# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
Dr. M. Al-Hashimi has extensive experience in organic polymers with a focus on the design and synthesis of organic semiconductor materials for a range of optoelectronic applications, including field effect transistors, photovoltaic devices, light emitting diodes and sensors. His other interests center on the development of well-defined novel polymeric materials for Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP) and synthesis of recoverable, reusable homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts.

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (romp)

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
Portable Co Storage And Co Release Bandage

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# keywords[]
3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Imperial College London - (London, Westminster, United Kingdom)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Queen Mary University of London - (London, United Kingdom)

# publications[].label
Novel Method for the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymer Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Nanowires

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Polymer-fullerene miscibility: a metric for screening new materials for high-performance organic solar cells.

# publications[].label
Template-Synthesis of Conjugated Poly(3-Hexylselenophene) (P3HS) Nanofibers Using Femtosecond Laser Machined Fused Silica Templates

# publications[].label
Poly-Lipoic Ester-Based Coacervates for the Efficient Removal of Organic Pollutants from Water and Increased Point-of-Use Versatility

# publications[].label
New strategies for the synthesis of innovative recyclable polymers from raw materials

# publications[].label
Synthesis of Polypentenamer and Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) with a Phase-Separable Polyisobutylene-Supported Second-Generation Hoveyda-Grubbs Catalyst

# publications[].label
Thiazole coupled NDI-PDI based polymers as n-type semiconductors

# publications[].label
Light-responsive CO-release from polymer synthesized via ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)

# publications[].label
Hybrid Polymer Solar Cells from Zinc Oxide and Poly(3-hexylselenophene)

# publications[].label
Organocatalytic Michael Addition as a Method for Polyisobutylene ChainEnd Functionalization

# publications[].label
An electron rich indaceno [2,1-b:6,5-b '] dithiophene derivative as a high intramolecular charge transfer material in dye sensitized solar cells

# publications[].label
Synthesis of Recyclable Tire Additives via Equilibrium Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

# publications[].label
Inverse emulsion-crosslinked cyclodextrin polymer nanoparticles for selective adsorption and chemiresistive sensing of BTEX

# publications[].label
Synthesis of fully conjugated copolymers based on N-alkyl-bisthiazole-dicarboximide

# publications[].label
Fused pyrrolo[3,2-d:4,5-d ']bisthiazole-containing polymers for using in high-performance organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

# publications[].label
Molecular engineering of benzothiadiazole-based polymers: balancing charge transport and stretchability in organic field-effect transistors

# publications[].label
Soluble polymer-supported bidentate sulfur ligand for metal sequestering

# publications[].label
Thermodynamic synthesis of ladder polymers

# publications[].label
Electronic structure modulation of MoS2 by substitutional Se incorporation and interfacial MoO3 hybridization: Implications of Fermi engineering for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution

# publications[].label
Molecularly Engineered Quinoxaline-Pyridyl Pyrazine Polymers for Field-Effect Transistors and Complementary Circuits

# publications[].label
BIAN-NHC Ruthenium Complex for ring closing (RCM) and Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)

# publications[].label
Effects of a heavy atom on molecular order and morphology in conjugated polymer:fullerene photovoltaic blend thin films and devices.

# publications[].label
Synthesis and catalytic activity of supported acenaphthoimidazolylidene N-heterocyclic carbene ruthenium complex for ring closing metathesis (RCM) and ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)

# publications[].label
Synthesis and Photocyclization of Conjugated Diselenophene Pyrrole-2,5-dione Based Monomers for Optoelectronics

# publications[].label
Pd-PEPPSI pre-catalysts bearing PIB-support: Synthesis, characterization and applicability in Buchwald-Hartwig type amination

# publications[].label
Molecular Encapsulation of Naphthalene Diimide (NDI) Based -Conjugated Polymers: A Tool for Understanding Photoluminescence.

