Charl stopped in Hong Kong at the end of last week (on his way to Shanghai) and visited Hong Kong PolyU. He gave a seminar about recent results from the FRG, and also met with various colleagues from the Faculty of Science and their Global Engagement Division!
Thank you to Prof. Benedict Lo for his kind hosting!
We are very pleased to have hosted Feiyang Li, a visiting undergraduate student from the Tsinghua Xuetang International Chemistry Exchange Programme. Feiyang joined the Faul Research Group for a two-month research experience, and is now heading back to Beijing!
During his time here, Feiyang worked alongside PhD student Jerry Mintah on porous polyimide materials for CO2 capture and conversion. His contribution to the project and enthusiasm were greatly appreciated!
As he returns to China, we wish him all the best in his future studies, and hope to see him in Bristol soon again!
It was a pleasure to host Professor Yulan Chen from the Collage of Chemistry, Jilin University, to give a research seminar as part of the “Functional Molecules and Materials” research theme. Her group works on polymer mechanochemistry and mechano-responsive polymeric materials.
Prof. Yulan Chen is currently visiting Bristol, accompanying the 40 senior UG students from Julin University participating in our Advanced Experimental Chemistry summer school here in Bristol.
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 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!
Ben, Junru and Charl are joining the exciting Cyborg Futures RS discussion meeting in London. Great opportunity to talk about our work related to soft actuators and bio-adhesives, and engage with many other scientists and engineers from a wide range of disciplines.
Thanks to Jonathan Rossiter and other colleagues for a great meeting in the heart of London!
A new study entitled “One-pot scalable production of conjugated microporous polymers with exceptional functionality“, authored by collaborators from Engineering Research Centre of Reactive Distillation of Fuzhou University, John Worth, and Charl Faul, has now been published Open Access in Journal of Materials Chemistry A !
Here we report on a one-pot scalable synthesis method using autoclaves to produce conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) with enhanced surface area and exceptional adsorption capabilities for CO2 and heavy metal ions. With degas-free and facile scale-up opportunities, this method opens real possibilities for wide industrial applications of CMPs.
Frontispiece for J. D. Worth, A. M. Seddon, V. P. Ting, C. F. J. Faul, Small 2024, 2407292 and our article showcasing conjugated microporous polymers as viable hydrogen storage solutions is now viewable.
A recent paper titled “Electrorheological Fluids Based on Porous Carboxyl-Functionalized Polytriphenylamines” authored by both Ulzhalgas Karatayeva and former postdoc Dr Ozlem Erol (now assistant professor at Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye), and Charl Faul has been accepted for publication in ACS Appl. Polym. Mater.
Further information and more details to follow soon!
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