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Fowzia S. Alamro, Hoda A. Ahmed, Saheed A. Popoola, Asmaa Aboelnaga (2021), Synthesis, Phase Behavior and Computational Simulations of a Pyridyl-Based Liquid Crystal System, Molecules, 26, 6416

SA. Popoola, AT. Onawole, N Ullah, AA. Al‑ Saadi (2021), Structural and energetic effect of the intramolecular hydrogen bonding in 4,6‑dihaloresorcinols: ab initio calculation, vibrational spectroscopy, and molecular docking studies, Structural Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-021-01820-z

LA. Alshabanah, LA. Al-Mutabagani, SM. Gomha, HA. Ahmed, SA. Popoola, M Shaban (2021), Novel sulphonic acid liquid crystal derivatives: experimental, computational and optoelectrical characterizations, RSC Advances, 11, 27937–27949

FS. Alamro, HA. Ahmed, SA. Popoola, HA. Altaleb, KA. A Al-Ola, SM. Gomha (2021), Effect of the Relative Positions of Di-Laterally Substituted Schiff Base Derivatives: Phase Transition and Computational Investigations, Crystals, 11, 870

H Al Dmour, F Kooli, A Mohmoud, Y Liu, SA Popoola (2021), Al and Zr Porous Clay Heterostructures as Removal Agents of Basic Blue-41 Dye from an Artificially Polluted Solution: Regeneration Properties and Batch Design, Materials, 14, 2528

SA Popoola, AR Almohammedi, K Haruna (2021), Spectroscopic and DFT evaluation of the positional effect of amino group on the properties of  aminobenzenesulphonic acid: solvents interactions, Chemical Papers, 75, 2775-2789


SA Popoola, MHM Al-Harbi, AH Al-Rashidi, MSA Almarwani, AR Almohammedi, AO Logunleko, AA Al-Saadi (2020), DFT evaluation of the effects of OH, NH2 and Br substituents on the properties of 2,2′-bipyridine derivatives, Journal of Taibah University for Science, 14, 1527-1537

M. S, Abdelbassit, S. A. Popoola, T. A. Saleh, H. H. Abdallah, A. A. Al-Saadi, K. R. Alhooshani (2020)DFT and Kinetic Evaluation of Chloromethane                                 Removal Using Cost-Effective Activated CarbonArabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 45, 47054716

AA Al-Saadi, M Haroon, S.A. Popoola, TA Saleh (2019), Sensitive SERS detection and characterization of procaine in aqueous media by reduced gold nanoparticles, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemicalhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.127057


I. Abdulazeez,S. A. Popoola, T. A. Saleh, A. A. Al-Saadi (2019), Spectroscopic, DFT and trace detection study of procaine using surface-enhanced Raman scattering technique, Chemical Physics Letters, 730, 617-622 

K Haruna, Veena S Kumar, Sanja J Armaković, Stevan Armaković, Y Sheena Mary, Renjith Thomas, S. A. Popoola, AR Almohammedi, MS Roxy, AA Al-Saadi, Spectral characterization, thermochemical studies, periodic SAPT calculations and detailed quantum mechanical profiling various physico-chemical properties of 3, 4-dichlorodiuron Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2019.117580

M. Kamran, M. Haroon, S. A. Popoola, A.R. Almohammedi, A. A. Al-Saadi, T. A. Saleh (2019) Characterization of valeric acid using substrate of silver nanoparticles with SERS, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 273, 536-542


M. Y. Jomaa, S. Ahmad, A. A.A. Seliman, S. A. Popoola, A. R. Shaikh, A. A. Al-Saadi, G. Bhatia, J. Singh, A. A. Isab (2019), Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and in vitro cytotoxic as well as docking studies of cis-diammine platinum(II) complexes of thiones, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 484, 347-351


S. A. Popoola, N. Ullah, A. A. Al-Saadi (2018), Spectroscopic and DFT assessment of bridging ligand effect on the structural and electronic properties of dinuclear iridium- and rhodium-based complexes, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 482, 299-306

A. T. Onawole, S A. Popoola, T. A. Saleh, A. A. Al-Saadi (2018), Silver-loaded graphene as an effective SERS substrate for clotrimazole detection: DFT and spectroscopic studies, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 201, 354–361 

S. APopoola (2018), Spectroscopic study of 2-methylindole and 3-methylindole: Solvents interactions and DFT studies, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 189, 578–585


A. O. Altoum, A. Alhoshani, K. Alhosaini, M. Altaf , S. Ahmad, S. A. Popoola, A. A. Al-Saadi, A. A. Sulaiman, A. A. Isab, (2017), Synthesis, characterization and in vitro cytotoxicity of platinum(II) complexes of selenones, [Pt(selenone)2Cl2], Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 70, 1020-1031

S. APopoola and A. A. Al-Saadi, (2016), Spectroscopic and theoretical evaluation of the metal-olefin interaction in di-µ-chlorobis (1,5-cyclooctadiene) complexes of Ir and Rh. Vibrational Spectroscopy86, 109-123


A. Iturmendi, P. J. Sanz Miguel, S. A. Popoola, A. A. Al-Saadi, M. Iglesias, L. A. Oro, Luis, (2016) Dimethylphosphinate bridged Binuclear Rh(I) Catalysts for the Alkoxycarbonylation of Aromatic C–H bonds. Dalton Transactions45, 16955-16965


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