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Book Chapters

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Green Manufacturing Utilising the Problematic Plastic Waste and the Future of Green Plastic', in Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Elsevier, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-15738-7.00044-1

Journal articles

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Current recycling innovations to utilize e-waste in sustainable green metal manufacturing', Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 382, pp. 20230239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0239

Sarkar M; Hossain R; Peng J; Sharma N; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Electrochemical Compatibility of Microzonal Carbon in Ion Uptake and Molecular Insights into Interphase Evolution for Next-Generation Li-Ion Batteries', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401977

Al Mahmood A; Syed SB; Hasan Z; Islam MB; Hossain R; Rahman S, 2024, 'Structural, morphological, optical, and antimicrobial study of Mikania micrantha (leaf) extract treated zinc doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles and antibacterial clothing applications', Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsurfi.2024.100303

Hasan MA; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Utilization of battery waste derived ZnO in the removal of dye from aqueous solution: A waste to wealth approach', Journal of Environmental Management, 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120461

Hossain R; Ghinangju BS; Biswal S; Schandl H; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Current technological options for recycling packaging waste: Challenges and opportunities in India', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wene.500

Sarkar M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Sustainable recovery and resynthesis of electroactive materials from spent Li-ion batteries to ensure material sustainability', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107292

Ghinangju B; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Unearthing waste resources: Nano-adsorbents from complex packaging waste for fluoride detoxification of water', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.20132

Sarkar M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Hard carbons from automotive shredder residue (ASR) as potential anode active material for sodium ion battery', Journal of Power Sources, 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233577

Anik Hasan M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Critical metals (Lithium and Zinc) recovery from battery waste, ores, brine, and steel dust: A review', Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 178, pp. 976 - 994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.08.069

Hossain R; Sarkar M; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Technological options and design evolution for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries: Impact, challenges, and opportunities', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wene.481

Sarkar M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Unravelling the properties of microzonal carbon from waste hard rubber by selective thermal transformation via conventional heating and microwave irradiation', Carbon, 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118274

Shanker R; Khan D; Hossain R; Islam MT; Locock K; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V; Schandl H; Dhodapkar R, 2023, 'Plastic waste recycling: existing Indian scenario and future opportunities', International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 20, pp. 5895 - 5912, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04079-x

Sahajwalla V; Hossain R, 2023, 'Rethinking circular economy for electronics, energy storage, and solar photovoltaics with long product life cycles', MRS Bulletin, 48, pp. 375 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/s43577-023-00519-2

Hassan K; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Recycled ZnO-fused macroporous 3D graphene oxide aerogel composites for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 105, pp. 7467 - 7478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.18697

Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Al Mahmood A; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Value-added fabrication of NiO-doped CuO nanoflakes from waste flexible printed circuit board for advanced photocatalytic application', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16614-4

Hossain R; Islam MT; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Full circle: Challenges and prospects for plastic waste management in Australia to achieve circular economy', Journal of Cleaner Production, 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133127

Islam MT; Huda N; Baumber A; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Waste battery disposal and recycling behavior: a study on the Australian perspective', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, pp. 58980 - 59001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19681-2

Hossain R; Hassan K; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Utilising problematic waste to detect toxic gas release in the environment: fabricating a NiO doped CuO nanoflake based ammonia sensor from e-waste', Nanoscale Advances, 4, pp. 4066 - 4079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1na00743b

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Microrecycled Co3O4from waste lithium-ion battery: Synthesis, characterisation and implication in environmental application', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.107858

Khayyam Nekouei R; Mofarah S; Hossein R; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Roles of experimental variables in optimised fabrication of microrecycled CuO-based photoelectrodes', Materials Today Sustainability, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100111

Hossain R; Islam MT; Shanker R; Khan D; Locock KES; Ghose A; Schandl H; Dhodapkar R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Plastic Waste Management in India: Challenges, Opportunities, and Roadmap for Circular Economy', Sustainability (Switzerland), 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084425

Hossain R; Al Mahmood A; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Facile Solution for Recycling Hazardous Flexible Plastic-Laminated Metal Packaging Waste to Produce Value-Added Metal Alloys', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9, pp. 16881 - 16895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04368

Hemati S; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Selective thermal transformation of automotive shredder residues into high-value nano silicon carbide', Nanomaterials, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11112781

Islam MT; Huda N; Baumber A; Shumon R; Zaman A; Ali F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'A global review of consumer behavior towards e-waste and implications for the circular economy', Journal of Cleaner Production, 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128297

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Molecular recycling: A key approach to tailor the waste recycling for high-value nano silicon carbide', Journal of Cleaner Production, 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128344

Hossain R; Al Mahmood A; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Recovering renewable carbon materials from automotive shredder residue (ASR) for micro-supercapacitor electrodes', Journal of Cleaner Production, 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127131

