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DR ALI BUMAJDAD

Prof. Ali Bumajdad
Phone
24985543
Public Email
a.bumajdad@ku.edu.kw
Office Location
S03A1048
College/ Center
College of Science
Professor

Prof. Ali Bumajdad received his Ph.D. from University of Bristol (year 2000). After that he started his faculty career at Kuwait University, Department of Chemistry. He was promoted to associate professors in 2006 and to full professors in 2014. He spent several sabbatical periods at international Universities (University of Bristol, University of Newcastle, University of Calgary, University of Northern British Colombia). His specialty is related to nanomaterials and nanotechnology with focus on surfaces and colloidal properties of nanomaterials. In his research, he targeted materials with environmental, renewable energy, sensors, and green chemistry applications. He was well trained on using neuron scattering facilities and he visited several times Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (ISIS, UK), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL, France), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research (Gaithersburg, USA) and Oakridge National Lab (ORNL, USA). He published 93 peer-reviewed paper with total web of science citations of 2279 and 104 conference presentation and take part in 22 research project halves of them as principal investigator. So far, Prof. Bumajdad supervised 14 M.Sc. and 6 Ph.D. students. Prof. Bumajdad is a frequent reviewer to over 60 international journals in the field of nanotechnology and surface chemistry. He was the chair of the first Kuwait International Nanotechnology Conference and Exhibition that was held in 2016. He was also the chair of the conference International Conference on Sustainability of Built Environment in the Gulf Region which was held in 2019. Prof. Bumajdad is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and International Representative to RSC in Kuwait. In 2013, he was awarded the Scientific Production Prize, Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science, KFAS and in 2022 he was awarded the Kuwait University Prize for Best Distinguished Researchers.

For more information please visit Prof. Bumajdad ORCID account: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2978-0103

Degrees and Certificates

Ph.D., Bristol University, UK, 2000, Surface and Colloidal Chemistry

M.Sc. Bristol University, UK, 1997, Surface and Colloidal Chemistry

B.Sc., Kuwait University, Kuwait, 1995, Chemistry

Key Responsibilities

A professor at the Chemistry Department, faculty of Science, Kuwait University

Professional Experience

A consultant and Acting Director of Research Directorate at Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, KFAS (2022-present)

Manager of the M.Sc. program of Forensic Sciences (2021-2023)

Manager of the M.Sc. and Ph.D. program at Chemistry Department (2017-2018)

Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs and Postgraduate Studies (2014-2016)

Director of Electron Microscopy Unit from 2005 to 2010 

Vice president of Faculty Association from 2008-2012

Acting Chair of the Chemistry Department during the summer period of 2004/2005 and 2007/2008

Convener and member for several department, College, and University committees

Designing the courses flow sheet diagrams for the two major sheets we have in Chemistry (Both for General Chemistry and Applied Chemistry)

Research Interests

Prof. Bumajdad specialty is nanomaterials and nanotechnology with focus on surfaces and colloidal properties of nanomaterials. He targeted materials with environmental, renewable energy, sensors, and green chemistry applications (e.g. pure and doped CeO2, TiO2 and ZnO, MgO, SiO2, ZrO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Ag, Au, Ni, graphene, carbon nanotube, functionalized activated carbon …etc). He also work on green fabricating nanomaterials using natural resources to be used for environmental applications (e.g. microbial synthesis of Noble metal to be used as environmental catalysts, energy saving built-nanomaterials, removal of organics and heavy metals from contaminated water by nanomaterials, CO2 fixation, converting waste materials into value-added product, green phtocatalysis,  ….etc). Prof. Bumajdad also expert in the field of detergents, soaps and cosmetics.

