Dr. Amir Pakdel

Dr. Amir Pakdel

Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng

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Biography

Dr. Amir Pakdel is a transdisciplinary nanomaterials scientist and nanotechnologist, an assistant professor and a research group leader at Trinity College Dublin's School of Engineering. He has previously worked in University College Dublin's School of Chemistry (Ireland), Trinity College Dublin's Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN; Ireland), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS; Japan), and World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA; Japan). He has investigated the application of nanomaterials and nanocomposites in diverse research topics, including: Renewable energy harvesting & storage, thermoelectric materials & devices, Flexible & wearable electronics, Additive manufacturing, Functional surfaces, Biomedical sensors, and Sustainability. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, and is a Topic Editor of Energies (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies), Associate Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry), and Editorial Board Member of Discover Nano (https://link.springer.com/journal/11671) and AIMS Materials Science (https://www.aimspress.com/journal/Materials). For more information about Dr. Pakdel and his research, you may visit: https://pakdelgroup.weebly.com/

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Tang, H. and Li, W. and Pan, L. and Cullen, C.P. and Liu, Y. and Pakdel, A. and Long, D. and Yang, J. and Mcevoy, N. and Duesberg, G.S. and Nicolosi, V. and Zhang, C.J., In Situ Formed Protective Barrier Enabled by Sulfur at Titanium Carbide (MXene) Ink for Achieving High-Capacity, Long Lifetime Li-S Batteries, Advanced Science, 2018, p1800502-Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Rydzek G, Pakdel A, Witecka A, Awang Shri D.N, GaudiÚre F, Nicolosi V, Mokarian-Tabari P, Schaaf P, Boulmedais F, Ariga K, PH-Responsive Saloplastics Based on Weak Polyelectrolytes: From Molecular Processes to Material Scale Properties, Macromolecules, 51, (12), 2018, p4424 - 4434Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Amir Pakdel, Agnieszka Witecka, Gaulthier Rydzek, Dayangku Noorfazidah Awang Shri, Valeria Nicolosi, A comprehensive analysis of extrusion behavior, microstructural evolution, and mechanical properties of 6063 Al"B 4 C composites produced by semisolid stir casting, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2018Journal Article, 2018
  • Amir Pakdel, Quansheng Guo, Valeria Nicolosi, Takao Mori, Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Bi"Sb"Te/Sb2O3 nanocomposites by energy filtering effect, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6, 2018, p21341 - 21349Journal Article, 2018
  • Amir Pakdel, Agnieszka Witecka, Gaulthier Rydzek, Dayangku Noorfazidah Awang Shri, A comprehensive microstructural analysis of Al"WC micro- and nano-composites prepared by spark plasma sintering, Materials & Design, 119, 2017, p225--234Journal Article, 2017
  • Atta Ullah Khan, Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi, Amir Pakdel, Jean-Baptiste Vaney, Bruno Fontaine, Regis Gautier, Jean-Francois Halet, Seiji Mitani, Takao Mori, Sb Doping of Metallic CuCr2S4 as a Route to Highly Improved Thermoelectric Properties, Chemistry of Materials, 2017Journal Article, 2017
  • Yanming Xue, Pengcheng Dai, Min Zhou, Xi Wang, Amir Pakdel, Chao Zhang, Qunhong Weng, Toshiaki Takei, Xiuwei Fu, Zakhar I. Popov, Pavel B. Sorokin, Chengchun Tang, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg, Multifunctional Superelastic Foam-Like Boron Nitride Nanotubular Cellular-Network Architectures, ACS Nano, 11, (1), 2017, p558--568Journal Article, 2017
  • Noelia M. Sanchez-Ballester, Gaulthier Rydzek, Amir Pakdel, Anjaneyulu Oruganti, Kotone Hasegawa, Masanori Mitome, Dmitri Golberg, Jonathan P. Hill, Hideki Abe, Katsuhiko Ariga, Nanostructured polymeric yolk"shell capsules: a versatile tool for hierarchical nanocatalyst design, J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, (25), 2016, p9850--9857Journal Article, 2016
