Chemistry & Earth Sciences: Recent submissions
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Promising And Anomalous Structural And Electrochemical Properties Of Polyanionic Phosphates In Sodium Ion Batteries
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference)This work presents a recent progress on the polyanionic phosphate family that functions as cathode materials in sodium ion batteries (SIBs). Firstly, this study will cover vanadium-containing frameworks that show very ... -
Synthesis And Characterization Of Perfluoroalkylated Perylene Diimide Based N-type Polymers For Optoelectronic Applications
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference)Organic semiconductors gain wide interest in academics and industry over past two decades due to their vital applications in flexible optoelectronic devices such as organic field effect transistors (OFETs) and organic ... -
Optimization Of The Electronic And Optical Properties Of Tio2 For Clean Fuel Production
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference)Among different crystal structures and morphologies of TiO2, vertically oriented anatase nanotube arrays show the highest activity for solar energy conversion. However, the long-standing bottleneck is the fact that TiO2 ... -
The catalytic thermo-oxidative decomposition of glimepiride using the isoconversional method
( Springer , 2022 , Article)Applying the isoconversional method to data obtained from thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) can provide vital kinetic information. In this work, the thermal decomposition and oxidation of the antidiabetic drug glimepiride ... -
Plasmonic Modulator Based on Fano Resonance
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)The field of plasmonics is continuously attracting research in the area of integrated photonics development, to highly integrate photonic components, devices and detectors in a single photonic chip, just as electronic chips ... -
Properties of nanoclay PVA composites materials
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2013 , Article)Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/Na-rich Montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites were prepared using solution method to create polymer-clay nanocomposite (PCN) material. The PCN material was studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), ... -
Photodynamic therapy for hair removal
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2013 , Article)Background: Unwanted hair is one of the most common medical problems affecting women of reproductive age inducing a lot of psychological stress and threatening their femininity and self-esteem. Old methods of removing ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, Crystal Structures, and in vitro Antitumor Activity of Palladium and Platinum (Ii) Complexes with 2-Acetyl-4-Methylthiazole Thiosemicarbazone and 2-Acetylpyrazine Thiosemicarbazone
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)The novel Schiff bases I HAMTTSC (2-Acetyl-4-methylthiazole thiosemicarbazone), II HAPTSC(2-Acetylpyrazine thiosemicarbazone) and their complexes with Pt(II) and Pd(II): 1 [Pt(AMTTSC)Cl], 2 [Pt(AMTTSC)2], 3 [Pd(AMTTSC)Cl], ... -
Effects of Combined Calcium Hypochlorite and Chlorine Dioxide on Drinking Water Quality in Qatar and Disinfection by Products Formation
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Chlorite, chlorate, bromate and trihalomethane's (THMs) are included in WHO guidelines for drinking water quality. This study examined dosing different chlorine concentrations as calcium hypochlorite (Ca(ClO)2) to water ... -
Density functional theory study on the catalytic dehydrogenation of methane on MoO3 (010) surface
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Methane conversion offers hydrocarbon building blocks of high market value, which are easier to transport than natural gas. Under non-oxidative conditions, the process can also produce clean hydrogen fuel. In this study, ... -
Modern Development in Copper- and Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: Formation of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom bonds under Microwave Irradiation Conditions
( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)The use of transition metals in cross-coupling reactions has been verified as a powerful tool in synthetic organic chemistry to access valuable pharmaceutical intermediates and functional organic molecules. Copper compounds ... -
Surfactant induced microwave disintegration for enhanced biohydrogen production from macroalgae biomass: Thermodynamics and energetics
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This research work aimed about the enhanced bio-hydrogen production from marine macro algal biomass (Ulva reticulate) through surfactant induced microwave disintegration (SIMD). Microwave disintegration (MD) was performed ... -
Extraction and Analysis of Carbamate and Pyrethroid Pesticides in Tomatoes and Rice by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)This work aimed to explore common methods for the extraction of pesticide and to perform qualitative and quantitative analysis by gas chromatography coupled with electron impact mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS). Extraction was ... -
Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) as a Platform for Modeling Arrhythmias
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Book chapter)Cardiac arrhythmias can arise due to a host of both genetic and acquired factors. Specifically, the genetic basis of arrhythmogenesis is not fully understood due to the lack of robust models that reliably recapitulate human ... -
MLIP causes recessive myopathy with rhabdomyolysis, myalgia and baseline elevated serum creatine kinase
( Oxford University Press , 2021 , Article)Striated muscle needs to maintain cellular homeostasis in adaptation to increases in physiological and metabolic demands. Failure to do so can result in rhabdomyolysis. The identification of novel genetic conditions ... -
Adsorption and recovery of lithium ions from groundwater using date pits impregnated with cellulose nanocrystals and ionic liquid
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The study aims to prepare a novel low-cost and environmentally friendly adsorbent by using date pits (DP) impregnated with cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and ionic liquid (IL), named IL-CNC@DP. The batch adsorption of lithium ... -
Muscle enriched lamin interacting protein (Mlip) binds chromatin and is required for myoblast differentiation
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Muscle‐enriched A‐type lamin‐interacting protein (Mlip) is a recently discovered Amniota gene that encodes proteins of unknown biological function. Here we report Mlip’s direct interaction with chromatin, and it may function ... -
Synephrine as Antioxidant: Application in Quenching of Photo Induced Radical of Anthraquinone and Naphthoquinone
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Photosensitive molecules such as quinones in drugs may become activated by exposure to UV-A light (320-400 nm) of the solar spectrum and cause damages to biological materials such as amino acids, nucleic acids, lipids, ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Silica-Nanoparticles and their Applications for the Removal of Pesticides from Aqueous Solution
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Silica nanoparticles functionalized with three different active functional groups (C-8, cyano-propyl, and methacrylate (MA)) were synthesized, characterized and applied for the removal of ten carbamate pesticides from ... -
Low-Temperature CO Oxidation Over CuO-TiO2 Nanocatalysts
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Among the diverse catalytic processes, the heterogeneous catalytic CO oxidation is an important reaction for removal of small amounts of poisoning CO in fuel cell applications and environmental remediation. Therefore, there ...
