Balkus Lab

We are excited to share that our patent on “Nanostructured Carbons and Methods of Preparing the Same” has been officially granted. A proud milestone for our lab and a step forward in advancing next-generation materials.

Check out our latest work from the lab: a new publication in Membranes Congratulations Dr. Perez and others on this exciting study! Read the paper here: mdpi.com/2077-0375/16/4…

Check out our latest work from the lab: a new publication in Batteries & Supercaps Congratulations @Syed_Fahad on this exciting study! Read the paper here: …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Check out our latest work from the lab, led by @SiminSheybani : “Degradation of Carbon-Adsorbed PFAS Using Yttrium Ions.” 🎉 Read the paper here: pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

Congratulations to Dr. Baowen Li on earning his PhD. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors...🎉🎓

Selective Extraction of Thorium Using Nanoporous Sulfate-Functionalized Fluoro-Bridged Holmium Metal–Organic Frameworks dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm…

Congratulations to Daniel Tague for defending his PhD!

Congratulations to Muhammad Abbas for defending his PhD!

I am excited to share my presentation received 3rd place #award in the inorganic section. #chemistry #science #learning #MOFs

TOMORROW there will be a virtual green chemistry lecture given by Kenneth Balkus, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. Scan the QR code to join on Zoom!

Check this beautiful work from the Ferraris Lab, led by @SyedFahadBin published in @RSC_Energy pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… #Energy #Capacitors #Nanomaterials

My poster received 2nd prize in the @RoySocChem's Linkedin poster conference (materials section). This is trually an amazing way to communicate science with broader audiences on an open platforms. Thanks for organizing it @RoySocChem #RSCPoster @BalkusLab

Check out Frontier article from @BalkusLab, @MAbbas003 and colleagues on recent progress and future perspectives on the fluorinated metal clusters in the rare earth-MOFs, as featured on the back cover of this week's issue👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… 📍 @UT_Dallas

Check our latest Frontier featured on @DaltonTrans cover. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… #MOFs #lanthanides #RareEarth

Don't miss this Frontier article from @BalkusLab, @MAbbas003 and colleagues on fluoro-bridged rare-earth metal–organic frameworks👀⬇ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… 📍 @UT_Dallas

Congratulations to Siddiki, his work "Synthesis of wrinkled mesoporous silica encapsulated gold nanoparticles" is published in J. Porous Matter. link.springer.com/article/10.100… #Nanomaterials #Gold

Our frontier on the "Fluoro-bridged rare-earth metal–organic frameworks" led by @MAbbas003 @SiminSheybani and @MortenMOFs, is published in the @DaltonTrans pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… #MOFs

Congratulations to Dr. Tian, part of her dissertation is published in the Next Materials! Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.nxma… #Nanomaterials #carbon #energy #capacitors

Congratulations to Dr. Siddiki for defending his PhD. #PhD

Muhammad Abbas found these stunning flower-like crystals when he looked at a sample of a terbium metal-organic framework (MOF) under a microscope. Read more about this #CENChemPics: cen.acs.org/materials/meta…