Doctor Abbas Amini

Journal Articles

• Ling, R., Lu, T., Amini, A., Yang, H. and Cheng, C. (2024), '[In Press] Rise of wood-based catalytic electrodes for large-scale hydrogen production', Materials Chemistry Frontiers, .
• Zuo, Z., Zhang, X., Peng, O., Shan, L., Xiang, S., Lian, Q., Li, N., Mi, G., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2024), 'Self-supported iron-based bimetallic phosphide catalytic electrode for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction at high current density', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol 12, no 9 , pp 5331 - 5339.
• Morowvat, M., Kazemi, K., Jaberi, M., Amini, A. and Gholami, A. (2023), 'Biosynthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Chlorella vulgaris biomass against multidrug-resistant pathogens', Materials, vol 16, no 2 .
• Firouzkouhi, N., Amini, A., Nazari, M., Alkhatib, F., Bordbar, H., Cheng, C., Davvaz, B. and Rashidi, M. (2023), 'Advanced artificial intelligence system by intuitionistic fuzzy G-subring for automotive robotic manufacturing', Artificial Intelligence Review, vol 56, no 9 , pp 9639 - 9664.
• Azad, H., Mohsennia, M., Cheng, C. and Amini, A. (2023), 'Alkaline treatment of antifoulant PVB/SA-grafted e-MnO2 adsorptive nanocomposite membrane for synchronous separation of pollutants from pharmaceutical effluents', Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol 53 .
• Firouzkouhi, N., Amini, A., Alkhatib, F., Bani-Mustafa, A., Cheng, C. and Davvaz, B. (2023), 'Global e-Commerce (GeC) theory by intuitionistic fuzzy G-submodule', Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol 123, no Part A .
• Li, D., Huang, Y., Ren, Z., Amini, A., Djurisic, A., Cheng, C. and Li, G. (2023), 'Recent progress of inverted organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells', Journal of Energy Chemistry, vol 79 , pp 168 - 191.
• Xu, L., Zhang, Q., Niu, S., Wang, X., Lian, Q., Huang, Y., Shi, R., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2023), 'Organic eutectic mixture incorporated with graphene oxide sheets as lithiophilic artificial protective layer for dendrite-free lithium metal batteries', Advanced Energy Materials, vol 13, no 12 .
• Golkar, N., Sarikhani, Z., Aghaei, R., Heidari, R., Amini, A. and Gholami, A. (2023), 'An oral nanoformulation of insulin : development and characterization of human insulin loaded graphene oxide-sodium alginate-gold nanocomposite in an animal model', Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, vol 82 .
• Mohammadi, F., Gholami, A., Omidifar, N., Amini, A., Kianpour, S. and Taghizadeh, S. (2022), 'The potential of surface nano-engineering in characteristics of cobalt-based nanoparticles and biointerface interaction with prokaryotic and human cells', Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol 215 .
• Amini, A., Firouzkouhi, N., Gholami, A., Gupta, A., Cheng, C. and Davvaz, B. (2022), 'Soft hypergraph for modeling global interactions via social media networks', Expert Systems with Applications, vol 203 .
• Jin, M., Zhang, X., Niu, S., Wang, Q., Huang, R., Ling, R., Huang, J., Shi, R., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2022), 'Strategies for designing high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysts at large current densities above 1000 mA cm-2', ACS Nano, vol 16, no 8 , pp 11577 - 11597.
• Gholami, A., Ghezelbash, K., Asheghi, B., Abbaszadegan, A. and Amini, A. (2022), 'An in vitro study on the antibacterial effects of chlorhexidine-loaded positively charged silver nanoparticles on Enterococcus faecalis', Journal of Nanomaterials, vol 2022 .
• Firouzkouhi, N., Amini, A., Cheng, C., Zarrabi, A. and Davvaz, B. (2022), 'Intuitionistic fuzzy set of G-submodules and its application in modeling spread of viral diseases, mutated COVID-n, via flights', International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol 37, no 8 , pp 5134 - 5151.
• Asadi, K., Amini, A. and Gholami, A. (2022), 'Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes as a bioinspired nanoscale tool toward next-generation cell-free treatment', Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, vol 77 .
• Lian, Q., Wang, P., Wang, G., Zhang, X., Huang, Y., Li, D., Mi, G., Shi, R., Amini, A., Zhang, L. and Cheng, C. (2022), 'Doping free and amorphous NiOx film via UV irradiation for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells', Advanced Science, vol 9, no 18 .
