M. Ashraf Alam

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

M. Ashraf Alam is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Ashraf Alam has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in M. Ashraf Alam's work include Muon and positron interactions and applications (11 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (5 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (5 papers). M. Ashraf Alam is often cited by papers focused on Muon and positron interactions and applications (11 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (5 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (5 papers). M. Ashraf Alam collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. M. Ashraf Alam's co-authors include David Hughes, Mina Roussenova, Wei Li, S.K. Nataraj, Easan Sivaniah, Shaheen A. Al‐Muhtaseb, Qilei Song, Anthony K. Cheetham, Jin‐Chong Tan and Pierre Bourgoin and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Applied Physics Letters and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

M. Ashraf Alam

21 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) based polymer nano... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) based polymer nanocomposite membranes for gas separation
    2012 642 citations Qilei Song, S.K. Nataraj et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers

M. Ashraf Alam
Mina Roussenova United Kingdom
Č. Stropnik Slovenia
И. С. Левин Russia
Pierre Bonnet France
Kuan Lu China
Dongmei Cao United States
Yuanzhu Mi China
Agnieszka Kierys Poland
Jiali Zhao China
Dario Windmöller Brazil
Mina Roussenova United Kingdom
M. Ashraf Alam
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Ashraf Alam

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All Works

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Hossain, M. F., et al.. (2022). Effects of organic manure and chemical fertilizers on growth and yield of garden pea. 47(1). 121–129. 3 indexed citations
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Martini, Francesca, David Hughes, Christian Schäfer, et al.. (2020). Antiplasticization and phase behavior in phase-separated modified starch-sucrose blends: A positron lifetime and solid-state NMR study. Carbohydrate Polymers. 250. 116931–116931. 15 indexed citations
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Tsang, Min Ying, David Hughes, M. Ashraf Alam, et al.. (2020). Type 3 porous liquids based on non-ionic liquid phases – a broad and tailorable platform of selective, fluid gas sorbents. Chemical Science. 11(8). 2077–2084. 109 indexed citations
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Hughes, David, Christian Schäfer, C. Tedeschi, et al.. (2018). Phase separation in amorphous hydrophobically modified starch–sucrose blends: Glass transition, matrix dynamics and phase behavior. Carbohydrate Polymers. 199. 1–10. 31 indexed citations
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Quero, Franck, Anna E. Lewandowska, Robert M. Richardson, et al.. (2015). Stress Transfer Quantification in Gelatin-Matrix Natural Composites with Tunable Optical Properties. Biomacromolecules. 16(6). 1784–1793. 18 indexed citations
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Roussenova, Mina, et al.. (2013). Hydrogen bonding in maltooligomer–glycerol–water matrices: Relation to physical state and molecular free volume. Carbohydrate Polymers. 102. 566–575. 22 indexed citations
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Roussenova, Mina, et al.. (2012). Molecular Packing of Carbohydrate Oligomer Encapsulants - A Free Volume Perspective. Materials science forum. 733. 96–99. 4 indexed citations
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Song, Qilei, S.K. Nataraj, Mina Roussenova, et al.. (2012). Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) based polymer nanocomposite membranes for gas separation. Energy & Environmental Science. 5(8). 8359–8359. 642 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kilburn, Duncan, P. E. Sokol, Victoria García Sakai, & M. Ashraf Alam. (2008). Confinement induces both higher free volume and lower molecular mobility in glycerol. Applied Physics Letters. 92(3). 27 indexed citations
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Dreiss, Cécile A., Terence Cosgrove, Duncan Kilburn, et al.. (2007). Effect of crosslinking on the mobility of PDMS filled with polysilicate nanoparticles: Positron lifetime, rheology and NMR relaxation studies. Polymer. 48(15). 4419–4428. 33 indexed citations
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Kilburn, Duncan, J. Wawryszczuk, G. Dlubek, et al.. (2006). Temperature and Pressure Dependence of the Free Volume in Polyisobutylene from Positron Lifetime and Pressure‐Volume‐Temperature Experiments. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 207(8). 721–734. 29 indexed citations
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Dlubek, G., Duncan Kilburn, & M. Ashraf Alam. (2005). Temperature and Pressure Dependence of α‐Relaxation and Free Volume in Poly(vinyl acetate). Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 206(8). 818–826. 25 indexed citations
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Dlubek, G., Duncan Kilburn, В. А. Бондаренко, et al.. (2004). Positron annihilation: a unique method for studying polymers. Macromolecular Symposia. 210(1). 11–20. 39 indexed citations
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Dlubek, G., David Bamford, Ch. Hübner, et al.. (2001). Local Free Volume and Glass Transition in Propylene/α-Olefin Copolymers with a Defined Length and Number of Branches. Materials science forum. 363-365. 303–305. 1 indexed citations
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Dugdale, S. B., H. M. Fretwell, D. Hedley, M. Ashraf Alam, & R.N. West. (1997). Recent Developments in 3D Reconstruction from 2D-ACAR. Materials science forum. 255-257. 448–450. 1 indexed citations
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Fretwell, H. M., S. B. Dugdale, A. Rodrı́guez-González, et al.. (1997). Positron Wave-Function Effects (?) and the Fermi Surface of Paramagnetic Cr and Mo. Materials science forum. 255-257. 417–419. 2 indexed citations

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