Faculty

Chairman

Dr Mohannad Mayyas is a research scientist in the field of materials chemistry. His research expertise covers areas in electrochemistry, materials processing, and chemical metallurgy. His career includes considerable experience working closely with the Australian mining and manufacturing industries to provide practical solutions for processing minerals and complex waste streams. He has experience in undertaking fundamental and industry-oriented research in the fields of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy.

In 2021, his research on liquid alloys led to the discovery of a new electrocapillary-controlled phase separation in these liquids, a phenomenon with promising applications in advanced manufacturing and extractive metallurgy. Dr Mayyas also has six provisional patents in the areas of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilisation.

Key performance indicators: • I have 80 publications, dating from 2014 to present. • Around 35% of my publications are in journals with impact factors >15. • My papers have attracted total citations of more than 2,800. The citation rate has steadily increased to the current level of over 700 citations per year. • My h-index is 32/32 (Google Scholar and SCOPUS as of Sep 2024).

• Six provisional patents in the areas of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilization.

Highlights:

  • 1 paper in Science (IF=48)
  • 1 paper in Joule (IF=46.048)
  • 1 paper in Nature Nanotechnology (IF=39.213)
  • 3 papers in Advanced Materials (IF=32.086)
  • 1 paper in Nature Chemistry (IF=24.274)
  • 1 paper in Matter (Cell press, IF=19.97)
  • 5 papers in Advanced Functional Materials (IF=19.924)
  • 1 paper in Applied Physics Reviews (IF=19.527)
  • 5 papers in ACS Nano (IF=18.027)
  • 1 paper in Chemical Engineering Journal (IF=16.744)

Patents:

Country / JurisdictionPatent Application NoArea 
 
Australia2024901003Metallurgical extraction 
Australia2022902032Electrolysis of carbon dioxide to solid carbon 
Australia2023902324Electrolysis of carbon dioxide to solid carbon 
Australia2023900535Electrolysis of carbon dioxide 
Australia2024900576Electrolysis of carbon dioxide 
Australia2023903029Electrolysis carbon 

Research Highlights:

Dr. Mohannad Mayyas's research expertise spans the areas of nanotechnology, interfacial science, electrochemistry, and chemical metallurgy. In 2011, he was awarded a master's scholarship under the nuclear cooperation agreement between the Kingdom of Jordan and the People's Republic of China to pursue research on uranium extraction from Jordanian phosphate rock. During this time, Dr. Mayyas investigated novel nano-sized dendrimers with metal chelating abilities to isolate uranium from the phosphoric acid solution that results from the acidulation of phosphate rock using sulfuric acid.

After completing his master studies, Dr. Mayyas worked at the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and its commercial arm, the Jordan Uranium Mining Company (JUMCO), to develop a process for extracting uranium from the Upper Cretaceous uranium-bearing rocks (carbonates and phosphorites) in central Jordan.

In 2015, Dr. Mayyas was awarded a scholarship to pursue a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales. In his PhD, he worked in the fields of carbon materials and green steel technologies. He also collaborated closely with Australian mining and manufacturing industries, including LIBERTY OneSteel and Molycop, to integrate sustainable feedstocks into steel carburizing and iron-making processes. Additionally, he worked with Microbiogen Pty Ltd on a project involving lignocellulosic biomass fractionation and processing. He also worked on a research project in collaboration with Chase Mining Corporation Limited (Formerly known as Toptung Limited) to develop a solution for silexite tailings (from tungsten-mining operations).

Following his PhD completion in 2018, Dr. Mayyas worked as a research fellow for five years. He first accepted a postdoctoral position at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He conducted fundamental research on liquid metals and their interfaces. His research on liquid alloys led to the discovery of a new electrocapillary-controlled phase separation in these liquids, a phenomenon with promising applications in advanced manufacturing and extractive metallurgy. This phenomenon was named the ‘metal expulsion’. His research also established a new understanding of the relationship between surface enrichment, a critical interfacial characteristic of liquid alloys, and their electrocatalytic behavior. His research team could also derive new empirical models that could describe the surface composition of liquid alloys and its manipulation through electrocapillary.

In 2021, Dr. Mayyas accepted a senior research fellow position at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. In this role, he worked on a research spin-off, Carbelec Pty Ltd, in collaboration with Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd and the University of Melbourne, to develop a foundation for the constant capture and reuse of carbon in industrial processes. The project involves developing a CO2 electrolysis technology based on molten salts and adapt it for industrial scale production. He produced six provisional patents from his work with Carbelec and the University of Melbourne. Dr. Mayyas also worked as a process consultant at Hatch to develop extractive metallurgical solutions (both hydro and pyro) for Ni and Cu ore deposits.

Since 2014, Dr. Mayyas has published 80 papers, with 35% in journals with impact factors greater than 15. His work has attracted over 2,800 citations, with a citation rate that has steadily increased to over 700 citations per year. His h-index is 32, according to both Google Scholar and SCOPUS as of September 2024. He also holds six provisional patents in the fields of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilization. Some highlights of his research include publications in prestigious journals such as Science (IF = 48), Joule (IF = 46.048), Nature Nanotechnology (IF = 39.213), Advanced Materials (IF = 32.086), Nature Chemistry (IF = 24.274), Matter (Cell Press, IF = 19.97), Advanced Functional Materials (IF = 19.924), Applied Physics Reviews(IF = 19.527), ACS Nano (IF = 18.027), and Chemical Engineering Journal (IF = 16.744).

Dr. Mayyas serves as an editorial advisory board member for the Nanoparticle journal and as an editorial team member for Advanced Nano Computing and Analytics. In addition, Dr. Mayyas regularly reviews manuscripts for several prestigious journals, including Nature Communications, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Electrochimica Acta, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Molecules, Chemical Engineering, Cleaner Production, Waste Management, Materials, Metals, Materials Today Communications, and Minerals.

Current Research at KFUPM:

1. Metal expulsion theory and applications

2. Liquid metal applications in thermochemical processes

3. Metal catalysts for CO2 reduction

4. Green metallurgical processes (iron making and steel production)

5. Process development and design (industry oriented, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy)

Previous Graduate Students:

  • Ms. Xichao Zhang (Current PhD student at UoM): Currently investigating the metal expulsion phenomenon in room-temperature liquid alloys for recycling e-waste alloys.
  • Ms. Fahimeh Gholampoursaadi (Current PhD student at UoM): Fahimeh is studying the quasi-crystalline atomic layers of liquid metals for CO2 electrocatalytic reduction into organic fuels.

    (1) F. Gholampoursaadi, X. Zhi, S. Nour, J. Z. Liu, G. K. Li, M. Mayyas*, Surface Enrichment in Gallium-Indium Liquid Alloys: Applied to CO2 Conversion. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2316435.

  • Dr. Maedehasadat Mousavi (Completed her PhD at UNSW): Dr. Mousavi’s research led to the discovery of a novel interfacial technique for nanoalloy deposition onto liquid metals. This technique has demonstrated significant advantages in energy storage and gas sensing. Dr. Mousavi demonstrated these advantages in her thesis and published the following articles under my supervision.

    (2) Mousavi, M.; Mittal, U.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Baharfar, M.; Tang, J.; Yao, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Zhang, C.; Sharma, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Liquid Metal-Templated Tin-Doped Tellurium Films for Flexible Asymmetric Pseudocapacitors. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14 (45), 51519-51530.

    (3) Mousavi, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Han, J.; Wang, Y.; Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Guan, X.; Christoe, M. J.; Mayyas, M.* Bismuth Telluride Topological Insulator Synthesized Using Liquid Metal Alloys: Test of NO2 Selective Sensing. Appl. Mater. Today 2021, 22, 100954.

  • Dr. Jiewei Zheng (Completed his PhD at UNSW). I supervised Dr. Zheng in the first year of his PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Zheng's research looks into the chemical activity of liquid metal interfaces and their applications in MOF synthesis.

    (4) Zheng, J.; Mousavi, M.; Baharfar, M.; Sharma, A.; Kumeria, T.; Han, J.; Kumar, P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.*Liquid Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Stratified Zinc–Organic Frameworks. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10 (40), 14963-14970.

  • Dr. Mahroo Baharfar (Completed her PhD at UNSW). I supervised Dr. Baharfar in the second and third years of her PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Baharfar's research looks into the utilisation of liquid metal interfaces for advanced synthesis of functional materials, particularly for electrochemical biosensing applications. Dr. Baharfar published the following articles under my supervision:

    (5) Baharfar, M.; Zheng, J.; Abbasi, R.; Lim, S.; Kundi, V.; Kumar, P. V.; Rahim, M. A.; Zhang, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Interface-controlled Phase Separation of Liquid Metal-based Eutectic Ternary Alloys. Chem. Mater. 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02981.

    (6) Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.*; Rahbar, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Wang, Y.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Jalili, R.; Liu, G.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Exploring Interfacial Graphene Oxide Reduction by Liquid Metals: Application in Selective Biosensing. ACS Nano 2021, 15 (12), 19661-19671.

  • Mr Hongzhe Li (completed his honors program). Mr Li published the following article under my supervision:

    (7) Li, H.; Abbasi, R.; Wang, Y.; Allioux, F. M.; Koshy, P.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Rahim, M. A.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Jalili, R.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Liquid Metal-supported Synthesis of Cupric Oxide. J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8 (5), 1656-1665.

  • Dr. Yifang Wang (Completed her PhD at UNSW). I co-supervised Dr. Wang in the first and second years of her PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Wang published the following articles under my supervision:

    (8) Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.*; Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Elbourne, A.; Kaner, R. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Self-Deposition of 2D Molybdenum Sulfides on Liquid Metals. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31 (3), 2005866.

    (9) Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.*; Yang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Han, J.; Baharfar, M.; Mao, G.; Yao, Y.; Cortie, D. Liquid-Metal-Assisted Deposition and Patterning of Molybdenum Dioxide at Low Temperature. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (44), 53181-53193.

  • Dr. Jialuo Han (completed his PhD). I co-supervised Dr. Han in the last year of his PhD program. Dr. Han published the following article under my supervision:

    (10) Han, J.; Mayyas, M.*; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M; Cai, S.; Cao, Z.; Wang, Y.; Tang, J.; Jalili, R.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Khoshmanesh, K.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Liquid Metal Enabled Continuous Flow Reactor: A Proof-of-concept. Matter 2021, 4 (12), 4022-4041.

  • Ms Jingxiao Lyu. Ms. Lyu completed her master’s studies and published the following article:

    (11) Lyu, J.; Mayyas, M.*; Salim, O.; Zhu, H.; Chu, D.; Joshi, R. K. Electrochemical Performance of Hydrothermally Synthesized rGO Based Electrodes. Mater. Today Energy 2019, 13, 277-284.