Academic Subjects

Chem. 092

General Chemistry Courses (100 level courses; several times): 100, 101, 102, 105, 106, 110, 111 

Chem. 201 (Statistics and Computer in Chemistry; several times)

Chem. 214 (Physical Chemistry I, Thermodynamics; several times)

Chem. 215 (Physical Chemistry II, Kinetics and Electrochemistry, several times)

Chem. 217 (Physical Chemistry for Engineering, Thermodynamics; Kinetics)

Chem. 421 (Colloid and Surface Chemistry; spring 2009/2010 & fall 2012/2013)

Chem. 477 (industrial Chemistry; Spring 2009/2010, spring, and fall 2011/2012)

Chem. 511/512 (Advanced Thermodynamics; fall 2011/2012, 2012/2013, & 2014/2015)

Chem. 530 (Selected Topic in Applied Physical Chemistry; spring 2013/2014, spring 2020-2021, spring 2023-2024)

Chem. 620 (Advance Topic in Physical Chemistry; fall 2021/2022)

Chem. 622 (Colloid and Surface Science; spring 2005/2006, 2007/2008 and 2009/2010)

Chem. 628 (Surfactant Science; spring 2012/2013, 2015/2016 and 2021/2022)

Chem. 497 (Research Project)

Chem. 498 (Library Search & Seminar)

Chem. 499 (Research Project)

Chem. 591 (Library Search and Seminar for M.Sc.)

Publications

A) Research Papers: 

 

  1. Bumajdad, A.; Eastoe, J.; Heenan, R. K.; Lu, J. R.; Steytler, D.C.; Egelhaaf, S. ‘Mixing in cationic surfactant films studied by small-angle neutron scattering’ J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 94: 2143 – 2149, 1998.

  2. Bumajdad, A.; Eastoe, J.; Griffiths, P.; Steytler, D. C.; Heenan, R. K.; Lu, J. R.; Timmins, P. ‘Interfacial compositions and phase structures in mixed surfactant microemulsions’ Langmuir 15: 5271 – 5278, 1999.

  3. Giustini, M.; Palazzo, G.; Ceglie, A.; Eastoe, J.; Bumajdad, A.; Heenan R. K. ‘Studies of cationic and non-ionic surfactant mixed microemulsions by small-angle neutron scattering and pulsed field gradient NMR’ Progr. Colloid Polym. Sci., 115: 25 – 30, 2000.

  4. Bumajdad, A.; Eastoe, J.; Heenan R. K. ‘Mixed surfactant microemulsions’, Highlights of ISIS science, The ISIS facility 2001, 40.

  5. Bumajdad, A.; Eastoe, J.; Nave S.; Steytler, D. C.; Heenan, R. K.; Grillo I. ‘Compositions of mixed surfactant layers in microemulsions determined by small-angle neutron scattering’, Langmuir, 2003, 19, 2560 – 2567.

  6. Bumajdad, A.; Eastoe, J.; Heenan, R. K. ‘Properties of mixed alcohol-zwitterionic surfactant films in quaternary water-in-oil microemulsions’, Langmuir, 2003, 19, 7219 – 7225.

  7. Bumajdad, A. and Eastoe, J. ‘Conductivity of water-in-oil microemulsions Stabilized by Mixed Surfactants’, J. Colloid Interface Science, 2004, 1, 268 – 276.

  8. Bumajdad, A. and Eastoe, J. ‘Conductivity of mixed surfactant water-in-oil microemulsions’, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 46, 1597 – 1602.

  9. Makhseed S.; Bumajdad, A.; Ghanem, B.; Msayib, K.; McKeown, N. B. ‘Macrodiscotic liquid crystals derived from planar phthaocyanine oligomers’, Tetra. Letts., 2004, 45, 4865 – 4868.

  10. Bumajdad, A.; Zaki  M. I.; Eastoe, J.; Pasupulety, L. ‘Microemulsion-based synthesis of CeO2 powders with high surface area and high temperature stabilities’, Langmuir, 2004, 20, 11223 - 11233.

  11. Makhseed, S.; McKeown, N. B.; Msayib, K.; Bumajdad, A. ‘Inducing solid-state isolation of the phthalocyanine macrocycle by its incorporation within rigid, randomly shaped oligomers’, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 1865 -1870.

  12. Bumajdad, A.; Zaki  M. I.; Eastoe, J.; Pasupulety, L. ‘Characterization of nano-cerias synthesized in microemulsions by N2 sorptiometry and electron microscopy’, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2006, 302, 501 - 508.