• Shariati, L., Esmaeili, Y., Haghjooy Javanmard, S., Bidram, E. and Amini, A. (2021), 'Organoid technology : current standing and future perspectives', Stem Cells, vol 39, no 12 , pp 1625 - 1649.
• Lai, W., Shi, R., Yuan, H., Liu, G., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Fully optically tunable and flexible composite films for enhanced terahertz control and multifunctional terahertz devices', ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol 3, no 7 , pp 3044 - 3051.
• Shi, R., Chen, Y., Cai, X., Lian, Q., Zhang, Z., Shen, N., Amini, A., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Phase management in single-crystalline vanadium dioxide beams', Nature Communications, vol 12, no 1 .
• Zhang, X., Jin, M., Lian, Q., Peng, O., Niu, S., Ai, Z., Amini, A., Song, S. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Ion modification of transition cobalt oxide by soaking strategy for enhanced water splitting', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol 423 .
• Zhang, X., Zheng, R., Jin, M., Shi, R., Ai, Z., Amini, A., Lian, Q., Cheng, C. and Song, S. (2021), 'NiCoSx@cobalt carbonate hydroxide obtained by surface sulfurization for efficient and stable hydrogen evolution at large current densities', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol 13, no 30 , pp 35647 - 35656.
• Shen, N., Chen, S., Shi, R., Niu, S., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Phase transition hysteresis of tungsten doped VO2 synergistically boosts the function of smart windows in ambient conditions', ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol 3, no 8 , pp 3648 - 3656.
• Wang, J., Han, M., Wang, Q., Ji, Y., Zhang, X., Shi, R., Wu, Z., Zhang, L., Amini, A., Guo, L., Wang, N., Lin, J. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Strained epitaxy of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides for wrinkle arrays', ACS Nano, vol 15, no 4 , pp 6633 - 6644.
• Wang, X., Huang, R., Niu, S., Xu, L., Zhang, Q., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Research progress on graphene-based materials for high-performance lithium-metal batteries', New Carbon Materials, vol 36, no 4 , pp 711 - 728.
• Huang, Y., Liu, T., Wang, B., Li, J., Li, D., Wang, G., Lian, Q., Amini, A., Chen, S., Cheng, C. and Xing, G. (2021), 'Antisolvent engineering to optimize grain crystallinity and hole-blocking capability of perovskite films for high-performance photovoltaics', Advanced Materials, vol 33, no 38 .
• Huang, R., Zhao, Y., Wang, Z., Gan, Y., Shen, N., Amini, A., Shi, R. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Quantitative evaluation of thermal conductivity of single-bent microwire using vanadium dioxide temperature tag', Physica Status Solidi. A: Applications and Materials Science, vol 218, no 22 .
• Amini, A., Fallah, A., Sedaghat, A., Gholami, A., Cheng, C. and Gupta, A. (2021), 'Natural vs. synthetic phosphate as efficient heterogeneous compounds for synthesis of quinoxalines', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol 22, no 24 .
• Madhusudan, P., Shi, R., Xiang, S., Jin, M., Chandrashekar, B., Wang, J., Wang, W., Peng, O., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Construction of highly efficient Z-scheme ZnxCd1-xS/Au@g-C3N4 ternary heterojunction composite for visible-light-driven photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to solar fuel', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol 282 .
• Mirzaei, B., Zarrabi, A., Noorbakhsh, A., Amini, A. and Makvandi, P. (2021), 'A reduced graphene oxide-?-cyclodextrin nanocomposite-based electrode for electrochemical detection of curcumin', RSC Advances, vol 11, no 14 , pp 7862 - 7872.
• Bidram, E., Esmaeili, Y., Amini, A., Sartorius, R., Tay, F., Shariati, L. and Makvandi, P. (2021), 'Nanobased platforms for diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 : from benchtop to bedside', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, vol 7, no 6 , pp 2150 - 2176.
• Nazari, M., Amini, A., Eden, N., Duke, M., Cheng, C. and Hill, M. (2021), 'Highly-efficient sulfonated uio-66(Zr) optical fiber for rapid detection of trace levels of pb2+', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol 22, no 11 .
• Huang, Y., Liu, T., Li, D., Zhao, D., Amini, A., Cheng, C. and Xing, G. (2021), 'Limitations and solutions for achieving high-performance perovskite tandem photovoltaics', Nano Energy, vol 88 .
• Wang, Q., Shi, R., Zhao, Y., Huang, R., Wang, Z., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2021), 'Recent progress on kinetic control of chemical vapor deposition growth of high-quality wafer-scale transition metal dichalcogenides', Nanoscale Advances, vol 3, no 12 , pp 3430 - 3440.
• Firouzkouhi, N., Amini, A., Cheng, C., Soleymani, M. and Davvaz, B. (2021), 'Fundamental relations and identities of fuzzy hyperalgebras', Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, vol 41, no 1 , pp 2265 - 2274.
• Setayesh, L., Casazza, K., Moradi, N., Mehranfar, S., Yarizadeh, H., Amini, A., Yekaninejad, M. and Mirzaei, K. (2021), 'Association of vitamin D-binding protein and vitamin D3 with insulin and homeostatic model assessment (HOMA-IR) in overweight and obese females', BMC Research Notes, vol 14, no 1 .
• Ghasemi, K., Darroudi, M., Rahimi, M., Rouh, H., Gupta, A., Cheng, C. and Amini, A. (2021), 'Magnetic AgNPs/Fe3O4@chitosan/PVA nanocatalyst for fast one-pot green synthesis of propargylamine and triazole derivatives', New Journal of Chemistry, vol 45, no 35 , pp 16119 - 16130.
• Bagherian, N., Karimi, A. and Amini, A. (2021), 'Chemically stable porous crystalline macromolecule hydrazone-linked covalent organic framework for CO2 capture', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol 613 .
• Setayesh, L., Amini, A., Bagheri, R., Moradi, N., Yarizadeh, H., Asbaghi, O., Casazza, K., Yekaninejad, M., Wong, A., Suzuki, K. and Mirzaei, K. (2021), 'Elevated plasma concentrations of vitamin D-binding protein are associated with lower high-density lipoprotein and higher fat mass index in overweight and obese women', Nutrients, vol 13, no 9 .
• Azad, H., Mohsennia, M., Cheng, C. and Amini, A. (2021), 'Facile fabrication of PVB-PVA blend polymer nanocomposite for simultaneous removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions : kinetic, equilibrium, reusability and adsorption mechanism', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol 9, no 5 .
• Setayesh, L., Yarizadeh, H., Majidi, N., Mehranfar, S., Amini, A., Himmerich, H., Casazza, K. and Mirzaei, K. (2021), 'The negative relationship of dietary inflammatory index and sleeping quality in obese and overweight women : a cross-sectional study', International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, vol 93, no 3 , pp 219 - 225.
• Haghighat, M., Naroie, A., Rezvani, A., Hakimi, M., Saravani, H., Darroudi, M., Amini, A., Sabaghan, M. and Khatami, M. (2021), 'Anticancer property of lanthanide sulfate nanostructure against neuroblastoma-neuro2a cell line', BioNanoScience, vol 11, no 3 , pp 696 - 702.
• Nazari, M., Amini, A., Hill, M., Cheng, C. and Samali, B. (2020), 'Physical and chemical reaction sensing in a mixed aqueous solution via metal-organic framework thin-film coated optical fiber', Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol 62, no 1 , pp 72 - 77.
• Rahimi, M., Amini, A. and Behmadi, H. (2020), 'Novel symmetric Schiff-base benzobisthiazole-salicylidene derivative with fluorescence turn-on behavior for detecting Pb2+ ion', Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol 388 .
• Amini, A., Rahimic, M., Behmadi, H., Nazari, M., Benson, V., Cheng, C. and Samali, B. (2020), '2,6-pyridinedicarbohydrazide-salicylal hydrazone-base derivative with high detection limit and binding constant for emissive ion chemosensing in aqueous solution', Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol 392 .
• Wang, J., Luo, Y., Cai, X., Shi, R., Wang, W., Li, T., Wu, Z., Zhang, X., Peng, O., Amini, A., Tang, C., Liu, K., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Multiple regulation over growth direction, band structure, and dimension of monolayer WS2 by a quartz substrate', Chemistry of Materials, vol 32, no 6 , pp 2508 - 2517.
• Madhusudan, P., Shi, R., Chandrashekar, B., Xiang, S., Smitha, A., Wang, W., Zhang, H., Zhang, X., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production using robust noble-metal-free Zn0.5Cd0.5S@graphene composites decorated with MoS2 nanosheets', Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol 7, no 12 .
