Carbon and Advanced Porous Materials Research Group and Inorganic/Computational Chemistry Research Group

Carbon and Advanced Porous Materials Research Group and Inorganic/Computational Chemistry Research Group

 

Name of the Group:  Carbon and Advanced Porous Materials Research Group (CAMReG)

 

Main Research Focus of the RG: Synthesis, Characterization and Computational/Simulation Studies of Carbonaceous materials, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), Hydrogen-bonded Organic Frameworks (HOFs) and other Advanced Porous Materials (APMs), and their applications in gas separation and storage by adsorption, with special focus in carbon dioxide (CO2) capture.

 

Title of most recent research project: Development of Advanced Adsorbents for CO2 Capture Applications.

 

Other current or completed research projects:

  • Synthesis, Characterization and In Silico Studies of Novel Schiff Bases Derived from Organosilanes
  • Utilization of Biochar as organic fertilizer for Seedling growth of Zea mays (Maize)
  • Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Biological and DFT Studies of 2,4,6-Tris(4-Carboxyphenylimino-41-Formylphenoxy)-1,3,5-Triazine and its Trinuclear Dy(III) and Er(III) Salen Capped Complexes
  • Crystal, Spectroscopic and Quantum mechanics studies of Schiff Bases Derived from 4-nitrocinnamaldehyde
  • Structural, Antimicrobial and in Silico Studies of Some Schiff Bases of Trans-paramethoxycinnamaldehyde Derivatives
  • Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Studies of Trinuclear Ce(IV) Salen Capped Complex with 5-amino-2,4,6-tris(4-carboxybenzimino)-1,3-pyrimidine
  • Evaluation of some amino benzoic acid and 4-aminoantipyrine derived Schiff bases as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic medium: Synthesis, experimental and computational studies.

 

Name of the Coordinator: Prof. Nnamdi L. Obasi

UNN email address of the RG:

UNN email address of the coordinator: nnamdi.obasi@unn.edu.ng

Current UNN webpage of the RG:

Phone number of the RG: 08037717717

Phone number of the Coordinator: 08037717717

Base Faculty/Institute/Center of the RG: Physical Sciences

Department of the Coordinator: Pure and Industrial Chemistry

 

Headshot of the coordinator:

 

List and brief profiles of members (one paragraph per member) with their UNN website url to their detailed CVs (hyperlinks are OK): http://www.unn.edu.ng/internals/staff/viewProfile/MjY5Ng–

  • Nnamdi L. Obasi: He holds an MSc in Inorganic Chemistry (2004) and a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry (2011), all from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He graduated in 1999 winning an Award for his performance at the bachelor degree level, as the best graduating student in the Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry. Prof. Obasi received the Elsevier Reviewer Recognition Award in 2013, 2018 and 2019. He has served as a Chairman and or Member, National Universities Commission (NUC) Accreditation Panel for Undergraduate Programmes at the several Federal, State and Private Universities, and Affiliate programmes since 2017 to date. He was a Panelist at NEST-FUNAI Pre-Conference Seminar, Federal University, Ndifu-Aleke, Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State (2016), and a guest speaker at the maiden Conference of the School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai, Taraba State (2018). Prof. Obasi was a recipient of the UNN Vice Chancellor’s financial award of academic excellence in 2018 for his publications in Thompson Reuters high impact factor Journals. He has also received two patents from the Federal Government of Nigeria for sets of novel compounds his team has synthesized. He has served as External Examiner at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State; Renaissance University, Enugu State; Vaal University of Technology, South Africa, and Moderator (M. Tech-Chemistry): Vaal University of Technology, South Africa. He has served as External Assessor for Professorial Cadres in several Federal, State and Private Universities in Nigeria. Prof. Obasi is a regular reviewer for high impact journals in the field of chemistry. He has served, and still serving the Department, Faculty of Physical Sciences, and the University of Nigeria in various Boards and committees either as a member or Chairman. He has published over 44 articles in both local and international peer-reviewed Journals with high impact factor. He has participated in some sponsored international and national conferences within and outside country where he presented over 32 research papers. Prof. Obasi is a member of the following professional bodies: Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON); Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN) and New York Academy of Science (NYAS) and currently the Vice Chairman, Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN), Enugu Chapter

 

  • Marta G. Plaza (External collaborator from Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR), CSIC, Oviedo, Spain)

 

  • E. N. Dim (Department of Science Laboratory Technology, UNN): Dim, Ebubechukwu Nnamdi obtained a BSc (Hons) and MSc. (Inorganic Chemistry) from the department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He joined the services of the University in 2017 as an Assistant lecturer and currently a Lecturer 1 at the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Nigeria Nsukka.

