Muhammad Asif

Shanxi University | Shān xī Dà xué · School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

In this work, we develop a new type of multifunctional core-shell nanomaterial by controllable integration of CuAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs) over the surface of iron oxides (Fe3O4) nanospheres (NSs) to fabricate (Fe3O4@CuAl NSs) hybrid material with interior tunability of LDH phase and explore its practical application in ultrasensitive dete...

The precise monitoring of H2S has aroused immense research interests in biological and biomedical fields since it is exposed as third endogenous gasotransmitter. Hence, there is an urgent requisite to explore ultrasensitive and economical H2S detection system. Herein, we report a simple strategy to configure extremely sensitive electrochemical sens...

Coronavirus diseases-2019 (COVID-19) is becoming increasing serious and major threat to public health concerns. As a matter of fact, timely testing enhances the life-saving judgments on treatment and isolation of COVID-19 infected individuals at possible earliest stage which ultimately suppresses spread of infectious diseases. Many government and p...

With the ongoing increasing research interests in economical electrocatalysts, transforming damages into benefits to prepare useful electrode materials is an ideal strategy to achieve the goals. Corrosion engineering converts harmful corrosion processes into high performance catalyst nanostructures. In this work, we develop an inexpensive, scaled-u...

The untapped potential of electrochemical sensors based on metal-organic framework (MOF) derived metal oxides is still challenging in this globalization era to sense environmental pollutants. Herein, HKUST-1/rGO/CuO/α-Fe 2 O 3 nanocomposites (NCs) have been fabricated via a single facile step of the hydrothermal process and utilized to modify the g...

Vertically stacked artificial 2D superlattice hybrids fabricated through molecular-level hybridization in a controlled fashion play a vital role in scientific and technological fields, but developing an alternate assembly of 2D atomic layers with strong electrostatic interactions could be much more challenging. In this study, we have constructed an...

In this work, we develop a new type of mesoporous 2D N, B, and P codoped carbon network (NBP-CNW) arranged into high-order 3D nanotube arrays (NTAs), which are wrapped onto a flexible carbon fiber microelectrode, and this microelectrode is employed as a high-performance carbon-based nanocatalyst for electrochemical biosensing. The NBP-CNW-NTAs synt...

Bacteriophages are the most abundant biological entity in the world and hold a tremendous amount of unexplored genetic information. Since their discovery, phages have drawn a great deal of attention from researchers despite their small size. The development of advanced strategies to modify their genomes and produce engineered phages with desired tr...

The development of a novel colorimetric method is reported, using vB_YepM_ZN18 phages along with AuPt nanozyme for the sensitive detection of Y. pseudotuberculosis. The phage used in this work has been extracted from hospital sewer water and is highly specific toward Y. pseudotuberculosis. The synthesized AuPt NPs possess peroxidase-like activity,...

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) feature high surface area, ultrahigh permeability, and synthetic and structural tailoring ability, making them outstanding candidates for a significant number of applications in electrochemical sensing (ECS). Environmental contamination has been a recognized hazard to the world because of rapid development, shifting...

Thin film, commonly hydrophilic polymer, is a novel drug delivery tool and is an emerging sector of the pharmaceutical industry. Typically, thin film drug delivery is administrated by using dissolving film or oral drug strip. The process of drug delivery is powered by buccal/sublingual adsorption or enterically. The material used for film formation...

Graphene (GR) has engrossed immense research attention as an emerging carbon material owing to its enthralling electrochemical (EC) and physical properties. Herein, we debate the role of GR-based nanomaterials (NMs) in refining EC sensing performance toward bioanalytes detection. Following the introduction, we briefly discuss the GR fabrication, pr...

Precision healthcare aims to improve patient health by integrating prevention measures with early disease detection for prompt treatments. For the delivery of preventive healthcare, cutting-edge diagnostics that enable early disease detection must be clinically adopted. Duplex-specific nuclease (DSN) is a useful tool for bioanalysis since it can pr...

