Zineb Mekhalif

Prof. Zineb Mekhalif


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Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 February 2020 in Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
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SKSunita Kumari
Sunita Kumari
AKAfaq Ahmad Khan
Afaq Ahmad Khan
ACArif Chowdhury
Arif Chowdhury
ABArvind K. Bhakta
Arvind K. Bhakta
ZMZineb Mekhalif
Zineb Mekhalif
SHSahid Hussain
Sahid Hussain

21 January 2020 in Sensors
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MLMomath Lo
Momath Lo
MSMahamadou Seydou
Mahamadou Seydou
ABAsma Bensghaïer
Asma Bensghaïer
RPRémy Pires
Rémy Pires
DGDiariatou Gningue-Sall
Diariatou Gningue-Sall
MOHAMED M. CHEHIMIMOHAMED M. CHEHIMI
MOHAMED M. CHEHIMI
Highly sensitive multicomponent materials designed for the recognition of hazardous compounds request control over interfacial chemistry. The latter is a key parameter in the construction of the sensing (macro) molecular architectures. In this work, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were deposited on diazonium-modified, flexible indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes prior to the electropolymerization of pyrrole. This three-step process, including diazonium electroreduction, the deposition of CNTs and electropolymerization, provided adhesively-bonded, polypyrrole-wrapped CNT composite coatings on aminophenyl-modified flexible ITO sheets. The aminophenyl (AP) groups were attached to ITO by electroreduction of the in-situ generated aminobenzenediazonium compound in aqueous, acidic medium. For the first time, polypyrrole (PPy) was electrodeposited in the presence of both benzenesulfonic acid (dopant) and ethylene glycol-bis(2-aminoethylether)-tetraacetic acid (EGTA), which acts as a chelator. The flexible electrodes were characterized by XPS, Raman and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), which provided strong supporting evidence for the wrapping of CNTs by the electrodeposited PPy. Indeed, the CNT average diameter increased from 18 ± 2.6 nm to 27 ± 4.8, 35.6 ± 5.9 and 175 ± 20.1 after 1, 5 and 10 of electropolymerization of pyrrole, respectively. The PPy/CNT/NH2-ITO films generated by this strategy exhibit significantly improved stability and higher conductivity compared to a similar PPy coating without any embedded CNTs, as assessed by from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. The potentiometric response was linear in the 10−8–3 × 10−7 mol L−1 Pb(II) concentration range, and the detection limit was 2.9 × 10−9 mol L−1 at S/N = 3. The EGTA was found to drastically improve selectivity for Pb(II) over Cu(II). To account for this improvement, the density functional theory (DFT) was employed to calculate the EGTA–metal ion interaction energy, which was found to be −374.6 and −116.4 kJ/mol for Pb(II) and Cu(II), respectively, considering solvation effects. This work demonstrates the power of a subtle combination of diazonium coupling agent, CNTs, chelators and conductive polymers to design high-performance electrochemical sensors for environmental applications.

20 August 2018 in Journal of Materials Science
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ABArvind K. Bhakta
Arvind K. Bhakta
SKSunita Kumari
Sunita Kumari
SHSahid Hussain
Sahid Hussain
PMPraveen Martis
Praveen Martis
RMRonald J. Mascarenhas
Ronald J. Mascarenhas
ZMZineb Mekhalif
Zineb Mekhalif

7 June 2018 in ACS Applied Nano Materials
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SMStella Mathioudaki
Stella Mathioudaki
BBBastien Barthélémy
Bastien Barthélémy
SDSimon Detriche
Simon Detriche
CVCédric Vandenabeele
Cédric Vandenabeele
JDJoseph Delhalle
Joseph Delhalle
SLStéphane Lucas
Stéphane Lucas

21 September 2022 in Chemical Engineering Research and Design
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ABArvind K. Bhakta
Arvind K. Bhakta
Roberto FiorenzaRoberto Fiorenza
Roberto Fiorenza
khouloud jlassikhouloud jlassi
khouloud jlassi
ZMZineb Mekhalif
Zineb Mekhalif
AAAboubakr M. Abdullah Ali
Aboubakr M. Abdullah Ali
MOHAMED M. CHEHIMIMOHAMED M. CHEHIMI
MOHAMED M. CHEHIMI

26 April 2017 in Journal of Materials Science
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ABArvind K. Bhakta
Arvind K. Bhakta
SDS. Detriche
S. Detriche
PMP. Martis
P. Martis
RMR. J. Mascarenhas
R. J. Mascarenhas
JDJ. Delhalle
J. Delhalle
ZMZineb Mekhalif
Zineb Mekhalif