Mike Zaworotko

Mike Zaworotko
Professor

Contact

Office: SCA 409
Phone: 813/974-3451
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• Curriculum Vitae

Education

B.S., ARCS, Imperial College, London, UK, 1977
Ph.D., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1982

Research

Crystal engineering, nanotechnology, supramolecular chemistry, x-ray crystallography.
Design, synthesis and application of network solids; molecular recognition; nanoporous adsorbents for environmental, pharmaceutical and materials applications; crystal structure analysis and prediction; drug design; supramolecular synthesis of solids; solid phase synthesis; coordination polymers; nanocomposite structures.

Current Funding

View our currently funded projects here.

Graduate Students

Heather Clarke, Sameh Elsaidi, Padmini Kavuru, Sheshanka Kesani, Mona Mohamed, Sreya Mukherjee, Patrick Nugent, Zhenjie Zhang, Zhuxiu Zhang

Recent Publications

C = communication, F = full paper, R = Review, # = SciFinder® citations 10/2007, in chronological order, 5 most relevant followed by recent, out of over 250 refereed papers since 1992:

1. (C, # = 485) Wilkes, J.S.; Zaworotko, M.J. "Air and Water Stable 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium Based Ionic Liquids". J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm., 965, 1992.
   The first report of air and water stable ionic liquids.
2. (C, # = 373) Subramanian, S.; Zaworotko, M.J. "Porous Solids by Design: [Zn(4,4'-dipyridyl)2(SiF6)]8•x DMF, a Single Framework Octahedral Coordination Polymer with Large Square Channels" Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 34, 2127-29, 1995.
   The first report of an open framework octahedral coordination polymer.
3. (C, # = 423) Hennigar, T.L.; Losier, P.; MacQuarrie, D.C.; Zaworotko, M.J.; Rogers, R.D. "Supramolecular Isomerism in Coordination Polymers: Manifestations of Ligand Flexibility in [Co(NO3)2(1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane)1.5]n". Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 36, 972-973, 1997.
   The first report of supramolecular isomerism in coordination polymers.
4. (R, # = 452) Zaworotko, M.J. "Superstructural Diversity in Two Dimensions: Crystal Engineering of Laminated Solids", Chem. Commun., 1-9, 2001.
5. (R, # = 1768) Moulton, B.; Zaworotko, M.J. "From Molecules to Crystal Engineering: Supramolecular Isomerism and Polymorphism in Network Solids", Chemical Reviews, 101, 1629-1658, 2001.
6. (C, # = 94) Abourahma, H.; Moulton, B.; Kravtsov, V.; Zaworotko, M.J. "Supramolecular Isomerism in Coordination Compounds: Nanoscale Molecular Hexagons and Chains" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 124, 9990-9991, 2002.
7. (F, # = 70) Fleischman, S.G.; Kuduva, S.S.; McMahon, J.A.; Moulton, B.; Bailey Walsh, R.D.; Rodriguez-Hornedo, N.; Zaworotko, M.J. "Crystal Engineering of the Composition of Pharmaceutical Phases: Multiple-Component Crystalline Solids Involving Carbamazepine." Crystal Growth & Design, 3, 909-919, 2004.
8. (R, # = 89) Almarsson, Ö.; Zaworotko, M.J. "Crystal Engineering of the Composition of Pharmaceutical Phases. Do Pharmaceutical Co-crystals Represent a New Path to Improved Medicines?" Chem. Commun., 1889-1896, 2004.
   Supramolecular synthesis in the context of pharmaceutical molecules.
9. (C, # = 31) Vishweshwar, P.; McMahon, J.A.; Oliveira, M.; Peterson, M.L.; Zaworotko, M.J. "The predictably elusive form II of aspirin." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 16802-16803, 2005.
10. (R, # = 11) Zaworotko, M.J. "Molecules to Crystals, Crystals to Molecules … and Back Again?" Crystal Growth & Design, 7, 4-9, 2007.
11. (F) McManus, G.J.; Perry, J.J.; Perry, M.; Wagner, B.D.; Zaworotko, M.J. "Exciplex fluorescence as a diagnostic probe of structure in coordination polymers of Zn2+ and 4,4'-bipyridine containing intercalated pyrene and enclathrated aromatic solvent guests.", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 9094-9101, 2007.
12. © Perry, J.J.; Kravtsov, V. Ch; McManus, G.J.; Zaworotko, M.J. "Bottom up Synthesis That Does Not Start at the Bottom: Quadruple Covalent Cross-Linking of Nanoscale Faceted Polyhedra.", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 1076-77, 2007.