01/11/2024 We welcome Svetalana to the group! Her project is part of the DFG-funded Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) “Photopolarizable Membranes and Interfaces” Phint, GRK 3014 here at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
During her PhD she will investigate mutual effect between the lattice flexibility of porous Metal-Organic Frameworks and photoswitchable guest molecules by optical and dielectric spectroscopy.
Looking forward to a great time together doing groundbreaking research!
25/02/2024 Oksana recieved the MOF 2024 Early Career Award. Alex recommended her, as she made truly outstanding contributions to the field of MOF-glass, and the committee of The International MOF Commission agreed on it! Congratulations for this outstanding achievement!
See also the Twitter/X post of @9thMOF2024
01/02/2024 Our paper published in Nature Materials “Precise control over gas-transporting channels in zeolitic imidazolate framework glasses” was chosen for the Cover of Nature Materials February Issue 2024. What a huge achievement!
Adapted with permission from Springer Nature, Copyright 2024.
We also got a highlight by Georgia R. F. Orton & Prof. Neil R. Champness “Through the MOF looking glass”check it out!
20/12/2023 Oksana’s paper on the precise control over gas transporting channels in ZIF-62-glasses has been published in Nature Material! A great team effort with colleagues from University of Leipzig and the University of Vienna. Also, see our Friedrich Schiller University Jena News Article.
26/10/2023 Oksana was awarded with an award for her “outstanding oral presentation” at IZMM 2023m in Nanjing, China! Thanks to Prof. Xuerui Wang for the official handover. Congratulations Oksana!
24/10/2023 Alex was awarded a medal for his outstanding contribution to the International Zeolite Membrane Meeting 2023 in Nanjing, China! Thanks to Prof. Dan Zhao from the National University Singapure for the official handover on the conference venue. Thanks to all group members who made this possible.
21/04/2023 A photograph of Bahram (left), who successfully defended his PhD thesis! Many thanks to his main examiners Prof. Dr. Christof Wöll (middle), Prof. Dr. Stefan Bräse (right).
The first PhD from the Knebel group! All the best on your future journey, Bahram!
03/2023
Another pre-print online! Latent heat storage using reversible ordering transitions in a metal-organic framework ionic liquid composite
02/2023
DZT 34 in Vienna. Oksana persented her poster, Alex gave his talk and we all had nice dicussions with the other participants. The German Zeolite Conference is always fun, every year again and is always a great success. Thanks to everyone.
Oksana’s pre-print is online and went out to review. Keep fingers crossed for a positive feedback! Precise control over gas transporting channels in zeolitic imidazolate framework glasses
10/2022
Just out in Advanced Membranes: A Review paper on Pore engineering in covalent organic framework membrane for gas separation.
09/2022
An interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung about porous water “Wie man Wasser mit Löchern herstellt” (GER). A great experience, as communicating science is one of the most important things in a world full of desinformation.
A full success on the MOF 2022 conference! 5 Posters, 1 session to chair, and 1 invited talk was delivered by us. On the picture below you can see Oksana explaining her poster at the poster party 
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08/2022
Just out in Nature Nanotechnology! A review paper by Alexander Knebel & Jürgen Caro: Metal–organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks as disruptive membrane materials for energy-efficient gas separation.
07/2022
Our first, and especially Oksana’s first contribution to the field of MOF glass just got published. Looking forward for more research on this topic!
01/2022
Bahram’s paper on waste water treatment and gas separation with MIL-68(In)-NH2 membranes got published directly in the beginning of 2022 in Chem. Ing. Tech. – Congratulations!
11/2021
Samira Savani joined the research group. She got her master in organic chemistry from Koç University. Looking forward for a good time together with lots of cool research during her PhD!
09/2021
Oksana Smirnova joined the research group. She got her master in chemistry from Saint Petersburg University. We are happy to welcome her to the group and looking forward to a fruitful PhD thesis!
06/2021
Moving the Knebel Group from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG) to the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research (OSIM). Establishment in progress!