• Dastjerdi, M., Amini, A., Nazari, M., Cheng, C., Benson, V., Gholami, A. and Ghasemi, Y. (2020), 'Novel versatile 3D bio-scaffold made of natural biocompatible hagfish exudate for tissue growth and organoid modeling', International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol 158 , pp 894 - 902.
• Li, D., Kong, W., Zhang, H., Wang, D., Li, W., Liu, C., Chen, H., Song, W., Gao, F., Amini, A., Xu, B., Li, S. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Bifunctional ultrathin PCBM enables passivated trap states and cascaded energy level toward efficient inverted perovskite solar cells', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol 12, no 17 , pp 20103 - 20109.
• Gholami, A., Emadi, F., Nazem, M., Aghayi, R., Khalvati, B., Amini, A. and Ghasemi, Y. (2020), 'Expression of key apoptotic genes in hepatocellular carcinoma cell line treated with etoposide-loaded graphene oxide', Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, vol 57 .
• Huang, Y., Liu, T., Liang, C., Xia, J., Li, D., Zhang, H., Amini, A., Xing, G. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Towards simplifying the device structure of high-performance perovskite solar cells', Advanced Functional Materials, vol 30, no 28 .
• Shi, R., He, P., Cai, X., Zhang, Z., Wang, W., Wang, J., Feng, X., Wu, Z., Amini, A., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Oxide inhibitor-assisted growth of single-layer molybdenum dichalcogenides (MoX2, X = S, Se, Te) with controllable molybdenum release', ACS Nano, vol 14, no 6 , pp 7593 - 7601.
• Benson, V. and Amini, A. (2020), 'Why nanodiamond carriers manage to overcome drug resistance in cancer', Cancer Drug Resistance, vol 3, no 4 , pp 854 - 866.
• Niu, S., Zhang, S., Shi, R., Wang, J., Wang, W., Chen, X., Zhang, Z., Miao, J., Amini, A., Zhao, Y. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Freestanding agaric-like molybdenum carbide/graphene/N-doped carbon foam as effective polysulfide anchor and catalyst for high performance lithium sulfur batteries', Energy Storage Materials, vol 33 , pp 73 - 81.
• Gholami, A., Emadi, F., Amini, A., Shokripour, M., Chashmpoosh, M. and Omidifar, N. (2020), 'Functionalization of graphene oxide nanosheets can reduce their cytotoxicity to dental pulp stem cells', Journal of Nanomaterials, vol 2020 .
• Wang, J., Li, T., Wang, Q., Wang, W., Shi, R., Wang, N., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Controlled growth of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides via chemical vapor deposition method', Materials Today Advances, vol 8 .
• Shi, R., Kong, D., Shen, N., Gan, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, Z., Wang, W., Wang, J., Amini, A., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Low-temperature wafer-scale fabrication of vertical VO2 nanowire arrays', Applied Physics Letters, vol 117, no 8 .
• Peng, O., Shi, R., Wang, J., Zhang, X., Miao, J., Zhang, L., Fu, Y., Madhusudan, P., Liu, K., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Hierarchical heterostructured nickle foam-supported Co3S4 nanorod arrays embellished with edge-exposed MoS2 nanoflakes for enhanced alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction', Materials Today Energy, vol 18 .
• Simkova, V., Freislebenova, H., Neuhoferova, E., Petrakova, V., Amini, A. and Benson, V. (2020), 'Coated nanodiamonds interact with tubulin beta-III negative cells of adult brain tissue', Biointerphases, vol 15, no 6 .
• Esmaeili, Y., Bidram, E., Zarrabi, A., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2020), 'Graphene oxide and its derivatives as promising In-vitro bio-imaging platforms', Scientific Reports, vol 10, no 1 .
• Amini, A., Rahimi, M., Nazari, M., Cheng, C. and Samali, B. (2019), 'One-pot facile simultaneous in situ synthesis of conductive Ag-polyaniline composites using Keggin and Preyssler-type phosphotungstates', RSC Advances, vol 9, no 5 , pp 2772 - 2783.
• Kong, W., Li, W., Liu, C., Liu, H., Miao, J., Wang, W., Chen, S., Hu, M., Li, D., Amini, A., Yang, S., Wang, J., Xu, B. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'Organic monomolecular layers enable energy-level matching for efficient hole transporting layer free inverted perovskite solar cells', ACS Nano, vol 13, no 2 , pp 1625 - 1634.
• Wang, G., Liu, C., Kong, W., Chen, H., Li, D., Amini, A., Xu, B. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'Liberating researchers from the glovebox : a universal thermal radiation protocol toward efficient fully air-processed perovskite solar cells', Solar RRL, vol 3, no 5 .
• Shen, N., Chen, S., Wang, W., Shi, R., Chen, P., Kong, D., Liang, Y., Amini, A., Wang, J. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'Joule heating driven infrared switching in flexible VO2 nanoparticle films with reduced energy consumption for smart windows', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol 7, no 9 , pp 4516 - 4524.
• Shi, R., Cai, X., Wang, W., Wang, J., Kong, D., Cai, N., Chen, P., He, P., Wu, Z., Amini, A., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'Single-crystalline vanadium dioxide actuators', Advanced Functional Materials, vol 29, no 20 .
• Sharifi, Z., Pakshir, M., Amini, A. and Rafiei, R. (2019), 'Hybrid graphene oxide decoration and water-based polymers for mild steel surface protection in saline environment', Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, vol 74 , pp 41 - 54.
• Miao, J., Lang, Z., Zhang, X., Kong, W., Peng, O., Yang, Y., Wang, S., Cheng, J., He, T., Amini, A., Wu, Q., Zheng, Z., Tang, Z. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'Polyoxometalate-derived hexagonal molybdenum nitrides (MXenes) supported by boron, nitrogen codoped carbon nanotubes for efficient electrochemical hydrogen evolution from seawater', Advanced Functional Materials, vol 29, no 8 .
• Fu, Y., Wang, W., Wang, J., Li, X., Shi, R., Peng, O., Chandrashekar, B., Liu, K., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'MOFs derived ZnCo-Fe core-shell nanocages with remarkable oxygen evolution reaction performance', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol 7, no 29 , pp 17299 - 17305.
• Shirzad, M., Jamehbozorgi, S., Akbarzadeh, I., Aghabozorg, H. and Amini, A. (2019), 'The role of polyethylene glycol size in chemical spectra, cytotoxicity, and release of PEGylated nanoliposomal cisplatin', ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies, vol 17, no 5 , pp 231 - 239.
• Shi, R., Shen, N., Wang, J., Wang, W., Amini, A., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'Recent advances in fabrication strategies, phase transition modulation, and advanced applications of vanadium dioxide', Applied Physics Reviews, vol 6, no 1 .
• Ankanahalli Shankaregowda, S., Ahmed, R., Nanjegowda, C., Wang, J., Guan, S., Puttaswamy, M., Amini, A., Zhang, Y., Kong, D., Sannathammegowda, K., Wang, F. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'Single-electrode triboelectric nanogenerator based on economical graphite coated paper for harvesting waste environmental energy', Nano Energy, vol 66 .
• Wang, W., Shi, R., Wang, J., Shen, N., Wang, Y., Zhang, H., Chandrashekar, B., Cai, X., Zhu, W., Amini, A., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2019), 'Free molecular-flow modulated synthesis of hexagonal boron nitride monolayers', Crystal Growth and Design, vol 19, no 12 , pp 7007 - 7014.
• Sadri, K., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2018), 'A new numerical method for delay and advanced integro-differential equations', Numerical Algorithms, vol 77, no 2 , pp 381 - 412.
• Sadri, K., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2018), 'A new operational method to solve Abel's and generalized Abel's integral equations', Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol 317 , pp 49 - 67.
• Khodaei, F., Najafi, M., Hasani, A., Kalantar, E., Sharifi, E., Amini, A. and Aghazadeh, M. (2018), 'Pilus-encoding islets in S. agalactiae and its association with antibacterial resistance and serotype distribution', Microbial Pathogenesis, vol 116 , pp 189 - 194.
• Wang, J., Cai, X., Shi, R., Wu, Z., Wang, W., Long, G., Tang, Y., Cai, N., Ouyang, W., Geng, P., Chandrashekar, B., Amini, A., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2018), 'Twin defect derived growth of atomically thin MoS2 dendrites', ACS Nano, vol 12, no 1 , pp 635 - 643.
• Du, F., Cao, N., Zhang, Y., Fu, P., Wu, Y., Lin, Z., Shi, R., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2018), 'PEDOT:PSS/graphene quantum dots films with enhanced thermoelectric properties via strong interfacial interaction and phase separation', Scientific Reports, vol 8 .
• Kong, W., Wang, G., Zheng, J., Hu, H., Chen, H., Li, Y., Hu, M., Zhou, X., Liu, C., Chandrashekar, B., Amini, A., Wang, J., Xu, B. and Cheng, C. (2018), 'Fabricating high-efficient blade-coated perovskite solar cells under ambient condition using lead acetate trihydrate', Solar RRL, vol 2, no 3 .
• Akbarnezhad, S., Amini, A., Soltani Goharrizi, A., Rainey, T. and Morawska, L. (2018), 'Capacity of quartz fibers with high filtration efficiency for capturing soot aerosol particles', International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, vol 15, no 5 , pp 1039 - 1048.
• Safikhan, S., Chaichi, M., Khoshbakht, K., Amini, A. and Motesharezadeh, B. (2018), 'Application of nanomaterial graphene oxide on biochemical traits of Milk thistle (Silybum marianum L.) under salinity stress', Australian Journal of Crop Science, vol 12, no 6 , pp 931 - 936.
• Wang, J., Shi, R., Wang, W., Cai, N., Chen, P., Kong, D., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2018), 'Directly probing light absorption enhancement of single hierarchical structures with engineered surface roughness', Scientific Reports, vol 8, no 1 .
• Emadi, F., Amini, A., Ghasemi, Y. and Gholami, A. (2018), 'Graphene : recent advances in engineering, medical and biological sciences, and future prospective', Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol 4, no 3 , pp 131 - 138.
• Khodaei, F., Kalani, B., Alizadeh, N., Hassani, A., Najafi, M., Kalantar, E., Amini, A. and Aghazadeh, M. (2018), 'Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis of group B streptococcus by multiple locus variable number tandem repeat analysis in Iran', Galen Medical Journal, vol 7 .
• Shahriyari, F., Razaghian, A., Taghiabadi, R., Peirovi, A. and Amini, A. (2018), 'Effect of friction hardening pre-treatment on increasing cytocompatibility of alkali heat-treated Ti-6Al-4V alloy', Surface and Coatings Technology, vol 353 , pp 148 - 157.
• Safikhan, S., Khoshbakht, K., Chaichi, M., Amini, A. and Motesharezadeh, B. (2018), 'Role of chitosan on the growth, physiological parameters and enzymatic activity of milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.) in a pot experiment', Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, vol 10 , pp 49 - 58.
• Safikhan, S., Khoshbakht, K., Chaichi, M., Amini, A. and Motesharezadeh, B. (2018), 'Chitosan nano-particles application on growth, physiology and mineral element contents of milk thistle (Silybum marianum) under salinity stress condition', Iranian Journal of Field Crops Research, vol 16, no 2 , pp 477 - 491.
• Bidram, E., Sulistio, A., Cho, H., Amini, A., Harris, T., Zarrabi, A., Qiao, G., Stewart, A. and Dunstan, D. (2018), 'Targeted graphene oxide networks : cytotoxicity and synergy with anticancer agents', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol 10, no 50 , pp 43523 - 43532.
• Amini, A., Fallah, A., Cheng, C. and Tajbakhsh, M. (2018), 'Natural phosphate-supported Cu(ii), an efficient and recyclable catalyst for the synthesis of xanthene and 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole derivatives', RSC Advances, vol 8, no 72 , pp 41536 - 41547.
• NematiNiko, F., Goodarzvand Chegini, K., Asghari, H., Amini, A. and Gheibi, N. (2017), 'Modifying effects of carboxyl group on the interaction of recombinant S100A8/A9 complex with tyrosinase', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Proteins and Proteomics, vol 1865, no 3 , pp 370 - 379.
• Sadri, K., Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2017), 'Low cost numerical solution for three-dimensional linear and nonlinear integral equations via three-dimensional Jacobi polynomials', Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol 319 , pp 493 - 513.
• Moghadasi, M., Ilghari, D., Sirati-Sabet, M., Amini, A., Asghari, H. and Gheibi, N. (2017), 'Structural characterization of recombinant human fibroblast growth factor receptor 2b kinase domain upon interaction with omega fatty acids', Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, vol 202 , pp 21 - 27.
• Emadi, F., Amini, A., Gholami, A. and Ghasemi, Y. (2017), 'Functionalized graphene oxide with chitosan for protein nanocarriers to protect against enzymatic cleavage and retain collagenase activity', Scientific Reports, vol 7 .
