Faculty

Director of Graduate Studies

Microporous Materials Synthesis and Testing for Catalytic Applications; Pathological Biomineralization; Crystal Engineering Through Molecular Design; Characterization of Nanomaterials Self-Assembly with X-Ray and Light Scattering and Scanning Probe Microscopy
Current Research:
(See the Rimer Group Webpage for more details)
My research program focuses on crystal engineering, nanomaterials self-assembly, and pathological biomineralization at both the microscopic and macroscopic levels to address challenges of materials synthesis and design. Our research examines the formation of a broad range of materials that span applications in catalysis, separations, drug discovery, and bio-inspired design. Research projects involve collaborative partnerships with both industry and medical centers to investigate fundamental problems in three general areas:
Microporous Nanomaterials
We investigate the mechanisms of materials formation to develop growth models capable of tuning crystallization with predictable structural outcomes. Initiatives in our group collectively aim to design zeolites with optimal crystal habit through novel synthetic approaches using colloidal and interfacial techniques to probe anisotropic growth. This work is part of a synergistic thrust at the University of Houston to design and test zeolite catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in lean burn and diesel vehicles.
Biomineralization
We are interested in examining biomineral self-assembly that occurs in both physiological and pathological processes, including vascular calcification and kidney stone disease. Research projects are part of a collaborative effort aimed to study disease pathogenesis and design therapies with improved efficacy. Biomineral formation is not well understood, but often involves four critical pathways: crystal nucleation, crystal growth, intercrystalline aggregation, and crystal and/or aggregate retention on cellular surfaces. Our research thrusts are directed toward the characterization of nucleation and growth using experimental techniques to quantify the kinetics of crystallization. Moreover, we are interested in understanding the role of biomolecules, such as proteins and lipids, in the formation of single crystals and polycrystalline aggregates. A molecular-level understanding of what distinguishes the role of proteins in stone pathogenesis is lacking, yet it is widely believed that such knowledge can be critical for the design of therapeutic treatments and novel drugs.
Crystal Engineering Through Molecular Design
We are working on several projects involving the rational synthesis of inorganic materials, wherein we are interested in studying fundamental interactions at crystal interfaces. Biomineralization, for example, is facilitated by the association of proteins and other constituents with the mineral interface. Molecule-substrate interactions are dominant factors that control crystal habit (i.e. orientation, shape, and size). As such, initiatives in our group seek to examine molecular adsorption at crystal surfaces, which can significantly influence structural properties of crystalline materials; thus, by developing an improved understanding of molecular recognition at crystalline interfaces we can use this information to selectively tailor materials for diverse applications.
Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, University of Houston, 2022
Senior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, 2022
AIChE Southwest Process Technology Conference, Best Presentation Award, 2022
National Academy of Inventors, Senior Member, 2021
Abraham E. Dukler Endowed Professorship, 2018 – Present
Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST), 2020
Gordon Research Conference on Nanoporous Materials & Their Applications, Vice Chair, 2019
Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research, The Welch Foundation, 2018
Class of Influential Researchers, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2018
Emerging Investigators, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2017
