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Mr Mohamed Kilani

Mr Mohamed Kilani

Postdoctoral Fellow
Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Dr Mohamed Kilani is a Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney, where he builds machines that can smell. He studies how the growth and structure of nanomaterials control their response to gases, then turns them into complete chemical sensing systems, from microfabricated sensor arrays and custom electronics to automated characterisation and machine-learning for gas identification. With industry partners, he develops early-warning systems for fire hazards, toxic gases and food spoilage.
E-mail
m.kilani@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2026
    Lin J; Kilani M; Baharfar M; Wang R; Kang M; Cheng C; Mao G, 2026, 'Solvent-Mediated Morphological Transition of Electrodeposited Cobalt-TCNQ Complexes', ACS Electrochemistry, 2, pp. 2548 - 2563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acselectrochem.6c00112
    Journal articles | 2026
    Wang Y; Liu L; Laskoukalayeh MA; Nor-Azman NA; Flores N; Widjajana MS; Chiu SH; Gaira S; Kilani M; Tang SY; Yang Y; Kaner RB; Ghasemian MB; Allioux FM; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2026, 'Fluorinated oxide shells enable sintering-free conductive liquid metal composites for flexible electronics', Matter, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2026.102879
    Journal articles | 2025
    Bardet L; Zavabeti A; Salih A; Zhang D; Kilani M; Ghasemian MB; Tadich A; Sun Y; Johnston L; Wang D; Seidel J; Allioux FM; Ton-That C; Tang J; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2025, 'High-Entropy Liquid Metal Process for Transparent Ultrathin p-Type Gallium Oxide', Advanced Functional Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202425108
    Journal articles | 2025
    Kilani M; Mao G, 2025, 'Nanomaterials-Enabled Sensors for Detecting and Monitoring Chemical Warfare Agents', Small, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202409984
    Journal articles | 2025
    Wang R; Kilani M; Lin J; Chandrawati R; Mao G, 2025, 'Electrocrystallization of Copper 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane Charge-Transfer Complex on Flexible Substrates for Real-Time Ammonia Gas Sensing', Advanced Sensor Research, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202400167
    Journal articles | 2025
    Widjajana MS; Foley M; Zheng J; Allioux FM; Idrus-Saidi SA; Kilani M; Ruffman C; Gaston N; Pei Z; Koshy P; Spencer MJS; Chiu SH; Nor-Azman NA; Kaner RB; Daeneke T; Tang J; Kang M; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2025, 'Observing growth of metallic crystals inside liquid metal solvents', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66249-y
    Journal articles | 2024
    Baharfar M; Lin J; Kilani M; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2024, 'Liquid Metal-Enabled Galvanic Electrocrystallization of Charge-Transfer Complexes', Crystal Growth and Design, 24, pp. 10225 - 10234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c01212
    Journal articles | 2024
    Flores N; Centurion F; Zheng J; Baharfar M; Kilani M; Ghasemian MB; Allioux FM; Tang J; Tang J; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2024, 'Polyphenol-Mediated Liquid Metal Composite Architecture for Solar Thermoelectric Generation', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202308346
    Journal articles | 2024
    Fuchs R; Abdoli S; Kilani M; Nor-Azman NA; Yu R; Tang SY; Dickey MD; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2024, 'Stroking through Electrolyte: Liquid Metal Droplet Propulsion through Pulse Time Modulation', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202314815
    Journal articles | 2024
    Lin J; Kilani M; Baharfar M; Tang J; Zheng J; Kumar PV; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2024, 'Microelectrode-enabled Electrocrystallization of Cobalt TCNQ Complex for Gas Sensing', Chemelectrochem, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300826
    Journal articles | 2024
    Lin J; Kilani M; Baharfar M; Wang R; Mao G, 2024, 'Understanding the nanoscale phenomena of nucleation and crystal growth in electrodeposition', Nanoscale, 16, pp. 19564 - 19588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4nr02389g
    Journal articles | 2024
    Liu L; Rahim MA; Li T; Kilani M; He Y; Shao Z; Zheng J; Wang C; Baharfar M; Chiu SH; Ireland J; Sorenson TL; Rawal A; Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Zhang C; Tang J; Wong EHH; Zhang J; Allioux FM; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Shen Y, 2024, 'Composites from Self-Assembled Protein Nanofibrils and Liquid Metal Gallium', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202405918
    Journal articles | 2023
    Baharfar M; Lin J; Kilani M; Zhao L; Zhang Q; Mao G, 2023, 'Gas nanosensors for health and safety applications in mining', Nanoscale Advances, 5, pp. 5997 - 6016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3na00507k
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kilani M; Ahmed M; Mayyas M; Wang Y; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2023, 'Toward Precision Deposition of Conductive Charge-Transfer Complex Crystals Using Nanoelectrochemistry', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202201198
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lin J; Kilani M; Mao G, 2023, 'Recent Advances in Integrating 1D Nanomaterials into Chemiresistive Gas Sensor Devices', Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202202038
    Journal articles | 2022
    Mao G; Kilani M; Ahmed M, 2022, 'Review-Micro/Nanoelectrodes and Their Use in Electrocrystallization: Historical Perspective and Current Trends', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac51a0
    Journal articles | 2021
    Geng X; Li S; Mawella-Vithanage L; Ma T; Kilani M; Wang B; Ma L; Hewa-Rahinduwage CC; Shafikova A; Nikolla E; Mao G; Brock SL; Zhang L; Luo L, 2021, 'Atomically dispersed Pb ionic sites in PbCdSe quantum dot gels enhance room-temperature NO2 sensing', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25192-4
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hassan MM; Hettiarachchi M; Kilani M; Gao X; Sankari A; Boyer C; Mao G, 2021, 'Sustained A1 Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Drug Release from Nanoparticles Functionalized by a Neural Tracing Protein', ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 12, pp. 4438 - 4448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00538
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kilani M; Yu X; Mao G, 2020, 'Nanowire Organic Sensor for Ammonia Detection', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-01, pp. 2901 - 2901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2020-01522901mtgabs
    Journal articles | 2020
    Yu X; Kilani M; Mao G, 2020, 'Controlled One-Step Manufacture of Charge Transfer Salt Nanowire Sensors for Gas Detection', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-01, pp. 2297 - 2297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2020-01302297mtgabs
    Journal articles | 2020
    Yu X; Kilani M; Siddiqui A; Mao G, 2020, 'One-Step Synthesis of Charge-Transfer Salt Nanosensors on Microelectrode Patterns', Advanced Materials Technologies, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000554
    Journal articles | 2019
    Luo L; Gunasekera D; Kilani M; Yu X; Chen Q; Mao G, 2019, 'A mass transfer-based method for controlled electrosynthesis and organization of tetrathiafulvalene bromide micro/nanowires', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166, pp. H63 - H69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/2.1001902jes
    Journal articles | 2019
    Mao G; Kilani M; Yu X, 2019, '(Invited) Substrate-Directed Electrocrystallization As a Manufacturing Method for Nanowire Sensors', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2019-01, pp. 2077 - 2077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2019-01/44/2077
    Journal articles | 2018
    Kilani M; Torabi K; Mao G, 2018, 'Application of virtual laboratories and molecular simulations in teaching nanoengineering to undergraduate students', Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 26, pp. 1527 - 1538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cae.21940
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jahanian P; Yu X; Kilani M; Mao G, 2017, 'Electrodeposition of partially oxidized tetracyanoplatinate nanowires on seeds and patterns for gas sensing', Materials Research Letters, 5, pp. 569 - 576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2017.1367332
  • Conference Abstracts | 2026
    Ye T; Wang Y; Ma T; Li K; Nath SK; Mishra D; Kilani M; Seneviratne A, 2026, 'Poster Abstract: Edge-AI Enabled Wi-Fi Sensing for Gas Type and Coarse Concentration Classification', in Proceedings 2026 ACM IEEE International Conference on Embedded Artificial Intelligence and Sensing Systems Posters and Demos Sensys Adjunct 2026, pp. 111 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SenSys-Adjunct71932.2026.00065
    Conference Presentations | 2024
    Kilani M, 2024, 'Precision Electrocrystallization at the Nanoscale and Its Application for Manufacturing Nanosensors of Hazardous Compounds', presented at ICONN 2024, Melbourne, Australia, 13 February 2024
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Luo L; Gunasekera HADD; Mao G; Kilani M; Yu X, 2018, 'Controlled electrodeposition of tetrathiafulvalene bromide (TTFBr) nanowires for gas sensing', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, MA, Boston, presented at 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, MA, Boston, 19 August 2018 - 23 August 2018