Mohd Nazry Salleh
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Mohd Nazry Salleh
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Mohd Nazry , Salleh
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Salleh, M.
Salleh, M. N.
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DWB-0139-2022

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  • Publication
    Soil Amelioration Effects on Morphology Traits of Upland Rice Root–Shoot and Soil Productivity Under Water Deficit
    ( 2023-01-01)
    Saleh M.
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    MohanRaj S.
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    Roslaili Abdul Aziz
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
    ;
    Rahim S.A.
    The main objectives of this research were to determine the effects of ameliorant supplementation on rice root and shoot morphology under water deficit, by studying the impacts of soil conditioners on soil chemical properties. The experiments were arranged in split plots with duplicates for one season in the greenhouse. The treatments consisted of two different types of soil ameliorants and a hybrid mixture of substrates which were natural zeolite, GFOC, hybrid (natural zeolite + GFOC), and control treatments. All the treatments received 60% of water capacity; except for the non-treatment (control) which received 100% of water. The soil chemical properties were observed along with physiological traits of rice root and shoot, including survival rate (%), length (cm), and dry weight (g) of root and shoot of rice crop. It was found that soil chemical properties of the hybrid supplement were within the optimum range with pH 7.42, 4.23% of organic matter, and 121.3 mS/m of electrical conductivity which indicated that plant rice with hybrid is the most effective treatment among the others with the survival rate of 95.3%, has the longest root–shoot length of 69.4 cm and the heaviest root–shoot weight of 64.4 g. The hybrid treatment also demonstrates a strong positive relationship between rice crop morphological features and soil productivity. Therefore, soil ameliorant is proven to boost soil productivity and plant growth by reducing the adverse effects of drought stress.
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    The study and preparation of polyaniline-graphene oxide as robust counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells
    ( 2022-05-18)
    Mohd Fairul Sharin Abdul Razak
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    Shukor A.A.
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
    ;
    Nawawi W.I.
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    Norhayati Sabani
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    Badri A.
    The study of alternative materials and platinum-free counter electrodes (CE) for the development of dye- sensitized solar cells (DSSC) has been highlighted nowadays. Polyaniline (PANI) is one of the most common conducting polymers applied in electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies such as supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. However, PANI counter electrodes lack long-term stability due to their low surface area and large volume changes during the release of ions. In that regard, this research work focused on the modification of protonated PANI with graphene oxide (GO) at various weight percentages (wt%) in order to obtain robust CE in DSSC. The structure and formation of PANI, GO and PANI/GO were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. The absorption spectra showed all the characteristic bands of GO, PANI(ES) and PANI/GO. Meanwhile, the incorporation of GO into PANI has enhanced the crystallinity of the composite. As a result, power conversion efficiency (PCE%) of the device with PANI/GO 3 wt% as the counter electrode reaches 6.39%. The excellent photoelectric properties, simple preparation procedure and inexpensive cost allow the PANI/GO electrode to be a credible alternative for DSSCs.
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    Determination of degree of acetylation (DA) for chitin in deep eutectic solvents (DES)
    ( 2022-11-18)
    Suhardy Daud
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    Luqman Musa
    ;
    Farizul Hafiz Kasim
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    Ahmad Anas Nagoor Gunny
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
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    Nazahah Mustafa
    ;
    Mubarak N.M.
    Degree of acetylation (DA) is an important parameter to determine the quality of chitin. Apart from the assessment on the bond structure in the chitin molecule, infrared spectroscopy is one of the methods that can be used to determine the value of DA. The DA value of chitin is an important parameter because the value indicates the purity of chitin quality. Chitin acetylation is the process of addition an acetyl substitution group (-COCH3) to a chitin chain. The addition of acetyl will improve its dispersing properties and subsequently will improve the chitin adhesion properties within hydrophobic matrix in composite materials as well. In this study, Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) was used as a medium for chitin extraction and acetylation in one single process. DES has two components namely Hydrogen Bond Donor (HBD) and Hydrogen Bond Acceptor (HBA). Betaine and choline chloride were used as HBA whilst urea was selected to be utilized as HBD. The findings showed that the quantity of extracted chitins by the DESs were 5.4609 % and 2.0020 % respectively. The DA values for the extracted chitins are 103.1699 and 83.4821. For acetylated chitin in DES betaine - urea, the DA value was increased from 103.1699 to 118.4818. The findings showed that the high quality acetylated chitin can be produced in a single process involving extraction and acetylation process by using DES as a medium.