  • Yanming Xue, Pengcheng Dai, Xiangfen Jiang, Xuebin Wang, Chao Zhang, Daiming Tang, Qunhong Weng, Xi Wang, Amir Pakdel, Chengchun Tang, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg, Template-free synthesis of boron nitride foam-like porous monoliths and their high-end applications in water purification, J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, (4), 2016, p1469--1478Journal Article, 2016
  • Amir Pakdel; Takao Mori; Yoshio Bando; Dmitri Golberg, Interface engineering of bio-inspired Boron nitride nano-architectures toward controllable hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity, 10th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, China, IEEE, 2015Conference Paper, 2015, URL
  • Amir Pakdel, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg, Plasma-Assisted Interface Engineering of Boron Nitride Nanostructure Films, ACS Nano, 8, (10), 2014, p10631--10639Journal Article, 2014, URL
  • Amir Pakdel, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg, ChemInform Abstract: Nano Boron Nitride Flatland, ChemInform, 45, (16), 2014, pno--noJournal Article, 2014
  • Pakdel, Amir, Bando, Yoshio, Golberg, Dmitri, Nano boron nitride flatland, Chemical Society Reviews, 43, (3), 2014, p934-959Journal Article, 2014
  • Rydzek, Gaulthier, Terentyeva, Tatyana G., Pakdel, Amir, Golberg, Dmitri, Hill, Jonathan P., Ariga, Katsuhiko, Simultaneous Electropolymerization and Electro-Click Functionalization for Highly Versatile Surface Platforms, Acs Nano, 8, (5), 2014, p5240-5248Journal Article, 2014
  • Amir Pakdel, Yoshio Bando, Dmitry Shtansky, Dmitri Golberg, Nonwetting and optical properties of BN nanosheet films, Surface Innovations, 1, (1), 2013, p32--39Journal Article, 2013
  • Pakdel, Amir, Bando, Yoshio, Golberg, Dmitri, Morphology-Driven Nonwettability of Nanostructured BN Surfaces, Langmuir, 29, (24), 2013, p7529-7533Journal Article, 2013
  • Pakdel, Amir, Wang, Xuebin, Bando, Yoshio, Golberg, Dmitri, Nonwetting "white graphene" films, Acta Materialia, 61, (4), 2013, p1266-1273Journal Article, 2013
  • Yamaguchi, Maho, Pakdel, Amir, Zhi, Chunyi, Bando, Yoshio, Tang, Dai-Ming, Faerstein, Konstantin, Shtansky, Dmitry, Golberg, Dmitri, Utilization of multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes for the reinforcement of lightweight aluminum ribbons, Nanoscale Research Letters, 8, 2013Journal Article, 2013, URL
  • Amir Pakdel, Chunyi Zhi, Yoshio Bando, Tomonobu Nakayama, Dmitri Golberg, Nonwetting behavior of “white” graphene coatings, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), England , 2012, IEEE, 2012Conference Paper, 2012
  • Amir Pakdel, Chunyi Zhi, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg, Low-dimensional boron nitride nanomaterials, Materials Today, 15, (6), 2012, p256--265Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL
  • Pakdel, Amir, Zhi, Chunyi, Bando, Yoshio, Nakayama, Tomonobu, Golberg, Dmitri, A comprehensive analysis of the CVD growth of boron nitride nanotubes, Nanotechnology, 23, (21), 2012Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL
  • Pakdel, Amir, Wang, Xuebin, Zhi, Chunyi, Bando, Yoshio, Watanabe, Kentaro, Sekiguchi, Takashi, Nakayama, Tomonobu, Golberg, Dmitri, Facile synthesis of vertically aligned hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets hybridized with graphitic domains, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, (11), 2012, p4818-4824Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Wang, Xuebin, Pakdel, Amir, Zhi, Chunyi, Watanabe, Kentaro, Sekiguchi, Takashi, Golberg, Dmitri, Bando, Yoshio, High-yield boron nitride nanosheets from 'chemical blowing': towards practical applications in polymer composites, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 24, (31), 2012Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL
  • Wang, Xuebin, Pakdel, Amir, Zhang, Jun, Weng, Qunhong, Zhai, Tianyou, Zhi, Chunyi, Golberg, Dmitri, Bando, Yoshio, Large-surface-area BN nanosheets and their utilization in polymeric composites with improved thermal and dielectric properties, Nanoscale Research Letters, 7, 2012Journal Article, 2012