FRI/John G. Kunesh Award, AIChE Separations Division, 2017
Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion Lectureship Award, 2017
Gordon Research Conference on Crystal Growth & Assembly, Vice Chair, 2017
Joe W. Hightower Award, American Chemical Society GHS, 2016
Up and Coming Researcher, Chemistry of Materials
Owens Corning Early Career Award, AICHE 2016
Mellichamp Emerging Leader Lecture, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2016
Teaching Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, 2015
Ernest J. and Barbara M. Henley Chemical Engineering College Professorship, 2012 – 2018
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 2015
Provost Certificate of Excellence, University of Houston, 2014
Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, University of Houston, 2014
Early Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research, University of Houston, 2014
The Catalyst Review, recognized in “Movers & Shakers”, 2014
Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, 2013
NSF CAREER Award, 2012
ERDT Visiting Professor, University of the Philippines, 2012
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2012
NSF BRIGE Award, 2010
Philadelphia Catalysis Club Poster Award, Wilmington, DE 2006
Robert L. Pigford Teaching Assistant Award, University of Delaware 2005
Dual Degree Chemical Engineering Award, Washington University in St. Louis 2001
Harold P. Brown Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis (1999 – 2001)
Presidential Honor Scholarship, Allegheny College (1996 – 1999)
Sandra Doane Turk Award, Allegheny College 1999
Most Outstanding Junior Chemist Award, Allegheny College 1998
ACS Polymer Division Award for Outstanding Performance in Organic Chemistry, 1998
ACS Most Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Student, 1997
Green Carbon (Elsevier), Advisory Board (2023 – Present)
Crystal Growth & Design (ACS), Associate Editor (2021 – Present)
American Associate for Crystal Growth, Executive Committee (2017 – Present)
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (RSC), Advisory Board (2017 – Present)
AIChE Journal (Wiley), Advisory Board (2017 – Present)
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (RSC), Advisory Board (2016 – Present)
AIChE Materials Engineering & Sciences Division, Director (2017 – 2019)
International Zeolite Association Synthesis Commission, Vice-Chair (2016 – Present)
International Zeolite Association, Treasurer (2019 – Present)
Southwest Catalysis Society, Secretary / Chair Elect / Chair / Past Chair (2015 – 2018)
Selected Publications
- Han, S., Shilpa, K., Mallette, A.J., Li, Y., Hoke, J.B., Rimer, J.D., “Epitaxial Growth of Surface-Passivated Core-Shell Ferrierite” J. Cryst. Growth 603, 126992 (1-7), 2023
- Mallette, A.J., Reiser, J.T., Mpourmpakis, G., Motkuri, R.K., Neeway, J.J., Rimer, J.D., “The Effect of Metals on Zeolite Crystallization Kinetics with Relevance to Nuclear Waste Glass Corrosion” npj Mater. Degrad. 7, 4 (1-7), 2023
- Parmar, D., Mallette, A.J., Linares, N., Saslow, S.A., Terlier, T., Strohm, J.J., Barber, L.P., Dai, H., Garcia Martinez, J., Rimer, J.D., “Direct Synthesis of Highly Siliceous ZnO-FAU Zeolite with Enhanced Performance in Hydrocarbon Cracking Reactions” ACS Mater. Lett. 5, 202-208, 2023
- Chawla, A., Mallette, A.J., Jain, R., Le, N., Robles-Hernandez, F.C., Rimer, J.D., “Crystallization of Potassium-Zeolite in Organic-Free Media” Micro. Meso. Mater. 341, 112026, 2022
- Dai, H., Claret, J., Kunkes, E.L., Vattipalli, V., Linares, N., Huang, C., Fiji, M., Garcia-Martinez, J., Moini, A., Rimer, J.D., “Accelerating the Crystallization of Zeolite SSZ-13 with Polyamines” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202117742 (1-6), 2022
- Dai, H., Lee, C., Liu, W., Yang, T., Claret, J., Zou, X., Dauenhauer, P.J., Li, X., Rimer, J.D., “Enhanced Selectivity and Stability of Finned Ferrierite Catalysts in Butene Isomerization” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202113077 (1-8), 2022