  13. Bumajdad, A.; Eastoe, J.; Zaki  M. I.; Heenan, R. K.; Pasupulety, L. ‘Generation of metal oxide nanoparticles in optimized microemulsion’, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2007, 312, 68 - 75.

  14. Rakhshani, A. E.; Bumajdad, A.; Kokaj, J ’ZnO films grown by successive chemical solution deposition’, Appl. Phys. A, 2007, 923 - 928.

  15. Makhseed, S.; Samuel, J.; Bumajdad, A.; Hasan, M. ‘Synthesis and characterization of fluoropolymers with intrinsec microporosity and their hydrogen adsorption studies’ J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2008, 109, 2591 - 2597.

  16. Makhseed, S.; Samuel, J.; Bumajdad, A.; Mariam Abdalla. ‘Preparation and hydrogen sorption studies on high surface area organic framework polymer’, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2008, 35 (2A), 37 - 50.

  17. Rakhshani, A. E.; Bumajdad, A.; Kokaj, J.; Thomas, S. ‘Structure, composition and optical properties of ZnO:Ga films electrodeposited on flexible substrate’, Appl. Phys. A, 2009, 00339-009-5362-4.

  18. Mahfouz, R. M.; Bumajdad, A.; Al-Sagheer, F.A. ‘g-Irradiation effects on the kinetics and mechanism of the thermal decomposition of silver acetate’, Radiation Effects & Defects in Solids, 2009, 164, 170 - 177.

  19. Bumajdad, A.; Hasan, M.A.; Zaki, M.I.; Mekhemer, G.A.H.; Pasupulety, L.; Mathew, A. ‘Impact of CuOx additive on the CO oxidation activity and related surface and bulk properties of A nano-CeO2 catalyst’, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2010, 99, 345 - 359.

  20. Bukallah, S. B.; Bumajdad, A.; Khalil, K. M. S.; Zaki, M. I.; ‘Characterization of mesoporous VOx/MCM-41 composite materials obtained via post-synthesis impregnation’, Applied Surface Science, 2010, 256, 6179-6185.

  21. Rakhshani, A. E.; Kokaj, J.; Bumajdad, A. ‘Schottky diodes Fabrication on Electrochemically-grown ZnO nanorods and microrods’, FIZIKA A, 2010, 2, 73-82.

  22. Bumajdad, A.; Ali, S.; Mathew, A. ‘Characterization of iron hydroxide/oxide nanoparticles prepared in microemulsions stabilized with cationic/nonionic surfactant mixtures’,J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2011, 355, 282-292.

  23. Banerjee, S.; Bumajdad, A.; Devi, P. S. ‘Nanoparticles of antimony doped tin dioxide as a liquid 
    petroleum gas sensor: effect of size on sensitivity, Nanotechnology, 2011, 22, 27, 275506.

  24. Nag, P.; Banerjee, S.; Lee, Y.; Bumajdad, A.; Lee, Y.; Devi, P. S., ‘Sonochemical synthesis and properties of nanoparticles of FeSbO4’, J. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51 (2), 844–850.

  25. Al-Omani, S.; Bumajdad, A.; Al Sagheer, F. A.; J.; Zaki M. I. ‘Surface and related bulk properties 
     of titania nanoparticles recovered from Aramid-Titania hybrid films: A novel attempt’, Materials
     Research Bulletin, 2012, 47, 2208-3316. (Kuwait University rewarded paper).

  26. Bumajdad,A.; Madkour, M.; Shaaban, E.; El Seoud, O.’ FT-IR and 1H-NMR studies of the state of solubilized water in water-in-oil microemulsions stabilized by mixtures of single- and double-tailed cationic surfactants’ J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2013, 393, 210-218. 

  27. Rakhshani, A. E., Bumajdad, A., Kokaj, J., Thomas, S. ‘Preparation and characterization of nitrogen doped ZnO films and homojunction diodes’, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2014, 41, 107-127.

  28. Seddig Z. S.; Bumajdad A.; Ansari S. P., Saleh; Saleh A., Danish E.; Ahmed S. ‘Preparation and   
     characterization of Pd doped ceria-ZnO nanocomposite catalyst for methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) photodegredation’  Journal of Hazardous Materials,  2014, 264, 71-78.