# publications[].label
Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of novel fluorinated di(thiazolyl)benzene derivatives

# publications[].label
A Nature-Inspired Conjugated Polymer for High Performance Transistors and Solar Cells

# publications[].label
Pauli Paramagnetism of Stable Analogues of Pernigraniline Salt Featuring Ladder-Type Constitution.

# publications[].label
Organic memory devices and synaptic simulation based on indacenodithienothiophene (IDTT) copolymers with improved planarity

# publications[].label
Heavy-atom effects on intramolecular singlet fission in a conjugated polymer.

# publications[].label
Selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using a silica immobilised vanadyl alkyl phosphonate catalyst

# publications[].label
Mapping Catalytically Relevant Edge Electronic States of MoS2.

# publications[].label
Selective Oxidations of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using Immobilized Cerium Alkyl Phosphonate.

# publications[].label
Metal-Insulator Transitions in -CuxV2O5 Mediated by Polaron Oscillation and Cation Shuttling

# publications[].label
Multiscale Textured Mesh Substrates that Glide Alcohol Droplets and Impede Ice Nucleation

# publications[].label
Multifunctional rhodamine B appended ROMP derived fluorescent probe detects Al3+ and selectively labels lysosomes in live cells.

# publications[].label
Activated singlet exciton fission in a semiconducting polymer.

# publications[].label
Functionalized Polyisobutylene and Liquid/Liquid Separations as a Method for Scavenging Transition Metals from Homogeneously Catalyzed Reactions

# publications[].label
Bithiazole: An Intriguing Electron-Deficient Building for Plastic Electronic Applications.

# publications[].label
Navigating the design space of inorganic materials synthesis using statistical methods and machine learning.

# publications[].label
Alkoxy functionalized benzothiadiazole based donor-acceptor conjugated copolymers for organic field-effect transistors

# publications[].label
New Conjugated Polymer Materials for Solar Energy and Organic Electronics

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
Polyolefin fuctionalization towards biphasic separation of transition metals

# publications[].label
Conjugated Copolymers of Vinylene Flanked Naphthalene Diimide

# publications[].label
Alignment of Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Conjugated Polymers in Floating Films.

# publications[].label
Feasible fabrication and textile application of polymer composites featuring dual optical thermoresponses

# publications[].label
Rare and unexpected coordination to copper(II) by a tertiary amide in a macrocyclic ligand.

# publications[].label
Design, synthesis and characterization of fused bithiazole- and dithiophene-based low bandgap thienylenevinylene copolymers

# publications[].label
New phase-separable polyisobutylene palladium catalysts for Buchwald-Hartwig amination reaction

# publications[].label
Structural and optoelectronic effects of chalcogen atom manipulation on low bandgap polymers

# publications[].label
Synthesis of low band gap polymers based on pyrrolo[3,2-d:4,5-d ']bisthiazole (PBTz) and thienylenevinylene (TV) for organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs)

# publications[].label
Synthesis and Applications of Novel Ladder Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
Mapping the electrocatalytic activity of MoS2 across its amorphous to crystalline transition

# publications[].label
Thermochromic Fenestration Elements Based on the Dispersion of Functionalized VO2 Nanocrystals within a Polyvinyl Butyral Laminate.

# publications[].label
Influence of the heteroatom on the optoelectronic properties and transistor performance of soluble thiophene-, selenophene- and tellurophene-vinylene copolymers.

# publications[].label
Chalcogen Bridged Thieno- and Selenopheno[2,3-d:5,4-d ']bisthiazole and Their Diketopyrrolopyrrole Based Low-Bandgap Copolymers

# publications[].label
Novel low band gap polymers based on pyrrolo[32d:45d]bisthiazole PBTz and thienylenevinylene TV For Organic Electronic Applications

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
Ruthenium catalyzed ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclic olefins

# publications[].label
The fluorination effect: the importance of backbone planarity in achieving high performance ambipolar field effect transistors

# publications[].label
Facile infiltration of semiconducting polymer into mesoporous electrodes for hybrid solar cells

# publications[].label
Convenient protocols for Mizoroki-Heck reactions of aromatic bromides and polybromides with fluorous alkenes of the formula H2C[double bond, length as m-dash]CH(CF2)n-1CF3 (n = 8, 10).

