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Randall Q Snurr

  • 27761 Citations
1991 …2024

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Research Interests

Professor Snurr’s research group focuses on adsorption, diffusion, and catalysis in nanoporous materials. They are interested in novel materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), as well as traditional materials such as zeolites that are already widely used in industry. Porous materials with well-controlled structures at the nanoscale can be extremely useful because of their ability to recognize and discriminate between adsorbed molecules. This leads to applications of nanoporous materials in adsorption separations, catalysis, membrane processes, sensing, and energy storage.

Most of the projects in his group are aimed at solving problems related to energy and sustainability.  Examples include development of materials to store hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles, development of materials for capturing carbon dioxide from power plant flue gas (carbon capture and sequestration), development of energy-efficient separations, and development of highly selective catalysts for green chemistry processes.

To address these problems, they use powerful molecular modeling techniques. Their goal is to develop a better understanding of surface interactions and dynamics in nanoporous materials and to exploit this molecular-level information to develop new, highly-selective processes in adsorption separations, catalysis, and energy storage. Another goal of their research is to develop new simulation methods that can handle an ever-broader range of time and length scales to address important problems that cannot be simulated with current techniques. They also collaborate closely with experimental research groups.

Education/Academic qualification

Chemical Engineering, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

… → 1994

Chemical Engineering, BSE, University of Pennsylvania

… → 1988

Research interests

  • Absorption
  • Catalysis
  • Energy
  • Molecular modeling
  • Separations
  • Sustainability

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Grants

Theory-Guided Design and Discovery of Materials for Reversible Methane and Hydrogen Storage

Farha, O. K. & Snurr, R. Q.

Department of Energy

10/1/19 → 2/28/23

Project: Research project

    • Snurr Subproject - Theory-Guided Design and Discovery of Materials for Reversible Methane and Hydrogen Storage

    Snurr, R. Q.

    Department of Energy

    10/1/19 → 2/28/23

    Project: Research project

    • Subproject for Institution # SP0049926

    Snurr, R. Q.

    Defense Threat Reduction Agency

    2/21/19 → 2/20/24

    Project: Research project

    • Snurr: Highly Stable and Bifunctional Bio-inspired Catalytic MOFs for Destruction of Chemical Threats

    Snurr, R. Q.

    Defense Threat Reduction Agency

    12/1/17 → 11/30/21

    Project: Research project

    • Snurr - SusChEM: Integrated Materials and Process Systems Development for Sustainable Carbon Capture

    Snurr, R. Q.

    National Science Foundation

    9/1/16 → 8/31/20

    Project: Research project

    • Research Output

    Computational Predictions and Experimental Validation of Alkane Oxidative Dehydrogenation by Fe2M MOF Nodes

    Barona, M., Ahn, S., Morris, W., Hoover, W., Notestein, J. M., Farha, O. K. & Snurr, R. Q., Jan 17 2020, In : ACS Catalysis. 10, 2, p. 1460-1469 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 1 Scopus citations

    Computational Screening of Metal-Organic Framework-Supported Single-Atom Transition-Metal Catalysts for the Gas-Phase Hydrolysis of Nerve Agents

    Mendonca, M. L. & Snurr, R. Q., Jan 17 2020, In : ACS Catalysis. 10, 2, p. 1310-1323 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 1 Scopus citations

    DFT Study on the Catalytic Activity of ALD-Grown Diiron Oxide Nanoclusters for Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol

    Barona, M., Gaggioli, C. A., Gagliardi, L. & Snurr, R. Q., Feb 27 2020, In : Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124, 8, p. 1580-1592 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Insights into Catalytic Gas-Phase Hydrolysis of Organophosphate Chemical Warfare Agents by MOF-Supported Bimetallic Metal-Oxo Clusters

    Chen, H. & Snurr, R. Q., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Single-Crystal Polycationic Polymers Obtained by Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photopolymerization

    Guo, Q. H., Jia, M., Liu, Z., Qiu, Y., Chen, H., Shen, D., Zhang, X., Tu, Q., Ryder, M. R., Chen, H., Li, P., Xu, Y., Li, P., Chen, Z., Shekhawat, G. S., Dravid, V. P., Snurr, R. Q., Philp, D., Sue, A. C. H., Farha, O. K. & 2 others, Rolandi, M. & Stoddart, J. F., Apr 1 2020, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 13, p. 6180-6187 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article