Lab Announcements

November 29, 2021	The research work on diabetes treatment of Professor Ali Trabolsi and our research scientist Farah Benyettou was highlighted in an article in the French press where the journalist compared their cutting-edge technology to other work developed at MIT and Yale in recent years. Here is a link to this article.
March 3, 2021	Our paper, In Vivo Oral Insulin Delivery via Covalent Organic Frameworks, has been accepted for publication in Chemical Science.
February 25, 2021	Taming the Topology of Calix[4]arene-based 2D-Covalent Organic Frameworks: Interpenetrated vs Non-interpenetrated and Their Selective Removal of Cationic Dyes is now online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
February 9, 2021	Click here to read about our former group member, Dr. Tina Škorjanc's "endless opportunities as a Graduate Student at NYUAD."
February 2, 2021	Check out our latest review in Chem describing the use of organic macrocycle-based covalent organic polymers and frameworks for the removal of pollutants from water.
December 14, 2020	Our first Graduate Student, Dr. Tina Škorjanc, received the Pregl Award for outstanding doctoral thesis in 2020 from the National Institute of Chemistry. Tina defended her thesis titled Insoluble Main-Chain Organic Macrocycle-Based Covalent Organic Polymers and Frameworks, and Their Applications in Pollutant Capture and Drug Delivery in May under the supervision of Professor Ali Trabolsi.
December 1, 2020	Professor Trabolsi, gave an online talk, Task-Specific Design and Functionalization of Porous Poly-Calixarene For Water Purification, at NYU New York.
November 16, 2020	A polyrotaxanated covalent organic network based on viologen and cucurbit[7]uril was featured in Nature Research as part of their celebration of 15 years of research on covalent organic frameworks.
November 9, 2020	Professor Ali Trabolsi has joined NYUAD's Water Research Center as Co-Principal Investigator. The Center aims to promote innovative research in water desalination, wastewater treatment, environmental policy, and social issues that will lead to water security and sustainability.
October 22, 2020	The Trabolsi Group and other NYU Abu Dhabi scientists and external collaborators have designed a nano-sized system to be used as an additional tool in the fight against cancer. The details can be found in our paper Covalent Organic Framework Embedded with Magnetic Nanoparticles for MRI and Chemo-Thermo- Therapy recently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
August 27, 2020	Our manuscript, Rapid and Efficient Removal of Perfluorooctanoic Acid from Water with Fluorine-Rich Calixarene-Based Porous Polymers, was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
July 8, 2020	The Trabolsi Group's paper, Fast and efficient removal of paraquat in water by porous polycalix[n]arenes (n = 4, 6, and 8), was published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. This paper explores the removal of a herbicide called paraquat from water by means of adsorption onto novel porous polymeric materials.
June 13, 2020	Farah and Ali's paper with collaborators at UAEU, pH-Controlled Preferential Binding of Cucurbit[7]uril-Coated Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles to 6-Mercaptonicotinic Acid for Fluorescent Detection of Cadmium Ions in the Solid State, was published in Microchimica Acta.
June 8, 2020	We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Ali Trabolsi as Program Head, Chemistry, beginning September 2020. We wish you every success in your new role. Well done, Ali!
May 20, 2020	Congratulations Merilin and Nowshin, on the successful completion of your Capstone Projects and graduation from NYUAD's Chemistry program. We wish you continued success and look forward to seeing what lies ahead for both of you!
May 6, 2020	Thiru's collaboration with King Faisal University, KSA, has produced a paper entitled Cobalt–Carbon/Silica Nanocomposite Prepared by Pyrolysis of Cobalt 2,2′-Bipyridine Terephthalate Complex for Remediation of Cationic Dyes which was recently published in RSC Advances.
April 13, 2020	Research Scientist, Farah Benyettou, gave a talk entitled Covalent Organic Frameworks for In Vivo Oral Insulin Administration as part of the NYUAD Chemistry Talks, NYU Abu Dhabi.
April 7, 2020	Our paper Aqueous Synthesis of Triphenylphosphine-Modified Gold Nanoparticles for Synergistic In Vitro and In Vivo Photo-thermal Chemotherapy, published in the journal, Chemistry-A European Journal has received widespread local and international coverage. including such outlets as Omnia Health Magazine, EurekAlert, Science Magazine, BioEngineer, Physics.Org, Oncology News, Nano Magazine and Al Arab UK, which is one of the leading pan-Arab newspapers.
March 2, 2020	Research Associate, Gobinda Das, gave a talk entitled 2D-Covalent Organic Frameworks, as part of the NYUAD Chemistry Talks, NYU Abu Dhabi.
February 19, 2020	The Trabolsi Group's paper entitled Aqueous Synthesis of Triphenylphosphine-Modified Gold Nanoparticles for Synergistic In Vitro and In Vivo Photo-thermal Chemotherapy was accepted for publication in Chemistry-A European Journal. Congratulations Farah, Ali and all our collaborators.
January 28, 2020	Mircea Dincă, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, visited the Trabolsi Group from January 26-29. Professor Dincă gave a talk entitled Teaching sponges new tricks: Charge transport and catalysis in microporous metal-organic frameworks as part of the NYU Abu Dhabi Chemistry Seminar Series.
January 26, 2020	Capstone student, Nowshin Kabir, visited the lab of our collaborator Dr. Mourad Elhabiri of the University of Strasbourg, France. While there, Nowshin worked on the characterization of the trefoil knot as an anion sensor.
January 22, 2020	Professor Ali Trabolsi gave a talk entitled “Metal-Organic non-Trivial Structures: A New Field of Chemical Space for Pharmaceutical Design and Development” at the IV International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications 2020, Caparica, Portugal, January 22, 2020.
January 17, 2020	Congratulations to Professor Ali Trabolsi and his collaborators whose article entitled Augmented Polyhydrazone Formation in Water by Template-Assisted Polymerization using Dual-Purpose Supramolecular Templates was recently published in Polymer Chemistry.
December 17, 2019	Professor Rahul Banerjee, department of chemical sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, visited the Trabolsi Group and gave a talk as part of the NYU Abu Dhabi Chemistry Seminar Series.
December 16, 2019	Graduate Student, Tina Skorjanc, gave a talk entitled “Highly efficient toxic bromate removal from water by a cationic covalent organic framework” at the bi-weekly Chemistry Talks, NYU Abu Dhabi.
December 14, 2019	Professor Ali Trabolsi was the keynote speaker at The 9th Conference on Nanomaterials (CN-BT 2019) in Bangkok, Thailand. Professor Trabolsi gave a talk entitled “Smart Porous Polycalix[n]arenes: Design Principles to Multi-Facet Applications”.
December 8, 2019	Professor Ali Trabolsi attended Malta IX, Frontiers of Science: Research and Education in the Middle East.
December 5, 2019	Research Scientist, Thiru Prakasam, gave a talk entitled “Synthesis and application of molecular knots and links”, at the bi-weekly Chemistry Talks, NYU Abu Dhabi.
November 22, 2019	The Trabolsi Group's paper entitled Remarkably efficient removal of toxic bromate from drinking water with a porphyrin–viologen covalent organic framework was published in Chemical Science. This manuscript tackles the issue of bromate removal from water. Congratulations to Professor Trabolsi, Tina and all our collaborators.
October 31, 2019	Professor Mourad Elhabiri, Director of Research, CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) visited the Trabolsi Group as part of an ongoing collaboration between NYU Abu Dhabi and the University of Strasbourg, France.
October 27, 2019	The Trabolsi Group's manuscript entitled Azobenzene-Equipped Covalent Organic Framework: Light-Operated Reservoir was accepted for publishing in The Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations to Gobinda and Thiru and all of our collaborators for their tremendous effort.
September 12, 2019	Congratulations to Tina Skorjanc on passing her Dissertation Evaluation Exam!
September 6, 2019	The Trabolsi Group's paper entitled A polyrotaxanated covalent organic network based on viologen and cucurbit[7]uril was published in Communications Chemistry. Congratulations to Ali, Gobinda, Thiru and all of our collaborators from NYUAD and other institutions.
September 2, 2019	The Trabolsi Group received a Research Enhancement Fund Award from NYUAD to work on the application of molecular knots and links. Congratulations to Ali, Prof. Gennaro, and Prof. Mazin!
August 31, 2019	Dinesh Shetty has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi. Congratulations Dinesh!
August 25, 2019	Graduate student Tina Skorjanc gave a presentation entitled Highly efficient carcinogenic bromate removal from water by a cationic covalent organic framework at the ACS Fall National Meeting held in San Diego, California, August 25-29. The conference was attended by approximately 15,000 people.
July 12, 2019	Professor Ali Trabolsi is featured in the Emerging Investigators Issue 2019 in the journal Chemical Communications. Congratulations, Ali!
July 9, 2019	The Trabolsi Research Group had a manuscript published by Chemical Communications entitled: Self-assembly of Stimuli-Responsive Imine-linked Calix[4]arene Nanocapsules for Targeted Camptothecin Delivery. This manuscript reports a novel polymeric drug delivery system, which can be utilized for targeted and specific anticancer drug delivery. Congratulations to Dinesh, Tina, Ali and Dr. Olson.
July 7, 2019	Professor Ali Trabolsi is visiting the group of Professor Thomas Jung from PSI, Switzerland in July as part of an ongoing collaboration which examines the self-assembly of mechanically interlocked molecules on solid surfaces.
July 4, 2019	Professor Ali Trabolsi gave a presentation on Synthesis and Applications of Metal-Organic Knots at the Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
June 2, 2019	Research Associate, Gobinda Das attended ISMSC 2019, held in Lecce, Italy, June 2-6, 2019. Gobinda also attended Supramol2019 in Lecce, June 6-8 where he gave a poster presentation entitled Redox-Triggered Buoyancy and Size Modulation of a Covalent Organic Gel.
