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08/17/2021; Collaboration work with Prof. Scott M. Auerbach’s group. “Identifying Order and Disorder in Double Four-Membered Rings via Raman Spectroscopy during Crystallization of LTA Zeolite” is published in Chemistry of Materials (Link). Congratulation to Song Luo and Tongkun Wang.
08/12/2021; Glucan Oligomer Production; Dr. Qiyu Liu's paper, " Adsorption-Enhanced Glucan Oligomer Production from Cellulose Hydrolysis over Hyper-Cross-Linked Polymer in Molten Salt Hydrate" Link is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulation to Qiyu Liu and all co-authors. The article is dedicated in memory of Professor Chia-Kuang (Frank) Tsung.
5/05/2021; Congratulation for the graduation of Jonathan Delaney, one of outstanding undergraduates working in our group for the last three years.
01/04/2021; 2D zeolite nanosheets. Dr. Sabnis’ paper, “Exfoliation of surfactant swollen layered MWW zeolites into two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets using telechelic liquid polybutadiene” Link is published in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Congratulation to Sanket Sabnis and all co-authors.
12/14/2020; P containing solid catalyst, Jason Gulbinski's paper, "Role of Silica Support in Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Production of p-Xylene from 2,5-Dimethylfuran and Ethylene" (Link) is published in Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. Congratulation to Jason Gulbinski and all co-authors, in particular, undergradaute student, Jonathan Delaney.
11/10/2020; Sanket Sabnis successfully defense his Ph.D. thesis “Synthesis of inorganic porous materials with tunable morphology for molecular adsorption and separation”. Congratulation, Dr. Sabnis.
11/28/2019; The collaboration work with Prof. Scott M. Auerbach's paper, "Critical Role of Tricyclic Bridges Including Neighboring Rings for Understanding Raman Spectra of Zeolites" (Link) is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulation to Song Luo and Tongkun Wang! The news is published on public media Eurekalert, Nanowerk, Phys.org, Science Daily, Chemeurope
09/16/2019; Xiaoduo Qi's paper, "Adsorptive Nature of Surface Barriers in MFI Nanocrystals" (Link) is published in Langmuir.
09/01/2019; Qiyu Liu's paper, "Production of high-yield short-chain oligomers from cellulose via selective hydrolysis in molten salt hydrates and separation" (Link) is published in Green Chemitry.
02/20/2019; Xiaoduo Qi's paper, "Selective Production of Aromatics by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Furan with In Situ Dehydrogenation of Propane" (Link) is published in Green Chemitry.
09/2018; Fan's group and Auerbach's group received a grant from DOE to study the formation mechanism of zeolite crystals.
08/2018; DOE EFRC Center (CCEI) is renewed. Fan's group will continue working on development of zeolite catalysts for biomass conversion. (Link)
01/28/2018; Vivek Vattipalli published on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed; "Broadening the Scope for Fluoride-Free Synthesis of Siliceous Zeolites" (Link) and selected as a cover art.
03/20/2018; Xiaoduo Qi's paper, "Silica Nanoparticle Mass Transfer Fins for MFI Composite Materials" (Link) is published in Chemistry of Materials.
09/08/2017; Sanket Sabnis shows his chalk art on Northampton Chalk Art Festival.
06/21/2017; Jinsheng Gou' paper, "The effects of ZSM-5 mesoporosity and morphology on the catalytic fast pyrolysis of furan" (Link) is published in Green Chemistry.
06/08/2017; Sanket Sabnis' paper, "Exfoliation of two-dimensional zeolites in liquid polybutadienes" (Link) is published in Chemical Communications.
10/10/2016; Vivek Vattipalli's paper, "Long Walks in Hierarchical Porous Materials due to Combined Surface and Configurational Diffusion" (Link) is published in Chemistry of Materials.
10/10/2016; Vivek Vattipalli's paper, "Long Walks in Hierarchical Porous Materials due to Combined Surface and Configurational Diffusion" (Link) is published in Chemistry of Materials.
10/03/2016; Hong Je Cho's paper, "Renewable p-Xylene from 2,5-Dimethylfuran and Ethylene Using Phosphorus-containing Zeolite Catalysts" (Link) is published in ChemCatChem.
05/06/2016; Wei Fan was selected for College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award
05/06/2016; Wei Fan was selected for Barbara H. and Joseph I. Goldstein Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, College of Engineering
10/27/2015; Chun-Chih Chang's paper, "Lewis acid zeolites for tandem Diels–Alder cycloaddition and dehydration of biomass-derived dimethylfuran and ethylene to renewable p-xylene" (Link), is published in Green Chemistry.
10/10/2015; Petent 'Rapid Synthesis of Beta Zeolites' is issused. Patent No. US 9108190B1
08/20/2015; Hong Je Cho won 3rd place on the Fifth Annual Graduate Student Award Symposium on the 250th ACS fall meeting at Boston. Hong Je Cho is one of the 7 finalists selected by the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division (I&EC) of ACS.
08/14/2015; Wei Fan presented on Nanoporous Materials & Their Applications Gordon Research Confernece
08/14/2015; Vivek Vattipalli was selected to give a short talk from student posters on Nanoporous Materials & Their Applications Gordon Research Confernece.
03/20/2015; Our undergraduate student, Xuanting Wang, is selected for 2015 UMass Amherst Rising Researcher student achievement award. She is one of the six studens receives the award cross all majors in UMass Amherst.

