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
Atomic Force Microscopy based Micro and Nano Sidewall Imaging
April 18, 2024
DANISH HUSSAIN, Saif Ullah Awan, Masood Ur Rehman, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Xie Hui,
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Soft-Magnetic Microrobotics: Nanomaterials, Fabrications and Biomedical Applications
April 18, 2024
Masood Ur Rehman, Dr. Danish Hussain, Muhammad Rehan, Dr. Saif Ullah Awan, Nazo Haroon,
SPR Nanoscience (Volume 10) - UK based "Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)" will publish 10th volume of Nanoscience book
Improved Pseudocapacitor and Water Splitting in Cobalt-Anchored Vanadium Carbide MXene Nanocomposite
February 22, 2024
Ebrima Ceesay, M. Waqas Hakim, Eisha Mazhar, SaifUllah Awan, Syed Rizwan,
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
Dr. Shahzad Hussain, Iqra Asif Bhatti, Resham Siddique, Dr. Muhammad Atif, Dr. Muhammad Waseem, Dr. Aziz-Ur-Rehman, Dr. Saif Ullah Awan,
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
M. Bilal Riaz, Danish Hussain, Saifullah Awan, Syed Rizwan Hussain, Sana Zainab, Saqlain A. Shah,
Scientific Reports - Vol:14, Article number: 1654, Pages: 16
Role of Electrical Conductivity in Shielding Effectiveness of Composites PVA/MWCNTs Nanofibers for EMI Applications
January 05, 2024
Waleed Ghafoor, Mashhood Ahmad, Muhammad Raffi, Saif Ullah Awan,
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
Hassan Bukhari, Asad M. Iqbal, Saif Ullah Awan, Danish Hussain, Saqlain A. Shah, Syed Rizwan ,
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
Mazhar H. Asdi, M.Umar Aslam Khan, Ahsan Shafique, Javed Hussain, Shazia Bashir, Saifullah Awan, Saqlain A. Shah,
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
Hassan Tariq, Saif Ullah Awan, Danish Hussain, Syed Rizwan Hussain, Saqlain A. Shah, Sana Zainab, M. Bilal Riaz,
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
Saifullah Awan, M. Tanveer Akhtar, Danish Hussain, Saqlain A. Shah, Syed Rizwan Hussain, Mohsin Rafique, Abdus Samad, M. Arshad,
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
Sana Zainab, Sajal Fraz, Dr. Saif Ullah Awan, Dr. Danish Hussain , Prof. Dr. Syed Rizwan Hussain , Dr. Waqar Mehmood,
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
Saad Saud Ali Shah, Saifullah Awan, Sana Zainab, Hassan Tariq, M. Bilal Riaz, Azhar Ul-Haq, Nadia Shahzad, Naseem Iqbal,
Optical Materials - Volume 141, Article Number 113816
Structural, electronic and optical properties of BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 nanocomposites for optoelectronic devices
June 07, 2023
Ata ur Rehman, Asad Muhammad Iqbal, Ali Imran Channa, Saif Ullah Awan, Muhammad Tahir Khan,
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
Sana Zainab, Muhammad Azeem, Saifullah Awan, Syed Rizwan, Naseem Iqbal, Jamshaid Rashid,
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
Mian Zahid Hussain, Zhuxian Yang, Ahmed M.E. Khalil, Shahzad Hussain, Saif-Ullah Awan, Quanli Jia, Roland A. Fischer, Yanqiu Zhu, Yongde Xia,
Journal of Materials Science & Technology - Volume 101, Pages 49-59
Two-dimensional materials for Lithium-ion batteries
July 14, 2021
Saifullah Awan, Sipha Masikane, Naseem Iqbal, Humaira S. Bhatti, Muhammad Zahir Iqbal,
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 01, 2021
Sirajul Haq, Wajid Rehman, Muhammad Waseem, Vera Meynen, Saifullah Awan, Abdul Rehman Khan, Shahzad Hussain, Zain-ul-Abdin, Salah Ud Din, Muhammad Hafeez, Naseem Iqbal,
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
Sabaoon Shamshad, Jamshaid Rashid, Ihsan-ul-Haq, Naseem Iqbal, Saif Ullah Awan,
Environmental Engineering Research - Volume 26(6), Article Number 200454
Enhancement of the Triboelectrification Using Artificial Surface Charges
December 24, 2020
Muhammad Abdullah, Azhar-ul-Haq, Amir Shahzad, Hatem F. Sindi, Marium Jalal, Muhammad Umer Shahzad Awan, Saifullah Awan,
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
Syed Rizwan, SaifUllah Awan, Syed Irfan,
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
Syed Adnan Raza, Saif Ullah Awan, Shahzad Hussain, Saqlain A. Shah, Asad Muhammad Iqbal, S. Khurshid Hasanain,
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
Saif Ullah Awan, Danish Hussain, Syed Rizwan Hussain ,
Crystals - Volume 10(9), Article Number 796
2-Dimensional magnetic materials for spintronics technology
May 21, 2020
Saif Ullah Awan, Sana Zainab, Malik Dilshad Khan, Syed Rizwan Hussain, Muhammad Zahir Iqbal,
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
Sunaina Rafiq, Saifullah Awan, Ren-Kui Zheng, Zhenchao Wen, Malika Rani, Deji Akinwande, Syed Rizwan Hussain,
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
Malik D. Khan, Saif Ullah Awan, Camila Zequine, Chunyang Zhang, Ram K. Gupta, Neerish Revaprasadu,
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
Jamshaid Rashid, Nadia Parveen, Aneela Iqbal, Saif Ullah Awan, Naseem Iqbal, Shamraiz Hussain Talib, Naveed Hussain, Bilal Akram, Ata Ulhaq, Bilal Ahmed, Ming Xu,
