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Research Interests

  • Organic and polymer materials for gas storage and separation
  • Environmental Remediation
  • Functional Materials
  • Organic synthesis and design
  • Supramolecular systems
  • Optoelectronics and photophysical properties
  • Aggregation-induced emission (AIE)
  • Bioimaging

Research Grants

2022 – Present Iron Clathrochelate-based Polymer Networks: Promising Materials for Environmental Remediation Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities - AGYA (grant: 01DL20003)
~25 KUSD
2019– Present Two- and Three-Dimensional Polymer Networks for Gas Separation, Carbon Dioxide Capture, and Hydrogen Gas Generation Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (grant: PN18-14SC-03
~850 KUSD
2018– 2022 Versatile Polymers for Organic Field Effect Transistors: Sustainable Materials for Photovoltaic Cells and Sensing Applications Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (grant PN17-34SC-01)
~800 KUSD
2015– 2018 Design of Iptycene Polymers: A New Generation of Gas Separation Nanomaterials for Energy Applications Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (grant P314-34SC-01)
~400 KUSD
2013 – 2017 Graphene-based Nanoribbons: Polymers for Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Applications Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (grant 2013-1506-01)
~250 KUSD
2012 Arab-American Frontiers Fellowship National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, USA
~10 KUSD
2011 – 2014 Nitrogen-Containing Supramolecular Nanomaterials for Organic Electronics Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (grant 2011-1413-02)
~90 KUSD
2007 – 2008 Young Faculty Research Grant King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
~10 KUSD
2004 – 2005 Young Researcher Postdoctoral Fellowship Swiss National Science Foundation (grant PBFR2-104342)
~50 KUSD