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    Mechanical properties of recycled polyolefin composites
    ( 2023-09-23)
    Chen R.S.
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
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    Gan S.
    Over the years, there has been a growing interest among researchers to produce composite materials based on recycled thermoplastic matrices, which are available as waste materials in massive fraction. Evaluation of mechanical properties of these recycled or waste materials is one of the important scopes to be studied in the field of composite materials. The current book chapter reviewed the developments of recycled polyolefin matrix composite material, emphasizing their detailed mechanical performance such as tensile strength and elasticity modulus, flexural properties, impact strength, and so on. The focus was laid on the effect of blend composition, the effect of natural reinforcements such as rice husk fibers, wood flour fibers, the effect of artificial reinforcements such as glass fibers, and the effect of nano-sized filler such as nanoclay and carbon nanotubes in the recent development from 2015 to date. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.
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    Effect of Surface Treatment on Mechanical Properties of Rice Husk Reinforced Recycled High Density Polyethylene (rHDPE) Composites
    ( 2020-11-24)
    Mohd Nazry Salleh
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    Roslaili Abdul Aziz
    ;
    Mohd Fairul Sharin Abdul Razak
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    Luqman Musa
    ;
    Ying H.L.
    The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of surface treatment on rice husk reinforced recycled high density polyethylene (rHDPE) composites. Three types of surface treatment on rice husk were carried out which were maleated treatment, alkaline treatment and acrylic acid treatment. The characteristics and mechanical properties of the composites were analysed. The results for all treatments showed that tensile strength and break elongation of composites decreased significantly when the rice husk filler loading increased. Further findings showed that maleated treatment on rice husk can further enhance the mechanical properties due to the present of ester bond formed in FTIR analysis.
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    Bioaccumulation and Translocation of Heavy Metals in Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) and Soil in Different Land Use Practices
    ( 2023-09-01)
    Roslaili Abdul Aziz
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    Yiwen M.
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    Saleh M.
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
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    Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath
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    Giap S.G.E.
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    Chinni S.V.
    ;
    Gobinath R.
    Rice tends to accumulate heavy metals present in soil that have been introduced by human activities and pass them up the food chain. The present study aimed to evaluate the accumulation of selected trace elements (Cu, Zn, and Pb) in paddy and soil and the transfer of these metals from soil to rice by analysing the bioconcentration factor (BCF), bioaccumulation factor (BAF), and translocation factor (TF) of heavy metals in paddy (Oryza sativa L.) and soil. Samples of matured paddy and the substrates were collected from three different areas located near a rural point (RP), a transportation point (TP), and an industrial point (IP). Heavy metal concentrations present in the soil and various parts of the plants were ascertained using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS). Cu, Zn, and Pb accumulation in the soil were detected in increasing orders of RP > TP > IP, IP > TP > RP, and IP > RP > TP, respectively. The BCFshoot, BAF, and transfer factor of both Zn and Pb from soil to rice were detected in the order of TP > IP > RP, which was different from Cu, where BCFshoot and TF showed the order of RP > IP > TP but the BAF indicated IP > RP > TP. TF > 1 was discovered for Zn and Pb at the TP, and for Cu at the RP, which could be attributed to the TP’s strongly acidic soil and Cu’s abundance in the RP’s soil. Paddy height and yield traits were the most significant at the IP site, showing the highest number of fertile spikelets, the average weight of a 1000-paddy spikelet, and the harvest index (0.56). These findings can be related to the normal range of Zn and Pb found in rice plants that support growth. Thus, the findings of this study demonstrated that soil properties and metal abundance in soil from certain land use practices can partially influence the mobility and transfer of metals through soil–plant pathways.
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    Removal of iron and manganese from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using activated clinoptilolite zeolite
    ( 2021-05-24)
    Roslaili Abdul Aziz
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    Li C.K.
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
    ;
    Saleh M.