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
Shahzad Hussain, F. A. Khan, M. Aftab, M. Waseem, Saifullah Awan ,
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
M. Umar, Nasir Mahmood, Saif Ullah Awan, Sabeen Fatima, Asif Mahmood, Syed Rizwan Hussain,
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
Syed Rizwan Hussain, Muhammad Umar, Zaheer Ud Din Babar, Saif Ullah Awan, M. Anis ur Rehman,
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
Jamshaid Rashid, Ammara Abbas, Leng Chee Chang, Aneela Iqbal, Ihsan Ul Haq , Adeela Rehman, Saif Ullah Awan, Muhammad Arshad, Mohsin Rafique, M.A. Barakat,
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
Waqar Mahmood, Saif Ullah Awan, Amad Ud Din, Junaid Ali, Muhammad Farooq Nasir, Nazakat Ali, Anwar ul Haq, Muhammad Kamran, Bushra Parveen, Muhammad Rafiq , Nazar Abbas Shah ,
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
Jamshaid Rashid, Nadia Parveen, Tanveer ul Haq, Aneela Iqbal, Shamraiz Hussain Talib, Saif Ullah Awan, Naveed Hussain, Muhammad Zaheer,
ChemCatChem - NULL
Novel Single-Crystal Hollandite K1.46Fe0.8Ti7.2O16 Microrods: Synthesis, Double Absorption, and Magnetism
December 17, 2018
Qadeer-ul-Hassan, Dau Yang, Jian-Ping Zhou, Yu -Xi Lui, Jing-Zhou Wang, Saifullah Awan,
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
Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Mubasher Saleem, Naveed Mazhar, Saif Ullah Awan, Umar Shahbaz Khan,
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
Waqar Mahmood, Junaid Alid, Andrew Thomas, Saif ullah Awan, Mark Jackman, Anwar-ul Haq, M. Umair Hassan, Nazar Abbas Shah,
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
Saif Ullah Awan, Zahid Mehmood, Shahzad Hussain, Saqlain A. Shah, Naeem Ahmad, Mohsin Rafique, M. Aftab, Turab Ali Abbas,
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
Sirajul Haq, Wajid Rehmana, Muhammad Waseem, Vera Meynenc, Saif Ullah Awan, Shaukat Saeed, Naseem Iqbal,
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
Saifullah Awan, S.K. Hasanain, Jamshaid Rashid, Shahzad Hussain, Saqlain A. Shah, Mian Zahid Hussain, Mohsin Rafique, M. Aftab, Rashid Khan,
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
Jamshaid Rashid, Sahar Saleem, Saif Ullah Awan, Aneela Iqbal, Rajeev Kumar, M. A. Barakat, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Zaheer, Mohsin Rafique, M. Awad,
RSC ADVANCES - NULL
Investigation of dielectric and complex impedance spectroscopic studies of Bi1-xBaxFeO3 (0
March 01, 2018
Shahzad Hussain, F. A. Khan, S. K. Hasanain, Saif Ullah Awan, S. Adnan Raza,
Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics - NULL
Cu co-doping effect on electronic structure and room temperature ferromagnetism of TiO2: V nanoparticles
March 01, 2018
Abdur Rahim, Saif Ullah Awan, S. K. Hasanain, L. E. G. Armas,
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - NULL
Ferromagnetic Relaxation and Magnetic Properties of Co40Fe40B20 Thin Films
February 01, 2017
Naeem Ahmad, Tian YU, Suleman Khan, Abdul Majid, Javed Iqbal, Saqlain A. Shah, Saifullah Awan, X. F. Han,
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
Saqlain A. Shah, M.U. Aslam Khan, M. Arshad, S.U. Awan, M.U. Hashmi, N. Ahmad,
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B: BIOINTERFACES - 0927-7765
Influence of Li1+ co-doping defects on luminescence and bandgap narrowing of ZnO:Co2+ nanoparticles due to band tailing effects
April 01, 2016
Saif Ullah Awan, S.K. Hasanain, M. Aftab,
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
Saif Ullah Awan, S K Hasanain, Zahid Mehmood, D H Anjum, Saqlain A Shah, M Aftab, Turab Ali Abbas,
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
Saif Ullah Awan, S. K. Hasanain, M. S. Awan, Saqlain A. Shah,
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
Saifullah Awan , S. K. Hasanain, D. H. Anjum, M. S. Awan, Saqlain A. Shah,
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
Saifullah Awan , S. K. Hasanain, G. Hassnain Jaffar, D. H. Anjum, Umar S. Qurashi,
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
Saif Ullah Awan, S. K. Hasanain, G. Hassnain Jaffar, Zahid Mehmood,
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
Saqlain A. Shah, A. Majeed, M. A. Shafique, K. Rashid, S.-U. Awan,
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
Saifullah Awan, S K Hasanain, Massimo F Bertino, G Hassnain Jaffari,
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
Saqlain A. Shah, A. Majeed, K. Rashid , Saif-Ullah Awan,
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
Saif Ullah Awan, S. K. Hasanain, Massimo F. Bertino, G. Hassnain Jaffari,
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
Saqlain A. Shah, M.H. Asdi , M.U. Hashmi, M.F. Umar , SaifUllah Awan,
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
aqib perwaiz, marium azhar, azhar ul haq, saif ullah awan,
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
Dr. Azhar-ul-Haq, Dr. Aqib Perwaiz, Mariam Azhar, Dr. Saif Ullah Awan,
IEEE 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