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Dr Mohammad Choucair


Contact Details

University of Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Room 316
School of Chemistry, Building F11
The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
E: mohammad.choucair@sydney.edu.au
T: +61-2-9351-7392
F: +61-2-9351-3329

Career Profile:

  • University of Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney, 2013-
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sydney, 2012-2013
  • Experienced Researcher, University of Parma, 2011-2012
  • Cornforth Medalist (2011)
  • PhD, University of New South Wales, 2010
  • BSc Nanotechnology (Honours Class 1), 2007

Research Interests:

  • Carbon nanomaterials synthesis
  • Nanomaterials characterisation
  • Energy storage & conversion
  • Nanotoxicology

Research:

My research interests are focused within nanomaterials chemistry, in particular the development of safer and more feasible chemical pathways to carbon nanostructures. My research involves tuning the physical properties of carbon nanomaterials by inducing defects or chemical modifications, to provide ideal architectures for the next generation of advanced materials that can address global challenges relating to human health, the environment, and reliable energy storage.

 

Publications (2009- 2013):

  1. Das, A; Choucair, M; Southon, PD; Mason, JA; Zhao, M; Kepert, CJ; Harris, AT and D'Alessandro, DM. Application of the piperazine-grafted CuBTTri metal-organic framework in postcombustion carbon dioxide capture. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 174, 74-80, 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2013.02.036

  2. Mauron, P; Remhof, A; Bliersbach, A; Borgschulte, A; Züttel, A; Sheptyakov, D; Choucair, M; Gaboardi, M; Pontiroli, D; Aramini, M; Gorreri, A and Riccò, M. Reversible hydrogen storage in sodium intercalated fullerenes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37, 14307-14314, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.07.045

  3. Choucair, M; Gong, B and Stride, JA. Engineering solvothermal reactions to produce multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14, 901, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0901-x

  4. Choucair, M and Stride, JA. The gram-scale synthesis of carbon onions. Carbon, 50, 1109-1115, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.10.023

  5. Choucair, M; Tse, NMK; Hill, MR and Stride, JA. Adsorption and desorption characteristics of 3-dimensional networks of fused graphene. Surface Science, 606, 34-39, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2011.08.016

  6. Riccò, M; Pontiroli, D; Mazzani, M; Choucair, M; Stride, JA and Yazyev, OV. Muons probe strong hydrogen interactions with defective graphene. Nano Letters, 11, 4919-4922, 2011. DOI: 10.1021/nl202866q

  7. Wang, JZ; Lin, L; Choucair, M; Stride, JA; Xu, X and Liu, HK. Sulfur-graphene composite for rechargeable lithium batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 196, 7030-7034, 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.09.106

  8. Chou, SL; Wang, JZ; Choucair, M; Liu, HK; Stride, JA and Dou, SX. Enhanced reversible lithium storage in a nanosize silicon/graphene composite. Electrochemistry Communications, 12, 303-306, 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2009.12.024

  9. Xu, X; Dou, SX; Wang, XL; Kim, JH; Stride, JA; Choucair, M; Yeoh, WK; Zheng, RK and Ringer, SP. Graphene doping to enhance the flux pinning and super-current carrying ability of a magnesium diboride superconductor. Superconductor Science and Technology, 23, 085003, 2010. DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/23/8/085003

  10. Choucair, M; Thordarson, P and Stride, JA. Gram-scale production of graphene based on solvothermal synthesis and sonication. Nature Nanotechnology, 4, 30-33, 2009. DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.365