Dr Mohamed Makha

BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, MRACI CCHEM

Expertise

Organic/inorganic chemical synthesis, surfactants synthesis based on macrocylic and polymeric materials, nanoparticles formation of various materials (SDP technology), nano-filters and nano-porous materials, crystal engineering of ionic molecular solids, toxicity of surfactants and nanoparticles, charactrisation techniques (FTIR, UV-vis, Dynamic light scattering, Chromatography, NMR and X-ray diffraction). Contribution to the Centre: Synthesis and characterisation of nano-materials, fundamental and applied research of bioactive nanoparticles, participation in seminars, workshops and various activities of the centre.

Current Projects in the Centre

• Biopolymer stabilised magnetic nano-particles (with Colin Raston)
• Carotenoid and fullerenes nano-particles (with Colin Raston)
• Modified biopolymers for stabilising nano-particles (with Colin Raston, Marck Norrett)
• New generation surfactants based on phosphonated calixarenes (with Colin Raston)
• Polymer nanoparticles as reaction media and exchange resins
• Toxicity assessment of surfactant calixarenes (with Colin Raston)

Grants and research contracts relevant to Centre activities

• ARC Discovery, ‘Confinement of Space Based on Water Soluble Calixarenes’, with Colin Raston and Allan White: $190,000/year 2004 - 2006.
• UWA Research Grant ‘ Metal recovery, water decontamination and catalysts for chemical reactions using natural bioplymers’ $16,000/ 2005.

Postgraduates working on core projects in the Centre

• Tom Clark (with Prof Colin Raston)

Contact details

Email: mohamed.makha@uwa.edu.au

Telephone: +61 (08) 6488 1572

http://www.chem.biomedchem.uwa.edu.au/staff/homepages/MohamedMakha