Physics Department

Professor Dr Abdul Kariem Hj Mohd Arof

B.Sc. (Hons)

M.Sc.

Ph.D.

University of Malaya

University of Wales, UK

University of Malaya

1983

1985

1996

akarof@um.edu.my

603 – 7967 4085 (Off)

603 – 7967 4100 (Lab)

Research Interests: 

Batteries; Solid State Ionics; Advanced Materials

Involvement in Communities / Learned Societies / Journals:

Member, Malaysian Institute of Physics; Editor, Ionics (International Journal of Ionics)

Selected Publications:

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S.R. Majid and A.K. Arof, Proton-conducting polymer electrolyte films based on chitosan acetate complexed with NH4NO3 salt, Physica B: Condensed Matter 355(1-4), 78-82 (2005).

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Tan Winie, and A.K.Arof, FT-IR studies on interactions among components in hexanoyl chitosan-based polymer electrolytes, Spectrochimi Acta Part A, In Press. Corrected Proof. (2005)

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R.H.Y. Subban and A.K. Arof, Plasticiser interactions with polymer and salt in PVC-LiCF3SO3-DMF electrolytes, European Polymer Journal 40(8), 1841-1847 (2004)

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M.Z.A. Yahya and A.K. Arof, Conductivity and X-ray photoelectron studies on lithium acetate doped chitosan films, Carbohydrate Polymers 55(1), 95-100 (2004).

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Tan Winie and A.K. Arof, Dielectric behaviour and ac conductivity of LiCF3SO3 doped H-chitosan polymer films, Ionics 10, 193-199 (2004).

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A.A. Mohamad, N.S. Mohamed, M.Z.A. Yahya, R. Othman, S. Ramesh, Y. Alias, & A.K. Arof, Ionic conductivity studies of poly(vinyl alcohol) alkaline solid polymer electrolyte and its use in nickel-zinc cells, Solid State Ionics 156, 171-177 (2003)

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R.H.Y. Subban and A.K. Arof, Impedance spectroscopic studies on binary salt poly(vinyl chloride) based electrolyte, Ionics 9, 375-381 (2003)

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R.H.Y. Subban and A.K. Arof, Experimental investigations on PVC-LiCF3SO3-SiO2 composite polymer electrolytes, Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems 6, 197-203 (2003)

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Z. Osman and A.K. Arof, FTIR studies of chitosan acetate based polymer electrolytes, Electrochimica Acta 48(8), 993-999 (2003)

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M.Z.A. Yahya and A.K. Arof, Effect of oleic acid plasticizer on chitosan-lithium acetate solid polymer electrolytes, European Polymer Journal 39(5), 897-902 (2003)

Last update on 8 Dec 2006