  • Pakdel, Amir, Zhi, Chunyi, Bando, Yoshio, Nakayama, Tomonobu, Golberg, Dmitri, Boron Nitride Nanosheet Coatings with Controllable Water Repellency, Acs Nano, 5, (8), 2011, p6507-6515Journal Article, 2011
  • Amir Pakdel, Hassan Farhangi, Masoud Emamy, Influence of Hot Extrusion Process on the Mechanical Behavior of AA6061/SIC Composites, Advanced Materials Research, 264-265, 2011, p141--148Journal Article, 2011
  • Pakdel, Amir, Farhangi, Hassan, INFLUENCE OF EXTRUSION RATIO ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF AA6061/SIC COMPOSITES, Arabian Journal For Science and Engineering, 34, (1C), 2009, p167-174Journal Article, 2009
  • Organic Polymers, Oligomers and Catalysis in, editor(s)Qingmin Ji, Harald Fuchs , Soft Matters for Catalysts, Singapore, Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2019, pp173 - 228, [Gaulthier Rydzek, Amir Pakdel]Book Chapter, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Nanoboron Nitrides in, editor(s)Ying (Ian) Chen , Nanotubes and Nanosheets: Functionalization and Applications of Boron Nitride and Other Nanomaterials, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2015, pp3 - 32, [Amir Pakdel, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg]Book Chapter, 2015, DOI , URL
  • Amir Pakdel, Synthesis, characterization, and properties of 1D and 2D boron nitride nanostructure films, University of Tsukuba (Japan), 2012Thesis, 2012, URL
  • Amir Pakdel, Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Aluminum 6061-SiC Composites by Extrusion Process, University of Tehran (Iran), 2007Thesis, 2007, URL
  • Flavien Sciortino, Sajjad Husain Mir, Amir Pakdel, Oruganti Anjaneyulu, Hideki Abe, Agnieszka Witecka, Dayangku Noorfazidah Awang Shri, Gaulthier Rydzek, Katsuhiko Ariga, Saloplastics as multiresponsive ion exchange reservoirs and catalyst support, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020Journal Article, 2020, URL
  • Chuanfang (John) Zhang, Meiying Liang, Sang-Hoon Park, Zifeng Lin, Andrés Seral-Ascaso, Longlu Wang, Amir Pakdel, Cormac Ó Coileáin, John Boland, Oskar Ronan, Niall McEvoy, Bingan Lu, Yonggang Wang, Yongyao Xia, Jonathan N. Coleman, Valeria Nicolosi, Extra lithium-ion storage capacity enabled by liquid-phase exfoliated indium selenide nanosheets conductive network, Energy & Environmental Science, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Shayan Angizi, Maryam Khalaj, Sayed Ali Ahmad Alem, Amir Pakdel, Magnus Willander, Amir Hatamie, Abdolreza Simchi, Review"Towards the Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride (2D h-BN) Electrochemical Sensing Platforms, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Marquez, Ariana Villarroel, McEvoy, Niall, Pakdel, Amir, Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECTs) Toward Flexible and Wearable Bioelectronics, Molecules, 25, (22), 2020, p5288Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Shayan Angizi, Sayed Ali Ahmad Alem, Amir Pakdel, Towards Integration of Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride (2D h-BN) in Energy Conversion and Storage Devices, Energies, 15, (3), 2022, p1162Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Mohamed Barakat Zakaria Hegazy, Mohamed Reda Berber, Yusuke Yamauchi, Amir Pakdel, Rui Cao, Ulf-Peter Apfel, Synergistic Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Ni/NiS Nanoparticles Wrapped in Multi-Heteroatom-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, (29), 2021, p34043--34052Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • G. Prunet, F. Pawula, G. Fleury, E. Cloutet, A.J. Robinson, G. Hadziioannou, A. Pakdel, A review on conductive polymers and their hybrids for flexible and wearable thermoelectric applications, Materials Today Physics, 18, 2021, p100402Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Masoumi Saeed, O'Shaughnessy Seamus, Pakdel Amir, Organic-based flexible thermoelectric generators: From materials to devices, Nano Energy, 92, 2022, p106774-Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Lokhande, P.E. and Pakdel, A. and Pathan, H.M. and Kumar, D. and Vo, D.