Conductive layered materials such as MXenes (e.g., transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides), graphene and their derivatives have attracted tremendous research interests in diverse fields of research for their unique structured merits and outstanding physical and chemical properties. Benefitting from their unique layered structures an...

Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) corrosion is one of the main reasons leading to the service failure of engineering materials in the marine environment. An understanding of SRB corrosion especially under continuous organic carbon starvation is required. In this work, SRB corrosion of X80 pipeline steel under continuous organic carbon starvation was...

Chemical messengers in nervous system play crucial role in synaptic communication between cells, cardiovascular modulation, and numerous functions of brain circuitry in living species. The precise detection of these chemical messengers is of great importance in disease diagnosis, and monitoring of pathological and neuronal functions. Graphene-based...

Schematic illustration of 2D materials based sensors for the detection of various analytes.

Techniques that detect multiple classes of biomarkers from biological samples are critical for applications ranging from precise disease diagnosis to decoding complex life processes. Because of the differences in target detection, instrumentation, and signal transduction, it is theoretically difficult to simplify a single recognition system to a wi...

Developing facile strategies to construct free-standing flexible electrodes with extremely sensitive and stable electrochemical response towards analytes is of huge demand and it is still highly challenging. Herein, we design a unique and cost-effective hybrid electrode comprising of cobalt oxide (Co3O4) directly grown on highly conducting MXene ba...

In this work, we have successfully developed Cu-MOF/CuO/NiO nanocomposites (NCs) and employed as a novel electrochemical sensing platform in catechol (CC) detection. The Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) along Energy dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectro...

A comprehensive review of liquid chromatography hyphenated to post-column photoinduced fluorescence detection system for determination of analytes, Arabian Journal of Chemistry (2022), doi: https://doi. Abstract Liquid chromatographic separation technique coupled with fluorescence detector (LC-FLD) has been one of the primary sensitive and selectiv...

L-cysteine is an imperative amino acid which exists in natural proteins and plays crucial roles in biological systems, thereby its sensitive and selective monitoring is extremely necessary. In this work, novel hybrid nanoarchitectures have been fabricated by wrapping positively charged NiAl layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets on negatively ch...

Precise glucose monitoring is needed to meet the growing demand of blood glucose determination in diabetes diagnosis. In spite of good selectivity and high sensitivity of enzyme‐based glucose sensors, the activity of enzyme is sensitive to pH and temperature, which makes them unstable in detecting glucose level. Alternatively, nonenzymatic electroc...

Herein, an Au nanoparticles-polydopamine-poly acrylic acid-graphene (Au NPs-PDA-PAA-graphene) multicomponent nanohybrid is fabricated by surface functionalization of graphene alongside extensive in-situ growth of Au nanoparticles. The as-obtained nanocomposite possesses good hydrophilicity, excellent biocompatibility and high biomolecules loading c...

Duplex specific nuclease (DSN) that can precisely cleave DNA portion in double-stranded DNA or DNA-RNA hybrid has engrossed immense attention owing to its great potential in emerging bioanalytical applications. Here, we present a novel approach to extend DSN sensing application by coupling RNA aptamer. Specially designed RNA ligand sequences are us...

The development of high-efficient biosensing systems for rapid and sensitive detection of disease-related biomarkers in human samples is of great significance for disease diagnosis and treatment in clinical practice. In this work, we develop an integrated electrochemical microfluidic sensing platform based on freestanding graphene fiber (GF) microe...

MXene possesses high conductivity, excellent hydrophilicity, rich surface chemistry, hence holds great potential in various applications. However, MXene materials have low surface area utilization due to the agglomeration of ultrathin nanosheets. Assembling 2D MXene nanosheets into 3D multi-level architectures is an effective way to circumvent this...

The metal organic frameworks (MOFs) with tunable composition, modified structure, and morphologically controlled nanoarchitectures are quite imperative to improve the electrochemical (EC) performances of sensing platforms. Herein, EC control over the fabrication of HKUST-1 (Cu-MOFs) nanocrystals is achieved via anodic-induced electrodeposition appr...

