Welcome new summer interns to the group!

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

Since June, four new summer interns have joined the FRG to experience the exciting research on functional materials!

From left to right: Shahin Sharafudheen (University of Bristol, MSc, techno-economic data analysis of porous material applications), Alastair Chua (University of Bristol, BSc, perylene-based bio-adhesives), George Taffinder (Loughborough University, BSc, naphthalene-based polyimide porous material), and Feiyang Li (Tsinghua University, BSc, optimization of triazine-based porous material architectures).

Ulia presents at Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2025), Ottawa, Canada

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

Ulia is in Ottawa, Canada, this week at the CSC 2025 conference. She is presenting her work on “Functionalised Porous Materials for CO₂ Capture and Conversion”. Great poster, well done!

Paper published in Advanced Materials!

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

A new paper titled “Electric Field Driven Soft Morphing Matter” authored by Ciqun Xu (former joint PhD student with Bristol Robotic Laboratory), Charl Faul, Majid Taghavi, and Jonathan Rossiter, is now published Open Access in Advanced Materials!

This study demonstrated an electric field-driven soft morphing matter, termed electro-morphing gel (e-MG), with extremely high morphological adaptability and complex multimodal electric field response. The remote-control strategy opens a wide range of applications in soft and bio-inspired robotics, dexterous manipulation, and space exploration. Check the supporting video for a cool swinging gymnast for more details!