Research/Publications

We work on clean solutions for energy-intensive chemical separations including CO2 capture and important hydrocarbons (acetylene, propylene, and xylene isomers) vis porous solids, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs). 


Y. Xie, Y. Shi, E. M. Cedeño Morales, A. El Karch, B. Wang, H. Arman, K. Tan,* B. Chen* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2386−2394 

Yingxiang Ye, Yi Xie, Yanshu Shi, Lingshan Gong, Joshua Phipps, Abdullah M. Al-Enizi, Ayman Nafady, Banglin Chen,  Shengqian Ma

Angew. Chem.Int. Ed. 2023, e202302564

Wei Gong, Yi Xie, Xingjie Wang, Kent O. Kirlikovali, Karam B. Idrees, Fanrui Sha, Haomiao Xie, Yan Liu, Banglin Chen, Yong Cui*, and Omar K. Farha* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4, 2679–2689

L. Ma,† Y. Xie,† R. Khoo, H. Arman, B. Wang, W. Zhou, J. Zhang, R.-B. Lin, B. Chen* 

Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202104269 

Selected as VIP Papers

L. Ma, H. Arman, Y. Xie,* W. Zhou, B. Chen* 

Cryst. Growth Des. 2022, 22, 3808

W. Gong, Y. Xie, T. Pham, S. Shetty, F. Son, K. Idrees, Z. Chen, H. Xie, Y. Liu, R. Q Snurr, B. Chen, B. Alameddine, Y. Cui, O. Farha

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8, 3737–3745

Y. Xie, H. Cui, H. Wu, R.-B. Lin*, W. Zhou*, B. Chen* 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9604 

Selected as HOT Papers

W. Gong,† H. Cui,† Y. Xie,† Y. Li, X. Tang, Y. Liu, Y. Cui*, B. Chen*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 14869

Highlighted by ChemistryViews

Y. Shi,† Y. Xie,† H. Cui, Y. Ye, H. Wu, W. Zhou, H. Arman, R.-B. Lin*, B. Chen* 

Adv. Mater. 2021, 2105880

Y. Xie, Y. Shi, H. Cui, R.-B. Lin*, B. Chen*

Small Struct. 2021, 2100125 

Highlighted by MaterialsViews

Bin Liang, Xin Zhang, Yi Xie, Rui-Biao Lin*, Rajamani Krishna, Hui Cui, Zhiqiang Li, Yanshu Shi, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou*, and Banglin Chen*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 41, 17795–17801

Z.-M. Ye, X.-W. Zhang, P.-Q. Liao, Y. Xie, Y.-T. Xu, X.-F. Zhang, C. Wang, D.-X. Liu, N.-Y. Huang, Z.-H. Qiu, D.-D. Zhou, C.-T. He, J.-P. Zhang*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 23322