To develop novel polymers of intrinsic microporosity with membrane gas separation properties by organic synthetic methodology.
To develop and optimize the synthetic procedures of polymers with membrane gas separation performance targeting at industrial application.
Selected Publications
Copper-based hydrogels with dicarboxylate spacer ligands for selective carbon dioxide separation applications M. Al-Dossary, H. Padhy, F. Xu, A.R. Behzad, O. Tall, A. Rothenberger New Journal of Chemistry 42 (22), 18242-18251, (2018)
Combination of fluoroalkylation and Kornblum–DeLaMare reaction: a new strategy for the construction of (Z)-β-perflu... C.-M. Liu, E.-B. Shi, F. Xu, Q. Luo, H.-X. Wang, J.-J. Chen, X.-B. Wan Chemical Communications 51, 1214-1217, (2014)
Synthesis and properties of the metallo-supramolecular polymer hydrogel poly[methyl vinyl ether-alt-mono-sodium mal... F. Xu, H. Padhy, M. Al-Dossary, G.-S. Zhang, A.R. Behzad, U. Stingl, A. Rothenberger Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2, 6406-6411, (2014)
Education
Ph.D., College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2006
Professional Profile
2018.11 - Current: Research Scientist, AMPMC, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2014.06 - 2018.10: Research Scientist, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2011.09 - 2014.05: Postdoc Fellow, Solar Center, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
