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SK Mahasin Alam

Team Coordinator (Chemical, Food & Life Sciences)
PhD in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
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Appointment(s) in Professional Officers Division

  • Team Coordinator (Chemical, Food & Life Sciences)

Programme-In-Charge

  • Chemical Engineering, BEng (Hons)

Educational Background

  • PhD in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemical Theoretical Studies (Sodium and Lithium-Ion Batteries; Polymers; 2D-Materials; Nanowires; Doped Semiconductors; Surface Chemistry)
  • Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
  • Medicinal Plant Evaluation (Microbiological; Pharmacological)
  • CE2508 - Chemical Engineering Lab Course 1
  • CE3502 - Chemical Engineering Lab Course 2
  • PHE3018 - Unit Operations Laboratory
  • FTE2014 - Heat & Mass - Conservation & Transfer
  • PHE3117 - Downstream Processing II (Blending & Tableting)

Journal Papers

  • W Liu, Mahasin Alam Sk, S Manzhos, I Martin-Bragado, F Benistant, SA Cheong, Grown-in beryllium diffusion in indium gallium arsenide: An ab initio, continuum theory and kinetic Monte Carlo study, Acta Materialia, 2017, 125, 455-464.

  • KP Prasad, A Than, N Li, Mahasin Alam SK, H Duan, K Pu, X Zheng, P Chen, Thiophene-derived polymer dots for imaging endocytic compartments in live cells and broad-spectrum bacterial killing, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2017, 1 (1), 152-157.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk,   Lin Huang,   Peng Chen Kok-Hwa Lim, Controlling armchair and zigzag edges in oxidative cutting of graphene, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4 (27), 6539-6545.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Y Chen, S Manzhos, Orbital order switching in molecular calculations using GGA functionals: Qualitative errors in materials modeling for electrochemical power sources and how to fix them, Chemical Physics Letters, 2016, 659, 270-276.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk and Sergei Manzhos, Exploring the sodium storage mechanism in disodium terephthalate as anode for organic battery using density-functional theory calculations, J. Power Sources, 2016, 324, 572-581.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, S Manzhos, Sodium Interaction with Disodium Terephthalate Molecule: an Ab Initio Study, MRS Advances, 2016, 1 (53), 3579-3584.

  • Arundithi Ananthanarayanan, Yue Wang, Parimal Routh, Mahasin Alam Sk, Aung Than, Ming Lin, Jie Zhang, Jie Chen, Handong Sun and Peng Chen, Nitrogen and Phosphorus co-doped Graphene Quantum Dots: Synthesis from Adenosine triphosphate, Optical Properties, and Cellular Imaging, Nanoscale, 2015,7, 8159-8165.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Sultana Bedoura, Hong-Wei Xi and Kok Hwa Lim, The disappearance of the stable slightly-bend isomer of germasilaallenes and the appearance of its cyclic isomer, J. Organomet. Chem., 2014, submitted.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Arundithi Ananthanarayanan, Lin Huang, Kok Hwa Lim and Peng Chen, Revealing the tunable photoluminescence properties of graphene quantum dots, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 6954-6960. 

  • Kenath Priyanka Prasad, Yun Chen, Mahasin Alam Sk, Aung Than, Yue Wang, Handong Sun, Kok-Hwa Lim and Peng Chen, Fluorescent Polymer Quantum Dots Derived from PEDOT and their Applications for Optical Imaging and Sensing, Mater. Horiz., 2014, 1, 529-534.

  • Rern Jern Lim, Mingshi Xie, Mahasin Alam Sk, Jong-min Lee, Adrian Fisher, Xin Wang, Kok Hwa Lim, A review on the electrochemical reduction of CO2 in fuel cells, metal electrodes and molecular catalysts, Catalysis Today, 2014, 233, 169-180.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Sergey M. Kozlov, Kok Hwa Lim, Annapaola Migani and Konstantin M. Neyman, Oxygen vacancies in self-assemblies of ceria nanoparticles, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 18329-18338.

  • Lin Huang, Mahasin Alam Sk, Peng Chen, Kok Hwa Lim, Band-Gap Manipulations of Monolayer Graphene by Phenyl Radical Adsorptions: A Density Functional Theory Study, ChemPhysChem, 2014, 15, 2610-2617.

  • Siti Munira Haidad Ali, Yaw-Kai Yan, Peter P. F. Lee, Kenny Zhi Xiang Khong, Mahasin Alam Sk, Kok Hwa Lim, Beata Klejevskaja, Ramon Vilar, Copper(II) Complexes of Substituted Salicylaldehyde Dibenzyl Semicarbazones: Synthesis, Cytotoxicity and Interaction with Quadruplex DNA, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 1449-1459.

  • Peng Xiao, Mahasin Alam Sk, Larissa Thia, Xiaoming Ge, Rern Jern Lim, Jing-Yuan Wang, Kok Hwa Lim, Xin Wang, Molybdenum phosphide as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction, Energy & Environmental Science, 2014, 7, 2624-2629.

  • Ashok K. Sundramoorthy, Wei Shan Chia, Kumar Raj, Mahasin Alam Sk, Ya Xuan Thong, Siew Hooi Yeap, Wang Jing, Chang Ming Li, Peng Chen, Kok Hwa Lim, Siu Kwan Sze and Mary B. Chan-Park, Scalable and Effective Selective Enrichment of Semiconducting Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes by a Dual Selective Naphthalenebased Azo Dispersant, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (15), 5569-5581.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Man-Fai Ng, Lin Huang, and Kok Hwa Lim, Modulating the Electronic Properties of Germanium Nanowires via Applied Strain and Surface Passivation, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15 (16), 5927 - 5935.

  • Shiow Jin Tan, Mahasin Alam Sk, Peter Peng Foo Lee, Yaw Kai Yan, Kok Hwa Lim, Structural requirements of salicylaldehyde benzoylhydrazone and their Cu(II) complexes for anticancer activity, Can. J. Chem., 2012, 90, 762-775.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Man-Fai Ng, Shuo-Wang Yang and Kok Hwa Lim, Stress induced half-metallicity in surface defected germanium nanowires, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 1166-1174.

  • Weizhi Wang, Mahasin Alam Sk, Pingqi Gao, Kok Hwa Lim, and Mary B Chan-Park, Mild Bromination-Assisted Density-Gradient Ultracentrifugation to Sort Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Metallicity, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (43), 23027-23035.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Man-Fai Ng, Shuo-Wang Yang and Kok Hwa Lim, Water induced electrical hysteresis in germanium nanowire: a theoretical study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 11663-11670.

  • Diana V. Wellia, Qing Chi Xu, Mahasin Alam Sk, Kok Hwa Lim, Tuti Mariana Lim, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Experimental and theoretical studies of Fe-doped TiO2 films prepared by peroxo sol-gel method, Appl. Catal. A: General, 2011, 401, 98-105.

  • Junluo Feng, Mahasin Alam Sk, Liang Yu Yan, Chang Ming Li, Zaher Judeh, Yuan Chen, Lain-Jong Li, Kok Hwa Lim, Mary B. Chan-Park, Sorting of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes based on metallicity by selective precipitation with polyvinylpyrrolidone, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 5199-5206.

  • Zhi Dai, Liangyu Yan, Mahasin Alam Sk, Junluo Feng, Pyria Rose Divina Mariathomas, Yuan Chen, Chang Ming Li, Qing Zhang, Lain-Jong Li, Kok Hwa Lim, Mary B. Chan-Park, Selective small-diameter metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes removal by mere standing with anthraquinone and application to field-effect transistor, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 21035-20141.

  • Qing-chi Xu, Diana V. Wellia, Mahasin Alam Sk, Kok Hwa Lim, Joachim Say Chye Loo, Dai Wei Liao, Rose Amal and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan “Transparent Visible Light Activated C-N-F-Codoped TiO 2 Films for Self-Cleaning Applications” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 2010, 210, 181-187.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Samanta, A. K. Halder, S. Basu and T. Jha, QSAR modelling of pancreatic β-cell KATP channel openers R/S-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-6-halo-4-(substituted phenylaminocarbonylamino)-2H-1-benzopyrans using MLR-FA techniques, Euro. J. Med. Chem. 2009, 44(1), 359-364.

