Polymer Chemistry

In the context of growing concerns about energy sustainability and climate change mitigation, the capture and storage of light energy, particularly solar energy, has become a key research area. This study focuses on the development and optimization of bio-based luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs), using transparent wood as a host matrix and coumarins as luminescent species.

Polymeric membranes have gained considerable interest in both the scientific and industrial communities due to their wide range of applications. This technology has emerged as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative for gas separation. A polymeric material for gas separation applications must exhibit high permeability and selectivity for one of the components in the mixture. Therefore, the development of new materials with high performance in gas separation involves finding a balance between these two parameters.