Publications
30. Xin Huang, Buyi Li, Hui Zhang, Irshad Hussain, Liyun Liang and Bien Tan. Facile preparation of size-controlled gold nanoparticles using versatile and end-functionalized thioether polymer ligands. In Press in Nanoscale.
29 Irshad Hussain*, Syed Zajif Hussain, Habib-ur-Rehman, Ayesha Ihsan, Asma Rehman, Zafar M. Khalid, Mathias Brust and Andrew I. Cooper. In-Situ growth of gold nanoparticles on latent fingerprints – From forensic applications to inkjet printed nanoparticle patterns. Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 2575 - 2578
28 Irshad Hussain*, Haifei Zhang, Mathias Brust, Justas Barauskas, Andrew I. Cooper. Size-controlled emulsions directed assembly of gold nanoparticles to spherical aggregates. Journal of Colloids and Interface Science, 2010, 350, 368-372.
27 Asma Rehman, Zulfiqar Ali Raza, Saif-ur-Rehman, Zafar M. Khalid, Chandramouleeswaran Subramani, Vincent M. Rotello and Irshad Hussain*. Synthesis and use of self-assembled rhamnolipid microtubules as template for gold nanoparticles assembly to form porous gold microstructures. Journal of Colloids and Interface Science, 2010, 347, 332-335.
2009
26. Roger Ristau, Ramchandra Tiruvalam, Patrick L. Clasen, Edward P. Gorskowski, Martin P. Harmer & Christopher J.Kiely, and Irshad Hussain & Mathias Brust. Thermal stability studies of self-assembled arrays of gold nanoparticles. Gold Bulletin, 2009, 42, 133.
25. Irshad Hussain*, Mathias Brust, Justas Barauskas and Andrew I. Cooper. Controlled step growth of molecularly linked gold nanoparticles – from metallic monomers to dimers to polymeric nanoparticle chains. Langmuir, 2009, 25, 1934.
2008
24. Haifei Zhang, Jun-Young Lee, Adham Ahmed, Irshad Hussain, and Andrew I. Cooper. Freeze-align and heat-fuse: Microwires and networks from nanoparticle suspensions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 4573.
23. Muhammad Afzal, Ghulam Shabir, Irshad Hussain, Zafar M. Khalid. “Paper and board mill effluent treatment with the combined biological–coagulation–filtration pilot scale reactor”. Bioresource Technology 2008, 99, 7383
2007
22. Antonios G. Kanaras, Zhenxin Wang, Irshad Hussain, Mathias Brust, Richard Cosstick, and Andrew D. Bates. “Site-specific ligation of DNA-modified gold nanoparticles activated by the restriction enzyme StyI”. Small, 2007, 1, 67.
21. Zhenxin Wang, Bien Tan, Irshad Hussain, Nicholas Schaeffer, Mark Wyatt, Mathias Brust and Andrew I. Cooper. “Design of polymeric stabilizers for size-controlled synthesis of mono-disperse gold nanoparticles in water”. Langmuir, 2007, 23, 885.
20. Zhenxin Wang; Bien Tan; Irshad Hussain; Nicolas Schaeffer; Mathias Brust and Andrew I. Cooper. “Combinatorial design of polymeric stabilizers for size-controlled synthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles in water”. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) (2007), 48(2), 442-443. Publisher: American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry.
19. Haifei Zhang; Irshad Hussain; James Long; Bien Tan; Mathias Brust; Matthew Rosseinsky; Steven Rannard; Michael Butler and Andrew I. Cooper. “Synthesis of porous materials via multiscale templating approaches: emulsions, nanoparticles, supercritical fluids, and directional freezing”. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2007), Volume Date 2006, 988E (Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials VI), Paper #: 0988-QQ05-03.
2006
18. Irshad Hussain*, Zhenxin Wang, Andrew I. Cooper and Mathias Brust. Formation of spherical nanostructures by controlled aggregation of gold colloids. Langmuir, 2006, 22, 2941.
17. Haifei Zhang, Irshad Hussain, Mathias Brust, and Andrew I. Cooper. “Synthesis of hierarchically porous inorganic–metal site-isolated nanocomposites”. Chemical Communications, 2006, 24, 2539.
