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Dr. Majid Niaz Akhtar

Associate Professor
Other Courses / Qualifications / Middle / Literate Post Doctorate Composite Materials

Research Supervision Capacity

PHD Completion Year
2012
Specialization
-

PHD Supervision Capacity
5
Current PhD Students
1
Currently PHD Consent
1
Current MS/M.Phil Students
0

About Me

Dr. Majid Niaz Akhtar completed his PhD in June 2012 from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He obtained his Post Doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in July 2015. Dr. Majid completed his Master of Philosophy and Master of Science degrees in Physics at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. He received gold medals in the M.Phil and MSc programs at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. In addition, three international awards were secured during PhD study at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. 

Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor in the Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Upon completing his Master's studies, he worked as a lecturer at Army Public Degree College, Multan. During his M.Phil studies, he worked as a visiting lecturer in Govt. College of Technology, Multan and Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan. After PhD studies, Dr. Majid joined as an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department of COMSATS University Islamabad (Lahore Campus) in August 2012. He supervised more than 40 MS/M. Phil and 2 PhD students. He joined MNS University of Engineering & Technology, Multan, on November 30, 2016, as an Assistant Professor. His key achievements as Head of Department include:

  1. Establishment of the Department of Physics at MNS UET
  2. Establishment of Physics Laboratories for Engineering, BS and MSc students
  3. Arranging seminars to prompt them to explore new areas of research and development.

Dr. Majid has 16 years of teaching and research experience. He has worked on various projects and contributed through publications. Dr. Majid has published more than 220 research papers. Among them, 10 Book chapters have been published by Springer Nature/Elsevier. Presently, he has an accumulated impact factor of 1150. Dr. Majid has also participated in and presented his work at different national and international conferences.

Awards and Honors

  1. International Travel Grant to attend Advances in Functional Materials (AFM 2017) being held from 14-17 August 2017 in Los Angeles, USA.
  2. International Travel Grant to attend NANOSMAT-Asia 2017 (3rd International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials - 4-7 December 2017, Hong Kong
  3. Research Productivity Award (2013-2014-2015-2016), COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan.
  4. Graduate Assistantship Scheme award for PhD, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) Malaysia (February-2009 to February-2011).
  5. Awarded scholarship for PhD program from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.
  6. Gold Medal for EM Transmitter (International Innovation Fair Brussels Innova EUREKA 2009-Gold Medal with special mention, (19-21/11/2009).
  7. Silver Medal for EM Antenna (21st International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition, “ITEX” The Malaysian Invention and Design Society 14-16/05/ 2010.
  8. Best Research Award from Malaysian Invention and design society.
  9. Gold medalist in M.Phil Physics in Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan (2007).
  10. Gold medalist in M.Sc. Physics (Industrial Electronics) in Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan (2003).
  11. Best Paper Award with special nomination in National Postgraduate Conference (NPC 2011), “Synthesis and Characterizations of Y3Fe5O12-MWCNTs Composites for SBL Application”, IEEE explore.


Research Interest Keywords

Computational Condensed MatterMaterials PhysicsNanomaterials and NanotechnologyEngineering Physics

Contact Info

Email
majidniazakhtar@gmail.com
Mobile #
0333-6856069
Location
Opp. New Crescent High School Samejabad No.1 Multan

Research Publication

1. Raza, Touqeer Ahmad and Kamran, Muhammad and Shehzad, Farooq Khurum and Sadiq, Farhan and Shakir, Imran and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Shah, Syed Ahtisham Mehmood. 2026. “Pollution Flashover: Surface Characterization of Degraded High-Voltage Insulator.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-026-12758-5

2. Tanveer, Uzma and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Jamil, Asif and Castegnaro, Marcus Vinicius and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Younas, Maira and Shakir, Imran and Elqahtani, Zainab Mufarreh and Ullah, Sami and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Al-Buriahi, M. S.. 2026. “Unveiling the absorptivity.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-026-16979-6

3. Ahmad, Sohail and Zhang, Sijie and Zhang, Hao and Sami, Abdus and Niaz Akhtar, Majid and Shakir, Imran and Alamri, Sagr and Fahmi Fawy, Khaled and Chudhary, Tayba and Bahajjaj, Aboud Ahmed Awadh. 2026. “Structural.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-026-16788-x

4. Ahmad, Sohail and Zhang, Sijie and Zhang, Hao and Sami, Abdus and Niaz Akhtar, Majid and Shakir, Imran and Alamri, Sagr and Fahmi Fawy, Khaled and Chudhary, Tayba and Bahajjaj, Aboud Ahmed Awadh. 2026. “Structural.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-026-16788-x

