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What triggers dye adsorption by metal-organic frameworks? The current perspectives
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As Post Doctoral Fellow (NUS)
Chen, Y., Xu, H., Khan, M. S., Han S., Zhu, S. & Recent advances in layered double hydroxides for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment: A critical review (2025) Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology.
Kamal, S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. Breathing Transition and Effective Iodine Adsorption in a Temperature-Responsive Zn-Based Flexible Metal-Organic Framework, Langmuir, 2024.
Zhu, S., Xu H., Khan, M. S., Xia M., Wang F., Chen Y., Enhanced removal of Ni2+ and Co2+ from wastewater using a novel 2-hydroxyphosphonoacetic acid modified Mg/Fe-LDH composite adsorbent Water Research 2024, 122997.
Khan, M. S., Zhu, S., & Chen, S. B. (2024). Metal-Organic frameworks (MOFs) for Oxo-Anion removal in wastewater Treatment: Advancements and applications. Chemical Engineering Journal, 157396.
Khan, M. S., Kamal, S., Zulkiflain, M., Khalid, M., Khan, S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2024). Tailored coordination chemistry: A novel Zn (II)-fluorescent coordination material for highly selective and sensitive detection of Hg2+ ions in aqueous environments. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 405, 125019.
As Post Doctoral Fellow (SUTD)
Khan, M. S., Li, Y., Yang, L., Yan, Z. C., Li, D. S., Qiu, J., ... & Yang, H. Y. (2024). Improving capacitive deionization performance through tailored iodine-loaded ZIF-8 composites. Desalination, 117486.
Khan, M. S., Leong, Z. Y., Li, D. S., Qiu, J., Xu, X., & Yang, H. Y. (2023). A Mini Review on Metal-Organic Framework-Based Electrode Materials for Capacitive Deionization. Nanoscale, 15, 15929-15949.
Khan, M. S., Li, Y., Li, D. S., Qiu, J., Xu, X., & Yang, H. Y. (2023). A Review of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Materials as An Effective Photocatalyst for Degradation of Organic Pollutants. Nanoscale Adv., 5, 6318-6348.
Jiang, S., Li, X. L., Fang, D., Lieu, W. Y., Chen, C., Khan, M. S., ... & Yang, H. Y. (2023). Metal–Organic-Framework-Derived 3D Hierarchical Matrixes for High-Performance Flexible Li–S Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Kamal, S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2023). A bifunctionalised Pb-based MOF for iodine capture and dye removal. Dalton Transactions, 52(14), 4501-4516.
Shi, Y., Zou, Y., Zhang, M., Khan, M. S., Yan, J., Zheng, X., ... & Xie, Z. (2023). Metal-organic framework-derived photoelectrochemical sensor: Structural design and biosensing technology. Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
As Senior Research Fellow (ICMR)
Dehghani, M. H., Ahmadi, S., Ghosh, S., Khan, M. S., Othmani, A., Khanday, W. A., ... & Ansari, K. (2024). Sustainable remediation technologies for removal of pesticides as organic micro-pollutants from water environments: A review. Applied Surface Science Advances, 19, 100558.
Khan, M. S., Ansari, M. A. H., Khalid, M., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2023). Synthesis, characterization, single-crystal X-ray study and sensing properties of a designed dinuclear Cu (II) system. Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 1-8.
Kamal, S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., & Shahid, M. (2023). Metal organic frameworks and their composites as effective tools for sensing environmental hazards: An up to date tale of mechanism, current trends and future prospects. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 474, 214859.
Kamal, S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2022). A Zinc (II) MOF for recognition of nitroaromatic explosive and Cr (III) ion. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 315, 123482.
Zeng, Y., Xu, G., Kong, X., Ye, G., Guo, J., Lu, C., ... & Peng, Y. (2022). Recent advances of the core-shell MOFs in tumour therapy. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 122228.
Yan, J. W., Wu, J., Lu, L., Wang, J., Guo, J., Sakiyama, H., ... & Khan, M. S. (2022). Photocatalytic performances and mechanisms of two coordination polymers based on rigid tricarboxylate. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 123602.
Ahmad, M. S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2022). Exploiting one dimensional polymer for environmental monitoring: Co based coordination polymer for efficient removal of cationic dyes. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 123307.
Khan, M. S., & Shahid, M. (2022). Synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): routes to various MOF topologies, morphologies, and composites. In Electrochemical Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (pp. 17-35). Elsevier.
Liu, J. Q., Chen, J., Cheng, F., Luo, D., Huang, J., Ouyang, J., ... & Khan, M. S. (2022). Recent advances in Ti-based MOFs in the biomedical applications. Dalton Transactions, 51, 14817-14832.
Kamal, S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2022). Amine-and Imine-Functionalized Mn-Based MOF as an Unusual Turn-On and Turn-Off Sensor for d10 Heavy Metal Ions and an Efficient Adsorbent to Capture Iodine. Crystal Growth & Design, 22(5), 3277-3294.
