On the afternoon of August 31, 2023, PPM INSTITUTE OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS invited Professor Chu Zonglin of Hunan University to hold an academic report on the application of super-wetting materials of organosilicon nanowires in the separation of complex oil-water systems for all researchers in the 805 conference room of the company's office building. Dean Ji Shunjun and Vice Dean Yang Junhui attended the lecture.

The lecture officially started at 14:30 in the afternoon. Professor Chu Zonglin first explained the background and significance of the report research. Super-wetting materials used for oil-water separation materials have the advantages of fast rate, high efficiency and low energy consumption compared with base materials. Secondly, Professor Chu explained the six main tasks they did during the research process, allowing us to have a deeper understanding of the working principle and preparation method of super-wetting materials in complex oil-water systems. In the final discussion session, the researchers actively asked questions, and the atmosphere on the scene was warm and active.

Through Professor Chu Zonglin's explanation, not only did our researchers show their latest research results, but also generated more inspiration and ideas for our future research projects.

(PPM INSTITUTE OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS )

Chu Zonglin is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University. Selected as a young scholar in the Hunan Province Overseas High-Level Talent Introduction Program. From September 2011 to September 2019, he worked on research on advanced functional colloids and surface interface materials at ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, and Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. So far, he has published 26 papers as the first corresponding author in authoritative international journals such as J.Am.Chem.Soc., Angew.Chem.Int. Ed., Adv.Mater., Nano Letters, Chem.Soc.Rev., etc. Obtained 6 patents authorized in China, 2 patents authorized in Europe, the United States, and Japan each, and participated in the writing of 3 academic monographs in English. He has presided over more than 10 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and horizontal cooperation projects of Sinopec and other listed companies. He has won the China Patent Excellence Award, the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s Excellence Award, the American Chemical Society’s “Valuable Contribution”, and the British Colloidal Chemistry Society’s “Most Innovative Science” awards.