5. Yousaf, Muhammad and Noor, Asma and Waqar, Ali and Ali, Arshid Mahmood and Hayat, Uzair and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Shahzad, Khurram and Akbar, Muhammad and Lu, Yuzheng. 2026. “Tailoring rare earth Yb-doped spinel ferrites: A comprehensive analysis of structural.” Elsevier BV 358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2026.132381

6. Yi, Yuxuan and Zhu, Wanlai and Yi, Zao and Zhou, Zigang and Cheng, Shubo and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Ahmad, Sohail. 2026. “Fiber-optic microstructured sensors based on abrupt field patterns: theory.” Opto-Electronic Advances 5. https://doi.org/10.29026/oes.2026.250027

7. Ahmad, Sohail and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Zhang, Sijie and Alzahrani, Fatimah Mohammed A. and Shakir, Imran and Warsi, Muzamil Ahmed and Mustafa, Kamal and Alamri, Sagr and Chudhary, Tayba and Al-Buriahi, M.S. and Khan, Muhammad Azhar. 2026. “Energy band gap tuning.” Elsevier BV 349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.131826

8. Ahmad, Sohail and Rehman Khan, Asad Ur and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Zhang, Sijie and Mustafa, Kamal and Alzahrani, Fatimah Mohammed A. and Ramzan, Muhammad and Shakir, Imran and Alelyani, Magbool and Al-Buriahi, M.S.. 2026. “Enhanced magnetodielectric coupling in Ca–La co-doped BiMnO3 manganites for efficient microwave absorption.” Elsevier BV 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.12.273

9. Zhong, Ying and Zhu, Jun and Cheng, Shubo and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Yi, Zao. 2026. “Ultra-wideband solar capture devices based on GaAs and Ti metasurface.” Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 55. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5dt02747k

10. Ahmad, Sohail and Zhang, Hao and Li, Xin and Fatima, Areej and Alam, Ibad and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Zeng, Zao and Asiri, Jaber M. and Fadhali, Mohammed M. and Alshahri, Abdullah H.. 2026. “Amino-functionalized Zr-MOFs with ferrocene linkages for high-energy, long-life hybrid supercapacitors.” RSC Advances. 10.1039/d6ra03192g

11. Yuan, Mengting and Zhu, Jun and Cheng, Shubo and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Yi, Zao. 2026. “Ti–Si3N4 composite tower-like metasurface solar absorber with ultra-broadband high efficiency and superior thermal emission performance.” Dalton Transactions 55. 10.1039/d6dt00504g

12. Sohail Ahmad and Faisal Imtiaz and Hao Zhang and Kamal Mustafa and Majid Niaz Akhtar and Irfan Ali Abro and Fatimah Mohammed A Alzahrani and Sami Ullah and Muzamil Ahmed Warsi and M.S. Al-Buriahi and Imran Shakir. 2026. “Band gap engineering and magnetodielectric enhancement in Ce–Ni co-doped SrMn M-hexaferrites for microwave absorption applications.” Surfaces and Interfaces 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2026.109833

13. Awais Ali Aslam and Muhammad Shahid Nazir and Sadaf {ul Hassan} and Majid Niaz Akhtar and Murid Hussain and Sania Amjad and Alia Farooq and Aqeel Ahmad Khan. 2026. “A review on recent developments towards hydrogen evolution reaction for covalent organic frameworks.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.116695

14. Maira Younas and Majid Niaz Akhtar. 2026. “La3+-Nd3+ co-doped Y3Fe5O12 nano-ferrites based meta-absorbers: Structural, magnetic, dielectric, and microwave absorption properties.” Ceramics International 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2026.05.391

15. Zhang, Ying and Chen, Yan and Chen, Shanjun and Hou, Jie and Zhou, Zhangkun and Jiang, Zaifu and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “A stacked ultra-broadband perfect absorber with extreme insensitivity to wide-angle incidence and polarization-independence.” Elsevier BV 48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.113515

16. Junaid, Muhammad and Mehmood, Muhammad Adnan and Manzoor, Alina and Jazaa, Yosef and Ejaz, Syeda Rabia and Majeed, Abdul and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “The high stable dielectric response with tailored structural and spectral properties of Sm3+ substituted cu-ferrites.” Elsevier BV 280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2025.117712

17. Ahmad, Sohail and Niaz Akhtar, Majid and Zhang, Sijie and Mohammed A. Alzahrani, Fatimah and Shakir, Imran and Ahmed Warsi, Muzamil and Puspitasari, Poppy and Zhang, Hao and Alamri, Sagr and Chudhary, Tayba and Al-Buriahi, M.S. and Azhar Khan, Muhammad. 2025. “Uncovering physicochemical.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.09.478

18. Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Shahid, Muhammad and Rasool, Raqiqa Tur and Alzahrani, Fatimah Mohammed A. and Alamri, Sagr and Almohammedi, Abdullah and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Irfan, M. and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Al-Buriahi, M.S. and Khan, Muhammad Azhar. 2025. “Spectral and dielectric analysis of Yb3+ -doped SrMg2 W hexagonal (WHFs) ferrites for S and C-band applications.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.09.203

19. Ahmad, Sohail and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Zhang, Sijie and Alzahrani, Fatimah Mohammed A. and Alamri, Sagr and Zhang, Hao and Shakir, Imran and Al-Buriahi, M.S. and Khan, Muhammad Azhar. 2025. “Customizing Y3+-doped Cu-Zn ferrite’s energy band gap.” Elsevier BV 77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2025.108036

20. Bibi, Rizwana and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Rasool, Raqiqa Tur and Alhummiany, Haya and Javed, Zeshan and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Alkhaldi, Hanof Dawas and Irfan, M. and Bajaber, Majed A. and Arshad, Muhammad and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “Impact of Sm Substitution on Structural.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-025-03790-9

21. Fahim, Farah and Ramzan, Muhammad and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Almohammedi, Abdullah and Ullah, Sami. 2025. “Co-Zn doped Bi2O3@rGO nanocomposites: Fabrication.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.485

22. Warsi, Muzamil Ahmed and Hashim, Muhammad and Arshad, Muhammad Imran and Alamri, Sagr and Almohammedi, Abdullah and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “Magnetodielectric electrical, and physicochemical evaluations of rare earth La3+doped spinel nano ferrites for microwave absorption applications.” Elsevier BV 341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.130889

23. Fahim, Farah and Ramzan, Muhammad and Mukhtar, Muhammad Waqas and Nazeer, Zarish and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Katubi, Khadijah Mohammedsaleh and Al-Buriahi, M.S. and Ullah, Sami. 2025. “DFT insights of the physical.” Elsevier BV 137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2025.109019

24. Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Basha, Beriham and Younas, Maira and Ullah, Sami and Rehman, Asad Ur and Rehman, Saif Ur and Almohammedi, Abdullah and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Al-Buriahi, M.S.. 2025. “Absorptivity and magentodielectric evaluations of rare earths (Gd3+.” Elsevier BV 68. 10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106698

25. Mehmood, Ahsan and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Alresheedi, Nadi Mlihan and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Almashnowi, Majed Y. and Irfan, M. and Ali, H. Elhosiny and Javed, Zeshan and Al-Buriahi, M.S. and Alshahrani, Thamraa and Akhtar, Maji. 2025. “Structural.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.102

26. Perveen, Sahar and Irfan, M. and Jamil, Asif and Castegnaro, Marcus Vinicius and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Sheikh, Tahir Ali and Rehman, Saif Ur and Almohammedi, Abdullah and Mahmoud, Mustafa and Arshad, Muhammad and Khan, Muhammad Azhar. 2025. “Energy band gap tuning of Co-Zn cubic ferrite by Sm3+ ion substitution (0.00? x? 0.075) to improve spectral.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.296

27. Lu, Yuzheng and Noor, Asma and Ahmed, Jahangeer and Alwadie, Najah and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Abid, Sara and Yousaf, Muhammad and Mahmoud, Mustafa and Aslam, Muhammad. 2025. “Synergistic effects and electrocatalytic insight of single-phase hexagonal structure as low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell cathode.” Elsevier BV 43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jre.2024.06.027

28. Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Alelyani, Magbool and Alzahrani, Fatimah Mohammed A. and Almohammedi, Abdullah and Qamar, Sabih and Baqir, M.A. and Irfan, M. and Azhar Khan, Muhammad and Albarkaty, Kheir S. and Alrowaili, Z.A. and Al-Buriahi, M.S.. 2025. “Tunable and wideband high-performance rare earth-doped Ni-Mg-Cu-Zn nano ferrite-based meta-absorbers for C-band application.” Elsevier BV 43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jre.2023.12.007

29. Jiang, Jiaxing and Yi, Yingting and Song, Qianju and Yi, Zao and Ma, Can and Zeng, Qingdong and Sun, Tangyou and Cheng, Shubo and Yi, Yougen and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “Multi-layer nanoring array-based ultra-wideband solar absorber for photothermal conversion.” Elsevier BV 165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2024.116123