Publications:

  1. F. Gholampoursaadi, X. Zhi, S. Nour, J. Z. Liu, G. K. Li, M. Mayyas*, 2024, Surface Enrichment in Gallium-Indium Liquid Alloys: Applied to CO2 Conversion. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2316435.
  2. Lei, W.; Wang, Y.; Jiang, W.; Liu, J.; Mayyas, M.; Shen, J.; Wei, X., 2024, Sulfur quantum dot sensitized anatase TiO2 for enhanced photocatalytic activity. Chem. Eng. Sci., 288, 119840.
  3. Allioux, F.-M.; Merhebi, S.; Liu, L.; Centurion, F.; Abbasi, R.; Zhang, C.; Ireland, J.; Biazik, J. M.; Mayyas, M.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Xie, W.; Rahim, M. A.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2023, A Liquid Metal–Polydopamine Composite for Cell Culture and Electro-Stimulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 11 (17), 3941-3950.
  4. Kilani, M.; Ahmed, M.; Mayyas, M.; Wang, Y.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mao, G., 2023, Toward Precision Deposition of Conductive Charge-Transfer Complex Crystals Using Nanoelectrochemistry. Small Methods, 7 (4), 2201198.
  5. Tang, J.; Tang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Sun, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Yang, J.; Han, J.; Lawes, D. J.; Jalili, R.; Daeneke, T.; Saborio, M. G.; Cao, Z.; Echeverria, C. A.; Allioux, F.-M.; Zavabeti, A.; Hamilton, J.; Mitchell, V.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Dickey, M. D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid-Metal-Enabled Mechanical-Energy-Induced CO2 Conversion. Advanced Materials, 34 (1), 2105789.
  6. Baharfar, M.; Zheng, J.; Abbasi, R.; Lim, S.; Kundi, V.; Kumar, P. V.; Rahim, M. A.; Zhang, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Interface-Controlled Phase Separation of Liquid Metal-Based Eutectic Ternary Alloys. Chemistry of Materials, 34 (23), 10761-10771
  7. Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Tang, J.; Lambie, S.; Han, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Allioux, F.-M.; Cai, S.; Koshy, P.; Mostaghimi, P.; Steenbergen, K. G.; Barnard, A. S.; Daeneke, T.; Gaston, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid Metal Synthesis Solvents for Metallic Crystals. Science, 378 (6624), 1118-1124.
  8. Zheng, J.; Mousavi, M.; Baharfar, M.; Sharma, A.; Kumeria, T.; Han, J.; Kumar, P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Liquid Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Stratified Zinc–Organic Frameworks. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10 (40), 14963-14970.

     

  9. Mayyas, M. * (corresponding author); Khoshmanesh, K.; Kumar, P.; Mousavi, M.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Yang, J.; Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Rahim, M. A.; Xie, W.; Allioux, F.-M.; Daiyan, R.; Jalili, R.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Reaction Media for Interfacial Precipitation of Bismuth Nanomaterials with Controlled Phases and Morphologies. Advanced Functional Materials, 32 (8), 2108673.
  10. Tang, J.; Lambie, S.; Meftahi, N.; Christofferson, A. J.; Yang, J.; Han, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Allioux, F.-M.; Cao, Z.; Daeneke, T.; McConville, C. F.; Steenbergen, K. G.; Kaner, R. B.; Russo, S. P.; Gaston, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Oscillatory Bifurcation Patterns Initiated by Seeded Surface Solidification of Liquid Metals. Nature Synthesis, 1 (2), 158-169.
  11. Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Mayyas, M.; Yu, Q. V.; Li, L. H.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, High-Q Phonon-Polaritons in Spatially Confined Freestanding Α-Moo3. ACS Photonics, 9 (3), 905-913. DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01726. 
  12. Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Yang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid State of Post-Transition Metals for Interfacial Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Materials. Applied Physics Reviews, 9 (2), 021306.
  13. Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Yang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid State of Post-Transition Metals for Interfacial Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Materials. Applied Physics Reviews, 9 (2), 021306.
  14. Cai, S.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Zhang, J.; He, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Christoe, M. J.; Mayyas, M.; Wong, E. H. H.; Boyer, C.; Neff, R.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Soft Liquid Metal Infused Conductive Sponges. Advanced Materials Technologies, 7 (8), 2101500.
  15. Rahim, M. A.; Tang, J.; Christofferson, A. J.; Kumar, P. V.; Meftahi, N.; Centurion, F.; Cao, Z.; Tang, J.; Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Koshy, P.; Daeneke, T.; McConville, C. F.; Kaner, R. B.; Russo, S. P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Low-Temperature Liquid Platinum Catalyst. Nature Chemistry, 14 (8), 935-941.
  16. Mousavi, M.; Mittal, U.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Baharfar, M.; Tang, J.; Yao, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Zhang, C.; Sharma, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Liquid Metal-Templated Tin-Doped Tellurium Films for Flexible Asymmetric Pseudocapacitors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (45), 51519-51530.
  17. Allioux, F.-M.; Han, J.; Tang, J.; Merhebi, S.; Cai, S.; Tang, J.; Abbasi, R.; Centurion, F.; Mousavi, M.; Zhang, C.; Xie, W.; Mayyas, M.; Rahim, M. A.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Nanotip Formation from Liquid Metals for Soft Electronic Junctions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (36), 43247-43257.
  18. Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Yang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Han, J.; Ahmed, M.; Baharfar, M.; Mao, G.; Yao, Y.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Cortie, D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Liquid-Metal-Assisted Deposition and Patterning of Molybdenum Dioxide at Low Temperature. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13 (44), 53181-53193.
  19. Ghasemian, M. B.; Zavabeti, A.; Mousavi, M.; Murdoch, B. J.; Christofferson, A. J.; Meftahi, N.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Jalili, R.; Allioux, F.-M.; Mayyas, M.; Chen, Z.; Elbourne, A.; McConville, C. F.; Russo, S. P.; Ringer, S.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Doping Process of 2d Materials Based on the Selective Migration of Dopants to the Interface of Liquid Metals. Advanced Materials, 33 (43), 2104793.
  20. Xie, W.; Allioux, F.-M.; Namivandi-Zangeneh, R.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Han, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Tang, J.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Mayyas, M.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Christoe, M. J.; Zhang, C.; Wang, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Baharfar, M.; Ng, G.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Boyer, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Polydopamine Shell as a Ga3+ Reservoir for Triggering Gallium–Indium Phase Separation in Eutectic Gallium–Indium Nanoalloys. ACS Nano, 15 (10), 16839-16850.
  21. Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Rahbar, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Wang, Y.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Jalili, R.; Liu, G.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Exploring Interfacial Graphene Oxide Reduction by Liquid Metals: Application in Selective Biosensing. ACS Nano, 15 (12), 19661-19671.
  22. Han, J.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Cai, S.; Cao, Z.; Wang, Y.; Tang, J.; Jalili, R.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Khoshmanesh, K.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Liquid Metal Enabled Continuous Flow Reactor: A Proof-of-Concept. Matter, 4 (12), 4022-4041.
  23. Cha-umpong W; Mayyas M; Razmjou A; Chen V, 2021, 'Modification of GO-based pervaporation membranes to improve stability in oscillating temperature operation', Desalination, vol. 516, pp. 115215.
  24. Jalili AR; Satalov A; Nazari S; Rahmat Suryanto BH; Sun J; Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Kandjani AE; Sabri YM; Mayes E; Bhargava SK; Araki J; Zakri C; Poulin P; Esrafilzadeh D; Amal R, 2021, 'Liquid Crystal-Mediated 3D Printing Process to Fabricate Nano-Ordered Layered Structures', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 13, pp. 28627 - 28638.
  25. Merhebi S; Mohammad M; Mayyas M; Abbasi R; Zhang C; Cai S; Centurion F; Xie W; Cao Z; Tang J; Rahim MA; Zhang J; Razmjou A; Leslie G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J; Allioux F-M, 2021, 'Post-transition metal/polymer composites for the separation and sensing of alkali metal ions', J. Mater. Chem. A, vol. 9, pp. 19854-19864.
  26. Yang J; Krix ZE; Kim S; Tang J; Mayyas M; Wang Y; Watanabe K; Taniguchi T; Li LH; Hamilton AR; Aharonovich I; Sushkov OP; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Near-Field Excited Archimedean-like Tiling Patterns in Phonon-Polaritonic Crystals', ACS Nano, vol. 15, pp. 9134 - 9142.
  27. Tang J; Lambie S; Meftahi N; Christofferson AJ; Yang J; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Allioux FM; Rahim MA; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; McConville CF; Steenbergen KG; Kaner RB; Russo SP; Gaston N; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Unique surface patterns emerging during solidification of liquid metal alloys', Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 16, pp. 431 - 439.
  28. Centurion F; Namivandi-Zangeneh R; Flores N; Tajik M; Merhebi S; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Allioux FM; Tang J; Donald WA; Boyer C; Dickey MD; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2021, 'Liquid Metal-Triggered Assembly of Phenolic Nanocoatings with Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties', ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 4, pp. 2987 - 2998.
  29. Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Wang Y; Abbasi R; Yang J; Tang J; Idrus-Saidi SA; Guan X; Christoe MJ; Merhebi S; Zhang C; Tang J; Jalili R; Daeneke T; Wu T; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mayyas M* (corresponding author), 2021, 'Bismuth telluride topological insulator synthesized using liquid metal alloys: Test of NO2 selective sensing', Applied Materials Today, vol. 22, pp. 100954 - 100954.
  30. Rahim MA; Centurion F; Han J; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Sun J; Christoe MJ; Esrafilzadeh D; Allioux FM; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Tang J; Daeneke T; Mettu S; Zhang J; Uddin MH; Jalili R; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Polyphenol-Induced Adhesive Liquid Metal Inks for Substrate-Independent Direct Pen Writing', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, pp. 2007336 - 2007336.
  31. Allioux FM; Merhebi S; Tang J; Zhang C; Merenda A; Cai S; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Maghe M; Lim S; Zhang J; Hyde L; Mayyas M; Cunning BV; Ruoff RS; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Carbonization of low thermal stability polymers at the interface of liquid metals', Carbon, vol. 171, pp. 938 - 945.
  32. Wang Y; Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Yang J; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Elbourne A; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Self-Deposition of 2D Molybdenum Sulfides on Liquid Metals', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, pp. 2005866 - 2005866.
  33. Tang S; Bing J; Zheng J; Tang J; Li Y; Mayyas M; Cho Y; Jones TW; Yang TC-J; Yuan L; Tebyetekerwa M; Nguyen HT; Nielsen MP; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Wilson GJ; McKenzie DR; Huang S; Ho-Baillie AWY, 2021, 'Complementary bulk and surface passivations for highly efficient perovskite solar cells by gas quenching', Cell Reports Physical Science, pp. 100511 - 100511.
  34. Cai S; Mayyas M; Saborio MG; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Daeneke T; Han J; Esmailpour AA; Allioux FM; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Gallium nitride formation in liquid metal sonication', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 16593 - 16602.
  35. Zuraiqi K; Zavabeti A; Allioux FM; Tang J; Nguyen CK; Tafazolymotie P; Mayyas M; Ramarao AV; Spencer M; Shah K; McConville CF; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Chiang K; Daeneke T, 2020, 'Liquid Metals in Catalysis for Energy Applications', Joule, vol. 4, pp. 2290 - 2321.
  36. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Abbasi R; Li H; Christoe MJ; Han J; Wang Y; Zhang C; Rahim MA; Tang J; Yang J; Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Allioux FM; O'Mullane AP, 2020, 'Pulsing liquid alloys for nanomaterials synthesis', ACS Nano, vol. 14, pp. 14070 - 14079.
  37. Aljarrah MT; Al-harahsheh MS; Alrebaki MA; Mayyas M, 2020, 'Concentrative isolation of uranium traces in aqueous solutions via resurfaced-magnetic carbon nanotube suspension', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 271, 110970.
  38. Mayyas M; Li H; Kumar P; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Wang Y; Lawes DJ; Han J; Saborio MG; Tang J; Jalili R; Lee SH; Seong WK; Russo SP; Esrafilzadeh D; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Ruoff RS; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Liquid-Metal-Templated Synthesis of 2D Graphitic Materials at Room Temperature', Advanced Materials, vol. 32, pp. 2001997 - 2001997.
  39. Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Ghasemian MB; Centurion F; Yang J; Saborio M; Allioux FM; Han J; Tang J; Christoe MJ; Mohibul Kabir KM; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2020, 'Photolithography-enabled direct patterning of liquid metals', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 7805 - 7811.
  40. Allioux FM; Merhebi S; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Merenda A; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; O'Mullane AP; Daiyan R; Amal R; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Bi-Sn Catalytic Foam Governed by Nanometallurgy of Liquid Metals', Nano Letters, vol. 20, pp. 4403 - 4409.
  41. Zhang C; Allioux FM; Rahim MA; Han J; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Tang SY; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; Le-Clech P; Kaner RB; Esrafilzadeh D; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Nucleation and Growth of Polyaniline Nanofibers onto Liquid Metal Nanoparticles', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 32, pp. 4808 - 4819.
  42. Al-Harahsheh M; AlJarrah M; Alrebaki M; Mayyas M, 2020, 'Nanoionic exchanger with unprecedented loading capacity of uranium', Separation and Purification Technology, vol. 238, pp. 116423 - 116423.
  43. Merhebi S; Mayyas M; Abbasi R; Christoe M; Han J; Tang J; Rahim MA; Yang J; Tan TT; Chu D; Zhang J; Li S; Wang CH; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Allioux F, 2020, 'Magnetic and conductive liquid metal gel', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol 12/Issue 17, pp. 1944-8244.
  44. Saborio MG; Cai S; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Han J; Christoe MJ; Peng S; Koshy P; Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Wang CH; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Liquid Metal Droplet and Graphene Co-Fillers for Electrically Conductive Flexible Composites', Small, vol. 16.
  45. Yang J; Mayyas M; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Yang H; Watanabe K; Taniguchi T; Ou Q; Li LH; Bao Q; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Boundary-Induced Auxiliary Features in Scattering-Type Near-Field Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy', ACS Nano, vol. 14, pp. 1123 - 1132.
  46. Li H; Abbasi R; Wang Y; Allioux FM; Koshy P; Idrus-Saidi SA; Rahim MA; Yang J; Mousavi M; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Jalili R; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mayyas M* (corresponding author), 2020, 'Liquid metal-supported synthesis of cupric oxide', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 1656 - 1665.
  47. Lyu J; Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Zhu H; Chu D; Joshi R, 2019, 'Electrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesized rGO based electrodes', Materials Today Energy, vol. 13, pp. 277 - 284.
  48. Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Idrus-Saidi SA; Jamal MA; Yang J; Mofarah SS; Adabifiroozjaei E; Tang J; Syed N; O'Mullane AP; Daeneke T; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2019, 'Self-Limiting Galvanic Growth of MnO2 Monolayers on a Liquid Metal—Applied to Photocatalysis', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 29, pp. 1901649 - 1901649.
  49. Khayyam Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Mayyas M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards into high surface area t-SnO2 for photocatalytic dye degradation', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 7, 3,pp. 103133.
  50. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Valorization of lignin biomass as a carbon feedstock in steel industry: Iron oxide reduction, steel carburizing and slag foaming', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 219, pp. 971 - 980.
  51. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Carbon nano-sponge with enhanced electrochemical properties: A new understanding of carbon activation', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 358, pp. 980 - 991.
  52. Aljarrah MT; Al-Harahsheh MS; Mayyas M; Alrebaki M, 2018, 'In situ synthesis of quaternary ammonium on silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles and it's application for the removal of uranium (VI) from aqueous media', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 5662 - 5669.
  53. Kumar U; Gaikwad V; Mayyas M; Bucknall M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Application of High-Resolution NMR and GC-MS to Study Hydrocarbon Oils Derived from Noncatalytic Thermal Transformation of e-Waste Plastics', ACS Omega, vol. 3, pp. 9282 - 9289.
  54. Assefi M; Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Recycling of Ni-Cd batteries by selective isolation and hydrothermal synthesis of porous NiO nanocuboid', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 4671 - 4675.
  55. Kumar U; Gaikwad V; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2018, 'Extraordinary supercapacitance in activated carbon produced via a sustainable approach', Journal of Power Sources, vol. 394, pp. 140 - 147.
  56. Al-Harahsheh M; AlJarrah M; Mayyas M; Alrebaki M, 2018, 'High-stability polyamine/amide-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for enhanced extraction of uranium from aqueous solutions', Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, vol. 86, pp. 148 - 157.
  57. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Nanowiring of E-Waste: A Sustainable Route for Synthesizing Green Si3N4 Nanowires', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 3765 - 3772.
  58. Liu Z; Li X; Mayyas M; Koshy P; Hart JN; Sorrell CC, 2018, 'Planar-dependent oxygen vacancy concentrations in photocatalytic CeO2 nanoparticles', CrystEngComm, vol. 20, pp. 204 - 212.
  59. You Y; Mayyas M; Xu S; Gaikwad V; Munroe P; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2017, 'Growth of NiO Nanorods, SiC Nanowires and Monolayer Graphene Via a CVD Method', Green Chemistry, vol. 19, pp. 5599 - 5607.
  60. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Nano-carbons from waste tyre rubber: An insight into structure and morphology', Waste Management, vol. 69, pp. 110 - 116.
  61. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Study of Reaction Between Slag and Carbonaceous Materials', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, vol. 48, pp. 2316 - 2323.
  62. Liu Z; Li X; Mayyas M; Koshy P; Hart JN; Sorrell CC, 2017, 'Growth mechanism of ceria nanorods by precipitation at room temperature and morphology-dependent photocatalytic performance', CrystEngComm, vol. 19, pp. 4766 - 4776.
  63. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste materials conversion into mesoporous silicon carbide nanocermics: Nanofibre/particle mixture', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 157, pp. 213 - 221
  64. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Pahlevani F; Bucknall M; Maroufi S; You Y; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermocatalytic Conversion of Automotive Shredder Waste and Formation of Nanocarbons as a Process Byproduct', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 5, pp. 5440 - 5448.
  65. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Novel Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Nanowires from e-Waste', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 5, pp. 4171 - 4178.
  66. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Pahlevani F; Maroufi S; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste conversion into high-value ceramics: Carbothermal nitridation synthesis of titanium nitride nanoparticles using automotive shredder waste', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 188, pp. 32 - 42.
  67. Kumar U; Maroufi S; Rajarao R; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; Joshi RK; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Cleaner Production of Iron by using Waste Macadamia Biomass as a Carbon Resource', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 158, pp. 218 - 224.
  68. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Liu Z; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'From automotive shredder residue to nano-ceramics and graphitic carbon—Thermal degradation kinetics', Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 120, pp. 60 - 74.
  69. Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Handoko W; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Preliminary investigation on the thermal conversion of automotive shredder residue into value-added products: Graphitic carbon and nano-ceramics', Waste Management, vol. 50, pp. 173 - 183.
  70. Li X; Zong ZM; Ma WW; Wei ZH; Li Y; Cao JP; Mayyas M; Li ZK; Wei XY, 2015, 'A highly active Ni/mesoporous attapulgite for hydrocracking CO bonds in rice straw', Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 131, pp. 376 - 381.
  71. Xie RL; Zong ZM; Wang WL; Yan HL; Fan X; Wei ZH; Mayyas M; Wei XY, 2015, 'Characterization of Volatiles in Coal Tar Pitch by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Pressure Solid Analysis Probe/Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry', Analytical Letters, vol. 48, pp. 955 - 965.
  72. Li X; Zong ZM; Ma WW; Cao JP; Mayyas M; Wei ZH; Li Y; Yan HL; Wang D; Yang R; Wei XY, 2015, 'Multifunctional and highly active Ni/microfiber attapulgite for catalytic hydroconversion of model compounds and coal tars', Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 134, pp. 39 - 45.
  73. Xie RL; Zong ZM; Liu FJ; Wang YG; Yan HL; Wei ZH; Mayyas M; Wei XY, 2015, 'Nitrogen-doped porous carbon foams prepared from mesophase pitch through graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet templates', RSC Advances, vol. 5, pp. 45718 - 45724.
  74. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Al-Harahsheh M; Wei XY, 2014, 'Solid phase extractive preconcentration of Uranium from Jordanian phosphoric acid using 2-hydroxy-4-aminotriazine-anchored activated carbon', Hydrometallurgy, vol. 149, pp. 41 - 49.

 

Dr. Mohannad Mayyas Assistant Professor Building 16 Room 173 +966 558521262 +966 13 860 2949 (MSE Dept.) mohannad.mayyas@kfupm.edu.sa

Professors

Dr Mohannad Mayyas is a research scientist in the field of materials chemistry. His research expertise covers areas in electrochemistry, materials processing, and chemical metallurgy. His career includes considerable experience working closely with the Australian mining and manufacturing industries to provide practical solutions for processing minerals and complex waste streams. He has experience in undertaking fundamental and industry-oriented research in the fields of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy.

In 2021, his research on liquid alloys led to the discovery of a new electrocapillary-controlled phase separation in these liquids, a phenomenon with promising applications in advanced manufacturing and extractive metallurgy. Dr Mayyas also has six provisional patents in the areas of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilisation.

Key performance indicators: • I have 80 publications, dating from 2014 to present. • Around 35% of my publications are in journals with impact factors >15. • My papers have attracted total citations of more than 2,800. The citation rate has steadily increased to the current level of over 700 citations per year. • My h-index is 32/32 (Google Scholar and SCOPUS as of Sep 2024).

• Six provisional patents in the areas of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilization.

Highlights:

  • 1 paper in Science (IF=48)
  • 1 paper in Joule (IF=46.048)
  • 1 paper in Nature Nanotechnology (IF=39.213)
  • 3 papers in Advanced Materials (IF=32.086)
  • 1 paper in Nature Chemistry (IF=24.274)
  • 1 paper in Matter (Cell press, IF=19.97)
  • 5 papers in Advanced Functional Materials (IF=19.924)
  • 1 paper in Applied Physics Reviews (IF=19.527)
  • 5 papers in ACS Nano (IF=18.027)
  • 1 paper in Chemical Engineering Journal (IF=16.744)

Patents:

Country / JurisdictionPatent Application NoArea 
 
Australia2024901003Metallurgical extraction 
Australia2022902032Electrolysis of carbon dioxide to solid carbon 
Australia2023902324Electrolysis of carbon dioxide to solid carbon 
Australia2023900535Electrolysis of carbon dioxide 
Australia2024900576Electrolysis of carbon dioxide 
Australia2023903029Electrolysis carbon 

Research Highlights:

Dr. Mohannad Mayyas's research expertise spans the areas of nanotechnology, interfacial science, electrochemistry, and chemical metallurgy. In 2011, he was awarded a master's scholarship under the nuclear cooperation agreement between the Kingdom of Jordan and the People's Republic of China to pursue research on uranium extraction from Jordanian phosphate rock. During this time, Dr. Mayyas investigated novel nano-sized dendrimers with metal chelating abilities to isolate uranium from the phosphoric acid solution that results from the acidulation of phosphate rock using sulfuric acid.

After completing his master studies, Dr. Mayyas worked at the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and its commercial arm, the Jordan Uranium Mining Company (JUMCO), to develop a process for extracting uranium from the Upper Cretaceous uranium-bearing rocks (carbonates and phosphorites) in central Jordan.

In 2015, Dr. Mayyas was awarded a scholarship to pursue a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales. In his PhD, he worked in the fields of carbon materials and green steel technologies. He also collaborated closely with Australian mining and manufacturing industries, including LIBERTY OneSteel and Molycop, to integrate sustainable feedstocks into steel carburizing and iron-making processes. Additionally, he worked with Microbiogen Pty Ltd on a project involving lignocellulosic biomass fractionation and processing. He also worked on a research project in collaboration with Chase Mining Corporation Limited (Formerly known as Toptung Limited) to develop a solution for silexite tailings (from tungsten-mining operations).

Following his PhD completion in 2018, Dr. Mayyas worked as a research fellow for five years. He first accepted a postdoctoral position at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He conducted fundamental research on liquid metals and their interfaces. His research on liquid alloys led to the discovery of a new electrocapillary-controlled phase separation in these liquids, a phenomenon with promising applications in advanced manufacturing and extractive metallurgy. This phenomenon was named the ‘metal expulsion’. His research also established a new understanding of the relationship between surface enrichment, a critical interfacial characteristic of liquid alloys, and their electrocatalytic behavior. His research team could also derive new empirical models that could describe the surface composition of liquid alloys and its manipulation through electrocapillary.

