Publications

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Pre-Prints

(I) Calderón-Rodríguez, L.;Komal, A.; Hoyer, T.; Wyrwa, R.; Knebel, A.; Schacher, F.H., Interfacial Chemistry tunes Performance in a Polysulfone-based MUF-16 Mixed Matrix Membrane for Pre-Combustion CO2-Capture, ChemRxiv (under review), 2026, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv.15002589/v1

(II) Ge, L.; Benseghir, J.; Sallfeldner, L.; Smirnova, O.; Eder, T.; Kleitz, F.; Knebel, A.; Chin, J.M. Reithofer M.; Ångstrom Scale Pore Engineering in ZIF-62 Glasses by in vacuo Heating-Induced Amorphization, ChemRxiv (in revision), 2025, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-cdctq

 

2026

  • Komal, A.; Calderón Rodríguez, L.; Scheffler, F.; Grossmann, E.; Sajzew, R.; Wyrwa, R.; Hoyer, T.; Schacher, F. H.; Knebel A., Synthesis and helium separation performance of polycrystalline membranes of the high precision molecular sieve MIL-116 (Ga), Communications Materials, 2026, 7, 111, DOI: 10.1038/s43246-026-01156-3
  • Smirnova, O.; Duval, A.; Komal, A.; Calderón-Rodríguez, L.; Sajzew, R.; Schacher, F. H.; Wondraczek, L.; Knebel, A. Unlocking Large-Area Free-Standing MOF-Glasses for Molecular Sieving Gas Separation Membranes. Nature Communications, 2026. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70571-4
  • Hosseini Monjezi, B.; Kasper, T.; Hong, G.; Si, C.; Oestreich, R.; Weingart, O.; Weidler, P. G.; Wöll C.; Zysman-Colman, E.; Janiak, C.; Bräse, S.; Müller-Buschbaum, K.; Knebel, A. Enhanced Energy Transfer from a Metal-Organic Framework to a Highly Confined Organic Phosphorescent Dye. Advanced Science, 2026, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202600068

2025

  • Schüler, F. L.; Penz, A.; Panic, M.; Larcher, J.; Gamper, J; Miliutina, S.; Prykhodska, S.; Schutjajew, K.; Knebel, A.; Suta, M.; Hofer, T. S.; Reichl, H. A.; Resolving Dye Embedment in MOF‐5: Multimodal Evidence for Perylene‐Based Guest Encapsulation, Advanced Optical Materials, 2025, early view, DOI: 10.1002/adom.202501573
  •  Oestreich, R.; Fetzer, M.; Schreiber, A.; Knebel, A.; Suta, M.; Janiak, C.; Yücesan, G. Stable Ultramicroporous Metal–Organic Framework with Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Domains for Selective Gas Adsorption, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, e202513788, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202513788
  •  Maxeiner, M.; Maille, R.; Cuvalli, M.; Wolf, A.; Komal, A.; Oestreich, R.; Janiak, C.; Mandel, K.; Knebel, A.; Müller-Buschbaum, K. NanoMOF-based Multi-Level Anti-Counterfeiting by a Combination of Photoluminescence and Conductivity, 2025, Advanced Functional Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202500794.
  • Komal, A.; Calderón Rodríguez, L.; Smirnova, O.; Grossmann, E.; Binu Varghese, A.; Garcia Alvarez, K. M.; Schneemann, A.; Hoyer, T.; Wyrwa, R.; Schacher, F. H.; Knebel, A. Ideal Molecular Sieving with a Dense MOF for Helium Upgrading with Highly Diffusion Selective Mixed Matrix Membranes, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, , DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202423999
  • Sisman, O.; Smirnova, O.;  Xia, Y.; Greiner‐Mai, N.; Reupert, A.; Nozari, V.; Velazquez, J. J.; Galusek, D.; Knebel, A.; Wondraczek, L.; Overcoming the Selectivity‐Sensitivity Trade‐Off in Electroactive Gas Sensing Using Hybrid Glass Composites, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 2416535. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202416535

