Conference Contributions and Proceedings

  1. Invited seminar: “Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs): Versatile Materials for Advanced Applications “. Cagliari (Italy), 20th June 2025.
  2. Invited seminar: “Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs): Versatile Materials for Advanced Applications “. Ljubljana (Slovenia) 16th April 2025.
  3. Oral contribution: “Triptycene based PIMs for gas separation“. Euromembrane 2024. Prague (Czech Republic), 8-12th September 2024.
  4. Invited speaker: “Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs): versatile materials for gas separation and catalysis“. Lectures and seminars Universite’ de Bourgogne (ICMUB). Dijon 28th June 2024.
  5. Invited speaker: ISQCH 2023 Lecture Series: “Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs): versatile materials for gas separation and catalysis“. Zaragoza 23rd November 2023.
  6. Invited speaker: “Tröger’s base network PIMs with tunable pore size for heterogeneous catalysis” MoCa Meeting. Pavia 9th June 2023.
  7. Invited seminar: “Network PIMs with tunable pore size for gas separation and heterogeneous catalysis”. University of Valladolid (Spain) 23rd March 2023.
  8. Invited speaker: “Tröger’s base network PIMs with tunable pore size for heterogeneous catalysis”. 2nd Greenering Conference. Valladolid (Spain) 21-23rd March 2023.
  9. Keynote speaker: “Synthesis of novel organic fillers for efficient Mixed Matrix Membranes (MMMs)”. Euromembrane 2022. Sorrento (Naples), 20-24th November 2022.
  10. Keynote speaker: “Effect of crystalline and amorphous fillers on novel mixed matrix membranes based on polymers of intrinsic microporosity”  International Congress on Membranes & Membrane Processes 2020. Online – 7-11th December 2020
  11. Invited speaker: “Mixed Matrix Membranes for Gas Separation: Crystalline vs Amorphous Fillers” The First International Conference on “Green” Polymer Materials 2020 (Online). 05/11/2020 – 25/11/2020
  12. UK-China bilateral workshop on Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications (MEEA2018), Nanjing, 14-17th October 2018
  13. Invited seminar: “Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs): organic materials for membrane separations, catalysis and electrochemistry”  Imperial College London, 24th July 2018
  14. Invited speaker: RSC South West Regional Meeting. “Polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas separation membranes” Bristol (UK), 17th January 2018
  15. The Spring programme is a collaboration between the Department of Chemistry, Swansea University ChemSoc, and the South West Wales Local Section of the RSC. – Synthesis and applications of organic microporous materials – Swansea (UK), 21st February 2018
  16. UK MEMBRANE SHOWCASE – New polymers for membrane separations – Manchester (UK) 13-14th June 2018
  17. 6th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress “Polymers of intrinsic microporosity for use as molecular sieve membranes” 11-15th September 2016 Seville, Spain
  18. Pacifichem 2015. “Polymers of intrinsic microporosity for use as molecular sieve membranes” Honolulu (USA) 15-20th December 2015.
  19. SCCS Conference 2015 “Ultrapermeable Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs)
    based on Benzotriptycene” Wednesday, 28 October 2015, Edinburgh (UK)
  20. “La parola ai giovani” – Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs): organic multi-functional materials – Sassari (Italy), 5th December 2014
  21. 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition “Design and synthesis of polymers of intrinsic microporosity for membrane-based gas separations” 10-14th August 2014, San Francisco, CA, United States
  22. 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition “Spirobifluorene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas separation membranes” 10-14th August 2014, San Francisco, CA, United States
  23. 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition “Triptycene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) prepared via Troger’s base formation” 10-14th August 2014, San Francisco, CA, United States
  24. 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition “Microporous polyimides for membrane gas separations” 10-14th August 2014, San Francisco, CA, United States
  25. 11th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC11) “Novel Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs) for gas separation membranes” 8-11th  July 2013, Coventry, United Kingdom
  26. “DoubleNanoMem – Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Polymeric Membranes for Gas and Vapour Separations “Synthesis and properties of hexaphenylbenzene-based Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (HPB-PIMs)” Grand Hotel San Michele, Cetraro (CS) – Italy, 15-18th May, 2012
  27. European Symposium of Organic Chemistry (ESOC) “Hexaphenylbenzene: a versatile monomer for the synthesis of novel microporous materials” 10-15th July 2011, Crete (Greece)
  28. 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition “Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) derived from bowl-shaped monomers” August 28-September 1, 2011 Denver, CO, United States
  29. APS March Meeting “Characterizing the Structure and Porosity of Organic Molecules of Intrinsic Microporosity by Molecular Simulations and Experiment” 21–25th March 2011, Dallas, Texas
  30. APS March Meeting “Organic Molecules and Network Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity: Structural Characterization via X-ray Scattering and Simulations” 21–25th March 2011, Dallas, Texas
  31. MACRO2010 43rd IUPAC World Polymer Congress “Synthesis of PIMs based on hexaphenylbenzene” 11-16th July 2010, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  32. ICCOSS XIX (International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State) “The potential and limitations of the catechol unit for the design of hydrogen-bonded clathrates” 14-19th Jun 2009, Sestri Levante (Italy)
  33. 238th ACS National Meeting “Novel polymers of intrinsic microporosity” Washington, DC, United States, August 16-20th, 2009, Washington; 2009
  34. 16th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC 16) “Spiro-bisnaphthalene” based monomers and polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) 12-16th July 2009, Prague, Czech Republic
  35. 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston “Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): Multifunctional organic materials” 19-23rd August 2007, Boston, MA, United States
  36. 1st EuCheMS Chemistry Congress ““Novel Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs)” 27-31st August 2006, Budapest, Hungary
  37. International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-4) “Phthalocyanine- and porphyrin-containing polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): multi-functional organic materials” 3-7th July 2006 (Rome, Italy)