prof. dr. ahmad rifqi bin md. zain

pensyarah universiti

institut kejuruteraan mikro & nanoelektronik (imen)



   Biografi/ Biography :

  • Ahmad Rifqi Md Zain is Associate professor of Electronics engineering at Institute of Microengineering and Naoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He received his degree and masters degree from Coventry University and Glasgow university, United Kingdom in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Ahmad rifqi also worked with Marconi Communication as hardware engineer United Kingdom from 2002-2004 before pursuing his study at Glasgow university. In 2009, He received his PhD from Glasgow University, United kingdom (with Prof Richard De La Rue), in Electronics engineering (1D photonic crystal cavities). After completing his posdoctoral studies in 2012 at Bristol university in Gallium nitride based optical biosensors (with Prof Martin J. Cryan), he joined IMEN, UKM in August, 2014. In 2017, he joined Prof Marko Loncar at School of engineering and applied sciences (SEAS), Harvard University as posdoctoral research fellow in applied physics until 2019, working on Quantum information. Ahmad Rifqi is expert in nanophotonics, optoelectronics and nanofabrication, and his current interest include optical imaging at infra-red region, 2D materials, optical based biosensors (including Photonic crystal based waveguide, SERS, LSPR), 1D and 2D photonic crystals, optical MEMS sensors, enviromental and agricultural based sensors (including water security and farming industry), integrated optics and nanofabrication. Ahmad Rifqi is a member of of Optical Society of America, IEEE and SPIE.Ahmad Rifqi has been awarded several research grants nationally and internationally.

  • muhammad asif ahmad khushaini, basyirah zulkifli, ahmad ashrif a bakar, tg hasnan tg abdul aziz, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2025).  the underlying nonlinear dynamics of strong coupling via entangled dark states.  - chaos, solitons and fractals.  1 - 9. 

     

    n.a. abdullah, m.z.a. razak, t.h.t. aziz, a.r.m. zain, m.s.m. jamil, m.m. salleh.  (2025).  hot electron-driven sers enhancement of non-sers-active creatinine using ag-decorated zno nanorods.  - results in chemistry.  1 - 10. 

     

    m. mansor, n.h. zainol abidin, j.y.c. liew, a.r. md zain , m.t. alresheedi, e.k. ng, m.a. mahdi.  (2025).  methylammonium bismuth bromide perovskite single crystal growth and its application as saturable absorber for mode-locked fiber laser.  - optical materials.  1 - 11. 

     

    athiyah sakinah masran, nur hidayah azeman, wan mohd ebtisyam mustaqim mohd daniyal, mohd hafiz abu bakar, nur afifah ahmad nazri, rozita sulaiman, muhammad rahimi yusop, ahmad rifqi md zain & ahmad ashrif a bakar.  (2025).  sensitivity improvement of creatinine detection based on functionalized carbon dots and silver nanotriangular localized surface plasmon resonance.  - plasmonics.  1 - 10. 

     

    p susthitha menon, atiqah afzaludin, ahmad rifqi md zain, mohd ramdzan buyong, jumril yunas, mohd shafie, erny, norhayati, .  (2024).  buletin alumni imen bilangan 2 2024.  - buletin alumni imen bilangan 2 2024. 

     

    athiyah sakinah masran, nur hidayah azeman, wan mohd ebtisyam mustaqim mohd daniyal, mohd hafiz abu bakar, nur afifah ahmad nazri, rozita sulaiman, muhammad rahimi yusop, ahmad rifqi md zain & ahmad ashrif a bakar.  (2025).  sensitivity improvement of creatinine detection based on functionalized carbon dots and silver nanotriangular localized surface plasmon resonance.  - plasmonics.  1 - 10. 

     

    muhammad asif ahmad khushaini, basyirah zulkifli, ahmad ashrif a bakar, tg hasnan tg abdul aziz, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2025).  the underlying nonlinear dynamics of strong coupling via entangled dark states.  - chaos, solitons and fractals.  1 - 9. 

     

    m. mansor, n.h. zainol abidin, j.y.c. liew, a.r. md zain , m.t. alresheedi, e.k. ng, m.a. mahdi.  (2025).  methylammonium bismuth bromide perovskite single crystal growth and its application as saturable absorber for mode-locked fiber laser.  - optical materials.  1 - 11. 

     

    mohd hafiz abu bakar, nur hidayah azeman, nadhratun naiim mobarak, nur afifah ahmad nazri, wan mohd ebtisyam mustaqim mohd daniyal, mohd saiful dzulkefly zan, mohd adzir mahdi, ahmad rifqi md zain, ruchi gupta, fairuz abdullah, ahmad ashrif a. bakar.  (2024).  real-time cationic sensing using plasmonic fiber optic sensor based phosphoryl-carrageenan.  - sensors and actuators: a. physical.  1 - 10. 

