Current Position

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Research Interests

Prof. Colón's research focuses on the computational discovery and design of materials for energy applications. The Colón group uses computational techniques to quickly and accurately predict the performance of materials, sifting through thousands of candidates to identify top performers. The group then models the self-assembly of these materials to identify possible pathways for their experimental realization. Prof. Colón's research interests include applications for: water farming, humidity control, ion transport, carbon capture and sequestration, hydrogen storage, and gas separations.

Key Words

Water, Separations, Porous Materials, Computer Simulations, Energy Storage, Gas Separation, Ion Transport, Hydrogen

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Colón, Yamil J., and Shuhei Furukawa. "Understanding the role of linker flexibility in soft porous coordination polymers." Molecular Systems Design & Engineering 5, no. 1 (2020): 284-293.
2. Chu, Weiwei, Michael A. Webb, Chuting Deng, Yamil J. Colón, Yu Kambe, Satya Krishnan, Paul F. Nealey, and Juan J. De Pablo. "Understanding Ion Mobility in P2VP/NMP+ I–Polymer Electrolytes: A Combined Simulation and Experimental Study." Macromolecules 53, no. 8 (2020): 2783-2792.
3. Ma, Ruimin, Yamil J. Colon, and Tengfei Luo. "Transfer learning study of gas adsorption in metal–organic frameworks." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, no. 30 (2020): 34041-34048.
4. Colón, Yamil J., Ashley Z. Guo, Lucas W. Antony, Kyle Q. Hoffmann, and Juan J. de Pablo. "Free energy of metal-organic framework self-assembly." The Journal of chemical physics 150, no. 10 (2019): 104502.
5. Colón, Yamil J., and Randall Q. Snurr. "The effect of co-adsorbed solvent molecules on H 2 binding to metal alkoxides." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21, no. 18 (2019): 9218-9224.

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