Our research is directed towards the investigations of various porous materials including zeolites, AlPO4 based molecular sieves, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and mesoporous materials as well as pillared lamellar solids, layered metal phosphates and transition metal dichalcogenides. These materials have many current and potential applications in industry as ion exchangers, molecular sieves, catalysts, sensors, ceramics, semiconductors and energy storage materials. Current efforts emphasize vibrational and, in particular, solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

Research Projects
Crystallization of microporous materials under hydrothermal, dry gel conversion and ionothermal conditions.
Characterization of inorganic framework materials containing quadrupolar nuclei at ultrahigh magnetic fields.
Host-guest interactions in porous materials
Tuning the properties of porous materials (MOFs and zeolites) by high external pressures (in collaboration with Professor Y. Song).
Solvothermal synthesis of mesoporous non-oxide semiconductors (in collaboration with Professor J. F. Corrigan).