Summary
Hello. My name is Faheem Amin, PhD. I am serving NUST as an Associate Professor. I have completed my PhD from Germany in August 2012. I have also completed my Post doctorate from Stuttgart, Germany. My research interests are applications of nanomaterials for cancer diagnostics and treatment as well as for thermal energy storage applications.
Academic Background
PhD
(Physics) Phillips-Universität Marburg
October 01, 2007 - August 30, 2012
Honours and Awards
Research Funding
DAAD-Research Grant
December 11, 2016
Publications
Freeze-gelated sodium alginate incorporated GO hydrogel membrane fabrication, thermal and mechanical studies
November 15, 2023
Yasir Iqbal, Faheem Amin, Noor ul Huda Gillani,
Materials Letters - Volume 351, Article Number 135060
In-situ formation of Azo dye capped-silver nanoparticles and their nanocomposite with reduced graphene oxide for dye degradation
October 15, 2023
Iram Noreen, Awab Hashmi, Yasir Iqbal, Fouzia Perveen Malik, Mudassir Iqbal, Faheem Amin,
Materials Chemistry and Physics - Volume:308, Article Number: 128299
II-VI Quantum Dots and Their Surface Functionalization
April 21, 2023
Faheem Amin, Zulqurnain Ali, Ghenadii Korotcenkov,
Handbook of II-VI Semiconductor-Based Sensors and Radiation Detectors - Chapter 14, Vol:1, Pages:385–422
Luminescence and Fluorescence Ion Sensing.
March 31, 2023
Faheem Amin, Yasir Iqbal, Ghenadii Korotcenkov,
Handbook of II-VI Semiconductor-Based Sensors and Radiation Detectors. - Chapter 14, Vol. 3, Pages:361–391
Cytotoxicity study of gold nanoparticles synthesis using Aloe vera, honey and Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract
February 08, 2023
Shizza Malik, Maha Niazi, Maham Khan, Bisma Rauf, Sidra Anwar, Faheem Amin, Rumeza Hanif,
ACS Omega - Volume 8, No. 7, Pages 6325–6336
Ag Nanoparticle-Decorated V2CTx MXene Nanosheets as Catalysts for Water Splitting
February 02, 2023
Zulqarnain Haider, Sabeen Fatima, Syedah Afsheen Zahra, Hu Li, Syed Hassan Mujtaba Jafri, Faheem Amin, Syed Rizwan,
ACS Applied Nano Materials - Vol:6, No.4, Pages:2374-2384
Effect of annealing environment on dielectric properties of erbium oxide
August 15, 2022
Samsamm uddin Asad, Sameem Ur Rehman, Huma Tariq, Saima Perveen, Faheem Amin, Muhammad Nadeem, Fahad Azad,
Ceramics International - Volume 48, Issue 16, Pages 23536-23542
Optical Dynamics of Copper-Doped Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) and Zinc Sulfide (ZnS) Quantum-Dots Core/Shell Nanocrystals
July 01, 2022
Muhammad Haroon Rasheed, Ants Koel, Toomas Rang, Nadeem Nasir, Nadeem Sabir, Faheem Amin, Abher Rasheed,
Nanomaterials - Volume 12, Issue 13, Article Number 2277
A Novel Sprague-Dawley Rat Model Presents Improved NASH/NAFLD Symptoms with PEG Coated Vitexin Liposomes
March 15, 2022
Adil Farooq, Arfa Iqbal, Nosheen Fatima Rana, Misha Fatima, Tuba Maryam, Farhat Batool, Zahra Rehman, Farid Meena, Shabia Azhar, Afrah Nawaz, Faheem Amin, Zuhair M Mohammedsaleh, Salma Saleh Alradhe,
International Journal of Molecular Sciences - Volume 23, Issue 6, Article Number 3131
Synthesis and antimicrobial activities of manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) Co-Doped cerium dioxide (CeO2)Nanoparticles
January 01, 2021
Muhammad Moazzam Latif, Anwar-ul- Haq, Faheem Amin, Muhammad Ajaz-un-Nabi, Ikram-ullha Khan, Nadeem Sabir,
Physica B:Condensed Matter - Volume 600, Article Number 412562
Fabrication of bifunctional nanocomposite for dye degradation
September 28, 2019
Waqas Khalid, M Ali Abbasi, F Ullah, M Atif, Zulqurnain Ali, Kashif Nadeem, Umer Farooq, Faheem Amin,
Ceramics International - -
Synergy of Green Tea Reduced Tamoxifen-Loaded Silver Nanoparticles Exhibit OGT Downregulation in Breast Cancer Cell Line
August 19, 2019
Mariam Rasheed, Amjad Ali, Shahzina Kanwal, M. Ismail, Nadeem Sabir, Faheem Amin,
Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures - Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 695-704
Formulation of active packaging system using Artemisia scoparia for enhancing shelf life of fresh fruits
July 03, 2019
Javaria Hanif, Nauman Khalid, Rao Sanaullah Khan, Muhammad Faraz Bhatti, Mohammad Qasim Hayat, Muhammad Ismail, Saadia Andleeb, Qaiser Mansoor, Faria Khan, Fahim Ameen, Rumeza Hanif, Muhammad Uzair Hashmi, Hussnain Ahmed Janjua,
Materials Science and Engineering C - Volume 100, Pages 82-93
La- and Mn-Codoped Bismuth Ferrite/Ti3C2 MXene Composites for Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Congo Red Dye
May 17, 2019
M. Abdullah Iqbal, S. Irfan Ali, Faheem Amin , Ayesha Tariq, Muhammad Z. Iqbal, Syed Rizwan Hussain ,
ACS Omega - Volume 4, Issue 5, Pages 8661-8668
Effect of lanthanum substitution on shape and cytotoxicity of zinc oxide (LaxZn1-xO) nano-colloids
May 01, 2019
Khuram Shahzad, Sadaf Mushtaq, Sara Akhtar, Kiran Yaseen, Faheem Amin, Zulqurnain Ali,
Materials Research Express - Volume 6, Issue 5, Article Number 055012
Bandgap Engineering of Bilayer Ge/CdS Thin Films via Interlayer Diffusion under Different Annealing Temperatures
March 24, 2019
Faheem Amin, Syedah Afsheen Zahra, Muhammad Sultan, Sajjad Hussain Mirza, Fahad Azad,
Journal of Nanomaterials - Volume 2019, Article ID 8384794, 10 pages
Quantification of gold nanoparticle cell uptake under controlled biological conditions and adequate resolution
May 15, 2014
B R Rutishauser, Dagmar A Kuhn, Zulqurnain Ali, Michael Gasser, Faheem Amin, Wolfgang Parak, Dmitri Vanhecke, Alke Fink, Peter Gehr, Christina Brandenberger,
Nanomedicine - Volume 9(5), Pages 607-621
Multiplexed measurements by time resolved spectroscopy using colloidal CdSe/ZnS quantum dots
January 27, 2014
U. Kaiser, D. Jimenez de Aberasturi, R. Malinowski, Faheem Amin, W. J. Parak, W. Heimbrodt,
Applied Physics Letters - Volume 104, Issue 4, Article Number 041901
Distance control in-between plasmonic nanoparticles via biological and polymeric spacers
October 03, 2013
Xiang Yu, Dang Yuan Lei, Faheem Amin, Raimo Hartmann, Guillermo P. Acuna, Andrés Guerrero-Martínez, Stefan A. Maier, Philip Tinnefeld, Susana Carregal-Romero, Wolfgang J. Parak,
Nanotoday - Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 480-493
Cytotoxic Effects of Gold Nanoparticles: A Multiparametric Study
June 03, 2012
S J Soenen, Bella Manshian, Jose Maria Montenegro, Faheem Amin, Bjoern Meermann, Toke Thiron, Maria Cornelissen, Frank Vanhaecke, Shareen Doak, Wolfgang Parak, Stefan de Smedt, Kevin Braeckmans,
ACS Nano - Volume 6(7), Pages 5767–5783
Integration of Organic Fluorophores in the Surface of Polymer-Coated Colloidal Nanoparticles for Sensing the Local Polarity of the Environment
March 01, 2012
Faheem Amin, Dmytro A. Yushchenko, Jose M. Montenegro, Wolfgang J. Parak,
ChemPhysChem - Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 1030-1035
Polymer-Coated Nanoparticles: A Universal Tool for Biolabelling Experiments
November 18, 2011
Feng Zhang, Emma Lees, Faheem Amin, Pilar Rivera_Gil, Fang Yang, Paul Mulvaney, Wolfgang J. Parak,
Small - Volume 7, Issue 22, Pages 3113-3127
Characterization of protein adsorption onto FePt nanoparticles using dual-focus fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
July 12, 2011
Pauline Maffre, Karin Nienhaus, Faheem Amin, Wolfgang J. Parak, G. Ulrich Nienhaus,
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology - Volume 2, Pages 374-383
How Colloidal Nanoparticles Could Facilitate Multiplexed Measurements of Different Analytes with Analyte-Sensitive Organic Fluorophores
January 25, 2011
Azhar Zahoor Abbasi, Faheem Amin, Tobias Niebling, Sebastian Friede, Markus Oochs, Susana Carregal Romero, Jose Maria Montenegro, Pilar Rivera Gil, Wolfram Heimbrodt, Wolfgang Parak,
ACS Nano - Volume 5(1), Pages 21-25
In vitro and intracellular sensing by using the photoluminescence of quantum dots
March 20, 2010
Feng Zhang, Zulqurnain Ali, Faheem Amin, Andreas Riedinger, Wolfgang Parak,
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry - Volume 397, Pages 935–942
Ion and pH Sensing with Colloidal Nanoparticles: Influence of Surface Charge on Sensing and Colloidal Properties
February 22, 2010
Feng Zhang, Zulqurnain Ali, Faheem Amin, Anne Feltz, Martin Oheim, Wolfgang Parak,
ChemPhysChem - Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 730-735
Structural, magnetic and electrical properties of Co1_x0002_xZnxFe2O4 synthesized by co-precipitation method
April 01, 2007
Iftikhar Hussain Gul, Azhar Zahoor Abbasi, Faheem Amin, M. Anis-ur-Rehman, Asghari Maqsood,
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials - Volume 311, Issue 2, Pages 494-499
Physical and magnetic characterization of co-precipitated nanosize Co–Ni ferrites
March 01, 2007
Iftikhar Hussain Gul, Faheem Amin, Azhar Zahoor Abbasi, M. Anis-ur-Rehman, Asghari Maqsood,
Scripta Materialia - Volume 56, Issue 6, Pages 497-500
Effect of Ag2CO3 addition on the morphology and physical properties of Bi-based (2223) high- Tc superconductors
November 15, 2006
Iftikhar Hussain Gul, Faheem Amin, Azhar Zahoor Abbasi, M. Anis-ur-Rehman, Asghari Maqsood,
Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications - Volume: 449 Issue: 2 Pages: 139-147
Conferences
Postdoctorate
German Aerospace Institute, Stuttgart, GERMANY
May 01, 2015 - December 31, 2016