In 2021, Dr. Mayyas accepted a senior research fellow position at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. In this role, he worked on a research spin-off, Carbelec Pty Ltd, in collaboration with Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd and the University of Melbourne, to develop a foundation for the constant capture and reuse of carbon in industrial processes. The project involves developing a CO2 electrolysis technology based on molten salts and adapt it for industrial scale production. He produced six provisional patents from his work with Carbelec and the University of Melbourne. Dr. Mayyas also worked as a process consultant at Hatch to develop extractive metallurgical solutions (both hydro and pyro) for Ni and Cu ore deposits.

Since 2014, Dr. Mayyas has published 80 papers, with 35% in journals with impact factors greater than 15. His work has attracted over 2,800 citations, with a citation rate that has steadily increased to over 700 citations per year. His h-index is 32, according to both Google Scholar and SCOPUS as of September 2024. He also holds six provisional patents in the fields of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilization. Some highlights of his research include publications in prestigious journals such as Science (IF = 48), Joule (IF = 46.048), Nature Nanotechnology (IF = 39.213), Advanced Materials (IF = 32.086), Nature Chemistry (IF = 24.274), Matter (Cell Press, IF = 19.97), Advanced Functional Materials (IF = 19.924), Applied Physics Reviews(IF = 19.527), ACS Nano (IF = 18.027), and Chemical Engineering Journal (IF = 16.744).

Dr. Mayyas serves as an editorial advisory board member for the Nanoparticle journal and as an editorial team member for Advanced Nano Computing and Analytics. In addition, Dr. Mayyas regularly reviews manuscripts for several prestigious journals, including Nature Communications, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Electrochimica Acta, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Molecules, Chemical Engineering, Cleaner Production, Waste Management, Materials, Metals, Materials Today Communications, and Minerals.

Current Research at KFUPM:

1. Metal expulsion theory and applications

2. Liquid metal applications in thermochemical processes

3. Metal catalysts for CO2 reduction

4. Green metallurgical processes (iron making and steel production)

5. Process development and design (industry oriented, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy)

Previous Graduate Students:

  • Ms. Xichao Zhang (Current PhD student at UoM): Currently investigating the metal expulsion phenomenon in room-temperature liquid alloys for recycling e-waste alloys.
  • Ms. Fahimeh Gholampoursaadi (Current PhD student at UoM): Fahimeh is studying the quasi-crystalline atomic layers of liquid metals for CO2 electrocatalytic reduction into organic fuels.

    (1) F. Gholampoursaadi, X. Zhi, S. Nour, J. Z. Liu, G. K. Li, M. Mayyas*, Surface Enrichment in Gallium-Indium Liquid Alloys: Applied to CO2 Conversion. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2316435.

  • Dr. Maedehasadat Mousavi (Completed her PhD at UNSW): Dr. Mousavi’s research led to the discovery of a novel interfacial technique for nanoalloy deposition onto liquid metals. This technique has demonstrated significant advantages in energy storage and gas sensing. Dr. Mousavi demonstrated these advantages in her thesis and published the following articles under my supervision.

    (2) Mousavi, M.; Mittal, U.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Baharfar, M.; Tang, J.; Yao, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Zhang, C.; Sharma, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Liquid Metal-Templated Tin-Doped Tellurium Films for Flexible Asymmetric Pseudocapacitors. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14 (45), 51519-51530.

    (3) Mousavi, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Han, J.; Wang, Y.; Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Guan, X.; Christoe, M. J.; Mayyas, M.* Bismuth Telluride Topological Insulator Synthesized Using Liquid Metal Alloys: Test of NO2 Selective Sensing. Appl. Mater. Today 2021, 22, 100954.

  • Dr. Jiewei Zheng (Completed his PhD at UNSW). I supervised Dr. Zheng in the first year of his PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Zheng's research looks into the chemical activity of liquid metal interfaces and their applications in MOF synthesis.

    (4) Zheng, J.; Mousavi, M.; Baharfar, M.; Sharma, A.; Kumeria, T.; Han, J.; Kumar, P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.*Liquid Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Stratified Zinc–Organic Frameworks. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10 (40), 14963-14970.

  • Dr. Mahroo Baharfar (Completed her PhD at UNSW). I supervised Dr. Baharfar in the second and third years of her PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Baharfar's research looks into the utilisation of liquid metal interfaces for advanced synthesis of functional materials, particularly for electrochemical biosensing applications. Dr. Baharfar published the following articles under my supervision:

    (5) Baharfar, M.; Zheng, J.; Abbasi, R.; Lim, S.; Kundi, V.; Kumar, P. V.; Rahim, M. A.; Zhang, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Interface-controlled Phase Separation of Liquid Metal-based Eutectic Ternary Alloys. Chem. Mater. 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02981.

    (6) Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.*; Rahbar, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Wang, Y.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Jalili, R.; Liu, G.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Exploring Interfacial Graphene Oxide Reduction by Liquid Metals: Application in Selective Biosensing. ACS Nano 2021, 15 (12), 19661-19671.

  • Mr Hongzhe Li (completed his honors program). Mr Li published the following article under my supervision:

    (7) Li, H.; Abbasi, R.; Wang, Y.; Allioux, F. M.; Koshy, P.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Rahim, M. A.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Jalili, R.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Liquid Metal-supported Synthesis of Cupric Oxide. J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8 (5), 1656-1665.

  • Dr. Yifang Wang (Completed her PhD at UNSW). I co-supervised Dr. Wang in the first and second years of her PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Wang published the following articles under my supervision:

    (8) Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.*; Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Elbourne, A.; Kaner, R. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Self-Deposition of 2D Molybdenum Sulfides on Liquid Metals. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31 (3), 2005866.

    (9) Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.*; Yang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Han, J.; Baharfar, M.; Mao, G.; Yao, Y.; Cortie, D. Liquid-Metal-Assisted Deposition and Patterning of Molybdenum Dioxide at Low Temperature. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (44), 53181-53193.

  • Dr. Jialuo Han (completed his PhD). I co-supervised Dr. Han in the last year of his PhD program. Dr. Han published the following article under my supervision:

    (10) Han, J.; Mayyas, M.*; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M; Cai, S.; Cao, Z.; Wang, Y.; Tang, J.; Jalili, R.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Khoshmanesh, K.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Liquid Metal Enabled Continuous Flow Reactor: A Proof-of-concept. Matter 2021, 4 (12), 4022-4041.

  • Ms Jingxiao Lyu. Ms. Lyu completed her master’s studies and published the following article:

    (11) Lyu, J.; Mayyas, M.*; Salim, O.; Zhu, H.; Chu, D.; Joshi, R. K. Electrochemical Performance of Hydrothermally Synthesized rGO Based Electrodes. Mater. Today Energy 2019, 13, 277-284.

Publications:

  1. F. Gholampoursaadi, X. Zhi, S. Nour, J. Z. Liu, G. K. Li, M. Mayyas*, 2024, Surface Enrichment in Gallium-Indium Liquid Alloys: Applied to CO2 Conversion. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2316435.
  2. Lei, W.; Wang, Y.; Jiang, W.; Liu, J.; Mayyas, M.; Shen, J.; Wei, X., 2024, Sulfur quantum dot sensitized anatase TiO2 for enhanced photocatalytic activity. Chem. Eng. Sci., 288, 119840.
  3. Allioux, F.-M.; Merhebi, S.; Liu, L.; Centurion, F.; Abbasi, R.; Zhang, C.; Ireland, J.; Biazik, J. M.; Mayyas, M.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Xie, W.; Rahim, M. A.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2023, A Liquid Metal–Polydopamine Composite for Cell Culture and Electro-Stimulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 11 (17), 3941-3950.
  4. Kilani, M.; Ahmed, M.; Mayyas, M.; Wang, Y.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mao, G., 2023, Toward Precision Deposition of Conductive Charge-Transfer Complex Crystals Using Nanoelectrochemistry. Small Methods, 7 (4), 2201198.
  5. Tang, J.; Tang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Sun, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Yang, J.; Han, J.; Lawes, D. J.; Jalili, R.; Daeneke, T.; Saborio, M. G.; Cao, Z.; Echeverria, C. A.; Allioux, F.-M.; Zavabeti, A.; Hamilton, J.; Mitchell, V.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Dickey, M. D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid-Metal-Enabled Mechanical-Energy-Induced CO2 Conversion. Advanced Materials, 34 (1), 2105789.
  6. Baharfar, M.; Zheng, J.; Abbasi, R.; Lim, S.; Kundi, V.; Kumar, P. V.; Rahim, M. A.; Zhang, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Interface-Controlled Phase Separation of Liquid Metal-Based Eutectic Ternary Alloys. Chemistry of Materials, 34 (23), 10761-10771
  7. Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Tang, J.; Lambie, S.; Han, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Allioux, F.-M.; Cai, S.; Koshy, P.; Mostaghimi, P.; Steenbergen, K. G.; Barnard, A. S.; Daeneke, T.; Gaston, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid Metal Synthesis Solvents for Metallic Crystals. Science, 378 (6624), 1118-1124.
  8. Zheng, J.; Mousavi, M.; Baharfar, M.; Sharma, A.; Kumeria, T.; Han, J.; Kumar, P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Liquid Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Stratified Zinc–Organic Frameworks. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10 (40), 14963-14970.

     