- Han, S., Linares, N., Terlier, T., Hoke, J.B., Garcia Martinez, J., Li, Y., Rimer, J.D., “Cooperative Surface Passivation and Hierarchical Structuring of Zeolite Beta Catalysts” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202210434 (1-9), 2022
- Le, T.T.., Shilpa, K., Lee, C., Han, S., Weiland, C., Bare, S.R., Dauenhauer, P.J., Rimer, J.D., “Core-shell and Egg-shell Zeolite Catalysts for Enhanced Hydrocarbon Processing” J. Catal. 405, 664-675, 2022
- Mallette, A.J., Hong, S., Freeman, E.E., Saslow, S.A., Mergelsberg, S., Motkuri, R.K., Neeway, J.J., Mpourmpakis, G., Rimer, J.D., “Heteroatom Manipulation of Zeolite Crystallization: Stabilizing Zn-FAU against Interzeolite Transformation” JACS Au 2, 2295-2306, 2022
- Mallette, A.J., Seo, S., Rimer, J.D., “Synthesis Strategies and Design Principles for Nanosized and Hierarchical Zeolites” Nature Synthesis 1, 521-534, 2022
- Parmar, D., Cha, S.H., Salavati-fard, T., Agarwal, A., Chiang, H., Washburn, W., Palmer, J.C., Grabow, L.C., Rimer, J.D., “Spatiotemporal Coke Coupling Enhances Para-Xylene Selectivity in Highly Stable MCM-22 Catalysts” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 7861-7870, 2022
- Parmar, D., Mallette, A.J., Yang, T., Zou, X., Rimer, J.D., “Unique Role of GeO2 as a Noninvasive Promoter of Nano-sized Zeolite Crystals” Adv. Mater. 34, 2205885 (1-11), 2022
- Parmar, D., Niu, Z., Liang, Y., Dai, H., Rimer, J.D., “Manipulation of Amorphous Precursors to Enhance Zeolite Nucleation” Faraday Discuss. 235, 322-342, 2022
- Zhao, X., Ning, Q., Grabow, L.C., Rimer, J.D., Bollini, P., “Carbonate Dimorphism, and the Reinterpretation of Rates of Lattice and Excess Oxygen-Driven Catalytic Cycles” J. Catal. 416, 423-428, 2022
- Alamani, B.G., Gale, J.D., Rimer, J.D., “Zinc Ions Modify Calcium Oxalate Growth by Transformation of Crystal Surface Termination” Cryst. Growth Des. 21, 3375-3383, 2021
- Bozhilov, K.N., Le, T.T., Qin, Z., Terlier, T., Palcic, A., Rimer, J.D., Valtchev, V., “Time-resolved Dissolution Elucidates the Mechanism of Zeolite MFI Crystallization” Sci. Adv. 7, eabg0454, 2021
- Cheula, R., Susman, M.D., West, D.H., Chinta, S., Rimer, J.D., Maestri, M., “Local Ordering of Molten Salts at NiO Crystal Interfaces Promotes High-Index Faceting” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 25391-25396, 2021
- Geng, X., Sosa, R.D., Reynolds, M.A., Conrad, J.C., Rimer, J.D., “Alginate as a Green Inhibitor of Barite Nucleation and Crystal Growth” Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 6, 508-519, 2021
- Jain, R., Chawla, A., Linares, N., Garcia Martinez, J., Rimer, J.D., “Spontaneous Pillaring of Pentasil Zeolites” Adv. Mater. 33, 2100897, 2021
- Jain, R., Mallette, A.J., Rimer, J.D., “Controlling Nucleation Pathways in Zeolite Crystallization: Seeding Conceptual Methodologies for Advanced Materials Design” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 21446-21460, 2021
- Li, R., Elliott, W.A., Clark, R.J., Sutjianto, J.G., Rioux, R.M., Palmer, J.C., Rimer, J.D., “Factors Controlling the Molecular Modification of One-Dimensional Zeolites” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 18610-18617, 2021
- Liang, Y., Jacobson, A.J., Rimer, J.D., “Strontium Ions Function as both an Accelerant and Structure-Directing Agent of Chabazite Crystallization,” ACS Mater. Lett. 3, 187-192, 2021
- Lu, P., Ghosh, S., Dorneles de Mello, M., Kamaluddin, H.S., Li, X., Kumar, G., Duan, X., Abeykoon, M., Boscoboinik, J.A., Qi, L, Dai, H., Al-Thabaiti, S., Narasimharao, K., Khan, Z., Rimer, J.D., Bell, A.T., Bhan, A., Dauenhauer, P.J., Mkhoyan, K.A., Tsapatsis, M., “Few-unit-cell MFI zeolite synthesized using a simple di-quaternary ammonium structure directing agent” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 19214-19221, 2021
- Ma, W., Balta, V.A., West, R., Newlin, K.N., Miljanic, O.S., Sulivan, D.J., Vekilov, P.G., Rimer, J.D., “A Second Mechanism Employed by Artemisinins to Suppress Plasmodium Falciparum Hinges on Inhibition of Hematin Crystallization,” J. Biol. Chem. 296, 100123, 2021
- Sosa, R.D., Geng, X., Conrad, J.C., Reynolds, M.A., Rimer, J.D., “Suppressing Barium Sulfate Crystallization with Hydroxycitrate: A Dual Nucleation and Growth Inhibitor” Chem. Mater. 33, 6997-7007, 2021
