Mission

By integrating precision nanofluidic platforms throughout the design process for novel nanoporous materials, the Ritt Lab, also known as the Nanofluidic Separations (NanoSep) Lab, seeks to develop synthesis–structure–performance relationships that translate from the molecular to the macroscopic scale and enable sustainable separations for water and energy applications. Our goal is to engineer bottom-up solutions to complicated separation problems.

Applications of interest include, but are not limited to, water purification and reuse, recovery of critical energy minerals, organic solvent nanofiltration, electrochemical energy generation/storage, and plant nanobionics.