Description:
Supercritical Fluid Technology for Materials Processing, Engineering and Biomedical Applications provides a comprehensive review of the latest advances in this important research field.
The book covers all aspects including the processes involved, the physical and chemical characteristics of this kind of medium, together with their exceptional transport properties and their future potential for a whole range of applications in impregnation and cleaning, multistage counter current separation, biomedical, particle formation, coatings, and reactive systems such as hydrogenation, biomass gasification, and supercritical water oxidation. Furthermore, the book highlights supercritical fluid technology as an alternative method that operates under mild conditions and can take advantage of the tunable properties of the fluid phase. The book will be a valuable reference source for academic and industrial researchers, as well as materials scientists and engineers working in the processing and engineering of supercritical fluids for a diverse range of industrial applications.Brief description: Dr. Aamir Hussain Bhat is a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, at the Higher College of Technology, Muscat, Oman. He received his Doctorate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. He has four years' postdoctoral experience from the Universiti Sains Malaysia and around 5 years teaching experience as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at the Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia. His research interests include polymer bio-nanocomposites; nanofluids for oil well drilling applications; isolation and application of nanocellulosic materials; nanomaterial synthesis using top-down and bottom-up approaches, nanocoatings using geopolymers, and waste-water treatment using bio-sorbents.
He has been the principal investigator for many government funded research projects such as the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) entitled "New Malaysian Green Nano fluid for drilling at high temperature and pressure", YUTP grant on "Biopolymer blend of Poly (lactic acid) and Poly (hydroxybutyrate co- valerate) based nano-biocomposites reinforced with nanocrystalline cellulose with potential application in packaging" and Graphene Oxide Additives in Water Based Drilling Fluid for Enhanced Performance of Fluid Loss Control again funded by YUTP.