Voon Chun Hong
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Voon Chun Hong
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Hong, Voon Chun
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Voon, C. H.
Voon, Chun Hong
Hong, Voon Chun
Hong, V. C.
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  • Publication
    Fabrication of Integrated Electrode for pH Sensor Application
    ( 2021-01-01)
    Mohd Akhir F.S.
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    Foo Kai Loong
    ;
    Jin T.S.
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    Uda Hashim
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    Voon Chun Hong
    ;
    Azman Abu Hassan M.
    Integrated Electrode (IDEs), as a sensor, is a pervasive device in modern electronics and future hopes for producing a highly sensitive and selective sensor. In this work, a simple method of conventional photolithography for the fabrication of interdigitated electrodes is presented in detail. The structural of highly uniform IDEs device was optically characterized using high power microscope (HPM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Besides, the fabricated IDEs device was undergone electrical measurement with different pH. The result shows the highest current at 96 nA when the IDEs was tested with pH 10. Overall, our study establishes a correlation between structural and electrical properties of Al IDEs thin films with different pH
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    Effect of solvent to matrix weight ratio and stearic acid treatment on the mechanical properties of Poly (methyl methacrylate)/ palm kernel shell composites
    ( 2021-07-21)
    Lim Bee Ying
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    Voon Chun Hong
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    Lye S.F.
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    Teh Pei Leng
    In this study, poly (methyl methacrylate)/palm kernel shell (PMMA/PKS) composites were prepared by solution casting. The effect of solvent to matrix (S/M) weight ratio and stearic acid (SA) treatment on PMMA/PKS composites were studied. PMMA pellets were dissolved and PKS powders were dispersed into acetone, separately. PMMA solution and PKS suspension were then mixed in ultrasonic bath. The mixture was then poured into a glass petri dish to evaporate acetone at room temperature and finally PMMA/PKS composite thin film was obtained. PMMA/PKS composites were characterized by using SEM and were subjected to tensile test. It was found that tensile strength, modulus of elasticity of composite increased but elongation at break decreased with the increasing S/M ratio and with SA treatment. The improvement of the mechanical properties was due to the improved interfacial bonding following the SA treatment and the formation of crystallized PMMA domain in the composite with the increasing S/M ratio. SEM images revealed even fracture surfaces as S/M increased and with the application of SA treatment that indicate better matrix-filler adhesion. It can be concluded that S/M increment and SA treatment improved mechanical properties of PMMA/PKS composite.
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    Comparison study: The effect of unmodified and modified graphene nano-platelets (GNP) on the mechanical, thermal, and electrical performance of different types of GNP-filled materials
    ( 2021-09-01)
    Ka Wei K.
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    Teh Pei Leng
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    Yeoh Cheow Keat
    ;
    Hakimah Osman
    ;
    Sullivan M.
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    Voon Chun Hong
    ;
    Lim Bee Ying
    ;
    Mohamad Syahmie Mohamad Rasidi
    Graphene nano-platelet (GNP) nano-fillers were successfully covalently functionalized with carboxylic and epoxide groups as proven by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. This paper reports the effect of unmodified and modified GNP nano-fillers on the mechanical, thermal, and electrical performance of GNP-filled materials. The results show that the mechanical properties of GNP-filled materials were enhanced with a modified GNP nano-filler. Among the GNP-filled materials, the modified epoxy/NR/GNP compatibilized material shows higher flexural and toughness properties. The modified GNP nano-filler has reduced the thermal stability of the modified compatibilized material. This is because the oxygen-containing groups (C–O–C and –COOH) on the surfaces of modified GNP nano-fillers have lower thermal stability; which accelerates the thermal decomposition of the modified material. Modified compatibilized material shows higher electrical conductivity than the unmodified compatibilized material. X-ray diffraction results proved that d-spacing of modified GNP nano-fillers in modified compatibilized material was shortest when compared to unmodified GNP nano-fillers in unmodified compatibilized material, thus, allowing more electrons to travel at a faster rate through the conductive pathways.
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    Effect of zinc oxide suspension on the overall filler content of the PLA/ZnO composites and cPLA/ZnO composites
    ( 2023-01-01)
    Tan M.A.
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    Yeoh Cheow Keat
    ;
    Teh P.L.
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    Nor Azura Abdul Rahim
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    Song C.C.
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    Voon Chun Hong
    This work aimed to study the effect of zinc oxide (ZnO) filler suspension on the mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of polylactic acid (PLA)/ZnO and cPLA/ZnO. Fused deposition modelling, one of the additive manufacturing methods, was used to fabricate the PLA specimen. PLA was used as the main material in this project, and the ZnO suspension was added during the printing process. The speed of the dispenser (low speed = 1,000 rpm, medium speed = 1,400 rpm, and high speed = 1,800 rpm) was the parameter that was varied to control the filler content of the composite. All the samples underwent a tensile test to determine the mechanical properties, followed by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) test to analyse the fracture surface properties of the tensile test. SEM observations showed the PLA samples' inherent smooth appearance, but the PLA/ZnO composite showed a rougher surface. PLA and cPLA composites showed an enhanced storage modulus but lower loss modulus than the pure samples. Because of the high thermal and electrical conductivity of carbon black and ZnO, cPLA composites had higher electrical and thermal conductivity than PLA composites.
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    Microwave welding of thermoplastic using silicon carbide nanowhiskers as susceptor effect of heating duration
    ( 2024-06)
    Phey Yee Foong
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    Voon Chun Hong
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    Lim Bee Ying
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    Teh Pei Leng
    ;
    Yeoh Cheow Keat
    ;
    Mohd Afendi Rojan
    ;
    Nor Azizah Parmin
    ;
    Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath
    ;
    Foo Wah Low
    ;
    Muhammad Kashif
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    Nor Azura Abdul Rahman
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    Sam Sung Ting
    ;
    Veeradasan Perumal
    Microwave welding is becoming more popular than conventional joining methods due to its advantages such as rapid and localised heating as well as applicable to components with complicated geometry. Previously reported susceptor, such as carbonaceous materials and conductive polymers, are toxic and the welding process involving these susceptors is time-consuming. Because of its exceptional microwave absorption and biocompatibility, silicon carbide nanowhiskers (SiCNWs) was employed as the microwave susceptor for microwave welding. Microwave welding in this study comprises of only three simple steps: SiCNWs suspension preparation, SiCNWs application and microwave heating. The weld strength of welded joint was then characterised using tensile test and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy equipped scanning electron microscopy (EDS-SEM) to study its mechanical properties and cross-section microstructure. The influence of microwave irradiation time was studied in this study, and it is found that the weld strength rose with the extension of microwave irradiation time, until a maximum weld strength of 1.61 MPa was achieved by 17 s welded joint. The development of SiCNWs reinforced PP nanocomposite welded joint layer is responsible for the enhanced weld strength. Prolonged heating duration may also result in flaws such as void formation at the welded joint, which subsequently lowered the weld strength to 0.60 MPa when the heating duration was extended to 20 s. In sum, a strengthen welded joint can be formed with rapid microwave heating under the proper control of heating duration.
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    Facile electrical DNA genosensor for human papillomavirus (HPV 58) for early detection of cervical cancer
    ( 2023-07)
    F. Nadhirah Jaapar
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    Nor Azizah Parmin
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    Nur Hamidah Abdul Halim
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    Uda Hashim
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    Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath
    ;
    Ruslinda A. Rahim
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    Sh. Nadzirah
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    Voon Chun Hong
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    Muhammad Nur Aiman Uda
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    Wei Chern Ang
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    Iffah Izzati Zakaria
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    Zulida Rejali
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    Amilia Afzan
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    Azrul Azlan Hamzah
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    Chang Fu Dee
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    F. Syakirah Halim
    For decades, a Pap smear test has been applied as a conventional method in detecting Human Papillomavirus caused cervical cancer. False-positive results were also recorded while using it as conventional method. Current biosensor such as Hybrid (II) Capture resulted in higher time consumption and cost. s Meanwhile, in this study we provided facile, mini, rapid, highly sensitive, eco-friendly, and cost-effective sensing system focusing on HPV strain 58 (HPV58) in a nano-size lab-on-chip technology genosensor. 30-mer of virus ssDNA designed and analyzed as a probe via bioinformatics tools such as GenBank, Basic Local Alignment Searching Tools (BLAST) and ClustalW. Nanotechnology-developed colloidal Gold-nanoparticles (AuNPs) are used in the biosensor fabrication to produce high stability and electron efficient transmission during electrical measurement. AuNPs-APTES modified on active sites of IDEs, followed by immobilization of specific probe ssDNA for HPV 58. Hydrogen binding during hybridization with its target produce electrical signals measured by KEITHLEY 2450 (Source Meter). The genosensor validated with different types of targets such as complimentary, non-complementary and single mismatch oligonucleotides. The serial dilution of target concentration has been experimented triplicate (n=3) range from 1fM to 10μM. The slope of calibration curve resulted 2.389E-0 AM-1 with regression coefficient (R2) = 0.97535.
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    The effect of coated calcium carbonate using stearic acid on the recovered carbon black masterbatch in low-density polyethylene composites
    ( 2023-01-01)
    Leow V.J.
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    Teh Pei Leng
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    Yeoh C.K.
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    Nor Azura Abdul Rahim
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    Wong W.C.
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    Voon Chun Hong
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    Mohamed Rasidi M.S.