# publications[].label
Visualizing transport in thiazole flanked isoindigo-based donor-acceptor polymer field-effect transistors

# publications[].label
Synthesis and applications of recyclable polymer-bound transition metals sequestrants

# publications[].label
Polyisobutylene (PIB)-NHC Supported Catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reactions: A Green and Sustainable Protocol

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
New achievement toward greener BIAN-NHC ruthenium complex

# publications[].label
Conjugated Small Molecules And Polymers For Use In Next Generation Organic Photovoltaic Solar Cells

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
Molecular Encapsulation of Naphthalene Diimide (NDI) Based Conjugated Polymers: A Tool for Understanding Photoluminescence

# publications[].label
Electron-Deficient Polycyclic -System Fused with Multiple BN Coordinate Bonds.

# publications[].label
Effect of Alkyl Chain Branching Point on 3D Crystallinity in High N-Type Mobility Indolonaphthyridine Polymers

# publications[].label
Palladium ethylthioglycolate modified silica - a new heterogeneous catalyst for Suzuki and Heck cross-coupling reactions

# publications[].label
Tyrian purple: an ancient natural dye for cross-conjugated n-type charge transport

# publications[].label
Recent Advances in Drug Release, Sensing, and Cellular Uptake of Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) Derived Poly(olefins).

# publications[].label
Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using a SilicaImmobilized Vanadyl Alkyl Phosphonate Catalyst.

# publications[].label
Thiazole fused S,N-heteroacene step-ladder polymeric semiconductors for organic transistors.

# publications[].label
Doping of Large Ionization Potential Indenopyrazine Polymers via Lewis Acid Complexation with Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane: A Simple Method for Improving the Performance of Organic Thin-Film Transistors

# publications[].label
An in Situ Sulfidation Approach for the Integration of MoS2 Nanosheets on Carbon Fiber Paper and the Modulation of Its Electrocatalytic Activity by Interfacing with nC(60)

# publications[].label
Synthesis and Characterization of Soluble Thiophene-, Selenophene- and Tellurophene-Vinylene Copolymers

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
One-Pot Synthesis of Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) Copolymers via Ruthenium Catalyzed Equilibrium Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Hydroxyl Functionalized Cyclopentene

# publications[].label
Influence of Ion Induced Local Coulomb Field and Polarity on Charge Generation and Efficiency in Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)-Based Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

# publications[].label
High-Performance Thermoresponsive Dual-Output Dye System for Smart Textile Application

# publications[].label
Synthesis And Characterization Of Perfluoroalkylated Perylene Diimide Based N-type Polymers For Optoelectronic Applications

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
Organocatalytic Michael Addition as a Method for Polyisobutylene Chain-End Functionalization.

# publications[].label
Indolo-naphthyridine-6,13-dione Thiophene Building Block for Conjugated Polymer Electronics: Molecular Origin of Ultrahigh n-Type Mobility

# publications[].label
Solution-processable porous graphitic carbon from bottom-up synthesis and low-temperature graphitization.

# publications[].label
Investigation of P3HT photo-degradation for solar applications

# publications[].label
Design and structural study of fluorinated 1,4-di(thiazolyl)benzenes as monomers for pi-conjugated polymers with enhanced coplanarity

# publications[].label
Molecular strategy towards ROMP-derived hyperbranched poly(olefin)s featuring various pi-bridged perylene diimides

# publications[].label
High- k Gate Dielectrics for Emerging Flexible and Stretchable Electronics.

# publications[].label
Lower ruthenium leaching using PIB-supported metathesis catalyst

# publications[].label
A phase-separable second-generation hoveyda-grubbs catalyst for ring-opening metathesis polymerization (vol 50, pg 3954, 2012)

# publications[].label
Enhanced Organic Solar Cell Performance by Lateral Side Chain Engineering on Benzodithiophene-Based Small Molecules

# publications[].label
Synthesis and electronic applications of novel conjugated polymers based on thienylenevinylene and thiophene-phenylene-thiophene

# publications[].label
Nature-Inspired Conjugated Molecules for Future Organic Solar Cell Materials

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
Synthesis and optoelectronics of coplanar ladder polymers

# publications[].label
Truncated conjugation in fused heterocycle-based conducting polymers: when greater planarity does not enhance conjugation.