2024

  • Golshadi, Z.; Dinari, M.; Knebel, A.; Lützenkirchen, J.; Hosseini Monjezi, B. Metal organic and covalent organic framework-based QCM sensors for environmental pollutant detection and beyond, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 521, 216163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2024.216163
  • Smirnova, O.; Sajzew, R.; Finkelmeyer, J.; Asadov, T.; Dhola, S.; Reupert, A.; R.; Presselt, M.; Knebel, A.; Wondraczek, L. High Optical Quality ZIF-62-Glasses for Micro-Imprinting of Optical Elements, Nature Communications, 2024, 15 (1), 5079. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49428-1
  • Nozari, V.; Azar, A.; Sajzew, R.; Castillo-Blas, C.; Kono, A.; Oschatz, M.; Keen, D.; Chater, P.; Robertson, G.; Leon-Alcaide, J. L.; Knebel, A.; Ashling, C.; Bennett, T.D.; Wondraczek, L. Observation of a reversible order-order transition in a metal-organic framework – ionic liquid nanocomposite phase change material, Small, 2024, 2303315. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303315
  • Rana, S.; Sajzew, R.; Smirnova, O.; Slowik, J. B.; Komal, A.; Velázquez, J. J.; Wyrwa, R.; Galusek, D.; Voigt, I.; Wondraczek, L.; Knebel, A. Gas Separating Metal-Organic Framework Membrane Films on Large Area 3D-Printed Tubular Ceramic Scaffolds 2023. Small Structures, 2024, 2300346. DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202300346
  •  Smirnova, O.; Hwang, S.; Sajzew, R.; Reupert, A.; Nozari, V.; Savani, S.; Chmelik, C.; Wondraczek, L.; Kärger, J.; Knebel, A. Precise control over gas transporting channels in zeolitic imidazolate framework glasses, Nature Materials, 2024, 23 (2) 262–270, DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01738-3

Cover, Nature Materials, 23 (2), 2024

2023

  • Smirnova, O.; Ohja, S.; De, A.; Schneemann, A.; Haase, F.; Knebel, A. Tiny Windows in Reticular Nanomaterials for Molecular Sieving Gas Separation Membranes, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 2306202, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202306202
  •  Pilz, L.; Natzeck, C.; Wohlgemuth, J.; Scheuermann, N.; Spiegel, S.; Oßwald, S.; Knebel, A.; Bräse, S.; Wöll, C.; Tsotsalas, M.; Prasetya, N. Utilizing Machine Learning to Optimize Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Polymer Membranes for Gas Separation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023, 11, 24724–24737. DOI: 10.1039/d3ta05235d
  • Fan. H.; Wang H.; Peng, M.; Meng, H.; Mundstock, A.; Knebel, A.; Caro, J. Pore-in-Pore Engineering in a Covalent Organic Framework Membrane for Gas Separation. ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 8, 7584–7594. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12774
  • Hosseini Monjezi, B.; Okur, S.; Limbach, R.; Chandresh, A.; Sen, K.; Hashem, T.; Schwotzer, M.; Wondraczek, L.; Wöll, C.; Knebel, A. Fast Dynamic Synthesis of MIL-68(In) Thin Films in High Optical Quality for Optical Cavity Sensing. ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 6, 6121–6130 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01558

2022

  • Knebel, A.; Caro, J. Metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks as disruptive membrane materials for energy-efficient gas separation. Nature Nanotechnology, 2022, 17 (9), 911–923. DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01168-3
  • Hosseini Monjezi, B.; Sapotta, B.; Moulai, S.; Zhang, J.; Oestreich, R.; Ladewig, B. P.; Müller‐Buschbaum, K.; Janiak, C.; Hashem, T.; Knebel, A. Metal‐Organic Framework MIL‐68(In)‐NH2 on the Membrane Test Bench for Dye Removal and Carbon Capture. Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 2022, 94, Special Issue dedicated to Prof. J. Caros 70th Birthday (1-2), 135–144. DOI: 10.1002/cite.202100117
  • Nozari, V.; Smirnova, O.; Tuffnell, J. M.; Knebel, A.; Bennett, T. D.; Wondraczek, L. Low‐Temperature Melting and Glass Formation of the Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks ZIF‐62 and ZIF‐76 through Ionic Liquid Incorporation. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2022, 7 (11), 2200343. DOI: 10.1002/admt.202200343
  • Qu, Z.; Lai, C.; Zhao, G.; Knebel, A.; Fan, H.; Meng, H. Pore engineering in covalent organic framework membrane for gas separation. Advanced Membranes, 2022, 2, 100037. DOI: 10.1016/j.advmem.2022.100037