30. Manzoor, Iqra and Irfan, M. and Rasool, Raqiqa Tur and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Khalid, Muhammad and Almohammedi, Abdullah and Mahmoud, Mustafa and Aslam, Muhammad and Sheikh, Tahir Ali and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Khan, Muhammad Azhar. 2025. “Effects of La3+ doping on the structural.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.11.089

31. Aqsa bibi and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Alresheedi, Nadi Mlihan and Arshad, Muhammad and Alhummiany, Haya and Irfan, M. and Akremi, Ali and Abd-Rabboh, Hisham S.M. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “Structural.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.11.177

32. Aqsa bibi and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Alresheedi, Nadi Mlihan and Arshad, Muhammad and Alhummiany, Haya and Irfan, M. and Akremi, Ali and Abd-Rabboh, Hisham S.M. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “Structural.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.11.177

33. Kousar, Shabana and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Jamil, Asif and Castegnaro, Marcus Vinicius and Alkhaldi, Hanof Dawas and Majeed, Abdul and Mashniwi, Mohsenah H.J. and Mehmood, Ahsan and Boukhris, Imed and Irfan, M. and AL-Anazy, Murefah mana and Akhtar, Maj. 2025. “Modifications of structural.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.04.214

34. Rehman Khan, Asad ur and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Afzal, Aqsa and Ahmad, Sohail and Rehman Khan, Sajawal ur and Rehman, Abdul and Mohany, Mohamed and Al-Rejaie, Salim S. and Al-Buriahi, M.S.. 2025. “Enhanced multifaceted performance of Ce-ZnO nanocomposites for DB71 degradation: Gas sensing and UV photodetection.” Elsevier BV 178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2025.114389

35. Saeed, Umama and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Jamil, Asif and Castegnaro, Marcus Vinicius and Majeed, Abdul and Amin, Mohammed A. and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Zaki, Zaki I. and Irfan, M. and Khalifa, Mohamed E. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “Featuring Mg substituted barium chromate for microwave absorption application.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.04.230

36. Lei, Cong and Ahmad, Sohail and Jabbour, Karam and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Chudhary, Tayba and Ali, Hassan and Bahajjaj, Aboud Ahmed Awadh. 2025. “Structural and dielectric properties of low-doped reduced graphene oxide-molybdenum disulfide (MoS?-rGO) nanocomposites.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-025-15379-6

37. Algethami, Norah and Javed, Noman and Mustafa, Ghulam and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Ali, Syed Kashif and Arshad, Muhammad and Boukhris, Imed and Irfan, M. and Younas, Muhammad and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Khan, Muhammad Azhar. 2025. “Modulating structural and dielectric properties of CrFeO3 materials via Ni2+ substitution: Insights from rietveld refinement.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.12.526

38. Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2025. “Gd doped Cu-Ni-Zn nano ferrite absorbers for broadband microwave absorption: Physicochemical.” Elsevier BV 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.078

39. Mustafa, Ghulam and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Rasool, Raqiqa Tur and Alhummiany, Haya and Arshad, Muhammad and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Abd-Rabboh, Hisham S.M. and Irfan, M. and Alshomrany, Ali S. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2024. “Crystal structure refinement.” Elsevier BV 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.06.047

40. Lu, Yuzheng and Noor, Asma and Alwadie, Najah and Gouadria, Soumaya and Nazar, Atif and Akbar, Muhammad and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Shah, M.A.K Yousaf and Mushtaq, Naveed and Yousaf, Muhammad. 2024. “Pioneering fast oxygen reduction reaction kinetics in Nd2-xSr NiO4 cathode for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell.” Elsevier BV 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.06.110

41. Farooq, Komal and Irfan, M. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Rasool, Raqiqa Tur and Mahmoud, Mustafa and Almohammedi, Abdullah and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Khan, Muhammad Azhar. 2024. “Evaluation of mobility range of charge carriers at microwave region in Cr substituted <mml:math xmlns:mml=“http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” altimg=“si1.svg”><mml:mi mathvariant=“bold”>?</mml:mi><mml:mspace width=“0.25em”/><mml:mo mathvariant=“bold”>(</.” Elsevier BV 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.06.119

42. Cheng, Shubo and Li, Wenxin and Zhang, Huafeng and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Yi, Zao and Zeng, Qingdong and Ma, Can and Sun, Tangyou and Wu, Pinghui and Ahmad, Sohail. 2024. “High sensitivity five band tunable metamaterial absorption device based on block like Dirac semimetals.” Elsevier BV 569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2024.130816

