​My research is focused on the synthesis and characterization of new metal-organic frameworks(MOFs) with fluorinated or not inorganic building blocks. The idea is to get highly stable MOFs against water and under harsh condition in order to use them in catalysis and/or gas adsorption/separation.

• ​“Hydrolytically stable fluorinated metal-organic frameworks for energy-efficient dehydration”, A Cadiau, Y Belmabkhout, K Adil, PM Bhatt, RS Pillai, A Shkurenko, C. Martineau-Corcos, G. Maurin, M. Eddaoudi, Science, (2017)
• Gas/vapour separation using ultra-microporous metal–organic frameworks: insights into the structure/separation relationship” K. Adil, Y. Belmabkhout, R. S. Pillai, A. Cadiau, P. M. Bhatt, A. H. Assen, G. Maurin, M. Eddaoudi, Chem. Soc. Rev., (2017)
• Valuing Metal–Organic Frameworks for Postcombustion Carbon Capture: A Benchmark Study for Evaluating Physical Adsorbents, K. Adil, P. M. Bhatt,Y. Belmabkhout, S. M. T Abtab, H. Jiang, A. H. Assen, A. Mallick,A. Cadiau, J. Aqil, M. Eddaoudi, Advanced Material, (2017)
• A Fine-Tuned Fluorinated MOF Addresses the Needs for Trace CO2 Removal and Air Capture Using Physisorption”, P. M. Bhatt, Y. Belmabkhout, A. Cadiau, K. Adil, O. Shekhah, A. Shkurenko, L. J. Barbour, M. Eddaoud, J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2016)
• A metal-organic framework–based splitter for separating propylene from propane”, A Cadiau, K Adil, P. M. Bhatt, Y Belmabkhout, M Eddaoudi, Science, (2016)
• Design of Hydrophilic Metal Organic Framework Water Adsorbents for Heat Reallocation”, A. Cadiau, J. S. Lee, D. Damasceno Borges, P. Fabry, T. Devic, M. T. Wharmby, C. Martineau, D. Foucher, F. Taulelle, C.-H. Jun, Y. K. Hwang, N. Stock, M. F. De Lange, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon, G. Maurin, J.-S. Chang, C. Serre, Advanced Materials, (2015)
• Self-referencing nanothermometer based on an emissive Ln3+- organic Framework”, A. Cadiau, C. D. S. Brites, P. M. F. J. Costa, R. A. S. Ferreira, J. Rocha, L. D. Carlos, ACS Nano, (2013)
  

• ​Ph.D., Material Science, le Mans, France, 2010

• ​2013-2017: Postdoctoral fellow,FMD3 group, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• 2013: Postdoctoral fellow,Porous material group, Versailles France
• 2012: Postdoctoral fellow,CICECO, Aveiro, Portugal
• 2011: Postdoctoral fellow,TU Dresden, Germany