What We Do!

We are interested in understanding the principle of the molecular assembling process to fabricate novel porous framework materials for industrially relevant chemical storage & separation, sustainable energy conversion, biomimetic catalysis for waste-to-value creation and optical applications. We employ reticular chemistry knowledge to develop advance functional porous solids like metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), and Graphitic materials. The three main directions we are exploring are 1) Fundamental insight into the melting and glass formation in MOFs to transfer structural designability of crystals to hybrid glasses and liquids. 2) Development of novel porous liquids to combine the porosity of solids with flow properties of liquid in a single material. 3) Harvesting the unique chemical and physical properties of these advanced porous materials for both scientifically and industrially relevant applications.