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PROFESSOR (DR.) MOHAMMAD AJMAL ALI

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كلية العلوم
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh -11451, Saudi Arabia

Green Sonochemical Synthesis and Fabrication of Cubic MnFe2O4 Electrocatalyst Decorated Carbon Nitride Nanohybrid for Neurotransmitter Detection in Serum Samples

, Elshikh M.S., G. Mani, Tse-Wei Chen, Shen-Min Chen, Po-Jui Huang, M. Ajmal Ali, Fahad M. Al-Hemaid, Amal M. Al-Mohaimeedd . 2021

The binary nanomaterials and graphitic carbon-based hybrid has been developed as an important porous nanomaterial for fabricating electrode with applications in non-enzymatic (bio) sensors. We report a fast synthesis of bimetal oxide particles of nano-sized manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4) decorated on graphitic carbon nitride (GCN) via a high-intensity ultrasonic irradiation method for C (30 kHz and 70 W/cm2). The nanocomposites were analyzed by powder X-ray diffraction, XPS, EDS, TEM to ascertain the effects of synthesis parameters on structure, and morphology. The MnFe2O4/GCN modified electrode demonstrated superior electrocatalytic activity toward the neurotransmitter (5-hydroxytryptamine) detection with a high peak intensity at +0.21 V. The appealing application of the MnFe2O4/GCN/GCE as neurotransmitter sensors is presented and a possible sensing mechanism is analyzed. The constructed electrochemical sensor for the detection of 5-hydroxytryptamine (STN) showed a wide working range (0.1–522.6 μM), high sensitivity (19.377 μA μM–1 cm–2), and nano-molar detection limit (3.1 nM). Moreover, it is worth noting that the MnFe2O4/GCN not only enhanced activity and also promoted the electron transfer rate towards STN detection. The proposed sensor was analyzed for its real-time applications to the detection of STN in rat brain serum, and human blood serum in good satisfactory results was obtained. The results showed promising reproducibility, repeatability, and high stability for neurotransmitter detection in biological samples.

Publication Work Type
Research work
Volume Number
70,105305
Issue Number
70,105305
Magazine \ Newspaper
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Pages
70,105305
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The binary nanomaterials and graphitic carbon-based hybrid has been developed as an important porous nanomaterial for fabricating electrode with applications in non-enzymatic (bio) sensors.

by Elshikh M.S., G. Mani, Tse-Wei Chen, Shen-Min Chen, Po-Jui Huang, M. Ajmal Ali, Fahad M. Al-Hemaid, Amal M. Al-Mohaimeedd
2021
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An efficient electrochemical sensing and catalysis platform based on Cu–Ni alloy is developed. The Cu–Ni alloy (CN) are synthesized using ultrasonic aided thermal annealing process. The…

by Vengudusamy Renganathan, Ramachandran Balaj and Shen-Ming Chen, Tse-Wei Chen, M. Ajmal Ali, Fahad M.A. Al-Hemaid, Mohammad El-Shikh (
2021
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In the present work, we reported a one pot simple colloidal–gel synthesis of molybdenum bismuth vanadate (MoBiVO4). The charge transfer property of MoBiVO4 was improved by developing a composite…

by Praveen Kumar Gopi, Chandan Hunsur Ravikumar, Shen-Ming Chena, Tse-Wei Chen, Mohammad Ajmal Ali, Fahad M.A. Al-Hemaid, Mohammad Suliman El-Shikh, A.K. Alnakhli
2021