Extending our sincere appreciation to Prof. Charl FJ Faul and Prof. David Fermin for their insightful lecture. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us! Faul Research Group #AcademicExcellence #KnowledgeSharing

Finalised paper now available: doi.org/10.1002/marc.2…

Our cover feature with ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces/ACS Publications! Here, we describe a porous organic polymer (POP) made of interconnected, protonated polyaryl amines. This material rapidly removes carcinogenic Cr₂O₇²⁻ with high capacity, selectivity and reusability. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Many thanks to Anna Slater (she/her), Michael Price, ANANYA MISHRA and Prof. Kaner of UCLA Chem & Biochem for their engaging talks at the 2024 Timms Lecture this week here at University of Bristol/Bristol Chemistry.

Prof Faul was recently invited to spend some time at Tsinghua University Xuetang International Chemistry Summer School. Charl spent 6 years here as adjunct professor (2013–2019). Group member Jerry Mintah joins along on his first trip to China!

Prof. Olli Ikkala from Aalto University's Dept. of Applied Physics develops functional materials through hierarchical self-assemblies and biomimetics. He now visits the Faul Group. Here he is giving a lecture on life-inspired soft matter dynamics and functionalities today.

Congratulations to Dr Maximilian Hagemann who passed his PhD viva this afternoon. With thanks to Prof Stephen Mann of Bristol Chemistry and Prof Olli Ikkala of Aalto University for their expertise in the examination process. Photo below beautifully self-assembled in height order.

New paper in ChemistrySelect from Bristol Chemistry: “Towards Implantable Artificial Muscles: Epoxy-Based Bilayer Thermal Actuators". Key points include safe, low-voltage operation at physiological temps aimed at improving life for the aging population. doi.org/10.1002/slct.2…

Proud to share our paper by Worth et al. that explores the use of polytriphenylamine-based conjugated microporous polymers for advanced hydrogen storage applications in a thorough and detailed study. With thanks to Wiley in research for publishing in Small. doi.org/10.1002/smll.2…

Excellent achievement by Dr Fang and thanks to all examiners involved.

A huge congratulations to Dr Safa Al Siyabi for successfully passing her PhD viva! With thanks to Anna Slater (she/her) of the University of Liverpool and sebastien rochat of the University of Bristol for their expertise and time during the viva proceedings.

Our new manuscript Triphenylamine-Based Conjugated Microporous Polymers as the Next Generation Organic Cathode Materials is now available online in Wiley in research's Advanced Materials Early View.doi.org/10.1002/adma.2…

Maxi’s work on a series of dopamine-based polymers and introduced as non-cytotoxic, single-component bio-adhesives that outperform commercial options features on the front cover of Macromol. Rapid Commun. See article 2400345 (doi.org/10.1002/marc.2…) for more details. pic.x.com/VFJ9m047wO

Collaborative work between Ulia (Bristol Chemistry) & Ozlem (Gazi Üniversitesi) on "Electrorheological Fluids Based on Porous Carboxyl-Functionalized Polytriphenylamines" now available via ACS Publications.pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Here we report on a one-pot scalable synthesis method using autoclaves to produce conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) with enhanced surface area and exceptional adsorption capabilities for CO₂ and heavy metal ions. doi.org/10.1039/D5TA01…