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Prof. Farook Adam
B. Sc. (with Education) (USM) 1981
M.Sc. (USM) 1992
D.Phil. ( Sussex ) 1998

E-mail : farook@usm.my
Telephone (office): (604)-6533888 ext 3567
Facsimile: (604)-6574854

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1. M. I. Saleh, F. Adam and I. Ab. Rahman, “Production and characterization of rice husk ash as a source of pure silica”, Seramik Nusantara, Ed. by Radzali Othman. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (1990) 261-273.

2. M. I. Saleh and F. Adam, “The removal of FFA and adsorption studies of fatty acids on rice husk ash”, Surface Science and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Ed. by Mohd. Ridzuan Nordin, Liew Kong Yong and Zainal Abidin Ahmad. Universiti Sains Malaysia, (1996) 97-109.

3. M. I. Saleh and F. Adam, “Adsorption isotherm studies of fatty acids on rice hull ash in a model system”, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 71(1994)1363-1366.

4. F. Adam, C. Eaborn, P. B. Hitchcock and J. D. Smith, “The novel linear polymeric organolithium compound {(Me2NMe2Si)3CLi}?”, Chem. Commun., (1996)741-742.

5. C. Eaborn, F. Adam, P. B. Hitchcock and J. D. Smith, “Tris[(dimethylaminodimethylsilyl)methyl]magnesium iodide. A Grignard reagent without a carbon-metal bond?”, Organometallics, 16(1997)503-504.

6. C. Eaborn, F. Adam, P. B. Hitchcock and J. D. Smith, “catena-Poly{[(1,4-dioxane-O1)iodolithium]-?-(1,4-dioxane-O1:O4)}”, Acta Crystalographica, C53(1997)1387-1388.

7. C. Eaborn, A. Farook, P. B. Hitchcock and J. D. Smith, “A novel zwitterionic species containing an Al(III) cation and a planar carbanion. Crystal structure of [Et3AlNMe2SiMe2C(SiMe2NMe2)2AlEt2].C6H6”, Organometallics, 17(1998)3135-3137.

8. S. S. Al-Juaid, C. Eaborn, S. El-Hamruni, A. Farook, P. B. Hitchcock, M. Hopman, J. D. Smith, W. Clegg, K. Izod and P. O’Shaughnessy, “Tris(triorganosilyl)methyl derivatives of potassium and lithium bearing dimethylamino or methoxy substituents at silicon. Crystal structures of KC(SiMe3)2(SiMe2NMe2), KC(SiMe2NMe2)3 and [LiC(SiMe3)(SiMe2OMe)2]2”, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., (1999)3267-3273.

9. F. Adam and S. Ravendran, “Saturated fatty acid adsorption by acidified rice hull ash”, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 77(2000)437-440.

10. C. A. Morrison, D. W. H. Rankin, H. E. Robertson, C. Eaborn, A. Farook, P. B. Hitchcock and J. D. Smith, “Conformational control by halogen substitution and by crystallisation: a study of the molecular structures of CH(SiMe2H)3 and CH(SiMe2Br)3 by gas-phase electron diffraction, and ab initio molecular orbital calculations”, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., (2000)4312-4322.

11. Chew Hee Ng, Thiam Seong Chong, Siang Guan Teoh, Farook Adam and Seik Weng Ng. “Reactions of a series of bis(?-amino acidato)copper(II) complexes with formaldehyde and benzamide: aldo-type condensation vesus Mannich aminomethylation”, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., (2002)3361-3366.

12. F. Adam and J.H. Chua, “The adsorption of palmytic acid on rice husk ash chemically modified with Al(III) ion using the sol-gel technique”. J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 280 (2004) 55-61.

13. F. Adam, K. Kandasamy and S. Balakrishnan, “Iron incorporated heterogeneous catalyst from rice husk ash”. J. Colloid and Interface Sci., 304 (2006) 137 – 143.

14. F. Adam and L.M. Sia, “The synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of siliver-silica composite from rice husk with narrow nano sized pores”. Bulletin Kimia, 5 (2006) 6 – 7.

15. F. Adam, S. Balakrishna and P.L. Wong, “Rice husk ash silica as support material for ruthenium based heterogeneous catalyst”. J. Physical Sci., 17(2) (2006) 1 – 13.

16. F. Adam and A.E. Ahmed, “Indium incorporated silica from rice husk and its catalytic activity”. Micro. Meso. Material., 103 (2007) 284.

17. F. Adam and J. Andas, “Amino benzoic acid modified silica – an improved catalyst for the mono substituted product in the benzylation of toluene with benzyl chloride”. J. Colloid and Inter. Sci., 311 (2007) 135.

18. F. Adam, A.E. Ahmed and L.M. Sia, “Silver modified porous silica from rice husk and its catalytic potential”. J. Porous Material, 15 (2008) 433 – 444.

19. F. Adam, I.A. Hassan, M.M. Rosli and H.K. Fun, “Diaquabis(saccharinato-?N)copper(II)”. Acta Cryst. (2007) E63, m2600.


20. F. Adam and L.F. Cheah, “Chromium modified silica from rice husk as an oxidative catalyst”. J. Porous Mater, 16 (2008) 291 - 298.

21. F. Adam and I.A. Sugiarmawan, “A porous ruthenium silica catalyst modified with amino benzoic acid for the aerobic oxidation of butanol with oxygen". J. Porous Mater, 16 (2008) 321 - 329.

22. F. Adam, A.E. Ahmed, “The benzylation of benzene using aluminium, gallium and iron incorporated silica from rice husk ash”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2008), 118 (2009) 35 – 43.

23. F. Adam, A.E. Ahmed, “The benzylation of xylenes using heterogeneous
catalysts from rice husk ash silica modified with gallium, indium and iron” , Chem. Eng. J. 145 (2008) 328 – 334.

24. F. Adam, H. Osman and K.M. Hello, “The immobilization of 3-(chloropropyl)triethoxysilane onto silica by a simple one-pot synthesis”. J. Colloid and Inter. Sci., 331 (2009) 143 - 147.

25. F. Adam, P. Retnam and A. Iqbal, “The complete conversion of cyclohexane into cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone by a simple silica-chromium heterogeneous catalyst”. App. Cat. A: General, 357 (2009) 93 – 99.

26. F. Adam, K.M. Hello and H. Osman, “Esterification via saccharine mediated silica solid catalyst” Appl. Cat. A: General, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2009.06.013.


 

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