May 22, 2019	Our manuscript entitled "Potent and selective in vitro and in vivo antiproliferative effects of metal–organic trefoil knots" was published as a Hot Article in Chemical Science. Congratulations to Farah, Thiru, Tina and Ali as well as our collaborators from NYUAD and other institutions! This paper has received local, regional and international coverage and was highlighted on the front page of The National.
May 15, 2019	Research Scientist, Farah Benyettou gave 2 presentations at SupraBio 2019 held in Barcelona, Spain. The titles of Farah’s abstracts are: 1. Potent and Selective In Vitro and In Vivo Antiproliferative Effects of Metal-Organic Trefoil Knots 2. Fighting Cancer using Supramolecular Nanodevices: Toward the "Magic Bullet" Science
April 25, 2019	Our manuscript entitled Redox-Triggered Buoyancy and Size Modulation of a Dynamic Covalent Gel was published by Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations to Gobinda, Thiru, Ali and all of our collaborators!
April 24, 2019	Graduating students Sandra Emad Boutros and Anastassiya Knyazeva defended their Capstone Projects to Professor Ali Trabolsi and several other members of the NYUAD Chemistry program. Sandra presented an abstract entitled “Calix[4]arene-Crown Ether Porous Organic Polymers for Lithium Recovery”. Anastassiya’s abstract was entitled “Investigation of the Relationship Between Material Properties and Self-healing in Crystals of Boronic Esters and Disulfides”.
April 23, 2019	Professor Ali Trabolsi gave a presentation on “Smart Porous Polycalix[n]arenes: Design Principles to Multi-facet Applications (Environment and Drug Delivery)” as part of the Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM) Seminar held at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The seminar was attended by ~120 people and was followed by a stimulating and engaging Q&A session.
April 16, 2019	Graduate student Tina Skorjanc was awarded second place in the category of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the UAE Graduate Student Research Conference (UAE GRSC) held at Zayed University. Tina’s paper, “Remarkably efficient removal of carcinogenic bromate from water by porphyrin-viologen covalent organic framework synthesized through the Zincke reaction” was one of 61 submissions in Engineering and Physical Sciences and 120 in all disciplines combined.
March 20, 2019	Graduate student, Tina Skorjanc’s paper entitled Remarkably Efficient Removal of Carcinogenic Bromate from Water by Porphyrin-Viologen Covalent Organic Framework Synthesized Through the Zincke Reaction was accepted for presentation at UAE GSRC 2019, April 16, 2019, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
March 11, 2019	The Trabolsi group's manuscript entitled "Thioether-Crown-Rich Calix[4]arene Porous Polymer for Highly Efficient Removal of Mercury from Water" was published by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations to Dinesh, Ali and Sandra on her first paper!
March 4, 2019	Research Associate, Gobinda Das’ abstract entitled Redox-Triggered Buoyancy and Size Modulation of a Covalent Organic Gel was accepted for presentation at ISMSC 2019, June 2-8, 2019, Lecce, Italy.
February 24, 2019	Graduate student Tina Skorjanc attended the International Workshop on Advanced Materials (IWAM) 2019 in Ras Al Khaimah to present a poster entitled Covalent Calix[4]arene Nanocapsules for Efficient Camptothecin Delivery. Authors of this project include research scientist Dr. Dinesh Shetty, graduate student Tina Skorjanc and Prof. Ali Trabolsi. Each year IWAM is sponsored by the Ras Al Khaimah Center for Advanced Materials and Tina received a student travel grant to attend the event.
February 15, 2019	Graduate student Tina Skorjanc was accepted to the Global Research Initiatives 2019 Summer Dissertation Writing Workshop in Washington D.C. Congratulations Tina!
February 8, 2019	Research Scientist Dinesh Shetty received a prestigious National Academy of Science early career fellowship for his research on developing novel materials for water purification. As part of the award, he will travel to Penn State University, PA to exchange his ideas and learn about new developments in the field.
January 22, 2019	Our manuscript entitled "Design strategies and redox-dependent applications of insoluble viologen-based covalent organic polymers" was accepted for publication by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations to Global PhD Student, Tina Skorjanc and other members of the Trabolsi Research Group.
January 15, 2019	Our manuscript entitled "Metal-Organic Self-Assembled Trefoil Knots for C-Br Bond Activation" has been accepted for publication by ACS Catalysis. Congratulations to Research Scientist Thirumurugan Prakasam and Associate Professor Ali Trabolsi as well as contributors from collaborating institutions.
January 10, 2019	Research Scientist, Farah Benyettou had two abstracts accepted for presentation at SupraBio 2019 to be held in Barcelona, Spain, May 15-17, 2019. The titles of Farah’s abstracts are: Potent and Selective In Vitro and In Vivo Antiproliferative Effects of Metal-Organic Trefoil Knots & Fighting Cancer using Supramolecular Nanodevices: Toward the "Magic Bullet" Science.

