Julius Oppenheim

Publications

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* first author   ‡ corresponding author

Preprints

  1. Molecular Origins of Lithium-Ion Transport in the Anionic Metal–Organic Framework SU-102
    S. Saha, Y. Lu, Z. Yang, J. J. Oppenheim, V. V. Singh, M. Dincă, F. Paesani
    ChemRxiv preprint (2026). 10.26434/chemrxiv.15008063/v1
  2. Synthesis of Homochiral Metal-Organic Framework CFA-1 from Achiral Building Blocks via Chiral Induction
    X. Zhang, J. Oppenheim, L. Palatinus, V. G. Haensch, Z. Sun, P. Müller, M. Dincă
    ChemRxiv preprint (2026). 10.26434/chemrxiv.15003737/v1
  3. Organic lithium battery operates efficiently up to 150 °C
    T. Chen, J. Wang, B. Tan, K. J. Zhang, J. J. Oppenheim, T. Van Voorhis, M. Dincă
    ChemRxiv preprint (2026). 10.26434/chemrxiv.15002831/v1
  4. Atomic-scale origin of charge density wave-driven metal–semiconductor transition in an incommensurately modulated metal–organic framework
    L. Zhang, Z. Zhang, L. He, B. Jiang, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, H. Qi, C. Zhang, J. Guo, H. Chen, Y. Fan, Y. Shen, H. Jia, G. Li, Y.-Q. Zheng, J. J. Oppenheim, T. Chen, J. Wang, L. Sun, J. Sun, J.-H. Dou
    arXiv:2604.19640 (2026).

Journal articles

2026

  1. ‡Evidence for an Electronically Driven Charge Density Wave in a 1D Metallic MOF
    J. Ryu, L. Sippach, S. A. Hallweger, L. Palatinus, P. Müller, K. Glazyrin, G. Kieslich, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă
    ACS Central Science 12(5), 704–711 (2026). 10.1021/acscentsci.6c00405
  2. SU-102 Is a Versatile Anionic Quasi-Solid Electrolyte for Fast Li+, Na+, and Al3+ Transport
    Z. Yang, J. Wang, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă
    ACS Energy Letters 11(2), 2078–2082 (2026). 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c03891
  3. Linker Symmetry Lowering as a Strategy to Tune Electronic Properties in Two‐Dimensional Conductive MOFs
    B. Tan, T. Chen, M. Jeon, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă
    Chemistry – A European Journal, e71472 (2026). 10.1002/chem.71472
  4. Molecular Insights Shaping the Design of Metal–Organic Framework-Based Electrolytes
    S. He, J. J. Oppenheim, K. Maegawa, Z. Yang, Y. Xu, A. E. McDermott, M. Dincă
    Chemistry of Materials 38(13), 6956–6961 (2026). 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6c01203

