Abdul Razak Daud (Prof. Dr.)

Ph.D. (Surrey, UK 1985),
M.Sc. (Surrey, UK),
Dip. Ed. (UKMalaysia),
B.Sc. (Hons) (UKMalaysia)

Tel. No. : 03-89213806
Room no. : 0138 (K)
e-mail : ard@ukm.my


Research Interests:

Metallurgy (aluminium based light alloys), corrosion (sacrificial anode materials, corrosion behavior of materials and corrosion inhibitors), composite materials (metal-matrix composites), nanomaterials, biomaterials (bone substitute materials) & Industrial Radiography.


Involvement in Communities/Learned Societies/Journals:

  • Life member of Malaysian Solid State Science and Technologies Society, Malaysia Society for Non-Destructive Testing and Malaysian Analytical Sciences Society

  • Member of the Technical Committee for Malaysian Standards for Non- Destructive Testing. SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia, 1999 - present

  • Editor, Sains Malaysiana


Selected Publications

  • Al-Gaashani, R., Radiman, S., Tabet, N. & Daud, A.R. 2011. Effect of microwave power on the morphology and optical property of zinc oxide nano-structures prepared via a microwave-assisted aqueous solution method. Materials Chemistry and Physics 125: 846-852.

  • Zahi, S. & Daud, A.R. 2011. Fly ash characterization and application in Albased Mg alloys. Materials and Design 32: 1337-1346.

  • Setia Budi, Daud, A.R., Radiman, S. & Akrajas, A.U.. 2010. Effective electrodeposition of Co-Ni-Cu alloys nanoparticles in the presence of alkyl polyglucoside surfactant. Applied Surface Science 257: 1027-1033.

  • Musa, A.Y., Mohamad, A.B., Kadhum, A.A.H., Takriff, M.S., Daud, A.R., & Kamarudin, S.K. 2010. Inhibition of aluminium alloy 2024 corrosion by 4- amino-5-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol in highly sulfuric acid solution. Advanced Materials Research 93-94: 354-357.

  • Abdullah, Y., Daud, A.R., Harun, M., & Shamsudin, R. 2010. Investigation of thermal properties of Al-Si matrix reinforced fine SiCp composites. Materials Science and Technology 26(12):1518-1520.