Lab Announcements

December 19, 2018	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Ali Trabolsi gave an invited talk at SICC10 in Singapore entitled “Metal-Organic Knots: Synthesis and Application”. Research Scientist Thirumurugan Prakasam also attended SICC10 in Singapore and gave an oral presentation entitled “Metal-Organic Trefoil Knots for Carbon-Halogen Bond Activation”. There were more than 500 people who attended the four (4) day conference.
December 14, 2018	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Ali Trabolsi gave an invited talk at NanoThailand, Pathum Thani Thailand entitled “Synthesis and Applications of Metal-Organic Knots”.
November 14, 2018	Members of the Trabolsi Group gave poster presentations at the Second Middle Eastern Materials Science Conference (MEMSC) held at New York University Abu Dhabi, November 12-14, 2018. Global PhD Student, Christina Saad Zalch presented a poster entitled "Design and Synthesis of Diketopyrrolopyrrole- Based Dye-Rotaxanes". Research Associate, Gobinda Das, presented a poster entitled 'Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Bioimaging". Nowshin Kabir, Undergraduate Research Assistant, presented a poster entitled "Pyrene Functionalisation of Metal-Organic Nontrivial Structures". Global PhD Student, Tina Slorjanc, presented a poster entitled "Porphyrin-based covalent organic networks formed through the Zincke reaction". Undergraduate Research Assistant, Sandra Boutros, presented a poster entitled "Thia-crown-calix[4]arene-Based Porous Organic Polymer for Mercury Adsorption from Water"
November 21, 2018	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Ali Trabolsi gave an oral presentation on “Synthesis and Applications of Metal-Organic Knots" at ArmChemFront 2018 in Yerevan, Armenia. Conference attendees included Sir Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa, two of 2016's Nobel Laureate.
October 31, 2018	Research Scientist, Dinesh Shetty, along with Professor Ali Trabolsi had a manuscript entitled “Making Pillar[6]arenes to lean: An art of tuning a supramolecular host”, published in SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry.
September 2, 2018	Research Associate Gobinda Das and Research Scientist Farah Benyettou along with colleagues from the Trabolsi Research group had their paper entitled "Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Bioimaging" published in Chemical Science. Congratulations to all those involved.
August 24, 2018	Research Scientist Dinesh Shetty received a full fellowship from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to participate and present an oral talk at the Arab-American Frontier Symposium to be held in Kuwait City Nov. 4-6, 2018.
August 22, 2018	Research Associate Gobinda Das will give a poster presentation entitled “Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Bioimaging” at the 6th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds (MOF2018), being held in Auckland, New Zealand, December 9-13, 2018.
August 19, 2018	Professor Ali Trabolsi presented a paper entitled “Multi-functional Porous Calix[n]arene-Based Materials” at the 256th ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA.
July 3, 2018	Professor Ali Trabolsi has been invited to speak at the 10th Singapore International Chemistry Conference 2018 to be held from December 16-19, 2018 in Singapore. Professor Trabolsi's paper is entitled 'Metal-Organic Knots: Synthesis and Application". Research Scientist Thirumurugan Prakasam will also attend the 10th Singapore International Chemistry Conference 2018 and will present his paper entitled "Metal-Organic Trefoil Knots for Carbon-Halogen Bond Activation."
