Summary
Academic Background
PhD
(Nano-Technology) Quaid-i-Azam University
September 17, 2007 - February 12, 2014
Honours and Awards
National Research Program
Award granted by President of Pakistan on winning "National Research Program for Universities (NRPU)" 2016-2017 project of 14.35M PKR under Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
May 03, 2017
Research productivity
"Research productivity award" for the year 2015 by Rector COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) Islamabad, Pakistan.
April 14, 2016
Research productivity
"Research productivity award" for the year 2014 by Rector COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) Islamabad, Pakistan.
May 11, 2015
Publications
Structural, Optical, and Temperature‑Dependent Electrical Transport Properties of Li4Ti5O12‑Li2TiO3 Heterostructured Anode for Energy Storage
March 27, 2026
Journal of Electronic Materials - Volume: 55, Pages: 5131–5142
Correlation of Enhanced Electrochemical Properties with Electrical Transport Properties in Cobalt-Doped Li4Ti5O12 Anode for Supercapacitor Applications
January 01, 2026
Materials Chemistry and Physics - Volume 349, Part 1, Article Number 131658
Recent advances in 2D materials for supercapacitor electrode applications
December 22, 2025
Nanoscience - Volume 11, Pages 38-73
Spin manipulation in 2D non-magnetic materials: impurity-induced magnetism for spintronics
December 22, 2025
Nanoscience - Volume 11, Pages 1-37
Intercalation Strategies for Enhanced Electrochemical Properties: CNT and C60 Intercalation into Ti3C2Tx MXene Multilayers for Energy Storage Applications
October 01, 2025
Journal of Electronic Materials - Volume: 54, Pages: 8793–8810
Multi-dimensional Ti₃C₂Tₓ-MWCNTs-BiFeO₃ ternary nanocomposites electrode for enhanced energy storage in asymmetric supercapacitors
August 01, 2025
Journal of Energy Storage - Volume 126, Article Number 116947
Exploring Electrolyte Specific Effects on Multisheets 2-dimensional Ti₃C₂Tₓ-BiFeO₃ Nanocomposites Electrodes for High-Performance Supercapacitors Applications
July 01, 2025
Scientific Reports - Accepted
Toxic gas sensing of copper (Cu)-functionalized BC6N monolayers under ambient and elevated conditions; Ab-initio and MD study
January 01, 2025
Surfaces and Interfaces - Volume 56, Article Number 105724
Atomic Force Microscopy based Micro and Nano Sidewall Imaging
September 04, 2024
Book on Specialist Periodical Reports - Nanoscience - Volume: 10, Chapter: 09, Pages: 202-234
Soft-Magnetic Microrobotics: Nanomaterials, Fabrications and Biomedical Applications
September 04, 2024
Book on Specialist Periodical Reports - Nanoscience - Volume: 10, Chapter: 07, Pages: 140-176
Alcohol-gating femtosecond laser-induced micro/nano-structured membranes with reversible switching wettability and breathability
August 22, 2024
Materials Horizons - Pages 1-10
Femtosecond laser turn droplets controllable bouncing
August 01, 2024
Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 175, Article Number 110791
Domino-like water film manipulation with multifunctionality
August 01, 2024
Applied Physics Letters - Volume 125, Issue 5, Article Number 051602
Steerable droplet precise bouncing on a superhydrophobic surface with superhydrophilic stripes
July 15, 2024
Applied Physics Letters - Volume 125, Issue 3, Article Number 031601
Efficient Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions by Using the V2CTx@Sm Nanocomposite
May 23, 2024
Energy Fuels - Volume 38, Issue 11, Pages 10087-10095
Investigation of electronic, ferroelectric and local electrical conduction behavior of RF sputtered BiFeO3 thin films
May 01, 2024
Nanotechnology - Volume 35, Issue 29, Article Number 295704
Recent advances in functional micro/nanomaterials for removal of crude oil via thermal effects
April 21, 2024
Nanoscale - Volume 16, Issue 15, Pages 7341-7362
Improved Pseudocapacitor and Water Splitting in Cobalt-Anchored Vanadium Carbide MXene Nanocomposite
February 22, 2024
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy - Vol 56, Pages 140-146
Inducing a magnetic morphotropic phase boundary in (0.7) BiNdxFeO3-(0.3)BaTiO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.05) system
February 01, 2024
