{"id":73,"date":"2025-09-11T21:43:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:02:21","slug":"feature-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Covalent organic framework-309 (COF-309)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-4-770x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" style=\"width:292px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-4-770x1024.png 770w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-4-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-4-768x1021.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-4-1155x1536.png 1155w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-4-1540x2048.png 1540w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-4-scaled.png 1925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">COF-309 with high hydrophilicity index breaks the record of water working capacity in water-harvesting COFs. Our hydrophilicity index equation can be used to \u2018pinpoint\u2019 the onset position of water harvesting isotherms using reticular materials (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscentsci.4c01878\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscentsci.4c01878\"><em>ACS Cent. Sci.<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2025<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>11<\/em>, 665\u2013671<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Covalent organic framework-39 (COF-39)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-5-684x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" style=\"width:291px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-5-684x1024.png 684w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-5-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-5-768x1149.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-5.png 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">COF-39 is the first 3D COF formed by entanglement of 2D squares. This specific design relies on a flexible distorted tetrahedral linker which, when linked to linear amines, allows the interpenetration of the square net \u2013 entangled square structure (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/jacs.1c13468\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/jacs.1c13468\"><em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2022<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>144<\/em>, 1539\u20131544<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Covalent organic framework-790 (COF-790)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"988\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-3-1024x988.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" style=\"width:295px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-3-1024x988.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-3-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-3-768x741.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-3-1536x1482.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2025\/09\/image-3-2048x1976.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Using conformational design through geometrical constraint, we designed and successfully synthesized COF-790 bearing a single framework of a new COF topology (<strong>fjh<\/strong>). This strategy is applicable for various structures and can be used to diversify the chemistry of 3D COFs (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/jacs.0c11064\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/jacs.0c11064\"><em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2020<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>142<\/em>, 20335\u201320339<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covalent organic framework-309 (COF-309) COF-309 with high hydrophilicity index breaks the record of water working capacity in water-harvesting COFs. Our hydrophilicity index equation can be used to \u2018pinpoint\u2019 the onset position of water harvesting isotherms using reticular materials (ACS Cent. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/lhnguyen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}