  9. Mayyas, M. * (corresponding author); Khoshmanesh, K.; Kumar, P.; Mousavi, M.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Yang, J.; Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Rahim, M. A.; Xie, W.; Allioux, F.-M.; Daiyan, R.; Jalili, R.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Reaction Media for Interfacial Precipitation of Bismuth Nanomaterials with Controlled Phases and Morphologies. Advanced Functional Materials, 32 (8), 2108673.
  10. Tang, J.; Lambie, S.; Meftahi, N.; Christofferson, A. J.; Yang, J.; Han, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Allioux, F.-M.; Cao, Z.; Daeneke, T.; McConville, C. F.; Steenbergen, K. G.; Kaner, R. B.; Russo, S. P.; Gaston, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Oscillatory Bifurcation Patterns Initiated by Seeded Surface Solidification of Liquid Metals. Nature Synthesis, 1 (2), 158-169.
  11. Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Mayyas, M.; Yu, Q. V.; Li, L. H.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, High-Q Phonon-Polaritons in Spatially Confined Freestanding Α-Moo3. ACS Photonics, 9 (3), 905-913. DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01726. 
  12. Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Yang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid State of Post-Transition Metals for Interfacial Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Materials. Applied Physics Reviews, 9 (2), 021306.
  13. Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Yang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid State of Post-Transition Metals for Interfacial Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Materials. Applied Physics Reviews, 9 (2), 021306.
  14. Cai, S.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Zhang, J.; He, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Christoe, M. J.; Mayyas, M.; Wong, E. H. H.; Boyer, C.; Neff, R.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Soft Liquid Metal Infused Conductive Sponges. Advanced Materials Technologies, 7 (8), 2101500.
  15. Rahim, M. A.; Tang, J.; Christofferson, A. J.; Kumar, P. V.; Meftahi, N.; Centurion, F.; Cao, Z.; Tang, J.; Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Koshy, P.; Daeneke, T.; McConville, C. F.; Kaner, R. B.; Russo, S. P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Low-Temperature Liquid Platinum Catalyst. Nature Chemistry, 14 (8), 935-941.
  16. Mousavi, M.; Mittal, U.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Baharfar, M.; Tang, J.; Yao, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Zhang, C.; Sharma, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Liquid Metal-Templated Tin-Doped Tellurium Films for Flexible Asymmetric Pseudocapacitors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (45), 51519-51530.
  17. Allioux, F.-M.; Han, J.; Tang, J.; Merhebi, S.; Cai, S.; Tang, J.; Abbasi, R.; Centurion, F.; Mousavi, M.; Zhang, C.; Xie, W.; Mayyas, M.; Rahim, M. A.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Nanotip Formation from Liquid Metals for Soft Electronic Junctions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (36), 43247-43257.
  18. Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Yang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Han, J.; Ahmed, M.; Baharfar, M.; Mao, G.; Yao, Y.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Cortie, D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Liquid-Metal-Assisted Deposition and Patterning of Molybdenum Dioxide at Low Temperature. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13 (44), 53181-53193.
  19. Ghasemian, M. B.; Zavabeti, A.; Mousavi, M.; Murdoch, B. J.; Christofferson, A. J.; Meftahi, N.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Jalili, R.; Allioux, F.-M.; Mayyas, M.; Chen, Z.; Elbourne, A.; McConville, C. F.; Russo, S. P.; Ringer, S.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Doping Process of 2d Materials Based on the Selective Migration of Dopants to the Interface of Liquid Metals. Advanced Materials, 33 (43), 2104793.
  20. Xie, W.; Allioux, F.-M.; Namivandi-Zangeneh, R.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Han, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Tang, J.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Mayyas, M.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Christoe, M. J.; Zhang, C.; Wang, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Baharfar, M.; Ng, G.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Boyer, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Polydopamine Shell as a Ga3+ Reservoir for Triggering Gallium–Indium Phase Separation in Eutectic Gallium–Indium Nanoalloys. ACS Nano, 15 (10), 16839-16850.
  21. Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Rahbar, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Wang, Y.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Jalili, R.; Liu, G.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Exploring Interfacial Graphene Oxide Reduction by Liquid Metals: Application in Selective Biosensing. ACS Nano, 15 (12), 19661-19671.
  22. Han, J.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Cai, S.; Cao, Z.; Wang, Y.; Tang, J.; Jalili, R.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Khoshmanesh, K.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Liquid Metal Enabled Continuous Flow Reactor: A Proof-of-Concept. Matter, 4 (12), 4022-4041.
  23. Cha-umpong W; Mayyas M; Razmjou A; Chen V, 2021, 'Modification of GO-based pervaporation membranes to improve stability in oscillating temperature operation', Desalination, vol. 516, pp. 115215.
  24. Jalili AR; Satalov A; Nazari S; Rahmat Suryanto BH; Sun J; Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Kandjani AE; Sabri YM; Mayes E; Bhargava SK; Araki J; Zakri C; Poulin P; Esrafilzadeh D; Amal R, 2021, 'Liquid Crystal-Mediated 3D Printing Process to Fabricate Nano-Ordered Layered Structures', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 13, pp. 28627 - 28638.
  25. Merhebi S; Mohammad M; Mayyas M; Abbasi R; Zhang C; Cai S; Centurion F; Xie W; Cao Z; Tang J; Rahim MA; Zhang J; Razmjou A; Leslie G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J; Allioux F-M, 2021, 'Post-transition metal/polymer composites for the separation and sensing of alkali metal ions', J. Mater. Chem. A, vol. 9, pp. 19854-19864.
  26. Yang J; Krix ZE; Kim S; Tang J; Mayyas M; Wang Y; Watanabe K; Taniguchi T; Li LH; Hamilton AR; Aharonovich I; Sushkov OP; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Near-Field Excited Archimedean-like Tiling Patterns in Phonon-Polaritonic Crystals', ACS Nano, vol. 15, pp. 9134 - 9142.
  27. Tang J; Lambie S; Meftahi N; Christofferson AJ; Yang J; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Allioux FM; Rahim MA; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; McConville CF; Steenbergen KG; Kaner RB; Russo SP; Gaston N; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Unique surface patterns emerging during solidification of liquid metal alloys', Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 16, pp. 431 - 439.
  28. Centurion F; Namivandi-Zangeneh R; Flores N; Tajik M; Merhebi S; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Allioux FM; Tang J; Donald WA; Boyer C; Dickey MD; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2021, 'Liquid Metal-Triggered Assembly of Phenolic Nanocoatings with Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties', ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 4, pp. 2987 - 2998.
  29. Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Wang Y; Abbasi R; Yang J; Tang J; Idrus-Saidi SA; Guan X; Christoe MJ; Merhebi S; Zhang C; Tang J; Jalili R; Daeneke T; Wu T; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mayyas M* (corresponding author), 2021, 'Bismuth telluride topological insulator synthesized using liquid metal alloys: Test of NO2 selective sensing', Applied Materials Today, vol. 22, pp. 100954 - 100954.
  30. Rahim MA; Centurion F; Han J; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Sun J; Christoe MJ; Esrafilzadeh D; Allioux FM; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Tang J; Daeneke T; Mettu S; Zhang J; Uddin MH; Jalili R; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Polyphenol-Induced Adhesive Liquid Metal Inks for Substrate-Independent Direct Pen Writing', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, pp. 2007336 - 2007336.
  31. Allioux FM; Merhebi S; Tang J; Zhang C; Merenda A; Cai S; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Maghe M; Lim S; Zhang J; Hyde L; Mayyas M; Cunning BV; Ruoff RS; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Carbonization of low thermal stability polymers at the interface of liquid metals', Carbon, vol. 171, pp. 938 - 945.
  32. Wang Y; Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Yang J; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Elbourne A; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Self-Deposition of 2D Molybdenum Sulfides on Liquid Metals', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, pp. 2005866 - 2005866.
  33. Tang S; Bing J; Zheng J; Tang J; Li Y; Mayyas M; Cho Y; Jones TW; Yang TC-J; Yuan L; Tebyetekerwa M; Nguyen HT; Nielsen MP; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Wilson GJ; McKenzie DR; Huang S; Ho-Baillie AWY, 2021, 'Complementary bulk and surface passivations for highly efficient perovskite solar cells by gas quenching', Cell Reports Physical Science, pp. 100511 - 100511.
  34. Cai S; Mayyas M; Saborio MG; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Daeneke T; Han J; Esmailpour AA; Allioux FM; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Gallium nitride formation in liquid metal sonication', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 16593 - 16602.
  35. Zuraiqi K; Zavabeti A; Allioux FM; Tang J; Nguyen CK; Tafazolymotie P; Mayyas M; Ramarao AV; Spencer M; Shah K; McConville CF; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Chiang K; Daeneke T, 2020, 'Liquid Metals in Catalysis for Energy Applications', Joule, vol. 4, pp. 2290 - 2321.
  36. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Abbasi R; Li H; Christoe MJ; Han J; Wang Y; Zhang C; Rahim MA; Tang J; Yang J; Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Allioux FM; O'Mullane AP, 2020, 'Pulsing liquid alloys for nanomaterials synthesis', ACS Nano, vol. 14, pp. 14070 - 14079.
  37. Aljarrah MT; Al-harahsheh MS; Alrebaki MA; Mayyas M, 2020, 'Concentrative isolation of uranium traces in aqueous solutions via resurfaced-magnetic carbon nanotube suspension', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 271, 110970.
  38. Mayyas M; Li H; Kumar P; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Wang Y; Lawes DJ; Han J; Saborio MG; Tang J; Jalili R; Lee SH; Seong WK; Russo SP; Esrafilzadeh D; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Ruoff RS; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Liquid-Metal-Templated Synthesis of 2D Graphitic Materials at Room Temperature', Advanced Materials, vol. 32, pp. 2001997 - 2001997.
  39. Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Ghasemian MB; Centurion F; Yang J; Saborio M; Allioux FM; Han J; Tang J; Christoe MJ; Mohibul Kabir KM; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2020, 'Photolithography-enabled direct patterning of liquid metals', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 7805 - 7811.
  40. Allioux FM; Merhebi S; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Merenda A; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; O'Mullane AP; Daiyan R; Amal R; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Bi-Sn Catalytic Foam Governed by Nanometallurgy of Liquid Metals', Nano Letters, vol. 20, pp. 4403 - 4409.
  41. Zhang C; Allioux FM; Rahim MA; Han J; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Tang SY; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; Le-Clech P; Kaner RB; Esrafilzadeh D; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Nucleation and Growth of Polyaniline Nanofibers onto Liquid Metal Nanoparticles', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 32, pp. 4808 - 4819.
  42. Al-Harahsheh M; AlJarrah M; Alrebaki M; Mayyas M, 2020, 'Nanoionic exchanger with unprecedented loading capacity of uranium', Separation and Purification Technology, vol. 238, pp. 116423 - 116423.
  43. Merhebi S; Mayyas M; Abbasi R; Christoe M; Han J; Tang J; Rahim MA; Yang J; Tan TT; Chu D; Zhang J; Li S; Wang CH; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Allioux F, 2020, 'Magnetic and conductive liquid metal gel', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol 12/Issue 17, pp. 1944-8244.
  44. Saborio MG; Cai S; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Han J; Christoe MJ; Peng S; Koshy P; Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Wang CH; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Liquid Metal Droplet and Graphene Co-Fillers for Electrically Conductive Flexible Composites', Small, vol. 16.
  45. Yang J; Mayyas M; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Yang H; Watanabe K; Taniguchi T; Ou Q; Li LH; Bao Q; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Boundary-Induced Auxiliary Features in Scattering-Type Near-Field Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy', ACS Nano, vol. 14, pp. 1123 - 1132.
  46. Li H; Abbasi R; Wang Y; Allioux FM; Koshy P; Idrus-Saidi SA; Rahim MA; Yang J; Mousavi M; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Jalili R; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mayyas M* (corresponding author), 2020, 'Liquid metal-supported synthesis of cupric oxide', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 1656 - 1665.
  47. Lyu J; Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Zhu H; Chu D; Joshi R, 2019, 'Electrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesized rGO based electrodes', Materials Today Energy, vol. 13, pp. 277 - 284.
  48. Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Idrus-Saidi SA; Jamal MA; Yang J; Mofarah SS; Adabifiroozjaei E; Tang J; Syed N; O'Mullane AP; Daeneke T; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2019, 'Self-Limiting Galvanic Growth of MnO2 Monolayers on a Liquid Metal—Applied to Photocatalysis', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 29, pp. 1901649 - 1901649.
  49. Khayyam Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Mayyas M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards into high surface area t-SnO2 for photocatalytic dye degradation', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 7, 3,pp. 103133.
  50. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Valorization of lignin biomass as a carbon feedstock in steel industry: Iron oxide reduction, steel carburizing and slag foaming', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 219, pp. 971 - 980.
  51. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Carbon nano-sponge with enhanced electrochemical properties: A new understanding of carbon activation', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 358, pp. 980 - 991.
  52. Aljarrah MT; Al-Harahsheh MS; Mayyas M; Alrebaki M, 2018, 'In situ synthesis of quaternary ammonium on silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles and it's application for the removal of uranium (VI) from aqueous media', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 5662 - 5669.
  53. Kumar U; Gaikwad V; Mayyas M; Bucknall M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Application of High-Resolution NMR and GC-MS to Study Hydrocarbon Oils Derived from Noncatalytic Thermal Transformation of e-Waste Plastics', ACS Omega, vol. 3, pp. 9282 - 9289.
  54. Assefi M; Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Recycling of Ni-Cd batteries by selective isolation and hydrothermal synthesis of porous NiO nanocuboid', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 4671 - 4675.
  55. Kumar U; Gaikwad V; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2018, 'Extraordinary supercapacitance in activated carbon produced via a sustainable approach', Journal of Power Sources, vol. 394, pp. 140 - 147.
  56. Al-Harahsheh M; AlJarrah M; Mayyas M; Alrebaki M, 2018, 'High-stability polyamine/amide-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for enhanced extraction of uranium from aqueous solutions', Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, vol. 86, pp. 148 - 157.
  57. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Nanowiring of E-Waste: A Sustainable Route for Synthesizing Green Si3N4 Nanowires', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 3765 - 3772.
  58. Liu Z; Li X; Mayyas M; Koshy P; Hart JN; Sorrell CC, 2018, 'Planar-dependent oxygen vacancy concentrations in photocatalytic CeO2 nanoparticles', CrystEngComm, vol. 20, pp. 204 - 212.
  59. You Y; Mayyas M; Xu S; Gaikwad V; Munroe P; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2017, 'Growth of NiO Nanorods, SiC Nanowires and Monolayer Graphene Via a CVD Method', Green Chemistry, vol. 19, pp. 5599 - 5607.
  60. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Nano-carbons from waste tyre rubber: An insight into structure and morphology', Waste Management, vol. 69, pp. 110 - 116.
  61. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Study of Reaction Between Slag and Carbonaceous Materials', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, vol. 48, pp. 2316 - 2323.
  62. Liu Z; Li X; Mayyas M; Koshy P; Hart JN; Sorrell CC, 2017, 'Growth mechanism of ceria nanorods by precipitation at room temperature and morphology-dependent photocatalytic performance', CrystEngComm, vol. 19, pp. 4766 - 4776.
  63. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste materials conversion into mesoporous silicon carbide nanocermics: Nanofibre/particle mixture', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 157, pp. 213 - 221
  64. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Pahlevani F; Bucknall M; Maroufi S; You Y; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermocatalytic Conversion of Automotive Shredder Waste and Formation of Nanocarbons as a Process Byproduct', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 5, pp. 5440 - 5448.
  65. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Novel Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Nanowires from e-Waste', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 5, pp. 4171 - 4178.
  66. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Pahlevani F; Maroufi S; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste conversion into high-value ceramics: Carbothermal nitridation synthesis of titanium nitride nanoparticles using automotive shredder waste', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 188, pp. 32 - 42.
  67. Kumar U; Maroufi S; Rajarao R; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; Joshi RK; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Cleaner Production of Iron by using Waste Macadamia Biomass as a Carbon Resource', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 158, pp. 218 - 224.
  68. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Liu Z; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'From automotive shredder residue to nano-ceramics and graphitic carbon—Thermal degradation kinetics', Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 120, pp. 60 - 74.
  69. Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Handoko W; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Preliminary investigation on the thermal conversion of automotive shredder residue into value-added products: Graphitic carbon and nano-ceramics', Waste Management, vol. 50, pp. 173 - 183.
  70. Li X; Zong ZM; Ma WW; Wei ZH; Li Y; Cao JP; Mayyas M; Li ZK; Wei XY, 2015, 'A highly active Ni/mesoporous attapulgite for hydrocracking CO bonds in rice straw', Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 131, pp. 376 - 381.
  71. Xie RL; Zong ZM; Wang WL; Yan HL; Fan X; Wei ZH; Mayyas M; Wei XY, 2015, 'Characterization of Volatiles in Coal Tar Pitch by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Pressure Solid Analysis Probe/Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry', Analytical Letters, vol. 48, pp. 955 - 965.
  72. Li X; Zong ZM; Ma WW; Cao JP; Mayyas M; Wei ZH; Li Y; Yan HL; Wang D; Yang R; Wei XY, 2015, 'Multifunctional and highly active Ni/microfiber attapulgite for catalytic hydroconversion of model compounds and coal tars', Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 134, pp. 39 - 45.
  73. Xie RL; Zong ZM; Liu FJ; Wang YG; Yan HL; Wei ZH; Mayyas M; Wei XY, 2015, 'Nitrogen-doped porous carbon foams prepared from mesophase pitch through graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet templates', RSC Advances, vol. 5, pp. 45718 - 45724.
  74. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Al-Harahsheh M; Wei XY, 2014, 'Solid phase extractive preconcentration of Uranium from Jordanian phosphoric acid using 2-hydroxy-4-aminotriazine-anchored activated carbon', Hydrometallurgy, vol. 149, pp. 41 - 49.