Physica B : Condensed Matter - Volume 674, Article Number: 415530
2-Dimensional Ti3C2Tx/NaF Nano-composites as Electrode Materials for hybrid Battery-Supercapacitor Applications
January 18, 2024
Scientific Reports - Vol:14, Article number: 1654, Pages: 16
Role of Electrical Conductivity in the Shielding Effectiveness of Composite Polyvinyl Alcohol/Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Nanofibers for Electromagnetic Interference Applications
January 05, 2024
ACS Omega - Pages 1-8
Intercalation of C60 into MXene Multilayers: A Promising Approach for Enhancing the Electrochemical Properties of Electrode Materials for High-Performance Energy Storage Applications
December 28, 2023
ACS Omega - Volume:09 (1), Pages:227-238
Morphological, microstructural, mechanical, and electrochemical optimization of a novel Mg–2Ca–1Mn–1 Sr alloy by P ion implantation for orthopedic implants
December 01, 2023
Materials Today Communications - Volume 37, Article Number 107039
Enhancing Supercapacitor Performance through Design Optimization of Laser-Induced Graphene and MWCNT Coatings for Flexible and Portable Energy Storage
November 30, 2023
Scientific Reports - Volume 13, Article Number 21116
Defects mediated weak ferromagnetism in Zn1−yC yO (0.00 ≤ y ≤ 0.10) nanorods semiconductors for spintronics applications
October 10, 2023
Scientific Reports - Volume 13, Issue 1, Article Number 17080
Optimized time dependent exfoliation of graphite for fabrication of Graphene/GO/GrO nanocomposite based pseudo-supercapacitor
August 30, 2023
Scientific Reports - Vol:13, Article number: 14218
N to P-type transition with narrowing optical bandgap and increasing carrier concentration of spin coated Cu doped ZnS thin films for optoelectronic applications
July 01, 2023
Optical Materials - Volume 141, Article Number 113816
Structural, electronic and optical properties of BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 nanocomposites for optoelectronic devices
June 07, 2023
Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology - Volume 296, Article Number 116626
Optimization of bandgap reduction in 2-dimensional GO nanosheets and nanocomposites of GO/iron-oxide for electronic device applications
April 28, 2023
Scientific Reports - Volume 13, Issue 1, Article Number 6954
Metal-organic framework derived multi-functionalized and co-doped TiO2/C nanocomposites for excellent visible-light photocatalysis
February 28, 2022
Journal of Materials Science & Technology - Volume 101, Pages 49-59
Two-dimensional materials for Lithium-ion batteries
July 14, 2021
Book on Nanoscience - Volume 7, Pages 281-302
Effect of Annealing Temperature on Structural Phase Transformations and Band Gap Reduction for Photocatalytic Activity of Mesopores TiO2 Nanocatalysts
March 02, 2021
Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials - Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 1312-1322
Synthesis of zinc oxide and silver nanoparticles using ficus palmata - Forssk leaf extracts and assessment of antibacterial activity
January 01, 2021
Environmental Engineering Research - Volume 26(6), Article Number 200454
Enhancement of the Triboelectrification Using Artificial Surface Charges
December 24, 2020
IEEE Access - Volume 8, Pages 222556-222561
Room-temperature ferromagnetism in Gd and Sn co-doped bismuth ferrite nanoparticles and co-doped BiFeO3/MXene (Ti3C2) nanohybrids for spintronics applications
December 15, 2020
Ceramics International - Volume 46, Issue 18, Part A, Pages 29011-29021
Structural, ferromagnetic, electrical, and dielectric relaxor properties of BaTiO3 and CoFe2O4 bulk, nanoparticles, and nanocomposites materials for electronic devices
September 25, 2020
Journal of Applied Physics - Volume128, Article Number 124101
Graphite Ion Source Geometry and Ne-Gas Pressure Dependent Growth and Morphology of Carbon Nanoclusters: AFM Analysis
September 09, 2020
Crystals - Volume 10(9), Article Number 796
2-Dimensional magnetic materials for spintronics technology
May 21, 2020
Royal Society of Chemistry - Book on Nanoscience - Volume 6, Pages 91-119
Novel room-temperature ferromagnetism in Gd-doped 2-dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene semiconductor for spintronics
