E-mail: MOKeeffe@asu.edu
My research is mainly concerned the atomic and electronic structure and properties
of crystalline inorganic solids. Recent work has particularly focused on the
geometry of periodic frameworks and its importance in crystal chemistry. Immediate
goals are to design possible topologies, to evaluate which of these would
serve as the basis for materials of interesting and useful properties (e.g.
gas adsorption and catalytic properties), and to discover routes for their
synthetic realization.
I, and my group, work closely with the group lead by Omar
Yaghi at the University of Michigan; we call ourselves the Materials
Design and Discovery Group.
Recently a fruitful collaboration with Olaf
Delgado-Friedrichs at the University of Tübingen has led
to deeper insights into the taxonomy and nature of the nets underlying crystal
topology.
I believe that all inorganic chemists should know about the methods of describing
periodic objects such as crystals, and my book Crystal Structures (listed
below), which has the subtitle Patterns and Symmetry, is designed as a text
and so used in a senior/graduate course taught annually at ASU. I also believe
that an important function of a teacher of inorganic chemistry at a university
is to call attention to the vast uncharted areas of the subject, and to the
great extent of our ignorance of basic principles, as well as explicating
the richness of what we do know.
Selected Recent Publications
Crystal Structures I: Patterns and Symmetry, M. O’Keeffe & B. G. Hyde, Mineral Soc. Am., Washington D. C. 453 pp. (1996).
238. Identification and symmetry computation for crystal nets. O. Delgado-Friedrichs, M. O'Keeffe, Acta Crystallogr. A 59 351-360 (2003). pdf
235. Reticular synthesis and the design of new materials. O. M. Yaghi, M. O'Keeffe, N. W. Ockwig, H. K. Chae, M. Eddadoudi, J. Kim. Nature 423, 705-714 (2003). pdf
233. Hydrogen Storage in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks N. L. Rosi, J. Eckert, M. Eddaoudi, D. T. Vodak, J. Kim, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Science, 300, 1127-1129 (2003). pdf
232. Three-periodic Nets and Tilings: Regular Nets. O. Delgado-Friedrichs, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Acta Crystallogr. A 59, 22-27 (2003). pdf
227. Geometric requirements and examples of important structures in the assembly of square building blocks. M. Eddaoudi, J. Kim, D. Vodak, A. Sudik, J. Wachter, M. O’Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 99, 4900-4904 (2002). pdf
225. Cubic Cylinder Packings Revisited. M. O'Keeffe, J. Plévert & T. Ogawa. Acta Crystallogr. A58, 125-132 (2002). pdf
222. Systematic Design of Pore Size and Functionality in Isoreticular MOFs and their Application in Methane Storage. M. Eddaoudi, J. Kim, N. Rosi, D. Vodak, J. Wachter, M. O'Keeffe & O. M. Yaghi, Science, 295, 469-472 (2002). pdf
220. A Flexible Germanate Structure Containing 24-Ring Channels and with Very Low Framework Density. J. Plévert, T. M. Gentz, A. Laine, H. Li, V. G. Young, O. M. Yaghi and M. O'Keeffe. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 12706-12707 (2001). pdf
213. Interwoven Metal-Organic Framework on a Periodic Minimal Surface with Extra-Large Pores. B. Chen, M. Eddaoudi, S. T. Hyde, M. O’Keeffe & O. M. Yaghi, Science, 291, 1021-1023 (2001). pdf
208. Frameworks for Extended Solids: Geometrical Design Principles. M. O'Keeffe, M. Eddaoudi, H. Li, T. Reineke, O. M. Yaghi. J. Solid State Chem. 152, 2-20 (2000). pdf
205. Design and Synthesis of an Exceptionally Stable and Highly Porous Metal-Organic Framework. H. Li., M. Eddaouddi, M. O’Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi. Nature, 402, 276-279 (1999). pdf
203. Direct Observation of d Holes and Evidence for Cu-Cu Bonding in Cu2O. J. M. Zuo, Y. Kim, M. O’Keeffe, J. C. H. Spence. Nature, 401, 49-52 (1999). pdf
194. Supertetrahedral Sulfide Crystals with Giant Cavities and Channels. H. Li, A. Laine, M. O’Keeffe and O. M. Yaghi, Science 283, 1145-1147 (1999). pdf
186. Icosahedral Packing of Boron Icosahedra in Boron Suboxide (B6O). H. Hubert, B. Devouard, L. A. J. Garvie, M. O'Keeffe, P. R. Buseck, W. T. Petuskey & P. F. McMillan, Nature, 391, 376-378 (1998). pdf