Dr. Nimer Murshid

PhD Chemistry (Nanotechnology)

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PhD research

Develop synthetic protocols for metal containing supramolecular nanomaterials using organometallic small- and macro- molecular building blocks. The research involved organic and organometallic syntheses, self-assembly, and material engineering for versatile potential nanotechnology applications. The PhD research endowed new discoveries in the field of aggregation-induced functions including, aggregation-enhanced IR absorption (AEIRA), aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and aggregation-induced laser trapping, for metal-carbonyl building blocks. 

Selected scholarships and awards

  • NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • NSERC PG-Scholarship-Doctoral
  • U of W President’s Graduate Scholarship
  • WIN Nanofellowship Award
  • William Nikolaus Martin Science Scholarship
  • Laurier Centennial Scholarship
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistantship Excellence Award
  • Institute For Polymer Research (IPR) 2016 Award

Biography

Nimer Murshid received his PhD in chemistry - nanotechnology, with Professor Xiaosong Wang, from the University of Waterloo and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, MSc degree in Chemistry, with Professor Vladimir Kitaev, from Wilfrid Laurier University. He also hold BSc degree in Chemistry from University of Jordan and MA degree in curricula and teaching methods from Amman Arab University. Nimer worked as lecturer, graduate teaching assistant and academic tutor at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. He also worked as chemistry high school teacher, educational supervisor, and curriculum specialist at the Ministry of Education in Dubai. He pursued his NSERC- Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof. Vladimir Kitaev and Prof. Scott Smith, at Laurier, in environmental remediation and sustainable energy projects.

Publications and conference presentations

  • Murshid, N.; Smith, D.S.; Kitaev, V. "Photochemical Formation of Tunable Gold Nanostructures Using Versatile Water‐Soluble Thiolate Au(I) Precursor", Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 2018, DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201800285 .
  • Cathcart, N.; Murshid, N.; Campbell, P; Kitaev, V. "Selective Plasmonic Sensing and Highly-Ordered Metallodielectrics via Encapsulation of Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles with Metal Oxides", ACS Applied Nano Material 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.8b01964.
  • Murshid, N.; El-Temtamy, A.; Wang, X. "Synthesis and Solution Behaviour of Metal-Carbonyl Amphiphiles with an Fp (Fp: CpFe(CO)2) Junction", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2017, 851, 40 - 45. Full publication
  • Murshid, N.; Wang, X. “Hydrophobic Effect of Alkyl Groups
    Stabilizing Self-Assembled Colloids in Water” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B  2017, 121, 6280 - 6285. Full publication
  • Murshid, N.;  Yuyama,K.; Wu, S.; Wu, K.; Masuhara, H.;  Wang, C.;  Wang, X. “Highly-Integrated, Laser Manipulable Aqueous Metal Carbonyl Vesicles (MCsomes) with Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) and Aggregation-Enhanced IR Absorption (AEIRA)”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2016, 4, 5231-5240. Full publication  (Highlighted by "Cutting-Edge Chemistry" a report weekly published by the American Chemical Society (ACS))
  • Murshid, N.; Rahman M.; Wang, X. "Aggregation-Enhanced IR Absorption (AEIRA) of Molybdenum-Carbonyl Organometallic Aqueous Colloids", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2016, 819, 109-114. Full publication
  • Murshid, N.; Wang, X. “Iron–Carbonyl Aqueous Vesicles (MCsomes) by Hydration of [Fe(CO){CO(CH2)5CH3}(Cp)(PPh3)] (FpC6): Highly Integrated Colloids with Aggregation-Induced Self-Enhanced IR Absorption (AI-SEIRA)” Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 19223 – 19230. Full publication
  • Cao, K.; Murshid, N.; Li, L.; Lopez, A.; Tam, K. C.; Wang X.  "Hydration of Hydrophobic Iron−Carbonyl Homopolymers via Water−Carbonyl Interaction (WCI): Creation of Uniform Organometallic Aqueous Vesicles with Exceptionally High Encapsulation Capacity", Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 7968–7977. Full publication
  • Cao, K.; Murshid, N.; Wang X. "Synthesis of Main-Chain Metal Carbonyl Organometallic Macromolecules (MCMCOMs)", Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2015, 36, 586−596. Full publication 
  • Murshid, N.; Wang, X. “Self-Assembly of Metal-Carbonyl Derivatives in Water” 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Ottawa, 2015. Full publication
  • Murshid, N.; El-Temtamy, A.; Wang, X. “Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Iron-Phosphine Containing Supramolecular Amphiphiles” 97th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Vancouver, 2014. Full publication
  • Murshid, N.; Dilyn, K.; Kitaev, V. “Synthetic Protocol for Preparation of Versatile Plasmonic Platform Based on Silver Nanoparticles with Pentagonal Symmetries”, Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2014, 31, 178–189. Full publication
  • Murshid, N.; Kitaev, V. “Role of Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) and Other Sterically Protecting Polymers for Selective Stabilization of {111} and {100} Facets in Pentagonally Twinned Silver  Nanoparticles”, Chem. Commun. 2014, ​50, 1247-1249. Full publication
  • Murshid, N.; Gourevich, I.; Coombs, N.; Kitaev, V. “Gold Plating of Silver Nanoparticles for Superior Stability and Preserved Plasmonic and Sensing Properties”, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 11355-11357 (cover paper). Full publication
  • Murshid, N. "Controlled Transformation of Nanoparticles with Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonance". Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). 2013, Paper 1623. Full publication
  • Murshid, N.; Dilyn, K.; Kitaev, V. “Transformation of Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Pentagonal Symmetry” 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, 2013 (Winner Poster as the best poster presentation prize). Full publication
  • Murshid, N.; Cathcart, N.; Kitaev, V. “Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Polystyrene Latex at Room Temperature” 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, 2013. Full publication
  • Alyazouri, A.; Murshid, N.; El-Kaabi, E. “Science Process Skills Teaching Guide”, 1st edition, Department of Curricula, Ministry of Education, Dubai, UAE, 2010.  
  • Alyazouri, A.; Murshid, N.; Alaqra, M.; Qasim, F.; Matar, M.; Abdolqader, E.; Aqel, F. “Science, Grade 9” (textbook and Assessment Guide), 1st edition, All Prints (Harcourt International), Department of Curricula, Ministry of Education, Dubai, UAE, 2009.
  • Murshid, N. “Attitudes of UAE teachers towards leadership characteristics of their supervisors” The Eighth Educational Conference, Dubai, UAE, June 2007.