Polymer Hybrid Materials and Nanocomposites

Dr. Tawfik Abdo Saleh is a faculty member in the Chemistry Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. He has published several papers in international refereed journals and conference proceedings, has authored and edited several books and book chapters, and he is a member of several local and international scientific societies. He has supervised many graduate students. His expertise includes, but is not limited to, the synthesis, design, and preparation of materials, nanomaterials, nanocomposites, and hybrid materials and their applications. His expertise also includes materials characterization using various techniques.

1. Introduction 2. Principles of Polymer Science 3. Potential methods for Polymer-based synthesis 4. Inorganic and organic Hybrid materials: principles 5. Preparation methods of hybrid materials with Mechanisms of interactions 6. Chemical properties of hybrid materials 7. Physical properties of hybrid materials 8. Characterization techniques of hybrid materials 9. Applications in energy technologies 10. Applications in water ultra-deep purification 11. From laboratory to industries: scaling up 12. Functional Biocompatible Hybrid Materials for Medical uses 13. Optical and Electrical uses including Photochromic, Electrochromic 14. Applications in Light-emitting diodes, photodiodes, and Field Effect Transistors 15. Applications in Solar Cells 16. Applications in Gas Sensors 17. Other Applications