 

  • Onyinye Ononuju (Federal University Technology, Owerri )

 

Members Google Scholar Citation links

Prof. Nnamdi L. Obasi: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LVQMv0UAAAAJ&hl=en

Members Research gate links: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Obasi-Nnamdi

 

10 key publications of the RG from 2019 till date:

  • N. Obasi, J. C. Ezeorah, V. Ossai, J. Ayogu, U. S. Oruma, A. Ibezim, L. Rhyman, M. Lutter, K. Jurkschat, N. Dege and P. Ramasami; (2019): Structural, computational and in silico studies of Schiff bases derived from 2,3-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and molecular structure of their zwitterionic forms, J. Mol. Struc., 1188, 69-75. DOI/10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.03.081
  • G. Okenwa-Ani, L. N. Obasi, A. E. Ochonogor and J. N. Ihedioha; (2019): Heavy Metals Levels in Plastics Housing of Televisions: Is there a changing trend across three decades (1980-2000)?, Iranian Journal of Toxicology, 13(3), 27-32.
  • Dege, N., Ersanli, C. C. and L. N. (2019): Density Functional Theory Computations of (E)-4-((furan-2-ylmethylene)amino)-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3(2H)-one. Proceedings of the 8th International Vocational Schools Symposium, UMYOS’19 SİNOP, Turkey, 11-13 June, 2019. Pp. 18-24.
  • Ossai, P. O. Ayogu, C. B. Laraps, O. U. Okenyeka, J. C. Ezeorah, N. Dege, A. Ibezim, M. Lutter, K. Jurkschat and N. L. Obasi; (2020): Crystal Structural and In silico Studies of Schiff bases derived from 4-aminoantipyrine, Solid State Sciences, 106, 106293, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2020.106293
  • Nnamdi C. Okey, Nnamdi L. Obasi, Paul M. Ejikeme, Derek T. Ndinteh, Ponnadurai Ramasami, El-Sayed M. Sherif, Ekemini D. Akpan and Eno E. Ebenso; (2020): Evaluation of some amino benzoic acid and 4-aminoantipyrine derived Schiff bases as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic medium: Synthesis, experimental and computational studies, Mol. Liquids, 315, 113773, DOI:10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113773
  • S. Oruma, P. O. Ukoha and N. L. Obasi; (2020): Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Studies of Trinuclear Ce(IV) Salen Capped Complex with 5-amino-2,4,6-tris(4-carboxybenzimino)-1,3-pyrimidine, Communications in Physical Sciences, 5(3), 403-417.
  • U. Kaior N. J. Nwodo,  U. S. Oruma,  A. Ibezim, A. E. Ochonogor, K. K. Onyia and N. L. Obasi; (2020): Structural, Antimicrobial and in Silico Studies of Some Schiff Bases of Trans-paramethoxycinnamaldehyde Derivatives, Communications in Physical Sciences, 5(4), 544-566.
  • E. Ani, C. U. Ibeji, N. L. Obasi, M.T. Kelani, K. Ukogu, G. F. Tolufashe, S. A. Ogundare, O. E. Oyeneyin, G. E. M. Maguire and H. G. Kruger; (2021): Crystal, Spectroscopic and Quantum mechanics studies of Schiff Bases Derived from 4-nitrocinnamaldehyde, Scientific Reports, 11(1), 8151, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87370-0
  • U. Ibeji, K. Ukogu, M. T. Kelani, N. L. Obasi, F. E. Ani, S. A. Ogundare, G. E. M. Maguire and H. G. Kruger; (2022): Synthesis, Crystal structure, Photoluminescence Properties and Quantum mechanics Studies of Two Schiff Bases of 2-amino-p-cresol, J. Mol. Struc., 1262, 133046, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133046.
  • J. Opara, P. O. Ukoha, N. L. Obasi, N. R. Ekere; (2022): Utilization of Biochar as organic fertilizer for Seedling growth of Zea mays (Maize), International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology, 7(4), 287-293. DOI:10.22161/ijeab.74.30

 

List of patents/exhibitions/shows/productions, etc from 2019 till date:

  1. U. S. Oruma, P. O. Ukoha and L. N. Obasi (2018): Synthesis of a Tripodal Schiff Base containing Pyrimidine Unit and its Gd(III) Salen Capped Complex, Nigerian Patent No: NG/P/2018/134.
  2. L. N. Obasi, U. S. Oruma, G. U. Kaior, and A. Ibezim (2018): Synthesis of Some Schiff Bases of Trans-para-methoxycinnamaldehyde Derivatives, Nigerian Patent No: NG/P/2018/269.