     

    nur hidayah azeman, ahmad rifqi md zain, wan mohd ebtisyam mustaqim mohd daniyal, mohd suzeren md jamil, mohd hafiz abu bakar, nur afifah ahmad nazri, muhammad asif ahmad khushaini, mohd hadri hafiz mokhtar, ahmad ashrif a. bakar .  (2024).  zeolitic imidazolate frameworks enhanced surface plasmon resonance sensor for organic dyes sensing.  - ieee sensors journal.  25617 - 25626. 

     

    ali jabbar abed al nidawi, khamirul amin matori, mohd hafiz mohd zaid, josephine liew ying chyi, tan sin tee, muhammad asif ahmad khushaini, ahmad rifqi md zain, wurood rahi mutlage, mohammad ayman abuallah, abdelkader mohammed efa.  (2024).  er2o3 doped zinc borosilicate glass substrate: impact of doping to the structural optical and surface plasmon resonance performance.  - silicon.  3595 - 3611. 

     

    syahidah nabila rosli, norinsan kamil othman, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2023).  kajian terhadap eis dan kaedah kehilangan berat: novel perencat kakisan hijau daripada ekstrak etlingera elatior.  - sains malaysiana.  2323-2336. 

     

    lita rahmasari, mohd faizol abdullah, ahmad rifqi md zain, abdul manaf hashim.  (2023).  highly sensitive optofluidic sensor of 2d si phc l3 cavity for detection of glucose and bovine serum albumin.  - silicon.  1-11. 

     

    n. b. khairulazdan, p. s. menon, a. r. md. zain, d. d. berhanuddin.  (2022).  optimization of photonic crystal structure by fdtd method to improve the light extraction efficiency in silicon.  - chalcogenide letter.  493-501. 

     

    ummi kalsom noor din, muhamad mat salleh, tengku hasnan tengku aziz, ahmad rifqi md zain, mohd. ambri mohamed, akrajas ali umar.  (2021).  on the performance of polymer-inorganic perovskite oxide composite light-emitting diodes: the effect of perovskite srtio3 additives.  - nanomaterials and nanotechnology.  1-9. 

     

    muhammad asif ahmad khushaini, basyirah zulkifli, ahmad ashrif a bakar, tg hasnan tg abdul aziz, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2025).  the underlying nonlinear dynamics of strong coupling via entangled dark states.  - chaos, solitons and fractals.  1 - 9. 

     

    n.a. abdullah, m.z.a. razak, t.h.t. aziz, a.r.m. zain, m.s.m. jamil, m.m. salleh.  (2025).  hot electron-driven sers enhancement of non-sers-active creatinine using ag-decorated zno nanorods.  - results in chemistry.  1 - 10. 

     

    athiyah sakinah masran, nur hidayah azeman, wan mohd ebtisyam mustaqim mohd daniyal, mohd hafiz abu bakar, nur afifah ahmad nazri, rozita sulaiman, muhammad rahimi yusop, ahmad rifqi md zain & ahmad ashrif a bakar.  (2025).  sensitivity improvement of creatinine detection based on functionalized carbon dots and silver nanotriangular localized surface plasmon resonance.  - plasmonics.  1 - 10. 

     

    m. mansor, n.h. zainol abidin, j.y.c. liew, a.r. md zain , m.t. alresheedi, e.k. ng, m.a. mahdi.  (2025).  methylammonium bismuth bromide perovskite single crystal growth and its application as saturable absorber for mode-locked fiber laser.  - optical materials.  1 - 11. 

     

    ali jabbar abed al nidawi, khamirul amin matori, mohd hafiz mohd zaid, josephine liew ying chyi, tan sin tee, muhammad asif ahmad khushaini, ahmad rifqi md zain, wurood rahi mutlage, mohammad ayman abuallah, abdelkader mohammed efa.  (2024).  er2o3 doped zinc borosilicate glass substrate: impact of doping to the structural optical and surface plasmon resonance performance.  - silicon.  3595 - 3611. 

     

    basyirah zulkifli, ahmad rifqi md zain, tengku hasnan tengku abdul aziz, nur hidayah azeman, mohd suzeren md jamil..  (2024).  gold nanorods as plasmonic-based optical biosensor for creatinine detection..  - 2024 ieee international conference on semiconductor electronics (icse).  56 - 59. 

     

    muhamad ramdzan buyong, muhammad akmal suhaimi, arash zulkaranain ahmad rozaini, burhanuddin yeop majlis, farahdiana binti wan yunus, noratiqah yaakob, clarence augustine th tee, céline elie-caille, abdullah abdulhameed, aminuddin ahmad kayani.  (2024).  enhancing dielectrophoresis analysis via artificial intelligence integration.  - 2024 ieee international conference on semiconductor electronics (icse).  116 - 119. 

