Current Position

Frank M. Freimann Professor of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.E., Material Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
B.E., Polymer Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Research Interests

Research in the Guo group combines engineering and chemistry principles for the design, synthesis and characterization of functional polymer and polymer-based membrane materials with applications in the areas impacting both energy and the environment. Topics of the group’s research span several fields, including development of new high performance polymeric membranes for energy-efficient gas separations (e.g., natural gas purification, carbon capture, H2 purification, air separation), nanophase-separated multiblock copolymers for polyelectrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), functional copolymer membranes for water treatment/desalination, as well as fundamental studies on structure-property relationship for polymer or polymer-based materials.

Key Words

Carbon Capture and Conversion, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen, Petroleum and Natural Gas

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Corrado, Tanner, and Ruilan Guo. "Macromolecular design strategies toward tailoring free volume in glassy polymers for high performance gas separation membranes." Molecular Systems Design & Engineering 5, no. 1 (2020): 22-48.
2. Zhang, Qinnan, Si Li, Ceming Wang, Hsueh-Chia Chang, and Ruilan Guo. "Carbon nanotube-based mixed-matrix membranes with supramolecularly engineered interface for enhanced gas separation performance." Journal of Membrane Science 598 (2020): 117794.
3. Corrado, Tanner, Zihan Huang, Joseph Aboki, and Ruilan Guo. "Microporous polysulfones with enhanced separation performance via integration of the triptycene moiety." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59, no. 12 (2019): 5351-5361.
4. Wang, Tao, Tianyun Li, Joseph Aboki, and Ruilan Guo. "Disulfonated Poly (arylene ether sulfone) Random Copolymers Containing Hierarchical Iptycene Units for Proton Exchange Membranes." Frontiers in chemistry 8 (2020): 674.
5. Zhang, Qinnan, Shuangjiang Luo, Jennifer Weidman, and Ruilan Guo. "Surface modification of ZIF‐90 with triptycene for enhanced interfacial interaction in mixed‐matrix membranes for gas separation." Journal of Polymer Science 58, no. 18 (2020): 2675-2687.