Dr. Amir Pakdel

Dr. Amir Pakdel is a transdisciplinary nanomaterials scientist and nanotechnologist, an assistant professor and a research group leader at Trinity College Dublin's Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical 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 diverse and crossdisciplinary research topics, including: ● Thermal energy harvesting and storage ● Flexible, wearable, and printable electronics ● Nanomaterials synthesis and characterization (especial interest in electron microscopy & spectroscopy techniques) ● Metal- ceramic- and polymer-matrix composites ● Functional and hierarchical surfaces ● Surface wetting ● Sustainability Amir has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, and is an editorial board member of Frontiers in Chemistry, MDPI Energies, AIMS Materials Science, and a guest editor in MDPI Molecules and MDPI Catalysts. For more information about Dr. Pakdel and his research, please visit: https://pakdelgroup.weebly.com/

  3D Printing   Advanced Materials & Manufacturing   AL-SIC COMPOSITES   ALUMINUM   BORON-NITRIDE NANOTUBES   CARBON NANOTUBES   CHARACTERISATION   Composite materials   Condensed matter, mechanical and thermal properties   EFFECTIVE THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY   ELECTRON MICROSCOPY   Electronic/Optical Materials   Energy Materials Sciences   Energy Physical Sciences   Functional Materials   HYDROPHOBICITY   LAYERED MATERIALS   Materials Chemistry   Materials Engineering   materials physics   MATERIALS SCIENCE   Materials Testing   Materials, Engineering Properties   Materials, Physical Properties   Materials, Structure and Phase   Mechanical Properties, Materials   Nano advanced materials   NANO PARTICLES   NANOCOMPOSITE   NANOCOMPOSITES   NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS   NANOCRYSTALS   Nano-Materials   nanoscience   Nanostructures   Nanotechnology   Renewable energy   SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY   SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MATERIALS   SPECTROSCOPY   Surface and interface physics   Surface chemistry   SURFACE ENERGY   Surface Funtionalisation   Surface Science   SURFACES   Surfaces and Interfaces   THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY   THERMAL ENERGY   THERMAL PROPERTIES   Thermoelectric Generators   Thermoelectricity   THERMOELECTRIC-POWER   TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Sustainable energy harvesting; Thermoelectricity; Thermal management; Flexible electronics; Nanomaterilas; Nanocomposites; Nanotechnology; Ceramics; Metals & alloys; Semiconductors; Materials characterisation; Electron microscopy; Powder Processing; Surfaces & Interfaces; Thin films; Superhydrophobicity; Water treatment.