ABSTRACTS OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 2005
YEAR OF PUBLICATION : 2005

A : Publication in Citation-Indexed Journals Including Refereed Proceeding

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A. K. M. Shafiqul Islam, Z. Ismail, M. N. Ahmad, B. Saad, A. R. Othman, A. Y. Md. Shakaff, A. Daud, Z. Ishak, “Transient Parameters of a Coated Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor for the Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)”, Sensors and Actuators B, 109 (2005) 238-243.

2 Bahruddin Saad, Md. Fazlul Bari, Muhammad Idiris Saleh, Kamarudzaman Ahmad and Mohd. Khairuddin Mohd. Talib, “Simultaneous Determination Of Preservatives (Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Methylparaben And Propylparaben) In Foodstuffs Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography”, Journal of Chromatography A, 1073 (2005) 393-397.

3 Bahruddin Saad, Wan Tatt Wai, Md. Sariff Jab, Wan Saime Wan Ngah, Muhammad Idiris Saleh and Jonathan M. Slater, “Development Of Flow Injection Spectrophotometric Methods For The Determination Of Free Available Chlorine And Total Available Chlorine: Comparative Study”, Analytica Chimica Acta, 637 (2005) 197-206.

4 Bahruddin Saad, Ikema Alphonse Osisi, Muhammad Idiris Saleh, Norziah Mohd Hani, Ahamad Abu, Noor Hasani Hashim & Norhayati Ali, “Determination of Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in Traditional Medicines”, ASEAN Food Journal, 13 (2004) 41-51.

5 Bahruddin Saad, Zainiharyati Mohd Zin, Md Sariff Jab, Ismail Ab Rahman, Muhammad Idiris Saleh and Shariff Mahsufi, “Flow-through Chloroquine Sensor and Its Applications in Pharmaceutical Analysis”, Analytical Sciences, 21 (2005) 521-524.

6 Chan, L. K., Patra Rina Dewi & Boey, P. L., “Effects of Plant Growth Redulators on Regeneration of Plantlets from Bud Cultures of Cymbopogon nardus L. and the Detection of Essential Oils from the In Vitro Plantlets”, Journal of Plant Biology, 48 (2005) 142-146.

7 Chan L.K., Lai E.M. and Boey P.L., "Establishment Of Root Cultures Of Hyoscyamus Niger L. For The Production Of Tropine Alkaloids", Current Trends and Perspectives (2005) 65-70.

8 Chew Hee Ng, Thiam Seong Chong, Siang Guan Teoh and Seik Weng Ng, “An Oxido-Bridged Dinickel(II) Complex With L-Alanine Derived Spiro Ligand From An Unusual Mannich Aminomethylation”, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 58 (2005) 1455-1461.

9 Chew Hee Ng, Han Kiat Alan Ong, Koh Sing Ngai, Wee Tee Tan, Lai Peng Lim, Siang Guan Teoh, Thiam Seong Chong, “mer-Tris(ß-alaninato)cobalt(III): Crystal Structure, Solution Properties And Its DNA Cleavage In The Presence Of Ascorbic Acid”, Polyhedron 24, (2005) 1503-1509.

10 D. M. H. Ali, K. C. Wong, P. K. Lim, “Flavonoids from Blumea balsamifera”, Fitoterapia, 76 (2005) 128-130.

11 Farook Ahmad, Sulaiman Ab Ghani, Voltammetric Analysis of Glucose Using Poly 4-vinylpyridine Modified Carbon Fiber Electrode, Intern. J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 85 (2005) 781 - 793.

12 Y. P. Hor and N. Mohamed, “Removal And Recovery Of Copper Via A Galvanic Cementation System Part II: Batch-Recycle Reator”, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry,35 (2005) 609-613.

13 I. A. Rahman, Y. Y. Sing, M. F. Bari and B. Saad, “Adsorption of Paraquat by Treated and Untreated Rice Husks Studied by Flow Injection-Analysis”, Research Journal Of Chemistry And Environment, 9 (2005) 17-22

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14 I. A. Rahman, A. T. M. Yussof, B. Saad, R. Adnan, M. S. Adzahar and M. S. Idiris, “Formation of Silica Nanotubes Using Citric Acid as Structure Stabilizer Via Sol-Gel Process”, ASEAN Journal of Sciences and Technology for Development, 22 (2005) 63-70.

15 I. A. Rahman, B. Saad, S. Shaidan, E. S. Sya Rizal, “Adsorption Characteristics Of Malachite Green On Activated Carbon Derived From Rice Husks Produced By Chemical-Thermal Process”, Bioresource Technology, 96 (2005) 1578-1583.

16 K. M. Lee, P. E. Lim, “Bioregeneration of Powdered Activated Carbon in the Treatment of Alkyl-Substituted Phenolic Compounds in Simultaneous Adsorption and Biodegradation Processes”, Chemosphere, 58 (2005) 407–416.

17 Muhammad I. Saleh, E. Kusrini, R. Adnan, Ismail A. Rahman, B. Saad, A. Usman, H.-K. Fun, and B. M. Yamin, “The Crystal Structure and Thermal Stability of [Bis-picrate(pentaethylene glycol)] praseodymium(III)picrate Complex”, Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 35 (2005) 469–475.

18 N. Ali, N.H. Hashim, B. Saad, K. Safan, M. Nakajima, T. Yoshizawa, “Evaluation of a Method to Determine the Natural Occurrence of Aflatoxins in Commercial Traditional Herbal Medicines from Malaysia and Indonesia”. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 43 (2005) 1763-1772.

19 M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim and S. Shuib, “Study On Oil Reservoir Productivity Performance Via Combination of Taguchi and BEM Analyses”, Electronic Journal of Boundary Element, 3 (2005) 1-13.

20 M.N. Mohamad Ibrahim, M.E. Izat, A. R. Wahida and C.s. Sipaut: "Study on Moisture-cured Polyurethane as Undercoating Layer for Metalization", ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 22 (2005) 271 – 283

21 Bo-Long Poh and Chin Mean Teem, “A 1H NMR Study On The Complexation Of Tetraalkylammonium Cations, Mono And Diprotonated Amines, And Amino Acids With A Derivatized Cyclotetrachromotropylene In An Aqueous Solution”, Tetrahedron, 61 (2005) 5123-5129.

22 Soon-An Ong, Poh-Eng Lim, Chye-Eng Seng, Makoto Hirata, Tadashi Hano, “Effects of Cu(II) and Cd(II) on the Performance of Sequencing Batch Reactor Treatment System”, Process Biochemistry, 40 (2005) 453–460.

23 Solehuddin Shuib, M. Ikhwan Zaini Ridzwan and M. N. Mohd. Ibrahim, “Evaluation Compliant Handle For Endosurgical Grasper Using Pseudo-Rigid-Body Method", Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2 (2005) 47-62.

24 K. C. Wong and C. H. Tan, “Volatile Constituents of the Flowers of Clerodendron Fragrans (Vent.) R. Br.”, Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 20 (2005) 429-430.

25 K. C. Wong, B. C. Lee, N. F. Lam and P. Ibrahim, “Essential Oils of the Rhizomes of Alpinia Conchigera Griff. And Alpinia Latilabris Ridl.”, Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 20 (2005) 431-433.

26 G. Y. Yeap, I. Susanti, B. S. Teoh, W. A. K. Mahmood and W. T. A. Harrison, “Synthesis and Phase Transition in New Chalcone Derivatives. Crystal Structure of 1-phenyl-3-(4’-undecylcarbonyloxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-on”, Molecular Crystals Liquid Crystals 442 (2005) 133–146.

27 W.S. Wan Ngah, S. Ab Ghani, A. Kamari, "Adsorption behaviour of Fe(II) and Fe(III) ions in aqueous solution on chitosan and cross-linked chitosan beads", Bioresource Technology 96 (2005) 443-450.

28 Yeap, G. Y., Ha, S. T., Lim, P. L., Boey, P. L., M. M. Ito, Sanehisa, S & Youhei, Y, “Synthesis, Physical and Mesomorphic Properties of Schiff Base Esters Containing ortho-, meta-, and para-substituents in Benzylidene-4’-alkanoyloxyanilines”, Liquid Crystals, 33 (2005) 205.

29 Yiu Pang Hung, Norita Mohamed and Hamzah Darus "Recovery of Copper from Strong Chloride-based Solution", Journal of Applied Sciences 5 (2005) 1328 - 1333.

B : Publication in Non-Citation-Indexed Journal and Refereed Proceedings

30 Charuwan Suitcharit, Norita Mohamed, Lim Poh Eng and Waraporn Sirinawin, “Determination of Zinc Species Using Ultrafiltration and Different Solid Sorbents”, Journal of Physical Science, 16 (2005) 69–83.

31 C. S. Sipaut, Z. M. Ariff, G. L. A. Sims, S. Nadia, M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim, “Techniques and Parameters Investigations on Crosslinked Rubber Foam Formations”, ICCBPE/SOMChE, MTE-45, (2005) 966-971.

32 C. S. Sipaut, N. Ahmad, R. Adnan, I. Ab. Rahman, M. A. Bakar, J. Ismail and C. K. Chee, “Surface Modification of Fumed Nanosilica with Epoxy Molecule”, ICCBPE/SOMChE, MTE-41, (2005) 946-950.

33 Ismail Ab Rahman, P. Vejayakumarran, Jamil Ismail, Mohamad Abu Bakar, Coswal Stephen @ Nazri, Chee Chong Koi, “The Formation of Monodispersed, Nanospherical Silica Particles by Sol-Gel Process in the Presence of Anions as Additive”, MicroSoM, 8 (2005) 8-10.

34 I. A. Rahman, P. Vejayakumaran, C. S. Sipaut, M. A. Bakar, J. Ismail, R. Adnan and C. K. Chee, “ Synthesis of Silica Nanoparticles with Controlled Morphologies by Controlling the Reaction Parameters of Sol-Gel Process”, ICCBPE/SOMChE, MTE-44, (2005) 960-965.

35 J. Abdullah, A.Y. Hassan, S. Shuib dan M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim: 2004 “Production of Physical Bio-Model From Scanned Data Using Rapid Prototyping Technology”, Journal of Physical Science, 15 (2005) 63-71 .

36 Koay, S. S., Chan, L. K., & Boey, P. L. , “Detection of Anthocyanidin from Cell Suspension Culture of Melastoma malabatricum”, Journal of Physical Science, 16 (2005) 133-138.

37 M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim, M.E Izat Dan A.U Ruzila: 2004, “Penyaduran Nikel Tanpa Elektrik Ke Atas Plastik ABS Menggunakan Kaedah Salutan Polimer”, Journal of Physical Science, 15 (2005) 51-62.

38 M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim and M. A. Marliana, “Tanin Daripada Serbuk Tandan Sawit Kosong dan Aplikasinya Dalam Industri Petroleum”, Jurnal Teknologi, 42(F), (2005) 107–120.

39 M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim, W. D. Wan Rosli and S. B. Chuah, “Monitoring Quality of Soda Black Liquor of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fibers in Terms of Storage Time and Temperature”, Jurnal Teknologi, 42(C), (2005) 21–28.

40 M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim dan H. Azian, “Extracting Soda Lignin from the Black Liquor of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch”, Jurnal Teknologi, 42(C), (2005) 11-20.

41 S. Shuib, M. I. Z Ridzwan, A. Y. Hassan and M. N. M. Ibrahim, “Topology Optimisation of Hip Prosthesis to Reduce Stress Shielding”, WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, WIT Press, Southampton, 80 (2005) 257-265.

42 S. Shuib, M.A.M. Ali, A.Y. Hassan and M.N.M. Ibrahim, "Analysis Alat Pembedahan Gunting Endoskopik Menggunakan Analisis Unsur Terhingga (Finite Element Analysis of A Disposable Endosurgical Grasper)", Proceedings of National Seminar on Computational & Experimental Mechanics (CEM) (2005) 229 - 237.

43 Solehuddin Shuib, M. I. Z. Ridzwan, A. Halim Kadaman and M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim: 2004, “The Analysis of a Compliant One-Piece Nail Clipper Using Pseudo-Rigid-Body Method in Comparison to Finite Element Method”, Journal of Physical Science, 15 (2005) 69-78.

44 H. C. Tee, F. W. N. Tan and P. E. Lim, “Nitrogen and Phenol Removal in Gravel- and Raw Rice Husk-Based Constructed Wetlands”, Journal of Physical Science, 16 (2005) 85-97.

45 G. Y. Yeap, “From Nematic To Semectic Phase – A Progress In The Liquid Crystals Display (LCD), Bulletin Chem., (2005), 4, 5.

C: Other Publications

46 Bahruddin Saad, Mohd. Noor Ahmad, Zhari Ismail “Chemical Sensors”, Research at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Vol. 5, Materials: From Fundamentals To Applications, (2005), pg. 12–19.

47 Chan L. K., Lai E. M., and Boey P. L. , “Establishment of Roots Cultures of Hyoscyamus niger L. for the Production of Tropine Alkaloids”, Proceedings of the Seminar on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Current Trends and Perspectives, FRIM, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, (2005), pg. 65-70.

48 M. N. M. Ibrahim and S. Shuib: "Taguchi and BEM Analyses on the Productivity Performance of an Oil Resevoir" In Advance in Boundary Element Techniques VI, Editors: A. P. S. Selvadurai, C. L. Tan and M. H. Aliabadi, EC Ltd., United Kingdom, (2005) 299 - 303.

49 M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim, M. Y. Nor Nadiah and A. A. Amirul "Extraction of Tannin from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch as a Rust Deactivator", Proceedings of Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE) (2005).

50 M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim: 2004, “Productivity OF Oil Wells in Arbitrarily Shaped Reservoirs”, International Conference On Mathematics And Its Applications (ICMA 2004), Kuwait University Press, Kuwait, (2005) 215-219.

51 S. Shuib, C. S Chai, A. Y. Hassan and M.N.M. Ibrahim, "An Improvement of the Design of Hip Implant for Total Hip Replacement (THR)", Proceeding of National Seminar on Computational & Experimental Mechanics (CHM) (2005) 211 – 218

52 Solehuddin Shuib, Rosli Yusuff, A. Y. Hassan and M. N. M. Ibrahim, "A Disposable Compliant-Forceps for HIV Patients", Proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (2005) 713 - 722.

53 G. Y. Yeap, P. L. Boey, W. A. K. Mahmood, S. A. Hamid, R. Adnan, “Liquid Crystals”, Research at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Vol. 5, Materials: From Fundamentals To Applications, (2005), pg. 12–19.

Books

54 "Basic Analytical Chemistry", Wan Saime Wan Ngah and Che Sofiah Saidin, First printed 2005, ISBN: 983-3205-32-1.