Roya Maboudian (Advisor)

Research Advised by Professor Roya Maboudian

Maboudian Group:  List of Projects | List of Researchers

BPNX1041: Enhanced Hydrogen Detection in MOX-Based Gas Sensor via Amphiphilic Copolymer Blending

YoungJun Kim
Yaprak Ozbakir
Tzu-Chiao Wei
Carlo Carraro
2025

Chemiresistive hydrogen sensors employing metal oxides (MOX) are known for their high sensitivity, ease of fabrication, and cost-effectiveness. However, the poor dispersion of the MOX nanomaterials on the sensing platform can degrade the gas-sensing performance of films prepared using the drop-casting method. In this research, we have synthesized an amphiphilic copolymer, poly(tetrafluoro propyl methacrylate)-co-poly(oxyethylene methacrylate) (PTPO), using a facile free-radical polymerization technique. The PTPO copolymer serves as a surfactant, significantly enhancing the dispersion of...

BPN995: Growth of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Crystals under Microgravity and their Prospects for Chemical Sensing

YoungJun Kim
Yaprak Ozbakir
HyoJun Min
Carlo Carraro
Liam McDonough
Sai Munagavalasa
Pat Taedullayasatit
2025

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous, high surface area materials that consist of metal-cluster nodes connected by organic linkers to form highly ordered structures with various pore geometries and chemical properties. Due to their unique and tunable structure, MOFs have shown substantial promise in a broad range of applications, including chemical sensing, gas adsorption and separation, and catalysis. To investigate the intrinsic properties of MOFs for their sensing performance, single crystals are ideal platforms that mitigate the impact of defects, impurities, and grain...

Yaprak Ozbakir

Postdoctoral Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)
PostDoc 2022 to present

BSAC Spring 2023 Research Review Presenter

BSAC Spring 2025 Research Review Presenter

Jihoon Chung

Visiting Scholar Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)

HyoJun Min

Graduate Student Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)
Visiting Scholar 2024

Zhou Li

Visiting Scholar Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2022 (Visiting Scholar)

Zhou Li is a PhD candidate in University of Science and Technology of China. He received his bachelor’s degree from Central South University in 2014 and joined Professor Roya Maboudian’s lab at the University of California, Berkeley in 2019 as a visiting graduate student. His current research interest is synthesis of functional nanostructured metal oxides and related composites for gas sensing.

Sikai Zhao

Visiting Scholar Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)
Visiting Scholar 2021

Single Atom Catalysts for Low Temperature Gas Sensing

Yaprak Ozbakir
2025
Spring 2025 BSAC Research Review Presentation View Slides Project: BPNX1040 - Professor Roya Maboudian Group

Synergistic Effects of Pd Single Atoms and Nanoclusters Boosting SnO2 Gas Sensing Performance

Yaprak Ozbakir
Yong Xia
Aifei Pan
Jiyun Hong
Jorge E. Perez-Aguilar
Simon R. Bare
Francesca Rossi
Rohan Dhall
Afnan Ali Alghannam
Nishit Goel
Stephen Bart
Carlo Carraro
Roya Maboudian
2025

Tin (IV) oxide-supported Pd is a promising heterogenous catalyst for CO oxidation relevant for environmental cleanup reactions. In this study, atomically dispersed catalyst Pd on SnO2 (ADC Pd/SnO2) hybrid material is successfully synthesized via a straightforward wet chemistry method and is found to exhibit superior performance toward CO sensing. Ex-situ EXAFS analysis confirms the formation of single Pd atoms and small Pd nanoclusters stabilized on the SnO2(110) surface. The material exhibits high efficiency in generating adsorbed O2– as well as high activity in catalyzing CO oxidation at...

Tzu-Chiao Wei

Postdoctoral Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)

BSAC Fall 2024 Research Review Presenter