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• ifty.ahmed@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/ifty.ahmed

Biography

Professor fty Ahmed is part of the Advanced Materials Research Group.

Expertise Summary

Areas of expertise include, Processing inorganic materials, Bioglasses, Phosphate-Based glasses, Biomaterials, Bioengineering, Bone Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Drug Delivery materials and Advanced Materials for alternate biomedical applications.

More recent work is focused on developing new materials for advanced engineering applications, such as unique 3D microsphere topographical surfaces.

We have also developed novel processing and characterisation methods to upcycle environmental waste materials (such as mine waste tailings) to deliver circular economy approaches. Current work is also focused on developing Engineering Biology solutions to extract and recover metals from wastes. The biotechnology developments of waste material remediation are currently on-going and working in collaboration with colleagues across the Faculty of Engineering.

Initial work focused on phosphate-based glass formulation development, production and characterisation including Phosphate glass-fibre (PGF) production. We installed and commissioned melt-draw and pre-form draw fibre manufacturing systems. The PGF developments were focussed on producing resorbable biocomposites using these specialist fibres as reinforcement to tailor mechanical properties and resorption characteristics. Applications for these biocomposites mainly spanned bone repair applications, for example development of fracture fixation devices including plates, screws and intramedullary nails.

Follow-on developments included a novel process for manufacturing highly porous glass microspheres from phosphate-based glasses and other glasses, glass-ceramics and some ceramics. These microspheres have been produced in both bulk (solid and dense) and porous forms, with a wide range of porosity levels. For example, we have made microspheres with up to 80% porous and fully interconnected networks, manufactured using a novel single-stage manufacturing process which can achieve a lab-scale production of between 1-2 kg/h.

Recent Publications

• MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., WOODLIFFE, J. L., MILBORNE, B., MURRELL, L., ISLAM, M. T., STEER, E., WESTON, N., MORLEY, N. A., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2023. Ferromagnetic Cytocompatible Glass-Ceramic Porous Microspheres for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications: Advanced Materials Interfaces Advanced Materials Interfaces.
• MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., WOODLIFFE, J. L., STEER, E., MORLEY, N. A., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2023. Optimisation of the Flame Spheroidisation Process for the Rapid Manufacture of Fe3O4-Based Porous and Dense Microspheres: Molecules Molecules. 28(6),
• NIGAR, F., JOHNSTON, A. L., SMITH, J., OAKLEY, W., ISLAM, M. T., FELFEL, R., GRANT, D., LESTER, E. and AHMED, I., 2023. Production of Nano Hydroxyapatite and Mg-Whitlockite from Biowaste-Derived products via Continuous Flow Hydrothermal Synthesis: A Step towards Circular Economy: Materials Materials. 16(6),
• ABOU NEEL, E. A., SHEELA, S., ALGHALBAN, F. M., ARJUNA, A. and AHMED, I., 2023. Osteogenic potential of solid and porous phosphate glass microspheres as pulp capping materials: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 611,

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Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: Biomaterials, Bioengineering, Phosphate-based Glasses, Bioglasses, Resorbable fibre composites, Microspheres, Orthobiologics, Inorganic materials processing

• MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., WOODLIFFE, J. L., MILBORNE, B., MURRELL, L., ISLAM, M. T., STEER, E., WESTON, N., MORLEY, N. A., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2023. Ferromagnetic Cytocompatible Glass-Ceramic Porous Microspheres for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications: Advanced Materials Interfaces Advanced Materials Interfaces.
• MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., WOODLIFFE, J. L., STEER, E., MORLEY, N. A., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2023. Optimisation of the Flame Spheroidisation Process for the Rapid Manufacture of Fe3O4-Based Porous and Dense Microspheres: Molecules Molecules. 28(6),
• NIGAR, F., JOHNSTON, A. L., SMITH, J., OAKLEY, W., ISLAM, M. T., FELFEL, R., GRANT, D., LESTER, E. and AHMED, I., 2023. Production of Nano Hydroxyapatite and Mg-Whitlockite from Biowaste-Derived products via Continuous Flow Hydrothermal Synthesis: A Step towards Circular Economy: Materials Materials. 16(6),
• ABOU NEEL, E. A., SHEELA, S., ALGHALBAN, F. M., ARJUNA, A. and AHMED, I., 2023. Osteogenic potential of solid and porous phosphate glass microspheres as pulp capping materials: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 611,
• WADGE, M. D., LOWTHER, M., COOPER, T. P., REYNOLDS, W. J., SPEIDEL, A., CARTER, L. N., RABBITT, D., KUDRYNSKYI, Z. R., FELFEL, R. M., AHMED, I., CLARE, A. T., GRANT, D. M., GROVER, L. M. and COX, S. C., 2023. Tailoring absorptivity of highly reflective Ag powders by pulsed-direct current magnetron sputtering for additive manufacturing processes: Journal of Materials Processing Technology Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 317,
• ISLAM, M. T., PARSONS, A. J., NUZULIA, N. A., SARI, Y. W., REN, H., BOOTH, J. and AHMED, I., 2023. Process parameter optimisation for manufacturing porous bioactive silicate glass microspheres via flame spheroidisation: The goldilocks effect: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 614,
• IBRAHIM, A., LIU, X., UGUNA, C. N. and SUN, C., 2023. Selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over copper based bimetallic catalysts derived from metal-organic frameworks: Materials Today Sustainability Materials Today Sustainability. 23,
• TAS, M., MUSA, U. G., AHMED, I., XU, F., SMARTT, C. and HOU, X., 2022. Functionalised SiO2 modified icephobic nanocomposite electrospun membranes for outdoor electromagnetic shielding applications: Polymer Polymer. 240,
• MATTHEW D. WADGE, MATTHEW J. CARRINGTON, HANNAH CONSTANTIN, KIERAN ORANGE, JASON GREAVES, MD TOWHIDUL ISLAM, KAZI M. ZAKIR HOSSAIN, TIMOTHY P. COOPER, ZAKHAR K. KUDRYNSKYI, REDA M. FELFEL, IFTY AHMED and DAVID M. GRANT, 2022. Characterization of potential nanoporous sodium titanate film formation on Ti6Al4V and TiO2 microspherical substrates via wet-chemical alkaline conversion Materials Characterization.
