Synthesis of polyazole and other heterocyclic polymers with functional groups, Surface modification of membranes, Synthesis of crosslinking polymers for solvent organic resistance membranes
Selected Publications
Crosslinked copolyazoles with a zwitterionic structure for organic solvent resistant membranes
S. Chisca, P. H. H. Duong, A. –H. Emwas, R. Sougrat, S. P. Nunes
Polym. Chem., 6, 543–554 (2015)
Hydroxyl functionalized polytriazole-co-polyoxadiazole as substrates for forward osmosis membranes
P. H. H. Duong, S. Chisca, P. Y. Hong, H. Cheng, S. P. Nunes, T. S. Chung
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 7, 3960−3973, (2015)
Synthesis and thermal, mechanical and gas permeation properties of aromatic polyimides containing different linkage groups
I.Sava, S. Chisca, A. Wolinska-Grabczyk, A. Jankowski, M. Sava, E. Grabiec, M. Bruma
Polym. Int., 64, 154–164, (2015)
Morphological and rheological insights on polyimide chain entanglements for electrospinning produced fibers
S. Chisca, A. I. Barzic, I. Sava, N. Olaru, M. Bruma
J. Phys. Chem. B, 116, 9082−9088 (2012)
Education
Ph.D., Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania, 2012
M.Sc., Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Chemistry, Iasi, Romania, 2009
B.Sc., Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Chemistry, Iasi, Romania, 2007
Professional Profile
2013 – present Postdoctoral Fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2012 – 2013 Research assistant, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania
KAUST Affiliations
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE)
