Robert Woodward
@robbiewoody
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Assoc.-Prof. of Applied Material's Chemistry @ University of Vienna. Scouse scientist. 🇬🇧/🇦🇹
Vienna, Austria
Joined June 2010
🚨 Just published 🚨 A low-cost and stable sulfonated hypercrosslinked polymer for atmospheric water harvesting – out now in Small 🧵
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We synthesised hypercrosslinked polymers with varying fluorine contents and surface areas up to 1750 m²/g. We tested their uptake of solvents like toluene & DCE, reaching >15 g/g adsorption. Performance correlated to porosity, not hydrophobicity.
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New paper in RSC Appl. Poly.! We made porous polymers for oil adsorption. 🧽🛢️ Turns out, hydrophobic fluorine moieties didn't help, just good old-fashioned porosity. They’re reusable, have high capacities, and can selectively separate oil from water.
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The selective removal of oil and oil-based contaminants from water remains a critical challenge in environmental remediation. Here, we report a series of hypercrosslinked polymers with high surface...
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RT @richard_normal: oh nice microsoft opened this document in protected view. this useful feature is keeping me safe.
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We used confined polymerisation to create butterfly-wing-inspired nanostructures 🦋. Our fabrics were capable of 97% light absorption, 85% intrinsic photothermal efficiency, and also work in salty seawater!
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📢 New paper in Advanced Science! We report low-cost fabrics for solar-driven interfacial evaporation. Just 1 m² of fabric can produce ~4 L of clean water per hour!💧. Big thanks to Mingqing (our visiting CSC student) & her supervisor in Shanghai, Yaozu.
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🚨 PhD opportunity @IMCRUnivie! 🚨. Join us in @univienna to develop porous polymer membranes for selective water purification.💧 Remove heavy metals, REEs & PFAS, and explore sustainable recovery. Apply by 31.03.2025 via the website below!. 👉 (PhD 1.8).
circularbioengineering.at
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Manchester Airport’s passport control when you’re leaving the UK.
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RT @ChemCommun: Explore our Chemistry for a Sustainable World collection. Including 'Tuneable sulfonated hypercrosslinked polymers for sele….
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We report sulfonated hypercrosslinked polymers (SHCPs) as heterogeneous catalysts for the selective esterification of hexanoic acid with benzyl alcohol. The SHCPs demonstrate tuneable catalytic...
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SFG revealed not only the role of H-bonding between MAA and EG units but also crucial MAA-MAA dimer formation. Grateful for the collaboration with Ellen Backus and her team, and with @PaceEmina from @IMCRUnivie.
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#BackToMyPhD with this one!🎓 We explore pH-responsive, acid-glycol branched copolymer surfactants with SFG spectroscopy, revealing detailed molecular interactions that lead to triggerable macroscopic changes. Exciting insights after 10+ years 🫣!
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RT @IMCRUnivie: Yesterday we unveiled our Forschungsstelle (Research Hub) in Lustenau, Vorarlberg with Vtrion Research. We had a great day….
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Sometimes simple approaches work out! We thermally oxidised a hypercrosslinked polymer (essentially just baked at 300 °C 👨🍳) to improve its hydrophilicity and, hence, atmospheric water harvesting ability. Check it out:.
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We explore the thermal oxidation of hyper-cross-linked polymers to enhance their hydrophilicity and efficacy in atmospheric water harvesting. Comprehensive chemical and physical characterizations are...
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Delighted to be a part of the CoE Circular Bioengineering, which was today awarded 16 million euros for frontier research 🔬. We’ve a fantastic team and we’re very much looking forward to getting underway!.
🔬🚀 16 Mio. Euro für Circular Bioengineering! Unter der Leitung der @BOKUVienna arbeiten @uni_graz, @tugraz, @univienna & @tuwien an nachhaltigen Bioprozessen und Materialien – unterstützt vom @FWF_at. ℹ️: &
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The pathway to tenure was tortuous but a lot of fun. A huge thank you to all of the @IMCRUnivie and @Bismarck_PaCE for supporting me throughout the journey. Looking forward to the future! We‘re just getting started! 💪🏻.
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Happy to announce I'm now a tenured Assoc.-Prof of Applied Materials Chemistry! I’m very grateful for the support of my colleagues and students who helped make this possible. 🧪 #ChemTwitter #TenureTrack.
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💧🌍 Our new perspective on atmospheric water harvesting argues crystallinity in porous organic networks may not be essential. We also provide a brief guide for researchers new to the field: #AtmosphericWaterHarvesting.
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We just set up our brand new 3Flex (🥳)! Looking for solutions for low-cost temperature control set ups, say from 20 to 50 oC. We have a really good heating bath spare but it’s absolutely huge. Does #ChemTwitter have any tips 🙏🏻?.
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Building from our Small paper, we report a sulfonated COF for atmospheric water harvesting 💧. Sulfonation shifted water uptake onset to <5% relative humidity. Another fruitful collab with @LabKleitz. Out now in ChemSusChem:
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
A sulfonated covalent organic framework, COF-SO3H, effectively harvests atmospheric water, exhibiting steep water sorption at low relative humidity. The inclusion of sulfonate groups shifts uptake...
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RT @stem_univie: Or maybe take a look into the sky?🔍The #atmosphere is an often overlooked reservoir of fresh #water. 💧.Materials chemist @….
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Airborne treasure: The atmosphere is an often overlooked reservoir of fresh water. Materials chemist Robert Woodward and his team developed a novel approach to tap into this precious resource in even...
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