R&D in adsoption and catalyst characterisation has begun to gain interest in material science. With the development of advanced carbon technology, products like activated carbon, carbon molecular sieve, carbon fuel cell and nano-carbon can be made from lignocellulosic materials; including oil palm biomass. Activated carbon (AC) is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous, and thus to have a very large surface are available for adsoption. The effectiveness of activated carbon is critical for its special applications such as in water purification, gas filtration, mercury removal and for nuclear treatment (control of radioactive gas phase contaminants).

Main Research: Astimar Abdul Aziz