Super excited to share our Chemical Engineering Journal publication! 🎉 Led by Young Joo Lee and Hye Youn Jang (Lively group, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), this work highlights how hybrid multi-stage membrane cascades with distillation can cut energy consumption by over 50% in crude oil

Excited to share our latest Science publication!🎉 Led by Yi Ren (Lively Lab, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), we developed fluorine-rich poly(arylene amine) membranes with exceptional resistance to swelling in organic solvents. These thin-film composite membranes demonstrate high selectivity for

Thrilled to share our latest ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces publication! 🎉 Led by Pavithra Narayanan (Lively & Jones groups, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), we developed 3D-printed, ice-templated poly(ethylenimine) monoliths for direct air capture. These self-supported sorbents achieve a 31%

Excited to share our latest Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research publication!🎉🎉 Led by Chunyi Li (Lively groups, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), our team investigated how substituting metals in isostructural rare-earth metal–organic frameworks can structurally drive selective adsorption of

Ryan Lively, Thomas C. DeLoach Jr. Endowed Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (ChBE @ Georgia Tech), will share a seminar titled "Membrane Technologies are Key Enablers of the Energy Transition." April 22 PAA A102 Reception: 3:30 p.m. Seminar: 4–5 p.m. tinyurl.com/042225Lively

Excited to share our latest ChemPhysChem publication! 🎉 Led by Lu Lu and Chao-Wen Chang (Sholl group & Lively group, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), we uncovered nonadditive CO₂ uptake in type II porous liquids based on imine cages. Combining experiments and simulations, we showed that cage–solvent

Excited to share our latest ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. publication! 🎉 Led by Yuxiang Wang Yuxiang Wang (Lively group, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), we systematically investigated IRA-900-C, a moisture swing sorbents for direct air capture. Using dynamic breakthrough experiments, we demonstrate robust

Another good news to share! 🎉 Our latest work just came out in Energy & Fuels! Led by Chunyi Li (Lively group, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), we report MIL-101(Cr)-ee-2 as a standout material for simultaneous H₂S/CO₂ removal from biogas. With a high H₂S/CO₂ selectivity (~7) and tunable

🎉Our latest work in Ind. Chem. Mater. led by MinGyu Song (Lively Group & Jones Group @ GaTech , ChBE @ Georgia Tech) investigates amine-impregnated Mg₂(dobpdc) MOFs for direct air capture under humid conditions. TEPA-impregnated samples achieve stable, high CO₂ uptake (up to 3.9 mmol/g at 70%

We have good news to share! 🎉 In our latest Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. publication, led by Yuxiang Wang Yuxiang Wang (Lively group, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), we identify a key degradation pathway in amine-infused cellulose acetate fiber sorbents for direct air capture. Aminolysis between PEI and CA

Join us for 2026 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM2026) on July 28-25, 2026, in San Antonio, TX, USA, featuring exciting plenary speakers – Suzana Nunes at KAUST and Richard Baker at MTR. Organizers: Isabel Escobar Dr. Isabel C Escobar (she/her/hers), Jamie

🎉Excited to share that in our latest Energy Environ. Sci. paper led by Seo-Yul Kim (Lively group, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), we propose a new concept: near-cryogenic direct air capture (DAC) using physisorbents like Zeolite 13X and CALF-20, thermally coupled with LNG regasification. This

Another good news to share! 🎉 In our latest J. Membr. Sci. publication led by Young Joo Lee (Lively group, ChBE @ Georgia Tech), we combine machine learning with transport modeling to screen microporous polymers for organic solvent reverse osmosis. Prediction-assisted selection enabled