- Sosa, R.D.., Conrad, J.C., Reynolds, M.A., Rimer, J.D., “Suppressing Barite Crystallization with Organophosphorus Compounds” CrystEngComm 23, 7725-7730, 2021
- Susman, M.D., Chinta, S., Rimer, J.D., “High-index (Ni,Mg)O Crystallization During Molten Salt Synthesis” Chem. Mater. 33, 3155-3163, 2021
- Taylor, C.N., Urban-Klaein, J., Le, T.T., Zaleski, R., Rimer, J.D., Gering, K.L., “Catalyst Deactivation Probed by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy” ACS Catal. 11, 14967-14976, 2021
- Yu, S.H., Kumar, M., Kim, I.W., Rimer, J.D., Kim, T.J., “A Comparative Analysis of In Vitro Toxicity of Synthetic Zeolites on IMR-90 Human Lung Fibroblast Cells“ Molecules 26, 3194 (1-19), 2021
- Zhao, X., Susman, M.D., Rimer, J.D., Bollini, P., “Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Properties of Faceted Oxide Crystals,” ChemCatChem 13, 6-27, 2021
- Zhao, X., Susman, M.D., Rimer, J.D., Bollini, P., “Tuning Selectivity in Nickel Oxide-Catalyzed Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane through Control Over Non-Stoichiometric Oxygen Density,” Catal. Sci. Technol. 11, 531-541, 2021
- Chawla, A., Linares, N., Li, R., Garcia Martinez, J., Rimer, J.D., “Tracking Zeolite Crystallization by Elemental Mapping,” Chem. Mater. 32, 3278-3287, 2020
- Choudhary, M.K., Jain, R., Rimer, J.D., “In Situ Imaging of 2-Dimensional Surface Growth Reveals the Prevalence and Role of Defects in Zeolite Crystallization,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 117, 28632-28639, 2020
- Dai, H., Shen, Y., Yang, T., Lee, C., Fu, D., Agarwal, A., Le, T.T., Tsapatsis, M., Palmer, J.C., Weckhuysen, B.M., Dauenhauer, P.J., Zou, X., Rimer, J.D., “Finned Zeolite Catalysts,” Nat. Mater. 19, 1074-1080 (*Cover Artwork), 2020
- Freeman, E.E., Neeway, J.J., Motkuri, R.K., Rimer, J.D., Mpourmpakis, G., “Understanding Initial Zeolite Oligomerization Steps with First Principles Calculations,” AIChE J. e17107, 1-11, 2020
- Ghosh, R.S., Le, T.T., Terlier, T., Rimer, J.D., Harold, M.P., Wang, D., “Enhanced Selective Oxidation of Ammonia in a Pt/Al2O3@Cu/ZSM-5 Core Shell Catalyst,” ACS Catal. 10, 3604-3617, 2020
- Jain, R., Rimer, J.D., “Seed-Assisted Zeolite Synthesis: The Impact of Seeding Conditions and Interzeolite Transformations on Crystal Structure and Morphology,” Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 300, 110174, 2020
- Kim, D., Moore, J., McCoy, C.P., Irwin, N.J., Rimer, J.D., “Engaging a Battle on Two Fronts: Dual Role of Polyphosphates as Potent Inhibitors of Struvite Nucleation and Crystal Growth,” Chem. Mater. 32, 8672-8682, 2020
- Kim, D., Olympiou, C., McCoy, C.P., Irwin, N.J., Rimer, J.D., “Time-Resolved Dynamics of Struvite Crystallization: Insights from the Macroscopic to Molecular Scale“ Chem. Eur. J. 26, 3555-3563 (*Cover Artwork), 2020
- Le, T.T., Chawla, A., Rimer, J.D., “Impact of Acid Site Speciation and Spatial Gradients on Zeolite Catalysis,” J. Catal. 391, 56-68, 2020
- Ma, W., Lutsko, J.F., Rimer, J.D., Vekilov, P.G., “Antagonistic Cooperativity between Crystal Growth Modifiers by Attenuation of Step Pinning”, Nature 577, 497-501, 2020
- Rimer, J.D., Invited for Special Issue on “Zeolites: Enigma of Happiness”, 2020
- Rimer, J.D., “Minerals from Colloidal Assembly,” Nat. Mater. 19, 375-376, 2020
- Rimer, J.D., “Inorganic Ions Regulate Amorphous-to-Crystal Shape Preservation in Biomineralization,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 117, 3360-3362, 2020
- Sosa, R.D., Geng, X., Agarwal, A., Palmer, J.C., Conrad, J.C., Reynolds, M.A., Rimer, J.D., “Acidic Polysaccharides as Green Alternatives for Barite Scale Dissolution,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 55434-55443, 2020
- Susman, M.D., Pham, H.N., Zhao, X., West, D., Chinta, S., Bollini, P., Datye, A.K., Rimer, J.D., “Synthesis of NiO Crystals Exposing Stable High-Index Facets,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 15119-15123, 2020
- Zhou, Y., Mu, Y., Hsieh, M.F., Kabius, B., Pacheco, C., Bator, C., Rioux, R.M., Rimer, J.D., “Enhanced Surface Activity of MWW Zeolite Nanosheets Prepared via a One Step Synthesis,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 8211-8222, 2020
