BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ZContent.net//ZapCalLib 1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Exploring Flexibility and Connectivity in Synthetic Porous Framewor
 ks
LOCATION:Chemistry, A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20231024T160000
UID:2026-04-24-21-54-27@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260424T215427
Description:Abstract: \n\nSynthetic permanently porous materials are poised
  to play a key role in our transition to a more sustainable society. Owing
  to their structural and chemical modularity\, synthetic frameworks\, such
  as metal–organic\, covalent\, and hydrogen-bonded networks\, are unique
 ly amenable to realizing highly specific functionality for emergent clean 
 energy applications. However\, desired performance for many pressing chall
 enges\, such as H2 delivery and light harvesting for electricity generatio
 n\, continue to elude established framework classes. Thus\, the pursuit of
  synthetic porous frameworks with emergent behaviors and of entirely new c
 lasses of frameworks is essential. In this vein\, this talk will cover two
  distinct efforts to diversify function and form. First\, recent efforts t
 o harness reversible framework flexibility to enhance usable capacities of
  hydrogen storage and delivery will be discussed. Then\, the recent discov
 ery of a novel class of frameworks assembled and stabilized through noncov
 alent chalcogen bonds\, called Chalcogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks (ChOFs)
 \, will be detailed.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nAbout the Speaker: \n\nMike attended th
 e University of Minnesota\, where he majored in chemistry and worked in t
 he lab of Prof. Bill Tolman studying copper-oxo complexes. Mike then pursu
 ed his Ph.D. in chemistry under Prof. Chad Mirkin at Northwestern Univers
 ity\, where he focused on the design and synthesis of stimuli-responsive c
 oordination complexes for regulated catalysis. After completing his Ph.D. 
 studies\, Mike joined Prof. Jeffrey Long’s group at UC–Berkeley as a P
 hilomathia post-doctoral fellow. In the Long Group\, Mike\\'s work was foc
 used on the design\, discovery\, and characterization of non-classic gas a
 dsorption in metal–organic frameworks. In 2019\, Mike took his position
  in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado School of Mines\, establishing
  the Supramolecular Materials Chemistry laboratory. The lab’s work addre
 sses fundamental scientific challenges related to porous materials\, s
 upramolecular assembly\, and environmental sustainability\, leveraging 
 expertise in noncovalent interactions\, structural order\, and chemical r
 eactivity to develop synthetic tools for the by-design construction and p
 rogrammed destruction of functional materials. The McGuirk Lab was recogni
 zed with the NSF CAREER award from the DMR SSMC program in 2022 and in the
  DOE Early Career Research Program Award from the Separations Science prog
 ram in 2023. 4:00 pm
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR