Abdullah Kafi

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Abdullah Kafi is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdullah Kafi has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Automotive Engineering, 15 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Abdullah Kafi's work include Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (16 papers), Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (7 papers) and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (6 papers). Abdullah Kafi is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (16 papers), Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (7 papers) and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (6 papers). Abdullah Kafi collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and India. Abdullah Kafi's co-authors include Stuart Bateman, Bronwyn Fox, Hao Wu, Joseph H. Koo, William P. Fahy, Hyun Chan Kim, Seona Kim, Nanzhu Zhao, Louis A. Pilato and Kevin Magniez and has published in prestigious journals such as Progress in Polymer Science, Carbon and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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Abdullah Kafi

33 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Recent developments in polymers/polymer nanocomposites for additive manufacturing

2020 377 citations Hao Wu, William P. Fahy et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abdullah Kafi Australia	17	451	428	377	281	241	34	1.1k
France Chabert France	18	394 0.9×	331 0.8×	355 0.9×	345 1.2×	225 0.9×	41	1.2k
Mostafa Yourdkhani United States	18	304 0.7×	402 0.9×	311 0.8×	280 1.0×	299 1.2×	37	1.4k
Giuseppe Recca Italy	20	552 1.2×	322 0.8×	559 1.5×	248 0.9×	181 0.8×	45	1.3k
Dilyus I. Chukov Russia	18	479 1.1×	273 0.6×	463 1.2×	236 0.8×	211 0.9×	50	1.2k
Guillaume Miquelard‐Garnier France	20	280 0.6×	346 0.8×	411 1.1×	508 1.8×	237 1.0×	52	1.4k
Giuseppina Barra Italy	21	267 0.6×	190 0.4×	560 1.5×	295 1.0×	430 1.8×	41	1.2k
Muhamad F. Arif Indonesia	15	312 0.7×	458 1.1×	291 0.8×	391 1.4×	187 0.8×	29	1.2k
Tarik Dickens United States	19	210 0.5×	309 0.7×	306 0.8×	412 1.5×	377 1.6×	60	1.2k
Pei Leng Teh Malaysia	18	292 0.6×	233 0.5×	879 2.3×	264 0.9×	257 1.1×	107	1.4k

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Kafi, Abdullah, et al.. (2025). High performance polyimides for additive manufacturing: A critical review. Progress in Polymer Science. 172. 102055–102055.

Kafi, Abdullah, et al.. (2024). Prediction of absorptivity in Multi-Jet Fusion manufactured polypropylene structures through laser flash and corrected porosity method. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 130(7-8). 4041–4052. 2 indexed citations

Kafi, Abdullah, Chaitali Dekiwadia, V. Ravi Kumar, et al.. (2024). Extrusion 3D Printing of Intrinsically Fluorescent Thermoplastic Polyimide: Revealing an Undisclosed Potential. Polymers. 16(19). 2798–2798. 7 indexed citations

Kafi, Abdullah, et al.. (2024). Polyether Ketone Ketone (PEKK) matrix composites for material extrusion additive manufacturing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 130(11-12). 5401–5423. 9 indexed citations

Noronha, Jordan, Eric MacDonald, Abdullah Kafi, et al.. (2024). Additive manufacturing for mass production: a new model to estimate the crystallinity and tensile properties of polypropylene by multi-jet fusion. Progress in Additive Manufacturing. 10(8). 5557–5571. 2 indexed citations

Kafi, Abdullah, et al.. (2023). Optimization of material extrusion additive manufacturing process parameters for polyether ketone ketone (PEKK). The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 126(3-4). 1067–1091. 21 indexed citations

Torris, Arun, et al.. (2023). Luminescent 3D printed poly(lactic acid) nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical properties. Polymer Engineering and Science. 63(7). 2059–2072. 16 indexed citations

Kafi, Abdullah, et al.. (2022). Effects of fused filament fabrication process parameters on tensile properties of polyether ketone ketone (PEKK). The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 122(9-10). 3607–3621. 23 indexed citations

Fahy, William P., et al.. (2021). Design of Additively-Manufactured Lattice Structure for Thermal Protection System: Thermal Characterization and Ablation Performance. AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Hao, William P. Fahy, Seona Kim, et al.. (2020). Recent developments in polymers/polymer nanocomposites for additive manufacturing. Progress in Materials Science. 111. 100638–100638. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Hao, et al.. (2019). Additive Manufacturing of Flame-retardant Polyamide 6 Nanocomposites Via Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). 11 indexed citations

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Kafi, Abdullah, et al.. (2018). Surface treatment of carbon fibres for interfacial property enhancement in composites via surface deposition of water soluble POSS nanowhiskers. Polymer. 137. 97–106. 22 indexed citations

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Kim, Seil, Abdullah Kafi, Young‐In Lee, et al.. (2015). Wettability Investigation of UV/O₃ and Acid Functionalized MWCNT and MWCNT/PMMA Nanocomposites by Contact Angle Measurement. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2015(1). 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jin, Shiyu Du, Abdullah Kafi, et al.. (2014). Surface energy of silk fibroin and mechanical properties of silk cocoon composites. RSC Advances. 5(2). 1640–1647. 27 indexed citations

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Rajkhowa, Rangam, Abdullah Kafi, Qi Zhou, et al.. (2014). Relationship between processing, surface energy and bulk properties of ultrafine silk particles. Powder Technology. 270. 112–120. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Quanxiang, Jeffrey S. Church, Abdullah Kafi, Minoo Naebe, & Bronwyn Fox. (2014). An improved understanding of the dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in non-aqueous solvents. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 16(7). 28 indexed citations

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Servinis, Linden, Luke C. Henderson, Thomas R. Gengenbach, et al.. (2012). Surface functionalization of unsized carbon fiber using nitrenes derived from organic azides. Carbon. 54. 378–388. 65 indexed citations

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Kafi, Abdullah, Zhiqiang Chen, Xiujuan J. Dai, et al.. (2012). Understanding Wettability Changes from Practical Plasma Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters. 4(3). 344–347. 5 indexed citations

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Kafi, Abdullah, Kevin Magniez, & Bronwyn Fox. (2011). Effect of manufacturing process on the flexural, fracture toughness, and thermo-mechanical properties of bio-composites. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 42(8). 993–999. 10 indexed citations

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Kafi, Abdullah, Mohammad Zoynal Abedin, M.D.H. Beg, K.L. Pickering, & Mubarak A. Khan. (2006). Study on the Mechanical Properties of Jute/Glass Fiber-reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Hybrid Composites: Effect of Surface Modification by Ultraviolet Radiation. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites. 25(6). 575–588. 122 indexed citations

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