2025

  1. *High-capacity water sorbent cycles without hysteresis under dry conditions
    J. Oppenheim, Z. Yang, B. Dinakar, M. Dincă
    Nature Communications 16(1), 4297 (2025). 10.1038/s41467-025-59551-2
  2. ‡High-Connectivity Triazolate-Based Metal–Organic Framework for Water Harvesting
    K. Ravin, P. Sarver, B. Dinakar, L. Palatinus, P. Müller, J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 147(13), 11407–11411 (2025). 10.1021/jacs.5c01062
  3. Turning 2D MOFs into Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors via Side Chain Engineering
    H. Roh, A. Y. Su, C. Oh, J. J. Oppenheim, H. J. Kulik, A. Gumyusenge, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 147(42), 38419–38427 (2025). 10.1021/jacs.5c11806
  4. Dual Proton–Electron Conductivity in 2D Azaborine Metal–Organic Frameworks
    A. Y. Su, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 147(40), 36837–36842 (2025). 10.1021/jacs.5c13331
  5. High-resolution structure of Zn3(HOTP)2 (HOTP = hexaoxidotriphenylene), a three-dimensional conductive MOF
    K. J. Zhang, T. Chen, J. J. Oppenheim, L. Yang, L. Palatinus, P. Müller, T. Van Voorhis, M. Dincă
    Chemical Science 16(27), 12416–12420 (2025). 10.1039/d5sc00894h
  6. Coexistence of Liquid- and Solid-like Ion Transport in Metal–Organic Frameworks
    A. Y. Su, S. Canossa, J. J. Oppenheim, Z. Yang, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 147(43), 39610–39615 (2025). 10.1021/jacs.5c12979
  7. Systematic Bandgap Engineering of a 2D Organic–Inorganic Chalcogenide Semiconductor via Ligand Modification
    T. Sakurada, W. Paritmongkol, Y. Cho, W. S. Lee, P. Chatsiri, J. J. Oppenheim, R. Wan, A. Su, N. Samulewicz, K. Wannakan, P. Müller, M. Dincă, H. J. Kulik, W. A. Tisdale
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 147(35), 31704–31712 (2025). 10.1021/jacs.5c07989
  8. Asymmetric linker generates intrinsically disordered metal–organic framework with local MOF-74 structure
    B. Dinakar, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Vandone, J. F. Torres, A. Iliescu, Z. Yang, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Dincă
    Chemical Communications 61(67), 12590–12593 (2025). 10.1039/d5cc03713a

2024

  1. A Layered Organic Cathode for High-Energy, Fast-Charging, and Long-Lasting Li-Ion Batteries
    T. Chen, H. Banda, J. Wang, J. J. Oppenheim, A. Franceschi, M. Dincǎ
    ACS Central Science 10(3), 569–578 (2024). 10.1021/acscentsci.3c01478
  2. Humidity-Mediated Dual Ionic–Electronic Conductivity Enables High Sensitivity in MOF Chemiresistors
    Y.-M. Jo, D.-H. Kim, J. Wang, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 146(29), 20213–20220 (2024). 10.1021/jacs.4c05343
  3. Superior Charge Transport in Ni-Diamine Conductive MOFs
    J. Wang, T. Chen, M. Jeon, J. J. Oppenheim, B. Tan, J. Kim, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 146(29), 20500–20507 (2024). 10.1021/jacs.4c06935
  4. *Cooperative Interactions with Water Drive Hysteresis in a Hydrophilic Metal–Organic Framework
    J. J. Oppenheim, C.-H. Ho, D. Alezi, J. L. Andrews, T. Chen, B. Dinakar, F. Paesani, M. Dincă
    Chemistry of Materials 36(7), 3395–3404 (2024). 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00172
  5. *Isoreticular Curves: A Theory of Capillary Condensation To Model Water Sorption within Microporous Sorbents
    J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincǎ
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 146(30), 20615–20626 (2024). 10.1021/jacs.4c02743
  6. Divergent Electrically Conductive Pathways in Yttrium-Based 2- and 3-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks
    C. Welty, E. L. Gormley, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă, C. H. Hendon, N. P. Stadie
    ACS Materials Letters 6(8), 3909–3914 (2024). 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01102

2023

  1. *Conceptual and Practical Aspects of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Solid–Gas Reactions
    A. Iliescu, J. J. Oppenheim, C. Sun, M. Dincǎ
    Chemical Reviews 123(9), 6197–6232 (2023). 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00537
  2. *Tunable Low–Relative Humidity and High–Capacity Water Adsorption in a Bibenzotriazole Metal–Organic Framework
    D. Alezi, J. J. Oppenheim, P. J. Sarver, A. Iliescu, B. Dinakar, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 145(46), 25233–25241 (2023). 10.1021/jacs.3c08335
  3. Ultrafast Water H-Bond Rearrangement in a Metal–Organic Framework Probed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy
    M. L. Valentine, G. Yin, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincǎ, W. Xiong
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 145(21), 11482–11487 (2023). 10.1021/jacs.3c01728
  4. A Solid Zn-Ion Conductor from an All-Zinc Metal–Organic Framework Replete with Mobile Zn2+ Cations
    A. Iliescu, J. L. Andrews, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 145(48), 25962–25965 (2023). 10.1021/jacs.3c10326
  5. Solid‐State Investigation, Storage, and Separation of Pyrophoric PH3 and P2H4 with α‐Mg Formate
    A. Widera, D. Thöny, M. Aebli, J. J. Oppenheim, J. L. Andrews, F. Eiler, M. Wörle, H. Schönberg, N. Weferling, M. Dincǎ, H. Grützmacher
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62(13), e202217534 (2023). 10.1002/anie.202217534

2022

  1. Room-Temperature Quantitative Quantum Sensing of Lithium Ions with a Radical-Embedded Metal–Organic Framework
    L. Sun, L. Yang, J.-H. Dou, J. Li, G. Skorupskii, M. Mardini, K. O. Tan, T. Chen, C. Sun, J. J. Oppenheim, R. G. Griffin, M. Dincă, T. Rajh
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 144(41), 19008–19016 (2022). 10.1021/jacs.2c07692
  2. Thousand-fold increase in O2 electroreduction rates with conductive MOFs
    R. G. Mariano, O. J. Wahab, J. A. Rabinowitz, J. Oppenheim, T. Chen, P. R. Unwin, M. Dincǎ
    ACS Central Science 8(7), 975–982 (2022). 10.1021/acscentsci.2c00509
  3. Dimensionality Modulates Electrical Conductivity in Compositionally Constant One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Frameworks
    T. Chen, J.-H. Dou, L. Yang, C. Sun, J. J. Oppenheim, J. Li, M. Dincă
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 144(12), 5583–5593 (2022). 10.1021/jacs.2c00614
  4. Reversible topochemical polymerization and depolymerization of a crystalline 3D porous organic polymer with C–C bond linkages
    C. Sun, J. J. Oppenheim, G. Skorupskii, L. Yang, M. Dincă
    Chem 8(12), 3215–3224 (2022). 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.07.028
  5. Dipole-mediated exciton management strategy enabled by reticular chemistry
    R. Wan, D.-G. Ha, J.-H. Dou, W. S. Lee, T. Chen, J. J. Oppenheim, J. Li, W. A. Tisdale, M. Dincă
    Chemical Science 13(36), 10792–10797 (2022). 10.1039/d2sc01127a
  6. Pyrogallate‐Based Metal‐Organic Framework with a Two‐Dimensional Secondary Building Unit
    S. Kampouri, M. Zhang, T. Chen, J. J. Oppenheim, A. C. Brown, M. T. Payne, J. L. Andrews, J. Sun, M. Dincă
    Angewandte Chemie 134(49), e202213960 (2022). 10.1002/ange.202213960
  7. Strong magnetic exchange coupling in a radical-bridged trinuclear nickel complex
    L. Yang, J. J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă
    Dalton Transactions 51(22), 8583–8587 (2022). 10.1039/d2dt01337a

2021

  1. Accelerated Synthesis of a Ni2Cl2(BTDD) Metal–Organic Framework in a Continuous Flow Reactor for Atmospheric Water Capture
    S. Bagi, A. M. Wright, J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă, Y. Román-Leshkov
    ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9(11), 3996–4003 (2021). 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07055
  2. *Divergent Adsorption Behavior Controlled by Primary Coordination Sphere Anions in the Metal–Organic Framework Ni2X2BTDD
    J. J. Oppenheim, J. L. Mancuso, A. M. Wright, A. J. Rieth, C. H. Hendon, M. Dincǎ
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 143(40), 16343–16347 (2021). 10.1021/jacs.1c07449
  3. *Isolation of a Side-On V(III)-(η2-O2) through the Intermediacy of a Low-Valent V(II) in a Metal–Organic Framework
    J. J. Oppenheim, S. Bagi, T. Chen, C. Sun, L. Yang, P. Müller, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Dincă
    Inorganic Chemistry 60(23), 18205–18210 (2021). 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02850

