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FACTS AND FIGURES<\/span><\/strong>
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*data as of 28 November 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

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OUR SIGNATURE RESEARCH<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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DUAL-ANTIBAX<\/strong> is an innovative inorganic antibacterial agent, a material that can kill pathogenic bacteria. The product is in fine powder form and insoluble in water. The main ingredients of DUAL-ANTIBAX are kaolinite as a major ingredient and silver ions and cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as its active ingredients. The process of making DUAL-ANTIBAX (Utility Innovation Granted: UI2013700023) and the application of DUAL-ANTIBAX as antimicrobial wound healing agent (Patent filing No: PI 2015703164) were filed for patent under Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Assoc. Prof. Ts. ChM. Dr. Nik Ahmad Nizam Nik Malek<\/p>\n

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Microchip electrophoresis (MCE)<\/strong> is a miniaturized form of capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis is an analytical technique that has been applied to resolve complex mixtures containing DNA, proteins, and other chemical or biological species. MCE offers many advantages over conventional capillary electrophoresis techniques such as the integration of different separation functions onto the chip, the consumption of small amounts of sample and reagents, faster analyses and efficient separations. More importantly, MCE has the potential to be adapted for portable point of care (POC) and clinical diagnostics devices.<\/p>\n

By: Assoc. Prof. ChM. Dr. See Hong Heng<\/p>\n

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Polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs)<\/strong> are a type of liquid membranes which can be used for the extraction and separation of both metallic and non-metallic species. They have shown great potential in the chemical analysis of environmental aqueous samples since they can improve not only its sensitivity but also its selectivity. PIMs are composed of a base polymer and a membrane liquid phase. The base polymer provides mechanical strength to the liquid membrane by encapsulating the liquid phase between the entangled chains of the base polymer. The liquid phase consists of an extractant, used for binding the target analyte to produce an adduct such as an ion pair or a complex, in a similar fashion as in solvent extraction. Even though many extractants have plasticizing properties, the addition of a plasticizer or a modifier to the membrane liquid phase is done frequently to increase the membrane flexibility or solubility of the extracted adduct in the membrane, respectively.<\/p>\n

By: Assoc. Prof. ChM. Dr. See Hong Heng<\/p>\n

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NPK-Organo-Zeolite<\/strong> is an innovative advanced controlled release fertilizer. NPK-Organo-Zeolite is a fertilizer contains complete major nutrients (N, P and K) and the release of these nutrients can be controlled. Unlike other fertilizers such as NPK chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizer, compost, urea etc., the nutrients released from NPK-Organo-Zeolite are much slower and the leaching of nutrients is avoided. Several main important features of NPK-Organo-Zeolite: (1) complete major nutrients in a zeolite, (2) slower released of nutrients that can prevent nutrients leaching thus promoting sustainable agriculture and (3) higher plant yield with low amount of fertilizer needed. Furthermore, NPK-Organo-Zeolite\u00ae could possibly be regenerated to raw zeolite and use again repeatedly.<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Assoc. Prof. Ts. ChM. Dr. Nik Ahmad Nizam Nik Malek<\/span><\/p>\n

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A quantum computer has the ability to perform quantum chemistry simulations at unprecedented speeds and accuracy. This has crucial implications related to many fields such as:<\/p>\n