RESEARCH INTERESTS
Our research program focuses on understanding function-structure relationships, and use this understanding to design and synthesize sustainable functional molecules and materials for applications in advanced materials engineering. Currently, novel porous materials containing chitosan and porphyrin motifs are studied to apply them to the field of CCU(Carbon Capture and Utilization) which refers to methods and technologies to remove CO2 from the flue gas and from the atmosphere, followed by recycling the CO2 for utilization. We also explore the design, synthesis and characterization of both monomers and macromolecules, in order to generate biomass-based polyurethanes and new functional chitosan derivatives. The functional colorants under study include photochromic dyes, fluorescent dyes, antimicrobial dyes, hair dyes and azo dye based chemosensors. The other themes of our researches include organic/inoragnic hybridized nanocomposites flame retardants, textile dyeings, hair colorations, and color physics for quality control.
We collaborate with theoretical, physical, and analytical chemists, optical scientists, and biologists providing researchers a multidisciplinary training.