Morphological evolution of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with preferential crystal facets has appealed gigantic attention of research community. Herein, we prepare hierarchical hybrid material by structurally integrating fusiform-like CuNiAl LDHs petals on conductive backbone of CF ([email protected] LDHs) and investigate electrocatalytic behavi...

Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are blamed as main culprits in triggering huge corrosion damages by microbiologically influenced corrosion. They obtained their energy through enzymatic conversion of sulfates to sulfides which are highly corrosive. However, conventional SRB detection methods are complex, time‐consuming and are not enough sensitive f...

The ever-increasing environmental pollution is a severe threat to the ecosystem’s healthy sustainability, and therefore environmental monitoring of these pollutants has become a burning issue throughout the world. In recent years, cost-effective, selective, portable, sensitive, and rapid sensing devices must be developed in urgent need. Advancement...

The development of miniaturized flexible energy storage devices has attracted tremendous research interests for their wide spectrum of applications in various advanced wearable and smart electronic devices. In this work, we have developed a new type of on-chip micro-supercapacitor (mSC) using MXene (i.e., Ti3C2TX)-carbon nanotubes (CNTs) composite...

The recent epidemic of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has turned out to be a huge public health concern owing to its fast transmission. Rapid and cost-effective detection of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial to classify diseased individuals. Serological examination based on antibody chromatography as a substitute to RT-PCR provides inadequate help owing to sophi...

The specific monitoring of serotonin (ST) has provoked massive interest in therapeutic and biological science since it has been recognized as the third most significant endogenous gastrointestinal neurotransmitter. Hence, there is a great need to develop a sensitive and low-cost sensing platform for the detection of a clinically relevant ST level i...

In this ongoing theme of COVID-19 pandemic, highly sensitive analytical testing platforms are extremely necessary to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA and antiviral antibodies. To limit the viral spread, prompt and precise diagnosis is crucial to facilitate treatment and ensure effective isolation. Accurate detection of antibodies (IgG and IgM) is imperative t...

Background The spread of COVID-19 has become growing cause of mortalities over the globe since its major outbreak in December 2019. The scientific and medical communities are rallying to study different strains and probable mutations to develop more rapid and reliable molecular diagnostic tests and possible therapeutic approaches for SARSCoV-2. Int...

This study illustrates the feasibility of two digestion methods namely pyrohydrolysis (PH) and extended-steam distillation (E-SD) for the effective extraction of two halides (F − & Cl −) from six complex inorganic zinc and lead concentrate samples, followed by their determination with ion chromatography (IC). Although both digestion methods appeare...

Herein, we have summarized and argued about biomarkers and indicators used for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. Antibody detection methods are not considered suitable to screen individuals at early stages and asymptomatic cases. The diagnosis of COVID-19 using biomarkers and indicators at point of care level is much crucial. Therefore, it is urgently n...

This study aims to introduce a simple, sensitive, and cost‐effective method for the simultaneous determination of acetamiprid and its main metabolite 6‐chloronicotinic acid in environmental samples by using a non‐suppressed ion chromatography hyphenated with an online post‐column photoinduced fluorescence detection system. The fluorescence detector...

In this work, a surfactant, benzalkonium chloride (BAC), was used to study its effects on both the growth of Chlorella vulgaris and the corrosion caused by its biofilm. Experimental results indicated that BAC at a low concentration of 3 mg/L suppressed C. vulgaris growth and achieved 81 % corrosion inhibition based on weight loss reduction. The inh...

The development of crystal-facet metal oxide heterostructures has been of great interest owing to their rational design and multi-functioning properties at the nanoscale level. Herein, we report a facile solution-based method for the synthesis of single-crystal Cu2O nanostructures (i.e. Cu2O-CuO) as a core. The graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with var...

The significance of in situ detection of small biomolecules associated with specific cancer diseases have stimulated the design of flexible film electrode materials. In this work, a green and facile strategy was presented to fabricate flexible N,S-reduced graphene oxide film (N,S-rGOF) by respiratory mechanism of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). Th...

