Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

20. Akter, N.; Chowdhury, L.; Ullah, A.K.M.A.; Shariare M.H.; Azam, M.S. "N-Halamine Functionalization of Polydopamine Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Recyclable and Magnetically Separable Antimicrobial Materials," ChemistrySelect, 2018, submitted.

19. Islam, M.S.; Akter, N.; Rahman, M. M.; Shi, C.; Islam, M. T.; Zeng, H.; Azam, M. S. "Mussel-Inspired Immobilization of Silver Nanoparticles toward Antibacterial Cellulose Paper," ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018. [Impact Factor = 5.95] Read More

18. Islam, M. R.; Osama, H. M.; Zubair, M. A.; Azam, M. S.; Sharif, A. "Evidence of Superparamagnetism and Improved Electrical Properties in Ba and Ta Co-doped BiFeO3 Ceramics," J. Alloys and Compounds, 2018, 735, 2584-2596. [Impact Factor =3.13] Read More

17. Darlington, A.; Jarisz, T.; Dewalt-Kerian, E.; Roy, S.; Kim, S.; Azam, M. S.; Hore, D.; Gibbs, J. M.; "Separating the pH-Dependent Behavior of Water in the Stern and Diffuse Layers with Varying Salt Concentration," J. Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121, 20229-20241. [Impact Factor = 4.54] Read More

16. Dewalt-Kerian, E.; Kim, S.; Azam, M. S.; Zeng, H.; Liu, Q.; Gibbs, J. M.; "pH-Dependent Inversion of Hofmeister Trends in the Water Structure of the Electrical Double Layer," J. Physical Chemistry Letter, 2017, 8, 2855-2861. [Impact Factor =9.35] Read More

15. Islam, M. R.; Rashid, A. K. M. B.; Ferdous, M.; Azam, M. S. "Effects of Heating Time on the Growth and Behavior of Amorphous Carbon Nanostructures from Ferrocene," Materials Research Express, 2017, 4, 055601. [Impact Factor =1.07] Read More

14. Hoque, M. I.; Chowdhury, D. A.; Holze, R.; Chowdhury, A. N.; Azam, M. S. "Modification of Amberlite XAD-4 Resin with 1,8-Diaminonaphthalene for solid Phase Extraction of Copper, Cadmium and Lead and its Application to Determination of these Metals in Dairy Cow's Milk," J. Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2015, 3 (2), 831 - 842. [Impact Factor =1.36] Read More

13. Li, Z.;* Weeraman, C. N.;* Azam, M. S.; Osman, E.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "The Thermal Reorganization of DNA Immobilized at the Silica/Buffer Interface: A Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Investigation," Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17 (19), 12452 - 12457. (*joint first-authors). [Impact Factor =4.12] Read More

12. Zhang, J.; Azam, M. S.; Shi, C.; Huang, J.; Yan, B.; Liu, Q.; Zeng, H. "Poly (acrylic acid) Functionalized Magnetic Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for Removal of Methylene Blue," RSC Advances, 2015, 5 (41), 32272 - 32282. [Impact Factor =3.11] Read More

11. Azam, M. S.; Darlington, A.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Influence of Concentration on Specific Ion Effects at the Silica/Water Interface," J. Physics: Condensed Matter, 2014, 26, 244107. (Special Issue). [Impact Factor =2.65] Read more

10. Azam, M. S.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Monitoring DNA Hybridization and Thermal Dissociation at the Silica/Water Interface Using Resonantly Enhanced Second Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy," Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85 (17), 8031 - 8038. (Editors' Highlight). [Impact Factor =6.32] Read More

9. Azam, M. S.; Weeraman, C. N.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Halide-Induced Cooperative Acid-Base Behavior of the Silica/Water Interface," J. Physical Chemistry C, 2013, 117, 8840 - 8850. [Impact Factor =4.54] Read More

8. Azam, M. S.; Weeraman, C. N.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Specific Cation Effects on the Bimodal Acid-Base Behavior of the SIlica/Water Interface," J. Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012, 3, 1269 - 1274. [Impact Factor =9.35] Read More

7. Azam, M. S.; Fenwick, S. L.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Orthogonally Reactive SAMs as a General Platform for Bifunctional Silica Surfaces," Langmuir, 2011, 27 (2), 741 - 750. [Impact Factor =3.83] Read More

6. Chowdhury, A-N; Rahim A.; Ferdousi, Y. J.; Azam, M. S.; Hossain, M. M. "Cobalt-Nickel Mixed Oxide Surface: A Promising Adsorbent for the Removal of PR Dye from Water," Applied Surface Science, 2010, 256, 3718-3724. [Impact Factor =3.39] Read More

5. Chowdhury, A.-N.; Azam, M. S.; Aktaruzzaman, M.; Rahim, A. "Oxidative and Antibacterial Activity of Mn₃O₄" J. Hazardous Materials, 2009, 172, 1229 - 1235. [Impact Factor =6.07] Read More

4. Rana, M. S.; Halim, M. A.; Safiullah, S.; Mollah, M. M.; Azam, M. S.; Goni, M. A.; Hossain, M. K.; Rana, M. M. "Removal of Heavy Metal from Contaminated Water by Biopolymer Crab Shell Chitosen,: J. Applied Science, 2009, 9 (15), 2762 - 2769. [Impact Factor =1.77] Read More

3. Akhtar, F.; Azam, M. S.; Hoque, M. A. "Interaction of Polyethylene Glycol with Hydroxybenzoic Acids and Derivatives: Thermodynamics of the Binding Equilibria and Interaction Forces," J. Bangladesh Chemical Society, 2008, 21(2), 149-154.

2. Chowdhury, A.-N.; Islam, M. S.; Azam, M. S. "Polyaniline Matrix Containing Nickel Ferromagnet," J. Applied Polymer Science, 2007, 103, 321 - 327. [Impact Factor =1.86] Read More

1. Akhtar F.; Azam, M. S. "Interaction of povidone with Hydroxybenzoic Acids and Acetylsalicylic Acid: Thermodynamics of the Binding Equilibria and Interaction Forces," J. Bangladesh Chemical Society, 2005, 18(2), 134-141

Abstracts/Proceedings of Papers Presented (Selected)

14. A Bioinspired Strategy for Immobilizing Silver Nanoparticles towards the Synthesis of Antibacterial Paper, MS Azam, MS Islam, Research & Review: J Material Sciences, 2017, 5(4), 68.

13. Monitoring the Behavior of DNA at the Silica/Water Interface Using Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy, MS Azam, CN Weeraman, JM Gibbs-Davis, Abstract Book of 16th Asian Chemical Congress, 2015.

12. Mussel-Inspired Synthesis of Antibacterial Paper Based on Silver Nanoparticles, MS Islam, MS Azam, Abstract Book of 16th Asian Chemical Congress, 2015.

11. Multiresponsive Hydrogel: A Strategy of Combining Mahneto- and Thermo- Responsiveness into a Single Nanocomposite Hydrogel, S Sultana, L Bushra, MS Azam, Abstract of 16th Asian Chemical Congress, 2015.

10. Multiresponsive Hydrogel: A Strategy of Combining Mahneto- and Thermo- Responsiveness into a Single Nanocomposite Hydrogel, S Sultana, L Bushra, MS Azam, Abstract of 16th Asian Chemical Congress, 2015.

9. Ion specific acid-base equilibria of the silica/water interface studied by second harmonic generation spectroscopy,, MS Azam, CN Weeraman, JM Gibbs-Davis, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 244, 2012. Read More

8. Quantifying the influence of confinement on the behavior of DNA immobilized at the silica-water interface using second harmonic generation, JM Gibbs-Davis, MS Azam, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 244, 2012. Read More

7. Monitoring the silica and functionalized silica-aqueous interface using second harmonic generation spectroscopy JM Gibbs-Davis, MS Azam, CN Weeraman, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 244, 2012. Read More

6. Studying hybridization and melting of immobilized DNA at the silica-water interface using sum frequency generation spectroscopy, CN Weeraman, MS Azam, JM Gibbs-Davis, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 244, 2012. Read More

5. Second harmonic generation spectroscopy study of halide partitioning at the silica/water interface, MS Azam, CN Weeraman, JM Gibbs-Davis, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 243, 2012. Read More

4. Halide specific effects on the acid-base equilibria of the silica/water interface studied by second harmonic generation spectroscopy, MS Azam, CN Weeraman, JM Gibbs-Davis, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 243, 2012. Read More

3. Monitoring specific ion effects on acid-base equilibria of the silica/water interface with second harmonic generation spectroscopy, JM Gibbs-Davis, MS Azam, CN Weeraman, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 243, 2012. Read More

2. Halide specific effects on the acid-base equilibria of the silica/water interface studied by second harmonic generation spectroscopy, JM Gibbs-Davis, MS Azam, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 241, 2011. Read More

1. Orthogonally reactive SAMs as a general route to bifunctional surfaces, JM Gibbs-Davis, MS Azam, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 241, 2011. Read More

Conference Presentation (Selected)

7. Azam, M. S.; Islam, M. S. "A A Bioinspired Strategy for Immobilizing Silver Nanoparticles towards the Synthesis of Antibacterial Paper," 10th International Conference on Emerging Materials and Nanotechnology, July 27 - 29, 2017, Vancouver BC, Canada. (oral presentation)

6. Azam, M. S.; Weeraman, C. N.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Monitoring the Behavior of DNA at the Silcia/Water Interface Using NLO Spectroscopy" 16th Asian Chemical Congress, Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 16 - 19, 2016. (oral presentation)

5. Azam, M. S. "Molecular Recognition at the Interfaces: From Nano to Sub-Nano Scale," Seminar on Advances of Nanosciences in Bangladesh, Maulana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh, Sep 17, 2014. (distiguished speaker)

4. Azam, M. S.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Specific Ion Effects on Acid-Base Equilibria at the Planar Silica/Water Interface," CECAM Workshop on Liquid/Solid Interfaces, CECAM-HQ-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jun 24 - 26, 2013. (invited presentation)

3. Azam, M. S.; Fenwick, S. L.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Orthogonally Reactive SAMs as a General Platform for Well-Defined Mixed Monolayers," 94th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montreal QC, Canada, Jun 05 - 09, 2011. (oral presentation)

2. Azam, M. S.; Fenwick, S. L.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Mixed Monolayers of Azides and Amines: Exploiting Orthogonal Reactivity to Generate Bifunctional Surfaces," 4th Banff Symposium on Organic Chemistry (BSOC), Banff AB, Canada, Oct 29 - Nov 01, 2009. (poster presentation)

1. Azam, M. S.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. "Cooperativity Study in Interfacial Binding by Using Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy," 4th Annual Chautauqua on Nonlinear Optics, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, USA, Jun 1 - 5, 2009. (oral presentation)

Contact Information

Md. Shafiul Azam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Office: OAB 246

E-mail: azam@ualberta.ca
mdshafiulazam@chem.buet.ac.bd

Phone: 02 55167228-57
Ext. 7119 (Office), 7900 (Res.)

Cell Phone: +8801535495622