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!
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!
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.
Congratulations to Shaohua Li on successfully passing her MRes viva on April 3rd! With special thanks to Dr. Robert Dawson (University of Sheffield) and Prof. Wuge Briscoe (University of Bristol) for their time and contributions as examiners! We wish Shaohua all the best as she pursues her PhD at Imperial College! Congratulations!
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.
PhD student, Junru Chen, who started in October last year, gave his first presentation at an emPOWER project meeting on Monday, updating all on his progress related to bio-adhesives for artificial muscle applications!
Congratulations to Dr Yubing Wang (former group member) who passed her viva on February 27th at Xi’an Jiaotong University! Her research focused on the design and applications of conjugated microporous polymers in the removal of heavy metal pollution in wastewater.
Well done, Dr Yubing!
As the academic year wraps up, our final-year research project students have recently presented their hard work from the past few months. Well done to all, and congratulations from the entire group!
To celebrate their success, the group enjoyed a well-deserved gathering at Pizza-on-the-Park!
Faul Research Group 