Sami Khan

Industrial and research interests

• Surface and interfacial engineering
• Wettability and surface chemistry
• (Electro)catalytic conversion of CO2 and N2
• Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
• Coatings that resist scale, fouling, corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement
• Technoeconomic assessments for feasibility of energy technologies, energy and critical materials policy

Teaching interests

• Engineering Materials
• Interfacial Phenomena and Wetting
• Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
• Chemical Thermodynamics
• Electrochemical Energy Systems

Selected recent publications

• Khan, S., Hwang J., Shao-Horn Y., and Varanasi, K.K., 2021. Catalyst-proximal plastrons enhance activity and selectivity of carbon dioxide electroreduction. Cell Reports Physical Science, 100318, doi: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100318
• Khan, S. and Varanasi, K.K., 2020. Designing Lubricant-Impregnated Surfaces for Corrosion Protection. CORROSION. 
• Khan, S., Azimi, G., Paxson, A.T. and Varanasi, K.K., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. Hydrophobic materials incorporating rare earth elements and methods of manufacture. U.S. Patent: US20190177233A1. Issued June, 2019
• McBride, S.A., Dash, S., Khan, S. and Varanasi, K.K., 2019. Evaporative Crystallization of Spirals. Langmuir, 35(32), pp.10484-10490.
• Girard, H.L., Khan, S. and Varanasi, K.K., 2018. Multilevel robustness. Nature materials, 17(4), pp.298-300.
• Khan, S., Azimi, G., Yildiz, B. and Varanasi, K.K., 2015. Role of surface oxygen-to-metal ratio on the wettability of rare-earth oxides. Applied Physics Letters, 106(6), p.061601.
• Azadi, P., Khan, S., Strobel, F., Azadi, F. and Farnood, R., 2012. Hydrogen production from cellulose, lignin, bark and model carbohydrates in supercritical water using nickel and ruthenium catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 117, pp.330-338.