# publications[].label
Selective oxidations of sulfides to sulfoxides using immobilised cerium alkyl phosphonate

# publications[].label
Thienoisoindigo-based full-conjugated polymers for next generation of solar cells

# publications[].label
Molecular Design Approach for Directed Alignment of Conjugated Polymers

# publications[].label
Comparative Assessment of Conjugated Polymers for High Performance Plastic Electronics

# publications[].publisher
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)

# publications[].label
Effects of thermal annealing upon the nanomorphology of poly(3-hexylselenophene)-PCBM blends.

# publications[].label
Tailoring the Mechanical Properties of Benzothiadiazole-Based Semiconducting Polymers through Chalcogen Atom Substitution

# publications[].label
Thermodynamic synthesis of solution processable ladder polymers.

# publications[].label
One-Pot Tandem Ring-Opening and Ring-Closing Metathesis Polymerization of Disubstituted Cyclopentenes Featuring a Terminal Alkyne Functionality

# publications[].label
Thermodynamic synthesis of fused-ring aromatic systems

# publications[].label
Lyotropic liquid crystalline conjugated polymers with directed self-assembly and alignment capability for plastic electronics

# publications[].label
Green Light-Responsive CO-Releasing Polymeric Materials Derived from Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization.

# publications[].label
Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of Five-to Eight-Membered Cyclic Olefins: Computational, Thermodynamic, and Experimental Approach

# publications[].label
Dithio palladium modified silicas - New heterogeneous catalysts for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions

# publications[].label
Charge-Transfer State Dissociation Efficiency Can Limit Free Charge Generation in Low-Offset Organic Solar Cells.

# publications[].label
Synthesis of TPEN variants to improve cancer cells selective killing capacity.

# publications[].label
Controlled synthesis of conjugated random copolymers in a droplet-based microreactor

# researcherOn[].label
Directed Self-assembly and Alignment of Conjugated Polymers for High Performance Plastic Electronics

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

# researcherOn[].label
Synthesis and molecular engineering of novel conjugated polymers with zero torsional defect for organic solar cells

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

# researcherOn[].label
Functional Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Healthcare Applications â Chemistry Greets Industry f

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

# researcherOn[].label
Hybrid Solar Powered High Performance Polymeric Materials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from Seawater and Industrial Effluent Water Streams in Qatar

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

# researcherOn[].label
Environmental Monitoring of Hydrocarbons using a Selective, Sensitive and Trainable Electronic BTEX Sensing Platform Integrating Nanoporous Polymer Receptors and Carbon Nanotubes

# researcherOn[].label
Intrinsically Stable Plastic Energy Harvesting Materials: Thermodynamically Stable All-Polymer Devices

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

# researcherOn[].label
Molecular Engineering of 2D Catalysts for Hydrodesulfurization: Upgradation of Fossil Fuels

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

# researcherOn[].label
Efficient Low Cost Conjugated Polymeric Materials for Solar Energy

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

# researcherOn[].label
Solar spectrum characterization, impact on human health and mitigation using innovative materials

# researcherOn[].label
Investigating and addressing photodegradation of conjugated polymers for solar applications

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

# researcherOn[].label
High Performance Multifunctional Smart Windows Using Novel Thermochromic Materials for Energy Conservation

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Qatar Campus; 4251 TAMUQ

# schools[]
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# inTheNews[].label
Design of inorganic materials for brain-like computing