-V.N. and Al-Gheethi, A. and Sharma, A. and Goel, S. and Singh, P.P. and Lee, B.-K., Prospects of MXenes in energy storage applications, Chemosphere, 297, (134225), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Angizi, S. and Alem, S.A.A. and Hasanzadeh Azar, M. and Shayeganfar, F. and Manning, M.I. and Hatamie, A. and Pakdel, A. and Simchi, A., A comprehensive review on planar boron nitride nanomaterials: From 2D nanosheets towards 0D quantum dots, Progress in Materials Science, 124, (100884), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Masoumi, S. and Pakdel, A., Nanoengineering Approaches to Tune Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of a BiSbTe Thermoelectric Alloy, Advanced Engineering Materials, 24, (1), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Zhang, C. and Ma, Y. and Zhang, X. and Abdolhosseinzadeh, S. and Sheng, H. and Lan, W. and Pakdel, A. and Heier, J. and NÃŒesch, F., Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes): Synthesis, Properties, and Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications, Energy and Environmental Materials, 3, (1), 2020, p29-55Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
  • Anirudh Sharma, Saeed Masoumi, Desta Gedefaw, Seamus O'Shaughnessy, Derya Baran, Amir Pakdel, Flexible solar and thermal energy conversion devices: Organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic thermoelectric generators (OTEGs) and hybrid PV-TEG systems, Applied Materials Today, 29, 2022, p101614Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • M.Jabri, S.Masoumi, F.Sajadirad, R.P.West, A.Pakdel, Thermoelectric conversion in buildings, Material Today Energy, 2023Journal Article, 2023, TARA - Full Text
  • Pakdel, A. and Khan, A.U. and Pawula, F. and Hébert, S. and Mori, T., Effect of Bi Nanoprecipitates on the Thermoelectric Properties of Bi-Sb-Te/Sb2O3 Nanocomposites, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9, (24), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Discover Nano, Springer-Nature Publication, 2023Editorial Board, 2023, URL
  • Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers Media, 2019Editorial Board, 2019, URL
  • AIMS Materials Science, AIMS Press, 2012Editorial Board, 2012, URL
  • Energies, MDPI, 2020Editorial Board, 2020, URL
  • Jagtap, C. and Kadam, V. and Kamble, B. and Lokhande, P.E. and Pakdel, A. and Kumar, D. and Udayabhaskar, R. and Vedpathak, A. and Chaure, N.B. and Pathan, H.M., Synergistic growth of cobalt hydroxide on reduced graphene oxide/nickel foam for supercapacitor application, Journal of Energy Storage, 83, (110666), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • Xiong, R. and Masoumi, S. and Pakdel, A., An Automatic Apparatus for Simultaneous Measurement of Seebeck Coefficient and Electrical Resistivity, Energies, 16, (17), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
  • Saeed Masoumi, Milad Jabri, Amir Pakdel, Investigating thin-film thermoelectric generators: Leg shape, TEG configuration, and contact resistance analysis, Energy Conversion and Management: X, 22, 2024, p100597Journal Article, 2024
  • Saeed Masoumi, Amirreza Noori, Amir Pakdel, Exploring electrical transport in thin film and bulk thermoelectric materials with an automated Seebeck coefficient and resistivity measurement platform, Measurement, 236, 2024, p115162Journal Article, 2024
  • Saeed Masoumi, Kuanysh Zhussupbekov, Nadezda Prochukhan, Michael A. Morris, Amir Pakdel, A comprehensive investigation into thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS/Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 composites, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12, (36), 2024, p14314-14329Journal Article, 2024, URL
  • Angizi S., Ahmad Alem S.A., Torabian M., Khalaj M., Golberg D., Pakdel A., Boron Nitride-Integrated Lithium Batteries: Exploring Innovations in Longevity and Performance, Energy and Environmental Materials, 2024Review, 2024, DOI

