 21822519	2011
Fabrication of metal-organic framework-containing silica-colloidal crystals for vapor sensing. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)\| PubMed ID: 21858878	2011
Light-harvesting metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): efficient strut-to-strut energy transfer in bodipy and porphyrin-based MOFs. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 21916479	2011
Metal-organic framework materials as chemical sensors. Chemical reviews\| PubMed ID: 22070233	2012
Coordination-chemistry control of proton conductivity in the iconic metal-organic framework material HKUST-1. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 22148287	2012
Metal-adeninate vertices for the construction of an exceptionally porous metal-organic framework. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 22215079	2012
High propene/propane selectivity in isostructural metal-organic frameworks with high densities of open metal sites. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)\| PubMed ID: 22250050	2012
Large-scale screening of hypothetical metal-organic frameworks. Nature chemistry\| PubMed ID: 22270624	2012
Urea metal-organic frameworks as effective and size-selective hydrogen-bond catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 22296523	2012
Imparting functionality to a metal-organic framework material by controlled nanoparticle encapsulation. Nature chemistry\| PubMed ID: 22437717	2012
Designing higher surface area metal-organic frameworks: are triple bonds better than phenyls? Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 22670563	2012
Engineering ZIF-8 thin films for hybrid MOF-based devices. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)\| PubMed ID: 22718482	2012
Fast transporting ZnO-TiO2 coaxial photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells based on ALD-modified SiO2 aerogel frameworks. ACS nano\| PubMed ID: 22721529	2012
Metal-organic framework materials with ultrahigh surface areas: is the sky the limit? Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 22906112	2012
Understanding excess uptake maxima for hydrogen adsorption isotherms in frameworks with rht topology. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 22992582	2012
Incorporation of an A1/A2-difunctionalized pillar[5]arene into a metal-organic framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23025413	2012
Opening ZIF-8: a catalytically active zeolitic imidazolate framework of sodalite topology with unsubstituted linkers. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23088345	2012
Effective panchromatic sensitization of electrochemical solar cells: strategy and organizational rules for spatial separation of complementary light harvesters on high-area photoelectrodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23130681	2012
Effects of adsorbed pyridine derivatives and ultrathin atomic-layer-deposited alumina coatings on the conduction band-edge energy of TiO2 and on redox-shuttle-derived dark currents. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids\| PubMed ID: 23244696	2013
Light-harvesting and ultrafast energy migration in porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23249338	2013
Energy transfer from quantum dots to metal-organic frameworks for enhanced light harvesting. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23293894	2013
Î³-Cyclodextrin cuprate sandwich-type complexes. Inorganic chemistry\| PubMed ID: 23432138	2013
Simultaneously high gravimetric and volumetric methane uptake characteristics of the metal-organic framework NU-111. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 23459705	2013
Removal of airborne toxic chemicals by porous organic polymers containing metal-catecholates. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 23463320	2013
Three-dimensional architectures incorporating stereoregular donor-acceptor stacks. Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)\| PubMed ID: 23649830	2013
Selective isolation of gold facilitated by second-sphere coordination with Î±-cyclodextrin. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 23673640	2013
Vapor-phase metalation by atomic layer deposition in a metal-organic framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23829224	2013
Methane storage in metal-organic frameworks: current records, surprise findings, and challenges. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23841800	2013
An exceptionally high boron content supramolecular cuboctahedron. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 23863859	2013
Enhanced Catalytic Activity through the Tuning of Micropore Environment and Supercritical CO2 Processing: Al(Porphyrin)-Based Porous Organic Polymers for the Degradation of a Nerve Agent Sim... Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23875620	2013
Dye Stabilization and Enhanced Photoelectrode Wettability in Water-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells through Post-assembly Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23876134	2013
A facile synthesis of UiO-66, UiO-67 and their derivatives. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 24008272	2013
Aromatizing olefin metathesis by ligand isolation inside a metal-organic framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 24047342	2013
Layer-by-layer fabrication of oriented porous thin films based on porphyrin-containing metal-organic frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 24127847	2013
A mixed dicarboxylate strut approach to enhancing catalytic activity of a de novo urea derivative of metal-organic framework UiO-67. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 24132049	2013
Systematic modulation of quantum (electron) tunneling behavior by atomic layer deposition on nanoparticulate SnO2 and TiO2 photoanodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 24148005	2013
Perfluoroalkane functionalization of NU-1000 via solvent-assisted ligand incorporation: synthesis and CO2 adsorption studies. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 24175709	2013
Simple and compelling biomimetic metal-organic framework catalyst for the degradation of nerve agent simulants. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)\| PubMed ID: 24273208	2014
Versatile functionalization of the NU-1000 platform by solvent-assisted ligand incorporation. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 24406797	2014
Solvent-assisted linker exchange: an alternative to the de novo synthesis of unattainable metal-organic frameworks. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)\| PubMed ID: 24652755	2014
Beyond post-synthesis modification: evolution of metal-organic frameworks via building block replacement. Chemical Society reviews\| PubMed ID: 24723093	2014
A metal-organic framework-based material for electrochemical sensing of carbon dioxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 24827031	2014
High-surface-area architectures for improved charge transfer kinetics at the dark electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells. ACS applied materials & interfaces\| PubMed ID: 24828106	2014
Defect creation by linker fragmentation in metal-organic frameworks and its effects on gas uptake properties. Inorganic chemistry\| PubMed ID: 24903856	2014
SERS of molecules that do not adsorb on Ag surfaces: a metal-organic framework-based functionalization strategy. The Analyst\| PubMed ID: 24949495	2014
Are Zr₆-based MOFs water stable? Linker hydrolysis vs. capillary-force-driven channel collapse. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 24974960	2014
Fabrication of Transparent-Conducting-Oxide-Coated Inverse Opals as Mesostructured Architectures for Electrocatalysis Applications: A Case Study with NiO. ACS applied materials & interfaces\| PubMed ID: 25033088	2014
Real-time observation of atomic layer deposition inhibition: metal oxide growth on self-assembled alkanethiols. ACS applied materials & interfaces\| PubMed ID: 25046585	2014
Directed Growth of Electroactive Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films Using Electrophoretic Deposition. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)\| PubMed ID: 25070374	2014
Water-Stable Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Framework Material with High-Surface Area and Gas-Storage Capacities. Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)\| PubMed ID: 25123293	2014
Dynamics of Back Electron Transfer in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Featuring 4-tert-Butyl-Pyridine and Atomic-Layer-Deposited Alumina as Surface Modifiers. The journal of physical chemistry. B\| PubMed ID: 25127076	2014