Publications

2025:

1. MD Abdur Rahman Bin Abdus Salam, Asif Hasan Ridoy, A K M Abirul Haque, Muhammad Shahbaz Rafique, Md Arafat Hossain, Md Shahriar Forhad, Matthew G. Boebinger, Farid Ahmed, Kristopher Schwab, Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Karen Lozano, Ali Ashraf, Direct ink writing of shear exfoliated two-dimensional nanomaterial- elastomeric multifunctional nanocomposite, Materials Today Communications, 2025, 114461, ISSN 2352-4928, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.114461.

2. Shah, Sapan, Dhruv Suraj, Sayed Mohsin Reza, Md Abdur Rahman Bin Abdus Salam, Ali Ashraf, and Shiekh Fahad Ferdous. "Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Defect Detection in Additive Manufacturing using Thermal Imaging." Results in Engineering (2025): 108359.

3. Lynch-Branzoi, Jennifer K., and Ali Ashraf. "Conductive polymer nanocomposites enhanced with in situ formation of 2D nanoparticles for structural sensors and smart materials." U.S. Patent 12,398,247, issued August 26, 2025.

4. Hossain, GM Mehedi, Jazmin Garza, Pritu Parna Sarkar, Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Hasina Huq, Ali Ashraf, Karen Lozano, Nazmul Islam, and Fahmida Alam. "Laser engraved graphene-based ink-modified flexible electrochemical l-lactate sensor." MRS Advances (2025): 1-6.

5. Alcoutlabi, Mataz, and Ali Ashraf. "CARBON COATED SnO2/TiO2 ELECTRODE MATERIALS." U.S. Patent Application 18/979,796, filed June 19, 2025.

6. Lynch-Branzoi, Jennifer K., and Ali Ashraf. "Elastomers enhanced with in situ formation of 2D nanoparticles from layered materials for multifunctional sensors." U.S. Patent 12,324,685, issued June 10, 2025.

7. Sarkar, Pritu Parna, Ali Ashraf, Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Fahmida Alam, and Nazmul Islam. "A Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Immunosensor for Cortisol Detection." Biosensors 15, no. 5 (2025): 321.

8. Rahman, Ashiqur, Abdur Rahman Bin Abdus Salam, Matthew G. Boebinger, Ahmed Touhami, Jennifer Lynch, and Ali Ashraf. "Elastomeric Nanocomposite with Solvent‐Free, One Step, In Situ Shear Exfoliation of Graphite to Graphene." Advanced Materials Interfaces 12, no. 9 (2025): 2400803.

9. Lynch-Branzoi, Jennifer K., Ali Ashraf, Ashiqur Rahman, and Nazmul Islam. "In-situ formation of two-dimensional (2d) nanoparticles within elastomers for electrochemical sensing." U.S. Patent Application 18/827,374, filed April 3, 2025.

2024:

1. Sarkar, Pritu Parna, Ridma Tabassum, Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Ali Ashraf, and Nazmul Islam. "Interdigitated Gear-Shaped Screen-Printed Electrode Using G-PANI Ink for Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine." Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 13, no. 6 (2024): 84.

2. Tabassum, Ridma, Pritu Parna Sarkar, Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Ali Ashraf, and Nazmul Islam. "An Optimized Laser-Induced Graphene-Based Electrochemical Biosensor Modified with Graphene-Conductive Ink for Alpha-Fetoprotein Detection." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 88681, p. V010T13A024. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2024.

3. Sarkar, Pritu Parna, Ridma Tabassum, Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Ali Ashraf, and Nazmul Islam. "Selective and Sensitive Determination of Dopamine in a Novel Gear-Shaped Screen-Printed Electrode Modified With G-PANI Ink." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 88681, p. V010T13A025. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2024.

4. Tabassum, Ridma, Pritu Parna Sarkar, Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Ali Ashraf, and Nazmul Islam. "Laser-induced electrochemical biosensor modified with graphene-based ink for label-free detection of alpha-fetoprotein and 17β-estradiol." Polymers 16, no. 14 (2024): 2069.

