PhD research
Develop synthetic protocols for metal containing supramolecular nanomaterials using organometallicsmall- andmacro- molecular building blocks. The research involved organic andorganometallic syntheses, self-assembly, and material engineering for versatile potential nanotechnology applications. The PhD researchendowednew discoveries in the field of aggregation-induced functions including, aggregation-enhanced IR absorption (AEIRA), aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and aggregation-induced laser trapping, for metal-carbonyl building blocks.
Selected scholarships and awards
- NSERCPostdoctoral Fellowship
- NSERC PG-Scholarship-Doctoral
- U of W President’s Graduate Scholarship
- WIN Nanofellowship Award
- William Nikolaus Martin Science Scholarship
- Laurier Centennial Scholarship
- Outstanding Teaching Assistantship Excellence Award
- Institute For Polymer Research (IPR) 2016 Award
Biography
Nimer Murshid received his PhD in chemistry - nanotechnology, with Professor Xiaosong Wang, from the University of ݮƵ and ݮƵ Institute for Nanotechnology, MSc degree in Chemistry, with Professor Vladimir Kitaev, from Wilfrid Laurier University. He also holdBSc degree in Chemistry from University of Jordan and MA degree in curricula and teaching methodsfrom Amman Arab University.Nimer workedas lecturer,graduate teaching assistant and academic tutor at the University of ݮƵ and WilfridLaurierUniversity. He alsoworked as chemistry high school teacher, educational supervisor, and curriculum specialist at the Ministry of Education in Dubai. He pursued his NSERC- Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof. Vladimir Kitaev andProf. Scott Smith, at Laurier, in environmental remediation and sustainable energy projects.
Publications and conference presentations
- Murshid, N.; Smith, D.S.; Kitaev, V. "Photochemical Formation of Tunable Gold Nanostructures Using Versatile Water‐Soluble Thiolate Au(I) Precursor", Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 2018, DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201800285.
- Cathcart, N.;Murshid, N.; Campbell, P; Kitaev, V."Selective Plasmonic Sensing and Highly-Ordered Metallodielectrics via Encapsulation of Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles with Metal Oxides", ACS Applied Nano Material 2018, ٰ:10.1021/acsanm.8b01964.
- Murshid, N.; El-Temtamy, A.; Wang, X. "Synthesis and Solution Behaviour of Metal-Carbonyl Amphiphiles with an Fp (Fp: CpFe(CO)2) Junction", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2017, 851, 40 - 45.
- Murshid, N.;²Բ,.“Hydrophobic Effect of Alkyl Groups
Stabilizing Self-Assembled Colloids in Water” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B2017, 121, 6280 - 6285. - Murshid, N.; Yuyama,K.; Wu, S.; Wu, K.; Masuhara, H.; Wang, C.; Wang, X. “Highly-Integrated, Laser Manipulable Aqueous Metal Carbonyl Vesicles (MCsomes) with Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) and Aggregation-Enhanced IR Absorption (AEIRA)”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2016, 4, 5231-5240. (Highlighted by"" a report weekly published by the American Chemical Society (ACS))
- Murshid, N.; RahmanM.;²ng,X. "Aggregation-Enhanced IR Absorption (AEIRA) of Molybdenum-Carbonyl Organometallic Aqueous Colloids",Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2016, 819, 109-114.
- Murshid, N.;²ng,X.“Iron–Carbonyl Aqueous Vesicles (MCsomes) by Hydration of[Fe(CO){CO(CH2)5CH3}(Cp)(PPh3)] (FpC6): Highly Integrated Colloidswith Aggregation-Induced Self-Enhanced IR Absorption (AI-SEIRA)”Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 19223 – 19230.
- Cao, K.; Murshid, N.; Li, L.; Lopez, A.; Tam, K. C.; Wang X. "Hydration of Hydrophobic Iron−Carbonyl Homopolymers viaWater−Carbonyl Interaction (WCI): Creation of Uniform Organometallic Aqueous Vesicles with Exceptionally High Encapsulation Capacity",Macromolecules,2015,48, 7968–7977.
- Cao,K.;Murshid, N.;WangX."Synthesis of Main-Chain Metal CarbonylOrganometallic Macromolecules (MCMCOMs)",Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2015, 36, 586−596.
- Murshid, N.;²ng,X. “Self-Assembly of Metal-Carbonyl Derivatives in Water” 98thCanadian Chemistry Conference, Ottawa,2015.
- Murshid, N.;El-Temtamy, A.; Wang,X. “Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Iron-PhosphineContaining Supramolecular Amphiphiles” 97thCanadian Chemistry Conference, Vancouver,2014.
- Murshid, N.; Dilyn, K.; Kitaev, V. “Synthetic Protocol for Preparation of Versatile Plasmonic Platform Based on Silver Nanoparticles with Pentagonal Symmetries”, Part. Part. Syst. Charact.2014, 31, 178–189.
- Murshid, N.;Kitaev, V. “Role ofPoly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) and OtherStericallyProtecting Polymers for Selective Stabilization of {111} and {100} Facets in Pentagonally Twinned Silver Nanoparticles”, Chem.Commun.2014, 50, 1247-1249.
- Murshid, N.; Gourevich, I.; Coombs, N.; Kitaev, V. “Gold Plating of Silver Nanoparticles for Superior Stability and Preserved Plasmonic and Sensing Properties”, Chem. Commun.2013, 49, 11355-11357 (cover paper).
- Murshid, N. "Controlled Transformation of Nanoparticles with Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonance". Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). 2013, Paper 1623.
- Murshid, N.; Dilyn, K.; Kitaev, V. “Transformation of Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Pentagonal Symmetry” 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, 2013 (Winner Poster as the best poster presentation prize).
- Murshid, N.; Cathcart, N.; Kitaev, V. “Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Polystyrene Latex at Room Temperature” 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, 2013.
- Alyazouri, A.; Murshid, N.; El-Kaabi, E. “Science Process Skills Teaching Guide”, 1st edition, Department of Curricula, Ministry of Education, Dubai, UAE, 2010.
- Alyazouri, A.; Murshid, N.; Alaqra, M.; Qasim, F.; Matar, M.; Abdolqader, E.; Aqel, F. “Science, Grade 9” (textbook and Assessment Guide), 1st edition, All Prints (Harcourt International), Department of Curricula, Ministry of Education, Dubai, UAE, 2009.
- Murshid, N.“Attitudes of UAE teachers towards leadership characteristics of their supervisors” The Eighth Educational Conference, Dubai, UAE, June 2007.