David S. Sholl

40.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
464 papers, 33.3k citations indexed

About

David S. Sholl is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Sholl has authored 464 papers receiving a total of 33.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 280 papers in Materials Chemistry, 230 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 130 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David S. Sholl's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (166 papers), Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (91 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (71 papers). David S. Sholl is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (166 papers), Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (91 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (71 papers). David S. Sholl collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. David S. Sholl's co-authors include Ryan P. Lively, J. Karl Johnson, Anastasios I. Skoulidas, Sankar Nair, Seda Keskın, Janice A. Steckel, Krista S. Walton, Thomas A. Manz, Christopher W. Jones and Taku Watanabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David S. Sholl

454 papers receiving 32.8k citations

Hit Papers

Seven chemical separations to chang... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2016 2009 2005 2019 2002 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Seven chemical separations to change the world
    2016 3.7k citations David S. Sholl, Ryan P. Lively profile →
  2. Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction
    2009 664 citations David S. Sholl et al. profile →
  3. TCE Dechlorination Rates, Pathways, and Efficiency of Nanoscale Iron Particles with Different Properties
    2005 624 citations David S. Sholl et al. profile →
  4. Advances, Updates, and Analytics for the Computation-Ready, Experimental Metal–Organic Framework Database: CoRE MOF 2019
    2019 605 citations David S. Sholl et al. profile →
  5. Rapid Transport of Gases in Carbon Nanotubes
    2002 577 citations David S. Sholl et al. profile →
  6. Computation-Ready, Experimental Metal–Organic Frameworks: A Tool To Enable High-Throughput Screening of Nanoporous Crystals
    2014 576 citations David S. Sholl et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
  7. Can Metal–Organic Framework Materials Play a Useful Role in Large‐Scale Carbon Dioxide Separations?
    2010 545 citations David S. Sholl et al. profile →
  8. Density Functional Theory
    2009 459 citations David S. Sholl et al. profile →
  9. From water to organics in membrane separations
    2017 448 citations Ryan P. Lively, David S. Sholl profile →
  10. The Open DAC 2023 Dataset and Challenges for Sorbent Discovery in Direct Air Capture
    2024 51 citations David S. Sholl et al. profile →

Peers

David S. Sholl
Rajamani Krishna Netherlands
Christopher W. Jones United States
Randall Q. Snurr United States
Carlo Lamberti Italy
Wei Zhou United States
Alfons Baiker Switzerland
Pierre A. Jacobs Belgium
Véronique Van Speybroeck Belgium
Ferdi Schüth Germany
Guy Marin Belgium
Rajamani Krishna Netherlands
David S. Sholl
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S. Sholl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David S. Sholl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David S. Sholl based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David S. Sholl. David S. Sholl is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gołą̨bek, Kinga, Y. A. Chang, Fábio B. Passos, et al.. (2025). Spatially resolved reaction environments in mechanochemical upcycling of polymers. Chem. 12(1). 102754–102754.
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Lu, Lu, et al.. (2025). Nonadditive CO2 Uptake of Type II Porous Liquids Based on Imine Cages. ChemPhysChem. 26(12). e202400985–e202400985. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuxiang, João Marreiros, Joshua A. Thompson, et al.. (2025). Performance Degradation of Amine-Infused Fiber Sorbents for Direct Air Capture: Mechanisms and Solutions. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 64(26). 13512–13518. 2 indexed citations
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Gabitto, Jorge, Gyoung Gug Jang, Joshua A. Thompson, et al.. (2024). Sub-Ambient Performance of Potassium Sarcosinate for Direct Air Capture Applications: CO2 Flux and Viscosity Measurements. Separation and Purification Technology. 357. 130026–130026. 4 indexed citations
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Hurlock, Matthew J., Lu Lu, Jessica Rimsza, et al.. (2024). Exploitation of Pore Structure for Increased CO2 Selectivity in Type 3 Porous Liquids. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(38). 51639–51648. 8 indexed citations
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Ganesan, Arvind, Johannes Leisen, Raghuram Thyagarajan, David S. Sholl, & Sankar Nair. (2023). Hierarchical ZIF-8 Materials via Acid Gas-Induced Defect Sites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Functional Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(34). 40623–40632. 20 indexed citations
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Ganesan, Arvind, Peter Metz, Raghuram Thyagarajan, et al.. (2023). Structural and Adsorption Properties of ZIF-8-7 Hybrid Materials Synthesized by Acid Gas-Assisted and De Novo Routes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(49). 23956–23965. 7 indexed citations
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Cui, Kai, Sankar Nair, David S. Sholl, & J. R. Schmidt. (2022). Kinetic Model of Acid Gas Induced Defect Propagation in Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(28). 6541–6548. 14 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhenzi, et al.. (2022). Assessment of Acid Gas Adsorption Selectivities in MIL-125-NH2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(50). 21414–21425. 5 indexed citations
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Korde, Akshay, Byunghyun Min, Johannes Leisen, et al.. (2022). Single-walled zeolitic nanotubes. Science. 375(6576). 62–66. 50 indexed citations
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Ganesan, Arvind, Stephen C. Purdy, Zhenzi Yu, et al.. (2021). Controlled Demolition and Reconstruction of Imidazolate and Carboxylate Metal–Organic Frameworks by Acid Gas Exposure and Linker Treatment. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 60(43). 15582–15592. 5 indexed citations
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Fang, Hanjun, et al.. (2020). Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Surface Resistances in Zeolite Nanosheets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(28). 15241–15252. 22 indexed citations
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Jayachandrababu, Krishna C., Yadong Chiang, Fengyi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Synthesizing New Hybrid Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by Controlled Demolition and Reconstruction. ACS Materials Letters. 1(4). 447–451. 7 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Souryadeep, David S. Sholl, & Sankar Nair. (2019). Quantitative Correlations for the Durability of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks in Humid SO2. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59(1). 245–252. 18 indexed citations
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Han, Rebecca, Nina Tymińska, J. R. Schmidt, & David S. Sholl. (2019). Propagation of Degradation-Induced Defects in Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(11). 6655–6666. 22 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Souryadeep, Rebecca Han, Guanghui Zhu, et al.. (2019). Stability of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks in NO2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(4). 2336–2346. 41 indexed citations
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Han, Chu, Chenyang Zhang, Nina Tymińska, J. R. Schmidt, & David S. Sholl. (2018). Insights into the Stability of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks in Humid Acidic Environments from First-Principles Calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(8). 4339–4348. 67 indexed citations
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Sholl, David S., Sankar Nair, Jason S. Moore, et al.. (2017). Modeling and process simulation of hollow fiber membrane reactor systems for propane dehydrogenation. AIChE Journal. 63(10). 4519–4531. 20 indexed citations
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Agrawal, Mayank, Souryadeep Bhattacharyya, Yi Huang, et al.. (2017). Liquid-Phase Multicomponent Adsorption and Separation of Xylene Mixtures by Flexible MIL-53 Adsorbents. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(1). 386–397. 60 indexed citations
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Kim, Wun-gwi, Jungseob So, Seung-Won Choi, et al.. (2017). Hierarchical Ga-MFI Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation. Chemistry of Materials. 29(17). 7213–7222. 90 indexed citations

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