  29. Bumajdad A.; Madkour M.; Abdel-Moneam Y.; El-Kemary M. ‘Nanostructured mesoporous Au/TiO2 for photocatalytic degradation of a textile dye: the effect of size similarity of the deposited Au with that of TiO2 pores’ J Mater. Sci., 2014, 49: 1743–1754.

  30. Cyganiuk A.; Klimkiewicz R.; Bumajdad A.; Kucinska A.; Lukaszewicz J. P., Manufacture of nanostructured CeOx/carbon catalyst for n-butanol conversion, Matt. Lett., 2014, 118, 119-122.

  31. Nag P.;   Majumdar S.;   Bumajdad A.; Devi P. S., Enhanced gas sensing performance of Tin dioxide-based  nanoparticles towards a wide range of concentration of hydrogen gas, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 18512-18521.

  32. Seddigi Z. S.; Ahmed S. A.; Bumajdad A.; Danish E. Y.; Shwaky A. M.; Gondal M. A. and Soylak M., The efficient photocatalytic degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether under Pd/ZnO and visible light irradiation,Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2015, 91, 2, 265-271. 

  33. Bumajdad, A; Madkour, M., In situ growth of ZnO nanoparticles in precursor-insensitive water-in-oil microemulsion as soft nonreactors, Nanoscale Research Letters, 2015, 10:19. (Kuwait University Rewarded Paper).

  34. Cyganiuk, A.; Klimkiewicz, R.; Bumajdad, A.; Ilnicka, A.; Lukaszewicz, J.P., Nanostructured composite TiO2/carbon catalysts of high activity for dehydration of n-butanol, Materials Science and Engineering B-ADV, 2015, 198, 35-42.

  35. Al-Sagheer, F.; Bumajdad, A.; Madkour, M.; and Ghazal, B., ’Optoelectronic characteristics
    of highly photoluminescent ZnS quantum dots: simulation and experimental Investigations’ Science of Advanced Materials, 2015, 7, 1-9.

  36. Pourjavadi, A.; Shakerpoor, A.; Tehrani, Z. M.  Bumajdad, A., ‘Magnetic graphene oxide mesoporous silica hybrid nanoparticles with dendritic pH sensitive moieties coated by PEGylated alginate-co-poly(acrylic acid) for targeted and controlled drug delivery purposes", Journal of Polymer Research, 2015, 22 (8), 1-13.

  37. Seddigi, Z. S.; Ahmed, S. A.; Bumajdad, A.; Gonadal, M. A.; Danish, E. Y.; Shawky, A. M. and  Yarkandi, N. H., ‘Photocatalytic degradation of tert-butyl alcohol and tert-butyl 
    formate using palladium-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles with UV irradiation’, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2016,  57, 268-277.

  38. Pourjavadi, A.; Tehrani, Z. M.; Shirvani, T., Doulabi, M., Bumajdad, A., ‘Dendritic multi-walled carbon nanotube with thermoresponsive shells: A good carrier for anticancer drugs’ J. of Indus. and  Eng. Chem., 2016, 35, 332–340.

  39. Kupwade-Patil K, Al-Aibani A.F., Abdulsalam M.F., Mao C., Bumajdad A., Palkovic S.D., Buyukozturk, O. ‘Microstructure of cement paste with natural pozzolanic volcanic ash and Portland cement at different stages of curing’, Construction and Building Materials, 2016, 113, 423-441.

  40. Aqeel, T., Greer, H.F., Zhou, W.Z., Bruce, D.W., Bumajdad, A. ‘Novel direct synthesis of mesoporous tin dioxide network intact up to 500 °C’, Journal of Nano Research, 2016, 40, 79-89.

  41. Madkour, M., Salih, T., Al-Sagheer, F., and Bumajdad, A. ‘Nano-heterostructured photo-stable CdxZn1−xS heterojunction as a non-photocorrosive visible light active photocatalyst’   Optical Material Express, 2016, 6, 9, 2857-2870.

