Our Research
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Pioneering Biocompatible MOFs: Our research group specialises in the development of innovative Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for the targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics and antibiotics, focusing on treating cancer and combating resistant bacterial infections. By improving current pharmaceuticals through MOFs, we aim to advance biomedicine and enhance overall quality of life.
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Next-Generation MOF-Based Sensors: We are at the forefront of creating next-gen MOF-based sensors to enhance environmental protection, focusing on detecting hazardous substances with unprecedented sensitivity and precision.
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Our research employs a wide array of cutting-edge techniques, including Infrared (IR) and UV-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy, magnetic studies, gas adsorption studies, and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). We also utilise Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Nanosight tracking analysis, Energy-Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) analysis, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography to drive our discoveries forward.
Galway Porous Materials has a strong interest in the synthesis of novel metal-organic frameworks . Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a family of hybrid porous materials that have attracted immense research interest in recent decades due to their appealing structural features.
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They often possess large surface area, high porosity, flexible structure, an amphiphilic internal microenvironment, and the possibility of introducing functional groups in the pores and frameworks in a spatially controlled way, which make these materials especially suitable for encapsulating a large variety of guest molecules. As such, MOFs can be used in a wide range of applications, e.g. gas storage and/or separation, magnetism, catalysis, sensing, drug delivery and imaging related applications.