• NUZULIA, N. A., ISLAM, T., SAPUTRA, A., SUDIRO, T., TIMUDA, G. E., MART, T., SARI, Y. W. and AHMED, I., 2022. Developing Highly Porous Glass Microspheres via a Single-Stage Flame Spheroidisation Process
• SAMAD, S. A., ARAFAT, A., LESTER, E. and AHMED, I., 2022. Upcycling Glass Waste into Porous Microspheres for Wastewater Treatment Applications: Efficacy of Dye Removal: Materials Materials. 15(17),
• TAN, C., RUDD, C. D., PARSONS, A. J., SHARMIN, N. and AHMED, I., 2022. L-DOPA coating improved phosphate glass fibre strength and fibre/matrix interface: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 136,
• TAN, C., RUDD, C. D., PARSONS, A. J., SHARMIN, N. and AHMED, I., 2022. L-DOPA coating improved phosphate glass fibre strength and fibre/matrix interface: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 136,
• MILBORNE, B., MURRELL, L., CARDILLO-ZALLO, I., TITMAN, J., BRIGGS, L., SCOTCHFORD, C., THOMPSON, A., LAYFIELD, R. and AHMED, I., 2022. Developing Porous Ortho- and Pyrophosphate-Containing Glass Microspheres; Structural and Cytocompatibility Characterisation: Bioengineering Bioengineering. 9(11),
• WADGE, M. D., BIRD, M. A., SANKOWSKI, A., CONSTANTIN, H., FAY, M. W., COOPER, T. P., O'SHEA, J. N., KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., WALSH, D. A., JOHNSON, L. R., FELFEL, R. M., AHMED, I. and GRANT, D. M., 2022. Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate-Converted, and Heat-Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet-Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response: Advanced Materials Interfaces Advanced Materials Interfaces.
• WOODLIFFE, J. L., FERRARI, R. S., AHMED, I. and LAYBOURN, A., 2021. Evaluating the purification and activation of metal-organic frameworks from a technical and circular economy perspective: Coordination Chemistry Reviews Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 428,
• BANO, S., ROMERO, A. R., GRANT, D. M., NOMMEOTS-NOMM, A., SCOTCHFORD, C., AHMED, I. and HUSSAIN, T., 2021. In-vitro cell interaction and apatite forming ability in simulated body fluid of ICIE16 and 13-93 bioactive glass coatings deposited by an emerging suspension high velocity oxy fuel (SHVOF) thermal spray: Surface and Coatings Technology Surface and Coatings Technology. 407,
• ISLAM, M. T., MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., SOTTILE, V. and AHMED, I., 2021. Rapid conversion of highly porous borate glass microspheres into hydroxyapatite: Biomaterials Science Biomaterials Science. 9(5), 1826-1844
• KABIR, S. F., ADLINGTON, K., PARSONS, A. J., IRVINE, D. J. and AHMED, I., 2021. Preparation and characterization of composites using blends of divinylbenzene-based hyperbranched and linear functionalized polymers: Polymers for Advanced Technologies Polymers for Advanced Technologies.
• ABOU NEEL, E. A., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., ABUELENAIN, D. A., ABUHAIMED, T., AHMED, I., VALAPPIL, S. P. and KNOWLES, J. C., 2021. Antibacterial effect of titanium dioxide-doped phosphate glass microspheres filled total-etch dental adhesive on S. mutans biofilm: International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 108,
• BANO, S., RINCON ROMERO, A., ISLAM, M. T., GRANT, D. M., AHMED, I. and HUSSAIN, T., 2021. Development and Characterization of Phosphate-Based Glass Coatings via Suspension High-Velocity Oxy-Fuel (SHVOF) Thermal Spray Process: Journal of Thermal Spray Technology Journal of Thermal Spray Technology.
• GUPTA, D., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., ROE, M., SMITH, E. F., AHMED, I., SOTTILE, V. and GRANT, D. M., 2021. Long-Term Culture of Stem Cells on Phosphate-Based Glass Microspheres: Synergistic Role of Chemical Formulation and 3D Architecture: ACS Applied Bio Materials ACS Applied Bio Materials.
• HASSAN N.M.SGHAYYAR, SIEW SHEE LIM, IFTY AHMED, JIE YING LAI, XIN YI CHEONG, ZHE WEI CHONG, ALBERT FU XIAN LIM and HWEI-SAN LOH, 2020. Fish Biowaste Gelatin Coated Phosphate-Glass Fibres for Wound-healing Application European Polymer Journal. 122, 109386
• TAS, M., MEMON, H., XU, F., AHMED, I. and HOU, X., 2020. Electrospun nanofibre membrane based transparent slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces with icephobic properties: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 585, 124177
• WADGE, M. D., TURGUT, B., MURRAY, J. W., STUART, B. W., FELFEL, R. M., AHMED, I. and GRANT, D. M., 2020. Developing highly nanoporous titanate structures via wet chemical conversion of DC magnetron sputtered titanium thin films: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 566, 271-283
• SAMUEL C COE, MATTHEW D. WADGE, REDA M. FELFEL, IFTY AHMED, GAVIN S WALKER, COLIN A. SCOTCHFORD and DAVID M. GRANT, 2020. Production of High Silicon-Doped Hydroxyapatite Thin Film Coatings via Magnetron Sputtering: Deposition, Characterisation, and In Vitro Biocompatibility Coatings. 10(2), 190
• WADGE, M. D., MCGUIRE, J., HANBY, B. V. T., FELFEL, R. M., AHMED, I. and GRANT, D. M., 2020. Tailoring the degradation rate of magnesium through biomedical nano-porous titanate coatings: Journal of Magnesium and Alloys Journal of Magnesium and Alloys.
• WADGE, M. D., MCGUIRE, J., HANBY, B. V. T., FELFEL, R. M., AHMED, I. and GRANT, D. M., 2020. Tailoring the degradation rate of magnesium through biomedical nano-porous titanate coatings: Journal of Magnesium and Alloys Journal of Magnesium and Alloys.
• ISLAM, M. T., MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., SOTTILE, V. and AHMED, I., 2020. Effect of varying the Mg with Ca content in highly porous phosphate-based glass microspheres: Materials Science and Engineering C Materials Science and Engineering C.
• WANG, Y., FU, J., LIU, J., PARSONS, A., AHMED, I., RUDD, C. and SHARMIN, N., 2020. Processing and characterization of phosphate glass fiber/polylactic acid commingled yarn composites for commercial production: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials.
