Dr Ashfaq Afsar
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Synthesis of Energetic Materials
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Room 82
University of Edinburgh
Joseph Black Building
David Brewster Road - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH9 3FJ
Research summary
Explosives, oxidizers, propellant formulations, cross-linked polymers, diazirine chemistry, macrocycles, magnetic nanoparticles and heterocyclic ligands.
Current research interests
Current research focuses on the development of novel oxidizers for propellant formulations.Past research interests
Previously, I was involved in a series of projects ranging from the 1) synthesis of β/γ-cyclodextrin/polyethylene glycol derivatives as inert and energetic polymeric binders, 2) development of a modular synthetic approach for the introduction of a diazirine functionality into various types of biologically interesting carbohydrate derivatives, 3) design and synthesis of novel macrocyclic additives for British Petroleum (BP) to 4) synthesis and evaluation of novel heterocyclic ligands for the separation of minor actinides to reduce the long term nuclear legacy of stored waste.1) M. H. Khalili, C. J. Williams, C. Micallef, F. Duarte-Martinez, A. Afsar, R. Zhang, S. Wilson, E. Dossi, S. A. Impey, S. Goel, and A. I. Aria, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2023, 5, 1180–1190.
2) M. H. Khalili, A. Afsar, R. Zhang, S. Wilson, E. Dossi, S. Goel, S. A. Impey, and A. I. Aria, Polym. Degrad. Stab., 2022, 195, 109805.
3) Á. Haimhoffer, E. Dossi, M. Béresová, I. Bácskay, J. Váradi, A. Afsar, Á. Rusznyák, G. Vasvári, and F. Fenyvesi, Pharmaceutics, 2021, 13(10), 1710-1727.
4) C. L. Higgins, S. V. Filip, A. Afsar, H. M. Colquhoun, and W. Hayes, ChemistrySelect, 2021, 6, 9179-9184.
5) E. Dossi, M. Bolton, G. Kister, and A. Afsar, ChemistrySelect, 2021, 6, 7727-7731.
6) J. Godleman, T. S. Babra, A. Afsar, A. Kyriacou, M. Thompson, J. L. Harries, H. M. Colquhoun, and W. Hayes, Prog. Org. Coat., 2021, 151, 106105-106113.