5. Ashraf, Ali, Stephen Dalton McLaughlin, Mehdi Javanmard, Francois Berthiaume, and Aaron D. Mazzeo. "Devices and methods for selectively accessing tissue." U.S. Patent Application 18/496,604, filed May 2, 2024.

6. Rahman, Md Ashiqur, Nazmul Islam, Robert Freeman, and Ali Ashraf. "Graphene Conductive Polymer Paper-Based Biosensor for Interleukin-6 Detection in Human Serum." Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy 7, no. 2 (2024): 021008.

7. Ghosh, Dipannita, Ridma Tabassum, Pritu Parna Sarkar, MD Ashiqur Rahman, Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Nazmul Islam, and Ali Ashraf. "Graphene nanocomposite ink coated laser transformed flexible electrodes for selective dopamine detection and immunosensing." ACS Applied Bio Materials 7, no. 5 (2024): 3143-3153.

2023:

1.       Ashraf, Ali, Elizabeth Chang, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Dipannita Ghosh, Nazmul Islam, and Jennifer K. Lynch-Branzoi. "Multifunctional Graphene–Polymer Nanocomposite Sensors Formed by One-Step In Situ Shear Exfoliation of Graphite." Journal of Composites Science 7, no. 8 (2023): 309.

2.       Salam, Md Abdur Rahman Bin Abdus, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Mohammad Humaun Kabir, Elmmer Vera Alvarado, Tousif Sadman, Rajib Mahamud, Lawrence Cano, and Ali Ashraf. "Testing and modeling of an in situ shear exfoliated 2D nanocomposite coating casing material for the suppression of Li-ion battery fires in electric vehicles." MRS Advances (2023): 1-7.

3.       Ahmed, Salahuddin, Megan Keniry, Victoria Padilla, Narcedalia Anaya-Barbosa, Md Noushad Javed, Robert Gilkerson, Kithzia Gomez, Ali Ashraf, Acharan S. Narula, and Karen Lozano. "Development of pullulan/chitosan/salvianolic acid ternary fibrous membranes and their potential for chemotherapeutic applications." International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2023): 126187.

4.       Rahman, Md Ashiqur, Mirza Masfiqur Rahman, and Ali Ashraf. "Automatic dispersion, defect, curing, and thermal characteristics determination of polymer composites using micro-scale infrared thermography and machine learning algorithm." Scientific Reports 13, no. 1 (2023): 2787.

2022:

1. Rahman, Md Ashiqur, Fariha Rubaiya, Nazmul Islam, Karen Lozano, and Ali Ashraf. "Graphene-Coated PVDF/PAni Fiber Mats and Their Applications in Sensing and Nanogeneration." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14, no. 33 (2022): 38162-38171. 

2. Ghosh, Dipannita, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Ali Ashraf, and Nazmul Islam. "Graphene- Conductive Polymer-Based Electrochemical Sensor for Dopamine Detection." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 86717, p. V009T13A014. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022.

3. Ghosh, Dipannita, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Ali Ashraf, and Nazmul Islam. "Hydrogel and Graphene Embedded      Piezoresistive Microcantilever Sensor for Solvent and Gas Flow Detection." In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, vol. 85802, p. V001T07A012. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022. 

4. Rahman, Md Ashiqur, Javier Becerril, Dipannita Ghosh, Nazmul Islam, and Ali Ashraf. "Non-Destructive Infrared Thermographic Curing Analysis of Polymer Composites." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 86656, p. V003T03A035. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022.

Older:

1. Alabdali, Zinah N., Emanuel Irizarry, Mary P. Reiter, Ali Ashraf, Jennifer K. Lynch‐ Branzoi, and Adrian B. Mann. "Low‐weight fractions of graphene and hydroxyapatite enhance mechanics in photocured methacrylate adhesives." Journal of Applied Polymer Science 138, no. 20 (2021): 50442.

2. Ali Ashraf, Nikhil Jani, Francis Farmer, Jennifer Lynch-Branzoi, “Non- Destructive Investigation of Dispersion, Bonding, and Thermal Properties of Emerging Polymer Nanocomposites Using Close-Up Lens Assisted Infrared Thermography.”, MRS Advances: 1-8 (2020).

3. Lynch-Branzoi, Jennifer K., Ali Ashraf, Arya Tewatia, Meredith Taghon, Jamie Wooding, Justin Hendrix, Bernard H. Kear, and Thomas J. Nosker. "Shear exfoliation of graphite into graphene nanoflakes directly within polyetheretherketone and a spectroscopic study of this high modulus, lightweight nanocomposite." Composites Part B: Engineering (2020): 107842.

4. Ali Ashraf, Hafiz Salih, SungWoo Nam, and Seyed A. Dastgheib. "Robust carbon nanotube membranes directly grown on Hastelloy substrates and their potential application for membrane distillation." Carbon 106 (2016): 243-251.

5. Ali Ashraf, Yanbin Wu, Michael Cai Wang, Keong Yong, Tao Sun, Yuhang Jing, Richard T. Haasch, Narayana R. Aluru, and SungWoo Nam. "Doping-Induced Tunable Wettability and Adhesion of Graphene." Nano Letters16, no. 7 (2016): 4708-4712.

6. Yong, Keong*, Ali Ashraf*, Pilgyu Kang, and SungWoo Nam. "Rapid Stencil Mask Fabrication Enabled One-Step Polymer-Free Graphene Patterning and Direct Transfer for Flexible Graphene Devices." Scientific Reports 6 (2016). (* joint first author)

7. Michael C. Wang, SungGyu Chun, Ryan Steven Han, Ali Ashraf, Pilgyu Kang, and SungWoo Nam. "Heterogeneous, Three-Dimensional Texturing ofGraphene." Nano Letters 15, no. 3 (2015): 1829-1835

8. Ali Ashraf, Yanbin Wu, Michael Cai Wang, Narayana R. Aluru, Seyed A. Dastgheib, and SungWoo Nam. "Spectroscopic Investigation of the Wettability of Multilayer Graphene Using Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite as a Model Material." Langmuir 30, no. 43 (2014): 12827-12836.

9. Jaehoon Bang, Jonghyun Choi, Fan Xia, Sun Sang Kwon, Ali Ashraf, Won Il Park, and SungWoo Nam. "Assembly and Densification of Nanowire Arrays via Shrinkage." Nano Letters 14, no. 6 (2014): 3304-3308.

10. Ali Ashraf, Seyed A. Dastgheib, Glennys Mensing, and Mark A. Shannon. "Surface Characteristics of Selected Carbon Materials Exposed to Supercritical Water." The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 76 (2013): 32-40.

11. Choi, Jonghyun, Jihun Mun, Michael Cai Wang, Ali Ashraf, Sang-Woo Kang, and SungWoo Nam. "Hierarchical, dual-scale structures of atomically thin MoS2 for tunable wetting." Nano Letters 17, no. 3 (2017): 1756-1761.

12. SungGyu Chun, Jonghyun Choi, Ali Ashraf, and SungWoo Nam, "Three- dimensional, Flexible Graphene Bioelectronics," Proc. of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Conference (2014). 

13. Mazzeo, Aaron D., Tongfen Liang, Xiyue Zou, Jingjin Xie, Ali Ashraf, Deepti Salvi, Francois Berthiaume, and Ramendra K. Pal. "Paper as a substrate and smart material for electronics, packaging, and robotics." In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), pp. 1-3. IEEE, 2021.

14. Xie, Pengfei, Muhammad Tayyab, Ali Ashraf, Suneel Kumar, Aaron Mazzeo, Kaushik Sengupta, François Berthiaume, and Mehdi Javanmard. "Real time cytokine quantification in wound fluid samples using nanowell impedance sensing." In 2021 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers), pp. 779-782. IEEE, 2021.