March 01, 2020
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials - Volume 497, Article Number 165954
Controlled Synthesis of Sb2(S1−xSex)3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) Solid Solution and the Effect of Composition Variation on Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion and Storage
January 06, 2020
ACS Applied Energy Materials - Volume 3, Pages 1448-1460
Facile synthesis of g-C3N4(0.94)/CeO2(0.05)/Fe3O4(0.01) nanosheets for DFT supported visible photocatalysis of 2-Chlorophenol
July 15, 2019
Scientific Reports - Volume 9, Article Number 10202
Effects of Structural Modification on Vibrational Modes, Electronic Transitions, and Bandgap of Bi1-xBaxFeO3 (0
July 01, 2019
Journal of Electronic Materials - Volume 48, Issue 7, Pages 4273–4282
Rationally designed La and Se co-doped bismuth ferrites with controlled bandgap for visible light photocatalysis
June 03, 2019
RSC Advances - Volume 9, Issue 30, Pages 17148-17156
Selenium-enriched flower-like of bismuth ferrite nanosheets assembly with associated magnetic properties
May 24, 2019
AIP Advances - Volume 9, Issue 5, Article Number 055025
Butterfly cluster like lamellar BiOBr/TiO2 nanocomposite for enhanced sunlight photocatalytic mineralization of aqueous ciprofloxacin
May 15, 2019
Science of the Total Environment - Vol no 665, Page no 668–677
Pronounced Impact of p-Type Carriers and Reduction of Bandgap in Semiconducting ZnTe Thin Films by Cu Doping for Intermediate Buffer Layer in Heterojunction Solar Cells
April 25, 2019
Materials - Volume 12, Issue 8, Article Number 1359
g-C3N4/CeO2/Fe3O4 ternary composite as an efficient bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting
December 21, 2018
ChemCatChem - Volume 10, Issue 24 Pages 5587-5592
Novel Single-Crystal Hollandite K1.46Fe0.8Ti7.2O16 Microrods: Synthesis, Double Absorption, and Magnetism
December 17, 2018
Inorganic Chemistry - Volume 57, Issue 24, Pages 15187-15197
Design and Analysis of a High-Gain and Robust Multi-DOF Electro-thermally Actuated MEMS Gyroscope
November 05, 2018
Micromachines - Volume 9, Issue 11, Article Number 577
Role of Ag1+ substitutional defects on the electronic and optical properties of n-type CdS thin films semiconductor for sustainable and stable window layer in solar cells technology
November 01, 2018
Optical Materials - NULL
Correlation between structural, electrical, dielectric and magnetic properties of semiconducting Co doped and (Co, Li) co-doped ZnO nanoparticles for spintronics applications
September 01, 2018
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures - NULL
Fabrication of pure and moxifloxacin functionalized silver oxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic and antimicrobial activity
September 01, 2018
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, B: Biology - Volume 186, Pages 116-124
Structural, optical, electronic and magnetic properties of multiphase ZnO/Zn(OH)2/ZnO2 nanocomposites and hexagonal prism shaped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by pulse laser ablation in Heptanes
June 01, 2018
Materials Chemistry and Physics - NULL
Stabilized fabrication of anatase-TiO2/FeS2 (pyrite) semiconductor composite nanocrystals for enhanced solar light-mediated photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue
March 20, 2018
RSC ADVANCES - NULL
Cu co-doping effect on electronic structure and room temperature ferromagnetism of TiO2: V nanoparticles
March 01, 2018
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - NULL
Investigation of dielectric and complex impedance spectroscopic studies of Bi1-xBaxFeO3 (0
March 01, 2018
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - NULL
Ferromagnetic Relaxation and Magnetic Properties of Co40Fe40B20 Thin Films
February 01, 2017
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism - Volume: 30 Issue: 2 Pages: 469-473 Published: FEB 2017
Doxorubicin-loaded photosensitive magnetic liposomes for multi-modal cancer therapy
December 01, 2016
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces -
Influence of Li1+ co-doping defects on luminescence and bandgap narrowing of ZnO:Co2+ nanoparticles due to band tailing effects
April 01, 2016
Journal of Luminescence - Volume 172, Pages 231-242
Study of room temperature Raman scattering and XPS, high temperature electrical and low temperature magnetic properties of Zn1-yLiyO (0.00
November 01, 2015
Smart Materials and Structures - Volume 24, Issue 11, Article Number 115025
Raman scattering and interstitial Li defects induced polarization in co-doped multiferroic Zn0.96-y- Co0.04LiyO (0.00 < y < 0.10) nanoparticles
May 01, 2015
RSC Advances - Volume 5, Issue 50, Pages 39828-39839
Room temperature p-type conductivity and coexistence of ferroelectric order in ferromagnetic Li doped ZnO nanoparticles
October 28, 2014
Journal of Applied Physics - Volume:116 Issue 16 Article Number 164109
Defects induced luminescence and tuning of bandgap energy narrowing in ZnO nanoparticles doped with Li ions
August 28, 2014
Journal of Applied Physics - Volume 116 Issue 8 Article Number 083510
Carrier concentration dependence of ferroelectric transition in multiferroic Li doped and Li-Co co-doped ZnO nanoparticles
June 02, 2014
Applied Physics Letters - Volume 104 Issue22 Article Number 222906
Cell viability study of thermo-responsive core?shell superparamagnetic nanoparticles for multimodal cancer therapy
February 01, 2014
Applied Nanoscience - Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 227-232
Effects of substitutional Li on the ferromagnetic response of Li co-doped ZnO:Co nanoparticles
April 17, 2013
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter - Volume: 25 Issue: 15 Article Number: 156005
PEG-coated folic acid-modified superparamagnetic MnFe2O4 nanoparticles for hyperthermia therapy and drug delivery
March 15, 2013
Materials Chemistry and Physics - Volume: 138 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 703-708
Ferromagnetism in Li doped ZnO nanoparticles: The role of interstitial Li
November 30, 2012
Journal of Applied Physics - Volume 112, Issue 10, Article Number 103924
Thermo-responsive copolymer coated MnFe2O4 magnetic nanoparticles for hyperthermia therapy and controlled drug delivery
November 15, 2012
Materials Chemistry and Physics - Volume 137 Issue 1 Pages 365-371
Conferences
Frequency control of SEIG based Microgrid during transition from grid connected to island mode
February 11, 2020 - February 13, 2020
Azhar Ul-Haq, Zubair Yamin, Saifullah Awan, Almas Ajum,
9th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management
Integrating Electric Vehicle Charging into Microgrid Operation
February 25, 2019 - February 27, 2019
Azhar Ul-Haq, Aqib Perwaiz, Saifullah Awan,
22nd Annual Energy, Utility & Environment Conference
Design, Modeling and Parametric Analysis of Chevron Shaped Electrothermal Actuator Using Low Cost MetalMUMPS Fabrication Process
November 12, 2018 - November 13, 2018
Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Mubasher Saleem, Saif Ullah Awan, Masood Ur Rehman,
International Conference on Computing Electronic and Electrical Engineering (ICE-Cube) 2018
Design and Modeling of Robust Multi Degree of Freedom Micro gyroscope with Wide Bandwidth
November 01, 2018 - November 02, 2018
Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Mubasher Saleem, Naveed Mazhar, Saif Ullah Awan, Masood Ur Rehman,
21st IEEE International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC) 2018
Harmonic Distortion in Distribution System Due to Single-Phase Electric Vehicle Charging
March 24, 2018 - March 26, 2018
Dr. Azhar-ul-Haq, Dr. Aqib Perwaiz, Mariam Azhar, Dr. Saif Ullah Awan,
IEEE 2nd International Conference on Green Energy and Applications (ICGEA)
Harmonic Distortion in Distribution System Due to Single-Phase Electric Vehicle Charging
March 24, 2018 - March 26, 2018
aqib perwaiz, marium azhar, azhar ul haq, saif ullah awan,
2nd International Conference on Green Energy and Applications (ICGEA)
Impact of Iron Doping on Structural and Optical Properties of Titanium dioxide
December 09, 2017 - December 10, 2017
Asfandyar Imtiaz, Mashhood Ahmad, Attaullah Shah, Saifullah Awan,
6th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Robotics Engineering
Assistant Professor
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad
February 14, 2014 - October 04, 2016