RESUME
Alireza Aghaei
Born: March 21, 1960 Mashhad, Iran
Married with two children
Education
Ph.D., Inorganic chemistry, University of Göttingen, Germany 1992
M.Sc., Inorganic chemistry, University of Göttingen, Germany 1988
Academic Experiences
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Material and Energy Research Centre, 1992-Present
Teaching Assistant, University of Göttingen, Germany, 1989-1992
Research Activities
Nanostructures, Synthesis of Nanopowders, Electroceramics, Ceramic Pigmentes
Publications
Dissertation and thesis:
"Synthesis and Investigation on Ceramic High-Tc-Superconductor"
M.Sc. Dissertation, University of Göttingen, Germany 1988.
"Preparation of Superconducting Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10- Single Crystals"
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Göttingen, Germany 1992
Scientific Journals:
1-Resistivity and Irreversibility Line of High Quality Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10 Single Crystals; Annalen der Physik, 1992 , 479-491.
2-Critical Current Densities in Neutron Irradiated Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10 Single Crystals; Physica C, Superconductivity, 240-235, 1994, 2797-8 .
3-Carbothermal Synthesis of Hexagonal Boron Nitride; Industrial Ceramics, 19,1999, 156-159.
4-RBAO Membranes/Catalyst Supports with Enhanced Permeability; J. Euro, Cer. Soc. 21,2001, 2267-2274.
5-Effect of Seeding on the Synthesis of B4C by Magnesiothermic Reduction Route; Industrial Ceramics, 22,2002, 121-125.
6-Dual Behavior of CaCO3 as a Porosifier and Sintering aid in the Manufacture of Alumina Membrane/Catalyst Supports; J.Euro.Cer.Soc. 24,2004, 3195-3201.
7-Initial Sintering Stage Pore Growth Mechanism Applied to the Manufacture of Ceramic Membrane Supports ; J. Euro.Cer.Soc. 24,2004,2285-92.
8-Zirconia-Zircon Composite Microfiltration Membranes Based on Porous Alumina Supports; J. Memb. Sci. 263,2005, 103-112.
9-Dip-Coating Technique for the Manufacture of Alumina Microfilters Using PVA and Na-CMC as Binders: A Comparative Study; J. Euro. Cer. Soc. 26,2006, 949-956.
10-In Situ Crystallization of Highly Oriented Silicalite Films on Porous Zircon Supports; J. Am. Cer. Soc. 89, 2006, 408-414.
11-Effect of X-ray irradiation on solarization and crystallization of photosensitive glasses containing Ce, Sb, Sn and Ag; J. of Non-Crystalline Solids 354,2008,3752-3755.
12-Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Mechanical Mixing in Mechanical Alloying; Materials Science and Engineering A 492, 2008, 455-459.
13-Dielectrophoretic Assembly of ZnO Nanorods for Gas Sensing; Procedia Chemistry 1, 2009, 947-950.
14-Synthesis of Y(Al,Cr)O3 red pigments by co-precipitation method and their interactions with glazes; Ceramics International 35,2009,3485- 3488.
15-Comparison of Solution Combustion and Co-Precipitation Methods in Synthesis of Iron Zircon Coral Pigment; Pigment &Resin Technology 39, 2010, 203-207.
16-Improving glass-forming ability and crystallization behavior of porous glass-ceramics in CaO–Al2O3–TiO2–P2O5 system; Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 356, 2010, 1569-1575.
17-Effect of concentration and heating conditions on microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO nanorods; Materials Characterization 61,2010,1418-1423.
18-Structure of unsupported small Al nanoparticles: Molecular dynamics study; International J. of Material Science and Electronics Research 1,2010,215-220.
19-Sorting ZnO particles of different shapes with low frequency AC electric fields; Materials Letters 65,2011,632-635.
20-Thermodynamics and Molecular Dynamics Investigation of a Possible New Critical Size for Surface and Inner Cohesive Energy of Al Nano-Particles ; Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13,2011,6059-6067.
21-Silica aerogel-iron oxide nanocomposites: recoverable catalysts for the oxidation of alcohols with hydrogen peroxide; Transition Metal Chemistry 36,2011,521-530.
22-Synthesis and Characterization of SrAl2O4:Eu,Dy Nanocrystalline Phosphorescent Pigments; Trans. Ind. Chem. Soc. 70,2011,71-77.
23-Combusion synthesis, structural and photo-physical characteristics of Eu2+ and Dy3+ co-doped SrAl2O4 phosphor nanopowders; Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 22,2011,1136-1142.
24-Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics and microstructure of a silver doped calcium aluminiumphosphate glass; Ceramics International 38,2012,2395-2402.
25-The effect of ionic and metallic silver on the crystalline phases developed in CaO-Al2O3-TiO2-P2O5 glasses; Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 358,2012,303-309.
26-A heterogenized vanadium oxo-aroylhydrazone catalyst for efficient and selective oxidation of hydrocarbons with hydrogen peroxide; Transition Met Chem 37,2012,85–92.
27-Synthesis of mesoporous ZnO/SBA-15 composite via sonochemical route; Micro & Nanoletters 7,2012,130-133.
28-Sol-gel preparation and characterization of nano-crystalline lithium-mica glass-ceramic; Ceramics International 38,2012,2813-2821.
Supervision of Graduate Thesis and Dissertations
Supervisor of 2 Ph.D. thesis and 12 M.Sc. dissertations since 1995.