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An international scientific platform connecting researchers, academic institutions, innovation leaders and industry through the rapidly evolving field of porous and functional materials.
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Advancing porous materials through global collaboration.
The PorScience Summit Series is a continuing international platform for scientific exchange, collaboration, innovation and translation from fundamental discovery toward practical technologies.
PorScience is designed as a continuing international platform for scientific exchange, collaboration, innovation and translation across porous and functional materials.
The Summit Series connects fundamental materials research with technology development, sustainability, emerging applications and academia-to-industry engagement.
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From discovery to impact.
Four connected priorities shape the Summit Series.
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2026 · India
A global scientific community.
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President
Prof. Dr. Armando J. L. Pombeiro
Instituto Superior Técnico · Portugal
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Vice President
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pisith Singjai
Chiang Mai University · Thailand
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Director
Prof. Dr. Brij Briz Mohan
Instituto Superior Técnico · Portugal
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2026 · Chandigarh, India
Porous MOFs and Composite Materials for Advanced Applications
Porous materials, especially metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and composites, are valued for their tunable structures, large surface areas, controllable pores, and versatile chemistry. Combining them with metal oxides, carbon materials, polymers, MXenes, COFs, and other components broadens applications in sensing, remediation, gas separation, catalysis, and energy technologies. This 10-lecture advanced course develops a systematic understanding of MOF-based materials, covering fundamental chemistry, design, synthesis, characterization, functionalization, composite formation, and applications. It emphasizes structure–property–performance relationships, critical literature evaluation, and challenges in stability, reproducibility, scalability, and device integration. Using a research-intensive, Harvard-style approach, lectures pair core concepts with recent studies, case analyses, experimental strategies, and open research questions. The course is suited to Master’s and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists in materials chemistry, nanotechnology, sensing, catalysis, environmental science, and energy materials.
14 Sep 2026 — 18 Sep 2026
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International Hybrid Workshop on Porous Materials 2026
Functionalized Metal–Organic Frameworks: Design, Characterization, and Structure–Property Relationships
6 August 2026
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published · Chandigarh, India
Porous MOFs and Composite Materials for Advanced Applications
14 Sep 2026 — 18 Sep 2026 · Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Porous materials, especially metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and composites, are valued for their tunable structures, large surface areas, controllable pores, and versatile chemistry. Combining them with metal oxides, carbon materials, polymers, MXenes, COFs, and other components broadens applications in sensing, remediation, gas separation, catalysis, and energy technologies. This 10-lecture advanced course develops a systematic understanding of MOF-based materials, covering fundamental chemistry, design, synthesis, characterization, functionalization, composite formation, and applications. It emphasizes structure–property–performance relationships, critical literature evaluation, and challenges in stability, reproducibility, scalability, and device integration. Using a research-intensive, Harvard-style approach, lectures pair core concepts with recent studies, case analyses, experimental strategies, and open research questions. The course is suited to Master’s and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists in materials chemistry, nanotechnology, sensing, catalysis, environmental science, and energy materials.
Ministry of Education, Government of India – support through RUSA, enabled the visit to Panjab University as Foreign Faculty.
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