Browsing Center for Advanced Materials Research by Author "Karim A."
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Designing Flexible and Porous Fibrous Membranes for Oil Water Separation-A Review of Recent Developments
El-Samak A.A.; Ponnamma D.; Hassan M.K.; Ammar A.; Adham S.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A.; Karim A.... more authors ... less authors ( Bellwether Publishing, Ltd. , 2020 , Article Review)Oil sorbent membranes are highly effective materials in combating oil spills. Recent technological advancements in membrane preparations permit higher oil-sorption efficiency and easier oil recoverability. This review ... -
Multifunctional Oil Absorption with Macroporous Polystyrene Fibers Incorporating Silver-Doped ZnO
El-Samak A.A.; Ponnamma D.; Hassan M.K.; Adham S.; Karim A.; Ammar A.; Alser M.; Shurbaji S.; Eltai N.O.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A.... more authors ... less authors ( American Chemical Society , 2021 , Article)Hydrophobic microporous polystyrene (PS) fibers are fabricated by a solvent-induced phase-separation-assisted electrospinning method. Zinc oxide (ZnO) and silver-doped zinc oxide (Ag-ZnO) nanomaterials with variable ... -
Natural polymer based composite membranes for water purification: a review
Dongre R.S.; Sadasivuni K.K.; Deshmukh K.; Mehta A.; Basu S.; Meshram J.S.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A.; Karim A.... more authors ... less authors ( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2019 , Article Review)The ever-growing population, environmental pollution and ecological degradation cause suffering to human race due to chemicals and other water contaminants such as chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides and insecticides. ... -
Vertically oriented nanoporous block copolymer membranes for oil/water separation and filtration
Luo Y.; Wang X.; Zhang R.; Singh M.; Ammar A.; Cousins D.; Hassan M.K.; Ponnamma D.; Adham S.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A.; Karim A.... more authors ... less authors ( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2020 , Article)The separation of oil from water and filtration of aqueous solutions and dispersions are critical issues in the processing of waste and contaminated water treatment. Membrane-based technology has been proven as an effective ... -
White graphene-cobalt oxide hybrid filler reinforced polystyrene nanofibers for selective oil absorption
Ponnamma D.; Nair S.S.; Parangusan H.; Hassan M.K.; Adham S.; Karim A.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)In this work, stable hydrophobic nanocomposites are made from electrospun fibers of polystyrene (PS) containing a hybrid filler combination of (i) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and (ii) cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanomaterials. ...