MAHMOUD MAKSOUD

October 2010 - October 2013: (PhD thesis) Title: "Microporous coordiantion polymers processing inside alumina
membranes channels"
Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination de Toulouse (LCC), Toulouse, France

• Synthesis and characterization of microPorous Coordination Polymers (PCP or MOFs)
• PCP processing inside alumina membranes
• PCP growth on alumina surfaces and inside alumina membranes nanochannels
• Characterization of composite materials PCP/membranes and their stability (XRD, IR, SEM)
• Porosity characterization by nitrogen adsorption measurements (BET method)
• PCP gas adsorption measurements (CO2, CO, O2, and CH4)
• Grafting of organic molecules (carboxylic acids and silanes) on alumina surfaces (powder and membranes)
• Synthesis and characterization (DLS, SEM, TEM, zeta potential) of PCP nanoparticles

October 2009 - September 2010: Internship: "Bioreactor design for biodiesel production"
Laboratoire de Synthèse et Réactivité des Systèmes Moléculaires Complexes (SRSMC), faculté des sciences et technologies, Nancy, France

• Synthesis of mesoporous silica materials (materials based on fluorinated nonionic surfactant, and SBA 15-like materials)
• Characterization of mesoporous materials (SAXS, IR, SEM, gas adsorption measurements)
• Study of the effect of synthesis conditions on mesoporous materials properties, and optimization of their pore size
• Immobilization of enzymes in porous materials
• Dosage of enzymes using UV-Visible spectroscopy (Bradford method)

Internship: «CO2 capture by polyamines modified mesoporous silica MCM-41»
Laboratoire de chimie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS), Lyon, France

• Synthesis and characterization (XRD, IR, TGA, NMR, gas adsorption measurements) of mesoporous materials MCM-41
• Grafting of organic molecules (silanes and amines) on mesoporous silica materials surface
• Modification of mesoporous materials by polyamines (impregnation and grafting)
• CO2 gas adsorption measurements for modified and unmodified materials