Mark Rambaran

PhD 2018 — present Umeå University, SE
MPhil 2018 University of the West Indies, JM
BSc 2015 University of the West Indies, JM

Mark Rambaran is doing a PhD on the the interplay between discrete metal oxide clusters and extended metal oxide surfaces under the supervision of Andy Ohlin. Mark did his MPhil project on ion-specific effects (cationic and anionic) in silica nanoparticles dispersed in electrolyte solutions.

Publications

2022

6. Rahman, Tasnim; Petrus, Enric; Segado, Mireia; Martin, Nicolas P.; Palys, Lauren N.; Rambaran, Mark A.; Ohlin, C. André; Bo, Carles; Nyman, May, “Predicting the solubility of inorganic ion pairs in water”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.202261, e202117839. Link

2021

5. Rambaran, Mark A; Gorzsás, András; Holmboe, Michael; Ohlin, C. André, “Polyoxoniobates as molecular building blocks in thin films”, Dalton Transactions, 2021, 50, 16030-16038. Link

4. Chaudhary, Himanshi; Iaschishyn, Igor A.; Romanova, Nina V.; Rambaran, Mark A.; Musteikyte, Greta; Smirnovas, Vytautas; Holmboe, Michael; Ohlin, C. André; Svedruzić, Zelsko M.; Morozova-Roche, Ludmilla A.,  “Polyoxometalates as Effective Nano-inhibitors of Amyloid Aggregation of Pro-inflammatory S100A9 Protein Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 202113(23), 26721-26734. Link

3. Gumerova, Nadiia I.; Prado-Roller, Alexander; Rambaran, Mark A.; Ohlin, C. André; Rompel, Annette, “The Smallest Polyoxotungstate Retained by TRIS-Stabilization”, 202160(17), 12671-12675. Link

2019

2. Mark A. Rambaran, M Pascual-Borràs, CA Ohlin, “Microwave Synthesis of Alkali-Free Hexaniobate, Decaniobate, and Hexatantalate Polyoxometalate Ions”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.201935, 3913-3918. Link

2018

1. I. Simonsson, C. Sogaard, Mark A. Rambaran, Z. Abbas, “The specific co-ion effect on gelling and surface charging of silica nanoparticles: Speculation or reality?”, Colloids and Surfaces A, 2018, 559, 334-341. Link.