The porous networks group
The Porous Networks Lab, led by Assoc.-Prof. Robert Woodward, develops porous organic materials to address challenges in sustainability and environmental remediation. By tailoring their chemistry and pore structure, we create functional sorbents capable of selective separation and storage, exploring applications from atmospheric water harvesting to pollutant capture.
The production of high-performance porous organic polymers from biogenic substrates for separation and storage
The urgent need for sustainable materials in separation and energy storage technologies has driven increasing interest in porous organic polymers. This project focuses on the design and synthesis of hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) derived from renewable, biogenic feedstocks. By leveraging the structural diversity and functionality of biomass-derived precursors, the project aims to develop environmentally benign synthetic routes towards high surface area HCPs with tunable porosity, chemical functionality and stability. Through systematic variation of crosslinking strategies and monomer functionalities, the research will explore structure-property relationships to optimize materials for a variety of separation applications including atmospheric water harvesting, CO2 capture, and energy storage.
Supervisor: Robert T. Woodward
Sponsor: Cluster of Excellence, Circular Bioengineering
Anastasiia Naryshkina
