LAMS

The United Nations’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG’s) are a collection of 17 goals serving as a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. At LAMS, we ensure that the work we do is highly oriented towards contributing to the UN SDG’s in eight of the major areas highlighted above.

Publications

1. Defining sulfonation limits of poly(ether-ether-ketone) for energy-efficient dehumidification
Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Mahmoud A. Abdulhamid, Hakkim Vovusha, Kim Choon Ng, Udo Schwingenschlögl, and Georgy Szekely, Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2021, 9, 17740-17748

2. A novel zero-liquid discharge desalination system based on the humidification-dehumidification process: A preliminary study
Qian Chen, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Muhammad Burhan, Kumja M, and Kim Choon Ng, Water Research. 2021, 207, 117794
3. Molecular engineering of high-performance nanofiltration membranes from intrinsically microporous poly(ether-ether-ketone)
Mahmoud A. Abdulhamid, Sang-Hee Park, Hakkim Vovusha , Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Kim Choon Ng, Udo Schwingenschlögl, and Gyorgy Szekely, Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2020, 8, 24445-24454

4. Highways for water molecules: Interplay between nanostructure and water vapor transport in block copolymer membranes
Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Hakkim Vovushua, Luis Francisco Villalobos, Rahul Shevate, Mahendra Kumar, Suzana Pereira Nunes, Udo Schwingenschlögl, and Klaus-Viktor Peinemann, Journal of Membrane Science. 2019, 572, 641-649.

5. Pebax®1657/Graphene oxide composite membranes for improved water vapor separation
Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Mahendra Kumar, and Klaus-Viktor Peinemann, Journal of Membrane Science. 2017, 525, 187-194.

6. Scalable Synthesis of Amphiphilic Copolymers for CO2- and Water-Selective Membranes: Effect of Copolymer Composition and Chain Length
Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Mahendra Kumar, Hakkim Vovusha, Rahul Shevate, Luis Francisco Villalobos, Udo Schwingenschlögl, and Klaus-Viktor Peinemann, Macromolecules. 2019, 52, 6213-6226

7. Embedding 1D Conducting Channels into 3D Isoporous Polymer Films for High-Performance Humidity Sensing
Rahul Shevate, Md Azimul Haque, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Luis Francisco Villalobos, Tom Wu, and Klaus‐Viktor Peinemann, Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2018. 57, 11218-11222
8. Fabrication of Polybenzimidazole/Palladium Nanoparticles Hollow Fiber Membranes for Hydrogen Purification
Luis Francisco Villalobos, Roland Hilke, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, and Klaus‐Viktor Peinemann, Advanced Energy Materials. 2018. 8, 1701567
9. Polybenzimidazole-based mixed membranes with exceptional high water vapor permeability and selectivity
Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Mahendra Kumar, Luis Francisco Villalobos, Hakkim Vovusha, Rahul Shevate, Udo Schwingenschlögl, Klaus-Viktor Peinemann, Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017. 5, 21807-21819