Synthesis & Characterisation Photoresponsive Metal Organic Frameworks & Implementation of Cavity Perturbation Theory in study of Liquid Chromatography

该项目将研究使用光活性晶体多孔材料，如金属-有机骨架(MOF)作为纳米流体设备的平台。这种材料提供了作为受控客体扩散的宿主的潜力，其中激光诱导的结构变化可以指导客体物种的流动。能够在这种规模上研究和控制分子的运动，为用于医疗诊断、传感和材料分类应用的微流控设备的微型化提供了令人兴奋的可能性，一个最终目标是单分子分类。这是一种新的方法，它建立在全球MOF社区的基础上，并从全球MOF社区分离到纳米流体领域，为动机强烈的研究生提供了丰富的机会。

The project will investigate the use of photoactive crystalline porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a platform for nanofluidic devices. Such materials offer the potential to act as hosts for controlled guest diffusion, in which laser-induced structural changes can direct the flow of guest species. Being able to study and control the movement of molecules on this scale offers exciting possibilities in the miniaturising of microfluidic devices used for medical diagnostics, sensing, and materials sorting applications, with one ultimate goal being single-molecule sorting. This is a new approach that builds on and diverges from the global MOF community into the realm of nanofluidics, offering rich opportunities for a strongly motivated graduate student.