Browsing Center for Advanced Materials by Author "Abdulkareem, A."
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Antimicrobial modification of PLA scaffolds with ascorbic and fumaric acids via plasma treatment
Popelka, A.; Abdulkareem, A.; Mahmoud, A.A.; Nassr, M.G.; Al-Ruweidi, M.K.A.A.; Mohamoud, K.J.; Hussein, M.K.; Lehocky, M.; Vesela, D.; Humpolicek, P.; Kasak, P.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)An optimal medical scaffold should be biocompatible and biodegradable and should have adequate mechanical properties and scaffold architecture porosity, a precise three-dimensional shape, and a reasonable manufacturing ... -
Fabrication of flexible electrically conductive polymer-based micropatterns using plasma discharge
Popelka, A.; Bhadra, J.; Abdulkareem, A.; Kasak, P.; Spitalsky, Z.; Jang, S.W.; Al-Thani, N.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)In this work, laboratory prepared PANI and it's composite with carbon nanotubes (PANI/CNTs) were used for the fabrication of micropatterns on flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate using the drop cast method ... -
Sulfobetaine-based polydisulfides with tunable upper critical solution temperature (UCST) in water alcohols mixture, depolymerization kinetics and surface wettability
Abdulkareem, A.; Kasak, P.; Nassr, M.G.; Mahmoud, A.A.; Al-Ruweidi, M.K.A.A.; Mohamoud, K.J.; Hussein, M.K.; Popelka, A.... more authors ... less authors ( Academic Press Inc. , 2021 , Article)Hypothesis: Synthesis of a new family of polymers having a polydisulfide structure can be conducted from sulfobetaine-based derivative of natural (R)-lipoic acid. A polydisulfide backbone of polymer can be depolymerized ... -
The effect of electro spinning parameters on polystyrene nano fiber morphology: Oil-water separation
Bhadra J.; Al-Thani N.J.; Abdulkareem A. ( Desalination Publications , 2018 , Article)This manuscript reports optimized conditions necessary to prepare electro-spun nano fibers and microfibers using two different forms of polystyrene (PS) in dimethylformamide (DMF). We conducted a systematic and methodical ... -
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 ...