Nadia Akram

Dr. Nadia Akram


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 January 2021 in Polymers
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NANadia Akram
Nadia Akram
Muhammad SaeedMuhammad Saeed
Muhammad Saeed
MUMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
AMAsim Mansha
Asim Mansha
FAFozia Anjum
Fozia Anjum
WKWaheed Gul Khan
Waheed Gul Khan
The exceptional behavior of graphene has not yet been entirely implicit in the polymer matrix. To explore this fact in the present work, two series of Polyurethan (PU) composites were synthesized. The structural modification was observed by the use of two different diisocyanate of methylene diisocyanate (MDI) and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDI) in hydroxylterminated polybutadiene (HTPB) by using I,4 Butane diol (BD) as the chain extender. The variation in hard segment up to 25 (wt.%) in both series led to significant changes in the mechanical behavior of graphene oxide (GO) induced composites. Both series were prepared by an in situ polymerization process. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis showed a peak in the region of 1700 cm−1, which confirmed the conversion of the NCO group into urethane linkages. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed a thermal stability up to 450 °C @ 90% weight loss. The swelling behavior showed the optimum uptake of 30% of water and 40% of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with aliphatic diisocyanate. The values of storage modulus (E′), complex modulus (E*), and compliance complex (D*) were observed up to 7 MPa, 8 Mpa, and 0.7 MPa−1, respectively. The degree of entanglement (N) values were calculated from DMA and were found in the range of 1.7 × 10−4 (mol/m3). Phase segregation of PU was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), elucidating the morphology of composites.

25 November 2018 in Journal of Applied Polymer Science
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NANadia Akram
Nadia Akram
KZKhalid Mahmood Zia
Khalid Mahmood Zia
RSRabia Sattar
Rabia Sattar
STShazia Tabassum
Shazia Tabassum
Muhammad SaeedMuhammad Saeed
Muhammad Saeed

13 August 2018 in Journal of Polymer Research
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NANadia Akram
Nadia Akram
KZKhalid Mahmood Zia
Khalid Mahmood Zia
Muhammad SaeedMuhammad Saeed
Muhammad Saeed
AMAsim Mansha
Asim Mansha
WKWaheed Gul Khan
Waheed Gul Khan

7 December 2023 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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KRKhawaja Taimoor Rashid
Khawaja Taimoor Rashid
NANadia Akram
Nadia Akram
KZKhalid Mahmood Zia
Khalid Mahmood Zia
MUMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
TMTanzeel Munawar
Tanzeel Munawar

29 September 2018 in Journal of Applied Polymer Science
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NANadia Akram
Nadia Akram
KZKhalid Mahmood Zia
Khalid Mahmood Zia
Muhammad SaeedMuhammad Saeed
Muhammad Saeed
MUMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
SSSundas Saleem
Sundas Saleem

19 August 2019 in Journal of Applied Polymer Science
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ZBZahra Baig
Zahra Baig
NANadia Akram
Nadia Akram
KZKhalid Mahmood Zia
Khalid Mahmood Zia
Muhammad SaeedMuhammad Saeed
Muhammad Saeed
MKMuhammad Kaleem Khosa
Muhammad Kaleem Khosa
SSSundas Saleem
Sundas Saleem