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

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 methodolo-gies and constructs to ensure quality research, innovation and commercialisation outputs.

Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation)

Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh JaafarDeputy Vice Chancellor

(Research and Innovation)

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Director’s FOREWORD

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 applica-tions 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 indus-tries throughout the world.

Prof. Dr. Robiah Yunus

Institute of Advanced Technology

Prof. Dr. Robiah YunusDirector

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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, Malaysiamzobir@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 nanocompos-ites 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 tailor-made by choosing a suitable combination of the host and the guest species. Apart from hybrid nanocomposite materials, our group also works on meso- and nano-porous 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 environmen-tal 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 nanoparti-cles. 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 nano-composites. 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.

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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, Malaysiamzobir@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 ferrite-research 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 SalitMaterials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory (MSCL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM),Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysiamzobir@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 ferrite-research 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.