
Dr Lui Terry
MSci, PhD
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Research Fellow
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
Lui is a physical chemist working at the interface between physics, chemistry and engineering at the University of Bristol. Lui's research goal is to uncover materials that will help us decarbonize our society, with a keen interest in technologies to aid the hydrogen economy.
Lui completed his PhD at the School of Chemistry in Bristol searching for new superconductive families in organic, inorganic and hybrid nanomaterials, attaining a wealth of synthesis, crystallization, physical characterization device construction and analysis techniques to his repertoire. Currently, Lui is a Senior Research Associate in the Ting group investigating functional porous materials, exploiting their properties for applications in hydrogen storage/carbon capture, superconductivity, pesticide and drug delivery.
Lui's research is interested in understanding phenomena and physics that occur inside nanoscale pore environments, at the interface between materials and in certain crystal structures. Lui has recently shown how nanoscale environments can be used to manipulate the phase diagram of hydrogen, accessing crystalline phases at higher temperatures than possible in bulk - a positive step for hydrogen storage applications.
In 2020, Lui won the Cavendish gold medal for physics at the Houses of Parliament "STEM for Britain" event, communicating his research to MPs and learned societies.
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Selected publications
06/05/2022Manipulation of the crystalline phase diagram of hydrogen through nanoscale confinement effects in porous carbons
Nanoscale
Insuring Hydrogen Infrastructure
IMIA Insights
An unforeseen polymorph of coronene by the application of magnetic fields during crystal growth
Nature Communications
Recent publications
01/12/2023Biodegradable Polymer‐Metal‐Organic Framework (MOF) Composites for Controlled and Sustainable Pesticide Delivery
Advanced Sustainable Systems
Controlled delivery of ciprofloxacin using zirconium-based MOFs and poly-caprolactone composites
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
Hydrogen Sorption on Microporous Carbon/Sulfur Nanocomposite Systems
Energy Advances
Manipulation of the crystalline phase diagram of hydrogen through nanoscale confinement effects in porous carbons
Nanoscale
Synthesis of porous high-temperature superconductors via a melamine formaldehyde sacrificial template
Nanoscale Advances