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Overview

Umar Khan is affiliated with the Institute of Technology Sligo in Ireland, working across intersecting fields of engineering and medicine. Their research focuses primarily on biomedical engineering, with additional contributions to surgery, pharmacology, electrical and electronic engineering, and materials science.

The scientist's recent publications address a variety of topics related to mechanical circulatory support devices, nanomaterials, membrane separation technologies, and graphene applications. Among the notable papers are:

  • Highly Conductive Networks of Silver Nanosheets (2022, Small)
  • Low cost, high performance ultrafiltration membranes from glass fiber-PTFE-graphene composites (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Physical and Mechanical Characterization of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Based Cements for Bone Regeneration (2021, Science of Advanced Materials)
  • Sustaining Life versus Altering Life-Saving Drugs: Insights to Explain the Paradoxical Effect of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation on Drugs (2023, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • Advancing Extracorporeal Life Support in the South-West Asian and African Continent (2025, ASAIO Journal)

The portfolio of research venues includes Small, Scientific Reports, Science of Advanced Materials, Journal of Clinical Medicine, and ASAIO Journal, reflecting a diverse scientific dissemination strategy.

Umar Khan frequently collaborates with other researchers in their fields. Coauthors with multiple joint publications include Jonathan N. Coleman and Bassam Atallah. Other collaborators include Adam G. Kelly, Jane Mary O'Reilly, and Cian Gabbett.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Materials
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

Their expertise spans subfields such as biomedical engineering, surgery, pharmacology, electrical and electronic engineering, and the study of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Best Publications

  • Two-Dimensional Nanosheets Produced by Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials

    Jonathan N. Coleman;Mustafa Lotya;Arlene O'Neill;Shane D. Bergin;Shane D. Bergin

  • Small but strong: A review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites

    Jonathan N. Coleman;Umar Khan;Werner J. Blau;Yurii K. Gun’ko

  • Scalable production of large quantities of defect-free few-layer graphene by shear exfoliation in liquids

    Keith R. Paton;Eswaraiah Varrla;Claudia Backes;Ronan J. Smith

  • Mechanical Reinforcement of Polymers Using Carbon Nanotubes

    Jonathan N. Coleman;Umar Khan;Yurii K. Gun'ko

  • Large-scale exfoliation of inorganic layered compounds in aqueous surfactant solutions

    Ronan J. Smith;Paul J. King;Mustafa Lotya;Christian Wirtz

  • High-concentration solvent exfoliation of graphene.

    Umar Khan;Arlene O'Neill;Mustafa Lotya;Sukanta De

  • High-concentration, surfactant-stabilized graphene dispersions.

    Mustafa Lotya;Paul J King;Umar Khan;Sukanta De

  • Sensitive, High-Strain, High-Rate Bodily Motion Sensors Based on Graphene–Rubber Composites

    Conor S. Boland;Umar Khan;Claudia Backes;Arlene O’Neill

  • Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites

    Conor S. Boland;Umar Khan;Gavin Ryan;Sebastian Barwich

  • Preparation of High Concentration Dispersions of Exfoliated MoS2 with Increased Flake Size

    Arlene O’Neill;Umar Khan;Jonathan N Coleman

  • Graphene Dispersion and Exfoliation in Low Boiling Point Solvents

    Arlene O’Neill;Umar Khan;Peter N. Nirmalraj;John Boland

  • A Commercial Conducting Polymer as Both Binder and Conductive Additive for Silicon Nanoparticle-Based Lithium-Ion Battery Negative Electrodes.

    Thomas M Higgins;Sang-Hoon Park;Paul J King;Paul J King;Chuanfang John Zhang

  • Solvent-exfoliated graphene at extremely high concentration.

    Umar Khan;Harshit Porwal;Arlene O’Neill;Khalid Nawaz

  • Size selection of dispersed, exfoliated graphene flakes by controlled centrifugation

    Umar Khan;Arlene O’Neill;Harshit Porwal;Peter May

  • Size effects and the problem with percolation in nanostructured transparent conductors.

    Sukanta De;Paul J. King;Philip E. Lyons;Umar Khan

  • Development of stiff, strong, yet tough composites by the addition of solvent exfoliated graphene to polyurethane

    Umar Khan;Peter May;Arlene O’Neill;Jonathan N. Coleman

  • Improving the mechanical properties of graphene oxide based materials by covalent attachment of polymer chains

    Manuela Cano;Umar Khan;Toby Sainsbury;Arlene O’Neill

  • Approaching the theoretical limit for reinforcing polymers with graphene

    Peter May;Umar Khan;Arlene O'Neill;Jonathan N Coleman

  • Polymer reinforcement using liquid-exfoliated boron nitride nanosheets

    Umar Khan;Peter May;Arlene O'Neill;Alan P. Bell

  • Graphene oxide and graphene nanosheet reinforced aluminium matrix composites: Powder synthesis and prepared composite characteristics

    Jinghang Liu;Umar Khan;Jonathan Coleman;Bea Fernandez

  • Two-Dimensional Nanosheets Produced by Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials.

    Jonathan N. Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan N. Coleman
Jonathan N. Coleman Trinity College Dublin
Peter M. May
Peter M. May Trinity College Dublin
Georg S. Duesberg
Georg S. Duesberg Bundeswehr University Munich
Valeria Nicolosi
Valeria Nicolosi Trinity College Dublin
Claudia Backes
Claudia Backes Heidelberg University
Yurii K. Gun'ko
Yurii K. Gun'ko Trinity College Dublin
Werner J. Blau
Werner J. Blau Trinity College Dublin
Jaime C. Grunlan
Jaime C. Grunlan Texas A&M University
Niall McEvoy
Niall McEvoy Trinity College Dublin
Arantxa Eceiza
Arantxa Eceiza University of the Basque Country

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