Publications

Selected recent publications from the Sensors & Diagnostics Lab. For a complete list, visit the full publications archive.

ACS Applied Bio Materials  ·  2025

Polymer Nanozymes: Electropolymerized Enzyme Mimics for the Detection of Oxidative Stress Biomarkers

H.K. Maryam, A. Mujahid, A. Afzal*

Analysis & Sensing  ·  2025

Noninvasive Cholesterol Sensing by Poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) with Ag@MoO₃ Nanorods

K. Ejaz, M. Akhtar, T. Hussain, A. Mujahid, A. Afzal*

ACS Sustainable Resource Management  ·  2025

Group-Selective Recognition of Anionic Dyes in Groundwater: Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Sensors for Industrial-Scale Monitoring

T. Ali, N. Bashir, T. Hussain, A. Afzal*

ACS Applied Bio Materials  ·  2025

Biomimetic polythiophene:g-C₃N₄ nanotube composites with induced creatinine and uric acid specificity for portable CKD and gout detection

Z. Saddique, N. Shahzad, M. Saeed, A. Afzal*

Macromolecular Bioscience  ·  2025

Hybrid poly(methacrylic acid-co-acrylamide)-polythiophene nanofibers for salivary diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma

M. Akhtar, A. Mujahid, A. Afzal*

ACS ES&T Water  ·  2025

Flexible plastic electrodes based on thiosulfate-modified gC₃N₄ nanosheets for simultaneous handheld monitoring of hazardous cationic dyes in drinking water

N. Bashir, T. Ali, A. Mujahid, A. Afzal*

Journal of Materials Chemistry B  ·  2024

Portable smartphone-enabled dydrogesterone sensors based on biomimetic polymers for personalized gynecological care

S. Ashraf, T. Hussain, S.Z. Bajwa, A. Mujahid, A. Afzal*

Nanoscale Advances  ·  2024

Core–shell niobium(v) oxide@molecularly imprinted polythiophene nanoreceptors for transformative, real-time creatinine analysis

Z. Saddique, M. Saeed, M. Faheem, S.Z. Bajwa, A. Mujahid, A. Afzal*

Journal of Materials Chemistry B  ·  2024

Electrocatalytic FeFe₂O₄ embedded, spermine-imprinted polypyrrole (Fe/MIPpy) nanozymes for cancer diagnosis and prognosis

I. Zaman, A. Liaqat, S. Athar, A. Mujahid, A. Afzal*

Biosensors and Bioelectronics  ·  2024

Discerning biomimetic nanozyme electrodes based on g-C₃N₄ nanosheets and molecularly imprinted polythiophene nanofibers for detecting creatinine in microliter droplets of human saliva

M. Saeed, Z. Saddique, A. Mujahid, A. Afzal*

ACS Applied Polymer Materials  ·  2023

Disposable saliva sensors for early cancer diagnosis using hyper-cross-linked molecularly imprinted polymeric electrocatalysts

S. Athar, I. Zaman, A. Liaqat, A. Afzal*