Dr. Naeem Akhtar Khan
Assistant Professor, IRCBM
Area of Interest: Fabrication of nano-architectures to design, (i) Energy storage devices and, (ii) Electrochemical and photo-electrochemical sensors for bio-molecular recognition for early stage diagnostic applications.
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007  
Served Previously

Dr. Naeem Akhtar received his BS and MS (Physical Chemistry) in 2010 from Department of Chemistry, B. Z. University, Multan Pakistan. He was selected as a senior visiting scholar in 2011 to join National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing China under the supervision of Prof. He. Tao and was awarded excellent student award. In 2012, he won National institute for material science (NIMS)-Waseda university joint Jr. Research assistantship and became the first Pakistani to Join NIMS (https://www.nims.go.jp/eng/) as a junior researcher. He started his Ph.D research work in April 2013 under the supervision renowned Egyptian Scientist, Prof. Sherif El. Safty (Japan has proposed him formally to the Noble prize for chemicals, because of his excellent work in the field of Nanotechnology). During Ph.D research work he won Waseda University, Young Doctoral Scholarship for consecutive three years (1600000 JPY) and also JASSO Honors Scholarship (65000 JPY/month) for a year. He was awarded Ph.D degree with entitle “Doctor of Science” on March 25, 2016 by Waseda University on thesis title “Nanoelectrochemical sensor for selective molecular recognition”. 

Publications:

Journal Papers:
1. Khizer Hayat, Aqsa Munawar, Anam Zulfiqar, Mahmood Hassan Akhtar, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Zahid Shafiq, Muhammad Akram, Awais Siddique Saleemi, Naeem Akhtar (2020), "CuO Hollow Cubic Caves Wrapped with Biogenic N-Rich Graphitic C for Simultaneous Monitoring of Uric Acid and Xanthine", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Impact Factor: 8.75    (External URL)
2. Khizar Hayat, Mahmood Hassan Akhtar, Awais Siddique Saleemi, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Naeem Akhtar* (2020), "H2O2 Screening from Saliva of Gum Diseased-patient through CN-dot Wrapped Cu2O Nano-frogspawns Ionic Liquid Nanocomposite", Electroanalysis, pp: 1664-1670, Vol: 32, Issue: 8, Impact Factor: 2.69    (External URL)
3. Awais Siddique Saleemi, Muhammad Hafeez, Aqsa Munawar, Naeem Akhtar, Waseem Abbas, Muhammad Ehsan Mazhar,e Zahid Shafiq, Anthony P. Davis, Shern-Long Lee (2020), "Synthesis and sensing efficiency of CN-wrapped ZnFe2O4 microsphere–ionic liquid composites towards ultra-high sensitive arsenic(iii) monitoring of ground drinking water", Journal of Materials Chemistry C, pp: 12984-12992, Vol: 8,, Impact Factor: 7.05    (External URL)
4. Romah Ishfaq, Anam Zulfiqar, Atif Zulfiqar, Asghar Javaid, Muhammad Zulfiqar, Naeem Akhtar (2020), "Why Severity Rate of COVID-19 is High in Patients with Diabetic Mellitus: A Brief Insight", Biomedica, pp: 137, Vol: 36    (External URL)
5. Muhammad Irfan, Masooma Irfan, Syed Mazhar Shah, Nadeem Baig, Tawfik A. Saleh, Mahmood Ahmed, Gul Naz, Naeem Akhtar, Nawshad Muhammad, Ani Idris (2019), "Hemodialysis performance and anticoagulant activities of PVP-k25 and carboxylic-multiwall nanotube composite blended Polyethersulfone membrane", Materials Science and Engineering: C , pp: 44, Vol: 103, Issue: This issue is in progress but contains articles th, ISSN: S0928-4931(18)34008-6, DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.109769, Impact Factor: 5.08  Abstract  (External URL)
6. Muhammad Asad, Anam Zulfiqar, Rizwan Raza, Minghui Yang, Akhtar Hayat, Naeem Akhtar (2019), "Orange Peel Derived C-dots Decorated CuO Nanorods for the Selective Monitoring of Dopamine from Deboned Chicken", Electroanalysis, pp: 11-18, Vol: 32, Impact Factor: 2.69    (External URL)
