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Dr Syamak Farajikhah
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Address
J01 - Chemical Engineering Building
The University of Sydney
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Member of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre
Member of The University of Sydney Nano Institute
Dr. Syamak Farajikhah is a chemist and engineer exploring development of novel materials and new applications of sensors and biosensors across medicine and health, agriculture, and the food industry. He has a multi-disciplinary approach to his projects, working seamlessly with chemists, biologists, physicists, clinicians, material scientists, engineers and multiple industry partners.
Driven by a passion for innovation and a commitment to making a positive impact, his dedication to pioneering research and collaborative endeavours reflects a vision for a future where sensor technologies play a pivotal role in shaping a smarter, healthier, and more sustainable world.
- Sensors/Biosensors
- Polymer composites
- Wearable sensors
- Biomedical applications of polymers
- Fellow of the Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN)
- Fellow of the NSW Cardiovascular Research Network
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The University of Sydney Provost’s Equipment grant ($150K) for 'SurPASS 3- Electrokinetic analyser for solid surface analysis' (2022)
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Physics Grand Challenges Award from Physics Foundation of the School of Physics, The University of Sydney ($250K),Function Follows Form: Next Generation Bioscaffolds (2022)
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Seed funding from Physics Foundation of the School of Physics, USyd for the project ($50K), ‘Organo’ – a building set for replacement body parts (2020)
- Kickstarter funding from the University of Sydney Nano Institute ($50K),“Organs-on-chips : Tissues-in-fibres” (2019)
- International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN) best presentation award, Feb. 2018
- Global challenges travel scholarship, 2017
- Winner of the UOW pitch (Postgraduate category) for the “Next Generation of Textile Scaffolds for Nerve Reconstruction”, 2014
Biomedical engineering and technology, Materials and structures
| Project title | Research student |
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| Improving the properties of a sustainable polymer for medical applications | Aylar ESLAMI SAED |
| Study the interface of polymer protein for a stable immobilization | Longfei YIN |
Publications
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Journals
- Rath, R., Herrington, J., Adeel, M., Guder, F., Dehghani, F., Farajikhah, S. (2024). Ammonia detection: A pathway towards potential point-of-care diagnostics. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 251, 116100. [More Information]
- Rath, R., Naficy, S., Giaretta, J., Oveissi, F., Yun, J., Dehghani, F., Farajikhah, S. (2024). Chemiresistive Sensor for Enhanced CO2 Gas Monitoring. ACS Sensors, 9(4), 1735-1742. [More Information]
- Boumelhem, B., Fraser, S., Farajikhah, S., Shparberg, R., Morris, M., Bilek, M., Zhang, A., Akhavan, B., Fleming, S., Large, M. (2024). Modelling the development of biological structures displaying longitudinal geometries in vitro: culturing pluripotent stem cells on plasma-treated, growth factor-coupled polycaprolactone fibres. Engineered Regeneration, 5, 124-138. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Giaretta, J., Duan, H., Oveissi, F., Farajikhah, S., Dehghani, F., Naficy, S. (2021). Flexible enzymatic sensors for detection of hydrogen peroxide. 20th IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021, Piscataway: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [More Information]
- Stefani, A., Kuhlmey, B., Large, M., Hayashi, J., Farajikhah, S., Rukhlenko, I., Runge, A., Fleming, S. (2020). Multimaterial and flexible devices made by fiber drawing. 22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2020), Bari: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [More Information]
- Fleming, S., Farajikhah, S., Stefani, A., Rukhlenko, I., Large, M. (2020). Novel Polymer Fibres for Biomedical Applications. Optoelectronics Global Conference (OGC) 2020, Shenzen: IEEE Xplore.
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2024
- Rath, R., Herrington, J., Adeel, M., Guder, F., Dehghani, F., Farajikhah, S. (2024). Ammonia detection: A pathway towards potential point-of-care diagnostics. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 251, 116100. [More Information]
- Rath, R., Naficy, S., Giaretta, J., Oveissi, F., Yun, J., Dehghani, F., Farajikhah, S. (2024). Chemiresistive Sensor for Enhanced CO2 Gas Monitoring. ACS Sensors, 9(4), 1735-1742. [More Information]
- Boumelhem, B., Fraser, S., Farajikhah, S., Shparberg, R., Morris, M., Bilek, M., Zhang, A., Akhavan, B., Fleming, S., Large, M. (2024). Modelling the development of biological structures displaying longitudinal geometries in vitro: culturing pluripotent stem cells on plasma-treated, growth factor-coupled polycaprolactone fibres. Engineered Regeneration, 5, 124-138. [More Information]
2023
- Shahrbabaki, Z., Farajikhah, S., Ghasemian, M., Oveissi, F., Rath, R., Yun, J., Dehghani, F., Naficy, S. (2023). A Flexible and Polymer-Based Chemiresistive CO2 Gas Sensor at Room Temperature. Advanced Materials Technologies, 8(10), 2201510. [More Information]
- Rath, R., Oveissi, F., Shahrbabaki, Z., Yun, J., Naficy, S., Dehghani, F., Farajikhah, S. (2023). A paper-based sensor capable of differentiating ammonia and carbon dioxide gas. Materials Today Communications, 35. [More Information]
- Talebian, S., Mendes, B., Conniot, J., Farajikhah, S., Dehghani, F., Li, Z., Bitoque, D., Silva, G., Naficy, S., Conde, J., et al (2023). Biopolymeric Coatings for Local Release of Therapeutics from Biomedical Implants. Advanced Science. [More Information]
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2022
- Giaretta, J., Duan, H., Farajikhah, S., Oveissi, F., Dehghani, F., Naficy, S. (2022). A highly flexible, physically stable, and selective hydrogel-based hydrogen peroxide sensor. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 371. [More Information]
- Shahrbabaki, Z., Oveissi, F., Farajikhah, S., Ghasemian, M., Jansen-Van Vuuren, R., Jessop, P., Yun, J., Dehghani, F., Naficy, S. (2022). Electrical Response of Poly(N-[3-(dimethylamino)Propyl] Methacrylamide) to CO
2 at a Long Exposure Period. ACS Omega, 7(26), 22232-22243. [More Information] - Giaretta, J., Duan, H., Oveissi, F., Farajikhah, S., Dehghani, F., Naficy, S. (2022). Flexible Sensors for Hydrogen Peroxide Detection: A Critical Review. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. [More Information]
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2021
- Giaretta, J., Duan, H., Oveissi, F., Farajikhah, S., Dehghani, F., Naficy, S. (2021). Flexible enzymatic sensors for detection of hydrogen peroxide. 20th IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021, Piscataway: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [More Information]
- Farajikhah, S., Runge, A., Boumelhem, B., Rukhlenko, I., Stefani, A., Sayyar, S., Innis, P., Fraser, S., Fleming, S., Large, M. (2021). Thermally drawn biodegradable fibers with tailored topography for biomedical applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials, 109(5), 733-743. [More Information]
- Farajikhah, S., Talebian, S., Cabot, J., Sayyar, S., Innis, P., Paull, B., Wallace, G. (2021). Tunable flow rate in textile-based materials utilising composite fibres. Journal of the Textile Institute, 112(4), 568-577. [More Information]
2020
- Farajikhah, S., Choi, J., Esrafilzadeh, D., Underwood, J., Innis, P., Paull, B., Wallace, G. (2020). 3D textile structures with integrated electroactive electrodes for wearable electrochemical sensors. Journal of the Textile Institute, 111(11), 1587-1595. [More Information]
- Stefani, A., Kuhlmey, B., Large, M., Hayashi, J., Farajikhah, S., Rukhlenko, I., Runge, A., Fleming, S. (2020). Multimaterial and flexible devices made by fiber drawing. 22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2020), Bari: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [More Information]
- Fleming, S., Farajikhah, S., Stefani, A., Rukhlenko, I., Large, M. (2020). Novel Polymer Fibres for Biomedical Applications. Optoelectronics Global Conference (OGC) 2020, Shenzen: IEEE Xplore.
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2019
- Farajikhah, S., Innis, P., Paull, B., Wallace, G., Harris, A. (2019). Facile Development of a Fiber-Based Electrode for Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Dopamine. ACS Sensors, 4(10), 2599-2604. [More Information]
- Farajikhah, S., Cabot, J., Innis, P., Paull, B., Wallace, G. (2019). Life-Saving Threads: Advances in Textile-Based Analytical Devices. ACS Combinatorial Science, 21(4), 229-240. [More Information]
- Farajikhah, S., Van Amber, R., Sayyar, S., Shafei, S., Fay, C., Beirne, S., Javadi, M., Wang, X., Innis, P., Paull, B., et al (2019). Processable Thermally Conductive Polyurethane Composite Fibers. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 304(3), 1800542. [More Information]
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2018
- Javadi, M., Gu, Q., Naficy, S., Farajikhah, S., Crook, J., Wallace, G., Beirne, S., Moulton, S. (2018). Conductive Tough Hydrogel for Bioapplications. Macromolecular Bioscience, 18(2), 1-11. [More Information]
2017
- Sangian, D., Foroughi, J., Farajikhah, S., Naficy, S., Spinks, G. (2017). A bladder-free, non-fluidic, conductive McKibben artificial muscle operated electro-thermally. Smart Materials and Structures, 26(1), 1-7. [More Information]
- Waheed, S., Cabot, J., Macdonald, N., Kalsoom, U., Farajikhah, S., Innis, P., Nesterenko, P., Lewis, T., Breadmore, M., Paull, B. (2017). Enhanced physicochemical properties of polydimethylsiloxane based microfluidic devices and thin films by incorporating synthetic micro-diamond. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 1-10. [More Information]
2016
- Hladnik, A., Pavko-Cuden, A., Farajikhah, S. (2016). Image segmentation based determination of elastane core yarn diameter. Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe, 24(2), 29-36. [More Information]
2015
- Zhao, C., Farajikhah, S., Wang, C., Foroughi, J., Jia, X., Wallace, G. (2015). 3D braided yarns to create electrochemical cells. Electrochemistry Communications, 61, 27-31. [More Information]
2012
- Farajikhah, S., Amirshahi, S. (2012). Initialization of nonnegative matrix factorization by Gaussian primaries for reconstruction of spectral data. Optical Review, 19(5), 294-305. [More Information]
- Farajikhah, S., Madanchi, F., Amirshani, S. (2012). Optimal physical primaries of spectral color information. Optica Applicata, 42(4), 913-924. [More Information]
- Farajikhah, S., Madanipour, K., Saharkhiz, S., Latifi, M. (2012). Shadow Moire aided 3-D reconstruction of fabric drape. Fibers and Polymers, 13(7), 928-935. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2025
- Portable biosensor for food safety and quality monitoring, Farajikhah S, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Early Career Industry Fellowship
- Elastic Biopolymer for Designing Surgical Sutures, Dehghani F, Bilek M, Talebian S, Naficy S, Farajikhah S, Ling W, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)
2024
- Person-Centric Healthcare: A Multimodal Smart Patch for Biochemical & Physical Marker Detection, Farajikhah S, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre/SSEAC Incubator Program
- VitaGuard: A Rapid Cardiac Health Monitoring Device, Farajikhah S, Nano Institute/Sydney NanoPitch Health
- Portable biosensor for rapid detection of viral contamination in food, Dehghani F, Farajikhah S, Naficy S, Talebian S, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)
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