Feldblyum Group

Research

Our research leverages metal-ligand interactions for the synthesis of new photo- and electroactive coordination-based materials. Students gain a broad set of skills ranging from organic and inorganic synthesis to device fabrication and testing.

 

Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity

Nano-scale porosity has the potential to address diverse challenges in thin-film device applications. However, few porous materials are solution-processable; those that are generally lack the conductivity needed for such devices. 

In this project, we develop methods to synthesize porous, solution-processable polymers having functional electronic and optical properties. We leverage metal-ligand and cluster-ligand interactions that support long-range electro/optical interaction along the polymer chain. 

Our work will be applied towards photon energy upconversion and electronic sensing schemes.

 

Schematic of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM) Synthesis.

Publications

  1. Deinterpenetration of IRMOF-9.
    Crom, A. B.; Strozier, J. L.; Tatebe C. J.; Carey, C. A.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Genna, D. T.
    Chem. Eur. J., In press.
     
  2. Surface-modified biopolymers for removing mixtures of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from water: Screening and removal mechanisms.
    Ilango, A. K.; Jiang, T.; Zhang, W.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Efstathiadis, H.; Liang, Y.
    Environ. Pollut., In press.
     
  3. Disulfide-Driven Pore Functionalization of Metal–Organic Frameworks.
    Moore, J. M.; Crom, A. B.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Genna, D. T.
    Chem. Eur. J., In press.
     
  4. Metal-organic Frameworks for Fast Electrochemical Energy Storage: Mechanisms and Opportunities.
    Hong, C. N.; Crom, A. B.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Lukatskaya, M. R.
    Chem, In press.
     
  5. Surfactant-Modified Clay for Adsorption of Mixtures of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Solutions.
    Jiang, T.; Zhang, W.; Ilango, A. K.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Wei, Z.; Efstathiadis, H.; Yigit, M. V.; Liang, Y.
    ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 2023, 1, 394-407.
     
  6. Probing the Edges between Stability and Degradation of a Series of ZnSe-Based Layered Hybrid Semiconductors.
    Yan, M.; Myers, C. A.; John, G. M.; Meyers, V. E.; Chen, A. A.; Feldblyum, J. I.;
    Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 2200347.
     
  7. Ferrocene Metallopolymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (MPIMs).
    Zhai, T.; Ambrose, K.; Nyayachavadi, A.; Walter, K. G.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Feldblyum, J. I.
    Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 238-241.
    Selected for 2021 Emerging Investigators themed collection
     
  8. A Mini DNA–RNA Hybrid Origami Nanobrick.
    Zhou, L.; Valsangkar, V. A.; Yan, M.; Chandresekaran, A. R.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Sheng, J.; Halvorsen, K.
    Nanoscale Advances, 2021, 3, 4048-4051.
     
  9. Understanding the Mechanism of High Capacitance in Nickel Hexaaminobenzene-Based Conductive Metal–Organic Frameworks in Aqueous Electrolytes.
    *Lukatskaya, M. R.; Feng, D.; Bak, S.-M.; To, J. W. F.; Yang, X.-Q.; Cui, Y.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Bao, Z.
    ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 15919-15925.
     
  10. Factors Governing the Chemical Stability of Shear-Exfoliated ZnSe(alkylamine) II–VI Layered Hybrids.
    Yan, M.; Collins, S. M.; Midgley, P. A.; Feldblyum, J. I.
    Chem. Mater., 2020, 32, 2379-2388.
     
  11. Framework-Isomerism in Partially Halogenated In-Derived Metal-Organic Frameworks.
    Springer, S. E.; Mihaly, J. J.; Amirmokhtari, N.; Crom, A. B.; Zeller, M.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Genna, D. T.
    Cryst. Growth Des., 2019, 119, 3124-3129.
     
  12. Concentrated Mixed Cation Acetate "Water-in-Salt" Solutions as Green and Low-Cost High Voltage Electrolytes for Aqueous Batteries
    Lukatskaya, M. R.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Mackanic, D. G.; Lissel, F.; Michels, D. L.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
    Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11, 2876-2883.
    Selected as "HOT" article by handling editor of EES.
     
  13. Few-Layer, Large-Area, 2D Covalent Organic Framework Semiconductor Thin Films
    Feldblyum, J. I.; McCreery, C. H.; Andrews, S. C.; Kurosawa, T.; Santos, E. J. G.; Duong, V.; Fang, L.; Ayzner, A. L.; Bao, Z.
    Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13894-13897.
    Top 5% most-downloaded articles in ChemComm, July-September 2015
     
  14. H-Bonded Supramolecular Polymer for the Selective Dispersion and Subsequent Release of Large-Diameter Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
    Pochorovski, I.; Wang, H.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Zhang, X. Antaris, A. L.; Bao, Z.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 4328-4331.
     
  15. Polymer@MOF@MOF: "Grafting From" Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization for the Synthesis of Hybrid Porous Solids
    McDonald, A. M.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Koh, K.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J.
    Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11994-11996.
     
  16. Filling Pore Space in a Microporous Coordination Polymer to Improve Methane Storage Performance
    Tran, L. D.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J.
    Langmuir, 2015, 31, 2211-2217.
     