2021

  • Altenschmidt, L.; Sánchez-Paradinas, S.; Lübkemann, F.; Zámbó, D.; Abdelmonem, A. M.; Bradtmüller, H.; Masood, A.; Morales, I.; La Presa, P. de; Knebel, A.; García-Tuñón, M. A. G.; Pelaz, B.; Hindricks, K. D. J.; Behrens, P.; Parak, W. J.; Bigall, N. C. Aerogelation of Polymer-Coated Photoluminescent, Plasmonic, and Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4 (7), 6678–6688. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c00636
  • Hosseini Monjezi, B.; Kutonova, K.; Tsotsalas, M.; Henke, S.; Knebel, A. Current Trends in Metal-Organic and Covalent Organic Framework Membrane Materials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60 (28), 15153–15164. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015790

2020

  • Knebel, A.; Bavykina, A.; Datta, S. J.; Sundermann, L.; Garzon-Tovar, L.; Lebedev, Y.; Durini, S.; Ahmad, R.; Kozlov, S. M.; Shterk, G.; Karunakaran, M.; Carja, I. D.; Simic, D.; Weilert, I.; Klüppel, M.; Giese, U.; Cavallo, L.; Rueping, M.; Eddaoudi, M.; Caro, J.; Gascon, J. Solution processable metal-organic frameworks for mixed matrix membranes using porous liquids. Nature Materials, 2020, 19 (12), 1346–1353. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0764-y
  • Mohamed, A.; Yousef, S.; Nasser, W. S.; Osman, T. A.; Knebel, A.; Sánchez, E. P. V.; Hashem, T. Rapid photocatalytic degradation of phenol from water using composite nanofibers under UV. Environmental Science Europe, 2020, 32 (1). DOI: 10.1186/s12302-020-00436-0
  • Sen, B.; Santos, J. C. C.; Haldar, R.; Zhang, Q.; Hashem, T.; Qin, P.; Li, Y.; Kirschhöfer, F.; Brenner-Weiss, G.; Gliemann, H.; Heinke, L.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Knebel, A.; Wöll, C. Introducing electrical conductivity to metal-organic framework thin films by templated polymerization of methyl propiolate. Nanoscale, 2020, 12 (48), 24419–24428. DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06848a
  • Valadez Sánchez, E. P.; Knebel, A.; Izquierdo Sánchez, L.; Klumpp, M.; Wöll, C.; Dittmeyer, R. Studying ZIF-8 SURMOF Thin Films with a Langatate Crystal Microbalance: Single-Component Gas Adsorption Isotherms Measured at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures. Langmuir, 2020, 36 (29), 8444–8450. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00875

 

 

2018

  • Fan, H.; Gu, J.; Meng, H.; Knebel, A.; Caro, J. High-Flux Membranes Based on the Covalent Organic Framework COF-LZU1 for Selective Dye Separation by Nanofiltration. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57 (15), 4083–4087. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712816

    Back Cover: Angewandte Chemie, 2018, DOI; 10.1002/anie.201802276

  • Fan, H.; Mundstock, A.; Feldhoff, A.; Knebel, A.; Gu, J.; Meng, H.; Caro, J. Covalent Organic Framework-Covalent Organic Framework Bilayer Membranes for Highly Selective Gas Separation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140 (32), 10094–10098. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05136

    Cover Feature: JACS 2018, 140 (32), 10061-10382.

