Dr. Zulkifly Abbas

Department of Physics

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Email: za@upm.edu.my

Qualifications

2000 Ph.D., Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds

1994 M.S., Microwave Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia

1986 B.S., Physics, University of Malaya

Publications (Selected)

1. I. Lakin, Z Abbas, R. Azis, and I. Alhaji, “Complex Permittivity and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness of OPEFB Fiber-Polylactic Acid Filled with Reduced Graphene Oxide”, Materials, 13.10.3390/ma13204602. (2020).
2. A.F Ahmad, S.A.Aziz, Z. Abbas, D.M. Abdalhadi, A. Khamis and U.Aliyu, “Computational and Experimental Approaches for Determining Scattering Parameters of OPEFB/PLA Composites to Calculate the Absorption and Attenuation Values at Microwave Frequencies”, Polymers, Vol. 12, pp. 1-19. 10.3390/polym12091919. (2020).
3. N.A.M. Aziz, R. Yunus, H. Hamidah , A. Alsultan, O.Abdulkareem, R. Omar, U. Rashid and Z. Abbas, “Microwave irradiation: Influence of transesterification operational factors on palm-based trimethylolpropane ester synthesis”, Scientific Reports,10. 10.1038/s41598-020-76775-y. (2020)
4. A.M Khamis, Z. Abbas , A.F Ahmad, D.M. Abdalhadi and E.E. Mensah, “Experimental and computational study on epoxy resin reinforced with micro-sized OPEFB using rectangular waveguide and finite element method”, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, Vol. 14(8), pp. 752 – 758, DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2019.0085.(2020)
5. 1. I. Lakin, Z Abbas, R. Azis, N. Ibrahim and M.A. Rahman, “The Effect of MWCNTs Filler on the Absorbing Properties of OPEFB/PLA Composites Using Microstrip Line at Microwave Frequency”, Materials. 13.10.3390/ma13204581. (2020).
6. R.M.Zahari. A.H. Shaari, Z. Abbas, L.K.Pah, , C.S.Kien and M.A. Kechik, M. Structural, magnetic and microwave absorption properties of BiFe1?xYxO3 ceramics synthesized by modified thermal treatment method”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 32. 10.1007/s10854-021-05304-y. (2021).
7. I. Alade, Ibrahim ,M.A. Rahman, Z. Abbas, Y. Yaakob and T. Saleh, Tawfik,” Application of support vector regression and artificial neural network for prediction of specific heat capacity of aqueous nanofluids of copper oxide”, SolarEnergy,Vol.197,pp.485-490, 10.1016/j.solener.2019.12.067. (2020).
8. L.L Adebayo, H.Soleimani, N.Yahya, Z. Abbas, M.Sabet , F.A. Wahaab ,R.T. Ayinla. “Facile preparation and enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption properties of Fe3O4@PVDF nanocomposite”. Journal of Materials Research and Technology,Vol. 9(2), 2513-2521(2020)
9. LL Adebayo,H.Soleimani, N.Yahya, Z.Abbas, M.Sabet, F.A. Wahaab ,R.T Ayin,”Investigation of the Broadband Microwave Absorption of Citric Acid Coated Fe3O4 /PVDF Composite Using Finite Element Method”,Applied Sciences, Vol.9(18):3877 DOI: 10.3390/app9183877(2019)
10. M.A Jawad, M.A. Elwi, E.Y. Salih, T.A. Elwi and Z.Abbas Monitoring the Dielectric Properties and Propagation Conditions of Mortar for Modern Wireless Mobile Networks, Progress In Electromagnetics Research letters 89, 91-97(2020)
11. L.L. Adebayo, H. Soleimani, N. Yahya, Z. Abbas, F.A. Wahaab, A.T. Ridwa “Recent advances in the development OF Fe3O4-based microwave absorbing materials”, Ceramic International, Vol.46(2), pp. 1249-1268,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.09.209. (2020)
12. A.D Meli, Z Abbas, M.H.M. Zaid and N.A. Ibrahim, “The Effects of SLS on Structural and Complex Permittivity of SLS-HDPE Composites”, Advances in Polymer Technology, 10.1155/2019/3420925(2019)
13. L.L. Adebayo, H. Soleimani, N. Yahya, Z. Abbas, F.A. Wahaab,M. Sabet and R.T. Ayin,”Investigation of the Broadband Microwave Absorption of Citric Acid Coated Fe3O4 /PVDF Composite Using Finite ElementMethod”,Applied Sciences, Vol.9(18), 10.3390/app9183877 (2019)
14. E.E. Mensah, Z. Abbas, R. ,Azis ,N.A. Ibrahim and A.M. Khamis,” Complex Permittivity and Microwave Absorption Properties of OPEFB Fiber–Polycaprolactone Composites Filled with Recycled Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Nanoparticles”, Polymers, Vol. 11, 918; doi:10.3390/polym11050918
15. E.E. Mensah, Z. Abbas, R. ,Azis ,N.A. Ibrahim and A.M. Khamis,”) Enhancement of the complex permittivity and attenuation properties of recycled hematite (α – Fe2O3) using nanoparticles prepared via the ball milling technique, Materials, 12(10) , art. no. 1696, https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12101696 (2019)
16. A.F. Ahmad, Z. Abbas, A.H. Shaari, J. Obaiys and U. Aliyu, “Synthesis, thermal, dielectric, and microwave reflection loss properties of nickel oxide filler with natural fiber-reinforced polymer composite” ,Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 136 (7), art. no. 46998 https://doi.org/10.1002/app.46998 (2018)
17. D.M. Abdalhadi, Z. Abbas, A.F. Ahmad, K.A. Matori and F. Esa “Controlling the Properties of OPEFB/PLA Polymer Composite by Using Fe2O3 for Microwave Applications”, Fibers and Polymers, 19 (7), pp. 1513-1521(2018)
18. A.F. Ahmad, Z.Abbas, S.J. Obaiys and M.F. Zainuddin,”Effect of untreated fiber loading on the thermal, mechanical, dielectric, and microwave absorption properties of polycaprolactone reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch biocomposites”, Polymer Composites, Vol.39, . doi:10.1002/pc.24792(2018).
19. D.M. Abdalhadi, Z Abbas, A.F. Ahmad and N.A. Ibrahim ,”Determining the Complex Permittivity of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fibre Material by Open-ended Coaxial Probe Technique for Microwave Applications”, BioResources. Vol. 12 (2), 3976-3991
20. A.Fahad, Z. Abbas, S.J.Obaiys and D.M.Abdalhadi, ”Improvement of dielectric, magnetic and thermal properties of OPEFB fibre-polycaprolactone composite by adding Ni-Zn ferrite”,.Polymers, Vol. 9(12); doi:10.3390/polym9020012