  17. Positronium Emission Spectra from Self-Assembled Metal-Organic Frameworks
    Crivelli, P.; Cooke, D.; Barbiellini, B.; Brown, B. L.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Guo, P.; Gidley, D. W.; Gerchow, L.; Matzger, A. J.
    Phys. Rev. B, 2014, 89, 241103.
     
  18. Interpenetration, Porosity, and High-Pressure Gas Adsorption in Zn4O(2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate)3
    Feldblyum, J. I.; Dutta, D.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Dailly, A.; Imirzian, J; Gidley, D. W.; Matzger, A. J.
    Langmuir, 2013, 29, 8146-8153.
     
  19. Evidence of Positronium Bloch States in Porous Crystals of Zn4O Coordination Polymers
    Dutta, D.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Gidley, D. W.; Imirzian, J.; Liu, M.; Matzger, A. J.; Vallery, R. S.; Wong-Foy, A. W.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2013, 110, 197403.
     
  20. Non-Interpenetrated IRMOF-8: Synthesis, Activation, and Gas Sorption
    Feldblyum, J. I.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J.
    Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 9828-9830.
     
  21. Photoresponse Characteristics of Archetypal Metal–Organic Frameworks
    Feldblyum, J. I.; Keenan, E. A.; Matzger, A. J.; Maldonado, S.
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 3112-3121.
     
  22. Analysis of the Operation of Thin Nanowire Photoelectrodes for Solar Energy Conversion
    Foley, J. M; Price, M. J.; Feldblyum, J. I.; Maldonado, S.
    Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, (45), 5203-5220.
     
  23. Reconciling the Discrepancies between Crystallographic Porosity and Guest Access As Exemplified by Zn-HKUST-1
    Feldblyum, J. I.; Liu, M.; Gidley, D. W.; Matzger, A. J.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, (45), 18257–18263.
     
  24. Structural Analysis of Soft Multicomponent Nanoparticle Clusters
    Pease, L. F., Feldblyum, J. I., DePaoli, S., Anumolu, R., Yim, P., Clarke, M. L., Kang, H., Hwang, J.
    ACS Nano, 2010, 4, (11), 6982–6988.
     
  25. Viral genome sequencing by random priming methods
    Djikeng, A., Halpin, R. A., Kuzmickas, R., DePasse, J., Feldblyum, J., Sengamalay, N., Afonso, C. L., Zhang, X., Anderson, N. G., Ghedin, E., Spiro, D. J.
    BMC Genomics, 2008, 9, (5).
    (“Highly Accessed” article)

People

Principal Investigator   |   Graduate Students   |   Undergraduate Students   |   Alumni

 

Join the Group

We are always on the lookout for motivated postdocs, graduate students and undergraduate students to join the lab. Whether you're just starting out or have years of research experience, please feel welcome to email Professor Feldblyum at [email protected] to discuss potential research opportunities.

Prospective postdocs should include a CV and cover letter as two separate attachments. Prospective students should provide some background information and motivation for considering our research group.

Principal Investigator

principal-investigator
Jeremy I. Feldblyum
Jeremy I. Feldblyum
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Chemistry
518-442-4426
[email protected]
ETEC 0237
Feldblyum Group

Graduate Students

graduate-students

Darin Sukalingum

PhD Student
BS, Chemistry, University at Albany, SUNY

Research areas: Porous and semiconducting metallopolymers

Favorite vegetable: Have not yet tried them all

Favorite type of filter paper: Whatman 5

Darin Sukalingum.

Pouria Akbari

PhD Student
MS, Chemical Engineering, Sahand Univ. Tech.
BS, Chemical Engineering, Tech. Univ. Ahvaz

Research areas: Battery recycling

Favorite vegetable: Lettuce

Favorite show: Breaking Bad

Favorite sport: Soccer

Pouria Akbari.

Caroline Schaeffer

PhD Student
BS, Biochemistry, Lafayette College

Research areas: Metal-organic frameworks

Favorite movie: Fantastic Planet (1973)

Favorite animal: Opossum

Favorite color: Orange

Caroline Schaeffer.

Jeffrey Noll

MS Student
BS, Chemistry, Binghamton University, SUNY
BA, Film, Binghamton University, SUNY

Research areas: Battery recycling

Favorite movie: Playtime

Favorite show: Twin Peaks

Favorite book: The Name of the Rose

Jeffrey Noll.

Sohraab Khan

MS Student
BS, Chemistry, University at Albany, SUNY

Research areas: Polymer synthesis

Favorite anime: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Favorite animal: Cat

Sohraab Khan.

Undergraduate Students

undergraduate-students

Nissi Okuji

BS Student (Human biology)

Research areas: Metal-organic frameworks

Favorite vegetable: Potato

Favorite anime: Tokyo Ghoul

Favorite book: Looking for Alaska

 

Nissi Okuji.

Alex Kalena

BS Student (Chemistry)

Research areas: Metal-organic frameworks

Favorite book: The Song of Achilles

Favorite podcast: Welcome to Night Vale

Favorite movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy

Alex Kalena.