Publications

  1. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Bargakshatriya, R.; Pramanik, S. K.; Alameddine, B. High Uptake of the Carcinogenic Pararosaniline Hydrochloride Dye from Water Using Carbazole-Containing Conjugated Copolymers Synthesized from a One-Pot Cyclopentannulation Reaction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2023, 15 (23), 28149–28157.
  2. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Bargakshatriya, R.; Pramanik, S. K.; Alameddine, B. Efficient Removal of Carcinogenic Azo Dyes from Water Using Iron(II) Clathrochelate Derived Metalorganic Copolymers Made from a Copper-Catalyzed [4 + 2] Cyclobenzannulation Reaction. Polymers 2023, 15 (13), 2948-2962.
  3. Shetty, S.; Idrees, K.; Xie, H.; Alameddine, B.; Farha, O. K., Synthesis of Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks with Iron(II) Clathrochelate Ligands. CrystEngComm 2023, 25, 1550-1555.
  4. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Tiwari, R.; Pramanik, S. K.; Alameddine, B., Aggregation Induced Emission of Contorted Polycondensed Aromatic Hydrocarbons Made by Edge Extension Using a Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclopentannulation Reaction. ACS Omega 2022, 7 (49), 45732-45739.
  5. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Alameddine, B., Synthesis and Iodine Adsorption Properties of Organometallic Copolymers with Propeller-Shaped Fe(II) Clathrochelates Bridged by Different Diaryl Thioether and Their Oxidized Sulfone Derivatives. Polymers 2022, 14 (22), 4818.
  6. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Habib, S. S.; Husain, A.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Alameddine, B., Synthesis of Iron(II) Clathrochelate-Based Poly(vinylene sulfide) with Tetraphenylbenzene Bridging Units and Their Selective Oxidation into Their Corresponding Poly(vinylene sulfone) Copolymers: Promising Materials for Iodine Capture. Polymers 2022, 14 (18), 3727.
  7. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Moustafa, M. S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Alameddine, B., Synthesis of Metalorganic Copolymers Containing Various Contorted Units and Iron(II) Clathrochelates with Lateral Butyl Chains: Conspicuous Adsorbents of Lithium Ions and Methylene Blue. Polymers 2022, 14 (16), 3394.
  8. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Alameddine, B. Removal of anionic and cationic dyes using porous copolymer networks made from a Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction of diethynyl iron (II) clathrochelate with various arylamines. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2022, e52966
  9. Gong, W.; Xie, Y.; Pham, T. D.; Shetty, S.; Son, F. A.; Idrees, K. B.; Chen, Z.; Xie, H.; Liu, Y.; Snurr, R. Q.; Chen, B.; Alameddine, B.; Cui, Y.; Farha, O. K., Creating Optimal Pockets in a Clathrochelate-Based Metal–Organic Framework for Gas Adsorption and Separation: Experimental and Computational Studies. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144 (8), 3737-3745.
  10. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Pasha, S. S.; Pramanik, S. K.; Alameddine, B., Copolymer networks with contorted units and highly polar groups for ultra-fast selective cationic dye adsorption and iodine uptake. Polymer 2022,239, 124467.
  11. Chen, Z.; Idrees, K. B.; Shetty, S.; Xie, H.; Wasson, M. C.; Gong, W.; Zhang, X.; Alameddine, B.; Farha, O. K., Regulation of Catenation in Metal–Organic Frameworks with Tunable Clathrochelate-Based Building Blocks. Crystal Growth & Design 2021,21 (12), 6665-6670.
  12. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Safa, M.; Gharbi, R.; Sriram, S.; Rasoul, F.; Alameddine, B., Highly Selective and Sensitive Aggregation-Induced Emission of Fluorescein-Coated Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. ChemistryOpen 2021, 10 (10), 1067-1073.
  13. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Moustafa, M. S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Alameddine, B., Sizable iodine uptake of porous copolymer networks bearing Tröger's base units. Polymer 2021, 123996.
  14. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Moustafa, M. S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Alameddine, B., Selective removal of toxic organic dyes using Trӧger base-containing sulfone copolymers made from a metal-free thiol-yne click reaction followed by oxidation. RSC Advances 2021,11 (34), 21170-21178.
  15. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Hassan, A.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Das, N.; Alameddine, B., Fluorinated Iron(II) Clathrochelate Units in Metalorganic Based Copolymers: Improved Porosity, Iodine Uptake, and Dye Adsorption Properties. RSC Adv. 2021, 1 (25), 14986-14995.
  16. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Alameddine, B., Conjugated microporous polymers using a copper-catalyzed [4 + 2] cyclobenzannulation reaction: promising materials for iodine and dye adsorption. Polymer Chemistry 2021, 12, 2282 - 2292.
  17. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Fall, S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Heiser, T.; Alameddine, B., Conjugated Copolymers Bearing 2,7-Dithienylphenanthrene-9,10-dialkoxy Units: Highly Soluble and Stable Deep-Blue Emissive Materials. New Journal of Chemistry 2020,44, 9557 - 9564.
  18. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Alameddine, B., Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers via Cyclopentannulation Reaction: Promising Materials for Iodine Adsorption. Polymer Chemistry 2020,11 (17), 3066 - 3074.
  19. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Hassan, A.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Das, N.; Alameddine, B., Polyphenylene networks containing triptycene units: Promising porous materials for CO2, CH4, and H2 adsorption. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2020,303, 110256.
  20. Alameddine, B.; Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Al-Mousawi, S., Star-shaped tetra- and octa-arylamine triptycene-based dendrimers: modular building blocks for blue emission materials. Materials Today Chemistry 2019,14, 100190.
  21. Alameddine, B.; Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Mousawi, S., Conjugated copolymers bearing 2,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)phenanthrene-9,10-dione units and alteration of their emission via functionalization of the ortho-dicarbonyl groups into quinoxaline and phenazine derivatives. Polymer 2019,178, 121589.
