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Syed A. M. Tofail

Syed A. M. Tofail

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Materials Science

D-Index
46
Citations
9702
World Ranking
11352
National Ranking
30

Overview

Syed A. M. Tofail is affiliated with the University of Limerick in Ireland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent body of work includes several papers with significant citations, reflecting contributions across high-impact journals. Notable publications include:

  • Molecular engineering of piezoelectricity in collagen-mimicking peptide assemblies, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Diphenylalanine-Derivative Peptide Assemblies with Increased Aromaticity Exhibit Metal-like Rigidity and High Piezoelectricity, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Tunable Mechanical and Optoelectronic Properties of Organic Cocrystals by Unexpected Stacking Transformation from H- to J- and X-Aggregation, 2020, ACS Nano
  • A Self-Powered Piezo-Bioelectric Device Regulates Tendon Repair-Associated Signaling Pathways through Modulation of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Guest Molecule-Mediated Energy Harvesting in a Conformationally Sensitive Peptide-Metal Organic Framework, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including Christophe Silien, Ehtsham Ul Haq, Damien Thompson, Sarah Guerin, and Ehud Gazit.

Publication venues frequently featuring their work include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Omega

Primary research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Best Publications

  • Additive manufacturing: scientific and technological challenges, market uptake and opportunities

    Syed A.M. Tofail;Elias P. Koumoulos;Amit Bandyopadhyay;Susmita Bose

  • Nanoparticles in biomedical applications

    Karrina McNamara;Syed A. M. Tofail

  • Control of piezoelectricity in amino acids by supramolecular packing.

    Sarah Guerin;Aimee Stapleton;Drahomir Chovan;Rabah Mouras

  • Nanosystems: the use of nanoalloys, metallic, bimetallic, and magnetic nanoparticles in biomedical applications.

    Karrina McNamara;Syed A. M. Tofail

  • Comprehensive cytotoxicity studies of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

    Rakesh M. Patil;Nanasaheb D. Thorat;Prajkta B. Shete;Poonam A. Bedge

  • Organic piezoelectric materials: milestones and potential

    Sarah Guerin;Syed A. M. Tofail;Damien Thompson

  • Structure and stability of hydroxyapatite: Density functional calculation and Rietveld analysis

    Donncha Haverty;Syed A. M. Tofail;Kenneth T. Stanton;James B. McMonagle

  • Ferroelectric Polarization in Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite Thin Films on Silicon

    S. B. Lang;S. A. M. Tofail;A. L. Kholkin;M. Wojtaś;M. Wojtaś

  • Molecular engineering of piezoelectricity in collagen-mimicking peptide assemblies.

    Santu Bera;Sarah Guerin;Hui Yuan;Joseph O’Donnell

  • Piezoelectric Tensor of Collagen Fibrils Determined at the Nanoscale

    Denise Denning;Jason I. Kilpatrick;Eiichi Fukada;Nan Zhang

  • A novel study of hexavalent chromium detoxification by selected seaweed species using SEM-EDX and XPS analysis.

    Vanessa Murphy;Syed A.M. Tofail;Helen Hughes;Peter McLoughlin

  • A facile aqueous sol–gel method for high surface area nanocrystalline CeO2

    P. Periyat;F. Laffir;S. A. M. Tofail;E. Magner

  • Bioinspired Stable and Photoluminescent Assemblies for Power Generation.

    Kai Tao;Wen Hu;Bin Xue;Drahomir Chovan

  • Diphenylalanine-Derivative Peptide Assemblies with Increased Aromaticity Exhibit Metal-like Rigidity and High Piezoelectricity.

    Vasantha Basavalingappa;Santu Bera;Bin Xue;Joseph O'Donnell

  • Pyroelectric, piezoelectric, and photoeffects in hydroxyapatite thin films on silicon

    S. B. Lang;S. A. M. Tofail;A. A. Gandhi;M. Gregor

  • Tunable Mechanical and Optoelectronic Properties of Organic Cocrystals by Unexpected Stacking Transformation from H- to J- and X-Aggregation.

    Wei Ji;Bin Xue;Santu Bera;Sarah Guerin

  • Electrically Polarized Biomaterials

    Syed A. M. Tofail;Joanna Bauer

  • Multimodal Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles with Unusually Enhanced Specific Absorption Rate for Synergetic Cancer Therapeutics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

    Nanasaheb D. Thorat;Raghvendra A. Bohara;Victor Malgras;Syed A. M. Tofail

  • Racemic Amino Acid Piezoelectric Transducer.

    Sarah Guerin;Joseph O’Donnell;Ehtsham U. Haq;Cian McKeown

  • Structural order and dielectric behaviour of hydroxyapatite

    S. A. M. Tofail;D. Haverty;K. T. Stanton;J. B. McMonagle

  • Substrate topography: A valuable in vitro tool, but a clinical red herring for in vivo tenogenesis

    Andrew English;Ayesha Azeem;Kyriakos Spanoudes;Eleanor Jones

  • Piezoelectricity in Poled Hydroxyapatite Ceramics

    Abbasi A. Gandhi;Maciek Wojtas;Maciek Wojtas;Sidney. B. Lang;Andrei L. Kholkin;Andrei L. Kholkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ehud Gazit
Ehud Gazit Tel Aviv University
Kai Tao
Kai Tao Northwestern Polytechnical University
Linda J. W. Shimon
Linda J. W. Shimon Weizmann Institute of Science
Abhay Pandit
Abhay Pandit University of Galway
Yi Cao
Yi Cao Nanjing University
Andrei L. Kholkin
Andrei L. Kholkin University of Latvia
Rusen Yang
Rusen Yang Xidian University
Edmond Magner
Edmond Magner University of Limerick
Michael Nolan
Michael Nolan Tyndall National Institute
Kevin C.-W. Wu
Kevin C.-W. Wu National Taiwan University

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