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Dr Rafia Nimal

Research Associate

rn376@cam.ac.uk

Department:Chemistry
Group:Researchers

Dr Rafia Nimal

Research Associate

Rafia is Research Associate working in area of heterogenous catalysis, coordination chemistry and surface sciences. Her research interests focus on designing innovative catalysts for oxygen evolution reactions and other related reactions to address the global energy crisis. She aims to develop efficient and sustainable solutions for clean energy production through advanced catalyst design.

Previously Rafia worked as a PhD researcher at Yusuf Hamied department of Chemistry, Cambridge UK and Quaid I Azam university Pakistan as a commonwealth fellow for development of novel catalysts for oxygen evolution reactions. This project crafted a new and unique class of catalysts that demonstrated globally competitive performance by combining non-precious metals with novel organic ligands via a low-temperature route. Furthermore, insights into molecular phenomena at the surface of these catalysts were gained by employing advanced techniques such as SEM/TEM EDS, XPS, among others. This work has recently be patented with Cambridge Enterprise with Rafia been named sole inventor.

Publications

2023

Nimal, Rafia; Unal, Didem Nur; Erkmen, Cem; Kurbanoglu, Sevinc; Siddiq, Muhammad; Eren, Gokcen; Shah, Afzal; Uslu, Bengi

Elucidating the interaction of antidepressant drug paroxetine with ct-dsDNA: A comparative study by electrochemical, spectroscopic, and molecular docking approaches Journal Article

In: Bioelectrochemistry, vol. 149, 2023.

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title = {Elucidating the interaction of antidepressant drug paroxetine with ct-dsDNA: A comparative study by electrochemical, spectroscopic, and molecular docking approaches},

author = {Rafia Nimal and Didem Nur Unal and Cem Erkmen and Sevinc Kurbanoglu and Muhammad Siddiq and Gokcen Eren and Afzal Shah and Bengi Uslu},

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doi = {10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108285},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

journal = {Bioelectrochemistry},

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doi:10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108285

2022

Nimal, Rafia; Selcuk, Ozge; Kurbanoglu, Sevinc; Shah, Afzal; Siddiq, Muhammad; Uslu, Bengi

Trends in electrochemical nanosensors for the analysis of antioxidants Journal Article

In: TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, vol. 153, 2022.

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title = {Trends in electrochemical nanosensors for the analysis of antioxidants},

author = {Rafia Nimal and Ozge Selcuk and Sevinc Kurbanoglu and Afzal Shah and Muhammad Siddiq and Bengi Uslu},

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doi = {10.1016/j.trac.2022.116626},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry},

volume = {153},

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doi:10.1016/j.trac.2022.116626

Nimal, Rafia; Yahya, Rashida; Shah, Afzal; Khan, Muhammad Abdullah; Zia, Muhammad Abid; Shah, Iltaf

Development of Electrolyzer Using NiCo(OH)2 Layered Double Hydroxide Catalyst for Efficient Water Oxidation Reaction Journal Article

In: Nanomaterials, vol. 12, no. 11, 2022.

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title = {Development of Electrolyzer Using NiCo(OH)2 Layered Double Hydroxide Catalyst for Efficient Water Oxidation Reaction},

author = {Rafia Nimal and Rashida Yahya and Afzal Shah and Muhammad Abdullah Khan and Muhammad Abid Zia and Iltaf Shah},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135219721&doi=10.3390%2fnano12111819&partnerID=40&md5=cb01300c0c9a92a741b92b733a827aa1},

doi = {10.3390/nano12111819},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Nanomaterials},

volume = {12},

number = {11},

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135219721&doi=10.3390%[...]
doi:10.3390/nano12111819

Nimal, Rafia; Unal, Didem Nur; Erkmen, Cem; Bozal-Palabiyik, Burcin; Siddiq, Muhammad; Eren, Gokcen; Shah, Afzal; Uslu, Bengi

Development of the electrochemical, spectroscopic and molecular docking approaches toward the investigation of interaction between DNA and anti-leukemic drug azacytidine Journal Article

In: Bioelectrochemistry, vol. 146, 2022.

