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My research experience covered a wide range of material chemistry, and my current projects are focusing on followings:
1) Formulation, functionality, dispersibility, and toxicity of antiviral & antimicrobial nanoparticles (AVNP/AMNP) for biomedical and healthcare applications. My most recent research was centering on antiviral & antimicrobial filtration systems for water/air for a hospital surgical filtration system in collaborations with UCL Civil, Engineering and GOSH (EP/N034368/1 and EP/N034228/1, 06-09).
2) Conjugations of antiviral/antimicrobial nanoparticles (metals and organics) with antivirals, antibiotics or small molecules aiming at enhancing antibiotics and repurposed antivirals.
3) Characterization of antiviral & antimicrobial nanoparticles (organics and inorganics) as a continuation of the AVNP Consortium sponsored by DTI-SEEDA (£3.2M, 05-10), which achieved 3 key antiviral patents as outcomes (i.e. US2013/0091611A1 (13-14).
Previous research sponsored by the EPSRC, IUK/BIS, Euratom and FCO also covered lightweight polymeric and ceramic matrix composites, natural fiber's sustainability and life cycle assessment (LCA), Radar Cross-section (RCS) reduction using carbon-based nanoparticles, a collaborative activity for fission energy targeting engineering-barrier system (EBS) using silicates-bentonite minerals, and for storage canisters using antimicrobial materials (Cu/Steels) for the possible geological nuclear waste repository.
Education/Academic qualification
Materials, PhD, Queen Mary University of London
20 Sep 1994 → 20 Jul 1997
Award Date: 10 Nov 2000
External positions
Senior Overseas Student Tutor and Senor Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
20 Jan 2000 → 12 Jan 2008
Research Assistant in Composites (Polymer Matrix and Processing), Queen Mary University of London
20 Jul 1997 → 20 Jan 2000
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Structural health monitoring of composites with speckle pattern
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Sustainable γ-cyclodextrin frameworks containing ultra-fine silver nanoparticles with enhanced antimicrobial efficacy
Alotaibi, H., Chung, E., Chung, S. H., Ren, G., Singh, V. & Huang, J., 15 Mar 2023, In: Carbohydrate Polymers. 304, p. 120516Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparative molecular dynamics simulations of thermal conductivities of aqueous and hydrocarbon nanofluids
Loya, A., Ren, G., Najib, A., Aziz, F., Khan, A. & Luo, K., 7 Jul 2022, In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 2022, 13, p. 620-628 8 p., 24254284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Efficacy of Green Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles for Potential Therapeutic Applications: Circumstantial Insight on Mechanistic Aspects
Khan, M., Mashwani, Z-U-R., Ikram, M., Raja, N. I., Mohamed, A. H., Ren, G. & Omar, A. A., 20 Jun 2022, In: Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland). 12, 12, 2117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Molecular dynamics simulation on surface modification of quantum scaled CuO nano-clusters to support their experimental studies
Loya, A., Stair, J., Uddin, F. & Ren, G., 5 Oct 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 17 p., 16657.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nano-CuO causes cell damage through activation of dose-dependent autophagy and mitochondrial lncCyt b-AS/ND5-AS/ND6-AS in SH-SY5Y cells
Du, Z., Chai, X., Li, X., Ren, G., Yang, X. & Yang, Z., 2 Jan 2022, In: Toxicology mechanisms and methods. 32, 1, p. 37-48 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review