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Prof Shane Telfer PhD

Professor in Chemistry

Doctoral Supervisor
School of Food Technology and Natural Sciences

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Professional

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy - University of Canterbury (1999)

Prizes and Awards

  • Awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award in 2023 (as part of a team). - Massey University (2023)
  • Awarded the Massey University Research Medal in 2021. - Massey University (2021)
  • Awarded the NZ Institute of Chemistry Prize for Excellence in the Chemical Sciences in 2015. - New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (2015)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

We are interested in all aspects of supramolecular chemistry and functional materials, especially those involving  transition metals. We focus on the design of molecule-based materials, implement methods for their synthesis, then investigate their properties.  Molecular design, synthetic chemistry, and materials analysis underpin our research. Our current research focuses on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which are 'molecular sponges' for gas separation, storage and catalysis.

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Resource Development and Management, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture, Health and Well-being, Future Food Systems

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Chemical Characterisation of Materials (030301): Chemical Science (030000):
Engineering (090000): Functional Materials (091205):
Inorganic Chemistry (030200): Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry (030300):
Materials Engineering (091200):
Nanochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry (030302): Synthesis of Materials (030306): Transition Metal Chemistry (030207)

Research Projects

Completed Projects

Project Title: Nanocaged Enzymes

Date Range: 2019 - 2022

Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand

Project Team:

Project Title: Creating nothing out of something: A route to ultraporous metal-organic frameworks

Date Range: 2011 - 2016

Funding Body: Marsden Fund - Full

Project Team:

Project Title: Disruptive technologies from metal-organic frameworks

Date Range: 2017 - 2020

Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Project Team:

Project Title: Ordered multicomponent Metal-Organic Frameworks

Date Range: 2015 - 2020

Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand

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Research Outputs

Journal

Perl, D., Lee, SJ., Ferguson, A., Jameson, GB., & Telfer, SG. (2023). Hetero-interpenetrated metal–organic frameworks. Nature Chemistry. 15(10), 1358-1364
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Lee, SJ., & Telfer, SG. (2023). Multicomponent Metal-Organic Frameworks. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 62(44)
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Qazvini, OT., Babarao, R., & Telfer, SG. (2021). Selective capture of carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons using a metal-organic framework. Nature Communications. 12(1)
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Osterrieth, JWM., Rampersad, J., Madden, D., Rampal, N., Skoric, L., Connolly, B., . . . Iiyuka, T. (2022). How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation?. Advanced Materials. 34(27)
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Ferguson, A., Liu, L., Tapperwijn, SJ., Perl, D., Coudert, FX., Van Cleuvenbergen, S., . . . Telfer, SG. (2016). Controlled partial interpenetration in metal-organic frameworks. Nature Chemistry. 8(3), 250-257
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Qazvini, OT., & Telfer, SG. (2021). MUF-16: A Robust Metal-Organic Framework for Pre- And Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 13(10), 12141-12148
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Zhang, Y., Jangodaz, E., Yin, BH., & Telfer, SG. (2024). Functionalisation of MUF-15 enhances CO<inf>2</inf>/CH<inf>4</inf> selectivity in mixed-matrix membranes. Chemical Communications. 60(46), 5924-5927
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López-Cervantes, VB., López-Olvera, A., Obeso, JL., Torres, IK., Martínez-Ahumada, E., Carmona-Monroy, P., . . . Telfer, SG. (2024). Robust Co(II)-Based Metal-Organic Framework for the Efficient Uptake and Selective Detection of SO<inf>2</inf>. Chemistry of Materials. 36(6), 2735-2742
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Trump, BA., Qazvini, OT., Lee, SJ., Jangodaz, E., Zhou, W., Brown, CM., . . . Telfer, SG. (2023). Flexing of a Metal-Organic Framework upon Hydrocarbon Adsorption: Atomic Level Insights from Neutron Scattering. Chemistry of Materials. 35(3), 1387-1394
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Cornelio, J., Lee, SJ., Zhou, TY., Alkaş, A., Thangavel, K., Pöppl, A., . . . Telfer, SG. (2022). Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Multicomponent Truxene-Quinoxaline Metal-Organic Frameworks. Chemistry of Materials. 34(18), 8437-8445
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Cornelio, J., & Telfer, SG. (2022). Tuning the Stereoselectivity of an Intramolecular Aldol Reaction by Precisely Modifying a Metal-Organic Framework Catalyst. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 17(12)
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Qazvini, OT., Scott, VJ., Bondorf, L., Ducamp, M., Hirscher, M., Coudert, FX., . . . Telfer, SG. (2021). Flexibility of a Metal-Organic Framework Enhances Gas Separation and Enables Quantum Sieving. Chemistry of Materials. 33(22), 8886-8894
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Qazvini, OT., Macreadie, LK., & Telfer, SG. (2020). Effect of Ligand Functionalization on the Separation of Small Hydrocarbons and CO<inf>2</inf>by a Series of MUF-15 Analogues. Chemistry of Materials. 32(15), 6744-6752
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Qazvini, OT., & Telfer, SG. (2020). A robust metal-organic framework for post-combustion carbon dioxide capture. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(24), 12028-12034
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Yin, H., Alkaş, A., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., & Telfer, SG. (2020). Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) using an emerging metal-organic framework (MUF-15) for CO<inf>2</inf> separation. Journal of Membrane Science. 609
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Healy, C., Patil, KM., Wilson, BH., Hermanspahn, L., Harvey-Reid, NC., Howard, BI., . . . Bennett, TD. (2020). The thermal stability of metal-organic frameworks. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 419
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Qazvini, OT., Babarao, R., & Telfer, SG. (2019). Multipurpose metal-organic framework for the adsorption of acetylene: ethylene purification and carbon dioxide removal. Chemistry of Materials. 31(13), 4919-4926
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Longley, L., Collins, SM., Li, S., Smales, GJ., Erucar, I., Qiao, A., . . . Bennett, TD. (2019). Flux melting of metal-organic frameworks. Chemical Science. 10(12), 3592-3601
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Qazvini, OT., Babarao, R., Shi, ZL., Zhang, YB., & Telfer, SG. (2019). A Robust Ethane-Trapping Metal-Organic Framework with a High Capacity for Ethylene Purification. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(12), 5014-5020
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Tu, B., Diestel, L., Shi, ZL., Bandara, WRLN., Chen, Y., Lin, W., . . . Li, Q. (2019). Harnessing Bottom-Up Self-Assembly To Position Five Distinct Components in an Ordered Porous Framework. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 58(16), 5348-5353
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Zhou, TY., Auer, B., Lee, SJ., & Telfer, SG. (2019). Catalysts Confined in Programmed Framework Pores Enable New Transformations and Tune Reaction Efficiency and Selectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(4), 1577-1582
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Zhou, C., Longley, L., Krajnc, A., Smales, GJ., Qiao, A., Erucar, I., . . . Bennett, TD. (2018). Metal-organic framework glasses with permanent accessible porosity. Nature Communications. 9(1)
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Cornelio, J., Zhou, TY., Alkaş, A., & Telfer, SG. (2018). Systematic Tuning of the Luminescence Output of Multicomponent Metal-Organic Frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(45), 15470-15476
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Liu, L., Zhou, TY., & Telfer, SG. (2017). Modulating the performance of an asymmetric organocatalyst by tuning its spatial environment in a metal-organic framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(39), 13936-13943
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Liu, L., & Telfer, SG. (2015). Systematic ligand modulation enhances the moisture stability and gas sorption characteristics of quaternary metal-organic frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(11), 3901-3909
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Liu, L., Konstas, K., Hill, MR., & Telfer, SG. (2013). Programmed pore architectures in modular quaternary metal-organic frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(47), 17731-17734
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Lun, DJ., Waterhouse, GIN., & Telfer, SG. (2011). A general thermolabile protecting group strategy for organocatalytic metal-organic frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(15), 5806-5809
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Book

Healy, C., Kruger, PE., & Telfer, SG. (2022). Photochemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks. In Springer Handbooks. (pp. 691 - 732).
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