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Dr Joshua Powell

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
j.powell1@uq.edu.au

Publications

Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (21)

Book Chapter

Hsu, Yu-Chuan, Wang, Kun-Yu, Tan, Kui, Powell, Joshua A. and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2024). Diversity oriented synthesis of metal-organic frameworks. Advanced materials for multidisciplinary applications. (pp. 191-211) edited by Marinda Wu, Wei Gao, Lei Li, Yingchun Lu and Jingbo Louise Liu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-39404-1_7

Journal Articles

Thompson, Amy J., Chong, Bowie S. K., Kenny, Elise P., Evans, Jack D., Powell, Joshua A., Spackman, Mark A., McMurtrie, John C., Powell, Benjamin J. and Clegg, Jack K. (2025). Origins of elasticity in molecular materials. Nature Materials, 24 (3) e2118161119, 356-360. doi: 10.1038/s41563-025-02133-w
Powell, Joshua A., Lin, Hengyu, Yang, Yihao, Hsu, Yu-Chuan, Young, Desirée E. and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2025). Exploitation of MOF Decomposition Mechanisms to Tailor the MOF-Derived Carbon Structure in Mono- and Multimetallic PCN-250. Crystal Growth & Design, 25 (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.4c01690
Powell, Joshua A., Yang, Yihao and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2025). Design, analysis, and application of metal–organic framework derived carbons. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 12 (6), 2194-2209. doi: 10.1039/d4qi03205e
Powell, Joshua A., Marquez, Jazmine Aiya D., Johnson, Giles A., Ozdemir, Ray O. K. and Wang, Qingsheng (2024). Extrusion of MOF–polymer nanocomposites with high MOF loadings. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63 (49), 21290-21299. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02380
Powell, Joshua A. (2023). Importance of maintaining laboratory emergency equipment─showers and eyewashes. ACS Chemical Health and Safety, 30 (4), 179-181. doi: 10.1021/acs.chas.3c00028
Chung, Amanda B., Moyle, Austin B., Nyansa, Monica M. S. and Powell, Joshua A. (2023). Shifting Culture from Blame to Gain: Challenges and Encouragements. ACS Chemical Health and Safety, 30 (4), 139-141. doi: 10.1021/acs.chas.3c00058
Thompson, Amy J., Powell, Joshua A., Melville, Jamie N., McMurtrie, John C. and Clegg, Jack K. (2023). Crystals of aliphatic derivatives of [Cu(acac) 2 ] have distinct atomic‐scale mechanisms of bending. Small, 19 (25) 2207431, 1-6. doi: 10.1002/smll.202207431
Chung, Amanda B., Moyle, Austin B., Nyansa, Monica M.S. and Powell, Joshua A. (2022). Shifting Culture from Blame to Gain: A Call for Papers to Openly Discuss Chemical Incidents. ACS Chemical Health and Safety, 29 (3), 240-241. doi: 10.1021/acs.chas.2c00031
Zhu, Chengfeng, Tang, Haitong, Yang, Keke, Fang, Yu, Wang, Kun-Yu, Xiao, Zhifeng, Wu, Xiang, Li, Yougui, Powell, Joshua A. and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2021). Homochiral dodecanuclear lanthanide "cage in cage" for enantioselective separation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (32), 12560-12566. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c03652
Escobar-Hernandez, Harold U., Shen, Ruiqing, Papadaki, Maria I., Powell, Joshua A., Zhou, Hong-Cai and Wang, Qingsheng (2021). Hazard evaluation of metal-organic framework synthesis and scale-up: a laboratory safety perspective. ACS Chemical Health and Safety, 28 (5), 358-368. doi: 10.1021/acs.chas.1c00044
Chen, Fan, Drake, Hannah F., Feng, Liang, Powell, Joshua A., Wang, Kun-Yu, Yan, Tian-Hao and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2021). Metal–organic frameworks as versatile platforms for organometallic chemistry. Inorganics, 9 (4) 27, 1-26. doi: 10.3390/inorganics9040027
Xu, Ming, Meng, Sha-Sha, Cai, Peiyu, Tang, Wen-Qi, Yin, Yun-Dong, Powell, Joshua A., Zhou, Hong-Cai and Gu, Zhi-Yuan (2021). Modulating the stacking modes of nanosized metal-organic frameworks by morphology engineering for isomer separation. Chemical Science, 12 (11), 4104-4110. doi: 10.1039/d0sc06747d
Ghasempour, Hosein, Wang, Kun-Yu, Powell, Joshua A., ZareKarizi, Farnoosh, Lv, Xiu-Liang, Morsali, Ali and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2021). Metal–organic frameworks based on multicarboxylate linkers. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 426 213542. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213542
Feng, Liang, Wang, Yutong, Zhang, Kai, Wang, Kun-Yu, Fan, Weidong, Wang, Xiaokang, Powell, Joshua A., Guo, Bingbing, Dai, Fangna, Zhang, Liangliang, Wang, Rongming, Sun, Daofeng and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2019). Molecular Pivot-Hinge Installation to Evolve Topology in Rare-Earth Metal–Organic Frameworks. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 58 (46), 16682-16690. doi: 10.1002/anie.201910717
Feng, Liang, Wang, Kun-Yu, Powell, Joshua and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2019). Controllable Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Hierarchical Assemblies. Matter, 1 (4), 801-824. doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2019.08.022
Feng, Liang, Wang, Kun-Yu, Lv, Xiu-Liang, Powell, Joshua A., Yan, Tian-Hao, Willman, Jeremy and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2019). Imprinted Apportionment of Functional Groups in Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (37), 14524-14529. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b06917
Fang, Yu, Powell, Joshua A., Li, Errui, Wang, Qi, Perry, Zachary, Kirchon, Angelo, Yang, Xinyu, Xiao, Zhifeng, Zhu, Chengfeng, Zhang, Liangliang, Huang, Feihe and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2019). Catalytic reactions within the cavity of coordination cages. Chemical Society Reviews, 48 (17), 4707-4730. doi: 10.1039/c9cs00091g
Lollar, Christina T., Pang, Jiandong, Qin, Jun-Sheng, Yuan, Shuai, Powell, Joshua A. and Zhou, Hong-Cai (2019). Thermodynamically Controlled Linker Installation in Flexible Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks. Crystal Growth and Design, 19 (4), 2069-2073. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01637
Brock, Aidan J., Whittaker, Jacob J., Powell, Joshua A., Pfrunder, Michael C., Grosjean, Arnaud, Parsons, Simon, McMurtrie, John C. and Clegg, Jack Kay (2018). Elastically flexible crystals have disparate mechanisms of molecular movement induced by strain and heat. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 57 (35), 11325-11328. doi: 10.1002/anie.201806431
Brock, Aidan J., Whittaker, Jacob J., Powell, Joshua A., Pfrunder, Michael C., Grosjean, Arnaud, Parsons, Simon, McMurtrie, John C. and Clegg, Jack K. (2018). Elastically flexible crystals have disparate mechanisms of molecular movement induced by strain and heat. Angewandte Chemie, 130 (35), 11495-11498. doi: 10.1002/ange.201806431
Brock, Aidan J., Whittaker, Jacob J., Powell, Joshua A., Pfrunder, Michael C., Grosjean, Arnaud, Parsons, Simon, McMurtrie, John C. and Clegg, Jack K. (2018). Erratum to: Elastically Flexible Crystals have Disparate Mechanisms of Molecular Movement Induced by Strain and Heat (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, (2018), 57, 35, (11325-11328), 10.1002/anie.201806431). Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 58 (12), 3678-3678. doi: 10.1002/anie.201901968
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