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title = {Development of the electrochemical, spectroscopic and molecular docking approaches toward the investigation of interaction between DNA and anti-leukemic drug azacytidine},

author = {Rafia Nimal and Didem Nur Unal and Cem Erkmen and Burcin Bozal-Palabiyik and Muhammad Siddiq and Gokcen Eren and Afzal Shah and Bengi Uslu},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129528125&doi=10.1016%2fj.bioelechem.2022.108135&partnerID=40&md5=504f4664e65631ecb3b0647745e84689},

doi = {10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108135},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Bioelectrochemistry},

volume = {146},

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129528125&doi=10.1016%[...]
doi:10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108135

Asad, Muhammad; Shah, Afzal; Iftikhar, Faiza Jan; Nimal, Rafia; Nisar, Jan; Zia, Muhammad Abid

Development of a Binder-Free Tetra-Metallic Oxide Electrocatalyst for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction Journal Article

In: Sustainable Chemistry, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 286 – 299, 2022.

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title = {Development of a Binder-Free Tetra-Metallic Oxide Electrocatalyst for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction},

author = {Muhammad Asad and Afzal Shah and Faiza Jan Iftikhar and Rafia Nimal and Jan Nisar and Muhammad Abid Zia},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85203497386&doi=10.3390%2fsuschem3030018&partnerID=40&md5=024d9e18e2d1b27eaf5be3f25848cd6c},

doi = {10.3390/suschem3030018},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Sustainable Chemistry},

volume = {3},

number = {3},

pages = {286 – 299},

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85203497386&doi=10.3390%[...]
doi:10.3390/suschem3030018

2020

Nimal, Rafia; Shah, Afzal; Saddiq, Muhammad

Thermodynamic characterisation of triazol ylimino-DNA interaction by UV–Vis spectroscopy Journal Article

In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol. 2, 2020.

@article{Nimal2020,

title = {Thermodynamic characterisation of triazol ylimino-DNA interaction by UV–Vis spectroscopy},

author = {Rafia Nimal and Afzal Shah and Muhammad Saddiq},

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doi = {10.1016/j.jpap.2020.100006},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology},

volume = {2},

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129479831&doi=10.1016%[...]
doi:10.1016/j.jpap.2020.100006

Nimal, Rafia

Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization of biologically important Schiff bases Journal Article

In: SN Applied Sciences, vol. 2, no. 12, 2020.

@article{Nimal2020b,

title = {Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization of biologically important Schiff bases},

author = {Rafia Nimal},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100701226&doi=10.1007%2fs42452-020-03652-8&partnerID=40&md5=2f30b9d873bc537394630757190ce58a},

doi = {10.1007/s42452-020-03652-8},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

journal = {SN Applied Sciences},

volume = {2},

number = {12},

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100701226&doi=10.1007%[...]
doi:10.1007/s42452-020-03652-8

2016

Nimal, Rafia; Aftab, Saima; Rana, Usman Ali; Lashin, Aref; Khan, Salah Ud-Din; Ali, Saqib; Kraatz, Heinz-Bernhard; Shah, Afzal

Redox mechanism, antioxidant activity and computational studies of triazole and phenol containing schiff bases Journal Article

In: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 163, no. 10, pp. H871 – H880, 2016.

@article{Nimal2016H871,

title = {Redox mechanism, antioxidant activity and computational studies of triazole and phenol containing schiff bases},

author = {Rafia Nimal and Saima Aftab and Usman Ali Rana and Aref Lashin and Salah Ud-Din Khan and Saqib Ali and Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz and Afzal Shah},

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year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},

volume = {163},

number = {10},

pages = {H871 – H880},

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doi:10.1149/2.0181610jes

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