  • Knebel, A.; Wulfert-Holzmann, P.; Friebe, S.; Pavel, J.; Strauß, I.; Mundstock, A.; Steinbach, F.; Caro, J. Hierarchical Nanostructures of Metal-Organic Frameworks Applied in Gas Separating ZIF-8-on-ZIF-67 Membranes. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24 (22, 5728–5733. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705562

    Cover Feature: Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24 (22), 5678. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800710

  • Knebel, A.; Zhou, C.; Huang, A.; Zhang, J.; Kustov, L.; Caro, J. Smart Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Switching Gas Permeation through MOF Membranes by External Stimuli. Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2018, 41 (2), 224–234. DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201700635
  • Strauss, I.; Mundstock, A.; Hinrichs, D.; Himstedt, R.; Knebel, A.; Reinhardt, C.; Dorfs, D.; Caro, J. The Interaction of Guest Molecules with Co-MOF-74: A Vis/NIR and Raman Approach. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57 (25), 7434–7439. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201801966

    Frontispiez: Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57 (25), 7556–7561. DOI:10.1002/anie.201882562

2017

  • Knebel, A.; Geppert, B.; Volgmann, K.; Kolokolov, D. I.; Stepanov, A. G.; Twiefel, J.; Heitjans, P.; Volkmer, D.; Caro, J. Defibrillation of soft porous metal-organic frameworks with electric fields. Science, 2017, 358 (6361), 347–351. DOI: 10.1126/science.aal2456
  • Knebel, A.; Sundermann, L.; Mohmeyer, A.; Strauß, I.; Friebe, S.; Behrens, P.; Caro, J. Azobenzene Guest Molecules as Light-Switchable CO 2 Valves in an Ultrathin UiO-67 Membrane. Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29 (7), 3111–3117. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00147
  • Müller, K.; Knebel, A.; Zhao, F.; Bléger, D.; Caro, J.; Heinke, L. Switching Thin Films of Azobenzene-Containing Metal-Organic Frameworks with Visible Light. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 23 (23), 5434–5438. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700989

2016

  • Friebe, S.; Diestel, L.; Knebel, A.; Wollbrink, A.; Caro, J. MOF-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes in Gas Separation – Mystery and Reality. Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 2016, 88 (11), 1788–1797. DOI: 10.1002/cite.201600041
  • Knebel, A.; Friebe, S.; Bigall, N. C.; Benzaqui, M.; Serre, C.; Caro, J. Comparative Study of MIL-96(Al) as Continuous Metal-Organic Frameworks Layer and Mixed-Matrix Membrane. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2016, 8 (11), 7536–7544. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b1254
  • Wang, Z.; Knebel, A.; Grosjean, S.; Wagner, D.; Bräse, S.; Wöll, C.; Caro, J.; Heinke, L. Tunable molecular separation by nanoporous membranes. Nature Communications, 2016, 7, 13872. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13872

 

Patents

(P1)      Knebel, A.; Hosseinimonjezi, B.; Hong, G.; Bräse, S.; Wöll, C. Orientierte Immobilisierung eines TADF-Farbstoffs in einer orientierten MIL-68-Dünnschicht auf einem leitfähigen Substrat, DE102021121069A1, Year: 08/2021.

(P2)      Knebel A.; Bavykina, A.; Datta, S.; Lebedev, Y.; Rüping, M.; Eddaoudi, M.; Gascon, J. WO2021001727A1, Solution processable metal-organic frameworks via surface functionalization, Year: 01/2020.

(P3)      Knebel, A.; Caro, J. EP 3269441A1 and WO/2018/010951 Device and process for controlled gas transport on metal-organic framework membranes. Year: 02/2018.

(P4)      Knebel, A.; Caro, J.; Heinke, L.; Grosjean, S.; Wöll, C.; Wang, Z.; Bräse, S. EP3305392A1 Photo-switching and tuning of gas transport through metal-organic framework membranes. Year: 07/2016.

           

Conference Paper (with Peer Review)

  • Santos, J. C. C.; Chen, D.-H.; Hosseini Monjezi, B.; Redel, E.; Knebel, A. Surface Anchoring of Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks by Electrochemical Deposition, ECS Trans., 2020, 98 (8), 47-53, DOI: 10.1149/09808.0047ecst