EPSRC Network: Engineering Porous Materials at Multiple Scales

Our final presentation is Yuxing Wang from University of Bristol presenting on polymers of intrinsic microporosity. #EPoMM_2025

Joshua Nicks from the University of Bath presenting on porous foams for air purification. #EPoMM_2025

Our final session begins with Chaoying Wan from Warwick University presenting on foam recycling. #EPoMM_2025

Thanks also to @timeasun.bsky.social (Tim Easun) from the University of Birmingham for excellent chairing of session.

Our final presentation of Session 5 is Darren Broom from Hiden Isochema presenting on improving robustness and reproducibility of adsorption measurements. #EPoMM_2025

Stephen Lyth from Strathclyde presenting on the effect of porosity on electrocatalysts. #EPoMM_2025

Zihan Wang from Exeter University presenting on porous materials for water splitting. #EPoMM_2025

James Roscow from University of Bath presenting on porous functional materials. #EPoMM_2025

Sajjad Foroughi from Imperial College London presenting on decoding the physics of termite nests. #EPoMM_2025

Fatiha Bouchelaghem from Sorbonne University presenting on membrane efficiency. #EPoMM_2025

Our second speaker is Muhammad Maulana from Kyushu University presenting on sorbent-filled gas storage tanks. #EPoMM_2025

Day 2 begins with Vahid Niasar from University of Manchester presenting of multi-scale modelling of porous media. #EPoMM_2025

Nice shot; guests look quasi close-packed in the presence of EtOH, not an unexpected phenomenon, and could lead to interesting time-dependent effects with increasing EtOH concentration 😎

Porous conference dinner begins, with pores.

Porous materials evening reception.

Our final presentation of Day 1 is Rajan Jagpal from University of Bath presenting on novel analysis of microporous carbons. #EPoMM_2025

Nancy Zhang from University of Bristol now presenting on porous metal hydride, MgH2. #EPoMM_2025

Neil Robinson from Queens University Belfast on using NMR to characterise porous engineering materials. [online]. #EPoMM_2025

Our final session of Day 1 begins with Stefano Brandani of University of Edinburgh presenting on novel nanopoorus materials. Chaired by Darren Broom.

Final speaker of Session 2 is Chengming Shang from University of Exeter presenting on MOF composites for onboard hydrogen storage. #EPoMM_2025

Yes. You can also porosify the dense regions of a porous material - so needs a porosification index for
such hybrid porosified systems (HyPS).

Vladimir Zholobenko from Keele University presenting on efficient zeolite catalysts. #EPoMM_2025

Jacopo Lavazza from University of Bristol presenting on microstructure of Molongo Wood. Mostly pores. #EPoMM_2025

One for IUPAC.

Why have I not heard the wonderful word "porosify" before?

If anything, "porosification" is even better...

@epomm.bsky.social

Ben Thornley from University of Cambridge presenting on porous GaN. #EPoMM_2025

In which I just learned that we consume more concrete than food per person each year.

Session 2 begins with Susan Bernal from University of Bath presenting on cementitious materials. #EPoMM_2025

Porous materials researchers adsorbing onto lunch table. #EPoMM_2025

Mathew Robinson from Cardiff University presenting on tuning zeolite catalysts using organic additives. #EPoMM_2025