Saad Makhseed

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Saad Makhseed is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Saad Makhseed has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Organic Chemistry and 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Saad Makhseed's work include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (50 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (18 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers). Saad Makhseed is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (50 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (18 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers). Saad Makhseed collaborates with scholars based in Kuwait, United Kingdom and Egypt. Saad Makhseed's co-authors include Neil B. McKeown, Peter M. Budd, Kadhum J. Msayib, Bader S. Ghanem, Carin E. Tattershall, Jacob Samuel, Dong Wang, Hamada Mohamed Ibrahim, Haider Behbehani and Detlev Fritsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Saad Makhseed

79 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): robust, solution-processable, organic nanoporous materials

2004 1.2k citations Peter M. Budd, Bader S. Ghanem et al. Chemical Communications profile →
Solution‐Processed, Organophilic Membrane Derived from a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity

2004 803 citations Peter M. Budd, Bader S. Ghanem et al. profile →

Peers

Saad Makhseed

C. Grazia Bezzu United Kingdom

Kadhum J. Msayib United Kingdom

Eva M. Maya Spain

Xuesong Ding China

Won Seok South Korea

Shijing Liang China

Xiangzhi Cui China

Bader S. Ghanem Saudi Arabia

Juncheng Hu China

Ting He China

C. Grazia Bezzu United Kingdom

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Fields of papers citing papers by Saad Makhseed

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saad Makhseed

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All Works

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Sebastian, Mathew, et al.. (2025). Selective and sensitive fluorescent detection of nickel ions in aqueous media using a newly prepared tetrazole-based sensor. Microchemical Journal. 218. 115399–115399.

Husain, Ali, et al.. (2025). Hydrophilic vs. amphiphilic anionic Zn(II) phthalocyanines for photodynamic therapy. Kuwait Journal of Science. 52(3). 100415–100415.

Nazeer, Ahmed Abdel, et al.. (2023). Catalyst controlled synthesis of porous organic polymers and their SWCNT composites for high performance supercapacitor applications. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 185. 105534–105534. 5 indexed citations

Hussain, Ali, et al.. (2023). Enhanced photodynamic activity of asymmetric non-ionic Zn(II) phthalocyanine amphiphiles: Effect of molecular design on In vitro activity. Dyes and Pigments. 221. 111809–111809. 3 indexed citations

Husain, Ali, et al.. (2022). Influence of microcrystal formation on the aggregated state emission behaviour of pyrene substituted phthalonitrile positional isomers. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 359. 119273–119273. 3 indexed citations

Ali, Basem F., et al.. (2022). Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure, and fluorescence behavior of new 4-aryl-6-(2,5-dichlorothiophen-3-yl)-2-methylpyridine-3-carbonitrile derivatives. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1271. 134034–134034. 8 indexed citations

Nazeer, Ahmed Abdel, et al.. (2022). Development of Uniform Porous Carbons From Polycarbazole Phthalonitriles as Durable CO2 Adsorbent and Supercapacitor Electrodes. Frontiers in Chemistry. 10. 879815–879815. 9 indexed citations

Etherington, Marc K., Ali Shuaib, Andrew Danos, et al.. (2020). Suppressing dimer formation by increasing conformational freedom in multi-carbazole thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(1). 189–198. 29 indexed citations

Ghazal, Basma, Kobra Azizi, Ewies F. Ewies, et al.. (2020). Push–Pull Zinc Phthalocyanine Bearing Hexa-Tertiary Substituted Carbazolyl Donor Groups for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Molecules. 25(7). 1692–1692. 12 indexed citations

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Husain, Ali, Asaithampi Ganesan, Miloslav Macháček, et al.. (2020). Dually directional glycosylated phthalocyanines as extracellular red-emitting fluorescent probes. Dalton Transactions. 49(28). 9605–9617. 4 indexed citations

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Makhseed, Saad, Basma Ghazal, & Mahmut Durmuş. (2020). Purple subphthalocyanine‐phthalocyanine dyad: Synthesis, photophysicochemical properties and DFT study. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 34(9). 7 indexed citations

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Şenocak, Ahmet, Süreyya Oğuz Tümay, Saad Makhseed, Erhan Demırbaş, & Mahmut Durmuş. (2020). A synergetic and sensitive physostigmine pesticide sensor using copper complex of 3D zinc (II) phthalocyanine-SWCNT hybrid material. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 174. 112819–112819. 35 indexed citations

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Samuel, Jacob, et al.. (2019). Carbazole-tagged pyridinic microporous network polymer for CO2 storage and organic dye removal from aqueous solution. Environmental Research. 182. 109001–109001. 20 indexed citations

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Makhseed, Saad, Miloslav Macháček, Mickey Vinodh, et al.. (2013). Water-soluble non-aggregating zinc phthalocyanine and in vitro studies for photodynamic therapy. Chemical Communications. 49(95). 11149–11149. 135 indexed citations

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Behbehani, Haider, Hamada Mohamed Ibrahim, Saad Makhseed, Mohamed H. Elnagdi, & Huda Mahmoud. (2012). 2-Aminothiophenes as building blocks in heterocyclic synthesis: Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of a new class of pyrido[1,2-a]thieno[3,2-e]pyrimidine, quinoline and pyridin-2-one derivatives. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52. 51–65. 55 indexed citations

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Behbehani, Haider, Hamada Mohamed Ibrahim, Saad Makhseed, & Huda Mahmoud. (2011). Applications of 2-arylhydrazononitriles in synthesis: Preparation of new indole containing 1,2,3-triazole, pyrazole and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives and evaluation of their antimicrobial activities. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 46(5). 1813–1820. 67 indexed citations

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Makhseed, Saad & Jacob Samuel. (2008). Hydrogen adsorption in microporous organic framework polymer. Chemical Communications. 4342–4342. 67 indexed citations

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McKeown, Neil B., Saad Makhseed, Kadhum J. Msayib, et al.. (2005). A Phthalocyanine Clathrate of Cubic Symmetry Containing Interconnected Solvent‐Filled Voids of Nanometer Dimensions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(46). 7546–7549. 56 indexed citations

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Budd, Peter M., Bader S. Ghanem, Saad Makhseed, et al.. (2004). Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): robust, solution-processable, organic nanoporous materials. Chemical Communications. 230–230. 1154 indexed citations breakdown →

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McKeown, Neil B., Saad Makhseed, & Peter M. Budd. (2002). Phthalocyanine-based nanoporous network polymers. Chemical Communications. 2780–2781. 166 indexed citations

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