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Recent advances in MXene composites research, applications and opportunities. (2023)
Journal Article
SAHARUDIN, M.S., AYUB, A., HASBI, S., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., SHYHA, I. and INAM, F. [2023]. Recent advances in MXene composites research, applications and opportunities. Materials today: proceedings [online], In Press. Proceedings of the 2022 Composite sciences and technology international conference (COMSAT2022), 22-23 August 2022, Johor, Malaysia. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.02.435

MXene composites have emerged as a promising class of materials due to their exceptional properties and versatility in various applications. In recent years, researchers have made significant progress in the development and characterization of MXene... Read More about Recent advances in MXene composites research, applications and opportunities..

Effects of titanium oxide and graphene as nano-fillers on the thermal conductivity of biobased phase change materials as latent thermal heat storage. (2022)
Journal Article
HASBI, S., NORAZMAN, N. and SAHARUDIN, M.S. 2023. Effects of titanium oxide and graphene as nano-fillers on the thermal conductivity of biobased phase change materials as latent thermal heat storage. Materials today: proceedings [online], 75(1): proceedings of the 2022 Innovative manufacturing, mechatronics and material forum (iM3F 2022), pages 181-187. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.11.426

Biobased phase change materials (BPCMs) have attracted much attention as they offer proper melting temperature, high heat capacity, non-corrosive, low cost, and are abundantly available. However, the BPCMs have a low thermal conductivity which limits... Read More about Effects of titanium oxide and graphene as nano-fillers on the thermal conductivity of biobased phase change materials as latent thermal heat storage..

Cutting strategy of polymer composite material for aerospace engineering application. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
SANI, A.S.A., ZAINUDDIN, A.Z. and SAHARUDIN, M.S. 2022. Cutting strategy of polymer composite material for aerospace engineering application. In Sani, A.S.A., Zahid, M.N.O., Yasin, M.R.M., Ismail, S.Z., Zawawi, M.Z.M., Manaf, A.R.A., Saffe, S.N.M., Aziz, R.A. and Turan, F.M. (eds.) Enabling industry 4.0 through advances in manufacturing and materials: selected articles from the proceedings of the 2021 Innovative manufacturing, mechatronics and materials forum (iM3F 2021), 20 September 2021, Pekan, Malaysia. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 543-552. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2890-1_51

Despite the popular use of hybrid fibers in polymer composite in aerospace applications, it comes with a price where it is expensive and has a complex process to produce. A new alternative method of using nanocomposite using natural fiber such as Epo... Read More about Cutting strategy of polymer composite material for aerospace engineering application..

Carbon nanotubes after 30 years of research, development and commercialisation. (2022)
Journal Article
SAHARUDIN, M.S., SAGAR IQBAL, S. and INAM, F. [2022]. Carbon nanotubes after 30 years of research, development and commercialisation. Nanomedicine and nanotechnology journal [online], Rapid Release. Available from: https://www.scientificliterature.org/Nanomedicine/Nanomedicine-22-131.pdf

The commentary discusses the last three decades of research, development and successful commercialisation of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and their related composites. Whilst the number of publications are on the decline and despite of major technical cha... Read More about Carbon nanotubes after 30 years of research, development and commercialisation..

Tensile and corrosion resistance studies of MXenes/nanocomposites: a review. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
SAHARUDIN, M.S., CHE NASIR, N.A. and HASBI, S. 2022. Tensile and corrosion resistance studies of MXenes/nanocomposites: a review. In Ismail, A., Dahalan, W.M. and Öchsner A. (eds.). Design in maritime engineering: contributions from the 2nd International conference on marine and advanced technologies 2021 (ICMAT 2021), 24 August 2021, [virtual conference]. Advanced structured materials, 167. Cham: Springer [online], pages 189-198. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89988-2_14

MXenes are a relatively new and interesting class of two-dimensional materials with diverse compositions and outstanding characteristics such as dispersibility and metallic conductivity. MXenes appear to be promising fillers for polymer nanocomposite... Read More about Tensile and corrosion resistance studies of MXenes/nanocomposites: a review..

Quality of surface texture and mechanical properties of PLA and PA-based material reinforced with carbon fibers manufactured by FDM and CFF 3D printing technologies. (2021)
Journal Article
SAHARUDIN, M.S., HAJNYS, J., KOZIOR, T., GOGOLEWSKI, D. and ZMARZ?Y, P. 2021. Quality of surface texture and mechanical properties of PLA and PA-based material reinforced with carbon fibers manufactured by FDM and CFF 3D printing technologies. Polymers [online], 13(11), article 1671. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111671

The paper presents the results of mechanical tests of models manufactured with two 3D printing technologies, FDM and CFF. Both technologies use PLA or PA-based materials reinforced with carbon fibers. The work includes both uniaxial tensile tests of... Read More about Quality of surface texture and mechanical properties of PLA and PA-based material reinforced with carbon fibers manufactured by FDM and CFF 3D printing technologies..

Design of an environmental stress cracking (ESC) tester using fracture mechanics approach. (2021)
Journal Article
MOHAMAD NOR AZLI, M.S., MOHD RADZI, M.F., AHMAD NAZRI, M.N., SAHARUDIN, M.S. and INAM, F. 2021. Design of an environmental stress cracking (ESC) tester using fracture mechanics approach. Journal of mechanical engineering [online], 18(1), pages 123-136. Available from: https://jmeche.uitm.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/8-RI-18-1-P20-50.pdf

In this research, an ESC tester machine was built by utilising a fracture mechanics approach. The machine consists of critical components such as an aluminium frame, 3D printed pulley and bracket, DC motor, Arduino microcontroller, and fasteners. The... Read More about Design of an environmental stress cracking (ESC) tester using fracture mechanics approach..

Effect of short-term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotube-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites. (2017)
Journal Article
SAHARUDIN, M.S., ATIF, R. and INAM, F. 2017. Effect of short-term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotube-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites. Polymers [online] 9(1), article 27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9010027

The influence of short-term water absorption on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester hybrid nanocomposites has been investigated. The addition of nano-fillers significantly increased the flexural... Read More about Effect of short-term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotube-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites..

Effect of short term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites. (2017)
Working Paper
SAHARUDIN, M.S., ATIF, R. and INAM, F. 2017. Effect of short term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites. Preprints [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201701.0024.v1

The influence of short term water absorption on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester hybrid nanocomposites has been investigated. The addition of nano-fillers significantly increased the flexural... Read More about Effect of short term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites..

The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed in seawater environment. (2016)
Journal Article
SAHARUDIN, M.S., WEI, J., SHYHA, I. and INAM, F. 2016. The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed in seawater environment. Journal of nanomaterials [online], 2016, article ID 2604631. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2604631

Polyester based polymers are extensively used in aggressive marine environments; however, inadequate data is available on the effects of the seawater on the polyester based nanocomposites mechanical properties. This paper reports the effect of seawat... Read More about The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed in seawater environment..