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Recent Submissions
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Microfluidic devices with modified electrochemical detection for biomarkers analysis: A review
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2014 , Book chapter)Integrated microfluidic systems continue to garner a great deal of attention. This interest can be attributed to the advantages that these microsystems exhibit over conventional separation and detection systems while ... -
Computational study on the nanotubes formation between olsalazine and β-cyclodextrin
( Avestia Publishing , 2017 , Conference Paper)Interests in cyclodextrin-derived nano-assembled supramolecular systems have recently grown notably [1,2]. Cyclodextrins are a family of oligosaccharides that possess very characteristic features of conical shape with ... -
Synchronous spectrofluorimetric study of the supramolecular host–guest interaction of β-cyclodextrin with propranolol: A comparative study
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)The objective of this work is to assess the use of constant-wavelength synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (SFS) in comparison to conventional fluorescence spectroscopy (CFS) for the investigation of the supramolecular ... -
Computational Insights on the Electrocatalytic Behavior of [Cp*Rh] Molecular Catalysts Immobilized on Graphene for Heterogeneous Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
( Springer Nature , 2020 , Article)The heterogeneous metal-based molecular electrocatalyst can typically exhibit attractive features compared to its homogeneous analogue including recoverability and durability. As such, it is necessary to evaluate the ... -
The supramolecular host-guest complexation of Vemurafenib with β-cyclodextrin and cucurbit[7]uril as drug photoprotecting systems: A DFT/TD-DFT study
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The supramolecular host-guest complexation of the first-line anticancer drug Vemurafenib (VFB) with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) is computationally investigated employing the DFT/TD-DFT method in implicit ... -
Investigation on the impact of solvent on the photochemical properties of the photoactive anticancer drug Vemurafenib: A computational study
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Rationalizing the photochemical behavior of a photosensitive drug in terms of molecular properties is necessary toward understanding related potential phototoxicity. Here, we report on the effect of the molecular ... -
On the molecular properties of graphene-pyrazines conjugated Ru and Fe complexes: Computational insights
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Graphene and related materials can exhibit substantial molecular properties of significant importance in various landscapes of interests including catalysis. On the other hand, transition-metal-based molecular heterogeneous ... -
Computational study on the mechanism of the photouncaging reaction of vemurafenib: Toward an enhanced photoprotection approach for photosensitive drugs
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2021 , Article)The photochemical behavior of the photosensitive first-line anticancer drug vemurafenib (VFB) is of great interest due to the impact of such behavior on its pharmacological activity. In this work, we computationally ... -
Biodegradable polysaccharide grafted polyacrylamide inhibitor for corrosion in CO2- saturated saline solution
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)A biodegradable polysaccharide-based inhibitor is grafted with polyacrylamide (PAM) for oilfields’ sweet corrosion. The green properties of agar and PAM were incorporated to synthesize an agar-grafted-PAM (AGGPAM) inhibitor. ... -
Control of parabolic PDEs with time-varying spatial domain: Czochralski crystal growth process
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2013 , Article)This paper considers the optimal control problem for a class of convection-diffusion-reaction systems modelled by partial differential equations (PDEs) defined on time-varying spatial domains. The class of PDEs is characterised ... -
Infinite-dimensional LQ optimal control of a dimethyl ether (DME) catalytic distillation column
( Elsevier , 2012 , Article)This contribution addresses the development of a linear quadratic (LQ) regulator in order to control the concentration profiles along a catalytic distillation column, which is modelled by a set of coupled hyperbolic partial ... -
Boundary optimal (LQ) control of coupled hyperbolic PDEs and ODEs
( Elsevier , 2013 , Article)This contribution addresses the development of a linear quadratic (LQ) regulator for a set of hyperbolic PDEs coupled with a set of ODEs through the boundary. The approach is based on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert ... -
Optimal control of an advection-dominated catalytic fixed-bed reactor with catalyst deactivation
( Elsevier , 2013 , Article)The paper focuses on the linear-quadratic control problem for a time-varying partial differential equation model of a catalytic fixed-bed reactor. The classical Riccati equation approach, for time-varying infinite-dimensional ... -
Boundary optimal control design for a system of parabolic-hyperbolic PDEs coupled with an ODE
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2020 , Article)This paper deals with the design of a boundary optimal controller for a general model of parabolic-hyperbolic PDEs coupled with an ODE. The augmented infinite-dimensional state-space representation has been used in order ... -
Boundary optimal control of coupled parabolic PDE-ODE systems
( IFAC Secretariat , 2014 , Conference Paper)This paper deals with boundary optimal control problem for coupled parabolic PDEODE systems. The problem is studied using infinite-dimensional state space representation of the coupled PDE-ODE system. Linearization of the ... -
Duality-based optimal compensator for boundary control hyperbolic PDEs system: Application to a tubular cracking reactor
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper is devoted to the design of an optimal stabilizing compensator for a boundary control distributed parameter system that is described by a set of hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs). The standard ... -
Optimal control and duality-based observer design for a hyperbolic PDEs system with application to fixed-bed reactor
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2021 , Article)This paper is devoted to the design of an optimal infinite-dimensional Luenberger observer combined with a linear-quadratic state feedback controller for a system of hyperbolic PDEs. The design is based on the duality fact ... -
Model predictive control of selective catalytic reduction in diesel-powered vehicles
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)This paper proposes a method to synthesize an optimal controller for the SCR section of the diesel exhaust after-treatment system, which is based on a system model consisting of coupled hyperbolic and parabolic partial ... -
Boundary Output-Feedback Regulation of a Catalytic Cracking Reactor
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2023 , Conference Paper)This work focuses on the design of a boundary output feedback regulator for a catalytic cracking reactor model which can be represented by a set of partial differential equations (PDEs). Based on the linear abstract ... -
Optimal boundary control of coupled parabolic PDE-ODE systems using infinite-dimensional representation
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)The optimal boundary control problem is studied for coupled parabolic PDE-ODE systems. The linear quadratic method is used and exploits an infinite-dimensional state-space representation of the coupled PDE-ODE system. ...