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Mokhtar Rashwan

Postdoctoral Appointee

Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion, Laser Spectroscopy, Surfaces and Interfaces, Sum Frequency Generation, Heavy Metal Separations, Analytical Chemistry

Biography

Biography

  • Studying the use of peroxometalate compounds for carbon dioxide capture and conversion using sum frequency generation spectroscopy, FTIR and Raman spectroscopies
  • Studying separation processes at solid/liquid and liquid/air interfaces using sum frequency generation laser spectroscopy
  • Studying aqueous/mineral oxide interfaces (silica, kaolinite, titania) using sum frequency generation spectroscopy and Zeta potential measurements
  • Studying oil sand tailing chemical treatment using sum frequency generation spectroscopy and Zeta potential measurements
  • Mineral characterization using UV-Vis Spectrophotometry, Fluorescence, Raman, and FTIR

Education

B.Sc. in Chemistry; Beni Suef University, Egypt (2008) 

M.Sc. in Chemistry; King Fahd University of Petroleum and minerals, Saudi Arabia (2015)

Ph.D. in Chemistry; University of Alberta, Canada (2021, Gibbs Research Group)

Publications

1. Mokhtar Rashwan, Benjamin Rehl, Nikolas Romaniuk, Julianne M. Gibbs, Probing Silica-Kaolinite Interactions with Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy, Langmuir; 2022, 38, 51, 15984–15994. DOI10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02414

2. Mokhtar Rashwan, Benjamin Rehl, Adrien Sthoer, Akemi M. Darlington, Md. Shafiul Azam, Hongbo Zeng, Qingxia Liu, Eric Tyrode, Julianne M. Gibbs, Structure of the Silica/Divalent Electrolyte Interface: Molecular Insight into Charge Inversion with Increasing pH, J Phys. Chem. C. 2020, 124, 49, 26973-26981. DOI10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09747

3. Chanbasha Basheer, Mokhtar Rashwan, Eid Al Mutairi, Amjad A. Shaikh, Khurram Karim Qureshi, Application of Ultraviolet Radiation to Control the Calcium Carbonate Scale Formation and Deposition on the Membranes, J. Chem. 2020, 10, 1155-1162. DOI10.1155/2020/8083705

4. Benjamin Rehl, Mokhtar Rashwan, Emma L. DeWalt-Kerian, Tasha A. Jarisz, Akemi M. Darlington, Dennis K. Hore, Julianne M Gibbs, New Insights on χ(3) Measurements: Comparing Non-Resonant Second Harmonic Generation and Resonant Sum Frequency Generation at the Silica/Aqueous Electrolyte Interface, J Phys. Chem. C. 2019, 123, 10991-11000. DOI10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01300

5. Chanbasha Basheer, Amjad A. Shaikh, Eid Al Mutairi, Mokhtar Noor El Deen, Calcium Carbonate Scale Inhibition with Ultrasonication and a Commercial Antiscalant, Water, 2021, 13(23), 3428. DOI10.3390/w13233428