The proposed research project falls within what is called process intensification (PI). PI consists in novel devices and techniques that bring striking changes to chemical engineering processes by significantly decreasing the equipment’s size to production ratio, energy consumption and waste production, which result in smaller, cheaper, cleaner and more efficient technologies. Catalytic nanoparticles, with a […]

This project involves the synthesis, characterization and evaluation of new low-molecular weight gelators for cleaning up oil spills. First responders to oil spills can add these gelators to the oil / water mixture to prevent spreading of the oil before additional resources are available to clean up the spill. This project will involve collaboration with […]

Le projet de recherche qui sera entrepris en France vient dans le cadre d’un projet de thèse qui met en question l’effet de la manifestation des gradients de contrainte sur les propriétés électromécaniques et photoniques des couches minces de titanate de strontium (SrTiO3) synthétisés par la méthode de pulvérisation cathodique. Un des principaux objectifs de […]

The ACPS will offer high-reliability and real-time monitoring of the smart-grid infrastructure and the secure CPS will provide secure communication and authentication of the smart-grid devices and components. This results in secure and improved power transmission that can reduce infrastructure maintenance cost for the utility companies and also reduced power-theft attacks from malicious sources. Successful […]

The main research theme of the project is to achieve reconfigurable assembly state of plasmonic NPs by controlling its trapping agent, LCs, under multi-stimuli system. There are two kinds of multi-stimuli LC control platform; one is static system in which anchoring, rubbing, and confinement can be modified, while the other is dynamic system which is […]

PbS CQDs solar cells have limitations of improving the efficiency due to low open-circuit voltage (Voc) and low absorbance between 600 nm and 900 nm. To solve these problems, PbS CQDs-polymer hybrid tandem solar cell was developed by introducing a low band-gap polymeric photo-active layer, exhibiting high absorbance in the region of 600 nm to […]

Le projet a pour objectif principal le développement de nanocapteurs piézoélectriques flexibles peu coûteux à base du polymère polyfluorure de vinylidène (PVDF) fabriqués par électrofilage. Ce polymère piézoélectrique, qui transforme une déformation mécanique en champ électrique, est un matériau chimiquement inerte qui peut être utilisé pour de nombreuses applications, Il a été montré dans la […]

Metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) are discrete molecular capsules formed by coordination of metal ion and organic linkers. They possess a nanoscale cavity which can have potential applications in gas storage, separations, drug delivery or sensing. To enhance their usage for practical purposes, these materials need to be translated into membranes. MOP-polymer composites where MOPs are blended […]

Genetic engineering has proven to be a useful approach for gene therapy and transformation of value-added agricultural plants. However, the current available technologies suffer from several limitations. These include relative low delivery efficiency with difficult-to-deliver cells or complex constructs and limit freedom-to-operate. Considering advances have been made in the applications of nanotechnology to life science […]

It has been theoretically demonstrated that Majorana fermions in superconducting system obey non-Abelian statistics, which is the most promising platform for topological quantum computing. The success in this search might ultimately prove essential to overcoming one of the grand challenges in the field—the synthesis of a scalable quantum computer.In this project, we aim to generate […]

The proposed research is focused on designing and optimizing novel catalysts that catalyze the activation of methane, the principal component of natural gas, to upgrade heavy oil, and obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the involved reaction mechanism. Heavy oil is upgraded to meet the pipeline transportation requirements, while methane is incorporated to the formed synthetic […]

This project involves the testing and characterization of new piezoelectric vibration sensors developed by the research group led by Prof. Bahreyni at the Intelligent Sensors Laboratory. These piezoelectric sensors have now been combined with another type of sensor – one with a capacitive transduction mechanism to improve the low-frequency sensitivity and noise performance. I shall […]