     

    auni afrina muhammad azlan lim, asilah aisyah mohamad yusoff, muhamad asif a. khushaini, ahmad ghadafi ismail, tengku hasnan tengku abdul aziz, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2021).  a study of repeatability and reproducibility of amperometric sensor based on bobzbt2 pentamer for creatinine detection.  - 2021 ieee regional symposium on micro and nanoelectronics (rsm).  145-148. 

     

    jamil, n.a., mei, g.s., md zain, a.r., hewak, d., huang, c.-c., mohamed, m.a., majlis, b.y., menon, p.s..  (2020).  cvd-grown graphene-on-au characterization and sensing using kretschmann-based spr.  - 4th electron devices technology and manufacturing conference (edtm 2020).  1-4. 

     

    nugroho, h.s., hasanah, l., wulandari, c., pawinanto, r.e., haron, m.h., menon, p.s., zain, a.r.m., berhanuddin, d.d., mulyanti, b..  (2020).  the sensitivity of sensor based on microring resonator (mrr) and surface plasmon resonance (spr) for diabetes monitoring application.  - 2nd international symposium on materials and electrical engineering, ismee 2019.  1-7. 

     

    ahmad rifqi md zain, richard de la rue.  (2019).  modelling of photonic crystal (phc) cavities: theory and applications.  - 89-108. 

     

    ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2018).  hablur fotonik: wayar rongga fotonik satu dimensi berasaskan silikon atas penebat (soi).  - teknologi.  157-178. 

     

    ahmad rifqi mohammad zain.  (2018).  hablur fotonik : wayar rongga fotonik satu dimensi berasaskan silikon atas penebat (soi).  - 157-178. 

     

    p susthitha menon, atiqah afzaludin, ahmad rifqi md zain, mohd ramdzan buyong, jumril yunas, mohd shafie, erny, norhayati, .  (2024).  buletin alumni imen bilangan 2 2024.  - buletin alumni imen bilangan 2 2024. 

     

    p susthitha menon, atiqah mohd afdzaluddin, ahmad razif muhammad, jumril yunas, ahmad ghadafi ismail, nur hidayah azeman, hafzaliza erny zainal abidin, burhanuddin yeop majlis, shafii abd wahab, ramdzan buyong, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2024).  buletin alumni imen (bil 3) 2023.  - buletin alumni imen (bil 3) 2023.  1-12. 

     

    syahidah nabila rosli, norinsan kamil othman, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2023).  kajian terhadap eis dan kaedah kehilangan berat: novel perencat kakisan hijau daripada ekstrak etlingera elatior.  - sains malaysiana.  2323-2336. 

     

    p susthitha menon, atiqah mohd afdzaluddin, ahmad razif muhammad, jumril yunas, ahmad ghadafi ismail, nur hidayah azeman, hafzaliza erny zainal abidin, burhanuddin yeop majlis, shafii abd wahab, ramdzan buyong, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2023).  buletin alumni imen (bil 2) 2023.  - buletin alumni imen (bil 2) 2023.  1-10. 

     

    p susthitha menon, atiqah mohd afdzaluddin, ahmad razif muhammad, jumril yunas, ahmad ghadafi ismail, nur hidayah azeman, hafzaliza erny zainal abidin, burhanuddin yeop majlis, shafii abd wahab, ramdzan buyong, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2023).  buletin alumni imen (bil 1) 2023.  - buletin alumni imen (bil 1) 2023.  1-20. 

     

    p susthitha menon, atiqah afzaludin, ahmad rifqi md zain, mohd ramdzan buyong, jumril yunas, mohd shafie, erny, norhayati, .  (2024).  buletin alumni imen bilangan 2 2024.  - buletin alumni imen bilangan 2 2024. 

     

    ps menon, n soin, mr buyong, arm zain, by majlis, h mamat.  (2024).  joint women in eds event ieee eds malaysia and imen -ukm 7th imen -ukm alumni talk series 1/2024: from imen postgraduate to director of university of malaya’s centre of printable electronics.  - ieee electron devices society (eds) newsletter. 

     

    ps menon, h mamat, ra rahim, aam ralib, a manut, h jaafar, ne alias, by majlis, arm zain.  (2024).  wied/yp event at the 16th ieee international conference on semiconductor electronics (icse2024).  - ieee electron devices society (eds) newsletter. 

     

    tengku hasnan bin tengku abdul aziz;ahmad rifqi bin md zain;norhayati binti abu bakar.  (2024).  enhancement of photoluminescence intensity of graphene quantum dots using surface plasmon resonance of gold nanorods.  -

     

    p susthitha menon, atiqah mohd afdzaluddin, ahmad razif muhammad, jumril yunas, ahmad ghadafi ismail, nur hidayah azeman, hafzaliza erny zainal abidin, burhanuddin yeop majlis, shafii abd wahab, ramdzan buyong, ahmad rifqi md zain.  (2024).  buletin alumni imen (bil 3) 2023.  - buletin alumni imen (bil 3) 2023.  1-12.