Our published papers (also available on Google Scholar). Each paper links to a short, minimally technical summary of the work.

• High pressure behaviour of the magnetic van der Waals molecular framework Ni(NCS)₂

  M Geers, D M Jarvis, C Liu, S S Saxena, J Pitcairn, E Myatt, S A Hallweger, S M Kronawitter, G Kieslich, S Ling, A B Cairns, D Daisenberger, O Fabelo, L Cañadillas-Delgado, M J Cliffe, Phys Rev B, 108, 144439 (2023).

• PASCal Python: A Principal Axis Strain Calculator

  M Lertkiattrakul, M L Evans, M J Cliffe, JOSS, 8, 5556 (2023).

• Non-collinear magnetism in the post-perovskite thiocyanate frameworks CsM(NCS)₃

  M Geers, J Y Lee, S Ling, O Fabelo, L Cañadillas-Delgado, M J Cliffe, Chemical Science, 14, 3531-3540 (2023).

• Low-dimensional metal-organic magnets as a route towards the S = 2 Haldane phase

  J Pitcairn, A Iliceto, L Cañadillas-Delgado, O Fabelo, C Liu, C Balz, A Weilhard, S P Argent, A J Morris, M J Cliffe, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 1783–1792 (2023).

• Tethering Effects in Oligomer-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks

  R A Dodson, J Park, J Kim, M J Cliffe, S M Cohen, Inorg. Chem., 61, 12284-12292 (2022).

• Magnetic order in a metal thiocyanate perovskite-analogue

  M J Cliffe, O Fabelo, L Cañadillas-Delgado, CrystEngComm, 24, 7250-7254 (2022).

• Exploring the Solution Formation of UiO Family Hf Metal-Organic Framework clusters with in situ X-Ray Pair Distribution Function Analysis

  F C N Firth, M W Gaultois, Y Wu, J Stratford, D S Keeble, C P Grey, M J Cliffe, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 19668–19683 (2021).

• Controlling multiple orderings in metal thiocyanate molecular perovskites A_x{Ni[Bi(SCN)₆]}

  J Y Lee, S Ling, S P Argent, M S Senn, L Cañadillas-Delgado, M J Cliffe, Chemical Science, 12, 3516-3525 (2021).

• Strengthening the magnetic interactions in pseudobinary first-row transition metal thiocyanates, M(NCS)₂

  E N Bassey, J A M Paddison, E N Keyzer, J Lee, P Manuel, I da Silva, S E Dutton, C P Grey, M J Cliffe, Inorg Chem, 59, 11627 (2020).

• Direct Imaging of Correlated Defect Nanodomains in a Metal–Organic Framework

  D N Johnstone, F C N Firth, C P Grey, P A Midgley, M J Cliffe, S M Collins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 13081 (2020).

• The Structures of Ordered Defects in Thiocyanate Analogues of Prussian Blue

  M J Cliffe, E N Keyzer, A D Bond, M A Astle and C P Grey, Chemical Science, 11, 4430-4438 (2020).

• SquidLab - a user-friendly program for background subtraction and fitting of magnetization data

  M J Coak, C Liu, D M Jarvis, S Park, M J Cliffe, P A Goddard, Rev Sci Inst, 91, 023901 (2020).

• Ionic and Electronic Conduction in TiNb₂O₇

  K J Griffith, I D Seymour, M A Hope, M M Butala, L K Lamontagne, M B Preefer, C P Koçer, G Henkelman, A J Morris, M J Cliffe, S E Dutton, C P Grey, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 16706-16725 (2019).

• Short-range ordering in a battery electrode, the ‘cation-disordered’ rocksalt Li_1.25Nb_0.25Mn_0.5O₂

  M A Jones, P J Reeves, I D Seymour, M J Cliffe, S E Dutton and C P Grey, Chem. Commun., 55, 9027-9030 (2019).

• Engineering New Defective Phases of UiO Family Metal-Organic Frameworks with Water

  F C Firth, M J Cliffe, D Vulpe, M Aragones-Anglada, P Z Moghadam, D Fairen-Jimenez, B Slater and C P Grey , J. Mater. Chem. A, 7, 7459-7469 (2019).

• Strongly Coloured Thiocyanate Frameworks with Perovskite-Analogue Structures

  M J Cliffe, E N Keyzer, M T Dunstan, S Ahmad, M F L De Volder, F Deschler, A J Morris and C P Grey, Chemical Science, 10, 793-801 (2019).