  42. Ibrahim, A.A., Umar, A., Kumar, R., Kim, S.H., Bumajdad, A.’Sm2O3-doped ZnO beech fern
    hierarchical structures for nitroaniline chemical sensor’ Ceramics International, 42, 15,
    2016, 16505-16511.

  43. Ibrahim, A.A., Kumar, R., Umar, A., Kim, S.H., Bumajdad, A., Ansari, Z.A. ‘Cauliflower-shaped ZnO  nanomaterials for electrochemical sensing and photocatalytic applications’ Electrochemica Acta, 222, 20, 2016, 463, 472.

  44. Aqeel, T., and Bumajdad, A. ‘Use of Mesoporous Tin Dioxide Containing Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Degradation of Phenol by Sunlight’, Sci. Adv. Mater. 9 (5), 2017, 847-856.

  45. Tasneem Salih, Steven M. Brown, Chaerin Kim, Kyler J. Carroll, Fikile R. Brushett, Ali Bumajdad, ‘Cost Effective and Scalable Synthesis of Supported Au Nanoparticles for the 
    Electroreduction of CO2 to CO’, Sci. Adv. Mater. 9(6), 2017, 888-895.

  46. Masmoudi, R., Kupwade-Patil, K., Bumajdad, A., Büyüköztürk, O. ’In situ Raman Studies on Cement Paste prepared with Natural Pozzolanic Volcanic Ash and Ordinary Portland Cement’, Construction and Building Materials, 2017, 148, 444-454.

  47. Bumajdad, A. ’Direct and template-free synthesis of one-dimensional nanostructures of sodium trititanate and sodium hexatitanate’ Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2017, 100(8), 3375-3379.   

  48. Rakhshani A.E., Bumajdad A., Al-Sagheer F., Thomas S., Tharayil P.H., ‘One-Step Electrodeposition of CuZnSn Metal Alloy Precursor Film Followed by the Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 
      and Cu2ZnSnSe4 Light Absorber Films and Heterojunction Devices’ Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 2017, 12, 7786  – 7794, doi: 10.20964/2017.08.22. 

  49. Bumajdad, A., Al-Ghareeb, S., Madkour, M., Al Sagheer, F., Zaki M. I.‘Synthesis of MgO nanocatalyst in water-in- oil microemulsion for CO oxidation’, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2017, 99, 345 - 359.(Kuwait University Rewarded Paper).

  50. Bumajdad, A., Al-Ghareeb, S., Madkour, M., Al Sagheer, F., Non-noble, efficient catalyst of 
    unsupported α-Cr2O3 nanoparticles for low temperature CO Oxidation, Scientific Report, 2017, 
    7: 14788 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-14779-x. 

  51. Aqeel, A. and Bumajdad, A., Mesoporous silica prepared by modified true liquid crystal templating
    method with high thermal stability and 10-year shelf life, Journal of Porous Materials, 2018, 25(4), 1237-1243.

  52. Aqeel, T., Heather F. Greer, H. F., Bumajdad, A. ‘Novel synthesis of crystalline mesoporous tin dioxide doped with nanogold’ Kuwait Journal of Science, 2018, 45(2), 53-63.

  53. Kupwade-Patil, K., Palkovic, S. D., Bumajdad, A., Soriano, C., Buyukozturk, O., Use of Silica Fume and Natural Volcanic Ash as a replacement to Portland Cement: Micro and Pore structural Investigation using NMR, XRD, FTIR and X-ray Micro Tomography, Construction and Building Materials, 2018, 158, 574-590.

  54. Kupwade-Patil, K., Chin, S., Ilavsky, J., Andrews, R. N., Bumajdad, A., Buyukozturk, O., Hydration
     kinetics and morphology of cement pastes with pozzolanic volcanic ash studied via synchrotron based techniques, Journal of Materials Science, 2018, 53, 1743-1757.

