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Overview

Zahoor H. Farooqi is affiliated with the University of the Punjab in Pakistan. Their research spans multiple fields, including Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials Science, with a total of 78, 68, and 64 publications respectively in these areas.

Their work also extensively covers several subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Mechanical Engineering. The number of publications in these subfields ranges from 58 in Organic Chemistry to 16 in Mechanical Engineering.

Zahoor H. Farooqi's primary research topics include:

  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Their most cited papers demonstrate a focus on nanoparticle synthesis and applications, as well as environmental remediation:

  • Inorganic nanoparticles for reduction of hexavalent chromium: Physicochemical aspects, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Silver nanoparticles stabilized in polymer hydrogels for catalytic degradation of azo dyes, 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Environmentally benign extraction of cellulose from dunchi fiber for nanocellulose fabrication, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Extraction of cobalt ions from aqueous solution by microgels for in-situ fabrication of cobalt nanoparticles to degrade toxic dyes: A two fold-environmental application, 2020, Chemical Physics Letters
  • Gold nanoparticles and polymer microgels: Last five years of their happy and successful marriage, 2021, Journal of Molecular Liquids

Frequent coauthors contributing alongside Zahoor H. Farooqi include Robina Begum, Ahmad Irfan, Ahsan Sharif, Hamza Shehzad, and Ejaz Ahmed. Their collaborations reflect a network of research partnerships within related scientific domains.

The venues where they most often publish are International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Journal of Molecular Liquids, RSC Advances, and Inorganic Chemistry Communications. These journals represent their core engagement with materials science and chemistry communities.

Best Publications

  • Removal of Congo red dye from aqueous medium by its catalytic reduction using sodium borohydride in the presence of various inorganic nano-catalysts: A review

    Khalida Naseem;Zahoor H. Farooqi;Robina Begum;Ahmad Irfan;Ahmad Irfan

  • Inorganic nanoparticles for reduction of hexavalent chromium: Physicochemical aspects

    Zahoor H. Farooqi;Muhammad Waseem Akram;Robina Begum;Weitai Wu

  • Applications of UV/Vis Spectroscopy in Characterization and Catalytic Activity of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Fabricated in Responsive Polymer Microgels: A Review.

    Robina Begum;Zahoor H Farooqi;Khalida Naseem;Faisal Ali

  • Chemical reduction of methylene blue in the presence of nanocatalysts: a critical review

    Robina Begum;Jawayria Najeeb;Ayesha Sattar;Khalida Naseem

  • Adsorptive removal of heavy metal ions using polystyrene-poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide-acrylic acid) core/shell gel particles: Adsorption isotherms and kinetic study

    Khalida Naseem;Robina Begum;Weitai Wu;Muhammad Usman

  • Catalytic reduction of toxic dyes in the presence of silver nanoparticles impregnated core-shell composite microgels

    Khalida Naseem;Robina Begum;Robina Begum;Weitai Wu;Ahmad Irfan;Ahmad Irfan

  • Catalytic reduction of 4‐nitrophenol using silver nanoparticles‐engineered poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide‐co‐acrylamide) hybrid microgels

    Robina Begum;Zahoor H. Farooqi;Ejaz Ahmed;Khalida Naseem

  • Catalytic reduction of 2-nitroaniline: a review.

    Khalida Naseem;Robina Begum;Zahoor H. Farooqi

  • Silver nanoparticles stabilized in polymer hydrogels for catalytic degradation of azo dyes.

    Sadia Iqbal;Chandani Zahoor;Sara Musaddiq;Murid Hussain

  • Physical chemistry of catalytic reduction of nitroarenes using various nanocatalytic systems: past, present, and future

    Robina Begum;Rida Rehan;Zahoor H. Farooqi;Zonarah Butt

  • Simultaneous catalytic reduction of nitroarenes using silver nanoparticles fabricated in poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-acrylic acid-acrylamide) microgels

    Robina Begum;Khalida Naseem;Ejaz Ahmed;Ahsan Sharif

  • Environmentally benign extraction of cellulose from dunchi fiber for nanocellulose fabrication.

    Muhammad Naveed Khan;Muhammad Naveed Khan;Noor Rehman;Ahsan Sharif;Ejaz Ahmed

  • A review of responsive hybrid microgels fabricated with silver nanoparticles: synthesis, classification, characterization and applications

    Robina Begum;Khalida Naseem;Zahoor H. Farooqi

  • Reduction of nitroarenes catalyzed by microgel-stabilized silver nanoparticles

    Robina Begum;Zahoor H. Farooqi;Zahoor H. Farooqi;Ahmed H. Aboo;Ejaz Ahmed

  • Catalytic Reduction of 2-Nitroaniline in Aqueous Medium Using Silver Nanoparticles Functionalized Polymer Microgels

    Zahoor H. Farooqi;Khalida Naseem;Robina Begum;Aysha Ijaz

  • Facile synthesis of silver nanoparticles in a crosslinked polymeric system by in situ reduction method for catalytic reduction of 4-nitroaniline.

    Zahoor H Farooqi;Rida Khalid;Robina Begum;Umar Farooq

  • Stability of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) polymer microgels under various conditions of temperature, pH and salt concentration

    Zahoor H. Farooqi;Hafeez Ullah Khan;Syed Mujtaba Shah;Mohammad Siddiq

  • Silver nanoparticles containing hybrid polymer microgels with tunable surface plasmon resonance and catalytic activity

    Muhammad Ajmal;Zahoor Hussain Farooqi;Mohammad Siddiq

  • Extraction of cobalt ions from aqueous solution by microgels for in-situ fabrication of cobalt nanoparticles to degrade toxic dyes: A two fold-environmental application

    Muhammad Shahid;Zahoor H. Farooqi;Robina Begum;Muhammad Arif;Muhammad Arif

  • Silver Nanoparticles Engineered Polystyrene‐Poly(N‐isopropylmethacrylamide‐acrylic acid) Core Shell Hybrid Polymer Microgels for Catalytic Reduction of Congo Red

    Khalida Naseem;Zahoor H. Farooqi;Robina Begum;Weitai Wu

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Silver Nanoparticles Fabrication in N-isopropylacrylamide-Based Polymer Microgels for Rapid Degradation of p-Nitrophenol

    Shanza Rauf Khan;Zahoor H. Farooqi;Muhammad Ajmal;Mohammad Siddiq

Frequent Co-Authors

Ahmad Irfan
Ahmad Irfan King Khalid University
Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi
Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi King Khalid University
Afzal Shah
Afzal Shah Quaid-i-Azam University
Munawar Iqbal
Munawar Iqbal University of Tabuk
Jianliang Xiao
Jianliang Xiao University of Liverpool
Nurettin Sahiner
Nurettin Sahiner Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Muhammad Naeem Ashiq
Muhammad Naeem Ashiq Bahauddin Zakariya University
Sardar Khan
Sardar Khan University of Peshawar
Shuiqin Zhou
Shuiqin Zhou City University of New York
Hazizan Md Akil
Hazizan Md Akil Universiti Sains Malaysia

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