This review (with 105 references) describes the progress that has been made in the past few years in the use of 2D nanoarchitectures in electrochemical sensors for the clinically highly significant parameters hydrogen peroxide, glucose and dopamine. Following an introduction into the field, we summarize the improvements in electrochemical sensors t...

A facile and eco-friendly synthetic method of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts is one of crucial steps in the development of large-scale and commercial regenerative energy devices. Herein, a simple and template-free approach is proposed to design CoSx (Co1-xS and Co9S8) nanoparticles encapsulated in N, S-doped carbon substrate (CoSx...

Many natural organizations with some special functional properties possess fractal tissues which displays the nearly same at every scale. The benefit of mimicking fractal structure in synthetic functional materials warrants further exploration. To tackle this challenge, we assemble metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into fractal structure by using a b...

The development of crystal-facet metal oxide heterostructures with tailored architecture has been of wide examination interests because of their rational design and synthesis of multi-functioning characters at the nanoscale level. We report a facile solution based method for the synthesis single crystal Cu2O nanocrystals (i.e. Cu2O-CuO). Distinct t...

A nanocomposite (NC) of type Cu/Cu2O/CuO@MoS4 was obtained via coprecipitation and a hydrothermal approach from copper oxide nanoparticles and MoS4 nanostructures. A series of nanocomposites has been fabricated with varying fractions of MoS4. The NCs were characterized by XRD, XPS, SEM and TEM. The synergistic effect of enlarged specific surface, h...

Coordination polymer based dietary supplement tablets are commonly consumed in our daily life and play an important role in the pharmaceutical industry. To fully understand their tableting process, their mechanical properties need to be comprehensively studied. In this work, the elastic and hydrostatic behaviour of a zinc supplement, zinc glycinate...

The corrosion induced by Aspergillus niger on 7075 aluminum alloy and a protection method by adding zinc pyrithione (ZPT) biocide have been studied through systematic experiments. From the third day, A. niger depicted a strong metabolism, leading to a serious local and uniform corrosion owing to the presence of acidic metabolites. The inhibition ef...

A self-assembled periodic superlattice material was obtained by integrating positively charged semiconductive sheets of a Zn-NiAl layered double hydroxide (LDH) and negatively charged layers of reduced graphene oxide (rGO). The material was used to modify a glassy carbon electrode which then is shown to be a viable sensor for the diagnostic paramet...

The development of layered double hydroxides (LDHs), also known as anionic clays with uniform distribution of metal ions and facile exchangeability of intercalated anions, are now appealing an immense deal of attention in synthesis of multifunctional materials. In electrochemical biosensors, LDHs provide stable environment for immobilization of enz...

The development of structurally modified metal oxide heteroarchitectures with higher energy facets exposed has been of extensive research interests because of their unique construction and synergy effect of multi-functioning characteristics. In this study, we reported for the first time the development of a distinct type of gold nanoislands (AuNIs)...

This study introduces a new strategy for periodic stacking of positively charged NiAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs) nanosheets with negatively charged monolayers of graphene (G) by systematically optimizing several parameters in a controlled co-feeding fashion and resultant heterostacked NiAl LDH/G LBL nanocomposites have been practically applie...

The emergence of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has sparked intensive attention and opened up the possibility of “crystal engineering.” However, low conductivity, slow diffusion of guest molecules, as well as powder forms always hinder the development of MOF application, especially for biosensors and bioelectronics. Herein, a coffee ring–inspired...

Recently, great attentions have been triggered to exploit efficient and stable non-noble metal catalysts applied to energy conversion techniques by electrocatalytic reaction. Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) are promising and intriguing candidates for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as well as other energy conversion techniques. Herein, we prop...

The low oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalytic activities of Mn-based bifunctional electrocatalysts restrict their further development in clean energy equipment. In this work, Co/MnO/N-C oxygen electrocatalyst was prepared through a simple solvothermal and subsequent annealing process by using N-Methyl-D-glucamine as nitrogen and carbon s...