• Low-dimensional quantum magnetism in Cu(NCS)₂, a molecular framework material

  M J Cliffe, J Lee, J A M Paddison, S Schott, P Mukherjee, M W Gaultois, P Manuel, H Sirringhaus, S E Dutton and C P Grey, Phys Rev B, 97, 144421 (2018).

• Structural Simplicity as a Restraint on the Structure of Amorphous Silicon

  M J Cliffe, A P Bartók, R N Kerber, C P Grey, Gábor Csányi and A L Goodwin, Phys. Rev. B, 95, 224108 (2017).

• Metal–organic nanosheets formed via defect–mediated transformation of a hafnium metal–organic framework

  M J Cliffe, E Castillo-Martínez, Y Wu, J Lee, A C Forse, F C N Firth, P Z Moghadam, D Fairen-Jimenez, M W Gaultois, J A Hill, O V Magdysyuk, B Slater, A L Goodwin and C P Grey, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 5397-5404 (2017).

• Encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets

  A B Cairns, M J Cliffe, J A M Paddison, D Daisenberger, M G Tucker, F-X Coudert and A L Goodwin, Nature Chem., 8, 442–447 (2016).

• A Breathing Zirconium Metal–Organic Framework with Reversible Loss of Crystallinity by Correlated Nanodomain Formation

  B Bueken, F Vermoortele, M J Cliffe, M T Wharmby, D Foucher, J Wieme, L Vanduyfhuys, C Martineau, N Stock, F Taulelle, V Van Speybroeck, A L Goodwin and D De Vos, Chem.: Eur. J., 22, 3264–3267 (2016).

• Design of crystal-like aperiodic solids with selective disorder–phonon coupling

  A R Overy, A B Cairns, M J Cliffe, A Simonov, M G Tucker and A L Goodwin, Nature Commun., 7, 10445 (2016).

• Glass formation via structural fragmentation of a 2D coordination network

  D Umeyama, N P Funnell, M J Cliffe, J A Hill, A L Goodwin, Y Hijikata, T Itakura, T Okubo, S Horike, S Kitagawa, Chem. Commun., 51, 12728-12731 (2015).

• Defect-dependent colossal negative thermal expansion in UiO-66(Hf) metal-organic framework

  M J Cliffe, J A Hill, C A Murray, F-X Coudert, A L Goodwin, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 17, 11586-11592 (2015).

• Flexibility Transition and Guest-Driven Reconstruction in a Ferroelastic Metal–Organic Framework

  S J Hunt, M J Cliffe, J A Hill, A B Cairns, N P Funnell and A L Goodwin, CrystEngComm, 17, 361-369 (2015).

• Correlated defect nanoregions in a metal–organic framework

  M J Cliffe, W Wan, X Zou, P A Chater, A K Kleppe, M G Tucker, H Wilhelm, N P Funnell, F-X Coudert and A L Goodwin, Nature Communications, 5, 4176 (2014).

• Negative area compressibility in silver (I) tricyanomethanide

  S A Hodgson, J Adamson, S J Hunt, M J Cliffe, A B Cairns, A L Thompson, M G Tucker, N P Funnell and A L Goodwin, Chem Commun, 50, 5264-5266 (2014).

• Nanostructure determination from the pair distribution function: a parametric study of the INVERT approach

  M J Cliffe and A L Goodwin, J Phys: Condens Matter, 25, 454218 (2013).

• Quantification of local geometry and local symmetry in models of disordered materials

  M J Cliffe and A L Goodwin, Phys Status Solidi B, 250, 949-956 (2013).

• Mineral neogenesis as an inspiration for mild, solvent-free synthesis of bulk microporous metal–organic frameworks from metal (Zn, Co) oxides

  C Mottillo, Y Lu, M-H Pham, M J Cliffe, T-O Do and T Friščić, Green Chem, 15, 2121-2131 (2013).

• PASCal: a principal axis strain calculator for thermal expansion and compressibility determination

  M J Cliffe and A L Goodwin, J Appl Cryst, 45, 1321-1329 (2012).

• Accelerated aging: a low energy, solvent-free alternative to solvothermal and mechanochemical synthesis of metal–organic materials

  M J Cliffe, C Mottillo, R S Stein, D-K Bučar and T Friščić, Chem Sci, 3, 2495-2500 (2012).

• Structure determination of disordered materials from diffraction data

  M J Cliffe, M T Dove, D A Drabold and A L Goodwin, Phys Rev Lett, 14, 125501 (2010).