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    Lim Bee Ying
    This research focuses on recycling rubber tire waste through pyrolysis to produce recovered carbon black (rCB). The rCB is combined with recycled low-density polyethylene (rLDPE), calcium carbonate (CaCO3), fatty acid, metallic stearate, and polyethylene (PE) wax to create an rCB masterbatch for household packaging. Surface modification of CaCO3 particles using stearic acid improves the compatibility with LDPE. The study investigates mechanical properties, morphology, melt flow index (MFI), X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis in three systems: uncoated, coated, and a hybrid combination of coated and uncoated CaCO3 in LDPE/rCB masterbatch composites. The coated system demonstrates higher mechanical properties and improved compatibility between CaCO3 and LDPE. All three systems exhibit enhanced thermal stability and MFI compared to virgin LDPE, with the coated system showing the most significant improvement. The study showcases the potential of LDPE/rCB masterbatch composites for household packaging, with the coated system displaying the optimum performance across various characteristics.
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    Comparison study between recovered carbon black and commercial carbon black filled epoxy conductive materials
    ( 2024-01-01)
    Ooi H.M.
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    Teh Pei Leng
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    Yeoh Cheow Keat
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    Wong W.C.
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    Yew C.H.
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    Lim X.Y.
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    Yeoh K.K.
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    Nor Azura Abdul Rahim
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    Voon Chun Hong
    Waste tire management and recycling have grown to be significant issues because they bring up a global environmental concern. Thus, turning recycled waste tires into useful products may help tackle the environmental issue. This research aims to study and compare the effect of recycled carbon black (rCB) and commercial carbon black (CB) at certain 15 vol. % of filler loading on the mechanical, thermal, morphology and electrical properties of epoxy/CB composites. For this project, epoxy resin, diethyltoluenediamine (DETDA), recovered carbon black (rCB) and commercial carbon black (CB) graded N330, N550, N660 and N774 were mixed and compared accordingly to the formulation determined. The CB content was dispersed in the epoxy matrix using the mechanical mixing technique. The distribution and dispersion of CB in the epoxy matrix affect the characteristics of the conductive composites. rCB content at 15 vol% was selected at fixed content for comparison purposes due to the optimum value in electrical conductivity results. The flexural strength results followed the sequence of rCB>N774>N660>N550>N330. As for electrical conductivity results, epoxy/N330 exhibited the highest conductivity value, while the others achieved a magnitude of X10-3 due to the highest external surface area of N330. In terms of thermal stability, epoxy/N330 and epoxy/N774 were slightly more stable than epoxy/rCB.
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    Hydrothermal Growth Zinc Oxide Nanorods for pH Sensor Application
    ( 2023-10-01)
    Foo Kai Loong
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    Tan Soo Jin
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    Heah Cheng Yong
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    Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath
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    Liew Yun Ming
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    Uda Hashim
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    Voon Chun Hong
    The aim of this work is to apply synthesized zinc oxide (ZnO) Nanorods using hydrothermal (HTL) growth technique for pH sensor application. The highly crystallite of ZnO Nanorods was obtained by anneal the growth ZnO Nanorods in furnace at 200 °C for 2 hours. Besides that, XRD analysis shows the produced ZnO Nanorods belonged to the (002) plane. Furthermore, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images confirm that the ZnO Nanorods with hexagonal-faceted structural were successfully produced by HTL growth technique. In addition, Ultraviolet–visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer analysis shows that the synthesized ZnO belongs to the wide band gap semiconductor material. The growing ZnO Nanorods were then subjected to electrical measurement with various pH levels. The outcome demonstrates that the current rises as the solution changes from acidic to alkaline. Overall, our study shows a relationship between the electrical as well as the structural characteristics of ZnO Nanorods at various pH levels.
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    The effect of graphite type on the synthesis of SiC nanomaterials by microwave-assisted synthesis
    ( 2020-09-01)
    Mat Kahar S.
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    Voon Chun Hong
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    Lim B.Y.
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    Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath
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    Al-Douri Y.
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    Mohd Khairuddin Md Arshad
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    Foo Kai Loong
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    Nor Azizah Parmin
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    Ten S.T.
    SiC nanomaterial (SiCNM) is known for its excellent properties and has great potential for a wide range of applications. In this article, preparation of SiCNMs from different types of graphite was performed by microwave-assisted synthesis. Different types of graphite which are graphite flake (GF) and expanded graphite (EG) were used to react with silica for the synthesis of SiCNMs in laboratory microwave furnace at 1400 Â°C. It was found that SiC nanowhiskers (SiCNWs) were formed when EG was used, while irregular shaped SiC nanoparticles (SiCNPs) were formed when GF was used. β-SiC appeared as the only phase in the XRD patterns for both SiCNMs formed using GF and EG. SiCNWs and SiCNPs have interplanar spacing of around 0.25 nm which is the axial direction of [111]. The difference of formation mechanism is believed to be the origin of different morphology of SiCNMs synthesized from different types of graphite.
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