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Supercritical Fluid Technology for Materials Processing, Engineering and Biomedical Applications

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Aamir Hussain Bhat, Imran Khan, Showkat Ahmad Bhawani, Sami Ullah
  • Language: English

Supercritical Fluid Technology for Materials Processing, Engineering and Biomedical Applications provides a comprehensive review of the latest advances in this important research… Read more

Description

Supercritical Fluid Technology for Materials Processing, Engineering and Biomedical Applications provides a comprehensive review of the latest advances in this important research field.

The book covers all aspects including the processes involved, the physical and chemical characteristics of this kind of medium, together with their exceptional transport properties and their future potential for a whole range of applications in impregnation and cleaning, multistage counter current separation, biomedical, particle formation, coatings, and reactive systems such as hydrogenation, biomass gasification, and supercritical water oxidation. Furthermore, the book highlights supercritical fluid technology as an alternative method that operates under mild conditions and can take advantage of the tunable properties of the fluid phase.

The book will be a valuable reference source for academic and industrial researchers, as well as materials scientists and engineers working in the processing and engineering of supercritical fluids for a diverse range of industrial applications.

Key features

  • Discusses the role of supercritical fluid as an effective alternative solvent for many materials, in pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and for applications in nanomaterials synthesis and biomedical applications
  • Describes wide adoption of this technology not only due to its environmentally benign nature in various processes but also because of its economical character
  • Includes design requirements for technical components and for plants using SCF for various applications.
  • Contrasts supercritical production plants with other technical systems from the mechanical and control points of view

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, chemists, and engineers working in the processing and engineering of supercritical fluids for a diverse range of industrial applications, master’s, and PhD level studentsIndustries working on the design and manufacturing of supercritical fluids for a diverse range of materials and applications

Table of contents

1. Supercritical fluid extraction: principles and practice

2. Supercritical fluids in particle and crystal growth

3. Thermodynamic and transport properties of supercritical fluids

4. Supercritical fluid -CO2 assisted spray drying (aerosolization-based) methods

5. Supercritical fluids as an antisolvent

6. Supercritical fluids in composite development

7. Optimization and mathematical modeling of the supercritical fluid extraction

8. Supercritical fluids for extraction of oils

9. Supercritical fluids in coating industry

10. Supercritical fluids for the preparation of liposomes

11. Supercritical fluids in impregnation technology

12. Supercritical fluid chromatography and its application

13. Supercritical fluids for supramolecular complex preparation.

14. Supercritical water gasification

15. Use of supercritical fluids in the adsorption process

16. Supercritical fluids for material applications (food, fuel, natural products, minerals, pharmaceuticals, foam, porous materials, and polymer industries)

17. Supercritical fluids in thermodynamics and phase equilibria related to material processing.

18. Supercritical fluid reaction kinetics and rate processes related to material processing.

19. Supercritical fluids for the thermal and transport properties related to material processing.

20. Recycling polymer wastes using SC-CO2 technology

21. Biocompatible biodegradable polymers for drug release by supercritical Technology

22. Supercritical fluids in the synthesis of nanostructured materials

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Aamir Hussain Bhat

Dr. Aamir Hussain Bhat is a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, at the Higher College of Technology, Muscat, Oman. He received his Doctorate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. He has four years’ postdoctoral experience from the Universiti Sains Malaysia and around 5 years teaching experience as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at the Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia. His research interests include polymer bio-nanocomposites; nanofluids for oil well drilling applications; isolation and application of nanocellulosic materials; nanomaterial synthesis using top-down and bottom-up approaches, nanocoatings using geopolymers, and waste-water treatment using bio-sorbents. He has been the principal investigator for many government funded research projects such as the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) entitled “New Malaysian Green Nano fluid for drilling at high temperature and pressure”, YUTP grant on “Biopolymer blend of Poly (lactic acid) and Poly (hydroxybutyrate co- valerate) based nano-biocomposites reinforced with nanocrystalline cellulose with potential application in packaging” and Graphene Oxide Additives in Water Based Drilling Fluid for Enhanced Performance of Fluid Loss Control again funded by YUTP.
Affiliations and expertise
College of Applied Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Muscat, Oman

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Imran Khan

Dr. Imran Khan is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. Formerly, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Process and Product Applied Thermodynamics (PATh), in the associated laboratory CICECO (Center for Research in Ceramics & Composite Materials), Dept. of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal. His areas of research include solution chemistry, the thermophysical behavior of pure liquids and liquid mixtures with ionic liquids, surfactant and polymers, and extraction and separation using Ionic liquids. Dr. Khan has worked as a visiting scientist for three months in the Department of Chemistry, at the University of Delhi, India where he studied the effect of polymers on Ionic liquid solutions funded by FCT Portugal to expand collaboration between India and Portugal. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, from 2011 to 2013, he worked on the effect of fillers on pressure sensitive adhesives and published many research articles.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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Showkat Ahmad Bhawani

Showkat Ahmad Bhawani is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, UNIMAS Malaysia. He received his Ph D. in Applied Analytical Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, India. He is working on the synthesis of molecular imprinted polymers for removal/extraction of dyes, fungicides, and various natural products from environmental and biological samples. In addition to this, he is also working on the development of new test methods and determining standard conditions for analysis (separation, isolation, and determination) of various analytes from environmental and biological samples. He has published 3 books and 17 book chapters, and more than 50 papers in various journals. He is a life member of Asian polymer association and an editorial board member of several journals.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, UNIMAS Malaysia, Malaysia

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Sami Ullah

Dr Sami Ullah is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, at King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2008 from School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University, South Korea. He then joined as a postdoctoral research associate at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), South Korea, Pennsylvania State University, USA and Oklahoma University, USA. For the last 17 years, he has been involved in hydrogen storage studies of nanocrystalline metal and metal-CNT composites; complex metal hydrides and their composites for hydrogen storage applications; hydrogen and CO2 trapping in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and catalyst/MOFs composites; CNT functionalization and applications; ferrites and their composites synthesis and applications. He has more than 47 publications in high impact factor international journals. Furthermore, he has been a reviewer for more than 15 international journals including the Journal of Physical Chemistry, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Nanomaterials etc. His current research interests are focused on the development of Novel metallic organic frameworks (MOFs) for CO2 capture; synthesis, characterization, and energy storage of nanomaterials, highly porous materials, and composites; application of ferrites.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia