
Assistant Professor Dr Nur Akmar Binti Jamil
Assistant Professor
Academic Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Microengineering & Nanoelectronics)
Master of Engineering (Communication and Computer)
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical - Telecommunications)
Areas of Interest
Optical biosensors
Nanoscale plasmonics
Biomedical Optics
Two-dimensional materials
Plasma polymerization
Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
Optimization, Characterization, and Analysis
Health monitoring
Lumerical FDTD (Ansys Simulation), Minitab (Taguchi/ DOE Analysis), Origin, XEI (AFM) Analysis, CasaXPS, ImageJ software
Professional Bodies
- Graduate Member, Board of Engineers Malaysia
Research
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Postdoc Researcher (2025) – Plasmonic biosensor with noble metal hybrid gold-silver (Au-Ag) nanoparticles and plasma polymerized heptylamine nanofilm for enhanced biosensitivity and selectivity/ DIP-2024-013
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), RA (2023-2024) - Development of optical biosensor for chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and non-communicable disease (NCD) using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technology/ UKM-TR2023-09
Publications
- J. Husna, N.A. Jamil, K.S. Siow, T. R. Lenka, H. Kumar, P. Chelvanathan, M. A. Mohamed, A.R. Zain, J. Sampe, & P. S. Menon. (2024). Numerical Optimization of Plasmonic CuO-Based Semi-Transparent Thin Film Solar Cell Device via L9 Taguchi Orthogonal Array Method and ANOVA. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 16(9), 264-272. https://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/ijie/article/view/19488
- Ooi, Raymond and Natashah, Fadlan Arif and Sabri, Amirul Ashraf Md and Supangat, Azzuliani and Menon, P. Susthitha and Khyasudeen, M. Faisal and Jamil, Nur Akmar and Mustafa, Siti Nasuha and Pitthaiah, Vatsala and Ooi, CH Raymond, Kretschmann-Based Plasmonic Excitation of 2d Organic Semiconductor at Visible Wavelengths. Materials Letters, 359: 135687 (2024), http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4560603 (Scopus-indexed IF:3.0, Q2)
- Mohamad, N. R., Jamil, N. A., Wee, M. F. M. R., Mohamed, M. A., Azam, M. A., Hamzah, A. A., & Menon, P. S. (2023). Deposition of Polypyrrole-Carboxylated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanohybrid Thin Film for Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor. International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials (IJNeaM), 16(December), 305-315 (Scopus-indexed IF 0.7, Q4)
- Mustaffa, Siti Nasuha, Nadhrah Md Yatim, Affa Rozana Abdul Rashid, Nadrah Md Yatim, Vatsala Pithaih, Nur Shahirah Sha'ari, Ahmad Razif Muhammad, Azaham Abdul Rahman, Nur Akmar Jamil, and P. Susthitha Menon. "Visible and angular interrogation of Kretschmann-based SPR using hybrid Au–ZnO optical sensor for hyperuricemia detection." Heliyon 9, no. 12 (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22926 (Scopus-indexed IF: 3.776, Q1)
- Menon, P. S., Jamil, N. A., Mei, G. S., Zain, A. R. M., Hewak, D., Huang, C.-C., Mohamed, M. A., et al. 2020. Multilayer CVD-Graphene and MoS2 Ethanol Sensing and Characterization using Kretschmann-based SPR. IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society 8: 1227–1235. doi: https://10.1109/JEDS.2020.302203 (Scopus-indexed IF: 0.690, Q2)
- N.A. Jamil, P.S. Menon, Z.A. Noor Faizah, P.R. Apte. 2019. Statistical Analysis of Graphene Layer on Gold-based Surface Plasmon Resonance-Kretschmann Configuration using FDTD and Taguchi Method. ASM Sc. J., 12, Special Issue 4, 2019 for ICSE2018: 10-18. (Scopus-indexed IF: 0.124, Q4 in Multidisciplinary Sciences)
- P. S. Menon, B. Mulyanti, N. A. Jamil, C. Wulandari, H. S. Nugruho, S. M. Gan, N.F. Z. Abidin, L. Hasanah, R. E. Pawananto, D. D. Berhanuddin. 2019. Refractive Index and Sensing of Glucose Molarities determined using Au-Cr K-SPR at 670/785 nm Wavelength. Sains Malaysiana 48(6) (2019): 1259–1265. (Scopus/ISI- indexed IF: 0.565, Q3 in Multidisciplinary Sciences)
- Gan Siew Mei, Najmiah Radiah binti Mohamad, Nur Akmar binti Jamil, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis, P.S. Menon. 2018. Pengoptimuman Sensor Resonans Plasmon Permukaan berdasarkan Kretschmann dengan Kaedah Taguchi. Sains Malaysiana 47(10), October 2018, 2457-2463. (Scopus/ISI-indexed IF: 0.470, Q3 in Multidisciplinary Sciences)
- Nur Akmar Jamil, P.S. Menon, Gan Siew Mei, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis. 2018. Peningkatan Kepekaan Biosensor Urea berasaskan Resonans Plasmon Permukaan dan Tatsusunan Kretschmann dengan struktur hybrid grafin-MoS2. Sains Malaysiana 47(5) (2018): 1031-1036. (Scopus/ISI-indexed IF: 0.470, Q3 in Multidisciplinary Sciences)
Conferences
- N. A. Jamil, K. S. Siow, and P. S. Menon, "Heptylamine Plasma Polymerization Immobilization SPR Biosensor for Glucose," in 2024 IEEE 10th International Conference on Photonics (ICP), 2024, pp. 31-33: IEEE.
- N. A. Jamil et al., "Kretschmann-based Surface Plasmon Resonance sensor using Au/Graphene for Glucose Detection," in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE), 2024, pp. 48-51: IEEE.
- Yasin, M.F.H.F., Gafor, A.H.A., Abdullah, N., Yee, L.P., Kassim, S., Rashid, A.A., Shyong, S.K., Hamzah, A.A., Mohamed, M.A., Mustaffa, S.N., and Jamil, N.A., 2024, August. Early detection of hyperuricemia using hybrid Au–ZnO biosensor and Kretschmann-based SPR at visible optical wavelengths. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE) (pp. 25-28). IEEE.
- P S Menon; K Loganathan; N A Jamil; N R Mohamad; C F Dee; M F M RWee; M A Mohamed; H Soleimani; B Y Majlis; A A Hamzah (2022). Plasmonic biosensing of kidney wastes using carbon-based derivatives. 2022 IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference (IFETC).
- 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
- S. M. Gan, P. S. Menon, N. R. Mohamad, N. A. Jamil, B. Y. Majlis. 2019. FDTD simulation of Kretschmann-based Cr-Ag-ITO SPR for refractive index sensor. Materials Today: Proceedings 7 (2019) 668-674
- N. R. Mohamad, S. M. Gan, N. A. Jamil, B. Y. Majlis, P. S. Menon. 2019. Influence of ultrathin chromium adhesion layer on different metal thicknesses of SPR-based sensor using FDTD. Materials Today: Proceedings 7 (2019) 732-737
- P S Menon, S M Gan, N R Mohamad, N A Jamil, K A Tarumaraja, N R Razak, A A A Bakar, W M Mukhtar, N F Murat, R Mohamed, N B Khairulazdan, F A Said. (2019). Kretschmann-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance for Sensing in Visible Region. - 2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, Inec 2019. 1-6.
- Jamil, N.A., Menon, P.S., Shaari, S., Mohamed, M.A., Majlis, B.Y. 2018. Taguchi optimization of surface plasmon resonance-Kretschmann biosensor using FDTD. IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, Proceedings, ICSE, Volume 2018-August, 3 October 2018, Article number 8481216, Pages 65-68
- N. A. Jamil, N. B. Khairulazdan, P.S. Menon, A. R. M. Zain, A. A. Hamzah, B. Y. Majlis. 2018. Graphene-MoS₂ SPR-based biosensor for urea detection. 2018 International Symposium on Electronics and Smart Devices, ISESD 2018
- N. A. Jamil, S. M. Gan, N. B. Khairulazdan, A. A. Hamzah, B. Y. Majlis, P.S. Menon, S. P. Thiagarajah. 2018. Detection of Uric Acid Using Krestchmann-based SPR Biosensor with MoS2-Graphene Nanotech Malaysia. Proceeding, 2018 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development, SCORED 2018, Article number 8710842.
- Nur Akmar Jamil, Menon, P.S., Fairus Atida Said, Kalaivani A. Tarumaraja, Gan Siew Mei, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis. 2017. Graphene-based surface plasmon resonance urea biosensor using Kretschmann configuration. 2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM), Penang, Malaysia: 112-115
- Nur Akmar Binti Jamil, Menon, P.S., Gan Siew Mei, Sahbudin Shaari & Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis. 2017. Urea biosensor utilizing graphene-MoS2 and Kretschmann-based SPR. TENCON 2017 - 2017 IEEE Region 10 Conference, Penang, 1973-1977
- Tarumaraja, K.A., Menon, P.S., Said, F.A., Jamil, N.A., Ehsan, A.A., Shaari, S., Majlis, B.Y., Jalar, A. 2016. FDTD numerical analysis of SPR sensing using graphene-based photonic crystal. IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, Proceedings, ICSE, 2016-September, art. no. 7573595, pp. 79-81
Awards and Recognitions
- Patent 1: PI 2023008079, Kidney waste K-SPR biosensor at 670nm and 785nm wavelength
- Award of Excellence Postgraduate IEEE EDS Malaysia 2022 – Nur Akmar Binti Jamil - MEMS And Nanoelectronics “Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor Based on Kretschmann Configuration and Two-Dimensional Materials for Kidney Health Monitoring”.
- Best student presenter award cluster II (Nanophotonics) Nur Akmar Jamil, “Taguchi optimization of Surface Plasmon Resonance-Kretschmann biosensor using FDTD” (2018). IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, Proceedings, ICSE, 2018-August.
- Best paper award “Jamil, N.A., Menon, P.S., Said, F.A., Tarumaraja, K.A., Mei, G.S., Majlis, B.Y. Graphene-based surface plasmon resonance urea biosensor using Kretschmann configuration (2017) Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics, RSM 2017, art. no. 8069122, pp. 112-115.”
- MyBrain15 MyPhD Scholarship, 2015-2018
- MyBrain15 MyMaster Scholarship, 2009 -2011
- Dean’s list award, Semester II 2004/2005 and 2005/2006, UTM, Skudai, Malaysia
- JPA (Persekutuan) Scholarship, 2002-2006






  