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    Effect of Different Etching Time on Fabrication of an Optoelectronic Device Based on GaN/Psi
    ( 2023-01-01)
    Jabbar H.D.
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    Fakhri M.A.
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    Razzaq M.J.A.
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    Omar S. Dahham
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    Salim E.T.
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    Alsultany F.H.
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    Gallium nitride (GaN)/porous silicon (PSi) film was prepared using a pulsed laser deposition method and 1064 nm Nd: YAG laser for optoelectronic applications and a series of Psi substrates were fabricated using a photoelec-trochemical etching method assisted by laser at different etching times for 2.5–15 min at 2.5 min intervals. X-ray diffraction, room-temperature photoluminescence, atomic force microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy images, and electrical characteristics in the prepared GaN on the Psi film were investigated. The opti-mum Psi substrate was obtained under the following conditions: 10 min, 10 mA/cm2, and 24% hydrofluoric acid. The substrate exhibited two highly cubic crystalline structures at (200) and (400) orientations and yellow visible band photoluminescence, and homogeneous pores formed over the entire surface. The pores had steep oval shapes and were accompanied by small dark pores that appeared topographically and morphologically. The GaN/Psi film fabricated through PLD exhibited a high and hexagonal crystallographic texture in the (002) plane. Spectroscopic properties results revealed that the photoluminescence emission of the deposited nano-GaN films was in the ultraviolet band (374 nm) related to GaN material and in the near-infrared band (730 nm) related to the Psi substrate. The topographical and morphological results of the GaN films confirmed that the deposited film contained spherical grains with an average diameter of 51.8 nm and surface roughness of 4.8 nm. The GaN/Psi surface showed a cauliflower-like morphology, and the built-in voltage decreased from 3.4 to 2.7 eV after deposi-tion. The fabricated GaN/Psi film exhibited good electrical characteristics.
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    Design and Fabrication of Multichannel PDMS Microfluidic
    ( 2021-12-14) ; ;
    Muhammad Nur Afnan Uda
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    Thivina V.
    Microfluidic delivers miniaturized fluidic networks for processing liquids in the microliter range. In the recent years, lab-on-chip (LOC) is become a main tool for point-of-care (POC) diagnostic especially in the medical field. In this paper, we presented a design and fabrication on multi disease analysis using single chip via delivery of fluid with the multiple transducers is the pathway of multi-channel microfluidic based LOC's. 3 in 1 nano biosensor kit was attached with the microfluidic to produce nano-biolab-on-chip (NBLOC). The multi channels microfluidic chip was designed including the micro channels, one inlet, three outlet and sensor contact area. The microfluidic chip was designed to include multiplex detection for pathogen that consists of multiple channels of simultaneous results. The LOC system was designed using Design Spark Mechanical software and PDMS was used as a medium of the microfluidic. The microfluidic mold and PDMS microfluidic morphological properties have been characterized by using low power microscope (LPM), high power microscope (HPM) and surface profiler. The LOC system physical was experimental by dropping food coloring through the inlet and collecting at the sensor contact area outlet.
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    Temperature effect to investigate optical and structural properties of AZO nanostructures for optoelectronics
    ( 2021-12-01)
    Gherab K.
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    Al-Douri Y.
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    Khenata R.
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    Bouhemadou A.
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    Ameri M.
    Spin-coating technique is employed to deposit nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) doping aluminium (Al) on p-Si substrate. Atomic forces microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) and scanning electron microscopies (SEM) are utilized to investigate the influence of annealing temperature in the range of 200 to 600°C on the morphological, optical, structural and topographical characteristics of Al NPs-doped ZnO (AZO) nanostructure. The average reflectance is proven by the reflectance spectra to be in the wavelength range of 200–1000 nm, and the absorption spectra provided the optical energy gaps of nanostructured AZO. Crystalline and grain size are correlated with annealing temperature variations, thus providing more homogeneous and covered surface morphology. Our results are nominated for future researches.