• DIAZ, J. M., SAMAD, S. A., STEER, E., NEATE, N., CONSTANTIN, H., ISLAM, M. T., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2020. Flame spheroidisation of dense and porous Ca2Fe2O5 microspheres: Materials Advances Materials Advances. 1(9), 3539-3544
• IFTY AHMED, HONG REN and JONATHAN BOOTH, 2019. Developing Unique Geometries of Phosphate Based Glasses and their Prospective Biomedical Applications: Novel fully resorbable materials with unique properties Johnson Matthey Technology Review. 63(1), 34-42
• PATEL, U., MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., ZAKIR HOSSAIN, K. M., SCAMMELL, B. E., GRANT, D. M., SCOTCHFORD, C. A., HANNON, A. C., KENNEDY, A. R., BARNEY, E. R., AHMED, I. and SOTTILE, V., 2019. In vitro cellular testing of strontium/calcium substituted phosphate glass discs and microspheres shows potential for bone regeneration: Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
• PATEL, U., MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., ZAKIR HOSSAIN, K. M., SCAMMELL, B. E., GRANT, D. M., SCOTCHFORD, C. A., HANNON, A. C., KENNEDY, A. R., BARNEY, E. R., AHMED, I. and SOTTILE, V., 2019. In vitro cellular testing of strontium/calcium substituted phosphate glass discs and microspheres shows potential for bone regeneration: Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
• LISSAUER, D., WILSON, A., HEWITT, C. A., MIDDLETON, L., BISHOP, J. R. B., DANIELS, J., MERRIEL, A., WEEKS, A., MHANGO, C. S., MATAYA, R., TAULO, F., NGALAWESA, T., CHIRWA, A., MPHASA, C., TAMBALA, T., CHIUDZU, G., MWALWANDA, C., MBOMA, A., QURESHI, R., AHMED, I., ISMAIL, H., OLADAPO, O. T., MBARUKU, G., CHIBWANA, J., WATTS, G., SIMON, B., DITAI, J., TOM, C. O., ACAM, J., EKUNAIT, J., UNZIA, H., IYAKU, M., MAKIIKA, J. J., ZAMORA, J., ROBERTS, T., GORANITIS, I., BAR-ZEEV, S., DESMOND, N., ARULKUMARAN, S., BHUTTA, Z. A., GULMEZOGLU, A. M. and COOMARASAMY, A., 2019. A randomized trial of prophylactic antibiotics for miscarriage surgery: New England Journal of Medicine New England Journal of Medicine. 380(11), 1012-1021
• ABOU NEEL, E. A., KIANI, A., VALAPPIL, S. P., MORDAN, N. M., BAEK, S. Y., ZAKIR HOSSAIN, K. M., FELFEL, R. M., AHMED, I., DIVAKARL, K., CHRZANOWSKI, W. and KNOWLES, J. C., 2019. Glass microparticle- versus microsphere-filled experimental dental adhesives: Journal of Applied Polymer Science Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
• AHMED, I., REN, H. and BOOTH, J., 2019. Developing unique geometries of phosphate-based glasses and their prospective biomedical applications: Johnson Matthey Technology Review Johnson Matthey Technology Review. 63(1), 34-42
• MCLAREN, J. S., MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., PATEL, U., GRANT, D. M., SCAMMELL, B. E., AHMED, I. and SOTTILE, V., 2019. Porous Phosphate-Based Glass Microspheres Show Biocompatibility, Tissue Infiltration, and Osteogenic Onset in an Ovine Bone Defect Model: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 11(17), 15436-15446
• ISLAM, M. T., SHARMIN, N., RANCE, G. A., TITMAN, J. J., PARSONS, A. J., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z. and AHMED, I., 2019. The effect of MgO/TiO2 on structural and crystallization behavior of near invert phosphate-based glasses: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials.
• WANG, Y., LIU, X., ZHU, C., PARSONS, A., LIU, J., HUANG, S., AHMED, I., RUDD, C. and SHARMIN, N., 2019. Production and characterisation of novel phosphate glass fibre yarns, textiles, and textile composites for biomedical applications: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 99, 47-55
• WANG, Y., LIU, X., ZHU, C., PARSONS, A., LIU, J., HUANG, S., AHMED, I., RUDD, C. and SHARMIN, N., 2019. Production and characterisation of novel phosphate glass fibre yarns, textiles, and textile composites for biomedical applications: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 99, 47-55
• WANG, Y., ZHU, C., PARSONS, A., RUDD, C., AHMED, I. and SHARMIN, N., 2019. Effects of ZnO addition on thermal properties, degradation and biocompatibility of P45Mg24Ca16Na(15-x)Znx glasses: Biomedical Glasses Biomedical Glasses. 5(1), 53-66
• DE MELO N, MCGINLAY S, MARKUS R, MACRI-PELLIZZERI L, SYMONDS ME, AHMED I and SOTTILE V, 2019. Live Simultaneous Monitoring of Mineral Deposition and Lipid Accumulation in Differentiating Stem Cells. Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland). 4(3),
• KABIR, S. F., ADLINGTON, K., PARSONS, A. J., AHMED, I. and IRVINE, D. J., 2019. Comparison of thermal, thermomechanical, and rheological properties of blends of divinylbenzene-based hyperbranched and linear functionalized polymers: Journal of Applied Polymer Science Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
• ABUL ARAFAT, SABRIN A. SAMAD, MATTHEW D. WADGE, MD TOWHIDUL ISLAM, ANDREW L. LEWIS, EMMA R. BARNEY and IFTY AHMED, 2019. Thermal and Crystallisation Kinetics of Yttrium‐Doped Phosphate‐Based Glasses International Journal of Applied Glass Science.
• LIN, X., CHEN, Q., XIAO, Y., GAO, Y., AHMED, I., LI, M., LI, H., ZHANG, K., QIU, W., LIU, X., BOCCACCINI, A. R. and QIAN, A., 2019. Phosphate glass fibers facilitate proliferation and osteogenesis through Runx2 transcription in murine osteoblastic cells: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A.
• ŁAPA, A., CRESSWELL, M., CAMPBELL, I., JACKSON, P., GOLDMANN, W. H., DETSCH, R., PARSONS, A., AHMED, I. and BOCCACCINI, A. R., 2019. Ga and Ce ion-doped phosphate glass fibres with antibacterial properties and their composite for wound healing applications: Journal of Materials Chemistry B Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 7(44), 6981-6993
• ŁAPA, A., CRESSWELL, M., CAMPBELL, I., JACKSON, P., GOLDMANN, W. H., DETSCH, R., PARSONS, A., AHMED, I. and BOCCACCINI, A. R., 2019. Correction: Ga and Ce ion-doped phosphate glass fibres with antibacterial properties and their composite for wound healing applications (Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2019) DOI: 10.1039/c9tb00820a): Journal of Materials Chemistry B Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 7(45), 7246
• MUÑOZ, F., ROCHERULLÉ, J., AHMED, I. and HU, L., 2019. Phosphate Glasses
• TAS, M., XU, F., AHMED, I. and HOU, X., 2019. One-step fabrication of superhydrophobic P(VDF-co-HFP) nanofibre membranes using electrospinning technique: Journal of Applied Polymer Science Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
• SHARMIN, N., HASAN, M. S., ISLAM, M. T., PANG, C., GU, F., PARSONS, A. J. and AHMED, I., 2019. Effect of dissolution rate and subsequent ion release on cytocompatibility properties of borophosphate glasses: Biomedical Glasses Biomedical Glasses. 5(1), 85-97
• GUPTA, D., GRANT, D. M., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., AHMED, I. and SOTTILE, V., 2018. Role of geometrical cues in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell survival, growth and osteogenic differentiation: Journal of Biomaterials Applications Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 32(7), 906-919
• GAO, X., CHEN, M., YANG, X., HARPER, L., AHMED, I. and LU, J., 2018. Simulating damage onset and evolution in fully bio-resorbable composite under three-point bending: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 81, 72-82
• CHEN, Q., JING, J., QI, H., AHMED, I., YANG, H., LIU, X., LU, T. L. and BOCCACCINI, A. R., 2018. Electric Field-Assisted Orientation of Short Phosphate Glass Fibers on Stainless Steel for Biomedical Applications: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 10(14), 11529-11538
• MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., DE MELO, N., AHMED, I., GRANT, D., SCAMMELL, B. and SOTTILE, V., 2018. Live Quantitative Monitoring of Mineral Deposition in Stem Cells Using Tetracycline Hydrochloride: Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods. 24(3), 171-178
• FELFEL, R. M., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., KABIR, S. F., LIEW, S. Y., AHMED, I. and GRANT, D. M., 2018. Flexible and transparent films produced from cellulose nanowhisker reinforced agarose: Carbohydrate Polymers Carbohydrate Polymers. 194, 328-338
• ZHU, C. K., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A., WANG, Y. Q., TAN, C., LIU, J. S., RUDD, C. and LIU, X. L., 2018. Novel bioresorbable phosphate glass fiber textile composites for medical applications: Polymer Composites Polymer Composites. 39, E140-E151
• HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., PATEL, U., KENNEDY, A. R., MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., SOTTILE, V., GRANT, D. M., SCAMMELL, B. E. and AHMED, I., 2018. Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications: Acta Biomaterialia Acta Biomaterialia. 72, 396-406
• GUPTA, D., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., AHMED, I., SOTTILE, V. and GRANT, D. M., 2018. Flame spheroidised phosphate-based glass particles with improved characteristics for applications in mesenchymal stem cell culture therapy and tissue engineering: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
• TAN, C., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A. J., ZHU, C., BETANZOS, F. B., RUDD, C. D. and LIU, X., 2018. Effects of Fe2O3 addition and annealing on the mechanical and dissolution properties of MgO-and CaO-containing phosphate glass fibres for bio-applications: Biomedical Glasses Biomedical Glasses. 4(1), 57-71
• GUPTA, D., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., AHMED, I., SOTTILE, V. and GRANT, D. M., 2018. Flame-Spheroidized Phosphate-Based Glass Particles with Improved Characteristics for Applications in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Culture Therapy and Tissue Engineering: Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(31), 25972-25982
• MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., DE MELO, N., AHMED, I., GRANT, D., SCAMMELL, B. and SOTTILE, V., 2018. Live Quantitative Monitoring of Mineral Deposition in Stem Cells Using Tetracycline Hydrochloride: Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods. 24(3), 171-178
• TAN, C., RUDD, C., PARSONS, A., SHARMIN, N., ZHANG, J., CHEN, W. and AHMED, I., 2018. Chitosan as a coupling agent for phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone composites: Fibers Fibers. 6(4),
• ZHU, C., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A., LIU, J. and LIU, X., 2018. The mechanical property, degradation and cytocompatibility analysis of novel phosphate glass fiber textiles: Textile Research Journal Textile Research Journal.
• STUART, B. W., GIMENO-FABRA, M., SEGAL, J., AHMED, I. and GRANT, D. M., 2017. Mechanical, structural and dissolution properties of heat treated thin-film phosphate based glasses: Applied Surface Science Applied Surface Science. 416, 605-617
• SHARMIN, N., HASAN, M. S., RUDD, C. D., BOYD, D., WERNER-ZWANZIGER, U., AHMED, I. and PARSONS, A. J., 2017. 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 Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials. 105(4), 764-777
• ALSHOMER, F., CHAVES, C., SERRA, T., AHMED, I. and KALASKAR, D. M., 2017. Micropatterning of nanocomposite polymer scaffolds using sacrificial phosphate glass fibers for tendon tissue engineering applications: Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. 13(3), 1267-1277
• TAN, C., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A. J., SHARMIN, N., ZHU, C., LIU, J., RUDD, C. D. and LIU, X., 2017. Structural, thermal and dissolution properties of MgO- and CaO-containing borophosphate glasses: effect of Fe2O3 addition: Journal of Materials Science Journal of Materials Science. 52(12), 7489-7502
• ZAKIR HOSSAIN, K. M., FELFEL, R. M., GRANT, D. M. and AHMED, I., 2017. Chapter 11: Phosphate Glass Fibres and Their Composites
• ZHU, C., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A., HOSSAIN, K. Z., RUDD, C., LIU, J. and LIU, X., 2017. Structural, thermal, in vitro degradation and cytocompatibility properties of P2O5-B2O3-CaO-MgO-Na2O-Fe2O3 glasses: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 457, 77-85
• MUÑOZ-SENOVILLA, L., MUÑOZ, F., TRICOT, G., AHMED, I. and PARSONS, A. J., 2017. Structure–properties relationships in fibre drawing of bioactive phosphate glasses: Journal of Materials Science Journal of Materials Science. 1-13
• ANA LETÍCIA BRAZ and IFTY AHMED, 2017. Manufacturing processes for polymeric micro and nanoparticles and their biomedical applications AIMS Bioengineering, 4(1): 46-72.
• CHEN, M., LU, J., FELFEL, R. M., PARSONS, A. J., IRVINE, D. J., RUDD, C. D. and AHMED, I., 2017. Wet and dry flexural high cycle fatigue behaviour of fully bioresorbable glass fibre composites: In-situ polymerisation versus laminate stacking: Composites Science and Technology Composites Science and Technology. 150, 1-15
• CHEN, M. H., LU, J. W., FELFEL, R. M., PARSONS, A. J., IRVINE, D. J., RUDD, C. D. and AHMED, I., 2017. Wet and dry flexural high cycle fatigue behaviour of fully bioresorbable glass fibre composites: In-situ polymerisation versus laminate stacking: Composites Science and Technology Composites Science and Technology. 150, 1-15
• ZHU, C., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A., WANG, Y., TAN, C., LIU, J., RUDD, C. and LIU, X., 2017. Novel bioresorbable phosphate glass fiber textile composites for medical applications: Polymer Composites Polymer Composites.
• ISLAM, M. T., HOSSAIN, K. M. Z., SHARMIN, N., PARSONS, A. J. and AHMED, I., 2017. Effect of magnesium content on bioactivity of near invert phosphate-based glasses: International Journal of Applied Glass Science International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 8(4), 391-402
• STIMPSON, A., CONTRERAS, J., WALTON, K., HILD, F., ILCHEV, A., GIMENO-FABRA, M., LESTER, E., GOLDSTEIN, A., SHEKHAR, R., AHMED, I., WHITTINGTON, A. and IRVINE, D., 2017. Synthesis of dispersant coated fillers designed to improve the ultrasound response of biocomposites: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 254, 2
• CONTRERAS, J., STIMPSON, A., AHMED, I., IRVINE, D. and WHITTINGTON, A., 2017. Fabrication of novel ultrasound sensitive polymer-glass composites: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 254, 2
• TAN, C., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A. J., ZHU, C., ZHANG, J., RUDD, C. D. and LIU, X., 2017. Investigating the use of chitosan as a coupling agent to improve the interfacial properties of phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone composites
• ZHU, C., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A. J., WANG, Y., TAN, C., LIU, J., RUDD, C. D. and LIU, X., 2017. Novel bioresorbable textile composites for medical applications
• GAO, X., CHEN, M., YANG, X., HARPER, L. T., AHMED, I. and LU, J., 2017. Numerical interpretation of fully bio-resorbable glass fibre reinforced composites
• SHARMIN N, HASAN MS, PARSONS AJ, RUDD CD and AHMED I, 2016. Cytocompatibility, mechanical and dissolution properties of high strength boron and iron oxide phosphate glass fibre reinforced bioresorbable composites Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 41-56
• CHEN M, PARSONS AJ, FELFEL RM, RUDD CD, IRVINE DJ and AHMED I, 2016. In situ polymerisation of fully bioresorbable polycaprolactone/phosphate glass fibre composites: In vitro degradation and mechanical properties Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
• FELFEL R, POOCZA L, GIMENO FABRA M, MILDE T, HILDEBRAND G, AHMED I, SCOTCHFORD C, SOTTILE V, GRANT DM and LIEFEITH K, 2016. In vitro degradation and mechanical properties of PLA-PCL copolymer unit cell scaffolds generated by two-photon polymerization (Article) Biomedical Materials (Bristol). 11, 1
• BARRERA BETANZOS F, GIMENO FABRA M, SEGAL J, GRANT D and AHMED I, 2016. Cyclic pressure on compression-moulded bioresorbable phosphate glass fibre reinforced composites Materials and Design.
• SHARMIN J, RUDD CD, PARSONS AJ and AHMED I, 2016. Structure, viscosity and fibre drawing properties of phosphate-based glasses: effect of boron and iron oxide addition Journal of Materials Science. 51(16), 7523-7535
• SHAHARUDDIN, S.I.S., AHMED, I., FURNISS, D., PARSONS, A.J., RUDD, C.D., 2016. Investigation on the thermal properties, density and degradation of quaternary iron and titanium phosphate based glasses In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 114. 012124
• STUART B W, TITMAN J J, GIMENO-FABRA M, AHMED I and GRANT D M, 2016. Insights into structural characterisation and thermal properties of compositionally equivalent vapour-condensed and melt-quenched glasses Materials and Design. 111, 174-184
• BARRERA BETANZOS, F., GIMENO-FABRA, M., SEGAL, J., GRANT, D. and AHMED, I., 2016. Cyclic pressure on compression-moulded bioresorbable phosphate glass fibre reinforced composites: Materials and Design Materials and Design. 100, 141-150
• SHARMIN, N., RUDD, C. D., PARSONS, A. J. and AHMED, I., 2016. Structure, viscosity and fibre drawing properties of phosphate-based glasses: effect of boron and iron oxide addition: Journal of Materials Science Journal of Materials Science. 51(16), 7523-7535
• STUART, B. W., TITMAN, J. J., GIMENO-FABRA, M., AHMED, I. and GRANT, D. M., 2016. Insights into structural characterisation and thermal properties of compositionally equivalent vapour-condensed and melt-quenched glasses: Materials and Design Materials and Design. 111, 174-184
• FELFEL RM, HOSSAIN KMZ, PARSONS AJ, RUDD CD, AHMED I, 2015. Accelerated in vitro degradation properties of polylactic acid/phosphate glass fibre composites Materials Science. (In Press.)
• STUART, BRYAN, GIMENO-FABRA, MIQUEL, SEGAL, JOEL, AHMED, IFTY and GRANT, DAVID M., 2015. Preferential sputtering in phosphate glass systems for the processing of bioactive coatings THIN SOLID FILMS. 589, 534-542
• LIU, X., GRANT, D. M., PALMER, G., PARSONS, A. J., RUDD, C. D. and AHMED, I., 2015. Magnesium coated phosphate glass fibers for unidirectional reinforcement of polycaprolactone composites: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials. 103(7), 1424-1432
• STUART BW, GIMENO-FABRA M, SEGAL J, AHMED I and GRANT DM, 2015. Degradation and Characterization of Resorbable Phosphate Based Glass Thin Film Coatings Applied by Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 27362-27372
• IFTY AHMED, S. S. SHAHARUDDIN, N. SHARMIN, D. FURNISS AND C. RUDD., 2015. Core/Clad Phosphate Glass Fibres Containing Iron and/or Titanium. BIOMEDICAL GLASSES. 1(1), 20-30
• KAZI M. ZAKIR HOSSAIN, URESHA PATEL AND IFTY AHMED, 2015. Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: A Review. Progress in Biomaterials.. 4, 1 - 19
• S.I.S. SHAHARUDDIN, I. AHMED, D. FURNISS, A.J. PARSONS and C.D. RUDD, 2015. The Glass Transition Temperature of Iron and Titanium Containing Phosphate Based Glasses Advanced Materials Research Vol. 1115 (July 2015) pp 178-181.. 1115,
• KAZI M. ZAKIR HOSSAIN, CHENKAI ZHU, REDA M. FELFEL, NUSRAT SHARMIN and IFTY AHMED, 2015. Tubular Scaffold with Shape Recovery Effect for Cell Guide Applications Journal of Functional Biomaterials.
