Assoc. Prof. Syed Ansar Tofail

Faculty Of Science & Engineering

Dept. Of Physics

Position: Associate Professor

Email: Tofail.Syed@ul.ie

Tel: 0035361234132

Address(es)

Bernal Institute

University of Limerick

Ireland

URL(s)

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=zl78yjkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Biography

Dr. Syed A.M. Tofail has a BSc and MSc in Metallurgical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and a PhD in Physics from University of Limerick, Ireland. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, University of Limerick. In the field of metallurgical engineering, he has developed a new generation ternary shape memory and super-elastic alloy NiTi with rare earth elements. In the field of ceramics, he has developed piezoelectric ceramics of hydroxyapatite. In the field of polymers, he has developed durable, washable antimicrobial textiles which is effective against hospital superbugs as well as common flu viruses and SARS-CoV-2 virus. He has promoted 3 start up companies and the Chief Technical Officer of Solpacity Ltd., Ireland. His research and advises has saved million euros per month in process yield/improvements and recovered millions of euro worth products. He is the lead inventor of 15 granted patents and principal/co-principal investigator of national, European and International research projects of over 21 million. He has published over 150 journal articles and presented over 200 oral and poster presentations in international conferences.

Research Interests

Materials and surface physics of magnetic, electronic and biomaterials at the interface of biology, medicine and chemistry.

Peer Reviewed Journals

2012

The impact of heat treatment on interactions of contact-poled biphasic calcium phosphates with proteins and cells

Wolf-Brandstetter, C,Hempel, U,Clyens, S,Gandhi, AA,Korostynska, O,Oswald, S,Tofail, SAM,Theilgaard, N,Wiesmann, HP,Scharnweber, D (2012) The impact of heat treatment on interactions of contact-poled biphasic calcium phosphates with proteins and cells. Acta Biomaterialia :3468-3477

Biography

Research Interests

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

The impact of heat treatment on interactions of contact-poled biphasic calcium phosphates with proteins and cells

Experimental study on dieless drawing of Nickel-Titanium alloy

Unravelling the specific site preference in doping of calcium hydroxyapatite with strontium from ab initio investigations and Rietveld analyses

X-ray analyses of thermally grown and reactively sputtered tantalum oxide films on NiTi alloy

THIN NiTi WIRES WITH REDUCED THERMAL HYSTERESIS FOR SHAPE MEMORY ACTUATORS

A Complementary Contribution to Piezoelectricity from Bone Constituents

Improved aging performance of vapor phase deposited hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers

In situ photoexcitation of silver-doped titania nanopowders for activity against bacteria and yeasts

Processing of Small Scale Nitinol Billets by Induction Heated Nonconventional Isothermal Extrusion (IHNCIE)

Design and development of a novel load-control dieless rod drawing system

Pyroelectric, piezoelectric, and photoeffects in hydroxyapatite thin films on silicon

Direct creation of microdomains with positive and negative surface potential on hydroxyapatite coatings

Production of Nitinol Wire from Elemental Nickel and Titanium Powders Through Spark Plasma Sintering and Extrusion

A facile aqueous sol-gel method for high surface area nanocrystalline CeO2

Charge Specific Protein Placement at Submicrometer and Nanometer Scale by Direct Modification of Surface Potential by Electron Beam

The atomic level structure of the TiO(2)-NiTi interface

X-ray and microstructural investigation of NiTiPt alloys homogenised at intermediate to high temperatures

Density functional theory simulation of titanium migration and reaction with oxygen in the early stages of oxidation of equiatomic NiTi alloy

The Role of Texturing and Densification on Optical Transmittance of Hydroxyapatite Ceramics

A novel study of hexavalent chromium detoxification by selected seaweed species using SEM-EDX and XPS analysis

Pyroelectric surface charge in hydroxyapatite ceramics

Direct and ultrasonic measurements of macroscopic piezoelectricity in sintered hydroxyapatite

Competitive Sorption of Antimony with Zinc, Nickel, and Aluminum in a Seaweed Based Fixed-bed Sorption Column

Effect of annealing on improved hydrophobicity of vapor phase deposited self-assembled monolayers

Effect of annealing on hydrophobic stability of plasma deposited fluoropolymer coatings

Electrochemical nucleation of gold nanoparticles in a polymer film at a liquid-liquid interface

The structure and stability of hydroxyapatite: Density functional calculation and Rietveld analysis

Nanoscale characterization of carbazole-indole copolymers modified carbon fiber surfaces

Structure and stability of hydroxyapatite: Density functional calculation and Rietveld analysis

Structural order and dielectric behaviour of hydroxyapatite

Characterisation of nanosize thin films of electrografted N-vinylcarbazole copolymers (P[NVCz-co-VBSA] and P[NVCz-co-3-MeTh]) onto carbon fibre AFM, XPS, and Raman spectroscopy

Surface characterisation of electrografted random poly [carbazole-co-3-methylthiophene] copolymers on carbon fiber: XPS, AFM and Raman spectroscopy

Spectroscopic and topographic characterization of the effect of monomer feed ratio in electrocopolymerization of N-vinylcarbazole-co-3-methylthiophene on carbon fiber

Morphological and spectroscopic analyses of poly [N-vinylcarbazole-co-vinylbenzenesulfonic acid] copolymer electrografted on carbon fiber: the effect of current density

Effect of Copper Ion Distribution on The Magnetization of Nanoscaled NiZnCu Ferrite

Effect of copper ion distribution on the magnetization of nanoscaled NiZn ferrite

Spectroscopic and topographic characterization of the effect of monomer feed ratio in electrocopolymerization of N-vinylcarbazole-co-3-methylthiophene on carbon fiber

Thickness and pore size dependence of coercivity for nanonetwork of iron produced by template synthesis

Influence of nanoporosity and roughness on the thickness-dependent coercivity of iron nanonetworks

Influence of Nanoporosity and Roughness on Thickness-Dependent Coercivity of Iron Nanonetwork

Thickness and Pore Size Dependence of Coercivity for Nanonetwork of Iron Produced by Template Synthesis

Nanostructural characterisation of a thin film network of magnetic iron oxide

Patterned nanostructured arrays for high-density magnetic recording

Books

Book Chapters

Influence of Nanoporosity and Roughness on Thickness-Dependent Coercivity of Iron Nanonetwork

Influence of Nanoporosity and Roughness on Thickness-Dependent Coercivity of Iron Nanonetwork

Surface Hardening Behavior of Titanium Alloys in Carburization.

Free Market: Its Effects on Underdeveloped Technology (in Bengali)

Edited Books

Other Journals

What drives bone growth?

Physiological role of bone piezoelectricity: retrospect and prospect

Conference Publications

AIP Conference Proceedings

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES, PTS ONE AND TWO

Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2001 1ST IEEE CONFERENCE ON NANOTECHNOLOGY

Conference Contributions

Published Reports

Editorials

Book Reviews

Other Publications