Hossein Molavi

Research Associate


Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (INST)

Email: hossein.
molavi128@gmail.com

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School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IRAN
POLYMER COMPOSITES RESEARCH GROUP
School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
Education

PhD: Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in Nano Science and Nano Technology, 2014-2018.

MSc:University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in Nano Science and Nano Technology-Nano Chemistry, 2012-2014.

BSc: Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, in Applied Chemistry, 2008-2012.

Selected Publications

1. Ahmadijokani F, Molavi H, Rezakazemi M, Tajahmadi S, Bahi A, Ko F, Aminabhavi TM, Li JR, Arjmand M. UiO-66 Metal-Organic Frameworks in Water Treatment: A Critical Review. Progress in Materials Science. 2021 Nov 22:100904.

2. Ahmadijokani, F., Molavi, H., Rezakazemi, M., Aminabhavi, T. M., & Arjmand, M. (2021). Simultaneous detection and removal of fluoride from water using smart metal-organic framework-based adsorbents. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 445 (2021): 214037.

3. Ahmadijokani, F., Tajahmadi, S., Rezakazemi, M., Sehat, A. A., Molavi, H., Aminabhavi, T. M., & Arjmand, M. (2021). Aluminum-based metal-organic frameworks for adsorptive removal of anti-cancer (methotrexate) drug from aqueous solutions. Journal of Environmental Management, 277 (2021): 111448.

4. Ahmadijokani, F., Tajahmadi, S., Haris, M. H., Bahi, A., Rezakazemi, M., Molavi, H… & Arjmand, M. (2021). Fe3O4@ PAA@ UiO-66-NH2 magnetic nanocomposite for selective adsorption of Quercetin. Chemosphere, 275 (2021):

5. Ahmadipouya, S., Haris, M.H., Ahmadijokani, F., Jarahiyan, A., Molavi, H., Moghaddam, F.M., Rezakazemi, M. and Arjmand, M., Magnetic Fe3O4@ UiO-66 nanocomposite for rapid adsorption of organic dyes from aqueous solution. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 322 (2021): 114910.

6. Ahmadijokani F, Mohammadkhani R, Ahmadipouya S, Shokrgozar A, Rezakazem M, Molavi H, Aminabhavi TM, Arjmand M. Superior Chemical Stability of UiO-66 metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for Selective Dye Adsorption. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2020 May 7:125346.

7. Neshastehgar, M., Rahmani, P., Shojaei, A. and Molavi, H. Enhanced adsorption removal performance of UiO-66 by rational hybridization with nanodiamond. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2020, p.110008.

8. Molavi, H., Moghimi, H. and Taheri, R.A., Zr‐Based MOFs with High Drug Loading for Adsorption Removal of Anti‐Cancer Drugs: A Potential Drug Storage. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2020. p.e5549.

9. H. Molavi, A. Shojaei, S.A. Mousavi, S.A. Ahmadi. Effect of reactive diluent on gas separation behavior of photo-curable acrylated polyurethane composite membranes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 3 (2020) 28293.

10. Molavi, H., Neshastehgar, M., Shojaei, A. and Ghashghaeinejad, H., Ultrafast and simultaneous removal of anionic and cationic dyes by nanodiamond/UiO-66 hybrid nanocomposite. Chemosphere, 2020.p.125882.

11. Ahmadijokani F, Ahmadipouya S, Molavi H, Rezakazemi M, Aminabhavi TM, Arjmand M. Impact of scale, activation solvents, and aged conditions on gas adsorption properties of UiO-66. Journal of Environmental Management. 2020 Nov 15; 274:111155.

12. Ahmadijokani F, Tajahmadi S, Bahi A, Molavi H, Rezakazemi M, Ko F, Aminabhavi TM, Arjmand M. Ethylenediamine-Functionalized Zr-based MOF for Efficient Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Water. Chemosphere. 2020 Oct 5:128466.

13. Mousavi DV, Ahmadipouya S, Shokrgozar A, Molavi H, Rezakazemi M, Ahmadijokani F, Arjmand M. Adsorption performance of UiO-66 towards organic dyes: Effect of activation conditions. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 2020 Oct 7:114487.

14. H. Molavi, A. Shojaei, S.A. Mousavi. Improving Mixed-Matrix Membrane Performance Via PMMA Grafting From Functionalized NH2-UiO-66, J. Mater. Chem. A, 6 (2018) 2775-2791.

15. H. Molavi, A. Shojaei, Mixed-matrix composite membranes based on UiO-66-derived MOFs for CO2 separation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9 (2019) 9448-9461.

16. H. Molavi, A. Pourghaderi, A. Shojaei. Experimental Study on the Influence of Initial pH, Ionic Strength, and Temperature on the Selective Adsorption of Dyes onto Nanodiamonds. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.8b01091

17. H. Molavi, A. Shojaei, A. Pourghaderi. Rapid and tunable selective adsorption of dyes using thermally oxidized nanodiamond. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 524 (2018) 52-64.

18. H. Molavi, A. Shojaei, S.A. Mousavi. Photo-curable acrylate polyurethane as efficient composite membrane for CO2 separation. Journal of Polymer. 149 (2018) 178-191.

19. H. Molavi, A. Hakimian, A. Shojaei, M. Raeiszadeh. Selective dye adsorption by highly water stable metal-organic framework : long term stability analysis in aqueous media. Appl. Surf. Sci. 445 (2018) 424-436.

