M. Ishaque Khan, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryAssociate Dean, College of Sciences and Letters
Director, Materials and Chemical Synthesis Program
Office: 390 - Life Sciences Building, Suite 125 - Engineering 1
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Phone: 312.567.3431
Fax: 312.567.3494
Email:
khan@iit.edu
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Expertise
Education
- Ph.D. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
Expertise
Nanoscience and nanotechnology; materials design and synthesis; industrial catalysis; chemical sensing; pollution control; energy storage. Higher education curriculum development: Technology based distant education programs; Professional Science Degree Programs.
Education
Ph.D. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Research
Professor Khan leads world class research and innovative teaching programs. His research program is concerned with design, synthesis, and property studies of new generation, high-performance advanced materials. Currently, the focus is on nanomaterials for applications in chemical sensing, energy storage, and biomedical usage, and nanostructured catalysts for detection and removal of toxic gases from industrial exhaust and flue gas streams, selective oxidation (hydrocarbons' transformation into useful industrial feed-stocks), and hydrotreating catalysis.
He pioneered the Professional Science Master's Program in Materials and Chemical Synthesis-- the first such program that combines modern materials' design and synthesis strategies with innovative characterization techniques, computational & simulation methods, environmental regulations, project management, technical communication, and intellectual property management. This multi-media technology-based graduate program fills a major gap in the higher education curriculum and is viewed internationally as a model program.
His research work has been published in 73 research papers in refereed top tier international journals, expert chapters and review articles in 5 monographs, and 3 US Patents. The work has been highlighted in Science, Science News, and Chemical and Engineering News. It has also been incorporated in premier chemistry text books. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Department of Defense, Argonne National Laboratory, IIT, IIT Research Institute, and Industry.
Current Projects
Design and synthesis, characterization, and property studies of new generation, advanced materials of fundamental and current technological, environmental, and biomedical interests. Focus is on nanoscale science and nanotechnology with emphasis on fabrication of novel nanostructured materials with desirable (catalytic, sorptive, electronic, and magnetic) properties controllable at the molecular level. Major interest lies in zeolitic and porous materials, inorganic-organic hybrids and nanocomposites, and metal oxide based systems for applications in industrial catalysis (deNOx, selective oxidation, and hydrotreating catalysis), biochemical and chemical sensing, energy storage, pollution control, drug delivery and biomedical applications. We use modern materials design and synthetic methods and a variety of materials characterization techniques such as spectroscopic and microscopic methods, x-ray crystallography, neutron diffraction and scattering, and synchrotron radiation based techniques. Excellent collaboration exists with many research universities, national laboratories, and major industries around the world.
Awards/Honors
- National Scholarship
- German Academic Exchange Fellowship
- Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship
- Member, Editorial Board, Research Letters in Inorganic Chemistry
- Member, International Advisory Board, Arabian Journal of Chemistry
- Invited, Keynote, and Plenary Speaker to over 75 international and national conferences, National Laboratories, Industries, and prominent Universities and Research & Development Centers around the World.
- Organizer & Program Chair of ten international & national conferences, symposia, and workshops.
Patents
Three US Patents
Books
Expert Chapters in the following Monographs:
- Polyoxometalate Chemistry for Nano-Composite Design, Kluwer Academic: New York, 2002.
- Polyoxometalate Chemistry. From Topology via Self-Assembly to Applications, Kluwer Academic: Dordrecht, 2001.
- Progress in Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1996.
- Early Transition Metal Clusters with P-Donor Ligands, VCH: New York, 1995.
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
(From a list of 73 refereed international journal papers and 3 patents):
- M. I. Khan, E. Yohannes, V. O. Golub, C. J. O'Connor, R. J. Doedens, "Mixed-Valence and Neutral Framework Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Magnetic Properties of [{Co(N(CH)4N)}(V2O5)2] and [{Co(N(CH)4N)}V2O6]", Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 4890-95.
- M. I. Khan, S. Tabussum, C. Marshall, M. Neyleon, "Catalytic deNOx properties of novel vanadium oxide based open framework materials", Catalysis Letters. 2006, 112, 1-12.
- M. I. Khan, S. Deb, R. J. Doedens, "A new inorganic-organic hybrid material containing neutral three-dimensional open framework: Synthesis and characterization of [{Co2(4,4'-tmdp)4}V4O 12]", Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2006, 9, 25-28.
- M. I. Khan, E. Yohannes, R. J. Doedens, V. O. Golub, C. J. O'Connor, "Templated synthesis of a chiral solid: Synthesis and characterization of {Co(H2N(CH2)2NH2) 3}[V3O9].H2O, containing a new type of chiral vanadium oxide chain", Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2005, 8, 841-845.
- M. I. Khan, S. Ayesh, R. J. Doedens, M. Yu, C. J. O'Connor, "Synthesis and characterization of a polyoxovanadate cluster representing a new topology", Chem. Commun. 2005, 4658-4660.
- M. I. Khan, S. Tabussum, R. J. Doedens, V. O. Golub, C. J. O'Connor, "Functionalized Metal Oxide Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, Crystal Structures, and Magnetic Properties of a Novel Series of Fully Reduced Heteropolyoxovanadium Cationic Clusters Decorated with Organic Ligands- [MV6O6{(OCH2CH2) 2N(CH2CH2OH)}6]X", Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 5850-5859
- M. I. Khan, E. Yohannes, R. J. Doedens, "A Novel Series of Materials Composed of Arrays of Vanadium Oxide Container Molecules- {V18O42(X)} (X = H2O, Cl-, Br-): Synthesis and Characterization of [M2(en)5][{M(en)2}2V 18O42(X)].9H2O (M=Zn, Cd)", Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 3125-3129.
- M. I. Khan, S. Cevik, R. J. Doedens, "Composite Materials Derived From Oxovanadium Sulfates", In Polyoxometalate Chemistry for Nano-Composite Design T. Yamase and M. T. Pope; Ed., Kluwer Academic: New York, 2002.pp 27-38.
- M. I. Khan, "Novel Extended Solids Composed of Transition Metal Oxide Cluster", J. Solid State Chem. 2000, 152, 105. (For highlights of this work see perspective articles "The Simplicity of Complexity- Rational Design of Giant Pores". Science, February 9, 2001, 291,994-995. "Living Through Holey Chemistry". Science News, June 23, 2001, 59, p. 398-402.)
Professional Society Memberships
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Chemical Society
- American Ceramic Society
- North American Catalysis Society
- Chicago Catalysis Club
- Sigma Chi