2020

  1. *Aperiodic metal–organic frameworks
    J. J. Oppenheim, G. Skorupskii, M. Dincă
    Chemical Science 11(41), 11094–11103 (2020). 10.1039/d0sc04798h

2019

  1. *Catalytic Non-redox Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Cyclic Carbonates
    S. Subramanian, J. Oppenheim, D. Kim, T. S. Nguyen, W. M. Silo, B. Kim, W. A. Goddard, C. T. Yavuz
    Chem 5(12), 3232–3242 (2019). 10.1016/j.chempr.2019.10.009
  2. CO Coupling Chemistry of a Terminal Mo Carbide: Sequential Addition of Proton, Hydride, and CO Releases Ethenone
    J. A. Buss, G. A. Bailey, J. Oppenheim, D. G. VanderVelde, W. A. Goddard, T. Agapie
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 141(39), 15664–15674 (2019). 10.1021/jacs.9b07743
  3. Interface Structure in Li-Metal/[Pyr14][TFSI]-Ionic Liquid System from ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    B. V. Merinov, S. V. Zybin, S. Naserifar, S. Morozov, J. Oppenheim, W. A. Goddard, J. Lee, J. H. Lee, H. E. Han, Y. C. Choi, S. H. Kim
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10(16), 4577–4586 (2019). 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01515
  4. Accurate non-bonded potentials based on periodic quantum mechanics calculations for use in molecular simulations of materials and systems
    S. Naserifar, J. J. Oppenheim, H. Yang, T. Zhou, S. Zybin, M. Rizk, W. A. Goddard
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 151(15), 154111 (2019). 10.1063/1.5113811
  5. *Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of Metallocorrole Nanoparticles
    J. Oppenheim, M. H. B. Gray, A. J. Di Bilio, B. J. Brennan, L. M. Henling, P. Lim, M. Soll, J. Termini, S. C. Virgil, Z. Gross, H. B. Gray
    Inorganic Chemistry 58(15), 10287–10294 (2019). 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01441
  6. *‡Electronic Structure of Tetracyanonickelate(II)
    J. J. Oppenheim, B. J. McNicholas, J. Miller, H. B. Gray
    Inorganic Chemistry 58(22), 15202–15206 (2019). 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02135

2018

  1. First-principles–based reaction kinetics from reactive molecular dynamics simulations: Application to hydrogen peroxide decomposition
    D. V. Ilyin, W. A. Goddard, J. J. Oppenheim, T. Cheng
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(37), 18202–18208 (2018). 10.1073/pnas.1701383115

2017

  1. *Shock Synthesis of Five-component Icosahedral Quasicrystals
    J. Oppenheim, C. Ma, J. Hu, L. Bindi, P. J. Steinhardt, P. D. Asimow
    Scientific Reports 7(1), 15629 (2017). 10.1038/s41598-017-15771-1
  2. *Shock Synthesis of Decagonal Quasicrystals
    J. Oppenheim, C. Ma, J. Hu, L. Bindi, P. J. Steinhardt, P. D. Asimow
    Scientific Reports 7(1), 15628 (2017). 10.1038/s41598-017-15229-4
  3. *Extension of the Polarizable Charge Equilibration Model to Higher Oxidation States with Applications to Ge, As, Se, Br, Sn, Sb, Te, I, Pb, Bi, Po, and At Elements
    J. J. Oppenheim, S. Naserifar, W. A. Goddard
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 122(2), 639–645 (2017). 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b06612

2014

  1. Stem Cell Therapy and Curcumin Synergistically Enhance Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury
    D. R. Ormond, C. Shannon, J. Oppenheim, R. Zeman, K. Das, R. Murali, M. Jhanwar-Uniyal
    PLoS ONE 9(2), e88916 (2014). 10.1371/journal.pone.0088916

Thesis and abstracts