July 2, 2018	Research Scientist Dinesh Shetty presented a paper entitled “Multi-functional PorousPolycalix[n]arenes for Environmental Applications” at Macro 18 in Cairns, Australia. Graduate Student Tina Skorjanc also gave a talk at Macro 2018 in Cairns, Australia. The title of her presentation was “Porphyrin-Based Covalent Organic Networks Formed through the Zincke Reaction.”
June 27, 2018	Professor Ali Trabolsi presented a paper entitled “Multi-functional Porous Calix[n]arene Polymers” at Polymat Spotlight 2018, San Sebastian, Spain.
June 19, 2018	Professor Ali Trabolsi presented a paper entitled “Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles for Combined Therapies” at the E-MRS 2018 Spring Meeting held in Strasbourg (France).
June 6, 2018	Professor Ali Trabolsi will make an oral presentation at Frontiers in Chemistry, Armenia, October 21 – 25, 2018.
May 10, 2018	Professor Ali Trabolsi has been invited to give a lecture at the 6th Thailand International Nanotechnology Conference (NanoThailand 2018) to be held December 12-14, 2018 at The Thailand Science Park Convention Center (TSP-CC), Pathum Thani, Thailand.
April 24, 2018	Our manuscript entitled “Calix[4]arene-based Porous Organic Nanosheets” was accepted for publication by the American Chemical Society Applied Materials & Interfaces Journal. Congratulations to Research Scientist Dinesh Shetty and colleagues from the Trabolsi Research group, in collaboration with Professor Serdal Kirmizialtin.
April 17, 2018	Our manuscript entitled "Redox-responsive Covalent Organic Nanosheets from Viologens and Calix[4]arene for Iodine and Toxic Dye Capture" was accepted for publication in Chemistry - A European Journal. Congratulations to our Graduate student Tina Skorjanc, Dr. Dinesh Shetty and Prof. Ali Trabolsi, as well as all other collaborators from NYUAD and abroad. Tina Skorjanc's abstract entitled "Porphyrin-Based Covalent Organic Networks Formed through the Zincke Reaction” was accepted for oral presentation. Tina will travel to Cairns, Australia in July to present at Macro 18.
April 15, 2018	Professor Ali Trabolsi spoke with Gulf News about the use of magnetic nanoparticles in the delivery of cancer treatment. Professor Ali Trabolsi’s abstract entitled “Multi-functional Porous Calix[n]arene Polymers” was accepted for oral presentation at Polymat Spotlight 2018 in San Sebastian, Spain. Congratulations Ali.
April 8, 2018	Tina Skorjanc was awarded the Horizon Fellowship in Natural and Physical Sciences by the Graduate School of Arts and Science, NYU. The award is given to an outstanding doctoral student in the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Congratulations Tina.
March 2, 2018	Professor Ali Trabolsi's abstract entitled “Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles for Combined Therapies” was accepted for a YOUNG STAR presentation at the E-MRS 2018 Spring Meeting to be held in Strasbourg, France in June 2018. Congratulations Ali.
January 18, 2018	Our manuscript entitled "Palladium-loaded cucurbit[7]uril-modified iron-oxide nanoparticles for C-C cross-coupling reactions." was accepted for publication in Chemistry European Journal. Congratulations to Farah and our collaborators. Our manuscript entitled "Porous Polycalix[4]arenes for Fast and Efficient Removal of Organic Micropollutants from Water." was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Congratulations to Dinesh, Ilma, and our collaborators.