• MUHAMMAD SAMI HASAN, NICHOLAS CARPENTER, TEO LING WEI, DONAL MCNALLY, IFTY AHMED and BRONEK M BOSZCZYK, 2014. Effects of Adding Resorbable Phosphate Glass Fibres and PLA to Calcium Phosphate Bone Cements Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials.
• HOSSAIN, KMZ, PARSONS, AJ, RUDD, CD, AHMED, I and THIELEMANS, W, 2014. Mechanical, crystallisation and moisture absorption properties of melt drawn polylactic acid fibres EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL.
• HOSSAIN, KMZ, HASAN, MS, BOYD, D, RUDD, CD, AHMED, I and THIELEMANS, W, 2014. Effect of Cellulose Nanowhiskers on Surface Morphology, Mechanical Properties, and Cell Adhesion of Melt-Drawn Poly lactic Acid Fibers Biomacromolecules.
• LIU X, HASAN MS, GRANT DM, HARPER LT, PARSONS AJ, PALMER G, RUDD CD and AHMED I, 2014. Mechanical, degradation and cytocompatibility properties of magnesium coated phosphate glass fibre reinforced polycaprolactone composites. Journal of biomaterials applications. 29(5), 675-87
• SHARMIN N; PARSONS AJ; RUDD CD; AHMED I, 2014. Effect of boron oxide addition on fibre drawing, mechanical properties and dissolution behaviour of phosphate-based glass fibres with fixed 40, 45 and 50 mol% P2O5 JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS APPLICATIONS.
• HOSSAIN, K.M.Z., FELFEL, R.M., RUDD, C.D., THIELEMANS, W., AHMED, I., 2014. Reactive and Functional Polymers.
• MASSERA J, AHMED I, PETIT L, AALLOS V, HUPA L, 2014. Phosphate-based glass fiber vs bulk glass: change in fiber optical response to probe in vitro glass reactivity Materials Science and Engineering C.
• HAN, N., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A.J., HARPER, L., SCOTCHFORD, C.A., SCAMMELL, B.E. and RUDD, C.D., 2013. Influence of screw holes and gamma sterilization on properties of phosphate glass fiber-reinforced composite bone plates Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 27(8), 990-1002
• HASAN, M.S., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A.J., WALKER, G.S., SCOTCHFORD, C.A., 2013. The influence of coupling agents on mechanical property retention and long-term cytocompatibility of phosphate glass fibre reinforced PLA composites Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 1-14
• LIU, X., GRANT, D.M., PARSONS, A.J., HARPER, L.T., RUDD, C.D., AHMED, I., 2013. Magnesium coated bioresorbable phosphate glass fibres: Investigation of the interface between fibre and polyester matrices BioMed Research International. 735981
• SHARMIN, N., HASAN, M.S., PARSONS, A.J., FURNISS, D., SCOTCHFORD, C.A., AHMED, I., RUDD, C.D., 2013. Effect of boron addition on the thermal, degradation, and cytocompatibility properties of phosphate-based glasses BioMed Research International. 902427
• HAQUE, P., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A., FELFEL, R., WALKER, G., RUDD, C., 2013. Degradation properties and microstructural analysis of 40P 2O5-24MgO-16CaO-16Na2O-4Fe2O 3 phosphate glass fibres Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 375, 99-109
• FELFEL, R.M., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A.J., PALMER, G., SOTTILE, V., RUDD, C.D., 2013. Cytocompatibility, degradation, mechanical property retention and ion release profiles for phosphate glass fibre reinforced composite rods Materials Science and Engineering C. 33(4), 1914-1924
• R. M. FELFEL, I. AHMED, A. J. PARSONS, P. HAQUE, G.S. WALKER AND C. D. RUDD., 2012. Investigation of Crystallinity, Molecular Weight Change, and Mechanical Properties of PLA/PBG Bioresorbable Composites as Bone Fracture Fixation Plates. Journal of Biomaterials Applications.. 26(7), 765 - 789
• ZAKIR HOSSAIN, K.M., AHMED, I., PARSONS, A.J., SCOTCHFORD, C.A., WALKER, G.S., THIELEMANS, W. and RUDD, C.D., 2012. Physico-chemical and mechanical properties of nanocomposites prepared using cellulose nanowhiskers and poly (lactic acid) Journal of Materials Science. 47(6), 2675-2686
• MAZIAR SHAH MOHAMMADI, IFTY AHMED, NASER MUJA, SERGIO ALMEIDA, CHRISTOPHER RUDD, MARTIN N. BUREAU, SHOWAN N. NAZHAT., 2012. Effect of Si and Fe doping on calcium phosphate glass fibre reinforced polycaprolactone bone analogous composites Acta Biomaterialia. 8(4), 1616-1626
• S.I.S, SHAHARUDDIN, I. AHMED, D. FURNISS, A.J. PARSONS, C.D. RUDD, 2012. Thermal, viscosity and thermal expansion coefficient properties for a range of Phosphate Based Glasses European Journal of Glass Science and Technology. (In Press.)
• HASAN MS, AHMED I, PARSONS AJ, RUDD CD, WALKER GS and SCOTCHFORD CA, 2012. Investigating the use of coupling agents to improve the interfacial properties between a resorbable phosphate glass and polylactic acid matrix Journal of Biomaterials Applications.
• R, FELFEL, I. AHMED, A. J. PARSONS, L. HARPER AND C. D. RUDD., 2012. Initial mechanical properties of phosphate-glass fibre-reinforced rods for use as resorbable intramedullary nails. Journal of Materials Science. 47, 4884 - 4894
• L.T. HARPER, I. AHMED, R. M. FELFEL AND C QIAN., 2012. Finite Element Modelling of the Flexural Performance of Resorbable Phosphate Glass Fibre Reinforced PLA Composite Bone Plates. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.. 15, 13 - 23
• M.S. HASAN, I. AHMED, A.J. PARSONS, G.S. WALKER, C.A. SCOTCHFORD., 2012. Material characterisation and cytocompatibility assessment of quinternary phosphate glasses for totally resorbable composite. Journal of Material in Medicine.. 23, 2531 - 2541
• M.S. HASAN, I. AHMED, A.J. PARSONS, C.D. RUDD, G.S. WALKER, C.A. SCOTCHFORD., 2012. Use of Coupling Agents to Improve the Interfacial Properties Between a Resorbable Phosphate Glass and PLA Matrix. Journal of Biomaterial Applications..
• R. M. FELFEL, I. AHMED, A. J. PARSONS, AND C. D. RUDD, 2012. Bioresorbable Screws Reinforced with Phosphate Glass Fibre: Manufacturing and Mechanical Property Characterisation. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials..