As PhD Student (AMU)
Ahmad, M. S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2021). Ni (II)-Based one dimensional coordination polymers for environmental remediation: design, topology, magnetism and the selective adsorption of cationic dyes. CrystEngComm, 23(36), 6253-6266.
Iman, K., Ahamad, M. N., Ansari, A., Saleh, H. A., Khan, M. S., Ahmad, M., ... & Shahid, M. (2021). How to identify a smoker: a salient crystallographic approach to detect thiocyanate content. RSC Advances, 11(28), 16881-16891.
Khan, M. S., Khalid, M., Ahmad, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M., Kamal, S. (2021). Effect of structural variation on enzymatic activity in tetranuclear (Cu4) clusters with defective cubane core J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 40, 2022.
Ahmad, M. S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., Ahmad, M., Saeed, H., ... & Ashafaq, M. Tuning biological activity in dinuclear Cu (II) complexes derived from pyrazine ligands: Structure, magnetism, catecholase, antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and antibreast cancer activity. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, e6221.
Khan, M. S., & Shahid, M. (2021). Improving Water Quality Using Metal− Organic Frameworks. In Metal− Organic Frameworks for Environmental Remediation (pp. 171-191). American Chemical Society.
Khan, M. S., Khalid, M., & Shahid, M. (2021). A Co (II) coordination polymer derived from pentaerythritol as an efficient photocatalyst for the degradation of organic dyes. Polyhedron, 196, 114984.
Khan, M. S., Khalid, M., & Shahid, M. (2021). Engineered Fe3 triangle for the rapid and selective removal of aromatic cationic pollutants: complexity is not a necessity. RSC Advances, 11(5), 2630-2642.
Ahamad, M. N., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2020). Metal organic frameworks decorated with free carboxylic acid groups: topology, metal capture and dye adsorption properties. Dalton Transactions, 49(41), 14690-14705.
Khan, M. S., Khalid, M., & Shahid, M. (2020). What triggers dye adsorption by metal organic frameworks? The current perspectives. Materials Advances, 1(6), 1575-1601.
Kamal, S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., Ashafaq, M., Mantasha, I., ... & Ahmad, S. (2020). Synthesis, characterization and DFT studies of water stable Cd (II) metal–organic clusters with better adsorption property towards the organic pollutant in waste water. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 512, 119872.
Khan, M. S., Hayat, M. U., Khanam, M., Saeed, H., Owais, M., Khalid, M., ... & Ahmad, M. (2020). Role of biologically important imidazole moiety on the antimicrobial and anticancer activity of Fe (III) and Mn (II) complexes. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics.
Ashafaq, M., Khalid, M., Raizada, M., Ahmad, M. S., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2020). A Zn-Based Fluorescent Coordination Polymer as Bifunctional Sensor: Sensitive and Selective Aqueous-Phase Detection of Picric Acid and Heavy Metal Ion. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 30, 4496-4509.
Khan, M. S., Khalid, M., Ahmad, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2020). Catalytic activity of Mn (III) and Co (III) complexes: evaluation of catechol oxidase enzymatic and photodegradation properties. Res. Chem. Intermed., 1-22.
Ahmad, M. S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., Ahmad (2020) Catecholase like activity of Cu(II) based 1-D coordination polymer J. Struct. Chem. 61, 533-540.
Ahmad, M. S., Khalid, M., Khan, M. S., Shahid, M., Ahmad, M., Ansari, A., & Ashafaq, M. (2020). Exploring catecholase activity in dinuclear Mn(ii) and Cu(ii) complexes: an experimental and theoretical approach. New Journal of Chemistry, 44(19), 7998-8009.
Khan, M. S., Khalid, M., Ahmad, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2019). Design and Characterization of a Cu (II) Coordination Polymer Based on α-Diimine: Evaluation of the Biomimetic Activity. Journal of Structural Chemistry, 60(11), 1833-1841.
Mariyam, A., Shahid, M., Mantasha, I., Khan, M. S., & Ahmad, M. S. (2019). Tetrazole based porous metal organic framework (MOF): topological analysis and dye adsorption properties. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 1-9.
Khan, M. S., Khalid, M., Ahmad, M. S., Ahmad, M., Ashafaq, M., Arif, R., & Shahid, M. (2019). Synthesis, spectral and crystallographic study, DNA binding and molecular docking studies of homo dinuclear Co (II) and Ni (II) complexes. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1175, 889-899.
Khan, M. S., Khalid, M., Ahmad, M. S., Shahid, M., & Ahmad, M. (2019). Three-in-one is really better: exploring the sensing and adsorption properties in a newly designed metal–organic system incorporating a copper (ii) ion. Dalton Transactions, 48(34), 12918-12932.
Iman, K., Shahid, M., Khan, M. S., Ahmad, M., & Sama, F. (2019). Topology, magnetism and dye adsorption properties of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) synthesized from bench chemicals. CrystEngComm, 21(35), 5299-5309.