Hierarchically Porous & Hybrid Materials Group The main research activities of the Hierarchically Porous & Hybrid Materials (HPHM) group are oriented toward developing methodologies for the preparation and functionalization of novel porous materials comprising inorganic and/or organic components assembled at the nanoscale. These materials are being developed, possessing adjustable pore geometry, connectivity, and pore size, to gain control over the pore diameter and their hierarchical porosity while maintaining low ecological impact. Group research interests also concern the chemistry of carbon-based nanostructured materials (in particular, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide, fullerenes), hybrids, organic-inorganic nanocomposites, metallic-, metal oxide-, inorganic-nanoparticles and phyllomorphous materials. Advanced spectroscopic characterization and a thorough understanding of the material's structure and the ways they are related to their fundamental properties are high-importance objectives of the HPHM group. The research group looks at the materials science and engineering aspects of these novel materials with three different focused application areas: a) environmental remediation- water purification b) catalysis - energy generation, storage c) nanotechnology in structural engineering.