报告人：Prof.  Andrew Whittaker

主持人：杨曙光 中心副主任

时间：2024年10月28日（星期一）10:00

地点：复合材料协同创新中心大楼A212学术交流室

报告人简介：

Prof. Andrew Whittaker is Australian Professorial Fellow and Senior Group Leader within the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, at The University of Queensland. Whittaker is a polymeric physical chemist with underpinning expertise in NMR and MRI of materials. His work focusses on understanding science at the interface, whether that be the interface between materials and biological entities, or the interface between synthetic materials. He has contributed advances to every major lithographic node over the past 20 year. He holds a number of patents in these areas and his research discoveries have been licensed to major corporations.

报告摘要：

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemical compounds, which are highly stable and can accumulate and persist in the environment for decades. Much recent attention has been given to the potential harmful effects to humans arising from prolonged exposure to PFAS. Thus, effective removal of PFAS from the environment has become a major focus of a number research groups. In this report we describe the design of partly-fluorinated and cationic block copolymers for removal of a range of PFAS molecules. Our materials out-perform other reported technologies for removal of a wide range of PFAS.