Title: Development in Nanoparticles Research for Biomedical Applications & Renewable Energy Technologies
Speaker: Prof. Irshad Hussain
Department of Chemistry, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), DHA, Lahore Cantt-54792, Pakistan.
Time: 14:00-15:00, April 11th (Monday), 2016
（2016年4月11日星期一下午2:00-3:00）
Venue: Ground floor lecture room, Building 401, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection
(苏大欧洲杯官网，401号楼一楼会议室)
欧洲杯官网
Metal/metal oxide nanoparticles have been recognized as an important class of nanomaterials whose properties can be tuned by controlling their size, shape and surface chemistry. Depending on their nature, size, shape and surface chemistry and thus the properties, metal/metal oxide nanoparticles are known to have potential applications in various fields including biomedical sciences and energy technologies. In this regard, we have developed several reproducible protocols to prepare functionalized metal nanoparticles from subnanometer to over 100 nm in aqueous/organic media with a fair control over their size, shape, and surface chemistry. These metal nanoparticles have been used as building blocks to design/synthesize new nanostructured materials such as composite thin films, porous metal foams, inorganic oxide – metal nanoparticle hierarchically porous composites (heterogeneous catalysts), nanowires, porous microwires, porous nanoballs, nanochains, and nanoscale circuit patterns etc. 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 their applications in bio-sensing (especially bacterial detection), bio-imaging, drug delivery, environmental remediation and renewable energy technologies. This talk would, therefore, be an overview of our interdisciplinary research activities to synthesize customized inorganic/organic nanoparticles having unique chemical and physical properties and diverse applications in biomedical sciences and renewable energy technologies.
DR. HUSSAIN is among the founding members of SBA School of Science & Engineering (SBASSE) and has played a key role to lead the development of Chemistry Department at LUMS. He is leading Chemistry department for the last 6 years at SBASSE that has emerged as the most prominent school in the region to bring a paradigm shift in Science & Engineering Education. Approx. 40% of SBASSE graduating BS students are offered fully funded graduate admission offers from the world best institutions including Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, Princeton, Yale, Chicago, Cornell, Rice, Cambridge, Oxford, UIUC and CMU etc., a phenomenon not much common in Pakistan before, and this ratio is ~100 % for Chemistry majors interested for higher studies. Prior to joining LUMS, Dr. Hussain spearheaded research and development program in Nanobiotechnology at National Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, and developed a Nanotech group/facility that is now one among the few most productive Nanotech groups in Pakistan. He has published over 65 research articles in prominent journals including Nat Mater, Angew Chem Int Edit, Adv Mater, J Am Chem Soc, Small, Chem Commun, Langmuir and Nanoscale etc. Dr. Hussain has developed several effective research collaborations with the leading nanomaterials groups in USA, Europe, China, Saudi Arabia (KAUST) and several National Institutions in Pakistan. He has got several competitive National/International research grants to explore the applications of metal nanoparticles/nanoclusters in biomedical sciences, renewable energy technologies, water and environment. Dr. Hussain has also served as the Chair of National Nanotech Experts Panel at Pakistan Council for Science & Technology and was awarded Gold Medals in Chemistry by Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 2007 & 2014.