Dr. Md. Minarul Islam Professor, Department of Chemistry
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Md. Minarul Islam was born in Meherpur, Bangladesh. Dr. Islam is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka. Dr. Islam completed his Ph.D. in "Organic field effect transistors", 2011 at Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and he received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Department of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Organic Field Effect Transistors
AWARD
Selected Publications
1. Kumar, S.; Pola, S.; Huang, C.-W.; Islam, M. M.; Venkateswarlu, S.; Tao, Y. T. “Polysubstituted Hexa-cata-Hexabenzocoronenes: Syntheses, Characterization and Their Potential as Semiconducting Materials in Transistor Application” J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84, 8562.
2. Tao, Y. T.; Pola, S.; Kumar, S.; Islam, M. M., “Synthesis and Characterization of Contorted Pentabenzo-Fused Coronenes as Semiconducting Materials” J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82, 8067.
3. Watanabe M.; Chang, Y. J.; Liu, S.-W.; Chao, T.-H.; Goto, K.; Islam, M. M.; Yuan, C.-H.; Tao, Y.-T.; Shinmyozu, T.; Chow, T. J. “The synthesis, crystal structure and charge transport properties of Hexacene” Nature Chem., 2012, 4, 574.
4. Pola, S.; Kuo, C.-H.; Peng, W.-T.; Islam. M. M.; Chao, I.; Tao, Y.-T. “Contorted tetrabenzocoronene derivatives for single crystal field effect transistors: correlation between packing and mobility” Chem. Mater., 2012, 24, 2566.
5. Islam, M. M.; Pola, S.; Tao, Y.-T. “Effect of Interfacial Structure on the Transistor Properties: Probing the Role of Surface Modification of Gate Dielectrics with Self-Assembled Monolayer Using Organic Single-Crystal Field-Effect Transistors” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2011, 3, 2136.
6. Islam, M. M.; Pola, S.; Tao, Y.-T. “High mobility n-channel single-crystal field-effect transistors based on 5,7,12,14-tetrachloro- 6,13-diazapentacene” Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6356.
7. Islam, M. M.; Valiyev, F.; Lu, H.-F.; Kuo, M.-Y.; Chao, I.; Tao, Y.-T. “High performance single-crystal field-effect transistors based on twisted polyaromatic semiconductor pyreno[4,5-a]coronene” Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2008.
Patent
Ta-Hsin Chow; Motonori Watanabe; Yuan Jay Chang; Yu-Tai Tao; Ting-Han Chao; Shun-Wei Liu; Chih-Hsien Yuan; Teruo Shinmyozu; Kenta Goto; Md. Minarul Islam, 2015, “Hexacene derivative, method for forming hexacene, method for forming hexacene crystal, process for making organic semiconductor device”, US Patent, pp. US 9,059,408 B2.
Proceedings (International Conferences)
1. Islam, M. M.; Pola, S.; Tao, Y.-T.: UK-Taiwan Joint Conference Towards Organic Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials Program, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, June 2011.
2. Islam, M. M.; Valiyev, F.; Lu, H.-F.; Kuo, M.-Y.; Chao, I.; Tao, Y.-T.: 11th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemist, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2010.
3. Committee member of the “International Conference as 16th Asian Chemical Congress” during 16-19 March, 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Technical Experiences
Organic single-crystal and thin film device fabrication
Semiconductor parameter analyzer
Atomic force microscopy
Alpha-step profilometer
High vacuum thermal evaporation system
High vacuum sublimation system and Physical vapor transport method
Self-assemble monolayer rubbing process
Parylene deposition system
UV-absorption
Cyclic voltammetry and
Conductometry
Membership in Scientific Associations
• Ex Member of the American Chemical Society
• Life Member of the Bangladesh Chemical Society
• Life Member of the Alumni Association of Chemistry Department, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh
Academic Info
Period: 1995
MSc in Physical Chemistry
Period: 2011
PhD in Organic Field Effect Transistor
Experience
Position: Professor
Period: Since 2017
Teaching Physical Chemistry to postgraduate and undergraduate levels, conducting research.
Contact
Dr. Md. Minarul Islam
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Email: mislamchem@juniv.edu