- Zhou, Y., Thirumalai, H., Smith, S.K., Whitmire, K.H., Liu, J., Frenkel, A.I., Grabow, L.C., Rimer, J.D., “Ethylene Dehydroaromatization over Ga-ZSM-5 Catalysts: Nature and Role of Gallium Speciation,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 19592-19601, 2020
- Chawla, A., Linares, N., Rimer, J.D., Garcia Martinez, J., “Time-Resolved Dynamics of Intracrystalline Mesoporosity Generation in Zeolite USY”, Chem. Mater. 31, 5005-5013 (*Cover Artwork), 2019
- Choudhary, M.K., Kumar, M., Rimer, J.D., “Regulating Nonclassical Pathways of Silicalite-1 Crystallization through Controlled Evolution of Amorphous Precursors”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 131, 15859-15863, 2019
- Geng, X., Meegan, J., Smith, C., Sakhaee, K., Rimer, J.D., “Crystallization of Hierarchical Ammonium Urate: Insight into the Formation of Cetacean Renal Stones”, Cryst. Growth Des. 19, 6727-6735, 2019
- Hwang, A., Le, T.T., Shi, Z., Dai, H., Rimer, J.D., Bhan, A., “Effects of Diffusional Constraints on Lifetime and Selectivity in Methanol-to-Olefins Catalysis on HSAPO-34”, J. Catal. 369, 122-132, 2019
- Kim, D., Rimer, J.D., Asplin, J.R., “Hydroxycitrate: A Potential New Therapy for Calcium Urolithiasis”, Urolithiasis 47, 311-320, 2019
- Kumar, M., Berkson, Z.J., Clark, R.J., Shen, Y., Prisco, N.A., Zheng, Q., Zeng, Z., Zheng, H., McCusker, L.B., Palmer, J.C., Chmelka, B.F., Rimer, J.D., “Crystallization of Mordenite Platelets using Cooperative Organic Structure-directing Agents”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 20155-20165, 2019
- Qin, W., Agarwal, A., Choudhary, M.K., Palmer, J.C., Rimer, J.D., “Molecular Modifiers Suppress Nonclassical Pathways of Zeolite Crystallization”, Chem. Mater. 31, 3228-3238, 2019
- Qin, W., Jain, R., Robles Hernández, F.C., Rimer, J.D., “Organic-Free Interzeolite Transformation in the Absence of Common Building Units”, Chem. Eur. J. 25, 5893-5898, 2019
- Qin, W., Zhou, Y., Rimer, J.D., “Deleterious Effects of Non-framework Al Species on the Catalytic Performance of ZSM-5 Crystals Synthesized at Low Temperature”, React. Chem. Eng. 4, 1957-1968, 2019
- Rimer, J.D., Sakhaee, K., Maalouf, N.M., “Citrate Therapy for Calcium Phosphate Stones”, Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hypertens. 28, 130-139, 2019
- Sosa, R.D., Geng, X., Reynolds, M.A., Rimer, J.D., Conrad, J.C., “A Microfluidic Approach for Probing Hydrodynamic Effects in Barite Scale Formation”, Lab on a Chip 19, 1534-1544 (*Cover Artwork), 2019
- Thirumalai, H., Rimer, J.D., Grabow, L.C., “Quantifiation of Model Errors Related to the Approximate Description of Active Sites in Metal-exchanged Zeolites”, ChemCatChem 11, 5055-5067, 2019
- Xu, L., Choudhary, M.K., Muraoka, K., Chaikittisilp, W., Wakihara, T., Rimer, J.D., Okubo, T., “Bridging the Gap between Structurally-distinct 2D Lamellar Zeolitic Precursors through a 3D Germanosilicate Intermediate”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 131, 14671-14675, 2019
- Chawla, A., Li, R., Jain, R., Clark, R.J., Sutjianto, J.G., Palmer, J.C., Rimer, J.D., “Cooperative Effects of Inorganic and Organic Structure-Directing Agents in ZSM-5 Crystallization”, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 3, 159-170, 2018
- Chung, J., Taylor, M.G., Granja, I., Asplin, J.R., Mpourmpakis, G., Rimer, J.D., “Factors Differentiating the Effectiveness of Polyprotic Acids as Inhibitors of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization in Kidney Stone Disease”, Cryst. Growth Des. 18, 5617-5627, 2018
- Kumar, M., Choudhary, M., Rimer, J.D., “Transient Modes of Zeolite Surface Growth from 3D Gel-like Islands to 2D Single Layers“, Nat. Commun. 9, 2129 (1-9), 2018
- Li, R., Chawla, A., Linares, N., Sutjianto, J.G., Chapman, K.W., Garcia-Martinez, J., Rimer, J.D., “Diverse Physical States of Amorphous Precursors in Zeolite Synthesis“, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 57, 8460-8471, 2018
- Olafson, K.N., Clark, R.J., Vekilov, P.G., Palmer, J.C., Rimer, J.D., “Structuring of Organic Solvents at Solid Interfaces and its Ramifications for Antimalarial Adsorption on Beta-Hematin Crystals”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 29288-29298, 2018
- Rimer, J.D., “Rational Design of Zeolite Catalysts“, Nat. Catal. 1, 488-489, 2018
- Rimer, J.D., Chawla, A., Le, T.T., “Crystal Engineering for Catalysis“, Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng. 9, 283-309, 2018
- Shen, Y., Le, T.T., Fu, D., Schmidt, J.E., Filez, M., Weckhuysen, B.M., Rimer, J.D., “Deconvoluting the Competing Effects of Zeolite Framework Topology and Diffusion Path Length on Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reaction”, ACS Catal. 8, 11042-11053, 2018
- Shen, Y., Le, T.T., Li, R., Rimer, J.D., “Optimized Synthesis of ZSM-11 Catalysts using 1,8-Diaminooctane as a Structure-Directing Agent”, ChemPhysChem 19, 529-537, 2018
- Susman, M.D., Pham, H.N., Datye, A.K., Chinta, S., Rimer, J.D., “Factors Governing MgO(111) Faceting in the Thermal Decomposition of Oxide Precursors“, Chem. Mater. 30, 2641-2650 (*Cover Artwork), 2018
- Alamani, B.G., Rimer, J.D., “Molecular Modifiers of Kidney Stone Growth”, Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hypertens. 26, 256-265, 2017
- Aseem, Conato, M.T., Jeba, G.G., Rimer, J.D., Harold, M.P., “Exothermic Heat Effects during Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts: Steady State Multiplicity and Catalyst Durability”, Chem. Eng. J. 331, 132-143, 2017
- Chung, J., Sosa, R., Rimer, J.D., “Elucidating the Effects of Polyprotic Acid Speciation in Calcium Oxalate Crystallization”, Cryst. Growth Des. 17, 4280-4288, 2017
- Hsieh, M.F., Zhou, Y., Rimer, J.D., “Nonoxidative Conversion of Ethylene to Aromatics on Ag-ZSM-5 Catalyst”, ChemCatChem 9, 1675-1682, 2017
- Hwang, A., Kumar, M., Rimer, J.D., Bhan, A., “Implications of Methanol Disproportionation on Catalyst Lifetime for Methanol-to-Olefins Conversion by HSSZ-13”, J. Catal. 346, 154-160, 2017
- Ketchum, M.A., Lee, A.M., Vekilov, P.G., Rimer, J.D., “Biomimetic Assay for Hematin Crystallization Inhibitors: A New Platform to Screen Antimalarial Drugs“, Cryst. Growth Des. 17, 197-206, 2017
- Li, R., Smolyakova, A., Maayan, G., Rimer, J.D., “Designed Peptoids as Tunable Modifiers of Zeolite Crystallization”, Chem. Mater. 29, 9536-9546, 2017
- Olafson, K.N., Nguyen, T., Rimer, J.D., Vekilov, P.G., “Antimalarials Inhibit Hematin Crystallization by Specific Drug-Surface Site Interactions”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, 7531-7536, 2017
- Olafson, K.N., Nguyen, T.Q., Vekilov, P.G., Rimer, J.D., “Deconstructing Quinoline-Class Antimalarials to Identify Fundamental Physicochemical Properties of Hematin Crystal Growth Inhibitors”, Chem. Eur. J. 23, 13638-13647, 2017
- Olafson, K.N., Rimer, J.D., Vekilov, P.G., “Early Onset of Kinetic Roughening Due to Finite Step Width in Hematin Crystallization”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 198101(1-6), 2017
- Oleksiak, M.D., Hsieh, M-F., Muraoka, K., Conato, M.T., Shimojima, A., Okubo, T., Chaikittisilp, W., Rimer, J.D., “Organic-Free Synthesis of a Highly Siliceous Faujasite Zeolite with Spatially-Biased Q4(nAl) Si Speciation”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 13366-13371 (*Cover Artwork), 2017
- Rimer, J.D., Kolbach-Mandel, A.M., Ward, M.D., Wesson, J.A., Bhan, A., “The Role of Macromolecules in the Formation of Kidney Stones“, Urolithiasis 45, 57-74, 2017
- Shete, M.H., Kumar, M., Kim, D., Rangnekar, N., Xu, D., Topuz, B., Agrawal, K.V., Karapetrova, E., Stottrup, B., Al-Thabaiti, S., Basahel, S. Narasimharao, K., Rimer, J.D., Tsapatsis, M., “Nanoscale Control of Homoepitaxial Growth on a 2-Dimensional Zeolite“, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 56, 535-539 (*Cover Artwork), 2017
Selected Publications
- Chung, J., Granja, I., Taylor, M.G., Mpourmpakis, G., Asplin, J.R., and Rimer, J.D., “Molecular Modifiers Reveal a Mechanism of Pathological Crystal Growth Inhibition”, Nature 536, 446-450, 2016
- Ghorbanpour, A., Rimer, J.D., Grabow, L.C., "Computational assessment of the dominant factors governing the mechanism of methanol dehydration over H-ZSM-5 with heterogeneous Al distribution", ACS Catalysis 6, 2287-2298, 2016
