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Welcome to the S.H.I.N.E. Lab

Structure-driven Human-centric Innovation: Nanopore Engineering

Principal Investigator: Kunyu Wang

Research Projects

Overview

  • Post-synthetic pore engineering of framework materials
  • Bottom-up assembly of hierarchically porous frameworks
  • Hierarchically porous frameworks for sustainable applications
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Nanomechanics of molecular truss lattices

  • Constructed molecular truss lattices at the sub-nanometer scale using coordination bonds, which introduced solid mechanics study into the molecular system for the first time, bringing prospects for mechanical energy harvesting and dissipation
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Nano-pore engineering via laser photolysis

  • Developed a facile and efficient "laser photolysis" technique to engineer the porosity of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced porous materials
  • Enlarged nano-sized pores at tens of milliseconds and generated pre-designed patterns through computer programming
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Nanoporous solid sorbents for polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) removal

  • Developed chemically robust MOFs as solid sorbents for the efficient capture PFAS, a persistent contaminant in water bodies, achieving a high absorption capacity (> 1g/g) and excellent removal efficiency (>99%) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
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Homochiral porous frameworks for separation and recognition

  • Synthesized homochiral amino-acid-derived molecular cages as chiral stationary phases for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
  • Achieved record-breaking selectivity and efficiency in separating valuable pharmaceutical intermediates
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Group News

The website of the S.H.I.N.E. lab is officially launched!

April 21, 2026

Dr. Wang will join the Department of Chemistry at the University of Miami in January 2027. The group is actively recruiting post-doctoral scholars, PhD students, undergraduate researchers, and visiting scholars. If you are interested, please send your CV and a brief self-introduction to kunyuwang95@gmail.com.


SHINE Lab website launch

Funding & Support

We gratefully acknowledge support from funding agencies, foundations, and institutional programs.

Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Foresight Institute
University of Miami