    The adsorption capacity of activated clinoptilolite zeolite for the removal of heavy metal ions; iron Fe(III) and manganese Mn(II) from palm oil mill effluent (POME) was investigated in this batch sorption study. The physicochemical properties of both raw clinoptilolite zeolite and POME effluent were first characterized before the modification of the zeolite is made, chemically and physically. The raw filtered POME has an initial pH of 4.56 which was acidic, whereas the natural zeolite has a slightly alkaline pH at 7.52. The effects of pH (5, 7 and 9), sorbent dosage (15, 20 and 25 g in 125 ml of effluent), contact time (15, 30, 45, 60, 120, 150, 180 and 200 minutes) and agitation speed (120, 150, 180 and 200 rpm) on the sorption of heavy metal ions were evaluated. The concentration of heavy metals was analyzed using AAS. The concentration of heavy metal ions for each parameter has decreased significantly after batch study. The adsorption of heavy metal ions increased with the increasing of pH and adsorbent dosages. Optimum percentage of metal removal and the amount of metal ions adsorbed by the zeolite were determined at 85% of Fe(III) and almost 92% of Mn(II) in the experiments.
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    Evaluation of mechanical performance and water absorption properties of modified sugarcane bagasse high-density polyethylene plastic bag green composites
    ( 2021-11-01)
    Chen R.S.
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    Chai Y.H.
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    Olugu E.U.
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
    ;
    Ahmad S.
    Enormous amounts of plastic wastes are generated worldwide and the approaches related to plastic recycling or reusing have become the research focus in the field of composite materials. In this study, green composites were prepared via melt-blending method using high-density polyethylene (HDPE) sourced from plastic bags as a matrix and sugarcane bagasse (SCB) fiber as reinforcing filler. The effects of fiber loading (5, 10 and 15 wt%) and fiber modification on the mechanical and dimensional stability (weight gain by water absorption) properties of the green composites were investigated. Results showed that the inclusion of SCB fiber into recycled HDPE matrix increased the composite stiffness but decreased the mechanical strength and resistance to water absorption. With the fiber modification through alkali treatment, the mechanical strength was remarkably improved, and the modulus and water absorption of the composites were found to be reduced. From the finding, it can be concluded that the prepared green composites free of coupling agent could add value to the plastic and agricultural wastes, and serve a potential candidate to replace some conventional petroleum-based composites.
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    Effect of Photoetching Process onto Immobilized PANI/TiO2Films towards Photocatalytic Degradation of RR2 dye
    ( 2020-11-24)
    Mohd Fairul Sharin Abdul Razak
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
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    Nawawi W.I.
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    Natar N.
    Polyaniline (PANI) and P-25 Titanium dioxide (TiO2) was fabricated as immobilized P-25TiO2/PANI/ENR/PVC film and reported on the photocatalytic study. PANI and TiO2 was immersed into the organic solvent and being coated onto glass plates under influenced of ENR/PVC polymeric binder by using a dip-coating method. It was found that, the removal of RR2 dye nearly good as suspension system after the pre-irradiation process. Based on COD and BET results, it showed that the optimum time of etching process was 7 hours irradiation time. This pre-irradiation process enhanced the removal of dye due to leached out of excessive binder and also exhibit visible light active after insertion of PANI into the immobilized system.
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    Isolation and characterization of microcrystalline cellulose extracted from banana fiber in poly(lactic acid) biocomposite produced from solvent casting technique
    ( 2020-11-24)
    Luqman Musa
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    Vesuanathan, Tamil Arasi
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    Mohd Nazry Salleh
    The purpose of this project is to extract Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) from Banana fiber to produce Poly(Lactic Acid)/Microcrystalline Cellulose, (PLA/MCC) biocomposite film using a solvent casting technique. The initial phase is the production of MCC from Banana fiber by involving three steps; alkaline treatment, bleaching and acid hydrolysis. MCC produced from the different concentration of Nitric acid in the acid hydrolysis process, were used to analyze the morphological and crystalline properties using SEM and XRD respectively. MCC produced from the higher concentration of Nitric acid shows good morphological properties and higher % crystallinity. Then, MCC compounded into PLA with different filler loading to produce PLA/MCC biocomposite film using a different solvent which is Chloroform and Dichloromethane. Results show that lower MCC loading, induces good filler matrix interaction and this evidences by the improvement of the Tensile strength and Young's Modulus, as well as shows improvement in loss factor and storage modulus which studied from DMA. Moreover, the addition of MCC slightly improved the thermal stability of PLA. From using a different solvent to produce PLA/MCC biocomposite film, Dichloromethane solvent improves the tensile strength and Young's modulus of biocomposite film, while Chloroform reduces the tensile properties of biocomposite film.