  55. Bumajdad, A. Nazeer, A. A., Al-Sagheer, F., Nahar, S., Zaki, M. I., Controlled
     synthesis of ZrO2 nanoparticles with tailored size, morphology and crystal phases via organic/inorganic hybrid films, Scientific Reports, 2018, 8:3695. (Kuwait University Rewarded Paper)

  56. Al Sagheer, F., Nahar; S., Nazeer, A. A., Bumajdad, A., Zaki, M. I., High-temperature stable transition aluminas nanoparticles recovered from sol-gel processed chitosan-AlOx organic-inorganic hybrid films", Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 2018, 86(2), 410-422. 

  57. Al-Salem, S., Bumajdad, A., Khan, A., Sharma, B. K. K., Chandrasekaran, S. R. R., Al-Turki, F.A., Jassem, F., Al-Dhafeeri, A.T., Non-isothermal Degradation Kinetics of Virgin Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) and Biodegradable Polymer Blends, Journal of Polymer Research, 2018, 25:111. 

  58. Ahmad, Z. shiju, J., Al-Sagheer, F., Bumajdad, A., In-situ Preparation of Aramid-multiwalled CNT Nano-composites: Morphology, Thermal Mechanical and Electric Properties, Nanomaterials, 2018, 8(5) 309.

  59. Ali, A.A., Nazeer, A.A., Madkour, M., Bumajdad, A., Al Sagheer, F., Novel supercapacitor electrodes based semiconductor nanoheterostructure of CdS/rGO/CeO2 as efficient candidates, Arabian, Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 11, 692-699. (Kuwait University Rewarded Paper)

  60. Jamsheer, A.F., Kupwade-Patil, K., Büyüköztürk, O., Bumajdad, A., Analysis of engineered cement paste using silica nanoparticles and metakaolin using 29Si NMR, water adsorption and synchrotron X-ray Diffraction, Construction and Building Materials, 2018, 180, 698-70.

  61. Kupwade-Patil, K., Bumajdad, A., Brown, C.M., Tyagi, M., Butch, N.P., Jamsheer, A.F. and Büyüköztürk, O., New Insights into Water Dynamics of Portland Cement Paste with Nano-additives using Quasielastic Neutron Scattering, Journal of Materials Science, 2019, 54, 4710-4718.  

  62. Al-Hajji, L.A., Ismail A. A., Al-Hazza, A., Ahmed S.A., Alsaidi M., Almutawa F., Bumajdad A., Impact of calcination of hydrothermally synthesized TiO2 nanowires on their photocatalytic efficiency. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020, 1200, 127153.

  63. Aqeel, T., and Bumajdad, A., Facile and Direct Preparation of Ultrastable Mesoporous Silica with Silver Nanoclusters: High Surface Area, ChemistryOpen 2020, 9, 87 – 92. 

  64. Al-Hajji, L.A., Ismail A. A., Al-Hazza, A., Alsaidi M., Ahmed S.A., Almutawa F., Bumajdad A., Comparison of TiO2 Nanowires and TiO2 Nanoparticles for Photodegradation of Resorcinol as Endocrine Mode, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-39733-3.

  65. Kupwade-Patil, K., Bumajdad, A., Littrell, K.C., Büyüköztürk, O, In situ examination of engineered local additives in cement paste via neutron based scattering techniques, Construction and Building Materials, 2020, 243 (2020) 118175.

  66. Masmoudi, R. Bumajdad, A., Kupwade-Patil, K., Effect of Aluminosilicate Nanoparticles on Cement Blends Containing Volcanic Ash and Metakaolin, Proceeding of the Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, GCSBEKW-2019,2020, ISBN 978-3-030-39733-3 

  67. Al-Hajji, L.A., Ismail A. A., Al-Hazza, A., Alsaidi M., Ahmed S.A., Almutawa F., Bumajdad A., ‘Green Approach and Ease Synthesis of C/N- codoped TiO2 Nanocrystals for Photodegradation of Endocrine’, J Nanopart Res, 2020, 22:50.  

  68. Abdel Aziz, W. N., Bumajdad, A., Al Sagheer, F., Madkour, M., ‘Selective synthesis and characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles via PVA/PVP polymer blend as structure-directing agent’ Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2020, 249 122927. 

