SEMINAR ON MATERIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Venue : Dewan Taklimat Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia Date : 24 June 2013 Organizer : Institute of Advanced Technology
FOREWORD
Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
As one Malaysia's premier universities, UPM has a long and illustrious history for advocating and nur turing the nation's research and innovation impetus. By ensuring and fostering a space for borderless intellectual inquiry, UPM has laid the essential foundation to create sterling research and innovation wonders, which is directly overseen by UPM's Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation). Under the auspices of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, the office assists UPM in all its effor ts to advance knowledge and learning through the provision of all the necessary methodologies and constructs to ensure quality research, innovation and commercialisation outputs. Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
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Director’s FOREWORD
Prof. Dr. Robiah Yunus Director of Institute of Advanced Technology
Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia was established in 1999 as an interdisciplinary advanced research institute. ITMA provides leadership in research and development in advanced materials and nanotechnology focusing on areas such as materials synthesis and characterization, materials processing and technology and materials applications in functional devices. ITMA develops world-class research laboratories, attracts renowned researchers and trains future research leaders in niche areas related to advanced materials and technology. ITMA shares its research findings, exper tise and facilities with research communities and industries throughout the world. Prof. Dr. Robiah Yunus Institute of Advanced Technology
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ABSTRACTS
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SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF FUNCATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL NANOMATERIALS MohdZobir Hussein Materials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory (MSCL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia mzobir@upm.edu.my ABSTRACT Our efforts have been focused to learn to control material properties at the atomic scale, especially in the area of organic-inorganic hybrid materials containing beneficial agents such as drugs or biomaterials, including the design and syntheses of the host-guest type nanocomposites by self-assembly method. This is due to the fact that hybrid materials of this type exhibited physico-chemical properties different from their counterparts, and the properties can be tailormade by choosing a suitable combination of the host and the guest species. Apart from hybrid nanocomposite materials, our group also works on meso- and nanoporous materials such as activated carbons, layered double hydroxides, metal oxides and its layered compounds. This is particularly important to be used as the host materials for the design and synthesis of hybrid organic-inorganic nanohybrids, as well as new materials for environmental protection and ecomaterials.We also work on polymer nanocomposite of nano-encapsulated organic phase change materials as thermal energy storage. Thisis useful ecomaterialfor structural thermal barrier of tropical comfort house with green and energy-saving properties. Our group also works on the formation of nanoparticles using nanobiotechnology approaches. Formation of ZnO nanoparticles can be done using bacteria as the nanobioreactor where the biochemistry processes was exploited as a route for the formation of the nanoparticles. In addition, formation of nanoparticles, especially Fe, Co and Ni and their combinations is also important to be used as the catalyst for the preparation of carbon nanotubes and its nanocomposites. In addition, other carbon nanostructures such as graphene, fullarenes and carbon nanospheres are also useful platforms for various applications. Research on nanomaterials, nanocomposite, nanostructured and nanoporous materials has very promising future and has a great commercial potential for functional materials, especially for nanomedicine,nanobiotechnology and structural ecomaterialswith improved thermal properties. 4
MAGNETIC FERRITES: Then, now and what next? Mansor Hashim Materials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory (MSCL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia mzobir@upm.edu.my ABSTRACT Technologically versatile and important magnetic ferrites have played a dominant role in electrical and electronic technology for the past eight decades with UPM joining the ferriteresearch train less than three decades ago. Noting that magnetism and magnetic materials is mathematically least tractable and not highly appealingto potential researchers, this talk attempts to present a simple overview of this research area. The coverage includes the materials, their applications and synthesis/manufacturing, UPM’s efforts and contributions and future perspectives of ferrite research at ITMA.
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MAGNETIC FERRITES: Then, now and what next? Mohd Sapuan Salit Materials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory (MSCL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia mzobir@upm.edu.my ABSTRACT Technologically versatile and important magnetic ferrites have played a dominant role in electrical and electronic technology for the past eight decades with UPM joining the ferriteresearch train less than three decades ago. Noting that magnetism and magnetic materials is mathematically least tractable and not highly appealingto potential researchers, this talk attempts to present a simple overview of this research area. The coverage includes the materials, their applications and synthesis/manufacturing, UPM’s efforts and contributions and future perspectives of ferrite research at ITMA.
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