【學術報告】Functional?Nanomaterials?–?Tuning?the?Size?and?Surface?Chemistry?for?Applications?in?Biomedical?Science,?Renewable?Energy?Technologies?and?Environmental?Remediation
日期：2024-07-16
閱讀：3416
主題：Functional?Nanomaterials?–?Tuning?the?Size?and?Surface?Chemistry?for?Applications?in?Biomedical?Science,?Renewable?Energy?Technologies?and?Environmental?Remediation
報告人：Irshad?Hussain
時間：2024年7月16日（周二）9:30-12:00
地點：化學A樓518
邀請人：原鮮霞 研究員
個人簡介
Irshad?Hussain?is?a?tenured?Professor?and?the?Chair?of?the?Department?of?Chemistry?&?Chemical?Engineering,?SBA?School?of?Science?&?Engineering?(SSE),?LUMS,?Pakistan.?He?is?among?the?founding?faculty?members?of?SBASSE,?and?the?founding?Chair?of?Chemistry?Department?at?LUMS.?He?is?also?the?founding?Project?Director?of?Nanobiotech?group?at?NIBGE,?Faisalabad,?and?has?led?several?National?forums?on?Nanotechnology?in?Pakistan.?Currently,?he?leads?Functional?Nanomaterials?group?at?LUMS?that?focuses?on?tuning?the?size?and?surface?chemistry?of?nanomaterials?for?applications?in?renewable?energy?technologies,?catalysis,?biomedical?and?environmental?sciences.?
Dr.?Hussain?is?a?Fellow?of?the?Pakistan?Academy?of?Sciences,?a?Fellow?of?the?Royal?Society?of?Chemistry?(FRSC),?UK,?and?a?Fellow?of?International?Engineering?and?Technology?Institute?(IETI).
講座摘要
The?unique?chemical?and?physical?properties?of?nanoscale?materials?have?triggered?great?scientific?interest?to?explore?their?potential?applications?in?biomedical?sciences,?reenable?energy?technologies,?catalysis,?environment,?and?industry?etc.?The?chemical?and?physical?properties?of?metal/?metal?oxide?nanoparticles?can?generally?be?tuned?by?controlling?their?size,?shape,?and?surface?chemistry.?In?this?regard,?we?have?developed?several?reproducible?protocols?based?on?chemical?reduction?and?precipitation?approach?to?prepare?functionalized?metal/metal?oxide?nanoparticles?from?subnanometer?to?over?100?nm?in?aqueous/organic?media?with?a?decent?control?over?their?size,?shape,?and?surface?chemistry.?Many?of?these?metal?nanoparticles?have?been?used?as?building?blocks?to?design/synthesize?new?nanostructured?materials?with?tunable?nanoscale?features?using?template-based?and?template-less?strategies.?The?functionalized?metal/metal?oxide?nanoparticles/nanoclusters?possess?interesting?optical,?recognition?and?catalytic/bio-catalytic?properties?and?currently?we?are?focusing?on?the?applications?of?these?nanoparticles?and?nanocomposites?in?renewable?energy?technologies?(mainly?as?electrode?materials?for?H2?production),?environmental?remediation?(detection?and?removal?of?organic/inorganic?pollutants?from?water,?CO?oxidation,?and?CO2?capture?and?conversion)?and?biomedical?sciences?(i.e.,?bio-sensing?especially?bacterial?detection,?bio-imaging,?drug?delivery,?multidrug?resistance)?based?on?catalytic?and?photocatalytic?approaches.?This?talk?would,?therefore,?be?an?overview?of?interdisciplinary?research?activities?of?Functional?Nanomaterials?Group?at?LUMS?to?synthesize?customized?inorganic/organic?nanoparticles?with?tunable?size?and?surface?chemistry,?and?their?composites?having?unique?chemical?and?physical?properties,?and?subsequent?applications?in?catalysis?and?renewable?energy,?environmental?and?biomedical?sciences.
