Professor Andrew Cooper (Department of Chemistry) and Professor Stuart James from Queen’s University Belfast co-developed a new class of liquid materials. Their research was published in the journal Nature in 2015, and in 2018 Porous Liquid Technologies was established as a spin-out company.
Porous liquids are a new class of fluids that contain microscopic cavities that are each the size of a single molecule. They are designed to absorb large amounts of gas and Porous Liquid Technologies have created a fully designable, modular platform technology that can be made from different components to create variations in gas selectivity, solubility, liquid viscosity and temperature of operation.
The technology is highly applicable to a number of areas around large-scale industrial processes, such as efficient carbon capture, removing gas impurities during biogas production and the capture of valuable noble gases from air, but it is also of interest to businesses developing household products and medical diagnostics.
Porous Liquid Technology's innovative technology has huge potential to solve a wide range of pressing net zero and environmental challenges. It is also a great example of a collaborative joint-venture spin-out from two Universities, with the potential to generate significant impact.
Professor Andy Cooper, co-founder and Director of the Materials Innovation Factory
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