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    Titanium dioxide nanoparticle-based interdigitated electrodes: A novel current to voltage DNA biosensor recognizes E. coli O157:H7
    ( 2015)
    Sh. Nadzirah
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    N. Azizah
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    Mohd Kashif
    Nanoparticle-mediated bio-sensing promoted the development of novel sensors in the front of medical diagnosis. In the present study, we have generated and examined the potential of titanium dioxide (TiO 2) crystalline nanoparticles with aluminium interdigitated electrode biosensor to specifically detect single-stranded E.coli O157:H7 DNA. The performance of this novel DNA biosensor was measured the electrical current response using a picoam-meter. The sensor surface was chemically functionalized with (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysi-lane (APTES) to provide contact between the organic and inorganic surfaces of a single-stranded DNA probe and TiO 2 nanoparticles while maintaining the sensing system’s physi-cal characteristics. The complement of the target DNA of E. coli O157:H7 to the carboxyl-ate-probe DNA could be translated into electrical signals and confirmed by the increased conductivity in the current-to-voltage curves. The specificity experiments indicate that the biosensor can discriminate between the complementary sequences from the base-mis-matched and the non-complementary sequences. After duplex formation, the complemen-tary target sequence can be quantified over a wide range with a detection limit of 1.0 x 10 -13 M. With target DNA from the lysed E. coli O157:H7, we could attain similar sensitivity. Sta-bility of DNA immobilized surface was calculated with the relative standard deviation (4.6%), displayed the retaining with 99% of its original response current until 6 months. This high-performance interdigitated DNA biosensor with high sensitivity, stability and non-foul-ing on a novel sensing platform is suitable for a wide range of biomolecular interactive analyses.
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    A novel parameter effects on optical properties of the LiNbO3 films using sol-gel method
    ( 2020-03-25)
    Fakhri M.A.
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    Salim E.T.
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    Wahid M.H.A.
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    Salim Z.T.
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    TLN, (LiNbO3) Lithium niobate micro and nano and photonics are prepared and deposited on Silicon substrate using the sol-gel method. All prepared samples are prepared and deposited at the different Substrate temperatures and annealed, at 500 °C. These samples are tested by Ultra-Violet visible (UV-vis), respectively and PL. The presented results were indicated that the values of the optical energy band gaps and values of the optical refractive index are consistent with the presented values of the experimental tests.
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    A Review of Genetic Algorithm: Operations and Applications
    This article presents a review of the Genetic Algorithm (GA), a prominent optimization technique inspired by natural selection and genetics. In the context of rapidly evolving computational methodologies, GA have gained considerable attention for their efficacy in solving complex optimization problems across various domains. The background highlights the growing significance of optimization techniques in addressing real-world challenges. However, the inherent complexity and diversity of problems necessitate versatile approaches like GA. The problem statement underscores the need to explore the underlying operations and applications of GA to provide a nuanced understanding of their capabilities and limitations. The objectives of this review encompass delving into the fundamental genetic operators, such as selection, crossover, and mutation, while examining their role in maintaining diversity and converging toward optimal solutions. Methodology-wise, a systematic analysis of existing literature is undertaken to distil key insights and trends in GA applications. The main findings show the adaptability of GA in tackling problems spanning engineering, economics, bioinformatics, and beyond. By facilitating the discovery of optimal or near-optimal solutions within large solution spaces, GA proves its mettle in scenarios where traditional methods fall short. The conclusion underscores the enduring relevance of GA in the optimization landscape, emphasizing their potential to remain a pivotal tool for addressing intricate real-world challenges, provided their parameters are fine-tuned judiciously to balance exploration and exploitation.
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    Annealing Effects on Polycrystalline Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Thin Films grown on Nanostructured Silicon Substrates using Thermal Evaporation Technique
    ( 2022-10-01) ;
    Eop T.S.
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    Sopian K.
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    Zaidi S.H.
    Polycrystalline SiGe thin films have been formed after thermal annealing of formerly vacuum evaporated a-Ge layers. The a-Ge thin films were deposited onto nanostructured Si substrates via low-cost thermal evaporation method. Then, the films were annealed in a furnace at temperatures ranging from 400 °C to 1000 °C resulting in crystal growth of the SiGe layers. In general, the annealing temperature for polycrystalline SiGe is between 600 °C – 800 °C. The crystalline structure of the SiGe layer is improved as a function of increased temperature. This is shown by the low FWHM of about 5.27 as compared to the commercially available Ge substrates where the FWHM value is about 5.06. This method also produces more relax Ge layer where the strain value is 0.261.
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    Gold Nanoparticles Enhanced Electrochemical Impedance Sensor (EIS) for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16 Detection E6 region
    ( 2020-07-09)
    Amrul Muhadi A.S.
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    Rejali Z.
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    Afzan A.
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    Muhammad Nur Afnan Uda
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    Hong V.C.
    The persistent infection by high risk HPV is a necessary but not sufficient cause of this cancer which develops over a long period through precursor lesions which can be detected by electrochemical impedance sensor. The HPV driven molecular mechanisms underlying the development of cervical lesions have provided a number of potential biomarkers for both diagnostic and prognostic use in the clinical management of women with HPV related cervical disease and these biomarkers can also be used to increase the positive predictive value of current methods. The most influential methods for the detection and identification of HPV using gold nanoparticle (GNP) included electrochemical impedance sensor will visit their sensitivity, selectivity and characteristic detection on synthetic target which are complement of the DNA, non-complement of the DNA and mismatch of the DNA. In difference concentration of synthetic target, which stage can get the exactly value to determine the HPV in strain 16 was evaluated in this research studies.
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    Designing DNA probe from HPV 18 and 58 in the E6 region for sensing element in the development of genosensor-based gold nanoparticles
    ( 2022-10-01)
    Jaapar F.N.
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    Halim F.S.
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    Muhammad Nur Afnan Uda
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    Nadzirah S.
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    Rejali Z.
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    Afzan A.
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    Zakaria I.I.
    The E6 region has higher protuberant probability annealing than consensus probe focusing on another region in the human papillomavirus (HPV) genome in terms of detection and screening method. Here, we designed the first multiple virus single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (ssDNA) for multiple detections in an early phase of screening for cervical cancer in the E6 region and became a fundamental evolution of detection electrochemical HPV biosensor. Gene profiling of the virus ssDNA sequences has been carried by high-end bioinformatics tools such as GenBank, Basic Local Alignment Searching Tools (BLAST), and Clustal OMEGA in a row. The output from bioinformatics tools resulted in 100% of similarities between our virus ssDNA probe and HPV complete genome in the databases. The cross-validation between HPV genome and our designed virus ssDNA provided high specificity and selectivity during screening methods compared with Pap smear. The DNA probe for HPV 18, 5′ COOH-GAT CCA GAA GGT ACA GAC GGG GAG GGC ACG 3′, while 5′COOH-GGG CGC TGT GCA GTG TGT TGG AGA CCC CGA3′ as DNA probe for HPV 58 designed with 66.77% guanine (G) and cytosine (C) content for both. Our virus ssDNA probe for the HPV biosensor promises high sensitivity, specificity, selectivity, repeatability, low fluid consumption, and will be useful in mini-size diagnostic devices for cervical cancer detection.
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    Development of Internet of Things (IOT) Based Electronic Reader for Medical Diagnostic System
    ( 2020-03-18)
    Muhammad Nur Afnan Uda
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    Bahrin M.A.F.
    This paper is about an experiment for performing foodborne pathogens electronic reader using wireless sensing Internet of Thing (IoT). There are limited number of electronic readers for biosensors application with wireless internet connection. This research is to overcome the problem of commercial available electronic reader based on biosensor application method that only can be perform in offline or standalone device. This paper shows a complete system on how the data from electronic reader can be collected, easily understand by user and transfer data through the wireless internet connection via platform of IoT. There are three stages that is coding modification, android application development and transmit data to cloud storage. The NodeMCU microcontroller was used as a transfer medium for transfer data to internet. The Android Studio software was used for mobile application development. While, Arduino software was used to create a programming code to upload in NodeMCU microcontroller.