Dr.Somboon Chaemchuen

Office

Room 310/13, 3rd floor, Engineering Building 1

Phone

(02)889-2138 ext 6101-3

Email

somboon.cha@mahidol.ac.th, somboon.cha@mahidol.edu

Education

1) PhD. in Chemical Engineering: Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, (2007-2011)

2) B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering: Mahidol University, Thailand (2000-2003)

Coursework

Undergraduate Program (in last 3 years)

  • EGCH262 General Chemistry and Laboratory II (2024-Present)
  • EGCH303 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I (Liquid-liquid extraction) (2024-Present)
  • EGCH381 Particle Technology Laboratory (Filter Press) (2024-Present)
  • EGCH406 Transport Phenomena (2024-Present)
  • EGCH497 Capstone Desing Project I (2024-Present)

Research Focus

  • Porous materials, metal oxide, nano materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Zeolitic-Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs)
  • Carbon dioxide capture and utilization
  • Heterogeneouse catalyst for fine chemical and green energy

Publications

  • Gabrienko, A. A., Chaemchuen, S., Kou, Z., Ogiwara, N., Kitagawa, H., Khudozhitkov, A. E., Verpoort, F.*, The nature of structural defects in ZIF‐8 revealed with 1H and 31P MAS NMR and X‐ray absorption spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, e202414823.
  • Chen, X., Wu, Q., Chaemchuen, S.*, Verpoort, F.*, The Facile Synthesis of Nickel-Doped Composite Magnetic Ni@ CoO@ZIF-67 as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Lactide. Catalysts, 2024, 14(8), 490.
  • Xu, Y., Li, Z., Cheng, Z., Chaemchuen, S.*, Facile synthesis of hybridized Co/Fe-ZIF under solvent-free conditions for efficient oxidation evolution reaction electrocatalysis. Nano Research, 2024.
  • Lu, D., Cheng, Z., Klomkliang, N., Koo-amornpattana, W.*, Verpoort, F., Chaemchuen, S.*, Hydro-modulator induced defective structure and hieratical pores in UiO-66 for efficient adsorption and catalysis, Materials Today Chemistry, 2024, 42, 102420.
  • Gu, J. F., Wang, J., Wu, Q., Wang, C., Verpoort, F.*, Chaemchuen, S.*, Single-Atom Iron Catalyst on Hierarchical N-doped Carbon for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction in Zn-Air Battery. Journal of Materials Chemistry A., 2024, 12, 16528-16536
  • Lu, D., Klomkliang, N., Verpoort, F., Chaemchuen, S.*, Tuning Coordination in ZIF-67 Through the Solid-State Thermal Synthesis for Balancing Structural Stability and Catalytic Reactivity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2024, 16(25), 32322–32333
  • Chaemchuen, S.*, Qing, W., Jun-Fei G., Ye Y., Klomkliang, K., Verpoort, F., Solvent-Free Synthesis of Composite Magnetic CoO@ZIF-67 for Efficient and Practical Use. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2024, 113200.
  • Ma, D., Cheng, Z., Yuan, Y., Chaemchuen, S.*, Facile functionalization iron in zeolitic imidazole framework-67 under solvent-free conditions for enhancing CO2 fixation reaction. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2024, 113161.
  • Ma, D., Cheng, Z., Yuan, Y., Chaemchuen, S.*, Activation 2D/3D zeolitic-imidazole frameworks effect on crystal properties and adsorption performance. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024, 112845.
  • Jiang, B., Zhu, J., Xia, Z., Lyu, J., Li, X., Zheng, L., Chen, C., Chemchuen, S., Verpoort, F., Mu, S.,Wu, J., Wang, J., Kou, Z.*, Correlating Single‐Atomic Ruthenium Interdistance with Long‐Range Interaction Boosts Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Kinetics. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(2), 2310699.
  • Zihan, L., Chaemchuen, S.*, Recent Progress on the Synthesis and Modified Strategies of Zeolitic‐Imidazole Framework‐67 Towards Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction.” The Chemical Record (2023): e202300142.
  • Chaemchuen, S., Cheng, Z., Hou, X., Verpoort, F.*, Kumsi, J.,  Klomkliang, N.* (2024). Solid–solid thermal synthesis of bimetallic Ni/Zn embedded in N-doped porous carbon for efficient adsorptive separation based on CO2 adsorption at low pressure. Fuel, 356, 129608.
  • Zheng, Z. H., Chaemchuen, S.*, Gu, J. F., Hang, J., Sang, W., Wang, J. C., Chen, C. Nanostructured bimetallic Zn/Co in N-doped carbon as an efficient catalyst for the alcohol dehydrogenation to carboxylic acids under solvent-free conditions. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 2023, 161, 111-122.
  • Chaemchuen, S., Hou, X., Cheng, Z., Zhou, K., Zhuiykov, S., Verpoort, F.*, Thermal Solid–Solid Transformation Synthesis of Zinc Anchored in Hierarchical Porous N-Doped Carbon for Efficient CO2 Applications. Energy and Fuels, 2023, 37(3), 2188-2200.
  • Hou, X., Cheng, Z., Zheng, Z., Chaemchuen, S.*, Solvent-free, in-situ thermal synthesis of magnetic cobalt embedded in N-doped carbon as an efficient heterogeneous dual acid-base catalyst. Materials Today Communications, 2023, 34, 105398.
  • Chen, C., Hang, J., Wang, Z. Q., Zheng, Z. H., Gu, J. F., Sang, W., Yuan, Y., Chaemchuen, S.*, Verpoort, F.*, Rational design of cobalt catalysts embedded in N-Doped carbon for the alcohol dehydrogenation to carboxylic acids. Molecular Catalysis, 2023, 535, 112891.