Nusrat Sharmin
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Dr Sharmin is currently employed as an assistant professor in the University of Nottingham Ningbo China in the department of Chemical and environmental engineering. Her field of expertise is fibre reinforced composites for biomedical, marine and aerospace applications. Her current research is focused on the use of phosphate glass fibres and different nanoparticles to reinforce bioresorbable polymers for bone fracture fixation applications. Dr. Sharmin completed her PhD in Materials Engineering and Materials Design from The University of Nottingham UK. During her PhD, she focused on the preparation and characterisation of phosphate based glasses, glass fibres and fibre reinforced composites for biomedical applications. She developed new formulations of phosphate based glasses suitable for the continuous production of high strength glass fibres. The know-how and expertise that Dr Sharmin has developed in this little known field has significant value for the development of advanced biomaterial forms for hard tissue replacement and other clinical applications.
Research Interest
Development of controlled release biomaterials (bioactive glasses, fibre reinforced composites, and nanocomposites) for next generation medical devices. Development natural fibre reinforced composites for automotive and marine application. Development of sustainable recycling route for carbon fibre reinforced polymer.
Publications
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Nusrat Sharmin, Muhammad S. Hasan, Chris D. Rudd, Daniel Bond, Ulrike Werner-Zwanziger, Ifty Ahmed and Andrew J. Parsons, Effect of boron oxide addition on the viscosity-temperature behaviour and structure of phosphate based glasses, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, published online (2016).
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Nusrat Sharmin, Muhammad S. Hasan, Andrew J. Parsons, Chris D. Rudd and Ifty Ahmed, Cytocompatibility, mechanical and dissolution properties of high strength boron and iron oxide phosphate glass fibre reinforced bioresorbable composites, Journal of Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials, 59, 41-56 (2016)
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Nusrat Sharmin, Andrew J. Parsons, Chris D. Rudd and Ifty Ahmed, Structure, Viscosity and Fibre Drawing Properties of Phosphate Based Glasses: Effect of Boron and Iron Oxide Addition, Accepted to the Journal of Materials Science, 51(16), 7523-7535 (2016).
