Saad Khan Ph.D.
INVISTA Professor & Director of Graduate Program, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University
Engineering Building I (EB1) 2034
Bio
Dr. Kahn’s research interests focus on the rheology of structured polymeric systems, particularly the relationship between material microstructure, chemistry, and macroscopic properties. The use of rheology with other techniques provides a powerful and unique combination to understand and describe the macroscopic behavior of structured systems in terms of their underlying chemistry and/or microstructure. Dr. Kahn’s goals have been to use such an approach to obtain physical insights and new information on systems that are technologically or environmentally relevant.
Area(s) of Expertise
Rheology and Tribology
Crop Protection
Nanofiber and Aerogels
Gels and Emulsions
Publications
- Compressing slippery surface-assembled amphiphiles for tunable haptic energy harvesters , SCIENCE ADVANCES (2025)
- Efficacy of banana fibre paper for the management of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, on potato ( Solanum tuberosum) in Kenya , NEMATOLOGY (2024)
- Janus layered nanofibrous aerogels with switchable wettability for targeted emulsion separation , Chemical Engineering Journal (2025)
- Mechanically Robust Mesoporous UiO‐66‐NH2/Nanofibrous Aerogel for Organophosphonates Detoxification , Advanced Science (2025)
- Multiple hour antifibrotic drug release enabled by a thermosensitive quadpolymer , International Journal of Pharmaceutics (2024)
- Perovskite oxides as a new family of tunable CO2 sorbents , JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2025)
- Pickering Emulsion for Enhanced Viability of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria and Combined Delivery of Agrochemicals and Biologics , Advanced Functional Materials (2025)
- Aerosol-assisted particle deposition for solvent-free synthesis of MOF-polymer composites , Triangle Soft Matter (2024)
- Charge Protection in Electret Air Filtration Nonwoven Materials , Advanced Materials Technologies (2024)
- Collagen-based injectable hydrogel with plant-derived tannic acid particles: A rheological and pH-dependent interaction study , American Chemical Society Spring Meeting (2024)