PHUNG LE LAB

Welcome to Phung Le Lab

We focus on Research development and Technology transfer in fields:

Process System Engineering for Development of Agro-Industry, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Environmental, Energy Process
Waste to Energy and advance materials technology
Renewable Energy, Green Technology, Cleaner Production
Develop technology for Sustainable development and economic circulation (agriculture, process and products, plastic wastes, environments)
High-performance products from agro-residues and natural product for fruit preservation, plant protection, and biomedical applications

Research Fields

Aerogel

Our team predominantly focuses on reducing redundant wastes such as pineapple leave, cotton waste, fly ash, coconut coir, rice straw and conversing them into high-value engineering aerogels. The aerogels can be applied in various fields such as wastewater treatment by adsorption of oil, dyes, and heavy metals, food packaging, and building construction as heat and sound insulation materials. Recently, we have also developed aerogel composites to not only improve their mechanical and chemical properties but also broaden their applications in practice. These works are in an attempt to preserve the environment toward sustainable development.

Hydrogel

We found that two abundant sources of polysaccharides in the environment, chitosan and cellulose, have great potential in manufacturing high-value engineering materials. One such material is a hydrogel known as a smart and highly applicable drug delivery carrier because of its nature, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and ability to encapsulate, carry and release the drug to the desired target flexibly depending on the conditions of the patient. We are currently developing novel procedure of synthesizing hydrogels derived from cellulose and chitosan in combination with natural extracts for biomedical applications.

Sustainable Processes

We focus on the development of technologies for "green" biomass processing and bioenergy production such as gasification, pyrolysis of agricultural by-products in order to produce syngas, heat, bio-oil, biochar, improvement of fuel properties using the integrated process of pyrolysis and hydrodeoxygenation used for engines, waste-treatment technologies for power generation, and bio-fertilizers, biogas. Besides, the development and application of green and advanced technologies for a sustainable environment are always conducted such as (i) The low-temperature and eco-friendly pollutant treatment technologies using light and electricity; (ii) technologies for purifying, refining, and enhancing the value of waste/and by-products, biomass, biogas,... based on development of nanostructured materials; (iii) novel technologies for air and water quality control

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