The preparation of ordered metal organic frameworks (MOFs) will be a critical process for MOFs-based nanoelectrodes in the future. In this work, we develop a novel approach to fabricating a type of MOFs electrode based on flexible amino-functionalized graphene paper modified with 2D oriented assembly of Cu3(btc)2 nanocubes via facile interfacial sy...

Exploring non-noble metals based bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts is still a challenge for renewable clean energy applications, including metal-air batteries and dual functionality regenerative fuel cells. Herein, a facile two-steps rheological phase reaction strategy was proposed to synthesize metallic cobalt modified MnO-C Nanocrystalline (Co...

Flexible sweat biosensors are of considerable current interest for the development of wearable smart miniature devices. In this work, we report a novel type of flexible and electrochemical sweat platform fabricated by depositing Cu submicron buds on freestanding graphene paper (GP) carrying MoS2 nanocrystals monolayer for bio-functional detection o...

In this work, surface characterization and electrochemical measurement were employed to investigate the effects of magnetic field (MF) on the corrosion of Q235 carbon steel in a NaCl solution containing sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) or extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Results demonstrated that a 150 mT MF enhanced steel corrosion in a S...

The design and synthesis of a promising porous carbon-based electrocatalyst with ordered and uninterrupted porous structure for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is still a significant challenge. Herein, an efficient catalyst, cobalt-embedded nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbon nanosheets (Co/N-OMCNS) are successfully prepared through a two-step...

Exploring highly active and low-cost electrocatalysts continues to be the significant challenge for commercialization of renewable electrochemical energy technologies. Herein, a versatile approach is demonstrated to synthesize Co2P nanoparticles encapsulated nitrogen doped hollow carbon rods (Co2P/N-HCR) skillfully by ball-milling following a simpl...

Natural resources right from the beginning of the human civilization has paved the way to human being to combat different challenges. The big challenge was to safe the human being from diseases and shortage of food. Plants helped the man in both areas very efficiently. No doubt when plants are used as food actually we are also taking lot of compoun...

In this work, we have developed a new type of sandwiched structured ionic liquid (IL)–carbon nanotube (CNT)–graphene film (GF) synthesized by a facile and effective inkjet printing method. Owing to the synergistic effects of different components in the nanohybrid material, IL–CNT–GF material demonstrates outstanding properties including large surfa...

Corrosion inhibition by benzalkonium chloride (BKC) against anaerobic CO2 corrosion and microbiologically influenced corrosion was studied using surface analysis, weight loss and electrochemical measurements. Results showed that the minimal bactericidal concentration of BKC against Desulfotomaculum nigrificans (D. nigrificans) was 40 mg L−1. While...

Developing a facile strategy to synthesize an efficient and inexpensive catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical to the commercialization of many sustainable energy storage and conversion techniques. Herein, a novel and convenient strategy was presented to prepare Fe3O4 embedded into nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon spheres (Fe3...

Structurally integrated metal oxide intercalated layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanospheres (NSs) hybrid material has been of considerable current interest because of their unique structure and synergistic combination of multi-functional properties of nanocomposites. In this work, we report a new type of MnAl LDH wrapped CuO (CuO@MnAl LDHs) NSs by...

Herein, we design novel cellulose conjugated mesoporous silica nanoparticle (CLS-MSP) based nano-therapeutics for stimuli responsive intracellular doxorubicin (DOX) delivery. DOX molecules are entrapped in pores of the fabricated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSPs) while cellulose is used as an encapsulating material through esterification on th...

CdS-modified mesoporous titanate nanobelts (CTNS) were prepared successfully by one step, using TiO2 nanobelts and CdS quantum dots, and applied as an adsorbent for the first time for the removal of typical cationic dyes. The exceptionally high adsorption performance for cationic dyes is exhibited by sample CTNS-3 with a typical mesoporous structur...

In this work, reduced graphene oxide (r-GO) sandwiched Pd–TiO2 thin films were fabricated in the form of moon pie on silica glass slices using a low-cost sol–gel facile coating method and their photocatalytic activity was studied using the degradation of methylene blue dye. The thin film was characterized using various techniques such as x-ray diff...