Dr. Md. Abdul Aziz 
 

 Research Highlights

Carboxylate functionalized AuNP: One step Chemical preparation

Gold Bull 47 (2014) 127-132

 Electrooxidation of Hydrazine

Talanta 115 ((2013) 214-221

Electrochemical micropatterning of CNT

 

Chemical Communications (2008) 826-828

Immunosensor fabrication

 

Chemical Communications (2007) 2610-2612

Achieving low surface coverage of AuNP

Chemical Communications (2008) 4607-4609

Seed-mediated growth of AuNP on ITO

 

EC reaction for signal amplification

 

Electroanalysis, 19 (2007)1543-1546

 

Research Experience
1. Synthesis of Au Nanoparticle (Au NP), Pt NP, Pd NP, Ag NP, Pt/Pd bimetallic NP, Au core@catechol-tris shell NPs, Pt NP-attached carbon nanotubes in solution:
(a) Finding novel and simplest routes for the preparation of stable and functionalized nanomaterials
(b) Seed mediating growth of nanomaterials


2. Electrode modification with nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, Au NP, Pt NP, Pd NP, AgNP, Pt/Pd bimetallic NP, Pt NP-attached carbon nanotubes, IrOx NPs, Cu NPs)
(a) Used electrodes for modification: Indium tin oxide (ITO), Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO), Gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO), Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO), Glassy carbon (GC), Graphite pencil electrode (GPE)
(b) Direct chemical preparation and characterization of porous or normal nanomaterials on bare or modified electrode
(c) Direct electrochemical preparation of nanostructured materials on electrode.
(d) Size and shape controlled growth of Au nanomaterials on solid substrate.
(e) Modification of electrode surfaces with post-synthesis nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, Au NPs , Pt NPs, Pd NPs, IrOx NPs or hybrid nanomaterials to use as working electrode or reference electrode.


3. Micropatterning of nanomaterials or biomolecules


4. Preparation of carbon paste electrode


5. Electrochemical sensor fabrication using bare or nanomaterials-modified electrode for detection of environmental hazard materials like hydroquinone, catechol, hydrazine, hydrogen peroxide, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Zinc etc.


6. Biosensor fabrication using bare or nanomaterials-modified electrode
(a) Immobilization of biomolecules
(b) Finding good enzymatic substrate and product couple for the bare or nanomaterials-modified electrode to fabricate enzyme-based highly sensitive electrochemical biosensor.
(c) Fabrication of electrochemical biosensor using nanomaterials-modified micropatterned electrodes and microfluidic devices.
(d) Finding good redox cycling agents (e.g. NaBH4 or hydrazine) for signal amplification during the electrochemical oxidation/reduction by chemically reduction/oxidation simultaneously to get low detection limit in chemical or bio-sensors.


7. Fabrication electrochemical immunosensor based on magnetic bead and graphite pencil electrode or screen printed graphene electrode


8. Application of nanomaterials-modified electrode as reference electrode


9. Application of nonmaterial-modified electrodes in fuel cell area.


10. Drugs synthesis in laboratory scale and commercial scale.


11. Effluents treatment in laboratory scale and commercial scale.


12. Extraction and separation of different organic molecules from different plants and their structure elucidation using modern spectroscopic techniques.