RSC Porous Materials Interest Group

Still time to register for our next online seminar, given by Pierre Karam and Sara Realista - registration link below.

Slide advertising online seminars by Pierre Karam and Sara Realista

After a break, our next PorMat Webinar is on Tuesday 29th of July at 10:00 UK time:

Pierre Karam - Smart Luminescent MOFs: Dual Strategies for Thermal Sensing and Structural Design
and
Sara Realista - Exploring MOFs for CO2 Electrocatalysis.

Registration: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/560...

Finally we have Soumalya Bhattacharyya from
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social who won a prize sponsored by
@unibirmingham.bsky.social with the poster:

Metal-ligand coordination-driven self-assembly of topologically rare PdnL2n cages

Next we have Harry Woodfin from @ox.ac.uk who won a prize sponsored by @unibirmingham.bsky.social with the poster:

Electrochemical growth of HKUST-1 MOF on electrospun PVDF nanofibers

Next we have Niamh Yates from @unisouthampton.bsky.social
who won a prize sponsored by @unibirmingham.bsky.social
with the poster:

Detecting nitrite in water using Rh6G@UiO-66-NH2 and UiO-66-NH2 microfluidic paper-based analytical devices

Next we have @gracefarmer.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social who won a prize sponsored by @unibirmingham.bsky.social with the poster:

Ordering Bent and Straight Dicarboxylate Linkers in an fcu Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework

Second we have Shannah Kerrigan from @edinburghchem.bsky.social‬ who won a prize sponsored by @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social with the poster:

Solution-state and solid-state investigation into phthalocyanine and porphyrin heterodimers

First we have Madeleine Marnell from @york.ac.uk who won a prize sponsored by @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social with the poster:

Crystal engineering of conductive MOFs: π-π interactions and linear vs angular ligand–metal coordination

Congratulations to all of our poster prize winners at UKPORMAT 2025, and to @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social and @unibirmingham.bsky.social for sponsoring the prizes.

Winners, and certificate pictures below

Thanks to all who attended UKPORMAT25, and the @unibirmingham.bsky.social for hosting it.

It was great to see so many interesting talks, poster presentations and fruitful scientific discussions.

See you all next year at Bristol!

***REGISTRATION EXTENDED! Final deadline 23rd May***

Day 2 is just as exciting:

The schedule for day one is here and it's looking great:

#UKPorMat2025 is fast approaching & registration is still open at the moment

ukpormat.com

Not only do we have an outstanding invited speaker list, we're delighted to be able to advertise the rest of our fantastic lineup.

Still time to register for UKPORMAT! Registration closes 16th May 2025

UKPORMAT update: We have confirmed our list of Invited Speakers for the 8th Annual UK Porous Materials Conference (UKPorMat) in Birmingham 3-4 June.

Registration closes: 16th May 2025

More information: www.ukpormat.com

And we are also looking forward to hearing from special invited speaker Professor Sir Anthony Cheetham from UC Santa Barbara @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social www.chem.ucsb.edu/people/antho...

And Professor Bettina Lotsch from the Max Plank Institute for Solid State Research @mpifkf.bsky.social www.cup.uni-muenchen.de/ac/lotsch/

Dr Lauren Macreadie from the University of New South Wales @unsw.edu.au @unswchemistry.bsky.social research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-la...

Professor Len Barbour from the University of Lincoln academic.sun.ac.za/barbour/Home...

Professor Hoi Ri Moon from Ewha Womans University hoirimoon.ewha.ac.kr

Professor Anna Slater from the University of Liverpool @annagslater.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social www.agslatergroup.com

We are excited to announce our line-up of plenary speakers for the 8th UKPorMat conference www.ukpormat.com to be held at @unibirmingham.bsky.social Professor Neil McKeown from the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @edinburghchem.bsky.social neilmckeownedinburgh.wordpress.com

This includes undergraduate students & postgraduate students (MSc or PhD), postdoctoral researchers, technical staff at any career stage, or independent early career academics (defined as those within five years of starting their first independent position) are all eligible to apply.

We are delighted that the Interest Group is offering bursaries to early career researchers to attend the UK Porous Materials Conference in Birmingham.

Further information and to apply, please see our website: www.ukpormat.com/bursaries

Deadline for bursary applications is Tuesday 15th May.

Due to popular demand, the deadline for submission of abstracts for poster presentations has been extended to 4th April.

We are delighted that the Interest Group will be able to offer bursaries to early career researchers to attend the meeting, with applications opening in the very near future.

Still time to register for tomorrow's webinar!

Details below

Our next Porous Materials webinar is this Tuesday at 14:00 UK time, the speakers are Sadhan Jana & Marc Little

Register here:
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/756...

Oral abstract deadline is today, do get one in if porosity is your thing!

Come join us in Birmingham in June 😃
#UKPorMat2025
#Chemsky
@uobchemistry.bsky.social
@rsc-pormat.bsky.social

More Exciting news - We now have confirmed our list of Invited Speakers for the 8th Annual UK Porous Materials Conference (UKPorMat) in Birmingham 3-4 June. Oral abstracts deadline is now 21st March (this Friday!).

More information:
www.ukpormat.com