  22. Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Al-Sagheer, F.; Alameddine, B., Synthesis of secondary arylamine copolymers with Iron(II) clathrochelate units and their functionalization into tertiary Polyarylamines via Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling reaction. Polymer 2019,178, 121606.
  23. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Al-Sagheer, F.; Alameddine, B.; Synthesis of Triptycene-Derived Covalent Organic Polymer Networks and their Subsequent In-situ Functionalization with 1,2-Dicarbonyl Substituents. Reactive and Functional Polymers 2019, 139, 153-161.
  24. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Al-Sagheer, F.; Alameddine, B.; Synthesis, Characterization, Thermal, and Optical Properties of Conjugated Co-Polymers Derived from Phenanthrene-9,10-dione- and Dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline. Materials Today Chemistry2018, 10, 213-220.
  25. Alameddine, B.; Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Al-Sagheer, F.; Triptycene-Containing Poly(vinylene sulfone) Derivatives From a Metal-Free Thiol-Yne Click Polymerization Followed by a Mild Oxidation Reaction. Polymer2018, 154, 233-240.
  26. Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Al-Sagheer, F.; Alameddine, B. Influence of Size and Nature of the Aryl Diborate Spacer on the Intrinsic Microporosity of Iron(II) Clathrochelate Polymers. Polymer2018, 151, 164-170.
  27. Alameddine, B.; Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Al-Sagheer, F., Tuning the optical properties of ethynylene triptycene-based copolymers via oxidation of their alkyne groups into α-diketones. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2018,56, 931-937.
  28. Alameddine, B.; Baig, N.; Shetty, S.; Al-Sagheer, F.; Al-Mousawi, S., Microwave-Assisted [4+2] Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of 1,4-Diethynyl Triptycene with Various Cyclopentadienone Derivatives: Promising Building Blocks for Polymer Networks. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018,7, 378-382.
  29. Alameddine, B.; Shetty, S.; Anju, R. S.; Al-Sagheer, F.; Al-Mousawi, S., Highly soluble metal-organic polymers based on iron(II) clathrochelates and their gelation induced by sonication. European Polymer Journal2017, 95, 566-574.
  30. Alameddine, B.; Sobhana Anju, R.; Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Al-Sagheer, F., Direct synthesis of polyaromatic chains of tribenzopentaphene copolymers through cyclodehydrogenation of their poly-tetraphenylbenzene precursors. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry2017, 55, 3565-3572.
  31. Alameddine, B.; Shetty, S.; Baig, N.; Al-Mousawi, S.; Al-Sagheer, F., Synthesis and characterization of metalorganic polymers of intrinsic microporosity based on Iron(II) clathrochelate. Polymer2017, 122, 200-207.
  32. Alameddine, B.; Anju, R. S.; Shetty, S; Al-Sagheer, F.; Jenny, T. A.; Mousawi, S., Laterally Stretched Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis of Dibenzophenanthroheptaphene and Tetrabenzotriphenyleno-pyranthrene Derivatives. New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 6025-6032.
  33. Alameddine, B.; Anju, R.S., Al-Sagheer, F., Jenny, T. Tribenzopentaphene Derivatives with Lateral Aromatic Groups: Effect of Substituents’ Nature and Position on Conjugation. New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 10363-10370.
  34. G. Cecot, B. Alameddine, S. Geremia, R. Scopelliti, F. T. Farzaneh, E. Solari and K. Severin, Large heterometallic coordination cages with gyrobifastigium-like geometry. Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 11243-11246.
  35. Alameddine, B.; Rice, A.; Jenny, T. A.; Luscombe, C. Synthesis of Arylamine Tribenzopentaphenes and Investigation of their Hole Mobility. ChemistryOpen 2015, 4, 453.
  36. Alameddine, B.; Aebischer, O.; Heinrich, B; Donnio, B.; Guillon, D.; Jenny T. A. Influence of Linear and Branched Perfluoroalkylated Side Chains on the π-π Stacking Behavior of Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene and Thermochemical Properties. Supramol. Chem.2014, 26, 125-137.
  37. Antony, J.; Alameddine, B.; Jenny, T. A.; Grimme, S. Theoretical Study of the Stacking Behavior of Selected Polycondensed Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Various Symmetries. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 616-625.
  38. Alameddine, B; Schindler, M.; Martin-Caba, S.; Jenny, T. A.; Synthesis of Alkyl- Substituted Tribenzopentaphenes as Versatile Polycondensed Aromatic Hydrocarbon π-π Stacking Building Blocks. Synthesis, 2012, 44, 1928-1934.
  39. Aebischer, O.; Alameddine, B.; Jenny, T. A.; Hexabenzocoronenes - Controlling their Self-assembly by Engineering the Lateral Substituents. Chimia, 2008, 62, 967.
  40. Aebischer, A.; Aebischer, O. F.; Alameddine, B.; B. Donnio; Dadras, M.; Güdel, H.-U.; Guillon, D.; Jenny, T. A. Controlling the Lateral Aggregation of Perfluoroalkylated Hexabenzocoronenes J. Mat. Chem.2007, 17(13), 1262-1267.
  41. Alameddine, B.; Aebischer, O.; Savary, C.; Jenny, T. A.; Synthesis of Perfluoroalkylated Bulky Triaryl Amines. Synthesis, 2007, 2, 271-276.
  42. Sanaur, S.; Whalley, A.; Alameddine, B.; Carnes, M.; Nuckolls, C. Jet-printed Electrodes and Semiconducting Oligomers for Elaboration of Organic Thin-film Transistors. Organic Electronics, 2006, 7, 423-427.
  43. Aebischer, O.; Aebischer, N.; Tondo, P.; Alameddine, B.; Dadras, M.; Guedel, H.; Jenny T. A. Self-aggregated Perfluoroalkylated Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes Fibers Observed in Cryo-SEM and Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Chemical Communications, 2006, 40, 4221-4223.
  44. Aebischer, O.; Tondo, P.; Alameddine, B.; Jenny T. A. Synthesis of Novel Perfluorinated Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes 2006, Synthesis, 17, 2891-2896.
  45. Alameddine, B.; Aebischer, O.; Amrein, W.; Deschenaux, R.; Donnio, B.; Guillon, D.; Savary, C.; Scanu, D.; Scheidegger, O.; Jenny T. A. Mesomorphic Hexabenzo- coronenes Bearing Perfluorinated Chains. Chem. Mater.; 2005, 17(19), 4798 – 4807.
  46. Tran, F.; Alameddine, B.; Jenny, T. A.; Wesolowski, T. π-Stacking Behavior of Selected Nitrogen-Containing PAHs. J. of Phys. Chem. A2004, 108(42), 9155-9160.
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