Before the end of the trip in Korea this time, it was great to have visits at Chung-Ang University and Ewha Womans University! Thank Sol, Hoi Ri, and Jaewoong for the warm hosting!

Great visits at Kyungpook National University, Korea University and KAIST over the past 3 days! Thank Minyoung, Chang Seop and Minju for warm hosting, and good to initiate new ideas for further collaborations!

Looking forward to 2 more visits in Seoul next week!

Visits in Korea start!
11/12 (Wed.) Seminar@ Kyungpook National Univ. (ChemE)
11/13 (Thur.) Seminar@ Korea Univ. (Chem)
11/14 (Fri.) Seminar@ KAIST (CBE)
11/17 (Mon.) Seminar@ Chung-Ang Univ. (ChemE)
11/18 (Tue.) Seminar@ Ewha Womans Univ. (Chem)

Looking forward to meeting friends soon!

Prof. Joseph Hupp's visit in our department at NCKU!
It is very nice to have Joe here for the seminar lecture, individual meetings with several our faculty members, and group meeting with our group members!

Power of large pores in MOFs!
In our latest work by our student Tsan-Yu, aniline was polymerized in Zr-MOFs with large mesopores, small mesopores, and only micropores. PANI@large mesoporous MOF shows the best rate capability!
Check it in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces:
doi.org/10.1021/acsa...

In our student Hsin-Ya's work, we reported the first example of Zr-MOF initiator for polymerization to make a conducting polymer! 2D MOF-dispersed PPy can be synthesized for electrochemical sensing.
It is just out in ACS Applied Nano Materials:
doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
#OpenAccess

Enjoying EuroMOF 2025 at Crete! It was really fun time to meet so many friends!

Arriving at Greece! Looking forward to seeing friends at EuroMOF @euromof.bsky.social
tomorrow at Crete!

Nice to meet so many friends with enriched discussions at GRC Nanoporous Materials!

Great visit and enjoyable discussions at Dartmouth!
Thank Katherine and the Mirica Group for the warm hosting, and it's my pleasure to serve as the external examiner for the defense of Dr. Cline!

Looking forward to meeting friends at GRC Nanoporous Materials next week!

Our master student Yu-Chi's work, showing that halogen atoms on linkers of defective UiO-66 can facilitate electrocatalytic oxygen evolution (OER) occurring on neighboring installed iridium sites, is out in CrystEngComm!
doi.org/10.1039/D5CE...

Farewell & welcome party of the group in 2025!
Congratulations to 5 master & 1 PhD students on (going to) graduate this Summer, and congratulations to Kuan-Chu on starting the new journey as PhD student in ChemE at Rice!

Really enjoying AMIC 2025 in Singapore! In addition to talks and discussions, it is also great to show the power of Karaoke from Taiwan (in the banquet)!

Attending Applied Materials & Interfaces Conference (AMIC) in Singapore! Great to meet old and new friends!

Beginning of MOF Taiwan-2025 at NTU, and the party prior to the conference!
Great to meet so many friends!

Great to meet Prof. Xing Yi Ling at NCKU, Taiwan, and really enjoying the discussion!
Looking forward to meeting you again at AMIC 2025 in Singapore soon!

Mesopore matters! Our master student Tzu-Hsien's work shows that creating large mesopores in Zr-MOF by surfactant-assisted synthesis can accelerate the ion-coupled charge-hopping process and thus boost electrochemical performances. It is out in Electrochimica Acta:
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

Our review on Zr-MOFs for batteries and supercapacitors is out in Coordination Chemistry Reviews!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
I was working intensively on it for a couple months during late 2024, and good to see it's out! Also, glad to see it's a part of special issue of MOF2024@Singapore!