03/04/2015; Chun-Chih Chang's paper, "Fluoride-free synthesis of a Sn-BEA catalyst by dry gel conversion" (Link), is published in Green Chemistry.

03/02/2015; Chun-Chih Chang received the Achievement Award from Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation , an Energy Frontier Research Center founded by DOE. The award recognizes Chun-Chih's achievement on the synthesis of Sn-BEA catalyst for biomass conversion.
02/10/2015; "Three Dimensionally Ordered Mesoporous Carbon as a Stable, High-Performance Li–O2 Battery Cathode" (Link), is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. It is a collabration work with Prof. Dunwei Wang's group at Boston College. The works has been covered by several media. Azonano.com, Science 360, Phys.org, Nanotech-now.com, New Electronics, Chem.info, Manufacturing Business Technology, Space Daily, Science Newsline.

11/25/2014; Zhuopeng Wang and Chao Li's paper, "Direct, single-step synthesis of hierarchical zeolites without secondary templating" (Link), is published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

11/27/2014: Paul Dornath's paper, "Efficient mechano-catalytic depolymerization of crystalline cellulose by formation of branched glucan chains" (Link), is published in Green Chemistry and one of the most read paper on the journal.

06/25/2014: Hong Je's paper, "Base free, one-pot synthesis of lactic acid from glycerol using a bifunctional Pt/Sn-MFI catalyst"(Link), is featured as the front cover of Green Chemistry and also one of the most read paper on the journal from May to July of 2014.

06/04/2014: Chun-Chih Chang from our group wins 2014 Ed Price due to his outstanding resarch achievement.
05/12/20114: "Synthesis of hierarchical Sn-MFI as lewis acid catalysts for isomerization of cellulosic sugars" (Link) is published in ACS Catalysis as a research article.
05/07/2014: "Base free, one-pot synthesis of lactic acid from glycerol using a bifunctional Pt/Sn-MFI catalyst"(Link) is published in Green Chemistry as a communication.
05/09/2014: Paul Dornath received Best Poster Award at the New England Catalysis Society 2014 Spring Symposium.
3/20/2014: Wei Fan was selected to receive 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award for his work in the field of the development of porous materials for renewable chemicals
2/28/2014: "Dehydration of fructose into furans over zeolite catalyst using carbon black as adsorbent" (Link) is published in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials as a full article.

11/03/2013: "Dominance of Surface Barriers in Molecular Transport through Silicalite-1" (Link) is published in J. Phys. Chem. C by collabration with Prof.Dauenhauer's group.
10/07/2013: "Enhanced Molecular Transport in Hierarchical Silicalite-1" (Link) is published in Langmuir as a full article.
7/16/2013: "Confined synthesis of three-dimensionally ordered mesoporous-imprinted zeolites with tunable morphology and Si/Al ratio" (Link) is published in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials as a full article.

