个人简介

Matthew Blunt is a lecturer in Physical Chemistry whose research focuses on 2D materials. His group, which consists of 2 PhD students, uses scanning probe microscopy to study the formation of novel 2D organic nanostructures at surfaces. We investigate different approaches to the synthesis of these 2D materials including: the formation of non-covalent structures via supramolecular self-assembly and the growth of 2D covalent-organic frameworks. In addition to the synthesis of 2D materials we are also interested in developing potential applications for these structures such as: sensors, electrochemical catalysts and functional surface coatings. Dr Blunt has worked as a Lecturer at UCL since 2012 and before this he held a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) at KU Leuven in Belgium working with Prof Steven De Feyter.

研究领域

Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) Two-dimensional (2D) organic nanostructures 2D supramolecular self-assembly 2D covalent organic frameworks (2D-COFs) Electrochemical catalysis and sensing with 2D nanomaterials

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Hu, Y., Goodeal, N., Chen, Y., Ganose, A. M., Palgrave, R. G., Bronstein, H., & Blunt, M. O. (2016). Probing the chemical structure of monolayer covalent-organic frameworks grown via Schiff-base condensation reactions. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 52 (64), 9941-9944. doi:10.1039/c6cc03895f Slater, A. G., Hu, Y., Yang, L., Argent, S. P., Lewis, W., Blunt, M. O., & Champness, N. R. (2015). Thymine functionalised porphyrins, synthesis and heteromolecular surface-based self-assembly. CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 6 (2), 1562-1569. doi:10.1039/c4sc03531c Tahara, K., Katayama, K., Blunt, M. O., Iritani, K., De Feyter, S., & Tobe, Y. (2014). Functionalized surface-confined pores: Guest binding directed by lateral noncovalent interactions at the solid-liquid interface. ACS Nano, 8 (8), 8683-8694. doi:10.1021/nn503815q Tahara, K., Inukai, K., Katayama, K., Adisoejoso, J., Blunt, M. O., De Feyter, S., & Tobe, Y. (2014). Tailoring surface-confined nanopores within 2D porous molecular networks. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 247. AMER CHEMICAL SOC. Tahara, K., Inukai, K., Adisoejoso, J., Yamaga, H., Balandina, T., Blunt, M. O., . . . Tobe, Y. (2013). Tailoring surface-confined nanopores with photoresponsive groups. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 52 (32), 8373-8376. doi:10.1002/anie.201303745 Blunt, M. O., Adisoejoso, J., Tahara, K., Katayama, K., Van der Auweraer, M., Tobe, Y., & De Feyter, S. (2013). Temperature-Induced Structural Phase Transitions in a Two-Dimensional Self-Assembled Network. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 135 (32), 12068-12075. AMER CHEMICAL SOC. doi:10.1021/ja405585s Blunt, M. O., Adisoejoso, J., Tahara, K., Katayama, K., Van der Auweraer, M., Tobe, Y., & De Feyter, S. (2013). Temperature-induced structural phase transitions in a two-dimensional self-assembled network. J Am Chem Soc, 135 (32), 12068-12075. doi:10.1021/ja405585s Vanderlinden, W., Blunt, M., David, C. C., Moucheron, C., Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, A., & De Feyter, S. (2012). Mesoscale DNA Structural Changes on Binding and Photoreaction with Ru[(TAP) 2 PHEHAT] 2+. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (24), 10214-10221. doi:10.1021/ja303091q Adisoejoso, J., Tahara, K., Lei, S., Szabelski, P., Rżysko, W., Inukai, K., . . . De Feyter, S. (2012). One Building Block, Two Different Nanoporous Self-Assembled Monolayers: A Combined STM and Monte Carlo Study. ACS Nano, 6 (1), 897-903. doi:10.1021/nn204398m Balandina, T., Tahara, K., Sändig, N., Blunt, M. O., Adisoejoso, J., Lei, S., . . . De Feyter, S. (2012). Role of substrate in directing the self-assembly of multicomponent supramolecular networks at the liquid-solid interface. ACS Nano, 6 (9), 8381-8389. doi:10.1021/nn303144r Stannard, A., Russell, J. C., Blunt, M. O., Salesiotis, C., Giménez-López, M. D. C., Taleb, N., . . . Beton, P. H. (2011). Broken symmetry and the variation of critical properties in the phase behaviour of supramolecular rhombus tilings. Nature Chemistry, 4 (2), 112-117. doi:10.1038/nchem.1199 Tahara, K., Yamaga, H., Ghijsens, E., Inukai, K., Adisoejoso, J., Blunt, M. O., . . . Tobe, Y. (2011). Control and induction of surface-confined homochiral porous molecular networks. Nature Chemistry, 3 (9), 714-719. doi:10.1038/nchem.1111 Alhummiany, H., Jarvis, S., Woolley, R. A. J., Stannard, A., Blunt, M., & Moriarty, P. (2011). Dewetting of Au nanoparticle assemblies. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (42), 16983. doi:10.1039/c1jm12182k Russell, J. C., Blunt, M. O., Garfitt, J. M., Scurr, D. J., Alexander, M., Champness, N. R., & Beton, P. H. (2011). Dimerization of Tri(4-bromophenyl)benzene by Aryl−Aryl Coupling from Solution on a Gold Surface. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (12), 4220-4223. doi:10.1021/ja110837s Blunt, M. O., Russell, J. C., Gimenez-Lopez, M. D. C., Taleb, N., Lin, X., Schröder, M., . . . Beton, P. H. (2011). Guest-induced growth of a surface-based supramolecular bilayer. Nature Chemistry, 3 (1), 74-78. doi:10.1038/nchem.901 Martin, C. P., Blunt, M. O., Vaujour, E., Fahmi, A., D'Aleo, A., De Cola, L., . . . Moriarty, P. (2011). Self-organised nanoparticle assemblies: a panoply of patterns. , 5, 1-20. doi:10.1016/S1571-0831(07)00001-9 O’Sullivan, M. C., Sprafke, J. K., Kondratuk, D. V., Rinfray, C., Claridge, T. D. W., Saywell, A., . . . Anderson, H. L. (2011). Vernier templating and synthesis of a 12-porphyrin nano-ring. Nature, 469 (7328), 72-75. doi:10.1038/nature09683 Stannard, A., Blunt, M. O., Beton, P. H., & Garrahan, J. P. (2010). Entropically stabilized growth of a two-dimensional random tiling. Physical Review E, 82 (4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.041109 Stannard, A., Blunt, M. O., Beton, P. H., & Garrahan, J. P. (2010). Entropically stabilized growth of a two-dimensional random tiling. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 82 (4 Pt 1), 041109-?. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.041109 Russell, J. C., Blunt, M. O., Goretzki, G., Phillips, A. G., Champness, N. R., & Beton, P. H. (2010). Solubilized Derivatives of Perylenetetracarboxylic Dianhydride (PTCDA) Adsorbed on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite. Langmuir, 26 (6), 3972-3974. doi:10.1021/la903335v Blunt, M. O., Russell, J. C., Champness, N. R., & Beton, P. H. (2010). Templating molecular adsorption using a covalent organic framework. Chemical Communications, 46 (38), 7157. doi:10.1039/c0cc01810d Thiele, U., Vancea, I., Archer, A. J., Robbins, M. J., Frastia, L., Stannard, A., . . . Moriarty, P. J. (2009). Modelling approaches to the dewetting of evaporating thin films of nanoparticle suspensions. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21 (26), 264016. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/26/264016 Garrahan, J. P., Stannard, A., Blunt, M. O., & Beton, P. H. (2009). Molecular random tilings as glasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (36), 15209-15213. doi:10.1073/pnas.0902443106 Blunt, M., Lin, X., Gimenez-Lopez, M. D. C., Schröder, M., Champness, N. R., & Beton, P. H. (2008). Directing two-dimensional molecular crystallization using guest templates. Chemical Communications (20), 2304. doi:10.1039/b801267a Pauliac-Vaujour, E., Stannard, A., Martin, C. P., Blunt, M. O., Notingher, I., Moriarty, P. J., . . . Thiele, U. (2008). Fingering Instabilities in Dewetting Nanofluids. Physical Review Letters, 100 (17). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.176102