You are cordially invited to attend the seminar organized by the Department of Chemistry.<\/p>\n
Title: Self-Assembly of Multifunctional Framework Materials for Sensing, Filtration, and Detoxification of Environmental Pollutants<\/p>\n
Speaker: Patrick Damacet<\/p>\n
Date: 02\/06\/2026, Tuesday
\nTime: 12:30 (Turkiye Time)
\nThis is an online seminar. To request event details please send a message to department.<\/p>\n
Self-Assembly of Multifunctional Framework Materials for Sensing, Filtration, and Detoxification of Environmental Pollutants
\nEnvironmental stewardship increasingly depends on the development of advanced technologies capable of monitoring and mitigating air and water pollution. Porous framework materials, particularly metal\u2013organic frameworks (MOFs), offer a highly tunable reticular platform that combines crystallinity, porosity, and bottom-up self-assembly, making them promising candidates for environmental remediation and sensing applications. This seminar will highlight novel strategies for the crystal engineering of multifunctional MOFs through out-of-thermodynamic-equilibrium reaction\u2013diffusion and near-equilibrium solvothermal synthetic strategies that enable precise control over structural, morphological, and physicochemical properties of MOFs. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding how synthetic pathways influence framework architecture, active-site accessibility, defect formation, conductivity, and interfacial behavior. The presentation will further examine how these parameters govern structure\u2013property\u2013function relationships that connect molecular-level chemical interactions with emergent material properties and performance metrics in gas- and aqueous-phase sensing and filtration. In addition, strategies for integrating MOFs onto flexible textile substrates through controlled deposition approaches toward the development of wearable and adaptable sensing and filtration platforms will be discussed. Collectively, these studies establish broader design principles focused on developing next-generation multifunctional porous material platforms for environmental monitoring, remediation, and separations.<\/p>\n
Short Biography:
\nPatrick Damacet is a PhD Innovation Fellow in the Chemistry Department at Dartmouth College working with Prof. Katherine A. Mirica. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Materials Chemistry from the American University of Beirut, where he worked with Prof. Mohamad Hmadeh on the synthesis and application of zirconium-based MOFs for water remediation and photocatalysis. At Dartmouth, his research focuses on the bottom-up self-assembly and patterning of multifunctional framework materials through near- and out-of-equilibrium synthetic strategies for environmental stewardship and monitoring applications, including the sensing, filtration, and detoxification of air and water pollutants. Patrick has received several awards at Dartmouth, including the PhD Innovation Fellowship, the Walter H. Stockmayer Chemistry Graduate Fellowship, Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award, and is currently Dartmouth\u2019s nominee for the global Schmidt Science Fellows award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You are cordially invited to attend the seminar organized by the Department of Chemistry. Title: Self-Assembly of Multifunctional Framework Materials for Sensing, Filtration, and Detoxification of Environmental Pollutants Speaker: Patrick Damacet Date: 02\/06\/2026, Tuesday Time: 12:30 (Turkiye Time) This is an online seminar. To request event details please send a [\u2026] <\/p>\n