Who we are
The people behind the lab
A multidisciplinary group of chemists, materials scientists, and engineers investigating how molecular crystals move, sense, and adapt.
Who we are
A multidisciplinary group of chemists, materials scientists, and engineers investigating how molecular crystals move, sense, and adapt.

Research Scientists
Research Scientist
Ejaz specializes in crystalline and amorphous porous materials. His work develops new methods to study mechanical, optical, and thermal responses in organic molecular crystals.
Semiconducting metal clusters, porous crystalline materials, gas adsorption, solid-state phenomena
Highlight
Solid-state reactivity in soft crystals.
Depression of the Melting Point in Naturally Grown Circular Crystals
Jia, Shengzhe; Su, Xin; Wang, Yonghui Wang; Liu, Jiaqiang; Ahmed, Ejaz; Li, Liang; Tang, Weiwei; Naumov, Panče; Cui, Xiaoyan, Gong, Junbo Gong
Unveiling the Origins of Toughness in Corymbia calophylla (Marri Tree) Nuts
Awad, Wegood M.; Dalaq, Ahmed S.; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Weston, James; Daqaq, Mohammed; Naumov, Panče
Application of Electron Diffraction to Rapid Structural Elucidation of Crude Reaction Products
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Rahman, Md. Ataur; Alhaddad, Zainab; Cellnik, Torsten; Ahuja, Brij Bhushan; Göb, Christian R.; Bücker, Robert; Majhi, Sanjit Manohar; Ahmed, Ejaz; Healy, Alan R.; Naumov, Panče
Biodegradable Architected Stents for Endoscopic Internal Drainage
Phowarasoontorn, Parima; Ko, Yongbin; Makhambetova, Zhansaya; Dabbour, Abdel-Hameed; Sohn, Sungyun; Awad, Wegood M.; Naser, Heba Tageldeen; Sinenko, Irina; Al-Ketan, Oraib; Ali, Mohamed; Barajas-Gamboa, Juan S.; Pantoja, Juan P.; AlZubaidi, Ahmed; Vega, Carlos Abril; Naumov, Panče; Masmoudi, Nader; Rodriguez, John; Kroh, Matthew; Ramadi, Khalil B.
The Ultrastiff Crystals of Mucic (Galactaric) Acid
Karothu, D. P.; Tahir, I.; Majhi, S. M.; Ahmed, E.; Catalano, L.; Hickey, N. T.; Weston, J.; Guerin, S.; Naumov, P.
Reply to: On the giant deformation and ferroelectricity of guanidinium nitrate
Karothu, D. P.; Ferreira, R.; Dushaq, G.; Ahmed, E.; Catalano, L.; Halabi, J. M.; Alhaddad, Z.; Tahir, I.; Li, L.; Mohamed, S.; Rasras, M.; Naumov, P.
Ferroelastic Ionic Organic Crystals that Self-Heal to 95%
Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Commins, Patrick; Dalaq, Ahmed S.; Santos-Florez, Pedro S.; Polavaram, Srujana; Didier, Pascal; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Zhu, Qiang; Daqaq, Mohammed; Li, Liang*; Naumov, Panče*
Photomechanical Crystals as Light-Activated Organic Soft Microrobots
Tahir, Ibrahim; Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Fsehaye, Filmon; Halabi, Jad Mahmoud; Naumov, Panče*
Elastic Organic Crystals as Bioinspired Hair-Like Sensors
Yousuf, Soha; Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Tahir, Ibrahim; Ahmed, Ejaz; Rezgui, Rachid; Li, Liang; Laws, Praveen Laws; Daqaq, Mohammed; Naumov, Panče
Voronoi-Dirichlet Analysis of Elastic and Plastic Molecular Crystals
Savchenkov, Anton V.; Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče