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Malik Abdul Rub is affiliated with King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia. Their research spans multiple fields within chemistry and chemical engineering, with a primary focus on organic chemistry. Key subfields of study include organic chemistry, molecular biology, physical and theoretical chemistry, spectroscopy, and filtration and separation.

Their main topics of research interest cover surfactants and colloidal systems, protein interaction studies and fluorescence analysis, chemical and physical properties in aqueous solutions, thermodynamic properties of mixtures, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, analytical chemistry and chromatography, as well as spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies.

Malik Abdul Rub has published extensively, with frequent contributions appearing in the following journals:

  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Chemical Papers
  • Polymers
  • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Gels

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Biomedical features and therapeutic potential of rosmarinic acid, 2022, Archives of Pharmacal Research
  • Effect of coir fiber and TiC nanoparticles on basalt fiber reinforced epoxy hybrid composites: physico-mechanical characteristics, 2021, Cellulose
  • AgI coupled SiO2@CuFe2O4 novel photocatalytic nano-material for photo-degradation of organic dyes, 2023, Catalysis Communications
  • Effects of temperature and polyols on the ciprofloxacin hydrochloride-mediated micellization of sodium dodecyl sulfate, 2020, RSC Advances
  • Influence of polyethylene glycol on the aggregation/clouding phenomena of cationic and non-ionic surfactants in attendance of electrolytes (NaCl & Na2SO4): An experimental and theoretical analysis, 2020, Journal of Molecular Liquids

Malik Abdul Rub has collaborated regularly with several researchers throughout their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Abdullah M. Asiri
  • Naved Azum
  • Md. Anamul Hoque
  • Dileep Kumar
  • Shamim Mahbub

These collaborations and multidisciplinary research efforts contribute to advancements in understanding surfactants, colloidal systems, and related chemical properties and processes. Malik Abdul Rub's work addresses both theoretical and applied aspects of chemistry, supported by experimental investigations and analytical techniques common to their fields of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Perovskite Solar Cells: Influence of Hole Transporting Materials on Power Conversion Efficiency.

    Sadia Ameen;Malik Abdul Rub;Samia A. Kosa;Khalid A. Alamry

  • Association behavior of a mixed system of the antidepressant drug imipramine hydrochloride and dioctyl sulfosuccinate sodium salt: Effect of temperature and salt

    Dileep Kumar;Syed Hidayathulla;Malik Abdul Rub

  • Effect of anionic surfactant and temperature on micellization behavior of promethazine hydrochloride drug in absence and presence of urea

    Dileep Kumar;Malik Abdul Rub

  • Aggregation behavior of amphiphilic drug promazine hydrochloride and sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate mixtures under the influence of NaCl/urea at various concentration and temperatures

    Dileep Kumar;Malik Abdul Rub

  • Binary Mixtures of Sodium Salt of Ibuprofen and Selected Bile Salts: Interface, Micellar, Thermodynamic, and Spectroscopic Study

    Malik Abdul Rub;Naved Azum;Abdullah M. Asiri

  • Aggregation of sodium salt of ibuprofen and sodium taurocholate mixture in different media: A tensiometry and fluorometry study

    Malik Abdul Rub;Naved Azum;Farah Khan;Abdullah M. Asiri

  • Aggregation behavior of sodium salt of ibuprofen with conventional and gemini surfactant

    Dileep Kumar;Naved Azum;Malik Abdul Rub;Abdullah M. Asiri

  • Mixed micellization study of ibuprofen (sodium salt) and cationic surfactant (conventional as well as gemini)

    Dileep Kumar;Malik Abdul Rub;Naved Azum;Abdullah M. Asiri

  • Effect of temperature and salts on the interaction of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide with ceftriaxone sodium trihydrate drug

    Marzia Rahman;Mohammed Abdullah Khan;Malik Abdul Rub;Md. Anamul Hoque

  • Mixed Micelle Formation between Amphiphilic Drug Amitriptyline Hydrochloride and Surfactants (Conventional and Gemini) at 293.15−308.15 K

    Kabir-ud-Din;Malik Abdul Rub;Andleeb Z. Naqvi

  • Studies of interaction between ninhydrin and Gly-Leu dipeptide: Influence of cationic surfactants (m-s-m type Gemini)

    Dileep Kumar;Malik Abdul Rub

  • Tensiometric, fluorescence and 1H NMR study of mixed micellization of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug sodium salt of ibuprofen in the presence of non-ionic surfactant in aqueous/urea solutions

    Malik Abdul Rub;Farah Khan;Mohmad Shafi Sheikh;Naved Azum

  • Micellar and interfacial properties of amphiphilic drug–non-ionic surfactants mixed systems: Surface tension, fluorescence and UV–vis studies

    Naved Azum;Malik Abdul Rub;Abdullah M. Asiri;Wafa Abubaker Bawazeer

  • Interaction of cationic amphiphilic drug nortriptyline hydrochloride with TX-100 in aqueous and urea solutions and the studies of physicochemical parameters of the mixed micelles

    Malik Abdul Rub;Naved Azum;Abdullah M. Asiri

  • Role of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant micelles on kinetics of [Zn(II)-Gly-Leu]+ and ninhydrin

    Dileep Kumar;Malik Abdul Rub

  • Synthesis, characterization of silver nanoparticle embedded polyaniline tungstophosphate-nanocomposite cation exchanger and its application for heavy metal selective membrane

    Anish Khan;Abdullah M. Asiri;Malik Abdul Rub;Naved Azum

  • Bile salt–bile salt interaction in mixed monolayer and mixed micelle formation

    Naved Azum;Malik Abdul Rub;Abdullah M. Asiri

  • Interaction between tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide and benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium chloride in aqueous/urea solution at various temperatures: An experimental and theoretical investigation

    Mohammad Robel Molla;Malik Abdul Rub;Anwar Ahmed;Md. Anamul Hoque

  • Mixtures of antidepressant amphiphilic drug imipramine hydrochloride and anionic surfactant: Micellar and thermodynamic investigation

    Farah Khan;Malik Abdul Rub;Naved Azum;Abdullah M. Asiri

  • Mixed micellization between amphiphilic drug promethazine hydrochloride and cationic surfactant (conventional as well as gemini)

    Malik Abdul Rub;Abdullah M. Asiri;Andleeb Z. Naqvi;Mohammed M. Rahman

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdullah M. Asiri
Abdullah M. Asiri King Abdulaziz University
Naved Azum
Naved Azum King Abdulaziz University
Sher Bahadar Khan
Sher Bahadar Khan King Abdulaziz University
Mohammed M. Rahman
Mohammed M. Rahman King Abdulaziz University
Kabir-ud-Din
Kabir-ud-Din Aligarh Muslim University
Khalid A. Alamry
Khalid A. Alamry King Abdulaziz University
Abdulrahman O. Al-Youbi
Abdulrahman O. Al-Youbi King Abdulaziz University
Hadi M. Marwani
Hadi M. Marwani King Abdulaziz University
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mohd Faisal
Mohd Faisal Najran University

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