7. Muhammad Ehsan Mazhar Samia Bakhtawar Anwar Manzoor Muhammad Nauman Usman Naeem Akhtar Waseem Abbas Khalil Khan and Javed Ahmad (2019), "Insight into the structural characterization of pure and Zr-doped hydrothermally synthesized cerium oxide nanoparticles", Materials Research Express, pp: 31, Vol: 6, ISSN: 2053-1591, Impact Factor: 1.15  Abstract  (External URL)
8. Irshad Ahmad Muhammad Ehsan Mazhar Muhammad Nauman Usmani Mohsin Mehmood Waseem Abbas Naeem Akhtar and Ejaz Ahmed (2019), "Auto-combustion synthesis of pure and Er, Dy co-doped ZnO nanomaterials for efficient methyl orange degradation using solar and visible light photocatalysis", Materials Research Express, pp: 00, Vol: 6, ISSN: 2053-1591, Impact Factor: 1.15  Abstract  (External URL)
9. Faria Khan, Naeem Akhtar, Nasir Jalal, Irshad Hussain, Rafal Szmigielski, Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Hafiz B. Ahmad,, Waleed A. El-Said, Minghui Yang,Hussnain Ahmed Janjua (2019), "Carbon-dot wrapped ZnO nanoparticle-based photoelectrochemical sensor for selective monitoring of H2O2 released from cancer cells", Microchimica Acta, pp: 10, Vol: 164, ISSN: 0026-3672, DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3227-x, Impact Factor: 5.7  Abstract  (External URL)
10. Waseem Abbas , Qinglei Liu, Naeem Akhtar,*Javed Ahmad, Muhammad Ehsan Mazhar, Tengfei Li, Imran Zada, Lulu Yao, Raheela Naz, Muhammad Imtiaz, Wang Zhang, Ali Amjad, Di Zhang, Jiajun Gu (2019), "Electrochemical determination of urinary dopamine from neuroblastoma patients based on Cu nanoplates encapsulated by alginate-derived carbon", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, pp: 113560, Vol: 853, Impact Factor: 3.8    (External URL)
11. Yasir Abbas, Sahresh Majeed, Shafqat Ali, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Naeem Akhtar, Hiroshi Yokota (2018), "Design of Gravel-Sand-Filter for arsenic removal: A case study of Muzaffargarh district in Pakistan", Water Environment Research, pp: 2106-2113, Vol: 90, Issue: 12, DOI: 10.2175/106143017X15131012188240, Impact Factor: 1.94    (External URL)
12. Yasir Abbas, Sahresh Majeed, Shafqat Ali, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Naeem Akhtar, Hiroshi Yokota (2018), "Design of Gravel-Sand Filter for Arsenic Removal: A Case Study of Muzaffargarh District in Pakistan", PubMeD, pp: 8, ISSN: 2106-2113, DOI: 10.2175/106143017X15131012188015, Impact Factor: 1.94  Abstract  (External URL)
13. MuhammadWaqas, Anam Zulfiqar, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Naeem Akhtar, Mazhar Hussain, Zahid Shafiq, Yasir Abbas, Khalid Mehmood, Muhammad Ajmal, Minghui Yang (2018), "Fabrication of highly stable silver nanoparticles with shape-dependent electrochemical efficacy", Electrochimica Acta, pp: 11, Vol: 271, Issue: no, ISSN: 0013-4686, Impact Factor: 5.116  Abstract  (External URL)
14. Yasir Abbas, Zareen Zuhra, Naeem Akhtar, Shafqat Ali, and Jian Ru Gong* (2018), "Single-Step Fabrication of Visible-Light-Active ZnO-GaN:ZnO Branched Nanowire Arrays as Photoanode for Efficient Water Splitting", ACS Applied Energy Materials, pp: 3529–3536, Vol: 1, Issue: 8, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b00346, Impact Factor: 6.02    (External URL)
15. Waseem Abbas Naeem Akhtar Qinglei Liu Imran Zada Lulu Yao Raheela Naz Wang Zhang Muhammad Ehsan Mazhar Di Zhang Dongling Ma Jiajun Gu (2018), "Facilely green synthesis of 3D nano-pyramids Cu/Carbon hybrid sensor electrode materials for simultaneous monitoring of phenolic compounds", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, pp: 9, Vol: 282, ISSN: 0925-4005, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.11.114, Impact Factor: 5.6  Abstract  (External URL)