 

Dr. Mohannad Mayyas Assistant Professor Building 16 Room 173 +966 558521262 +966 13 860 2949 (MSE Dept.) mohannad.mayyas@kfupm.edu.sa

Lecturers

Dr Mohannad Mayyas is a research scientist in the field of materials chemistry. His research expertise covers areas in electrochemistry, materials processing, and chemical metallurgy. His career includes considerable experience working closely with the Australian mining and manufacturing industries to provide practical solutions for processing minerals and complex waste streams. He has experience in undertaking fundamental and industry-oriented research in the fields of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy.

In 2021, his research on liquid alloys led to the discovery of a new electrocapillary-controlled phase separation in these liquids, a phenomenon with promising applications in advanced manufacturing and extractive metallurgy. Dr Mayyas also has six provisional patents in the areas of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilisation.

Key performance indicators: • I have 80 publications, dating from 2014 to present. • Around 35% of my publications are in journals with impact factors >15. • My papers have attracted total citations of more than 2,800. The citation rate has steadily increased to the current level of over 700 citations per year. • My h-index is 32/32 (Google Scholar and SCOPUS as of Sep 2024).

• Six provisional patents in the areas of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilization.

Highlights:

  • 1 paper in Science (IF=48)
  • 1 paper in Joule (IF=46.048)
  • 1 paper in Nature Nanotechnology (IF=39.213)
  • 3 papers in Advanced Materials (IF=32.086)
  • 1 paper in Nature Chemistry (IF=24.274)
  • 1 paper in Matter (Cell press, IF=19.97)
  • 5 papers in Advanced Functional Materials (IF=19.924)
  • 1 paper in Applied Physics Reviews (IF=19.527)
  • 5 papers in ACS Nano (IF=18.027)
  • 1 paper in Chemical Engineering Journal (IF=16.744)

Patents:

Country / JurisdictionPatent Application NoArea 
 
Australia2024901003Metallurgical extraction 
Australia2022902032Electrolysis of carbon dioxide to solid carbon 
Australia2023902324Electrolysis of carbon dioxide to solid carbon 
Australia2023900535Electrolysis of carbon dioxide 
Australia2024900576Electrolysis of carbon dioxide 
Australia2023903029Electrolysis carbon 

Research Highlights:

Dr. Mohannad Mayyas's research expertise spans the areas of nanotechnology, interfacial science, electrochemistry, and chemical metallurgy. In 2011, he was awarded a master's scholarship under the nuclear cooperation agreement between the Kingdom of Jordan and the People's Republic of China to pursue research on uranium extraction from Jordanian phosphate rock. During this time, Dr. Mayyas investigated novel nano-sized dendrimers with metal chelating abilities to isolate uranium from the phosphoric acid solution that results from the acidulation of phosphate rock using sulfuric acid.

After completing his master studies, Dr. Mayyas worked at the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and its commercial arm, the Jordan Uranium Mining Company (JUMCO), to develop a process for extracting uranium from the Upper Cretaceous uranium-bearing rocks (carbonates and phosphorites) in central Jordan.

In 2015, Dr. Mayyas was awarded a scholarship to pursue a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales. In his PhD, he worked in the fields of carbon materials and green steel technologies. He also collaborated closely with Australian mining and manufacturing industries, including LIBERTY OneSteel and Molycop, to integrate sustainable feedstocks into steel carburizing and iron-making processes. Additionally, he worked with Microbiogen Pty Ltd on a project involving lignocellulosic biomass fractionation and processing. He also worked on a research project in collaboration with Chase Mining Corporation Limited (Formerly known as Toptung Limited) to develop a solution for silexite tailings (from tungsten-mining operations).

Following his PhD completion in 2018, Dr. Mayyas worked as a research fellow for five years. He first accepted a postdoctoral position at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He conducted fundamental research on liquid metals and their interfaces. His research on liquid alloys led to the discovery of a new electrocapillary-controlled phase separation in these liquids, a phenomenon with promising applications in advanced manufacturing and extractive metallurgy. This phenomenon was named the ‘metal expulsion’. His research also established a new understanding of the relationship between surface enrichment, a critical interfacial characteristic of liquid alloys, and their electrocatalytic behavior. His research team could also derive new empirical models that could describe the surface composition of liquid alloys and its manipulation through electrocapillary.

In 2021, Dr. Mayyas accepted a senior research fellow position at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. In this role, he worked on a research spin-off, Carbelec Pty Ltd, in collaboration with Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd and the University of Melbourne, to develop a foundation for the constant capture and reuse of carbon in industrial processes. The project involves developing a CO2 electrolysis technology based on molten salts and adapt it for industrial scale production. He produced six provisional patents from his work with Carbelec and the University of Melbourne. Dr. Mayyas also worked as a process consultant at Hatch to develop extractive metallurgical solutions (both hydro and pyro) for Ni and Cu ore deposits.

Since 2014, Dr. Mayyas has published 80 papers, with 35% in journals with impact factors greater than 15. His work has attracted over 2,800 citations, with a citation rate that has steadily increased to over 700 citations per year. His h-index is 32, according to both Google Scholar and SCOPUS as of September 2024. He also holds six provisional patents in the fields of extractive metallurgy and carbon capture and utilization. Some highlights of his research include publications in prestigious journals such as Science (IF = 48), Joule (IF = 46.048), Nature Nanotechnology (IF = 39.213), Advanced Materials (IF = 32.086), Nature Chemistry (IF = 24.274), Matter (Cell Press, IF = 19.97), Advanced Functional Materials (IF = 19.924), Applied Physics Reviews(IF = 19.527), ACS Nano (IF = 18.027), and Chemical Engineering Journal (IF = 16.744).

Dr. Mayyas serves as an editorial advisory board member for the Nanoparticle journal and as an editorial team member for Advanced Nano Computing and Analytics. In addition, Dr. Mayyas regularly reviews manuscripts for several prestigious journals, including Nature Communications, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Electrochimica Acta, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Molecules, Chemical Engineering, Cleaner Production, Waste Management, Materials, Metals, Materials Today Communications, and Minerals.

Current Research at KFUPM:

1. Metal expulsion theory and applications

2. Liquid metal applications in thermochemical processes

3. Metal catalysts for CO2 reduction

4. Green metallurgical processes (iron making and steel production)

5. Process development and design (industry oriented, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy)

Previous Graduate Students:

  • Ms. Xichao Zhang (Current PhD student at UoM): Currently investigating the metal expulsion phenomenon in room-temperature liquid alloys for recycling e-waste alloys.
  • Ms. Fahimeh Gholampoursaadi (Current PhD student at UoM): Fahimeh is studying the quasi-crystalline atomic layers of liquid metals for CO2 electrocatalytic reduction into organic fuels.

    (1) F. Gholampoursaadi, X. Zhi, S. Nour, J. Z. Liu, G. K. Li, M. Mayyas*, Surface Enrichment in Gallium-Indium Liquid Alloys: Applied to CO2 Conversion. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2316435.

  • Dr. Maedehasadat Mousavi (Completed her PhD at UNSW): Dr. Mousavi’s research led to the discovery of a novel interfacial technique for nanoalloy deposition onto liquid metals. This technique has demonstrated significant advantages in energy storage and gas sensing. Dr. Mousavi demonstrated these advantages in her thesis and published the following articles under my supervision.

    (2) Mousavi, M.; Mittal, U.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Baharfar, M.; Tang, J.; Yao, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Zhang, C.; Sharma, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Liquid Metal-Templated Tin-Doped Tellurium Films for Flexible Asymmetric Pseudocapacitors. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14 (45), 51519-51530.

    (3) Mousavi, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Han, J.; Wang, Y.; Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Guan, X.; Christoe, M. J.; Mayyas, M.* Bismuth Telluride Topological Insulator Synthesized Using Liquid Metal Alloys: Test of NO2 Selective Sensing. Appl. Mater. Today 2021, 22, 100954.

  • Dr. Jiewei Zheng (Completed his PhD at UNSW). I supervised Dr. Zheng in the first year of his PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Zheng's research looks into the chemical activity of liquid metal interfaces and their applications in MOF synthesis.

    (4) Zheng, J.; Mousavi, M.; Baharfar, M.; Sharma, A.; Kumeria, T.; Han, J.; Kumar, P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.*Liquid Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Stratified Zinc–Organic Frameworks. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10 (40), 14963-14970.

  • Dr. Mahroo Baharfar (Completed her PhD at UNSW). I supervised Dr. Baharfar in the second and third years of her PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Baharfar's research looks into the utilisation of liquid metal interfaces for advanced synthesis of functional materials, particularly for electrochemical biosensing applications. Dr. Baharfar published the following articles under my supervision:

    (5) Baharfar, M.; Zheng, J.; Abbasi, R.; Lim, S.; Kundi, V.; Kumar, P. V.; Rahim, M. A.; Zhang, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Interface-controlled Phase Separation of Liquid Metal-based Eutectic Ternary Alloys. Chem. Mater. 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02981.

    (6) Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.*; Rahbar, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Wang, Y.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Jalili, R.; Liu, G.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Exploring Interfacial Graphene Oxide Reduction by Liquid Metals: Application in Selective Biosensing. ACS Nano 2021, 15 (12), 19661-19671.

  • Mr Hongzhe Li (completed his honors program). Mr Li published the following article under my supervision:

    (7) Li, H.; Abbasi, R.; Wang, Y.; Allioux, F. M.; Koshy, P.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Rahim, M. A.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Jalili, R.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* Liquid Metal-supported Synthesis of Cupric Oxide. J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8 (5), 1656-1665.

  • Dr. Yifang Wang (Completed her PhD at UNSW). I co-supervised Dr. Wang in the first and second years of her PhD program before I moved to UoM. Dr. Wang published the following articles under my supervision:

    (8) Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.*; Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Elbourne, A.; Kaner, R. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Self-Deposition of 2D Molybdenum Sulfides on Liquid Metals. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31 (3), 2005866.

    (9) Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.*; Yang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Han, J.; Baharfar, M.; Mao, G.; Yao, Y.; Cortie, D. Liquid-Metal-Assisted Deposition and Patterning of Molybdenum Dioxide at Low Temperature. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (44), 53181-53193.

  • Dr. Jialuo Han (completed his PhD). I co-supervised Dr. Han in the last year of his PhD program. Dr. Han published the following article under my supervision:

    (10) Han, J.; Mayyas, M.*; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M; Cai, S.; Cao, Z.; Wang, Y.; Tang, J.; Jalili, R.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Khoshmanesh, K.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Liquid Metal Enabled Continuous Flow Reactor: A Proof-of-concept. Matter 2021, 4 (12), 4022-4041.

  • Ms Jingxiao Lyu. Ms. Lyu completed her master’s studies and published the following article:

    (11) Lyu, J.; Mayyas, M.*; Salim, O.; Zhu, H.; Chu, D.; Joshi, R. K. Electrochemical Performance of Hydrothermally Synthesized rGO Based Electrodes. Mater. Today Energy 2019, 13, 277-284.

Publications:

  1. F. Gholampoursaadi, X. Zhi, S. Nour, J. Z. Liu, G. K. Li, M. Mayyas*, 2024, Surface Enrichment in Gallium-Indium Liquid Alloys: Applied to CO2 Conversion. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2316435.
  2. Lei, W.; Wang, Y.; Jiang, W.; Liu, J.; Mayyas, M.; Shen, J.; Wei, X., 2024, Sulfur quantum dot sensitized anatase TiO2 for enhanced photocatalytic activity. Chem. Eng. Sci., 288, 119840.
  3. Allioux, F.-M.; Merhebi, S.; Liu, L.; Centurion, F.; Abbasi, R.; Zhang, C.; Ireland, J.; Biazik, J. M.; Mayyas, M.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Xie, W.; Rahim, M. A.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2023, A Liquid Metal–Polydopamine Composite for Cell Culture and Electro-Stimulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 11 (17), 3941-3950.
  4. Kilani, M.; Ahmed, M.; Mayyas, M.; Wang, Y.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mao, G., 2023, Toward Precision Deposition of Conductive Charge-Transfer Complex Crystals Using Nanoelectrochemistry. Small Methods, 7 (4), 2201198.
  5. Tang, J.; Tang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Sun, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Yang, J.; Han, J.; Lawes, D. J.; Jalili, R.; Daeneke, T.; Saborio, M. G.; Cao, Z.; Echeverria, C. A.; Allioux, F.-M.; Zavabeti, A.; Hamilton, J.; Mitchell, V.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Dickey, M. D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid-Metal-Enabled Mechanical-Energy-Induced CO2 Conversion. Advanced Materials, 34 (1), 2105789.
  6. Baharfar, M.; Zheng, J.; Abbasi, R.; Lim, S.; Kundi, V.; Kumar, P. V.; Rahim, M. A.; Zhang, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Interface-Controlled Phase Separation of Liquid Metal-Based Eutectic Ternary Alloys. Chemistry of Materials, 34 (23), 10761-10771
  7. Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Tang, J.; Lambie, S.; Han, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Allioux, F.-M.; Cai, S.; Koshy, P.; Mostaghimi, P.; Steenbergen, K. G.; Barnard, A. S.; Daeneke, T.; Gaston, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid Metal Synthesis Solvents for Metallic Crystals. Science, 378 (6624), 1118-1124.
  8. Zheng, J.; Mousavi, M.; Baharfar, M.; Sharma, A.; Kumeria, T.; Han, J.; Kumar, P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Liquid Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Stratified Zinc–Organic Frameworks. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10 (40), 14963-14970.

     

  9. Mayyas, M. * (corresponding author); Khoshmanesh, K.; Kumar, P.; Mousavi, M.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Yang, J.; Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Rahim, M. A.; Xie, W.; Allioux, F.-M.; Daiyan, R.; Jalili, R.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Reaction Media for Interfacial Precipitation of Bismuth Nanomaterials with Controlled Phases and Morphologies. Advanced Functional Materials, 32 (8), 2108673.
  10. Tang, J.; Lambie, S.; Meftahi, N.; Christofferson, A. J.; Yang, J.; Han, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Allioux, F.-M.; Cao, Z.; Daeneke, T.; McConville, C. F.; Steenbergen, K. G.; Kaner, R. B.; Russo, S. P.; Gaston, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Oscillatory Bifurcation Patterns Initiated by Seeded Surface Solidification of Liquid Metals. Nature Synthesis, 1 (2), 158-169.
  11. Yang, J.; Tang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Mayyas, M.; Yu, Q. V.; Li, L. H.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, High-Q Phonon-Polaritons in Spatially Confined Freestanding Α-Moo3. ACS Photonics, 9 (3), 905-913. DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01726. 
  12. Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Yang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid State of Post-Transition Metals for Interfacial Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Materials. Applied Physics Reviews, 9 (2), 021306.
  13. Wang, Y.; Baharfar, M.; Yang, J.; Mayyas, M.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Liquid State of Post-Transition Metals for Interfacial Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Materials. Applied Physics Reviews, 9 (2), 021306.
  14. Cai, S.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Zhang, J.; He, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Christoe, M. J.; Mayyas, M.; Wong, E. H. H.; Boyer, C.; Neff, R.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Soft Liquid Metal Infused Conductive Sponges. Advanced Materials Technologies, 7 (8), 2101500.
  15. Rahim, M. A.; Tang, J.; Christofferson, A. J.; Kumar, P. V.; Meftahi, N.; Centurion, F.; Cao, Z.; Tang, J.; Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Koshy, P.; Daeneke, T.; McConville, C. F.; Kaner, R. B.; Russo, S. P.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2022, Low-Temperature Liquid Platinum Catalyst. Nature Chemistry, 14 (8), 935-941.
  16. Mousavi, M.; Mittal, U.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Baharfar, M.; Tang, J.; Yao, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Zhang, C.; Sharma, N.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author), 2022, Liquid Metal-Templated Tin-Doped Tellurium Films for Flexible Asymmetric Pseudocapacitors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (45), 51519-51530.
  17. Allioux, F.-M.; Han, J.; Tang, J.; Merhebi, S.; Cai, S.; Tang, J.; Abbasi, R.; Centurion, F.; Mousavi, M.; Zhang, C.; Xie, W.; Mayyas, M.; Rahim, M. A.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Nanotip Formation from Liquid Metals for Soft Electronic Junctions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (36), 43247-43257.
  18. Wang, Y.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Yang, J.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Han, J.; Ahmed, M.; Baharfar, M.; Mao, G.; Yao, Y.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Cortie, D.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Liquid-Metal-Assisted Deposition and Patterning of Molybdenum Dioxide at Low Temperature. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13 (44), 53181-53193.
  19. Ghasemian, M. B.; Zavabeti, A.; Mousavi, M.; Murdoch, B. J.; Christofferson, A. J.; Meftahi, N.; Tang, J.; Han, J.; Jalili, R.; Allioux, F.-M.; Mayyas, M.; Chen, Z.; Elbourne, A.; McConville, C. F.; Russo, S. P.; Ringer, S.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Doping Process of 2d Materials Based on the Selective Migration of Dopants to the Interface of Liquid Metals. Advanced Materials, 33 (43), 2104793.
  20. Xie, W.; Allioux, F.-M.; Namivandi-Zangeneh, R.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Han, J.; Rahim, M. A.; Tang, J.; Yang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Mayyas, M.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Christoe, M. J.; Zhang, C.; Wang, Y.; Merhebi, S.; Baharfar, M.; Ng, G.; Esrafilzadeh, D.; Boyer, C.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Polydopamine Shell as a Ga3+ Reservoir for Triggering Gallium–Indium Phase Separation in Eutectic Gallium–Indium Nanoalloys. ACS Nano, 15 (10), 16839-16850.
  21. Baharfar, M.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Rahbar, M.; Allioux, F.-M.; Tang, J.; Wang, Y.; Cao, Z.; Centurion, F.; Jalili, R.; Liu, G.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Exploring Interfacial Graphene Oxide Reduction by Liquid Metals: Application in Selective Biosensing. ACS Nano, 15 (12), 19661-19671.
  22. Han, J.; Mayyas, M.* (corresponding author); Tang, J.; Mousavi, M.; Idrus-Saidi, S. A.; Cai, S.; Cao, Z.; Wang, Y.; Tang, J.; Jalili, R.; O'Mullane, A. P.; Kaner, R. B.; Khoshmanesh, K.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K., 2021, Liquid Metal Enabled Continuous Flow Reactor: A Proof-of-Concept. Matter, 4 (12), 4022-4041.
  23. Cha-umpong W; Mayyas M; Razmjou A; Chen V, 2021, 'Modification of GO-based pervaporation membranes to improve stability in oscillating temperature operation', Desalination, vol. 516, pp. 115215.
  24. Jalili AR; Satalov A; Nazari S; Rahmat Suryanto BH; Sun J; Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Kandjani AE; Sabri YM; Mayes E; Bhargava SK; Araki J; Zakri C; Poulin P; Esrafilzadeh D; Amal R, 2021, 'Liquid Crystal-Mediated 3D Printing Process to Fabricate Nano-Ordered Layered Structures', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 13, pp. 28627 - 28638.
  25. Merhebi S; Mohammad M; Mayyas M; Abbasi R; Zhang C; Cai S; Centurion F; Xie W; Cao Z; Tang J; Rahim MA; Zhang J; Razmjou A; Leslie G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J; Allioux F-M, 2021, 'Post-transition metal/polymer composites for the separation and sensing of alkali metal ions', J. Mater. Chem. A, vol. 9, pp. 19854-19864.
  26. Yang J; Krix ZE; Kim S; Tang J; Mayyas M; Wang Y; Watanabe K; Taniguchi T; Li LH; Hamilton AR; Aharonovich I; Sushkov OP; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Near-Field Excited Archimedean-like Tiling Patterns in Phonon-Polaritonic Crystals', ACS Nano, vol. 15, pp. 9134 - 9142.
  27. Tang J; Lambie S; Meftahi N; Christofferson AJ; Yang J; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Allioux FM; Rahim MA; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; McConville CF; Steenbergen KG; Kaner RB; Russo SP; Gaston N; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Unique surface patterns emerging during solidification of liquid metal alloys', Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 16, pp. 431 - 439.
  28. Centurion F; Namivandi-Zangeneh R; Flores N; Tajik M; Merhebi S; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Allioux FM; Tang J; Donald WA; Boyer C; Dickey MD; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2021, 'Liquid Metal-Triggered Assembly of Phenolic Nanocoatings with Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties', ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 4, pp. 2987 - 2998.
  29. Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Wang Y; Abbasi R; Yang J; Tang J; Idrus-Saidi SA; Guan X; Christoe MJ; Merhebi S; Zhang C; Tang J; Jalili R; Daeneke T; Wu T; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mayyas M* (corresponding author), 2021, 'Bismuth telluride topological insulator synthesized using liquid metal alloys: Test of NO2 selective sensing', Applied Materials Today, vol. 22, pp. 100954 - 100954.
  30. Rahim MA; Centurion F; Han J; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Sun J; Christoe MJ; Esrafilzadeh D; Allioux FM; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Tang J; Daeneke T; Mettu S; Zhang J; Uddin MH; Jalili R; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Polyphenol-Induced Adhesive Liquid Metal Inks for Substrate-Independent Direct Pen Writing', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, pp. 2007336 - 2007336.
  31. Allioux FM; Merhebi S; Tang J; Zhang C; Merenda A; Cai S; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Maghe M; Lim S; Zhang J; Hyde L; Mayyas M; Cunning BV; Ruoff RS; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Carbonization of low thermal stability polymers at the interface of liquid metals', Carbon, vol. 171, pp. 938 - 945.
  32. Wang Y; Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Yang J; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Elbourne A; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Self-Deposition of 2D Molybdenum Sulfides on Liquid Metals', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, pp. 2005866 - 2005866.
  33. Tang S; Bing J; Zheng J; Tang J; Li Y; Mayyas M; Cho Y; Jones TW; Yang TC-J; Yuan L; Tebyetekerwa M; Nguyen HT; Nielsen MP; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Wilson GJ; McKenzie DR; Huang S; Ho-Baillie AWY, 2021, 'Complementary bulk and surface passivations for highly efficient perovskite solar cells by gas quenching', Cell Reports Physical Science, pp. 100511 - 100511.
  34. Cai S; Mayyas M; Saborio MG; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Daeneke T; Han J; Esmailpour AA; Allioux FM; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Gallium nitride formation in liquid metal sonication', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 16593 - 16602.
  35. Zuraiqi K; Zavabeti A; Allioux FM; Tang J; Nguyen CK; Tafazolymotie P; Mayyas M; Ramarao AV; Spencer M; Shah K; McConville CF; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Chiang K; Daeneke T, 2020, 'Liquid Metals in Catalysis for Energy Applications', Joule, vol. 4, pp. 2290 - 2321.
  36. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Abbasi R; Li H; Christoe MJ; Han J; Wang Y; Zhang C; Rahim MA; Tang J; Yang J; Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Allioux FM; O'Mullane AP, 2020, 'Pulsing liquid alloys for nanomaterials synthesis', ACS Nano, vol. 14, pp. 14070 - 14079.
  37. Aljarrah MT; Al-harahsheh MS; Alrebaki MA; Mayyas M, 2020, 'Concentrative isolation of uranium traces in aqueous solutions via resurfaced-magnetic carbon nanotube suspension', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 271, 110970.
  38. Mayyas M; Li H; Kumar P; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Wang Y; Lawes DJ; Han J; Saborio MG; Tang J; Jalili R; Lee SH; Seong WK; Russo SP; Esrafilzadeh D; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Ruoff RS; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Liquid-Metal-Templated Synthesis of 2D Graphitic Materials at Room Temperature', Advanced Materials, vol. 32, pp. 2001997 - 2001997.
  39. Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Ghasemian MB; Centurion F; Yang J; Saborio M; Allioux FM; Han J; Tang J; Christoe MJ; Mohibul Kabir KM; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2020, 'Photolithography-enabled direct patterning of liquid metals', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 7805 - 7811.
  40. Allioux FM; Merhebi S; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Merenda A; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; O'Mullane AP; Daiyan R; Amal R; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Bi-Sn Catalytic Foam Governed by Nanometallurgy of Liquid Metals', Nano Letters, vol. 20, pp. 4403 - 4409.
  41. Zhang C; Allioux FM; Rahim MA; Han J; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Tang SY; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; Le-Clech P; Kaner RB; Esrafilzadeh D; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Nucleation and Growth of Polyaniline Nanofibers onto Liquid Metal Nanoparticles', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 32, pp. 4808 - 4819.
  42. Al-Harahsheh M; AlJarrah M; Alrebaki M; Mayyas M, 2020, 'Nanoionic exchanger with unprecedented loading capacity of uranium', Separation and Purification Technology, vol. 238, pp. 116423 - 116423.
  43. Merhebi S; Mayyas M; Abbasi R; Christoe M; Han J; Tang J; Rahim MA; Yang J; Tan TT; Chu D; Zhang J; Li S; Wang CH; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Allioux F, 2020, 'Magnetic and conductive liquid metal gel', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol 12/Issue 17, pp. 1944-8244.
  44. Saborio MG; Cai S; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Han J; Christoe MJ; Peng S; Koshy P; Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Wang CH; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Liquid Metal Droplet and Graphene Co-Fillers for Electrically Conductive Flexible Composites', Small, vol. 16.
  45. Yang J; Mayyas M; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Yang H; Watanabe K; Taniguchi T; Ou Q; Li LH; Bao Q; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Boundary-Induced Auxiliary Features in Scattering-Type Near-Field Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy', ACS Nano, vol. 14, pp. 1123 - 1132.
  46. Li H; Abbasi R; Wang Y; Allioux FM; Koshy P; Idrus-Saidi SA; Rahim MA; Yang J; Mousavi M; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Jalili R; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mayyas M* (corresponding author), 2020, 'Liquid metal-supported synthesis of cupric oxide', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, pp. 1656 - 1665.
  47. Lyu J; Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Zhu H; Chu D; Joshi R, 2019, 'Electrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesized rGO based electrodes', Materials Today Energy, vol. 13, pp. 277 - 284.
  48. Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Idrus-Saidi SA; Jamal MA; Yang J; Mofarah SS; Adabifiroozjaei E; Tang J; Syed N; O'Mullane AP; Daeneke T; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2019, 'Self-Limiting Galvanic Growth of MnO2 Monolayers on a Liquid Metal—Applied to Photocatalysis', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 29, pp. 1901649 - 1901649.
  49. Khayyam Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Mayyas M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards into high surface area t-SnO2 for photocatalytic dye degradation', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 7, 3,pp. 103133.
  50. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Valorization of lignin biomass as a carbon feedstock in steel industry: Iron oxide reduction, steel carburizing and slag foaming', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 219, pp. 971 - 980.
  51. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Carbon nano-sponge with enhanced electrochemical properties: A new understanding of carbon activation', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 358, pp. 980 - 991.
  52. Aljarrah MT; Al-Harahsheh MS; Mayyas M; Alrebaki M, 2018, 'In situ synthesis of quaternary ammonium on silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles and it's application for the removal of uranium (VI) from aqueous media', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 5662 - 5669.
  53. Kumar U; Gaikwad V; Mayyas M; Bucknall M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Application of High-Resolution NMR and GC-MS to Study Hydrocarbon Oils Derived from Noncatalytic Thermal Transformation of e-Waste Plastics', ACS Omega, vol. 3, pp. 9282 - 9289.
  54. Assefi M; Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Recycling of Ni-Cd batteries by selective isolation and hydrothermal synthesis of porous NiO nanocuboid', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 4671 - 4675.
  55. Kumar U; Gaikwad V; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2018, 'Extraordinary supercapacitance in activated carbon produced via a sustainable approach', Journal of Power Sources, vol. 394, pp. 140 - 147.
  56. Al-Harahsheh M; AlJarrah M; Mayyas M; Alrebaki M, 2018, 'High-stability polyamine/amide-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for enhanced extraction of uranium from aqueous solutions', Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, vol. 86, pp. 148 - 157.
  57. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Nanowiring of E-Waste: A Sustainable Route for Synthesizing Green Si3N4 Nanowires', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 3765 - 3772.
  58. Liu Z; Li X; Mayyas M; Koshy P; Hart JN; Sorrell CC, 2018, 'Planar-dependent oxygen vacancy concentrations in photocatalytic CeO2 nanoparticles', CrystEngComm, vol. 20, pp. 204 - 212.
  59. You Y; Mayyas M; Xu S; Gaikwad V; Munroe P; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2017, 'Growth of NiO Nanorods, SiC Nanowires and Monolayer Graphene Via a CVD Method', Green Chemistry, vol. 19, pp. 5599 - 5607.
  60. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Nano-carbons from waste tyre rubber: An insight into structure and morphology', Waste Management, vol. 69, pp. 110 - 116.
  61. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Study of Reaction Between Slag and Carbonaceous Materials', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, vol. 48, pp. 2316 - 2323.
  62. Liu Z; Li X; Mayyas M; Koshy P; Hart JN; Sorrell CC, 2017, 'Growth mechanism of ceria nanorods by precipitation at room temperature and morphology-dependent photocatalytic performance', CrystEngComm, vol. 19, pp. 4766 - 4776.
  63. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste materials conversion into mesoporous silicon carbide nanocermics: Nanofibre/particle mixture', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 157, pp. 213 - 221
  64. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Pahlevani F; Bucknall M; Maroufi S; You Y; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermocatalytic Conversion of Automotive Shredder Waste and Formation of Nanocarbons as a Process Byproduct', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 5, pp. 5440 - 5448.
  65. Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Novel Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Nanowires from e-Waste', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 5, pp. 4171 - 4178.
  66. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Pahlevani F; Maroufi S; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste conversion into high-value ceramics: Carbothermal nitridation synthesis of titanium nitride nanoparticles using automotive shredder waste', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 188, pp. 32 - 42.
  67. Kumar U; Maroufi S; Rajarao R; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; Joshi RK; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Cleaner Production of Iron by using Waste Macadamia Biomass as a Carbon Resource', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 158, pp. 218 - 224.
  68. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Liu Z; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'From automotive shredder residue to nano-ceramics and graphitic carbon—Thermal degradation kinetics', Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 120, pp. 60 - 74.
  69. Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Handoko W; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Preliminary investigation on the thermal conversion of automotive shredder residue into value-added products: Graphitic carbon and nano-ceramics', Waste Management, vol. 50, pp. 173 - 183.
  70. Li X; Zong ZM; Ma WW; Wei ZH; Li Y; Cao JP; Mayyas M; Li ZK; Wei XY, 2015, 'A highly active Ni/mesoporous attapulgite for hydrocracking CO bonds in rice straw', Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 131, pp. 376 - 381.
  71. Xie RL; Zong ZM; Wang WL; Yan HL; Fan X; Wei ZH; Mayyas M; Wei XY, 2015, 'Characterization of Volatiles in Coal Tar Pitch by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Pressure Solid Analysis Probe/Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry', Analytical Letters, vol. 48, pp. 955 - 965.
  72. Li X; Zong ZM; Ma WW; Cao JP; Mayyas M; Wei ZH; Li Y; Yan HL; Wang D; Yang R; Wei XY, 2015, 'Multifunctional and highly active Ni/microfiber attapulgite for catalytic hydroconversion of model compounds and coal tars', Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 134, pp. 39 - 45.
  73. Xie RL; Zong ZM; Liu FJ; Wang YG; Yan HL; Wei ZH; Mayyas M; Wei XY, 2015, 'Nitrogen-doped porous carbon foams prepared from mesophase pitch through graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet templates', RSC Advances, vol. 5, pp. 45718 - 45724.
  74. Mayyas M* (corresponding author); Al-Harahsheh M; Wei XY, 2014, 'Solid phase extractive preconcentration of Uranium from Jordanian phosphoric acid using 2-hydroxy-4-aminotriazine-anchored activated carbon', Hydrometallurgy, vol. 149, pp. 41 - 49.

 

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