Professor Hossein Tavakol h_tavakol@iut.ac.ir hosein_ta@yahoo.com hosseintavakol@gmail.com Google Scholar Office Room 503, Fifth Floor, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Phone +98 313 3913241 Fax +98 313 3913241 Positions B.Sc. Students for cooperation in industrial projects Research Interests 1. Organic synthesis by focus of including pharmaceutically active compounds 2. Synthesis and functionalization of carbon and metal-based aerogels and their catalytic applications 3. Theoretical study of reaction mechanisms and catalytic processes 4. Industrial projects Professor Hossein Tavakol type: Journal Title Conference / Journal Date A combined experimental and density functional theory investigation of the reaction between ?-Nitrostyrene and trimethylsilyl cyanide Results in Chemistry 2025-11 Using isopropanol as a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) for the reduction nitroarenes employing Au/Ag decorated carbon aerogels JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2025-10 Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic application of biocompatible chitosan-graphene oxide aerogel in the retro-aza-Henry-type conversion JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2025-07 A synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of CNT aerogels for conversion of ?-nitrostyrenes to arylhydrazones Iranian Journal of Catalysis 2025-07 Theoretical study of Ni, Co and Cu single atom catalysts for CO2 to formic acid reduction Surfaces and Interfaces 2025-05 Comparative DFT, NBO, and AIM studies on the sensing and adsorption abilities of simple and doped graphene nanosheets for phosphine gas Computational Condensed Matter 2025-04 Retro-aza-Henry-type conversion of B-nitrostyrenes to the related hydrazones using ascorbic acid-functionalized graphene as a catalyst Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society JICS 2025-03 Alumina-supported cobalt, nickel, and copper single-atom catalysts for CO to CO2 conversion; a comparative DFT study Results in Chemistry 2025-03 Density functional theory study of nickel and copper single-atom catalysts on graphitic carbon nitride for benzene to phenol oxidation Scientific Reports 2025-03 DFT Study of the Possible Mechanisms for Synthesizing a-Cyanophosphonates from B-Nitrostyrenes Advanced Theory and Simulations 2025-03