16. Mohammed Y. Emran • Mohamed A. Shenashen • Adel A. Abdelwahab • Hesham Khalifa• Moataz Mekawy Naeem Akhtar• Mohamed Abdelmottaleb• Sherif A. El-Safty (2018), "Design of hierarchical electrocatalytic mediator for one step, selective screening of biomolecules in biological fluid samples", Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, pp: 14, Vol: 49, Issue: no, Standard: 0021-891X, Impact Factor: 2.262  Abstract  (External URL)
17. Mohammed Y. Emran • Mohamed A. Shenashen • Adel A. Abdelwahab • Hesham Khalifa• Moataz Mekawy • Naeem Akhtar• Mohamed Abdelmottaleb• Sherif A. El-Safty (2018), "Design of hierarchical electrocatalytic mediator for one step, selective screening of biomolecules in biological fluid samples", Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, pp: 14, Vol: 48, Issue: 450, Standard: 0021-891X, Impact Factor: 2.262  Abstract  (External URL)
18. Muhammad Ajmal, Faiza Aftab, Iram Bibi, Muzaffar Iqbal, Jaweria Ambreen, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Naeem Akhtar, Abdul Haleem, et al (2018), "Facile synthesis of porous anionic hydrogel embedded with nickel nanoparticles and evaluation of its catalytic performance for the rapid reduction of 4-nitrophenol", Journal of Porous Materials, pp: 12, Vol: 1, Issue: no, Standard: 1573-4854  Abstract  (External URL)
19. Mohammed Y. Emran, Mohamed A. Shenashena, Moataz Mekawy, Ahmed M. Azzam,Naeem Akhtar, Hassenien Gomaa, Mahmoud M. Selim, Ahmed Faheem, Sherif A. El-Safty (2018), "Ultrasensitive in-vitro monitoring of monoamine neurotransmitters from dopaminergic cells", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, pp: 11, Vol: 259, Issue: no, Standard: 0925-4005, Impact Factor: 5.6  Abstract  (External URL)
20. Hamid, X. Zhang, N. Akhtar, X. Zhang and T. He, New J. Chem. (2017), "An electrochemiluminescence biosensor for dopamine detection using poly(luminol-benzidine sulfate) electrode modified by tyramine oxidase", New Journal of Chemistry, pp: 9, Issue: NO, Standard: 1144-0546 , Impact Factor: 3.277  Abstract  (External URL)
21. M.Y. Emran, M. Mekawy, N. Akhtar, M.A. Shenashen, I.M. EL-Sewify, A. Faheem, S.A. El-Safty (2017), "Broccoli-shaped Biosensor Hierarchy for Electrochemical Screening of Noradrenaline in Living Cells", Biosensors and Bioelectronic, pp: 22, Vol: 87, Issue: no, Impact Factor: 8.17  Abstract 
22. Sherif A. El-Safty, Mohamed A. Shenashen, Naeem Akhtar, Mahmoud M. Selim, Wafaa M. Morsy, Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Satoshi Kawada, Abdulaziz A. Alhamid, Naoki Ohashi, Izumi Ichinose, and Ahmed Alamoudi (2017), "Effective, Low Cost Recovery of Toxic Arsenate Anions from Water Using Hollow Sphere Trapper Geodes", CHEMISTRY AN ASIAN JOURNAL, pp: 14, Issue: NO, Impact Factor: 3.692  Abstract  (External URL)
23. N. Akhtar, M.Y. Emran, M. A. Shenashen, H. Khalifa, T. Osaka, A. Faheem, T. Homma, H. Kawarada , S. A. El-Safty (2017), "Fabrication of Photo-electrochemical biosensor for ultrasensitive screening of mono-bioactive molecules: effect of geometrical structures and crystal surfaces", Journal of Materials Chemistry B, pp: 12, Issue: no, Standard: 2050-7518, Impact Factor: 4.776    (External URL)
24. Mohammed Y. Emran & Hesham Khalifa & Hassanien Gomaa & Mohamed A. Shenashen & Naeem Akhtar & Moataz Mekawy & Ahmed Faheem & Sherif A. El-Safty (2017), "Hierarchical C-N doped NiO with dual-head echinop flowers for ultrasensitive monitoring of epinephrine in human blood serum", Microchim Acta, pp: 10, Vol: 164, Issue: No, Standard: 0026-3672, Impact Factor: 5.705  Abstract 