  69. Al-Hajji, L.A., Ismail A. A., Bumajdad A., Alsaidi M., Ahmed S.A., Almutawa F., Al-Hazza, A. ,  ‘Construction of Au/TiO2 Heterojunction with high photocatalytic performances under UVA illumination’, Ceramics International, 2020, 46(12), 20155-20162. 

  70. AbdelNazeer, A., AlSagheer, F., Bumajdad, A.,’Aramid-Zirconia Nanocomposite Coating With Excellent Corrosion Protection of Stainless Steel in Saline Media’ Front. Chem., 2020, 8:391. 

  71. Antelava, A., Constantinou, A., Bumajdad, A., Manos, G., Dewil, R., Al-Salem, S.M., ‘Identification of Commercial Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics: Study of UV Induced Degradation in an Effort to Combat Plastic Waste Accumulation’ Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2020, 28(9), 2364-2376. 

  72. Abadllah, B., Assfour, B., Kakhia, M., Bumajdad, A.,’HRTEM, XPS and XRD characterization of ZnS/PbS nanorods prepared by thermal evaporation technique’ Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 2020, 11 (5), P. 1–9.

  73. Bumajdad, A., Nahar, S., Zaki, M.I.,’ Na-influenced Bulk and Surface Properties of the So-called Iota(ι)-Alumina: Spectroscopy and Microscopy Studies’, Front. Chem., 2021, 9:633877. 

  74. Al-Hajji, L. A.; Ismail, A.A.; Bumajdad, A.; Alsaidi, M.; Ahmed, S. A.; Almutawa, F.; Al-Hazza, A. ‘Au nanoparticles decorated brookite-anatase nanowires for efficient photo-oxidation of aqueous resorcinol’ J. Mater. Sci.: Mater Electron, 2021, 32, 19764-19777.

  75. Bumajdad, A.*; Khan, m.J.H. ‘The reuse of disposable COVID-19 surgical masks as a nitrogen-enrichment agent and structure promotor for a wild plant-derived sorbent’ Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2021, 102, 163-176. (KFAS Rewarded Paper)

  76. Emamy, F.H.; Bumajdad, A.*, Lukaszewicz, J.P. ‘Adsorption of hexavalent chromium and divalent lead ions on the nitrogen-enriched chitosan-based activated carbon’ Nanomaterials, 2021, 11, 1907.

  77. Al-Hajji, L. A.; Ismail, A.A.; Bumajdad, A.; Alsaidi, M.; Ahmed, S. A.; Al-Hazza,A.; Ahmed, N ‘Photodegradation of powerful five estrogens collected from waste water treatment plant over visible-light-driven Au/TiO2 photocatalyst’ Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021, 101958.

  78. Al-Hamar, B., Inbamani, A. R., Komona, S. A., Fouzi, M., Ben-Hamadou, R., Pereira, H., Bumajdad, A., Bioprospecting autochthonous marine microalgae strain from the Arabian Gulf Seawater, Kuwait for sustainable biofuel feedstocks, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2022, 49 (2) 1-25.

  79. Alhendal, A.; Rashad, M.; Husain, A.; Mouffuok, F.; Bumajdad, A. ‘A Chromia-based Sorbent for the Enrichment of Phosphotyrosine’ Journal of Chromatography A, 2022, 1671, 462991.

80. Bumajdad, A.*; Hasila, P. ‘Surface modification of date palm activated carbonaceous materials for heavy metal removal and CO2 adsorption’ Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 
        16, 104403.

81. Aqeel, T., Galstyan, V., Comini, E., Bumajdad, A. ‘Efficient one-pot synthesis of antimony-containing mesoporous tin dioxide nanostructures for gas-sensing applications’ Arabian 
        Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 16, 104797.

82. Mekhemer, G.A.H.; Mohamed, H.A.A.; Bumajdad, A.; Zaki, M.I. ‘Lattice‐charge imbalance and redox catalysis over perovskite‐type ferrite‐and manganite‐based mixed oxides as
        studied by XRD, FTIR, UV–Vis DRS, and XPS’, Scientific Reports, 2023, 13, 7453.

 83. AlBusairi, B.H.; AlMusallam, A.S.; Ali, S.H.; Merchant, S.Q.; Bumajdad, A. ‘Production of  Esters with Numerous Applications: Kinetics of Dowex 50W Catalysed Transesterification of 
        Methyl Acetate with Three and Four-Carbon Structured Alcohols’ The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2024, 102(7), 2511-2526.

 84. Adamou, P.; Harkou, E.; Bumajdad, A.; De Jong, X.; Van Haute, M.; Constantinou, A.; Al- Salem, S.M. ‘Effect of Polyethylene Pyrolysis Oil Hydrotreatment on the Pt/Al2O3 Catalyst: 
       Experimental Characterization’ ACS Omega, 2024, 9 (17), 19057-19062.

 85. Bin Qasim, S.S.; and Bumajdad, A. ‘The effect of mesoporous silica doped with silver nanoparticles on glass ionomer cements; physiochemical, mechanical and ion release 
       analysis’ BMC Oral Health, 2024, 24, 1269.

     

B) Prospective Articles:

  1. Bumajdad A.*; Madkour M., Understanding the superior photocatalytic activity of noble metals modified titania under UV and visible light irradiation, PCCP, 2014, 16 (16), 7146 – 7158. (Prospective articles, selected for front cover). (Kuwait University Rewarded Paper)

                        

  1. Madkour, M., Bumajdad, A.*, Al-Sagheer, F., To what extent do polymeric stabilizers affect nanoparticles characteristics?, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., 2019, 270, 38-53. 

 

C)   Review Articles:

  1. Eastoe, J. and Bumajdad, A. ‘Mixed surfactant microemulsions’,Recent Research Developments in Physical Chemistry, 2000, 4, 337 – 350. 

  2. Bumajdad, A.; Eastoe, J.; Mathew, A., 'Cerium oxide nanoparticles prepared in self-assembled systems’, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Special issue in memory of the 60th birthday of Prof. Brian Vincent, 2009, 147-148, 56-66.

  3. Bassam Alfeeli, B.; Al-Rawashdeh, M.; Bumajdad, A.; Al Lawati, H.; Abdelgawad, M.; Baccar, Z. M.; Ben Salem, E.; Benaska, F. ‘A Review of nanotechnology development in the Arab world’ Nanotechnology Reviews, 2013, 2, 359.

  4. Bumajdad A.*; Khan M. J. H. and Lukaszewicz J. P.  ‘Nitrogen- enriched activated carbon derived from plant biomasses: a review on reaction mechanism and applications in wastewater treatment’, Frontiers in Materials, 2023, 10:1218028.

 

D) Company Profile:

  1. Bumajdad, A.* ‘Nanoscience and nanotechnology research highlights’ Green Process Synth., 2013, 2, 181-183.

 

E) Note:

  1. Javier Reguera, Leonardo Scarabelli, Christophe Petit, Raghavender Siramdas, Heiko Wolf, Munish Chanana, Xiaoying Liu, Matthew Martin, Moritz Tebbe, Xiao-Min Lin, Lucio Isa, Helmuth Moehwald, Peter Schurtenberger, Orlin Velev, Yangwei Liu, Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah, Ali Bumajdad, Dhanavel Ganeshan, Damien Faivre, Fernando Bresme, Christopher Sorensen, Pablo Guimera Coll, Suvojit Ghosh, Andreas Fery, Fadwa El Haddassi, K. Michael Salerno, Christina Graf, M. Fernanda Cardinal, David Schiffrin, Zhihai Li, Elena Shevchenko, Toshiharu Teranishi, Zhang Shubiao, Dmitri Talapin, A. Paul Alivisatos, Etienne Duguet, Albert Philipse, Emanuela Bianchi and Roman Latsuzbaia, New routes to control nanoparticle synthesis: general discussion,   Faraday Discuss., 2015, 181, 147-179.

 

F) Book:

  1. Bumajdad, A.*, Bouhamra, W., Alsayegh, O.A., Kamal, H.A., Alhajraf, S.F. (Eds.), Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, Springer, 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-39733-3, ISBN 978-3-030-39734-0 (eBook).