Kelsey Classen

BS Student (Chemistry)

Research areas: Ionic liquids

Favorite animal: Stingray

Favorite band: King’s X

Favorite book: Station Eleven

Kelsey Classen.

Victor Kyaw

BS Student (Chemistry)

Research areas: Porous and semiconducting metallopolymers

Favorite animal: Cat

Favorite superhero: Batman

Favorite ice cream: Mint chocolate chip

Victor Kyaw.

Jing N Cao

BS Student (Biology)

Research areas: Polymer synthesis

Favorite color: Gold

Favorite show: Love Death + Robots

Favorite animal: Birds

Jing N Cao.

Sunwoo Hur

BS Student (Chemistry)

Research areas: High strength polymers

Favorite color: Black

Favorite movie: Moana

Favorite animal: Cat

Sunwoo Hur.

Savanah Wong

BS Student (Chemistry)

Research areas: Electrospinning

Favorite show: Prison Break

Favorite sport: Volleyball

Favorite artist: Playboi Carti

Savanah Wong.

Jessica Rosales

BS Student (Chemistry)

Research areas: Metal-organic frameworks

Favorite food: Yogurt parfait with strawberries

Favorite hobby: Surfing & weightlifting

Favorite show: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Original Nickelodeon cartoon)

Jessica Rosales.

Maegan Mazzarella

BS Student (Chemistry)

Research areas: Conjugated polyelectrolytes/gel electrophoresis

Favorite color: Purple

Favorite band: Fall Out Boy

Favorite candy flavor: Watermelon

Maegan Mazzarella.

Alumni

alumni

Audrey Crom — PhD, Chemistry, 2023.

Tianran Zhai — PhD, Chemistry, 2023.

Mengwen Yan — PhD, Chemistry, 2022.

Fernanda Giongo Fernandes — MS, Chemistry, 2022.

Matthew Sherrill — MS, Chemistry, 2022.

Ebtisam Alammri — MS, Chemistry, 2019.

Sarthak Patel — MS, Chemistry, 2019.

Kate Holley — MS and BS, Chemistry, 2019.

Kelly Walter — MS, Chemistry, 2018.

Erica Nunoo — BS, Biology, Expected 2026

Jacob Dobson — BS, Chemistry, 2022.

Sandra Wiedmann — BS, Chemistry, 2022.

Jessica Andras — BS, Chemistry, 2021.

Chaya Eastmond — BS, Biology, 2021.

Sazzad Ali

Benita Britton-George — BS, Chemistry, 2019.

Nikki Taylor — BS, Chemistry & Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2018.

Alexander Vandish — BS, Chemistry, 2018.

Facilities

Mass Spectrometer-coupled Thermogravimetric Analyzer

Our TGA-MS from TA Instruments was generously funded by the National Science Foundation (grant number 1919810). 

The mass spectrometer covers a mass range from 1-300 m/z via a transfer line held at 300 degrees Celsius, and the TGA can reach temperatures of 1,200 degrees Celsius.

We welcome external users. Please email Professor Feldblyum at [email protected] if you would like to use the TGA-MS.

Mass Spectrometer-coupled Thermogravimetric Analyzer.

Gas Sorption Analyzer

We have a 3Flex from Micromeritics for gas sorption analysis, enabling us to obtain surface area and pore size distributions from porous polymeric materials. 

The instrument is capable of analysis up to one atmosphere or the saturation vapor pressure for a wide variety of standard gases and solvent vapors.

Gas Sorption Analyzer.

Contact Angle Goniometer

Our contact angle goniometer from Ossila allows us to assess the efficacy of semiconductor surface treatments and surface functionalization.

Contact Angle Goniometer.

UV-Vis-NIR Absorption Spectrophotometer

The V-770 from Jasco Inc. is capable of analyzing liquid, film and powder samples, with included integrating sphere, over a wavelength range of 200 to 2500 nm.

UV-Vis-NIR Absorption Spectrophotometer.

Atomic Force Microscope

We use our MFP-3D from Asylum to obtain topographical maps of low-dimensional materials. 

The instrument is capable of a wide variety of measurements including mechanical, electrical and magnetic characterization.

Atomic Force Microscope.

Optical Microscope

Our polarized light microscope from Zeiss is used to study crystalline and amorphous materials at the micron scale.

Optical Microscope.

Probe Station

We use a probe station coupled to a Tektronix 2636B source meter to measure basic semiconductor device characteristics under ambient conditions.

Probe Station.

UV Ozone Cleaner

The UV ozone cleaner from Ossila is used to obtain clean substrates for subsequent functionalization and incorporation into devices.

UV Ozone Cleaner.

Spin Coater

A sleek spin-coater from Ossila is one device we use to form smooth thin films for optical characterization and device fabrication.

Spin Coater.

Dip Coater

Ossila's dip coater is another device we use to form smooth thin films for optical characterization and device fabrication.

Dip Coater.

Shear Mixer

We are studying the exfoliation of 2D materials with our shear mixer from Silverson Machines.

Shear Mixer.

Potentiostat

We use our Metrohm Autolab potentiostat for studying the electrochemical behavior for all manner of redox-active compounds and materials.

Potentiostat.