Physcial Sciences Division
Newsmakers

April 2018

Praveen Thallapally Quoted in DOE Feature Article

Dr. Praveen Thallapally

Dr. Praveen Thallapally, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, was recently quoted in an article titled "Sniffing Out the Foundational Science of Sensors." Thallapally's work on the intricacies of metal-organic frameworks was called out in the feature article written by Shannon Shea and published by the DOE Office of Science. Specifically, the article discusses work he's done to design frameworks that can capture specific metals, gases, and vapors. The act of capturing the gases can trigger alarms, acting as sensors. The MOFs can then be purged, essentially creating reusable sensors.