- Kumar, M., Li, R., Rimer, J.D., "Assembly and Evolution of Amorphous Precursors in Zeolite L Crystallization", Chemistry of Materials 28, 1714-1727, 2016
- Lupulescu, A.I., Qin, W., Rimer, J.D., "Tuning Zeolite Precursor Interactions by Switching the Valence of Polyamine Modifiers“, Langmuir 32, 11888-11898, 2016
- Olafson, K.N., Alamani, B.G., Li, R., Rimer, J.D., “Engineering Crystal Modifiers: Bridging Classical and Nonclassical Crystallization“, Chem. Mater. 28, 8453-8465 (*Cover Artwork), 2016
- Oleksiak, M.D., Ghorbanpour, A., Conato, M.T., McGrail, B.P., Grabow, L.C., Motkuri, R.K., Rimer, J.D., “Novel Synthesis Strategies for Ultrastable Zeolite GIS Polymorphs as Sorbents for Selective Separations“, Chem. Eur. J. 22, 16078-16088, (*Cover Artwork), 2016
- Oleksiak, M.D., Soltis, J.A., Conato, M.T., Penn, R.L., Rimer, J.D., "Nucleation of FAU and LTA Zeolites from Heterogeneous Aluminosilicate Precursors“, Chem. Mater. 28, 4906-4916, 2016
- Ramamoorthy, S., Kwak, J.H., Karande, P., Farmanesh, S., Rimer, J.D., “A High-throughput Assay for Screening Modifiers of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization“, AIChE J. 62, 3538-3546, 2016
- Rimer, J.D. and Tsapatsis, M., "Nucleation of Open Framework Materials: Navigating the Voids", Materials Research Society Bulletin 41, 393-398, 2016
- Conato, M.T., Oleksiak, M.D., McGrail, B.P., Motkuri, R.K., Rimer, J.D., “Framework Stabilization of Si-Rich LTA Zeolite Prepared in Organic-Free Media”, Chem. Commun. 51, 269-272, 2015
- De Yoreo, J.J., Gilbert, P.U.P.A., Sommerdijk, N.A.J.M., Penn, R.L., Whitelam, S., Joester, D., Zhang, H.Z., Rimer, J.D., Navrotsky, A., Banfield, J.F., Wallace, A.F., Michel, F.M., Meldrum, F.C., Cölfen, H. Dove, P.M., "Crystallization by Particle Attachment in Synthetic, Biogenic, and Geologic Environments", Science 349, aaa6760-1/9, 2015
- Farmanesh, S., Alamani, B.G., and Rimer, J.D., "Identifying Alkali Metal Inhibitors of Crystal Growth: A Selection Criterion based on Ion Pair Hydration Energy", Chemical Communications 51, 13964-13967, 2015
- Ghorbanpour, A., Gumidyala, A., Grabow, L.C., Crossley, S.P., Rimer, J.D., "Epitaxial Growth of ZSM @ Silicalite-1: A Core-Shell Zeolite Designed with Passivated Surface Acidity", ACS Nano 9, 4006-4016, 2015
- Kumar, M., Luo, H., Román-Leshkov, Y., Rimer, J.D., "SSZ-13 Crystallization by Particle Attachment and Deterministic Pathways to Crystal Size Control", Journal of the American Chemical Society 137, 13007-13017, 2015
- Olafson, K.N., Ketchum, M.A., Rimer, J.D., Vekilov, P.G., "Molecular Mechanisms of Hematin Crystallization from Organic Solvent", Crystal Growth & Design 15, 5535-5542, 2015
- Olafson, K.N., Ketchum, M.A., Rimer, J.D., Vekilov, P.G., "Mechanisms of Hematin Crystallization and Inhibition by the Antimalarial Drug Chloroquine", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 112, 4946-4951, 2015
- Vekilov, P.G., Rimer, J.D., Olafson, K.N., Ketchum, M.A., "Lipid or Aqueous Medium for Hematin Crystallization?", Crystal Engineering Communications 17, 7790-7800, 2015
- Farmanesh, S., Chung, J., Kwak, J.H., Sosa, R.D., Karande, P., Rimer, J.D., “Natural Promoters of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystallization”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 12648-12657, 2014
- Farmanesh, S., Ramamoorthy, S., Chung, J., Asplin, J.R., Karande, P., Rimer, J.D., "Specificity of Growth Inhibitors and their Cooperative Effects in Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystallization", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 367-376, 2014
- Ghorbanpour, A., Rimer, J.D., Grabow, L.C., "Periodic, vdW-Corrected Density Functional Theory Investigation of the Effect of Al Siting in H-ZSM-5 on Chemisorption Properties and Site Specific Acidity", Catal. Commun., 52, 98-102, 2014
- Lupulescu, A.I. and Rimer, J.D., "In Situ Imaging of Silicalite-1 Surface Growth Reveals the Mechanism of Crystallization," Science, 344, 729-732, 2014
- Olafson, K.N., Rimer, J.D., Vekilov, P.G., “Growth of Large Hematin Crystals in Biomimetic Solutions”, Cryst. Growth Des.,14, 2123-2127, 2014
- Oleksiak, M.D. and Rimer, J.D., "Synthesis of Zeolites in the Absence of Organic Structure-Directing Agents: Factors Governing Crystal Selection and Polymorphism", Rev. Chem. Eng., 30, 1-49, 2014
- Rimer, J.D., Kumar, M., Li, R., Lupulescu, A.I., Oleksiak, M.D., “Tailoring the Physicochemical Properties of Zeolite Catalysts”, Catal. Sci. Technol., 4, 3762-3771, 2014
- Farmanesh, S., Chung, J., Chandra, D., Sosa, R.D., Karande, P., Rimer, J.D., "High-Throughput Platform for Design and Screening of Peptides as Inhibitors of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystallization," J. Cryst. Growth, 373, 13-19, 2013
- Ketchum, M.A., Olafson, K.N., Rimer, J.D., Vekilov, P.G., "Hematin Crystallization from Aqueous and Organic Solvents," J. Chem. Phys., 139, 121911(1-9), 2013
- Lupulescu, A.I., Kumar, M., Rimer, J.D., "A Facile Strategy to Design Zeolite L Crystals with Tunable Morphology and Surface Architecture", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 6608-6617, 2013
- Maldonado, M., Oleksiak, M.D., Chinta, S., Rimer, J.D., "Controlling Crystal Polymorphism in Organic-Free Synthesis of Na-Zeolites", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 2641-2652 (*Cover artwork. *Selected as a JACS Spotlight.), 2013
- Tanneru, C.T., Rimer, J.D., Chellam, S., "Sweep Flocculation and Adsorption of Viruses on Aluminum Flocs During Electrochemical Treatment Prior to Surface Water Microfiltration",Environ. Sci. Technol., 47, 4612-4618, 2013
- Gamage, N.P., Rimer, J.D., Chellam, S., “Fouling Reductions by Aluminum Electroflotation Pretreatment of Surface Water Microfiltration,” J. Membrane Sci., 411-412, 45-53, 2012
- Lupulescu, A.I. and Rimer, J.D., “Tailoring Silicalite-1 Crystal Morphology with Molecular Modifiers,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 3345-3349 (*Cover Artwork.), 2012
- Pragasam, V., Rimer, J.D., Kolbach, A.M., Ward, M.D., Kleinman, J.G., Wesson, J.A., “Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Aggregation Induced by Aggregation of Desialylated Tamm-Horsfall Protein,” Urol. Res., 39, 269-282, 2011
- Rimer, J.D., An, Z., Zhu, Z., Lee, M.H., Wesson, J.A., Goldfarb, D.S., Ward, M.D., “Crystal Growth Inhibitors for the Prevention of L-Cystine Kidney Stones Through Molecular Design,” Science 330, 337-341 (*Cover Artwork. *Selected for a Science Perspectives article. *Highlighted in C&E News, October 2010), 2010
- Rimer, J.D., Trofymluk, O., Lobo, R.F., Navrotsky, A., Vlachos, D.G., “Thermodynamics of Silica Nanoparticle Self-Assembly in Basic Solutions of Monovalent Cations,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 14754-14761, 2008
- Rimer, J.D., Roth, D.D., Lobo, R.F., Vlachos, D.G., “Self-Assembly and Phase Behavior of Germanium Oxide Nanoparticles in Basic Aqueous Solutions,” Langmuir, 23, 2784-2791, 2007
- Rimer, J.D., Trofymluk, O., Navrotsky, A., Lobo, R.F., Vlachos, D.G., “Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies of Silica Nanoparticle Dissolution,” Chem. Mater., 19, 4189-4197, 2007
- Rimer, J.D., Fedeyko, J.M., Vlachos, D.G., Lobo, R.F., “Silica Self-Assembly and the Synthesis of Microporous and Mesoporous Silicates,” Chem. Eur. J., 12, 2926-2934, 2006
- Rimer, J.D., Lobo, R.F., Vlachos, D.G., “Physical Basis for the Formation and Stability of Silica Nanoparticles in Basic Solutions of Monovalent Cations,” Langmuir, 21, 8960-8971, 2005
- Rimer, J.D., Vlachos, D.G., Lobo, R.F., “Evolution of Self-Assembled Silica Tetrapropylammonium Nanoparticles at Elevated Temperatures,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 12762-12771, 2005
- Fedeyko, J.M., Rimer, J.D., Lobo, R.F., Vlachos, D.G., “Spontaneous Formation of Silica Nanoparticles in Basic Solutions of Small Tetraalkylammonium Cations,” J. Phys. Chem. B,108, 12271-12275, 2004
- Kragten, D.D., Fedeyko, J.M., Sawant, K.R., Rimer, J.D., Vlachos, D.G., Lobo, R.F., “Structure of the Silica Phase Extracted from Silica/(TPA)OH Solutions Containing Nanoparticles,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 10006-10016, 2003