• M.S. HASAN, I. AHMED, A.J. PARSONS, G.S. WALKER, C.A. SCOTCHFORD., 2012. Cytocompatibility and Mechanical Properties of Short Phosphate Glass Fibre Reinforced PLA Composites: Effect of Coupling Agent Mediated Interface. Journal of Functional Biomaterials.. 3(4), 706-725
• K.M.Z. HOSSAIN, I. AHMED, A.J. PARSONS, C.A. SCOTCHFORD, C.D. RUDD AND WIM THIELEMANS., 2012. High celllulose nanowhisker content composites through cellosize bonding. Soft Matter.. 8, 12099-12110
• M.S. HASAN, I. AHMED, A.J. PARSONS, G.S. WALKER, C.A. SCOTCHFORD., 2012. Cytocompatibility Assessment of Chemical Surface Treatments for Phosphate Glass to Improve Adhesion between Glass and Polyester. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A.. (In Press.)
• R. M. FELFEL, I. AHMED, A. J. PARSONS, AND C. D. RUDD., 2012. Bioresorbable Composite Screws Manufactured via a Forging Process: Pull-out, Shear, Flexural and Degradation Characteristics. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.. (In Press.)
• AHMED, I., JONES, I.A., PARSONS, A.J., BERNARD, J., FARMER, J., SCOTCHFORD, C.A., WALKER, G.S. and RUDD, C.D., 2011. Composites for bone repair: Phosphate glass fibre reinforced PLA with varying fibre architecture Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. 22(8), 1825-1834
• R. M. FELFEL, I. AHMED, A. J. PARSONS, G. S. WALKER, C. D. RUDD., 2011. In vitro degradation, flexural, compressive and shear properties of fully bioresorbable composite rods. Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials. 4, 1462 - 1472
• MAZIAR SHAH MOHAMMADI, IFTY AHMED, NASER MUJA, CHRISTOPHER D RUDD, MARTIN N BUREAU AND SHOWAN N NAZHAT, 2011. Effect of phosphate-based glass fibre surface properties on poly(lactic acid) matrix composites. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine.. 22, 2659-2672
• MOHAMMADI, M.S., AHEMD, I., MARELLI, B., RUDD, C., BUREAU, M.N. and NAZHAT, S.N., 2010. Modulation of polycaprolactone composite properties through incorporation of mixed phosphate glass formulations Acta Biomaterialia. 6(8), 3157-3168
• PAPIA HAQUE, IAN A. BARKER, ANDREW J. PARSONS, KRISTOPHER, J THURECHT, IFTY AHMED, GAVIN S. WALKER, CHRISTOPHER D. RUDD AND DEREK J. IRVINE, 2010. Influence of Compatibilizing Agent Molecular Structure on the Mechanical Properties of Phosphate Glass Fibre Reinforced PLA Composites Journal of Polymer Science: Part A. Polymer Chemistry. 48(14), 3082 - 3094
• PAPIA HAQUE, ANDREW J. PARSONS, IAN A. BARKER, IFTY AHMED, DEREK J. IRVINE, GAVIN S. WALKER, CHRISTOPHER D. RUDD, 2010. Interfacial properties of phosphate glass fibres/PLA composites: Effect of the end functionalities of oligomeric PLA coupling agents. Composites Science and Technology. 70, 1854 - 1860
• A. J. PARSONS, I. AHMED, N. HAN, R. FELFEL, C. D. RUDD, 2010. Mimicking Bone Structure and Function with Structural Composite Materials. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 7 Supplement, S1 - S10
• PARSONS, A.J., AHMED, I., RUDD, C.D., CUELLO, G.J., PELLEGRINI, E., RICHARD, D. and JOHNSON, M.R., 2010. Neutron scattering and ab initio molecular dynamic study of cross-linking in biomedical phosphate glasses Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 22(48), 485403
• R. M. FELFEL, I. AHMED, A.J. PARSONS, G. WALKER, AND C. RUDD., 2010. Flexural, Shear and Compressive Properties of Bioresorbable PLA-PBG Fibre Reinforced Composite Intramedullary Rods. World Journal of Engineering. Supplement 3, 323 -324
• AHMED, I., CRONIN, P.S., ABOU NEEL, E.A., PARSONS, A.J., KNOWLES, J.C. and RUDD, C.D., 2009. Retention of mechanical properties and cytocompatibility of a phosphate-based glass fibre/polylactic acid composite Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B: Applied Biomaterials. 89B(1), 18-27
• A. M. YOUNG, S.M. HO, E. A. ABOU NEEL, I. AHMED, J. E. BARRALET, J.C. KNOWLES AND S.N. NAZHAT., 2009. Chemical characterisation of a degradable polymeric bone adhesive containing hydrolysable fillers and interpretation of anomalous mechanical properties. Acta Biomaterialia. 5, 2072 - 2083
• I. AHMED, A.J. PARSONS, I.A. JONES, G. WALKER, C.A. SCOTCHFORD AND C.D. RUDD, 2009. Cytocompatibility and Effect of Increasing MgO Content in a Range of Quaternary Invert Phosphate-Based Glasses. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 24(6), 555 - 575
• PARSONS, A.J., AHMED, I., HAQUE, P., FITZPATRICK, B., NIAZI, M.I.K., WALKER, G.S. and RUDD, C.D., 2009. Phosphate glass fibre composites for bone repair Journal of Bionic Engineering. 6(4), 318-323
• AHMED, I., PARSONS, A.J., PALMER, G., KNOWLES, J.C., WALKER, G.S. and RUDD, C.D., 2008. Weight loss, ion release and initial mechanical properties of a binary calcium phosphate glass fibre / PCL composite. Acta Biomaterialia. 4(5), 1307-1314
• AHMED, I., PARSONS, A.J., NAZHAT, S.N., GUERRY, P., SMITH, M.E., KNOWLES, J.C. and RUDD, C.D., 2008. Comparison of Phosphate-Based Glasses in the Range 50P2O5 - (50-x)CaO - xNa2O Prepared Using Different Precursors The European Journal of Glass Science & Technology Part A.. 49(2), 63-72
• MOSS, R.M., PICKUP, D.M., AHMED, I., KNOWLES, J.C., SMITH, M.E. and NEWPORT, R.J., 2008. Structural characteristics of antibacterial bioresorbable phosphate glass Advanced Functional Materials. 18(4), 634–639
• CARTA, D., QUI, D., GUERRY, P., AHMED, I., NEEL, E.A.A., KNOWLES, J.C., SMITH, M.E. and NEWPORT, R.J., 2008. The effect of composition on the structure of sodium borophosphate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 354(31), 3671-3677
• D, QIU, R.M. MOSS,, D.M. PICKUP, I. AHMED, J.C. KNOWLES, M. E. SMITH and AND R. J. NEWPORT, 2008. An X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of the local environment of iron in biodegradable iron-phosphate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 354, 5542 - 5546
• D, QIU, P, GUERRY, I. AHMED, D.M. PICKUP, D. CARTA, J.C. KNOWLES, M. E. SMITH and R. J. NEWPORT, 2008. A High Energy X-ray Diffraction, 31P and 11B solid state NMR study of the structure of aged sodium borophosphate glasses. Materials Chemistry and Physics.. 111, 455 – 462
• Q.Z. CHEN, I. AHMED, J.C. KNOWLES, NAZHAT, S.N. A.R. BOCCACCINI AND K, REZWAN., 2008. Collagen release kinetics of surface functionalized 45S5 Bioglass®-based porous scaffolds. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 86, 987 – 995
• CARTA, D., PICKUP, D.M., KNOWLES, J.C., AHMED, I., SMITH, M.E. and NEWPORT, R.J., 2007. A structural study of sol-gel and melt-quenched phosphate-based glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 353, 1759-1765
• NAZHAT, S.N., ABOU NEEL, E.A., KIDANE, A., AHMED, I., HOPE, C., KERSHAW, M., LEE, P.D., STRIDE, E., SAFFARI, N., KNOWLES, J.C. and BROWN, R.A., 2007. Controlled micro-channelling in dense collagen scaffolds by soluble phosphate glass fibres. Biomacromolecules.. 8, 543-551
• A.J. PARSONS, I. AHMED, J. YANG, S. COZIEN-CAZUC AND C.D. RUDD., 2007. Heat-Treatment of Phosphate Glass Fibres and Its Effect on Composite Property Retention. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-16)..