October 23, 2017
Our manuscript entitled "Topological transformation of a trefoil knot into a [2]catenane" was accepted for publication in Dalton Transactions. Congratulations to Thiru, Roberto, Rana, and all our collaborators.

October 19, 2017
Our manuscript "Sequential Delivery of Doxorubicin and Zoledronic Acid to Breast Cancer Cells by CB[7]-Modified Iron Oxide Nanoparticles" was accepted for publication in ACS applied materials and interfaces. Congratulations to Farah and our collaborators.

October 9, 2017
Our manuscript entitled "Lithiated Polycalix[4]arenes for Efficient Adsorption of Iodine from Solution and Vapor Phases" was accepted for publication in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations to Dinesh and all our collaborators.

October 1, 2017
Our manuscript entitled "Morphological Diversity in Nanoporous Covalent Organic Materials Derived from Viologen and Pyrene" was accepted for publication in ChemNanoMat. Congratulations to Gobinda, Tina and our collaborators.

September 26, 2017
Research Scientist Farah Benyettou gave an oral presentation at the International Conference on Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 2017 entitled “Magnetic Drug Delivery Nanoparticles for Combined Cancer Therapies” in Barcelona, Spain 25-27 September.

June 5, 2017
Congratulations to Tina Skorjanc on passing her PhD qualifying exam and becoming a PhD candidate. The committee members were Professor Marcus Weck and Professor Bart Kahr (NYU New York) and Professor Shady Amin and Professor Ali Trabolsi (NYUAD).

May 16, 2017
Our manuscript entitled "Viologen-Based Conjugated Covalent Organic Networks via Zincke Reaction" was accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations to Gobinda, Tina and our collaborators.

May 8, 2017
For our Arabic readers: Our research on drug delivery was highlighted in Aalbayan.

April 9, 2017
Our manuscript entitled "Selective Growth Inhibition of Cancer Cells with Doxorubicin-Loaded CB[7]-Modified Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles" was accepted and published in RSC Advances. Congratulations to Farah, Rana, Rkia and our collaborators.

March 5, 2017
Al Jalila Foundation grant for our Metal complexes: Our research proposal entitled "Organometallic non-trivial structures as anti-cancer agents" has been accepted for funding from Al Jalila Foundation. The fund is over two years and for the development of unusual metal complexes for cancer treatment.

March 1, 2017
Our manuscript entitled "Design of organic macrocycle-modified iron-oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery" was accepted and published in Chemistry-A European Journal. Congratulations to Tina, Farah, and JC.

January 26, 2017
The manuscript “An Ultra-Absorbent Alkyne-Rich Porous Covalent Polycalix[4]arene For Water Purification” has been highlighted in several media sources: NYUAD, Abudhabicityguide, Arabic News.

January 23, 2017
A review written by Tina Skorjanc, (Global PhD student) Dr. Farah Benyettou (Research Scientist), Professor Ali Trabolsi (Assistant Professor of Chemistry), and collaborator J.-C. Olsen from Indiana University Kokomo in US entitled “Design of organic macrocycle-modified iron-oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery” is to be accepted after minor revision by Chem. Eur. J., 2017.

January 20, 2017
Professor Ali Trabolsi visited the University of Houston in the US and gave an invited lecture entitled “Metal-Organic Non-trivial Structures: Chemistry and Function”.