Research Expertise

Renewable energy; Thermoelectricity; Thermal management; Flexible electronics; Nanomaterilas; Nanocomposites; Nanotechnology; Ceramics; Metals & alloys; Semiconductors; Materials characterisation; Electron microscopy; Powder Processing; Functional surfaces; Thin films; Superhydrophobicity; Water treatment; Biomedical sensors; Sustainability.

  • Title
    Functionalization of Boron Nitride Nanostructures towards Superhydrophobic Oleophilic Surfaces for Water Treatment and Biomedical Applications
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA, Japan)
    Date From
    2012
    Date To
    2015
  • Title
    Synthesis of Novel 2D Nanosystems and their Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Application
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, Japan)
    Date From
    2014
    Date To
    2016
  • Title
    Nanomaterials-Based Flexible Thermoelectric Films
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Enterprise Ireland (EI, Ireland)
    Date From
    2018
    Date To
    2019
  • Title
    Boron Nitride Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Enterprise Ireland (EI, Ireland)
    Date From
    2021
    Date To
    2023
  • Title
    Novel Catalytic Materials for CO2 Utilization
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    European Commission & Irish Research Council
    Date From
    2023
    Date To
    2026
  • Title
    Electrospinning of thermoelectric nanofibers for smart clothing applications
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    China Scholarship Council
    Date From
    2021
    Date To
    2025
  • Title
    Developing Novel 2D and 3D Defect-Free Cyano-Bridged Coordination Polymers-based Carbon/MXene Materials for Next-Generation Sodium-Ion Batteries and Electrochemical Applications
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Irish Research Council (IRC, Ireland)
    Date From
    2020
    Date To
    2022
  • Title
    Flexible Nano-Thermoelectrics for Body Energy Harvesting
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Science Foundation Ireland (SFI, Ireland)
    Date From
    2020
    Date To
    2024
  • Title
    3D phase change behavior on nanoscale functional surfaces for aluminum thermosiphon applications
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Industry
    Date From
    2021
    Date To
    2023
  • Title
    Advanced Single and Two Phase Heat Exchangers for Electronics Cooling and Energy Management
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Science Foundation Ireland - CONNECT Centre
    Date From
    2022
    Date To
    2025
  • Title
    Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of 1D and 2D Boron Nitride Nanomaterials
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS, Japan)
    Date From
    2009
    Date To
    2012
  • Title
    Eco-friendly design and preparation of polymer-based thermoelectric composite films for off-the-grid power source applications
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    University of Montpellier (France)
    Date From
    2024
    Date To
    2024

Physical properties of materials, Nanochemistry, Medical devices, Elemental semiconductors, Colloid and surface chemistry, Metals and alloy materials, Additive manufacturing, Physical chemistry not elsewhere classified, Composite and hybrid materials, Materials engineering, Inorganic materials (incl. nanomaterials), Ceramics, Compound semiconductors, Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics), Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter; superconductivity, Materials engineering not elsewhere classified, Organic semiconductors, Solid state chemistry, Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical, electrical and wind), Electrochemistry, Construction materials, Optical properties of materials, Wearable materials & etextiles, Functional materials, Electrical energy storage, Structural properties of condensed matter, Polymers and plastics, Life cycle assessment and industrial ecology, Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering not elsewhere classified,

Recognition

  • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Scholarship 2009-12
  • International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) Fellowship 2012-15
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship 2014-16
  • Tsukuba Expo Center Award 2015
  • Science Foundation Ireland - Starting Investigator Research Grant (SFI-SIRG) 2019-25
  • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Award 2016
  • Editorial board member of Discover Nano (Springer-Nature Publication)
  • Editorial board member of AIMS Materials Science (AIMS Press)
  • Guest editor of a Special Issue in Molecules - "Advances in Nanomaterials Design & Nanoarchitectonics of Functional Materials" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/nanomaterials_design)
  • Editorial board member of Frontiers in Chemistry (Frontiers Media)
  • Guest editor of a Special Issue in Catalysts - "Production and Properties of Functional Nanomaterials & Composites for Electrochemical and Catalytic Applications" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/catalysts/special_issues/Nano_Composite_Electro_Catalytic_Applications)
  • Guest editor of a Special Issue in Energies - "Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting" (https://www.mdpi.com/topics/thermoelectric)
  • Editorial board member of Energies (MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)