Browsing Center for Advanced Materials Research by Author "Adham S."
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Designing carbon nanotube-based oil absorbing membranes from gamma irradiated and electrospun polystyrene nanocomposites
Parangusan H.; Ponnamma D.; Hassan M.K.; Adham S.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A. ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Carbon-based materials are outstanding candidates for oil spill clean-ups due to their superhydrophobicity, high surface area, chemical inertness, low density, recyclability, and selectivity. The current work deals with ... -
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 ... -
Materials and technologies for the tertiary treatment of produced water contaminated by oil impurities through nonfibrous deep-bed media: A review
Sobolciak P.; Popelka A.; Tanvir A.; Al-Maadeed M.A.; Adham S.; Krupa I.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)This review covers various aspects of the treatment of emulsified oil/water mixtures and is particularly focused on tertiary treatment, which means the reduction of the oil content from 70-100 ppm to below 10 ppm, depending ... -
Mesoporous silica filled smart super oleophilic fibers of triblock copolymer nanocomposites for oil absorption applications
Elgawady Y.; Ponnamma D.; Adham S.; Al-Maas M.; Ammar A.; Alamgir K.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A.; Hassan M.K.... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Nature , 2020 , Article)Super oleophilic fibers of styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) block copolymer/mesoporous silica (MS) nanocomposites are fabricated by electrospinning, and their oil absorption efficiency is monitored by following two different ... -
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 ... -
Protocol for Preparing Synthetic Solutions Mimicking Produced Water from Oil and Gas Operations
Dardor D.; Al-Maas M.; Minier-Matar J.; Janson A.; Sharma R.; Hassan M.K.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A.; Adham S.... more authors ... less authors ( American Chemical Society , 2021 , Article)Produced water (PW) is the water associated with hydrocarbons during the extraction of oil and gas (O&G) from either conventional or unconventional resources. Existing efforts to enhance PW management systems include the ... -
Some theoretical aspects of tertiary treatment of water/oil emulsions by adsorption and coalescence mechanisms: A review
Sobolciak P.; Popelka A.; Tanvir A.; Al-Maadeed M.A.; Adham S.; Krupa I.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article Review)The massive increase in the volumes of oily contaminated produced waters associated with various industrial sectors has initiated considerable technological and scientific efforts related to the development of new cleaning ... -
The separation of emulsified water/oil mixtures through adsorption on plasma-treated polyethylene powder
Abdulkareem A.; Popelka A.; Sobol?iak P.; Tanvir A.; Ouederni M.; AlMaadeed M.A.; Kasak P.; Adham S.; Krupa I.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)This paper addresses the preparation and characterization of efficient adsorbents for tertiary treatment (oil content below 100 ppm) of oil/water emulsions. Powdered low-density polyethylene (LDPE) was modified by ... -
Thin-film composite hollow fiber membranes incorporated with graphene oxide in polyethersulfone support layers for enhanced osmotic power density
Park M.J.; Lim S.; Gonzales R.R.; Phuntsho S.; Han D.S.; Abdel-Wahab A.; Adham S.; Shon H.K.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This study focused on the development of pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) thin film composite (TFC) membranes for enhanced osmotic power using hollow fiber polyethersulfone (PES) support structure modified by incorporating ... -
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. ...