43. Farooq, Alia and Nazir, M.Shahid and ul Hassan, Sadaf and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Hussain, Murid and Farooq, Mariyam and Aslam, Awais Ali and Khan, Aqeel Ahmad and Ali, Zulfiqar. 2024. “Synergistic strategies in MOF on MOF photocatalysts: Review on exploring sustainable hydrogen generation from water splitting.” Elsevier BV 39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoso.2024.101295

44. Shafi, Muhammad Umar and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Irfan, M. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2024. “A review on advances in synthesis.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-024-10180-y

45. Afzal, Uswa and Irfan, M. and Rasool, Raqiqa Tur and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Naheed, Farah and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Sheikh, Tahir Ali and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Ramzan, Muhammad and Alshomrany, Ali S. and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Alelyani, Magbool. 2024. “Physicochemical.” Elsevier BV 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.08.208

46. Ali, Asad and Irfan, M. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Sheikh, Tahir Ali and Ramzan, Muhammad and Ullah, Sami and Huwayz, Maryam Al and Alshomrany, Ali S. and Al-Buriahi, M.S. and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Azhar Khan, Muhammad. 2024. “Cr-doped Li-based <mml:math xmlns:mml=“http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” altimg=“si1.svg”><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=“normal”>?</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>-(Beta) type hexaferrites: XRD.” Elsevier BV 327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.129873

47. Fahim, Farah and Ramzan, Muhammad and Imran, Muhammad and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Nazeer, Zarish and Ali, Awais and Alshomrany, Ali S. and Ullah, Sami. 2024. “Explorations of physicochemical.” Elsevier BV 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.09.050

48. Nargis, Shaista and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas and Arshad, Muhammad and Ali, Syed Kashif and Irfan, M. and Boukhris, Imed and Manzoor, Alina and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2024. “Microwave absorption properties of ?-type ferrites: Influence of Nd-loading percentage on structural.” Elsevier BV 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.09.339

49. Muhammad, Altaz Sher and Irfan, M. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Saima. 2024. “Recent advances in U-type hexagonal ferrites: Synthesis.” Elsevier BV 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hybadv.2024.100324

50. Yosif, Muhammad and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Rasool, Raqiqa Tur and Gulbadan, Shagufta and Alhummiany, Haya and Junaid, Muhammad and Bayhan, Zahra and Javed, Zeshan and Mahmood, Khalid and Hafez, Amal A. Abdel and Irfan, M. and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2024. “Impact of Gd-substitution on structural.” Elsevier BV 324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.129701

51. Baqir, M. A. and Abdulrazak, Lway Faisal and Akhtar, Majid Niaz. 2022. “Polarization insensitive.” Informa UK Limited 35. https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2022.2087010

Research and Development Projects

1. Hexagonal Nanoferrites for High-Frequency Devices and Applications In the GHz Regime

With: HEC-NRPU (2018-03 - 2021-03)

Next generation high frequency devices will be miniaturized, cheaper, smart and execute well beyond the present state-of-the-art. High frequency devices are extensively used for point-to-point telecommunications technology, wireless power transmission and energy harvesting and radar system. Self-bias tunability of the remanence and magnetic anisotropy, low magnetic and dielectric losses, volumetric and mass reduction of ferrites refer them as most suitable materials to achieve these goals. By achieving the goals of this project, we will be able to encounter the next generation necessities of microwave device based technologies for which hexagonal ferrite nano-materials must be fabricated and designed to have specialized characteristics. In many parts of power electronics, a ferrite core is used in order to transform the alternating electrical current to a desired voltage. These ferrite cores are designed to have a coupling of low electrical conductivity with high magnetic permeability in order to avoid eddy currents and losses. The currently available ferrite cores feature acceptable microwave losses at certain frequencies are extensively used as inductive RF cores transformers, power applications inductors such as ferrite loop antennas for AM (amplitude modulation) and radio receivers power supplies. Inert devices such as delay lines, isolators, circulators, phase shifters etc., these consist of controlled directions and amplitude of magnetic anisotropy fields, low ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) line widths, thicknesses ~10s to 100s microns. This project will enable researchers and scientists to improve and develop means and techniques to lessen these drawbacks to improve the performance and reliability of GPS navigation and communication systems which would have an extensive range of both military and civilian purposes, such as an increased accuracy of navigation system and progresses in underground and underwater research and uses. This may also lead to enhanced methods and techniques for submarine communication and remote sensing.

2. Magnetic Nanoparticles for Antenna Applications: An Innovative Approach

With: CIIT (2014-03 - 2015-06)

Magnetic Nanoparticles for Antenna Applications: An Innovative Approach

3. Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Materials for Antenna Applications

With: HEC (2013-06 - 2014-07)

Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Materials for Antenna Applications