Behnam Ghalei

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

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Behnam Ghalei is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Behnam Ghalei has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Behnam Ghalei's work include Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (36 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (13 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (12 papers). Behnam Ghalei is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (36 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (13 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (12 papers). Behnam Ghalei collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Iran and United States. Behnam Ghalei's co-authors include Easan Sivaniah, Ali Pournaghshband Isfahani, Morteza Sadeghi, Mohammad Ali Semsarzadeh, Kazuki Wakimoto, Kento Sakurai, Qilei Song, Mehdi Barikani, Yosuke Kinoshita and Hiromu Kusuda and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Behnam Ghalei

46 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Enhanced selectivity in mixed matrix membranes for CO2 capture through efficient dispersion of amine-functionalized MOF nanoparticles

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Behnam Ghalei Japan	26	2.0k	1.5k	776	689	599	46	2.8k
Zhenggong Wang China	27	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	938 1.2×	651 0.9×	620 1.0×	52	2.6k
Ali Pournaghshband Isfahani Japan	23	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	547 0.7×	564 0.8×	414 0.7×	36	2.1k
Sergey Shishatskiy Germany	29	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	664 0.9×	350 0.5×	700 1.2×	77	2.5k
Wulin Qiu United States	40	2.9k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	956 1.2×	801 1.2×	688 1.1×	79	4.3k
Guojun Zhang China	33	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	2.1k 2.7×	564 0.8×	453 0.8×	57	3.1k
Wenji Zheng China	39	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	592 0.8×	532 0.8×	2.0k 3.4×	110	3.7k
Jizhong Ren China	27	1.5k 0.8×	620 0.4×	802 1.0×	195 0.3×	386 0.6×	53	2.0k
Leixin Yang China	35	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	946 1.2×	859 1.2×	1.4k 2.4×	67	3.6k
Kie Yong Cho South Korea	27	766 0.4×	844 0.6×	344 0.4×	560 0.8×	607 1.0×	88	2.1k
Arian Nijmeijer Netherlands	32	1.2k 0.6×	937 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	322 0.5×	541 0.9×	108	2.4k

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Karahan, H. Enis, Ali Pournaghshband Isfahani, Detao Qin, et al.. (2024). Nanocellulose‐Incorporated Composite Membranes of PEO‐Based Rubbery Polymers for Carbon Dioxide Capture. Advances in Polymer Technology. 2024(1). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Zaoming, Idaira Pacheco‐Fernández, Takuma Aoyama, et al.. (2024). Pore-networked membrane using linked metal-organic polyhedra for trace-level pollutant removal and detection in environmental water. Communications Materials. 5(1). 5 indexed citations

Guo, Qi, Behnam Ghalei, Detao Qin, et al.. (2023). Graphene oxide-fullerene nanocomposite laminates for efficient hydrogen purification. Chemical Communications. 59(66). 10012–10015. 3 indexed citations

Isfahani, Ali Pournaghshband, H. Enis Karahan, Detao Qin, et al.. (2023). Exploring the potential of fluorinated polyurethane membranes in hydrocarbon separation. Materials Letters. 357. 135653–135653. 2 indexed citations

Mohammadi, Abbas, et al.. (2023). Antibacterial waterborne polyurethane coatings impregnated with in-situ formed and capped silver nanoparticles via p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene. Progress in Organic Coatings. 180. 107551–107551. 4 indexed citations

Qin, Detao, Andrew Gibbons, Masateru Ito, et al.. (2022). Structural colour enhanced microfluidics. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2281–2281. 14 indexed citations

Karahan, H. Enis, Ali Pournaghshband Isfahani, Daisuke Yamaguchi, et al.. (2022). Carbonic Anhydrase-Mimicking Supramolecular Nanoassemblies for Developing Carbon Capture Membranes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(33). 37595–37607. 18 indexed citations

Isfahani, Ali Pournaghshband, Masateru Ito, Daisuke Yamaguchi, et al.. (2021). Influence of microstructural variations on morphology and separation properties of polybutadiene-based polyurethanes. RSC Advances. 11(25). 15449–15456. 10 indexed citations

Isfahani, Ali Pournaghshband, Morteza Sadeghi, Guoji Huang, et al.. (2020). Tuning the morphology of segmented block copolymers with Zr-MOF nanoparticles for durable and efficient hydrocarbon separation membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(18). 9382–9391. 24 indexed citations

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Sadeghi, Morteza, et al.. (2019). The Role of Interfacial Morphology in the Gas Transport Behavior of Nanocomposite Membranes: A Mathematical Modeling Approach. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58(25). 11022–11037. 14 indexed citations

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Ghalei, Behnam, Kazuki Wakimoto, Ali Pournaghshband Isfahani, et al.. (2019). Rational Tuning of Zirconium Metal–Organic Framework Membranes for Hydrogen Purification. Angewandte Chemie. 131(52). 19210–19216. 19 indexed citations

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Mohammadi, Abbas, et al.. (2018). Aqueous dispersion of polyurethane nanocomposites based on calix[4]arenes modified graphene oxide nanosheets: Preparation, characterization, and anti-corrosion properties. Chemical Engineering Journal. 349. 466–480. 138 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenggong, Ali Pournaghshband Isfahani, Kazuki Wakimoto, et al.. (2018). Tuning the Gas Selectivity of Tröger's Base Polyimide Membranes by Using Carboxylic Acid and Tertiary Base Interactions. ChemSusChem. 11(16). 2744–2751. 41 indexed citations

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Ghalei, Behnam, et al.. (2017). Polyurethane‐mesoporous silica gas separation membranes. Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 29(2). 874–883. 34 indexed citations

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Kinoshita, Yosuke, Kazuki Wakimoto, Andrew Gibbons, et al.. (2017). Enhanced PIM-1 membrane gas separation selectivity through efficient dispersion of functionalized POSS fillers. Journal of Membrane Science. 539. 178–186. 78 indexed citations

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Ghalei, Behnam, Yosuke Kinoshita, Kazuki Wakimoto, et al.. (2017). Surface functionalization of high free-volume polymers as a route to efficient hydrogen separation membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(9). 4686–4694. 42 indexed citations

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Song, Qilei, Shuai Cao, Robyn H. Pritchard, et al.. (2014). Controlled thermal oxidative crosslinking of polymers of intrinsic microporosity towards tunable molecular sieve membranes. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4813–4813. 290 indexed citations

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Sadeghi, Morteza, Mohammad Ali Semsarzadeh, Mehdi Barikani, & Behnam Ghalei. (2011). Study on the morphology and gas permeation property of polyurethane membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 385-386. 76–85. 97 indexed citations

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Nazockdast, Ehssan, et al.. (2008). Chemorheological characterization of thermosetting polyurethane formulations containing different chain extender contents. Polymer Engineering and Science. 48(12). 2446–2453. 9 indexed citations

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Ghalei, Behnam, et al.. (2007). A Novel Nano Structured Blend Membrane for Gas Separation. Macromolecular Symposia. 249-250(1). 330–335. 23 indexed citations

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