5/21/2013: "Ultra-selective cycloaddition of dimethylfuran for renewable p-xylene with H-BEA" (Link) is published in Green Chemistry. Most readed articles on Green Chemistry in May 2013.

5/4/2013: Hong Je Cho received Best Poster Award on New England Catalysis Society 2013 Spring Symposium

1/2013: Wei Fan was invited to give talks at (1) Nippon Chemical Industrial, Japan, 01/16/2013 (2) University of Tokyo, Japan, 01/15/2013 (3) Nanjing University, China, 01/09/2013 (4) University of Science and Technology of China, 01/10/2013

10/04/2012: "Production of p-Xylene from Biomass by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Using ZSM-5 Catalysts with Reduced Pore Openings" (Link) is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. The work is collaborated with Prof. Huber's group.

09/08/2012: "Rapid synthesis of Sn-Beta for the isomerization of cellulosic sugars " (Link) is published in RSC Advances as a communication.

09/01/2012: Nathan Abraham and Anthony Valle start their summer research work in our group;

08/01/2012: "Characterization of the Pore Structure of Three-Dimensionally Ordered Mesoporous Carbons Using High Resolution Gas Sorption" (Link) is published on Langmuir. The work is collaborated with Prof. Tsapatsis (University of Minnestoa), Prof. Neimark (Rutgers University) and Prof. Thommes (Quantachrome Instruments).

04/18/2012: Collabration work with Prof. Dauenhauer's group is pusblished on ACS Catalysis, "Cycloaddition of Biomass-Derived Furans for Catalytic Production of Renewable p-Xylene" (Link). The work is highlighted on several media: Biofuels Digest, Green Car Congress, Science Daily, Red Orbit, Bio-Medicine, e! Science News, Chemisch2Weekblad [Netherlands], R&D magazine, Renewable Energy magazine, Laboratory Equipment, Omnexus.com, Bioportfolio.com, Azom.com and Science Codex;

05/01/2012: Wei Fan is invited to give a talk on Small Angle X-ray Scattering Master Class at University of Minnesota;

03/27/2012: Wei Fan presents a keynote on Asian International Symposium, 92nd Annual Meeting of The Chemical Society of Japan;

03/15/2012: Wei Fan presents a invited talk on TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, "Hierarchical microporous materials: rational and designable heterogeneous catalysts for renewable energy";

Wei Fan presnets our results at University of New Hampshire, University of Maine, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Univeristy of Florida;

Spring 2012: Sanaz Taghvaii starts working in our group as a undergradute research assistant;

11/01/2011: Hong Je Cho joins our group as a graduate student;

08/08/2011: Our first paper is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (Link);

Collabration work with Prof. Huber's group is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition "Production of Renewable Aromatic Compounds by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass with Bifunctional Ga/ZSM-5 Catalysts" (Link). The work is highlighted on several media: Science Daily, Chemistry World, Biofuels Digest, Industrysearch.com, Agro Times, Innovations Report, Physorg.com, Lab Manager magazine, Thecuttingedgenews.com, Biofuelsjournal.com, e! Science News, Green Car Congress, ScienceBlog.com, Processingmagazine.com, Plastemart.com, Automotive World, Webnewswire.com, Agra-new.com, Biofuels Digest and Space Mart.

06/06/2011: Alexander Sachs and Hiu Fai Yeung start their summer researches. They are working on the synthesis of herarchical metal oxide catalysts.

06/06/2011: REU student of CCEI, Raymond Chan, starts working in our group. His reaserch interest is molecular diffsuion in mesoporous zeolites.

05/13/2011: Miles Sakwa-Novak graduated. He worked with Chun-Chih Chang on the formation mechanism of silica nanoparticles.

04/11/2011: Dr. Zhuopeng Wang from Jilin University joins our group. He studies on the rational synthsis of zeolite catalysts for biomass conversion. He is supported by CCEI.

11/01/2010: Chun-Chih Chang and Paul Dornath join our group as graduate students;
09/01/2010: Wei Fan starts the position in Chemical Engineering Department at UMass Amherst;

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