January 19, 2017
Professor Ali Trabolsi visited the University of Texas at Austin in the US and gave an invited lecture entitled “Metal-Organic Non-trivial Structures: Chemistry and Function”.

January 13, 2017
Professor Ali Trabolsi visited the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and gave an invited lecture entitled “Metal-Organic Non-trivial Structures: Chemistry and Function”.

January 8, 2017
Group member and Global PhD Student Tina Skorjanc, has been offered a “Student Grant” from the organizers of the "International Workshop on Advanced Materials" (IWAM) conference. The conference took place from February 19-21, and was organized by the Ras Al Khamiah Center for Advanced Materials for the 9th time.
Our manuscript entitled "Microwave-assisted synthesis of a viologen-based covalent organic polymer with redox-tunable polarity for dye adsorption" was accepted and published in RSC Advances. Congratulations to Gobinda, Tina, Thiru, Selbi and our collaborators.

November 15, 2016
Our manuscript entitled "An Ultra-Absorbent Alkyne-Rich Porous Covalent Polycalix[4]arene for Water Purification" was accepted for publication in Journal of Material Chemistry A. Congratulations to Dinesh, Ilma, and our collaborators.

September 25, 2016
Our manuscript "Multifunctional Redox-Tuned Viologen-Based Covalent Organic Polymers" has been highlighted in Nature Middle East.

September 21, 2016
Our book chapter entitled "Knots" was accepted for publication, as a contribution to Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II. Congratulations to Rana and Ali.

September 5, 2016
Our manuscript entitled "Multifunctional Redox-Tuned Viologen-Based Covalent Organic Polymers was accepted for publication in the Journal of Material Chemistry A. Congratulations to Gobinda, Thiru, Selbi, and our collaborators.

August 16, 2016
Our manuscript entitled "Mesoporous γ-Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Magnetically Triggered Release of Doxorubicin and Hyperthermia Treatment" was accepted for publication in Chemistry - A European Journal. Congratulations to Farah, and our collaborators.

June 23, 2016
Our manuscript entitled Redox-Responsive Viologen-Mediated Self-Assembly of CB[7]-Modified Patchy Particles was accepted for publication in Langmuir. Congratulations to Farah Benyettou and our collaborators.

May 10, 2016
Our manuscript entitled "Postsynthetic Modification of Cadmium-Based Links and Knots" was accepted for publication in Chemical Communication. Congratulations to Thiru Prakasam, Rana Bilbeisi and our collaborators.

March 16, 2016
The manuscript "[C–H···Anion] Interactions Mediate the Templation and Anion Binding Properties of Topologically Non-Trivial Metal-Organic Structures in Aqueous Solutions" has been highlighted in Nature Middle East.

February 9, 2016
Our manuscript entitled "[C–H•••Anion] Interactions Mediate the Templation and Anion Binding Properties of Topologically Non-Trivial Metal-Organic Structures in Aqueous Solutions" was accepted for publication in Chemical Science. Congratulations to Rana, Thiru, Roberto, and our collaborators.
Our manuscript entitled "Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles for the Dual Delivery of Doxorubicin and Alendronate to Cancer Cells" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Material Chemistry B. Congratulations to Farah, and our collaborators.

January 25, 2015
Our review entitled "Self-assembled discrete metal-organic complexes: Recent Advances" in Inorganica Chimica Acta was selected as Top 25 hottest Articles January-September 2014.

January 7, 2015
Our manuscript entitled "Viologen-Templated Arrays of CB[7]-Modified Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles" was selected to appear on the front cover of Chemistry - A European Journal. Congratulations to Farah and collaborators.

January 6, 2015
Our article " Dynamic Stereoisomerization in Inherently Chiral Bimetallic [2]Catenanes" which was accepted for publication in Chemical Communication is selected to appear as a cover article. Congratulations Thiru!

January 6, 2015
Our proposal entitled “Advanced Materials for Reusable Sensing of Mercury Under pH Stimuli” has been accepted for funding from the Internal Research Grant at United Arab Emirates University. This project is in collaboration with Professor Na’il Saleh, and Professor Muna Bufaroosha, UAEU.
Trabolsi Lab Wins Grant for Nanopartical Research.