• AHMED, I., ABOU NEEL, E.A., VALAPPIL, S.P., NAZHAT, S.N., PICKUP, D.M., CARTA, D., CARROLL, D.L., NEWPORT, R.J., SMITH, M.E. and KNOWLES, J.C., 2007. The Structure and Properties of Silver-Doped Phosphate Based Glasses. Journal of Materials Science.. 42,(23), 9827-9835
• D.M. PICKUP, I. AHMED, P. GUERRY, J.C. KNOWLES, M.E. SMITH AND R.J. NEWPORT., 2007. The structure of phosphate glass biomaterials from neutron diffraction and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance data. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 19, 415116
• ABOU NEEL, E.A., AHMED, I. and KNOWLES, J.C., 2006. Investigation of Mixed Alkali Effect on a Range of Phosphate Glasses. Key Engineering Materials.. 330-332, 161 – 164
• AHMED, I., READY, D., WILSON, M. and KNOWLES, J.C., 2006. The Antimicrobial Effect of Silver-Doped Phosphate Based Glasses. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 79A, 618-626
• SHAH, R., AHMED, I., HUNT, N.P., SINANAN, A.C.M. and LEWIS, M.P., 2006. Novel scaffolds for tissue engineering of human skeletal muscles. European Cells and materials.. 11(3), 48
• PICKUP, D.M., AHMED, I., FITZGERALD, V., MOSS, R., WETHERALL, K.M., KNOWLES, J.C., SMITH, M.E. and NEWPORT, R.J., 2006. X-ray absorption spectroscopy and high-energy XRD study of the local environment of copper in antibacterial copper-releasing degradable phosphate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 352, 3080-3087
• ABOU NEEL, E.A., AHMED, I., BLAKER, J.J., BISMARK, A., BOCCACCINI, A.R., LEWIS, M.P., NAZHAT, S.N. and KNOWLES, J.C., 2005. Effect of Iron on the Surface, Degradation and Ion Release Properties of Phosphate-Based Glass Fibres. Acta Biomaterialia. 1, 553-563
• AHMED, I., LEWIS, M.P., NAZHAT, S.N. and KNOWLES, J.C., 2005. Quantification of Anion and Cation Release from a Range of Ternary Phosphate-Based Glasses with Fixed 45 mol% P2O5. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 20, 65-80
• ABOU NEEL, E.A., AHMED, I., PRATTEN, J., NAZHAT, S.N. and KNOWLES, J.C., 2005. Characterisation of Antibacterial Copper Releasing Degradable Phosphate Glass Fibres. Biomaterials.. 26, 2247-2254
• AHMED, I., LEWIS, M.P. and KNOWLES, J.C., 2005. Quantification of Anions and Cations from Ternary Phosphate-Based Glasses with fixed 50 and 55 mol% P2O5 Using Ion Chromatography. Physics and Chemistry of Glasses. 46(6), 547-552
• AHMED, I., LEWIS, M.P., OLSEN.I and KNOWLES, J.C., 2004. Phosphate Glasses for Tissue Engineering: Part 2. Processing and Characterisation of a Ternary Based P2O5-CaO-Na2O Glass-Fibre System Biomaterials. 25(3), 501-507
• AHMED, I., COLLINS, C.A., LEWIS, M.P., OLSEN, I. and KNOWLES, J.C., 2004. Processing, Characterisation and Biocompatibility of Iron-Phosphate Glass-Fibres for Tissue Engineering. Biomaterials. 25(16), 3223-3232
• AHMED, I., LEWIS, M.P., OLSEN.I and KNOWLES, J.C., 2004. Phosphate Glasses for Tissue Engineering: Part 1. Processing and Characterisation of a Ternary Based P2O5-CaO-Na2O Glass System. Biomaterials. 25(3), 491-499
• MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., DE MELO, N., AHMED, I., GRANT, D., SCAMMELL, B. and SOTTILE, V., Live Quantitative Monitoring of Mineral Deposition in Stem Cells Using Tetracycline Hydrochloride: Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods. 8
• SAMAD, S. A., ARAFAT, A., FERRARI, R., GOMES, R. L., LESTER, E. and AHMED, I., Adsorption studies and effect of heat treatment on porous glass microspheres: International Journal of Applied Glass Science International Journal of Applied Glass Science.
• ISLAM, M. T., NUZULIA, N. A., MACRI-PELLIZZERI, L., NIGAR, F., SARI, Y. W. and AHMED, I., Evolution of silicate bioglass particles as porous microspheres with a view towards orthobiologics: Journal of Biomaterials Applications Journal of Biomaterials Applications.
• CONTRERAS, J., STIMPSON, A., AHMED, I., IRVINE, D. J. and WHITTINGTON, A. R., Developing Echogenic Materials as Catheters for Use with Ultrasound: Acs Biomaterials Science & Engineering Acs Biomaterials Science & Engineering.