Hassan K; Hossain R; Farzana R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Microrecycled zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NP) recovered from spent Zn–C batteries for VOC detection using ZnO sensor', Analytica Chimica Acta, 1165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2021.338563

Rezaei M; Zarei-Hanzaki A; Anousheh AS; Abedi HR; Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Berto F, 2021, 'On the damage mechanisms during compressive dwell-fatigue of β-annealed Ti-6242S alloy', International Journal of Fatigue, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106158

Hossain R; Kumar U; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Selective thermal transformation of value added cobalt from spent lithium-ion batteries', Journal of Cleaner Production, 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126140

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Microrecycling of waste flexible printed circuit boards for in-situ generation of O- and N-doped activated carbon with outstanding supercapacitance performance', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105221

Mahmood AA; Hossain R; Bhattacharyya S; Privat K; Sahajwalla V; Al Mahmood MA, 2021, 'Rapid transformation of the metal-polymer laminated packaging materials into ceramic carbide reinforced Al-alloy', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167, pp. 105374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105374

Hassan K; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Novel microrecycled ZnO nanoparticles decorated macroporous 3D graphene hybrid aerogel for efficient detection of NO2 at room temperature', Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2020.129278

Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'In-situ O/N-heteroatom enriched activated carbon by sustainable thermal transformation of waste coffee grounds for supercapacitor material', Journal of Energy Storage, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.102113

Kumar R; Soam A; Hussain R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Carbon coated iron oxide (CC-IO) as high performance electrode material for supercapacitor applications', Journal of Energy Storage, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101737

Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Revealing the mechanism of extraordinary hardness without compensating the toughness in a low alloyed high carbon steel', Scientific Reports, 10, pp. 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55803-6

Al Mahmood A; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Al Mahmood MA, 2020, 'Investigation of the effect of laminated polymers in the metallic packaging materials on the recycling of aluminum by thermal disengagement technology (TDT)', Journal of Cleaner Production, 274, pp. 122541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122541

Al Mahmood A; Hossain R; Bhattacharyya S; Sahajwalla V; Al Mahmood MA, 2020, 'Recycling of polymer laminated aluminum packaging (PLAP) materials into carbonaceous metallic microparticles', Journal of Cleaner Production, 269, pp. 122157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122157

Sahajwalla V; Hossain R, 2020, 'The science of microrecycling: a review of selective synthesis of materials from electronic waste', Materials Today Sustainability, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2020.100040

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Material Microsurgery: Selective Synthesis of Materials via High-Temperature Chemistry for Microrecycling of Electronic Waste', ACS Omega, 5, pp. 17062 - 17070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c00485

Garole DJ; Hossain R; Garole VJ; Sahajwalla V; Nerkar J; Dubal DP, 2020, 'Recycle, Recover and Repurpose Strategy of Spent Li-ion Batteries and Catalysts: Current Status and Future Opportunities', ChemSusChem, 13, pp. 3079 - 3100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201903213

Babasafari Z; Pan AV; Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Du Toit M; Dippenaar R, 2020, 'Effects of austenizing temperature, cooling rate and isothermal temperature on overall phase transformation characteristics in high carbon steel', Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 9, pp. 15286 - 15297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.10.071

Haque E; Pahlevani F; Gorjizadeh N; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Thermal transformation of end-of-life latex to valuable materials', Journal of Composites Science, 4, pp. 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcs4040166

Handoko W; Anurag A; Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Privat K; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Effect of selective-precipitations process on the corrosion resistance and hardness of dual-phase high-carbon steel', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 15631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52228-z

Singla I; Kumar H; Pahlevani F; Handoko W; Cholake ST; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'From waste to surface modification of aluminum bronze using selective surface diffusion process', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 1559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38120-2

Al Mahmood A; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Al Mahmood MA, 2019, 'Microrecycling of the metal–polymer-laminated packaging materials via thermal disengagement technology', SN Applied Sciences, 1, pp. 1106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-1099-7

Handoko W; Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Stress-Induced Phase Transformation and Its Correlation with Corrosion Properties of Dual-Phase High Carbon Steel', Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 3, pp. 55 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmmp3030055

Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Cholake ST; Privat K; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Innovative Surface Engineering of High-Carbon Steel through Formation of Ceramic Surface and Diffused Subsurface Hybrid Layering', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, pp. 9228 - 9236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00051

Banerjee A; Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Zhu Q; Sahajwalla V; Prusty BG, 2019, 'Strain-rate-dependent deformation behaviour of high-carbon steel in compression: mechanical and structural characterisation', Journal of Materials Science, 54, pp. 6594 - 6607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-03301-x

Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel – Effect of post-tempering heat treatment', Materials Characterization, 149, pp. 239 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2019.01.034


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