Ain Uddin

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About Ain Uddin

Skilled organic synthetic and polymer chemist with 8+ years of research experience in design, synthesis and characterization of multi-steps organic small molecules and polymeric materials. To improve performances of the synthesized materials studied their structure-property relationships for DLP 3D printing additive, coating, adhesive, biotechnology, biomedical, flexible electronics and energy storage and conversion applications. Extensive experience in laboratory safety protocols and hazardous and toxic chemicals handling. • Design, synthesis and characterization of small and polymeric ionomer, zwitterionic small and polymeric electrolyte, polymeric electrolyte and membrane for Li-ion batteries and fuel cell batteries applications. • Development of cyclo-olefin and triazole-PBI based mechanically robust high temperature resistance polymer electrolyte membranes for anhydrous proton exchange membrane fuel cell applications. • Preparation of functionalizable fuel cell membranes based on poly(p-xylylenes) via chemical reduction of poly(p-phenylene vinylene)s. The polymeric materials have applications in membrane separators for electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies, including fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, and water electrolysis application. • Design, synthesis and characterization of fluorescent dyes, photoredox catalysts and photobases molecules. Study their photo-physical and photo-chemical properties to prepare coating, adhesive and 3D printing resins via photopolymerization for additive, biotechnologies and biomedical applications. • Development of new synthetic methods for novel twisted organic photoactive materials and optimization of catalyzed photopolymerization components to achieve the desired mechanical properties that allow for efficient formation of 3D printed objects with fine features of high resolution comparable to commercial resins resolution. • Spatially controlling the mechanical properties of polymeric objects with multi-material properties by photopolymerization. The stiffness and flexibility of polymers are conveniently controlled selectively by two different wavelengths photocuring and photodegradation process, respectively. • Synthesis and characterization of conjugated conductive rigid ladder molecules and electron accepting cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (CP-PAH) based small molecules and polymers as materials of interest for organic field effect transistors (OFET), organic photovoltaic (OPV) and organic light emitting diode (OLED) applications.