Research Projects
- Developing a relationship between Melt Flow Index (MFI) and Molecular weight (Mw) of PP and PE blends both recycled and virgin (for benchmark)
- Using recycled PP and glass fiber for underground water meter vault application
- Using recycled HDPE and used casting sand for low cost and light weight landscaping blocks
- Using recycled PP and glass fiber for storm water drain cover applications
- Processing of PET and natural fiber composites
- Pressing of grocery bags and natural fiber composites
- Processing of post-consumer and postindustrial nylon 6 and glass fiber composites
- Development of composite materials with enhanced mechanical properties from waste plastics and chemically treated hemp fibers
- Chemical recycling and upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from waste drinking bottles
- Development of novel fully-recyclable polymer materials
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Spectrometric analysis of contaminations and additives in recycled plastics with quantitative chemometrics models
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Nanostructure and nanomechanical property analysis with atomic force microscope
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Monitoring volatile compounds and odors of recycled plastics
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Crystallization kinetics of polymers and composites
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Converting bio-renewable lignocellulose and protein biomass into new materials
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Recycling of post-consumer polymers into new materials
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Analysis of processing/structures/properties/applications of the polymers and composites
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Chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into monomers and functional materials using the sustainable catalysts
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Development of new catalysts for chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
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Simultaneous depolymerization and polymerization of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in a high-pressure reactor
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Synthesis of polymer adsorbents for recovery of value-added products from waste stream and removal of contaminants 
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Synthesis of complex and functional polymers via living radical polymerization
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Recycling of surgical face masks as a pandemic waste  
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Compounding, formulation, and surface modification of polymers
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Polymerization (solution, suspension, and emulsion)
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Micro/nano-emulsions based on organic/inorganic additives
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Nanocomposite ion-exchange composite synthesis
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Mechanical recycling processes of waste plastics
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Biopolymer-based blends and composites
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Utilization of waste-derived fillers in polymer compounding
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Structure-property relationship
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Electronic and molecular structures of gold compounds
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Optical properties of gold compounds
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Development of gold catalyst for the breakdown of small organohalides
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Photo-activation of gold-based catalysts
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Semiconductor Plasmonics, Optics, Photonics and enhanced Light Matter Interactions.
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Nanophotonics and nonlinear optics
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Energy Harvesting Devices
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Finite element modeling with applications Computational Electrodynamics.
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Heat Transfer and fluid dynamics.
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Fundamental problems in physics and engineering.
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Fabrication and characterization of perovskite thin films and planar solar cells.
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Optimizing RF/DC sputtering, thermal evaporation, spin coating, and chemical bath deposition techniques for planar perovskite solar cells.
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Crystallography analysis of thin films, morphology and structural characterization, surface composition, and oxidation state analysis.
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Optical properties, absorbance, reflectance, and transmittance profiling.
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Bandgap, carrier lifetime, mobility, and resistivity studies.
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Pyroelectric energy harvesting of lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) and designed renewable energy systems.
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Tunable bioinspired spatially-varying photonic crystals (SVPCs), multi-photon lithography, and CWA sensors.
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Designed and implemented photonic gas sensors inspired by nature with expertise in structural and optical characterization.
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Numerical analysis: Solving linear and nonlinear equations, curve-fitting, numerical differentiation, and integration, simulation of optical properties (absorbance, reflectance, transmittance) for thin films by using Transfer Matrix Method (TMM), Device modeling and simulation by SCAPS and SETFOS.
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Research interests: Flexible solar cells, Energy-harvesting materials and devices, Nano-mechanical energy harvesting, and Photonic sensors.