November 25, 2014
Our manuscript entitled "Viologen-Templated Arrays of CB[7]-Modified Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles" was accepted for publication in Chemistry - A European Journal. Congratulations to Farah, and our collaborators.

October 26, 2014
Al Jalila Foundation grant for our Nanoparticles: Our research proposal entitled "Toward Theranostic Nanoparticles: An Innovative Approach to Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis," has been accepted for funding from Al Jalila Foundation. The fund is over two years and for the development of smart materials for drug delivery and imaging.

October 20, 2014
Our manuscript entitled "Dynamic Stereoisomerization in Inherently Chiral Bimetallic [2]Catenanes" was accepted for publication in Chemical Communication. Congratulations to Thiru, and our collaborators.

June 16, 2014
REF Award for Trabolsi Group. In collaboration with the Magzoub group at NYUAD, the Trabolsi group has received the Research Enhancement Fund (REF) award from NYUAD for the development of smart materials for drug delivery. The fund is over two years. Congratulations to all involved.

March 1, 2014
Our manuscript entitled "Radical Cation Dimerization Overwhelms Inclusion in [n]Pseudorotaxanes" was accepted for publication in Chemistry - A European Journal. Congratulations to Katia, Thiru, Selbi and our collaborators.

February 18, 2014
Our manuscript entitled Simultanous Self-Assembly of a [2]Catenane, a Trefoil Knot, and a Solomon Link from a Simple Pair of Ligands was highlighted in Chemistryviews.
2013

December 28
Our invited review entitled "Self-Assembled Discrete Metal-Organic Complexes: Recent Advances" was accepted in Inorganica Chimica Acta, Congrats Rana!

November 4
Our manuscript entitled "Simultanous Self-Assembly of a [2]Catenane, a Trefoil Knot, and a Solomon Link from a Simple Pair of Ligands" was highlighted on the CNRS, (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), France website.

September 29
Congratulations to Selbi who was selected to give an oral presentation at the 2013 ACS Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM) which will be held in New Haven, Conneticut during October 23-26, 2013.

August 27
ACS Honorarium Award: Congratulations to Thiru who got an ACS Honorarium award for his review in Chemical Review entitled "Click Chemistry for Drug Development and Diverse Chemical–Biology Applications". Thiru's review is one of the top 20 most read articles.

August 4
Our Cover “Simultaneous Self-Assembly of a [2]Catenane, a Trefoil Knot, and a Solomon Link from a Simple Pair of Ligands” is online.

Three molecular links were prepared in one pot from a single pair of chelating ligands. In their Communication (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302425), L. J. Charbonnière, A. Trabolsi, et al. describe the self-assembly of a [2]catenane, a trefoil knot, and a Solomon link through combined metal templation, dynamic covalent-bond formation, and noncovalent interactions. During the reaction, product evolution was monitored by mass spectrometry, which provided evidence for mechanistic routes to all three products.

July 30
Our manuscript entitled “Toward Theranostic Nanoparticles: CB[7]-Functionalized Iron Oxide for Drug Delivery and MRI” was accepted for publication in Journal of Material Chemistry B.
Congratulations to Farah and our collaborators.

July 9
Our manuscript entitled Simultaneous Self-Assembly of a [2]Catenane, a Trefoil Knot, and a Solomon Link from a Simple Pair of Ligands was selected to appear on the inside cover of Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations to Thiru!

June 14
Congratulations to Selbi Nuryyeva, an undergraduate student from our research group, who obtained a travel grant to participate at the IUPAC 2013 in Turkey. Selbi will be presenting a poster.

May 31
Our manuscript entitled Simultanous Self-Assembly of a [2]Catenane, a Trefoil Knot, and a Solomon Link from a Simple Pair of Ligands was accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations to Thiru and our collaborators.

2012

January 18
Our manuscript entitled Intramolecular Redox–Induced Dimerization in a Viologen Dendrimer was accepted for publication in Journal of Material Chemistry C and selected to appear on the inside cover of Journal of Material Chemistry C.

December 20
Our manuscript entitled Ultra-Small Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Made to Order was accepted for publication in Journal of Bioanalysis and Biomedicine.

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