Name: Dr. Saika Ahmed
Current Designation: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka
Email: saika@du.ac.bd, saika.duchem@gmail.com
Degrees obtained from MCRL: BS, MS
Research Interests: Porous Materials, Nanomaterials, Supramolecular Electrochemistry, Polymer Hydrogels, Catalysis
Years Active at MCRL: 2008-2010
Honours Session: 2003-2004
Masters Session: 2007-2008

Publications:

  1. Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan, Shimul Saha, Saika Ahmed, Ferdousi Begum, Md. Muhibur Rahman, Md. Yousuf Ali Mollah; “Electrodeposition of cobalt from a hydrophilic ionic liquid at ambient condition”; Materials Research Innovations, 2012, 16, 345-349.
  2. Nabila Nabi Nova, Md. Mominul Islam, Saika Ahmed, M. Muhibur Rahman, M. Yousuf Ali Mollah, Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan; “Polyaniline Based Composite of Non-Covalently Dispersed Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Supercapacitor Electrode”; Journal of Scientific and Technical Research, 2017, 7 (2), 11-21
  3. Mst. Rubaya Rashid, Farhana Afroze, Saika Ahmed, Muhammed Shah Miran, Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan, “Control of the Porosity and Morphology of Ordered Mesoporous Silica by Varying Calcination Conditions”; Materials Today: Proceedings, 2019, 15, 546–554
  4. Tanvir Ahmed, Saika Ahmed, Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan, “Interaction of Polyaniline with Colloidal and Mesoporous Silica in Polymer Composites- A FT-IR Spectroscopic Investigation”; Macromolecular Symposia, 2019, in Press (Manuscript ID: masy.201900044)
  5. Mehreen Khair, Mst. Rubaya Rashid, Saika Ahmed, Md Abu Bin Hasan Susan, “Silica Fillers for Enhancement of Dielectric Properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) and its Copolymer“, Materials Today: Proceedings 29 (2020) 1239-45

Dr. Saika Ahmed worked on effect of nature and concentration of supporting electrolyte on the electrochemical behavior of a redox-active non-ionic surfactant containing an anthraquinone group, for her undergraduate project. She analyzed the cyclic voltammetric results and correlated them with spectrophotometric studies and found that the nature and concentration of supporting electrolyte have significant influence on the micellization behavior of α-anthraquinonyloxyhexyl-ω-hydroxy-oligo (ethylene oxide) (ACPEG) in aqueous solutions. For her M.Sc thesis, she worked on electrochemical control of supramolecular architecture from redox-active surfactants. She tried to correlate the electrochemical responses of α-phenothiazinylhexyl-ω-hydroxy-oligo (ethylene oxide) (PCPEG) with the dissolved states of the surfactant.