Research

We focus on leveraging nanospace for energy-related critical issues at the interface of organometallic and materials chemistry. The confined nanospace within porous materials, including metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and organic cages, provides unlimited opportunities and intriguing tools to interrogate fundamental questions in a variety of areas.

Students working in the lab will gain expertise in various facets of synthetic inorganic and material chemistry. They will become skilled at using NMR, FT-IR, gas adsorption, UV-vis spectroscopy, thermal analysis, and X-ray diffraction methods to characterize their materials. They have opportunities to access Synchrotron radiation to investigate their material structures. They are encouraged to attend local and national conferences to disseminate their most exciting results. 

 The Gao group would like to acknowledge the following organizations for financial support.

Students working in the group will access to the following equipment for their research either in our own laboratory or on the campus.