20. H. Molavi, A. Eskandari, A. Shojaei, S.A. Mousavi. Enhancing CO2/N2 adsorption selectivity via post-synthetic modification of NH2-UiO-66(Zr). Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 257 (2018) 193-201.

21. H. Molavi, F.A. Joukani, and A. Shojaei. "Ethylenediamine grafting to functionalized NH2-UiO-66 using green aza-Michael addition reaction to improve CO2/CH4 adsorption selectivity." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 57 (2018) 7030-7039.

22. H. Molavi, M. Zamani, M. Aghajanzadeh, H.K. Manjili, H. Danafar, and A. Shojaei. Evaluation of UiO‐66 metal organic framework as an effective sorbent for Curcumin's overdose. Appl Organometal Chem. 32 (2018) e4221.

23. M. Raeiszadeh, A. Hakimian, A. Shojaei, H.Molavi. Nanodiamond-filled chitosan as an efficient adsorbent for anionic dye removal from aqueous solutions. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 6 (2018) 3283-3294.

24. M. Aghajanzadeh, M. Zamani, H. Molavi, H.K. Manjili, H. Danafar, and A. Shojaei. Preparation of Metal–Organic Frameworks UiO-66 for Adsorptive Removal of Methotrexate from Aqueous Solution. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 28 (2018) 177-186.

25. EA. Feijani, A. Tavassoli, H. Mahdavi, H. Molavi. Effective gas separation through graphene oxide containing mixed matrix membranes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 135 (2018) 46271.

26. H. Mahdavi, L. Ahmadian-Alam, and H. Molavi, Grafting of sulfonated monomer onto an amino-silane functionalized 2-aminoterephthalate metal-organic framework via surface-initiated redox polymerization: Proton-conducting solid electrolytes, Polymer International. 64 (2015) 1578–1584.

27. M. Zamani, M. Aghajanzadeh, H. Molavi, H. Danafar, and A. Shojaei, Thermally Oxidized Nanodiamond: An Effective Sorbent for Separation of Methotrexate from Aqueous Media: Synthesis, Characterization, In Vivo and In Vitro Biocompatibility Study. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 2018:1-9.

28. F.A. Joukani, S. Ahmadipouya, H. Molavi, M. Arjmand. Amino-silane-grafted NH 2-MIL-53 (Al)/polyethersulfone mixed matrix membranes for CO 2/CH 4 separation. Dalton Transactions. 36 (2019) 48. 13555-13566.


Selected presentations

1. E. Jafarpour, P. Jafarpour, A. Shojaei, H. Molavi. “Evaluation of UiO‐66 metal organic framework as an effective nanofiller for mechanical reinforcement of styrene-butadiene rubber” 8th international conference on nanostructures (ICNS8), 2020.

2. Ahmadipouya S, Mohammadkhani R, Ahmadijokani F, Molavi H, Arjmand M. “Selective Dye Adsorption by Highly Chemical Stable Metal-Organic Framework” 8th international conference on nanostructures (ICNS8), 2020.

3. Ahmadipouya S, Heidarian Haris M, Ahmadijokani F, Jarahiyan A, Molavi H, Matloubi Moghaddam F, Arjmand M. “Selective Adsorption of Anionic Dyes Using Fe3O4@UiO-66 Nanoparticles” 8th international conference on nanostructures (ICNS8), 2020.

4. Neshastehgar M, Rahmani P, Shojaei A, Molavi H. “Improved Dye Adsorption Performance of UiO-66 by Hybridization with Nanodiamond” 8th international conference on nanostructures (ICNS8), 2020.

5. H.Molavi, A. Hakimian, A. Shojaei. "Highly stable metal-organic framework for selective dye adsorption" 7th international conference on nanostructures (ICNS7), 2018.

6. H. Molavi, A. Shojaei, SA. Mousavi. “Effect of poly(ethylene glycol) molecular weight on the performance of polyurethane acrylate membranes in CO2 separation”. The 4th National Conference on Separation Science and Engineering, Iran, 2017.

7. H. Molavi, A. Eskandari, A. Shojaei, SA. Mousavi. “Functionalization of NH2-Uio-66(Zr) with glycidyl methacrylate to improve CO2/N2 separation”. The 4th National Conference on Separation Science and Engineering, Iran, 2017.

8. H. Molavi, H. Mahdavi, A. Tavassoli, “CO2/CH4 Separation performance of PES based composite membrane embedded with NH2-MIL-101(Al) MOF” 6th international conference on nanostructures (ICNS6), 2016.

9. A. Hakimian, H. Molavi, M. Raeiszadeh Oskouei, A. Shojaei." Adsorptive removal of methyl orange from aqueous solution with a highly stable metal-organic framework (MOF)".UFGNSM2017 Conference, Iran.

10. M. Raeiszadeh, A. Hakimian, A. Shojaei, H.Molavi." Dye removal application of chitosan/nanodiamond biosorbent". 7th international conference on nanostructures (ICNS7), 2018.

11. H. Mahdavi, A. Tavassoli, H. Molavi, E. Ahmadi Feijani “Incorporation of MIL-53(Al) MOF in polyethersulfone for CO2/CH4 separation mixed matrix membrane” 11th international conference on Polymer Science and Technology ,2014.

12. H. Mahdavi, A. Tavassoli, H. Molavi “Sweetening of natural gas by nanocomposite mixed matrix membranes” 2nd national Conference on Nanotechnology ,2014.

Book

1. H. Molavi, A. Shojaei, SA. Mousavi. Carbon Dioxide removal with adsorbent and membrane attitude. Sharif University of Technology, Institute of Scientific Publications. 2019.