Saman Hosseinpour

I have a background in Material Science and worked as a faculty member for three years in Iran.

I moved to Sweden in 2009 to do my PhD in Corrosion Science. During 4 years of my PhD I studied the atmospheric corrosion of copper covered with a self-assembled monolayer of organic molecules under atmospheric corrosion condition using various surface sensitive techniques.

I applied in-situ IRAS (Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy), a linear and semi-surface sensitive technique to study the formation of the corrosion products on copper samples when exposed to different corrosive atmosphere in both qualitative and quantitative manners.

Electrochemistry (cathodic reduction) was another technique that was applied to identify and quantify the corrosion products on my samples.

Another sophisticated technique, VSFS (Vibtrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy), was applied in-situ as an inherent surface sensitive tool to quantify the extremely slow and thin oxide formation process when SAMs covered samples were exposed to dry and humidified air.

In the next step we quantified such oxidation process by integrating the VSFS with a highly mass sensitive technique, QCM (Quartz Crystal Microbalance).

Later we combined VSFS-QCM with another ultra-sensitive tool, NPS (Nanoplasmonic Sensing) to further quantify the slow oxidation process with higher temporal resolution. NPS also enabled us to differentiate the homogeneous and heterogeneous oxidation processes.

In parallel, I was involved in another project where the effect of gamma radiation on oxidation and corrosion of copper was studied. It has the relevance to the “deep repository” concept of storage of nuclear fuels in USA, Sweden and some other European countries.

At the moment I am doing my Post-Doc in the Department of Molecular Spectroscopy in Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. My project is on water splitting on TiO2 Surfaces using pump-probe VSFS to obtain the fundamental knowledge on hydrogen generating processes.

Here is the list of my recent publications:
1.       Monolayer study by VSFS: in situ response to compression and shear in a contact. Ghalgaoui, A.; Shimizu, R.; Hosseinpour, S.; Alvarez Asencio, R.; McKee, C. T.; Johnson, M.; Rutland, M. W.,. Langmuir, 2014. Recently published

2.       Self-Assembled Monolayers as Inhibitors for the Atmospheric Corrosion of Copper Induced by Formic Acid: A Comparison between Hexanethiol and Hexaneselenol. Hosseinpour, S.; Göthelid, M.; Leygraf, C.; and Johnson. M., J. Electrochem. Soc.; 2014, 161 (1), C50-C56.

3.       Radiation Induced Corrosion of Copper for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage. Björkbacka, Å.; Hosseinpour, S.; Johnson, M.; Leygraf, C.; and Jonsson. M., Radiation Physics and Chemistry; 2013, 92, 80–86

4.       Combined in Situ Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring, Indirect Nanoplasmonic Sensing, and Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopic Monitoring of Alkanethiol-Protected Copper Corrosion. Schwind, M.; Hosseinpour, S.; Johnson, M.; Langhammer, C.; Zorić, I.; Leygraf, C.; and Kasemo. B., Langmuir; 2013, 29, 7151−7161.

5.       Alkanethiols as Inhibitors for the Atmospheric Corrosion of Copper Induced by Formic Acid: Effect of Chain Length Hosseinpour, S.; Johnson, M.; and Leygraf. C., J. Electrochem. Soc.; 2013, 160 (6), C270-C276.

6.       Nanoplasmonic Sensing for Monitoring the Initial Stages of Atmospheric Corrosion of Cu Nanodisks and Thin Films. Schwind, M.; Hosseinpour, S.; Langhammer, C.; Zoric, I.; Leygraf, C.; and Kasemo. B., J. Electrochem. Soc.; 2013, 160 (10), C487-C492.

7.       Integration of Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy−Quantification of the Initial Oxidation of Alkanethiol-Covered Copper. Hosseinpour, S.; Schwind, M.; Kasemo, B.; Leygraf, C.; and Johnson. M., J. Phys. Chem. C; 2012, 116, 24549−24557.

8.       Radiation Induced Corrosion of Copper in Anoxic Aqueous Solution. Björkbacka, Å.; Hosseinpour, S.; Leygraf, C.; and Jonsson. M., Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters; 2012, 15 (5), C5-C7.

9.       Molecular studies of initial atmospheric corrosion of copper. Exploration of ultra-sensitive techniques for the inhibiting effect of self assembled monolayers, and the effect of gamma radiation. Hosseinpour, S.; Doctoral Thesis. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), 2013.

10.   Initial Oxidation of Alkanethiol-Covered Copper Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy. Hosseinpour, S.; Hedberg, J.; Baldelli, S.; Leygraf, C.; and Johnson. M., J. Phys. Chem. C; 2011, 115, 23871–23879.

11.   Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials: Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites, by Rosler J., Harders H., Baker M., Translated by: Esmaeelian, M; Modarresi, A.; and Hosseinpour, S., 2012, ISBN: 978-964-90138-3-1.(Book)

12.   Protective Coatings for Turbine Blades, by Y. Tamarin, Translated by: Hosseinpour, S.; 2010, ISBN: 978-964-223-535-3. (Book)