Brian Space
Professor, AAAS Fellow, Associate Department Head
Pronouns: (He, Him, His)
813-765-4846 bspace@ncsu.edu WebsiteBio
Dr. Space has received numerous awards and millions of dollars in grant funding from: NSF including a Career Award, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), the American Chemical Society, the U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, and others.
Education
PostDoctoral Researcher NSF CISE Princeton University 1995
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry Boston University 1992
B.A. Physical Chemistry Boston University 1988
Area(s) of Expertise
The Space research group is an innovator in developing and applying models of porous materials and interfacial systems with an emphasis on theoretical modeling of Metal Organic Materials. They are actively engaged in collaborative work with leading materials synthesis and characterization groups internationally. Another group focus on improving simulations has led to the development of modern PHAST force fields for atomistic modeling of materials.
Publications
- An Ultramicroporous Physisorbent Sustained by a Trifecta of Directional Supramolecular Interactions , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2025)
- A Propeller-Like Ligand-Directed Construction of a Tetranuclear Cerium-Organic Framework for Single-Step Ethylene Purification from Ternary C2 Mixtures , INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (2024)
- Ethane/Ethylene Separations in Flexible Diamondoid Coordination Networks via an Ethane-Induced Gate-Opening Mechanism , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2024)
- PHAHST Potential: Modeling Sorption in a Dispersion-Dominated Environment , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION (2024)
- Stimulus-Induced Dynamic Behavior Regulation of Flexible Crystals through the Tuning of Module Rigidity , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2024)
- Trailblazing Kr/Xe Separation: The Birth of the First Kr-Selective Material , ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2024)
- Turning Normal to Abnormal: Reversing CO2/C2-Hydrocarbon Selectivity in HKUST-1 , ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2024)
- Crystal Engineering of Two Light and Pressure Responsive Physisorbents , ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2023)
- Cu-ATC vs. Cu-BTC: comparing the H2 adsorption mechanism through experiment, molecular simulation, and inelastic neutron scattering studies , JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2023)
- Reversible transformations between the non-porous phases of a flexible coordination network enabled by transient porosity , NATURE CHEMISTRY (2023)