• ULTRASOUND-TRIGGERED NANO-FORMULATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND TARGETING OF BACTERIAL BIOFILMS 

  Ganiyeva, Kamila (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  Prior to the antibiotic era, bacterial infections were the leading cause of death. Antibiotics were developed to cure a variety of ailments and saved many lives. However, due to overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics, ...
• SYNTHESIS OF BIFUNCTIONAL MANGANESE COMPLEXES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN TRANSFER HYDROGENATION OF NITRILES 

  Rakisheva, Saniya (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  A series of bifunctional Mn(0), Mn(I), and Mn(II) complexes bearing polydentate ligands with secondary amino functionality were prepared, characterized, and tested as pre-catalysts in transfer hydrogenation of nitriles to ...
• DESIGNING INDIGO-BASED HTMS FOR SN-PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS: A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH 

  Mustazheb, Dias (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  Indigo-based structures were designed with the help of density-functional theory (DFT) and proposed as potential hole-transporting materials (HTMs) for tin-based and mixed-metal perovskite solar cells (PSCs). First, ...
• EUROPIUM DOPED CARBON DOTS FOR SELECTIVE AND SENSITIVE DETECTION OF TETRACYCLINE 

  Babenova, Aigerim (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  Tetracycline (TC) overuse in livestock farms has resulted in its widespread presence in water bodies, which can have a negative impact on the ecosystem and human health. Therefore, the aims of current study are to develop ...
• THE DIVERSITY-ORIENTED SYNTHESIS OF SATURATED N-HETEROCYCLIC SCAFFOLDS BY POST-AZA-ANNULATION MODIFICATIONS 

  Bekbolatova, Ainara (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  The synthesis of N-heterocyclic scaffolds that resemble biologically active molecules in an environmentally friendly, atom-efficient, cheap, and easily manageable way is among the main tasks for synthetic chemists. The ...
• COST-EFFECTIVE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS USING POLYMER-BASED COUNTER ELECTRODES 

  Bukari, Sherif Dei (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  Solar energy has proven to be the most promising solution to the current and future world energy and environmental challenges. One of the most promising technologies to harvest solar energy is the dye-sensitized solar cell ...
• BINARY ANTIBIOTIC NANOPARTICLES FOR SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTION 

  Kalmagambet, Yersin (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  One of the important issues nowadays is the rising antibiotic resistance of bacteria, which is due to their ability to undergo horizontal gene transfer, allowing them to exchange genes, as well as acquire mutations that ...
• ANTIMOULD ACTION OF ZIRAM AND IPBC LOADED IN FUNCTIONALISED NANOGELS AGAINST ASPERGILLUS NIGER AND PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM 

  Raimond, Laurine; Halbus, Ahmed F.; Athab, Zahraa H.; Paunov, Vesselin N. (Materials Advances, 2022)

  We explore the antimould action of zinc bis(dimethyldithiocarbamate) (Ziram) and 3-iodo-2-propynyl N-butylcarbamate (IPBC) encapsulated into nanogel particles with and without surface functionalization with a cationic ...
• UV LIGHT BLOCKING AND CONVERSION BY POROUS EUROPIUM-DOPED TITANIUM DIOXIDE (TIO2-EU) THIN FILMS FOR POTENTIAL PROTECTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES 

  Zhumanova, K.; Serik, L.; Molkenova, A.; Atabaev, T.S. (Materials Today Chemistry, 2022)

  In recent years, transparent thin films capable of screening and converting ultraviolet (UV) photons into visible spectrum gained significant interest in the protection of photovoltaic devices.We investigated the optical ...
• TERBIUM AND BARIUM CODOPED MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES WITH ENHANCED OPTICAL PROPERTIES 

  Zhumanova, Kamila; Akhmetzhanov, Nursalim; Kang, Moon Sung; Molkenova, Anara; Raja, Iruthayapandi Selestin; Kim, Ki Su; Han, Dong-Wook; Atabaev, Timur Sh. (Materials Letters, 2022)

  In this study, we showed for the first time that barium (Ba) codoping improves the luminescent properties of terbium (Tb)-doped SiO2 nanoparticles (NPs). In particular, the quantum yield (QY) of SiO2-Ba,Tb NPs was found to ...
• UNCOVERING THE ROLE OF SURFACE-ATTACHED AG NANOPARTICLES IN PHOTODEGRADATION IMPROVEMENT OF RHODAMINE B BY ZNO-AG NANORODS 

  Em, Svetlana; Yedigenov, Mussa; Khamkhash, Laura; Atabaev, Shanazar; Molkenova, Anara; Poulopoulos, Stavros G.; Atabaev, Timur Sh. (Nanomaterials, 2022-08-22)

  ZnO nanorods decorated with metal nanoparticles have sparked considerable interest in recent years thanks to their suitability for a wide range of applications, such as photocatalysis, photovoltaics, antibacterial activity, ...
• TAU FIBRIL WITH MEMBRANE LIPIDS: INSIGHT FROM COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATIONS 

  Barredo, Prechiel A.; Fernandez, Marvin Jose F.; Ambe, Christopher E.; Balanay, Mannix P. (PLOS ONE, 2021-10-15)

  The microtubule-binding protein tau has been the center of researches concerning Alzheimer’s disease (AD) due to several clinical trials of β-amyloid therapies failing recently. The availability of the tau fibril structure ...
• HOLLOW CUO MICROPARTICLES FOR THE EFFICIENT DEGRADATION OF MODEL POLLUTANT DYES 

  Sarsenov, Sagyntay (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022)

  Copper(II) oxide (CuO) is a widely used material in different industries due to its low price, readily availability, long-term photostability, and ability to oxidize different types of organics compounds. However, bare ...
• CRACK-FREE AND THICKNESS-CONTROLLABLE DEPOSITION OF TIO2–RGO THIN FILMS FOR SOLAR HARNESSING DEVICES 

  Khamkhash, Laura; Em, Svetlana; Molkenova, Anara; Hwang, Yoon-Hwae; Atabaev, Timur Sh. (Coatings, 2022)

  The use of thin films consisting of TiO2 and reduced graphene oxide (TiO2–rGO) in solar harnessing devices is gaining momentum thanks to improved charge-transporting characteristics. In this report, we propose a facile ...
• SYNTHESIS OF ENANTIOPURE MORPHOLINES THROUGH THE POST-UGI TRANSFORMATIONS 

  Almagambetova, Kamila (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022)

  It is well known that the field of modern organic chemistry has been developing extremely fast. Thus, elaboration of new methodologies and enlargement of the efficacy of complex compositions at minimal self-cost and ...
• HOW GAP DISTANCE BETWEEN GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN DIMERS AND TRIMERS ON METALLIC AND NON-METALLIC SERS SUBSTRATES CAN IMPACT SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT 

  Arbuz, Alexandr; Sultangaziyev, Alisher; Rapikov, Alisher; Kunushpayeva, Zhanar; Bukasov, Rostislav (Nanoscale Advances, 2022)

  The impact of variation in the interparticle gaps in dimers and trimers of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), modified with Raman reporter (2-MOTP), on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) intensity, relative to the SERS ...
• SURFACE INTERACTIONS AND MECHANISMS STUDY ON THE REMOVAL OF IODIDE FROM WATER BY USE OF NATURAL ZEOLITE-BASED SILVER NANOCOMPOSITES 

  Inglezakis, Vassilis J.; Satayeva, Aliya R.; Yagofarova, Almira; Tauanov, Zhandos; Meiramkulova, Kulyash; Farrando-Pérez, Judit; Bear, Joseph C. (MDPI AG, 2020-06-12)

  In this work a natural zeolite was modified with silver following two different methods to derive Ag2O and Ag0 nanocomposites. The materials were fully characterized and the results showed that both materials were decorated ...
• ENSEMBLE VOTING-BASED MULTICHANNEL EEG CLASSIFICATION IN A SUBJECT-INDEPENDENT P300 SPELLER 

  Mussabayeva, Ayana; Jamwal, Prashant Kumar; Akhtar, Muhammad Tahir (MDPI, 2021-11-26)

  Classification of brain signal features is a crucial process for any brain–computer interface (BCI) device, including speller systems. The positive P300 component of visual event-related potentials (ERPs) used in BCI ...
• STUDYING THE EFFECT OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE ON THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NOVEL GELATIN/CHITOSAN BIOPOLYMER-BASED CRYOGELS 

  Kudaibergen, Gulshakhar; Zhunussova, Madina; Mun, Ellina A.; Arinova, Anar; Ogay, Vyacheslav (MDPI, 2021-10-27)

  The application of biopolymers in tissue engineering is of a great interest due to of their inherent properties such as cell adhesion, biodegradation, bioavailability, and viscoelasticity. In this study, we synthesized ...
• SUSTAINED IN VITRO AND IN VIVO DELIVERY OF METFORMIN FROM PLANT POLLEN-DERIVED COMPOSITE MICROCAPSULES 

  Meligi, Noha M.; Dyab, Amro K. F.; Paunov, Vesselin N. (Pharmaceutics, 2021-07-09)

  We developed a dual microencapsulation platform for the type 2 diabetes drug metformin (MTF), which is aimed to increase its bioavailability. We report the use of Lycopodium clavatum sporopollenin (LCS), derived from their ...

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