• Zhang, G., Wang, J., Wu, Z., Shi, R., Ouyang, W., Amini, A., Chandrashekar, B., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2017), 'Shape-dependent defect structures of monolayer MoS2 crystals grown by chemical vapor deposition', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol 9, no 1 , pp 763 - 770.
• Nejad, M., Shahidi Bonjar, G., Khatami, M., Amini, A. and Aghighi, S. (2017), 'In vitro and in vivo antifungal properties of silver nanoparticles against Rhizoctonia solani, a common agent of rice sheath blight disease', IET Nanobiotechnology, vol 11, no 3 , pp 236 - 240.
• Zhang, L., Zhang, Y., Shi, R., Bao, S., Wang, J., Amini, A., Chandrashekar, B. and Cheng, C. (2017), 'Phosphorous doped graphitic-C3N4 hierarchical architecture for hydrogen production from water under visible light', Materials Today Energy, vol 5 , pp 91 - 98.
• Soleimanpour, S., Hassannia, T., Motiee, M., Amini, A. and Rezaee, A. (2017), 'Fcy1 fragment of IgG1 as a powerful affinity tag in recombinant Fc-fusion proteins : immunological, biochemical and therapeutic properties', Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, vol 37, no 3 , pp 371 - 392.
• Khatami, M., Mortazavi, S., Kishani-Farahani, Z., Amini, A., Amini, E. and Heli, H. (2017), 'Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using pine pollen and evaluation of the antifungal efficiency', Iranian Journal of Biotechnology, vol 15, no 2 , pp 95 - 101.
• Daneshnia, F., Amini, A. and Chaichi, M. (2016), 'Berseem clover quality and basil essential oil yield in intercropping system under limited irrigation treatments with surfactant', Agricultural Water Management, .
• Shi, R., Huang, C., Zhang, L., Amini, A., Liu, K., Shi, Y., Bao, S., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2016), 'Three dimensional sculpturing of vertical nanowire arrays by conventional photolithography', Scientific Reports, vol 6 .
• Asghari, H., Goodarzvand Chegini, K., Amini, A. and Gheibi, N. (2016), 'Effect of poly and mono-unsaturated fatty acids on stability and structure of recombinant S100A8/A9', International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol 84 , pp 35 - 42.
• Naebe, M., Abolhasani, M., Khayyam, H., Amini, A. and Fox, B. (2016), 'Crack damage in polymers and composites : a review', Polymer Reviews, vol 56, no 1 , pp 31 - 69.
• Hashem Nia, A., Amini, A., Taghavi, S., Eshghi, H., Abnous, K. and Ramezani, M. (2016), 'A facile Friedel-Crafts acylation for the synthesis of polyethylenimine-grafted multi-walled carbon nanotubes as efficient gene delivery vectors', International Journal of Pharmaceutics, vol 502, no 1-2 , pp 125 - 137.
• Shi, Y., Bao, S., Shi, R., Huang, C., Amini, A., Wu, Z., Zhang, L., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2016), 'Y-shaped ZnO nanobelts driven from twinned dislocations', Scientific Reports, vol 6 , pp 1 - 5.
• Bidram, E., Sulistio, A., Amini, A., Qiao, G., Stewart, A. and Dunstan, D. (2016), 'Fractionation of graphene oxide single nano-sheets in water-glycerol solutions using gradient centrifugation', Carbon, vol 103 , pp 363 - 371.
• Mohammadi, S., Pourseyedi, S. and Amini, A. (2016), 'Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with a long lasting stability using colloidal solution of cowpea seeds (Vigna sp. L)', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol 4, no 2 , pp 2023 - 2032.
• Zhang, L., Yang, M., Zhang, S., Wu, Z., Amini, A., Zhang, Y., Wang, D., Bao, S., Lu, Z., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2016), 'V2O5-C-SnO2 hybrid nanobelts as high performance anodes for lithium-ion batteries', Scientific Reports, vol 6 .
• Azimi, R., Hossein Jafari, S., Kianian, M., Khaksarzade, V. and Amini, A. (2016), 'Studying arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiotic effects on establishment and morphological characteristics of Bromus kopetdaghensis in cadmium contaminated soil', Taiwan Water Conservancy, vol 64, no 3 , pp 82 - 91.
• Haghshenas, L., Amini, A., Bhatti, A. and Rahimi, G. (2016), 'In vitro antibacterial biofilm effect of magnesium oxide nanoparticles on Streptococcus mutans', Micro and Nano Biomedicine, vol 1, no 1 , pp 21 - 27.
