Monthly Archives: October 2023

Royce summer intern interview with ex-Faul Group member Jerry Mintah

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Jerry Mintah, a Royce Summer Intern, shares his experience of working with the Faul Research Group in an interview with Dr. George Miller, the Royce Student Engagement Manager. During the eight-week internship, Jerry worked alongside his mentor, Basiram Brahma Narzary, and supervisor, Professor Charl F. J. Faul.

Jerry’s Royce Summer Internship project was focused on porous polyimide networks for CO2 capture and conversion. The project has the potential to significantly contribute to industrial decarbonisation and combat the urgent climate crisis brought about by global warming.

Jerry was also co-author on a recent paper from the Faul Group, which was featured on the inside front cover of the RSC journal Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

More information can be found at Royce.ac.uk and the complete interview is available below.

Faul Group at Future Materials Conference 2023, Valencia, Spain

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Some Faul Group members invited to speak about their work at the 4th International Conference on Materials Science & Nanotechnology last week.

The conference aims to provide an international platform to discuss emerging trends and advancement in the research and development of various classes of materials and is divided into four major themes: (i) Future Biomaterials-Biomedical, Medicine and Other Applications; (ii) Future Materials for Energy and Sustainability; (iii) Materials for Electronics, Optics, and Photonics; and (iv) Nanomaterials.

Congratulations to Basi

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A massive congratulations to Basiram Brahma Narzary who passed his via on 17/10/2023 with minor corrections. With thanks to examiners Dr Sebastien Rochat and Prof. Arne Thomas for their time.

Work from Basiram’s PhD has been published as the following:

  • B.B. Narzary, B.C. Baker, N. Yadav, V. D’Elia, C.F.J. Faul, Crosslinked porous polyimides: structure, properties and applications, Polym. Chem. 12 (2021) 6494–6514. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1PY00997D.
  • B.B. Narzary, B.C. Baker, C.F.J. Faul, Selective CO2 Electroreduction from Tuneable Naphthalene‐Based Porous Polyimide Networks, Advanced Materials. 35 (2023) 2211795. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202211795.
  • B.B. Narzary, U. Karatayeva, J. Mintah, M. Villeda-Hernandez, C.F.J. Faul, Bifunctional metal-free porous polyimide networks for CO2 capture and conversion, Mater. Chem. Front. 7 (2023) 4473–4481. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QM00639E.

Welcoming Adéla to the Faul Group

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Adéla Slavíková hails from her hometown of Tabor, Czech Republic. Her passion for sustainability and biomaterials led her to pursue a PhD under the guidance of Prof. Jiri Brozek at UCT Prague. Her research primarily revolves around the development, degradation, and application of polymers as biomaterials, with a specific focus on biodegradable polymers.

Adela joins the research group of Prof. Charl Faul as a visiting PhD student, undertaking a year-long internship as part of the emPOWER project. This collaborative experience promises to expand her knowledge and expertise in the field, allowing her to contribute to cutting-edge research and further her understanding of polymers’ diverse applications. Welcome.

A ‘next generation’ visit from Dr. John Mondal

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Dr. John Mondal is hosted by the Faul Group during his research visit courtesy of the Bristol ‘Next Generation’ Visiting Researcher Programme.

Based at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India, John’s research team is highly dedicated to engaging in the development, creation, analysis, and utilisation of catalytic porous materials. Specific focus is given to porous organic polymers (POPs) and metal organic frameworks (MOFs). Their primary goal is to transform both fossil fuels (crude oil and natural gas) and sustainable resources (such as biomass) into transportation fuels, chemicals, and materials. Additionally, their more recent focus lies in catalysing the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the separation of water (H2O) into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2).

More details on Dr. Mondal’s visit and the next generation international research development happening between institutions can be found on Bristol’s web page here. Dr. Mondal’s personal home page can be found here.

Welcoming Dr. Mondal (left) on his research visit from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology.