Senior lecturer in Data Science and Materials Discovery @BristolUni. Swiss in the UK, science, gin and sports enthusiast. Previously @epfl, @mit and @UniofBath.
🚨Last call🚨 for oral abstracts to present at the coming #UKPorMat conference in Bristol in June! Deadline is tomorrow, send us one if you work on anything porous!
We look forward to seeing you in Bristol in June ☀️
Visit https://t.co/MlKz6E8buN for info and details.
By popular demand, abstract submission deadlines have been extended - send us your porous materials abstracts, and come visit us in Bristol this June! Details at https://t.co/ppiIsxl8KB
@RSC_PorMat
By popular demand, abstract submission deadlines have been extended - send us your porous materials abstracts, and come visit us in Bristol this June! Details at https://t.co/ppiIsxl8KB
@RSC_PorMat
📢Just a few days to send your oral abstracts for #UKPorMat2026, deadline on the 31st January📢@snayak777 and I are looking forward to welcoming you in the beautiful city of Bristol🌉on the 9-10 June 2026 for what promises to be an excellent and fun porous materials conference.
We welcome contributions from researchers at any career stage, reporting research on any type of porous materials without fear or favour! 🧽The fabulous lineup of invited speakers, and information for abstract submission and registration are available on https://t.co/MRGJqp4jgd
📢Just a few days to send your oral abstracts for #UKPorMat2026, deadline on the 31st January📢@snayak777 and I are looking forward to welcoming you in the beautiful city of Bristol🌉on the 9-10 June 2026 for what promises to be an excellent and fun porous materials conference.
The fibres are "immersed" in a polymer matrix and the cracks typically appear at the polymer/fibre interface. I'm endlessly fascinated by the ability we have to see matter evolving at such a small scale - truly a microscopy tour de force.
Understanding how and why tiny cracks form in composite materials will help engineers improve cryogenic composite designs—making them safer and more reliable for future applications in cold environments, such as in the growing fields of sustainable aviation and hydrogen storage.
And this shows one of the timelapse images from the paper - can you see the tiny cracks forming as the temperature goes down? The circles on the image are cross-sections of carbon fibres, of diameter of around 5 micrometers - that's smaller than human hairs!
Abstracts open for the 2nd conference on Engineering Porous Materials at Multiple Scales, 17-18 Sept 2025, in Bath. Covering a broad range of topics that reflect the different scales of study, use, and porosity in porous materials research.
https://t.co/PUogS5IdNh
This work led by talented PhD student Stella (Yuxing) Wang at @bristolchem shows that polymers of intrinsic microporosity, known for uses in separation processes or water purification, are also excellent at absorbing light, which will make them useful in many new applications.
🚨New paper alert!🚨 Check it out for a new applications of polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) in light harvesting! Very proud as this is one of the first projects I started when I joined @BristolChem and @BristolEngMaths a couple of years ago. https://t.co/DJQ114XGbc
Space materials developed by our researchers have landed on the @Space_Station for testing 🛰️🔭
The "next generation" materials could be used to build future space bases or spacecraft 🚀
@BristolUniEng @UoBrisComposite@i_hamerton