2005
16. C.J. Kiely, M. Watanabe, A. Burrows, P. Clasen, M.P. Harmer, B.Rodríguez-González, L. Liz-Marzán, I. Hussain, J. Fink and M. Brust. “What are the Limitations in the Characterization of Self-Assembled Metamaterials using Advanced Microscopy Techniques”? Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2005, 11 (suppl2), 204.
15. Haifei Zhang, Irshad Hussain, Mathias Brust, Micheal F. Butler, Steven P. Rannard and Andrew I. Cooper. “Aligned two and three-dimensional structures by directional freezing of polymers and nanoparticles”. Nature Materials, 2005, 4, 787.
14. Christina Roth, Adam J. Papworth, Irshad Hussain, Richard J. Nichols and David J. Schiffrin. “A new Pt-Ru model system to study the bifunctional mechanism of electrocatalysis”. Journal of Electro-analytical Chemistry, 2005, 581, 79.
13. Irshad Hussain, Susan Graham, Zhenxin Wang, Bien Tan, Steven P. Rannard, David C. Sherrington, Andrew I. Cooper and Mathias Brust. “Size-controlled synthesis of near-monodisperse gold nanoparticles in the 1-4 nm range using polymeric stabilizers”. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 16398.
2004
12. Haifei Zhang, Irshad Hussain, Mathias Brust and Andrew I. Cooper. “Emulsion-templated gold beads using gold nanoparticles as building blocks”. Advanced Materials, 2004, 16, 1, 27.
11. Christina Roth, Irshad Hussain, Maryam Bayati, Richard J. Nichols and David J. Schiffrin. “Fullerene-linked Pt nanoparticle assemblies”. Chemical Communications, 2004, 1532.
10. Raphael Levy, Nguyen T. K. Thanh, Christopher R. Doty, Irshad Hussain, Richard J. Nichols, David J. Schiffrin, Mathias Brust, and David G. Fernig. “Rational and combinatorial design of peptide capping ligands for gold nanoparticles”. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 10076.
09. R. A. Ristau, C. J. Kiely, M. P. Harmer, I. Hussain and M. Brust. “Fundamental sintering studies of 2-dimensional gold nanoparticle arrays”. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2004, 10 (suppl2), 384.
2003 and earlier
08. Irshad Hussain, Mathias Brust, Adam J. Papworth and Andrew I. Cooper. “Preparation of acrylate-stabilized gold and silver hydrosols and gold-polymer composite films”. Langmuir, 2003, 19, 4831.
07. Bien Tan, Huiming Pan, Irshad Hussain, Xiaohui Chen. “Synthesis of ultraviolet-curable modified polysiloxane and its surface properties”. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2002, 86, 2135.
06. M. Anwer, Irshad Hussain, S. Sarwar Alam and Feroza Baig. “Effects of NaCl salinity on seed germination, growth and yield of two varieties of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2001, 4, 124.
05. M. Anwer, Irshad Hussain, T. McNeilly and P.D. Putwain (2001). “Amelioration of NPK on metal polluted bare and vegetative sites of Trelogen mines”. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2001, 4, 280.
04. Q.M. Khan, D.H. Philips, F.L. Martin, K.J. Cole, A. Hewer, I. Hussain, and Z.M. Khalid. “Detection of DNA damage by the comet assay in MCL-5 cells exposed to extracts of urban air particulate matter”. Mutagenesis, 2000, 15, 5, 44.
03. Muhammad Anwer, Irshad Hussain, and Tom McNeilly (2000). “Assessment of zinc tolerance of pasture and mine populations of A. odoratum by charcoal staining method”. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2000, 3(1):78.
02. Irshad Hussain, Qaiser M. Khan, Zafar M. Khalid, Mariam Faiz, Samina Iqbal and Kausar A. Malik. “Decolorization of aqueous dye- solutions and textile effluents using industrial waste biomass”. Biologia, 1997, 44, 1 & 2, 218.
01. Aamer Saeed, Irshad Hussain, and Nasim H. Rama. “A simplified synthesis of peniolactol”. Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan, 1996, 18(1):48.
