Dr Syed A Ashraf

Qualifications:
Msc Chemistry (University of Salford, UK).
PhD Chemistry (UoW)

Research interests:
Synthesis and characterization of monomers and their corresponding polymers (including conductive polymers) such as pyrrole, aniline and thiophene. Synthesis of novel organic chiral (handed) compounds and their polymerization to yield chiral polyelectrolytes or chiral hydrogels. Development of large-scale process for the synthesis of monomers and resulting conducting polymers such as polyaniline and polypyrrole. Synthesis of ionic liquids.

Memberships:
RACI

Key publications:
Photoreactions of 2-(N-Alkylarylamino) succinimides and related compounds. Syed. Ashraf, John Hill, Ahmad M. Hamedi and Hafiza Zerizer. Tetrahedron Vol. 48, PP. 6747-6757. 1992.

Separation of small molecules in the presence of proteins, using conducting polymer in stationary phases. H. Ge, K.J.Gilmore, S.A. Ashraf, C.O. Too and G.G. Wallace. Journal of Liquid Chromatography 16 (1), 95-108 (1993).

Chemical Polymerization of 3-methylpyrrole-4-Carboxylic acid. Hailin.Ge, Kerry J. Gilmore, Syed. Ashraf, Chee.O. Too and G.G. Wallace. Polymer, 1993 Volume 34 Number 9, 2007-2010. 1993 Volume 34 Number 9, 2007-2010.

“Factors Controlling the Induction of Optical Activity in Chiral Polyaniline”, S.A. Ashraf, L.A.P. Kane-Maguire, I. Norris and G.G. Wallace, Synthetic Metals, 84 (1997) 115-116.

Synthesis and Polymerization of Chiral Acrylamidosulfonic acids. Syed A. Ashraf, Leon A. P. Kane-Maguire, Stephen G. Pyne and Gordon G. Wallace, Macromolecules. Vol. 31, No. 25, (1998) 8737-8743

email: syed_ashraf@uow.edu.au
phone: +61 (02) 42 215209
fax: +61 (02) 4221 3114
office : AIIM

Last reviewed: 21 November, 2006