  • S. Samanta, Mahasin Alam Sk, P. Panda and T. Jha, Possible anticancer agents: QSAR analogs of glutamamide: Synthesis and pharmacological activity of 1, 5-N,N' -disubstituted-2-(substituted benzenesulphonyl) glutamamides, Euro. J. Med. Chem. 2009, 44(1), 70-82.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Xi Hong-wei, Lim Kok Hwa; Structure, Bonding and Hyperconjugation of Germaallene: A Theoretical Study, Organometallics, 2009, 28 (13), 3678-3685.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Ria Pal, Shuchi Nagar, Md. A. Islam and A. Saha, Pharmacophore Search for Anti-fertility and Estrogenic Potencies of Estrogen Analogs, J. Mol Mod. 2008, 14(11), 1071-1082.

  • P. Panda, S. Samanta, Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Basu, and T. Jha, QSAR for Analogs of 1,5-N,N'-Disubstituted-2-(substituted benzenesulphonyl) Glutamamides as Antitumor Agents, Internet Electron. J. Mol. Des. 2007, 6(9), 280-301.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Samanta, A. K. Halder, S. Basu, and T. Jha, Structural finding of R/S-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-6-halo-4-(substituted phenylaminocarbonyl amino)-2H-1-benzopyrans as selective pancreatic β-cells KATP-pβ channel openers, Can. J. Chem.  2007, 85(12), 1053-1063.

  • S. P. Visnoi, A. Basu, Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Samanta and T. Jha, Evaluation of the antipyretic potential of methanol extract of the leaves of Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach, Nat. Prod. Rad., 2007 6(5), 369-371.

  • S. Samanta, Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Basu, T. Maji, D. K. Roy and T. Jha, Chemoimmunotherapeutic approach to Prolonged Survival Time in Combination with Immunization and Glutamic Acid Derivatives with Antitumor Activity in Tumor-Bearing Mice, Biol. Pharm. Bull. 2007, 30(12), 2334-2339.

  • Soma Samanta, Parthasarathi Panda, Mahasin Alam Sk, and Tarun Jha, Search for  Structural Requirements of 2-Phenylimidazo[1,2-α]pyridineacetamide Analogs to Improve Affinity and Selectivity towards Central and/or Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors, Internet Electron. J. Mol. Des. 2007, 6(7), 183-199.

  • Soma Samanta, Mahasin Alam Sk, Parthasarathi Panda, Tarun Jha, Pharmacophore mapping of Tricyclic Isoxazoles for Their Affinity Towards Alpha-2 Adrenoreceptors, Internet Electron J. Mol. Des. 2006, 5(10), 503-514.

Conferences

  • Theoretical Studies on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, ICMAT 2013, Suntec City, Singapore.

  • Evaluations of Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Germanium Nanowires: Effects of Water Adsorption, Chemical Passivations and Surface Defects, NanoPrint 2011, NTU, Singapore.

  • Designing of Half-metallic Germanium Nanowires - A DFT Study, RSCE 2011, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

  • The Effect of Surface Chemical Passivation on Electronic Properties of Germanium Nanowire, APCChE 2010, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Growth orientation dependent Elastic properties of Ge nanowires: A DFT study, ISEFCBE 2010, NTU, Singapore.

  • Effect of surface defect on the electronic properties of germanium nanowires: A possible half-metallic property, RSCE 2010, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Structural and electronic properties of OH-passivated germanium nanowires, RSCE 2009, Manila, Philippine.

  • Evaluation of Antipyretic Potential of Cryptomeria japonica D. Don Leaves at the conference, XXXIX Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, 2006, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India.

  • QSAR of R/S-3,4-dihydro 2,2-dimethyl-6-halo-4-(substituted phenylamino- carbonylamino)-2H-1-benzopyrans using topological indices, Wan-Ford charges, partition coefficients and indicator parameters, International conference on Structure and Dynamics: From Micro to Macro, 2006, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India.