Category Archives: FRG group

Prof. Olli Ikkala visits Bristol from Aalto University

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Professor Olli Ikkala is a faculty member in the Department of Applied Physics at Aalto University (previously known as Helsinki University of Technology) in Espoo, near Helsinki. His research focuses on creating functional materials through hierarchical self-assemblies, biomimetics, and natural starting materials. Trained initially in physics, he spent ten years in the chemical industry, primarily working on the development of polymer blends and electrically conducting polymers before returning to academia. The Faul Group hosts him as he visits.

Prof. Ikkala is photographed giving a lecture on life-inspired soft matter dynamics and functionalities below.

Ulia returns from Japan

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This week, the Faul Group is welcoming back Ulia as she returns from her two-month visit to the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. During this collaborative period, her skills concerning in situ measurements for evaluating material performance in carbon dioxide reduction were honed.

Welcome back.

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.

New paper in Adv. Mater.: “Selective CO₂ Electroreduction from Tuneable Naphthalene-Based Porous Polyimide Networks”

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Excited to announce Basiram and Dr. Baker‘s latest openly accessible article in Adv. Mater. entitled “Selective CO2 electroreduction from tuneable naphthalene-based porous polyimide networks” detailing exciting new metal-free materials for CO2 capture & reduction.

First viva success of 2023

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Congratulations from all of the Faul Group to Nouf Zaghloul who passed her PhD viva on 26th January. Her research featured novel contributions to science concerning scribe-on: writing wearable, flexible and stretchable electronics with polyaniline.

She leaves the group to continue in scientific research at the University of Bath. Best of luck.

Thank you to Dr Shirin Alexander of Swansea University for her time in the process.

China Scholarship Council – University of Bristol joint-funded PhD Scholarship

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A quick post to invite any eligible Chinese students to apply for the China Scholarship Council – University of Bristol joint-funded PhD Scholarship.

The China Scholarship Council (CSC)/University of Bristol joint-funded scholarships programme offers 60 fully funded PhD scholarships for up to 48 months of research at the University of Bristol.

More details on eligibility and how to apply can be found here.

Any questions should be directed at: bristol-csc@bristol.ac.uk

In order to be eligible for consideration for a CSC-University of Bristol PhD Scholarship, you must submit your completed application for your PhD programme by midday (UK time) on Thursday 1 December 2022.