Molecular Organic Materials
Molecular organic materials are assembled from discrete organic molecules, these discrete nanocavities or open frameworks formed by non-covalent interactions have emerged as a versatile functional-materials platform, facilitated by the solubility of the materials in common organic solvents. They have shown potential in a wide range of applications including gas uptake, molecular separations, as catalyst support, chemical sensors, and energy storage.
Materials for Environmental Applications & Clean Energy
Functional materials hold the promise to solve some of our world's most pressing challenges, such as environmental pollution and energy shortage. Our journey will not stop at designing and synthesis of the above-constructed materials but continue to push the applications of them with our industrial collaborators. For example: capture of toxic air pollutants, separate hydrogen isotope as fuels for nuclear fusion energy, proton exchange membranes for fuel cells and battery related technologies.
Data Driven Materials Discovery
Through the use of high-throughput automation and Computer Aided Materials Science we aim to develop new approaches to materials science, re-thinking potential applications and bringing it into the 21st Century. The potential that new, and at scale, aggregations of automation, control and cognitive computing can offer is limitless.