25. Diab Khalafallah, Naeem Akhtar, Othman Y. Alothman, H. Fouad, Khalil Abdelrazek khalil (2017), "Self-assembled dopamine nanolayers wrapped carbon nanotubes as carbon-carbon bi-functional nanocatalyst for highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction and antiviral drug monitoring ", Solid State Sciences, pp: 29, Issue: NO, Standard: 1293-2558, Impact Factor: 1.181  Abstract  (External URL)
26. Mohamed A. Shenashen Diab Hassen Sherif A. El-Safty Mahmoud M. Selim Naeem Akhtar Abhijit Chatterjee Ahmed Elmarakbi (2016), "Mesoscopic Fabric Sheet Racks and Blocks as Catalysts with Efficiently Exposed Surfaces for Methanol and Ethanol Electrooxidation", Advanced Materials Interfaces , pp: 12, Issue: NO, Standard: 2196-7350, Impact Factor: 4.834  Abstract  (External URL)
27. Naeem AkhtarSherif A. El-SaftyMamdouh AbdelsalamMamdouh AbdelsalamHiroshi KawaradaHiroshi Kawarada (2015), "Electron transport dependence of nanoscale hemeprotein molecular structures for engineering electrochemical nanosensor", Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects , pp: 12, Vol: 2, Issue: NO, Standard: 2352507X, Impact Factor: 4.25  Abstract  (External URL)
28. NaeemAkhtarabSherif A.El-SaftyabMd.KhairyaWaleed A.El-Said (2015), "Fabrication of a highly selective nonenzymatic amperometric sensor for hydrogen peroxide based on nickel foam/cytochrome c modified electrode", Sensors and Actuators B , pp: 9, Vol: 207, Issue: NO, Impact Factor: 5.66  Abstract  (External URL)
29. Naeem Akhtar1,2, Sherif A. El-Safty1,2,*, Mamdouh E. Abdelsalam3 (2015), "Heme-protein Modified Electrodes for Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of H2O2 from Apple Juice", NANOMATERIALS: APPLICATIONS AND PROPERTIES, pp: 8, Issue: NO, Impact Factor: 3.811 (  Abstract  (External URL)
30. Wojciech Warkocki,a Sherif A. El-Safty,*ab Mohamed A. Shenashen,a Emad Elshehy,a Hitoshi Yamaguchia and Naeem Akhtarab (2015), "Photo-induced Recovery, Optical Detection, and Separation of Noxious SeO32- Using Mesoporous Nanotube Hybrid Membrane", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, pp: 13, Issue: NO, Impact Factor: 9.913  Abstract  (External URL)
31. NaeemAkhtar a,b, SherifA.El-Safty a,b,n,1,2, MamdouhE.Abdelsalam c, Mohamed A.Shenashen a, HiroshiKawarada b (2015), "Radially oriented nanostrand electrodes to boost glucose sensing in mammalian Blood", Biosensors andBioelectronics, pp: 11, Vol: 99, Issue: NO, Impact Factor: 8.173  Abstract  (External URL)
32. Naeem Akhtar Sherif El-Safty Mohamed Khairy (2014), "Simple and Sensitive Electrochemical Sensor-Based Three-Dimensional Porous Ni-Hemoglobin Composite Electrode", chemosensor, pp: 9, Vol: 6, Issue: NO, Standard: 2227-9040, Impact Factor: 2.475   Abstract  (External URL)
33. Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad*, Yasir Abbas*, Mazhar Hussain*, Naeem Akhtar*, Tariq Mahmood Ansari*, Muhammad Zuber**,†, Khalid Mahmood Zia**, and Shafiq Ahmad Arain*** (2014), "Synthesis and application of alumina supported nano zero valent zinc as adsorbent for the removal of arsenic and nitrate", Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering , pp: 5, Issue: NO, Standard: 1975-7220, Impact Factor: 2.19  Abstract  (External URL)
34. Naeem Akhtar Hafiz Badar (2012), "Kinetic Investigation of Hydrolysis of Keto Esters Spectrophotmetrically", Asian Journal of Chemistry , pp: 3, Vol: 24, Issue: NO, Standard: 0970-7077, Impact Factor: NO  Abstract  (External URL)
35. 1SHAZIA TABASUM, 1SANIA ASGHAR, 1SADAF NAZ ASHRAF, 2HAFIZ BADARUDDIN AHMAD*, 2NAEEM AKHTAR AND 3KHALID MOHAMMED KHAN (2012), "Physicochemical Characterization and Frying Quality of Canola and Sunflower Oil Samples", Journal- Chemical Society of Pakistan, pp: 5, Vol: 37, Issue: NO, Standard: ? ?0253-5106, Impact Factor: no  Abstract  (External URL)
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