All Stories

  1. A nonporous crystalline organic cage for selective water uptake and storage

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  2. Post-synthetic Infiltration of Enzymes in Hierarchical ZIF-8 for Enhanced Stability and Activity Retention

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  3. Smart Supramolecular Humidity Sensors Based on Crystalline Organic Cages for Noninvasive Freshness and Respiratory Monitoring

    Article • Advanced Materials, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  4. High‐Performance Squaramine Macrocycles as Molecular Sieves for Selective Halogen Separation and Aromatic Bromination

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  5. High‐Performance Squaramine Macrocycles as Molecular Sieves for Selective Halogen Separation and Aromatic Bromination

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  6. Selective and sustainable separation of hydrocarbons from crude oil via molecular sieve

    Article • Nature Sustainability, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  7. An Organic Vapor‐Responsive Actuator Based on a Novel Urea Macrocycle

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  8. A Smart Polycage Membrane with Responsive Osmotic Energy Conversion Based on Synchronously Switchable Microporosity and Chargeability

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  9. Supramolecular Interfacial Assembly: Integrating Supramolecular Hosts into Polymeric Membranes through an Aqueous Interface

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  10. Inhibition of the Germination of Root Parasitic Plants by Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework‐8

    Article • ChemPlusChem, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  11. Supramolecular Interfacial Assembly: Integrating Supramolecular Hosts into Polymeric Membranes through an Aqueous Interface

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2024, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  12. Promoting stimuli-responsive motion in soft matter by host-guest interactions

    Article • Chem, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  13. Amorphization of Coordinately Saturated Metal–Organic Frameworks as Electrocatalysts for Superior Seawater Splitting

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, May 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  14. Metal–Organic Framework-Mediated Delivery of Nucleic Acid across Intact Plant Cells

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, April 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  15. Tunable Crystalline Organic Cage for Selective Sorting of Ortho-Monohalotoluene Isomers

    Article • ACS Materials Letters, March 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  16. Smart touchless human–machine interaction based on crystalline porous cages

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  17. Adsorptive molecular sieving of aromatic hydrocarbons over cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons via an intrinsic/extrinsic approach

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  18. Polar organic cages for efficiently separating azeotropic mixtures

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  19. Selective Molecular Sieving of Chloro and Bromotoluene Isomers by Trianglimine Macrocycle

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, November 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  20. Fluorine‐Boosted Kinetic and Selective Molecular Sieving of C6 Derivatives

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  21. Fluorine‐Boosted Kinetic and Selective Molecular Sieving of C6 Derivatives

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  22. Caging the Hofmeister Effect by a Biomimetic Supramolecular Receptor

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  23. Vapor‐Triggered Mechanical Actuation in Polymer Composite Films Based on Crystalline Organic Cages

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  24. Vapor‐Triggered Mechanical Actuation in Polymer Composite Films Based on Crystalline Organic Cages

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  25. Adsorptive molecular sieving of linear over branched alkanes using trianglamine host macrocycles for sustainable separation processes

    Article • Materials Today Chemistry, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  26. Highly selective molecular sieving of cis- over trans-1,2-dichloroethene isomers

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  27. Photostable polymorphic organic cages for targeted live cell imaging

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  28. Pillar[3]trianglamines: deeper cavity triangular macrocycles for selective hexene isomer separation

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  29. Optimizing Host–Guest Selectivity for Ethylbenzene Capture Toward Superior Styrene Purification

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, December 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  30. Coordination-based self-assembled capsules (SACs) for protein, CRISPR–Cas9, DNA and RNA delivery

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  31. Selective adsorptive separation of cyclohexane over benzene using thienothiophene cages

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  32. Tuning the porosity of triangular supramolecular adsorbents for superior haloalkane isomer separations

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  33. Titelbild: A Polymorphic Azobenzene Cage for Energy‐Efficient and Highly Selective p ‐Xylene Separation (Angew. Chem. 48/2020)

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  34. Cover Picture: A Polymorphic Azobenzene Cage for Energy‐Efficient and Highly Selective p ‐Xylene Separation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48/2020)

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  35. A Polymorphic Azobenzene Cage for Energy‐Efficient and Highly Selective p ‐Xylene Separation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  36. A Polymorphic Azobenzene Cage for Energy Efficient and Highly Selective p‐Xylene Separation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  37. From Capsule to Helix: Guest-Induced Superstructures of Chiral Macrocycle Crystals

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  38. Removal of organic pollutant (pyrene) from aqueous solution using coordination polymer of [Cu(Pic)2(H2O)2]·H2O (CP-1) as adsorbent

    Article • Applied Water Science, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  39. Synthesis, crystal structures and luminescence properties of new multi-component co-crystals

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi, samson owalude

  40. Synthesis of zinc-carboxylate metal-organic frameworks for the removal of emerging drug contaminant (amodiaquine) from aqueous solution

    Article • Journal of Environmental Sciences, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi, samson owalude

  41. Reversible thermosalience of 4-aminobenzonitrile

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  42. Large volumetric thermal expansion of a novel organic cocrystal over a wide temperature range

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  43. Hand-twistable plastically deformable crystals of a rigid small organic molecule

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  44. Solid state synthesis, spectroscopic and X-ray studies of metal complexes of 2-picolinic acid and vapochromic behavior of [Co(Pic) 2 (H 2 O) 2 ]·2H 2 O

    Article • Solid State Sciences, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  45. Solvent‐free Synthesis, Characterization and Solvent‐Vapor Interaction of Zinc(II) and Copper(II) Coordination Polymers containing Nitrogen‐donor Ligands

    Article • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  46. Synthesis, thermal properties, and biological study of metal(II) nicotinamide complexes containing fumarate dianion and fumaric acid: Crystal structure of [Ni(H2O)4(nia)2](fum)·(H2fum)

    Article • Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    DAVID ADETITUN, samson owalude, Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  47. Facile synthesis and vapochromic studies of Co(II) complexes bearing NO and OO donor ligands

    Article • Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, June 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  48. Hydration-dependent anomalous thermal expansion behaviour in a coordination polymer

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  49. Thermosalient effect of an organic aminonitrile and its derivatives

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, August 2015, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi

  50. Template metal-organic frameworks: solvent-free synthesis, characterization

    Article • Journal of Porous Materials, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lukman O. Alimi