• Huang, C., Shi, R., Amini, A., Wu, Z., Xu, S., Zhang, L., Cao, W., Feng, J., Song, H., Shi, Y., Wang, N. and Cheng, C. (2015), 'Hierarchical ZnO nanostructures with blooming flowers driven by screw dislocations', Scientific Reports, vol 5, no 8226 .
• Amini, A., Yang, C., Cheng, C., Naebe, M. and Xiang, Y. (2015), 'Nanoscale variation in energy dissipation in austenitic shape memory alloys in ultimate loading cycles', Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, .
• Ghasempour, F., Azimirad, R., Amini, A. and Akhavan, O. (2015), 'Visible light photoinactivation of bacteria by tungsten oxide nanostructures formed on a tungsten foil', Applied Surface Science, vol 338 , pp 55 - 60.
• Amini, A., Yang, C. and Xiang, Y. (2015), 'Improved nanoindentation phase transformation in functional structure of NiTi SMA and graphene', Advanced Materials Research, vol 1119 , pp 160 - 164.
• Daneshnia, F., Amini, A. and Chaichi, M. (2015), 'Surfactant effect on forage yield and water use efficiency for berseem clover and basil in intercropping and limited irrigation treatments', Agricultural Water Management, vol 160 , pp 57 - 63.
• Cheng, C., Amini, A., Zhu, C., Xu, Z., Song, H. and Wang, N. (2014), 'Enhanced photocatalytic performance of TiO2-ZnO hybrid nanostructures', Scientific Reports, vol 4 .
• Naebe, M., Wang, J., Amini, A., Khayyam, H., Hameed, N., Li, L., Chen, Y. and Fox, B. (2014), 'Mechanical property and structure of covalent functionalised graphene/epoxy nanocomposites', Scientific Reports, vol 4 .
• Cheng, C., Guo, H., Amini, A., Liu, K., Fu, D., Zou, J. and Song, H. (2014), 'Self-assembly and horizontal orientation growth of VO2 nanowires', Scientific Reports, vol 4 .
• Amini, A., Hameed, N., Church, J., Cheng, C., Asgari, A. and Will, F. (2013), 'Effect of graphene layers on the thermomechanical behaviour of a NiTi shape memory alloy during the nanoscale phase transition', Scripta Materialia, vol 68, no 6 , pp 420 - 423.
• Amini, A., Cheng, C. and Asgari, A. (2013), 'Combinational rate effects on the performance of nano-grained pseudoelastic Nitinols', Materials Letters, vol 105 , pp 98 - 101.
• Amini, A., Cheng, C., Kan, Q., Naebe, M. and Song, H. (2013), 'Phase transformation evolution in NiTi shape memory alloy under cyclic nanoindentation loadings at dissimilar rates', Scientific Reports, vol 3 .
• Amini, A., Cheng, C., Naebe, M., Church, J., Hameed, N., Asgar, A. and Will, F. (2013), 'Temperature variations at nano-scale level in phase transformed nanocrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys adjacent to graphene layers', Nanoscale, vol 5, no 14 , pp 6479 - 6484.
• Yan, W., Amini, A. and Sun, Q. (2013), 'On anomalous depth-dependency of the hardness of NiTi shape memory alloys in spherical nanoindentation', Journal of Materials Research, vol 28, no 15 , pp 2031 - 2039.
• Amini, A. and Cheng, C. (2013), 'Nature of hardness evolution in nanocrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys during solid-state phase transition', Scientific Reports, vol 3 .
• Hameed, N., Church, J., Salim, N., Hanley, T., Amini, A. and Fox, B. (2013), 'Dispersing single-walled carbon nanotubes in ionic liquids : a quantitative analysis', RSC Advances, vol 3, no 43 , pp 20034 - 20039.
• Amini, A., Beladi, H., Hameed, N. and Will, F. (2012), 'Effects of dynamic loading on nano-scale depth-recovery and damping property of single crystal CuAlNi shape memory alloy', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol 545 , pp 222 - 224.
• Amini, A., He, Y. and Sun, Q. (2011), 'Loading rate dependency of maximum nanoindentation depth in nano-grained NiTi shape memory alloy', Materials Letters, vol 65, no 3 , pp 464 - 466.
• Amini, A., Yan, W. and Sun, Q. (2011), 'Depth dependency of indentation hardness during solid-state phase transition of shape memory alloys', Applied Physics Letters, vol 99, no 2 .