Department of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CHE 205A
Tampa, FL 33620-5250

Lab: (813) 974-3008, SCA 436, 438
Email: fnouar@mail.usf.edu

2005-present: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Dr. Eddaoudi’s research group, SMMARTT
2003: M.S. in Materials Science and Formulation Engineering, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France

Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Materials (MOMs)

Design and synthesis of highly porous Isoreticular Metal-Organic Materials (MOMs) using supermolecular building blocks for gas storage application.
Zeolite-like metal-organic frameworks (ZMOFs) for H2 storage: Ion exchange, encapsulation and H2-MOM interaction studies.
Design and synthesis of polymer-ZMOF composites.

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Selected Publications:

Sava, D. F.; Kravtsov, V. Ch; Nouar, F.; Wojtas, L.; Eubank, J. F. and Eddaoudi, M. “Quest for Zeolite-like Metal-Organic Frameworks: On Pyrimidinecarboxylate Bis-Chelating Bridging Ligands” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 3768 – 3770.
Nouar, F.; Eubank, J. F.; Bousquet, T.; Wojtas, L.; Zaworotko, M. J.; Eddaoudi, M. “Supermolecular Building Blocks (SBBs) for the Design and Synthesis of Highly Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 1833-1835.
Da Silva, E.; Nouar, F.; Nierlich, M.; Rather, B.; Zaworotko, M. J.; Barbey, C.; Navaza, A.; Coleman, A. W. “A comparative structural study of four para-sulphonato-calix-[4]-arene organic di- and triammonium cation complexes” Crystal Eng. 2003, 6(3), 123-135.
Da Silva, E.; Nouar, F.; Coleman, A. W.; Rather, B.; Zaworotko, M. J. “Solution and Solid-State Interactions between Para-sulfonato-Calix-[4]-Arene and Some Common Organic Biological Buffers” J. Inc. Phenom. Macrocyclic Chem. 2003, 46(3-4), 161-166.
Coleman, A. W.; Da Silva, E.; Nouar, F.; Nierlich, M.; Navaza, A. “The structure of a self-assembled calixarene aqua-channel system” Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, United Kingdom), 2003, (7), 826-827.