Jack Y. Lu, Ph.D.

Received his doctorate in inorganic chemistry from Northwestern University (Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/). His research activities are in the area of design and synthesis of new functional metal-organic polymers. For example, one of his research projects concerns rational approaches to new porous open-framework polymers with environmental significance in water purification, molecular separation, and catalysis.

Contact Info.: Department of Chemistry, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, TX 77058. Phone # 281-283-3780, Fax # 281-283-3709, E-mail: lu@uhcl.edu



Research Group

Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students


Peer Review Journal Publications



1. Lu, J. Y. and Babb, A. M.  Chem. Commun. 2001, 821. “An Unprecedented Interpenetrating Structure With Two Covalent-Bonded Open-Framework of Different Dimensionality.”

2. Lu, J. Y.; Runnels, K. A. and Norman, C.  Inorg. Chem . 2001 , 40, 4516. “A New Metal-Organic Polymer with Large Grid Acentric Structure Created by Unbalanced Inclusion Species and Its Electrospun Nanofibers”.

3. Lu, J. Y. and Runnels, K. A. Inorg. Chem. Commun . 2001 , 4, 678. “An Unprecedented Mixed-Valent-Copper Metal-Organic Polymer Displaying Graphite-Like Properties.”

4. Lu, J. Y.; Schauss, V. CrystEngComm. 2001, 26, 111. “Crystal Engineering of A Three-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Based on Both Covalent and O-H···O Hydrogen Bonding Interactions of Bi-functional Ligand.”  

5. Lu, J. Y. and Babb A. M. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2001 , 318, 186. “Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers with Rigid and Flexible Building Blocks.”

6. Lu, J. Y. and Babb, A. M. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 3261. “The First Triple-Layer 2-D Coordination Polymer: [Cu3(bpen)(IN)6(H2O)2]”.

7. Lu, J. Y. and Babb, A. M. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2001 , 4, 716. “A new 3-D neutral framework coordination polymer constructed via square pyramidal binuclear Cu(II) and nicotinato-ligand.”

8. Lu, J. Y.; Reynolds, A. L. and Runnels, K. A. CrystEngComm . 2001 , 34, 144. “A New Metal-Organic Structure with Alternating One-Dimensional Serpentine Ribbon Chains and Two-Dimensional Layer Networks of Different Topology.”
 
9. Lu, J. Y.; Schroeder, T. J.; Babb, A. M. and Olmstead, M. Polyhedron , 2001, 20, 2445. “Two New Coordination Polymers Differentiated by C-H···O Hydrogen Bonding.”

10. Lu, J. Y.; Norman, C.; Abboud, K. A. and Ison, A. Inorg. Chem. Commun . 2001, 4, 459. “Crystal Engineering of An Inclusion Coordination Polymer With Cationic Pocket-Like Structure and Its Property to Form Metal-Organic Nanofibers.”

11. Lu, J. Y. and Macias, J. CrystEngComm. 2002, 4, 17. “An Unprecedented Tetrahedral Zinc Mutual-Face-Insertion Coordination Polymer With Both Covalent and Double-Hydrogen Bonding Interactions”.

12. Lu J. Y. and Kohler, E. E. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2002 , 5, 196.. “A Non-Interpenetrating 3-D Coordination Polymer Built From Binuclear Cd Units Elaborated With Square-Pyramidal Geometry of Cadmium”.

13. Lu, J. Y. and Babb, A. M. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 1339. “A Simultaneous Reduction, Substitution and Self-Assembly Reaction Under Hydrothermal Conditions Afforded the First Diiodopyridine Copper(I) Coordination Polymer”.
 
14. Lu, J. Y. and Schauss, V. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 1945. “A Novel Nanostructured Open-Channel Coordination Polymer With an Included Fused-Polyiodide Ring.”

15. Lu, J. Y. and Kohler, E. E. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2002, 5, 600. “A New 2-D Chiral Coordination Polymer of [Zn(nicotinate)2]n.”

16. Lu, J. Y. and Babb, A. M. Chem. Commun. 2002, 1340. “An Extremely Stable Open-Framework Metal-Organic Polymer With Expandable Structure and Selective Adsorption Capability”.

17. Lu, J. Y.; Macias, J.; Lu, J. and Cmaidalka, J. E. Cryst. Growth & Design, 2002, 2, 485. “An Unforeseen Chemical Rearrangement of Pyridinecarboxylate to Oxalate Under Hydrothermal Conditions Afforded the First Oxalato and Isonicotinato Mixed-Ligand Guest-Inclusion Coordination Polymer.”

18. Lu, J. Y. and Schauss, V. CrystEngComm, 2002, 4, 623. “Two Cu(II) Complexes Synthesized by Using A Solid-state Compound With An Extended Crystal Structure As The Copper-Ion Source.”

19. Lu J. Y. and Kohler, E. E. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2002, 5, 196. “A Non-Interpenetrating 3-D Coordination Polymer Built From Binuclear Cd Units Elaborated With Square-Pyramidal Geometry of Cadmium”.

20. Lu, J. Y. and Norman, C. Polyhedron, 2003, 22, 235. “Synthesis and Structure of Two New Coordination Polymers Featuring Noncentrosymmetric Inclusion of Hydrogen-Bonded Species”.

21. Armentano, D.; de Munno, G.; Lloret, F.; Julve, M.; Curély, J.; Babb, A. M.; Lu, J. Y. New J. Chem. 2003, 27, 161.“Oxalate And 2,2-Bipyrimidine As Bis-Chelating Ligands In The Honeycomb Layered Compound {[Fe2(bpym)(ox)2]·5H2O}n.”

22. Lu, J. Y. and Schauss, V. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2003, 6, 1332. “A novel double-helical-chain coordination polymer constructed from 2,2’-biphenyldicarboxylate-linked binuclear-copper motif”.

23. Lu, J. Y. and Babb, A. M. Chem. Commun. 2003, 1346. “A unique eclipsed 2-D coordination polymer with removable iodine molecules in the open-channel structure”.

24. Lu, J. Y. Coord. Chem. Reviews, 2003, 246, 345-365. “Crystal Engineering of Cu-Containing Metal-Organic Coordination Polymers Under Hydrothermal Conditions”.

An additional 36 peer review journal publications are not listed.

Two examples of the unlisted articles:

Lu, et al. Comments Inorg. Chem. 1993, 14, 229-243. " Alkali Metal Substitution into Solid State Chalcogenides: Effects on Dimensionality."

Lu, et al. Science, 1991, 254, 408. " The Structure of C60 Molecule: X-ray Crystal Structure Determination of A Twin at 110K. "