Noor ul Ain
Assistant Professor
PhD
Research Supervision Capacity
About Me
Experienced physicist and academic with a demonstrated history of teaching and research at leading
institutions, currently serving as Assistant Professor at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Possesses
extensive research experience, including international exposure through the IRSIP fellowship at Linköping
University, with hands-on expertise in nanomaterials synthesis, graphene-based devices, and advanced
characterization techniques such as SEM, XRD, EDX, XPS, and AFM. Also extensively worked on on
environmental applications. Actively involved in organizing international conferences, leading academic
initiatives, and contributing to peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals. Combines strong teaching
experience—from O/A Levels to postgraduate education such as PhD and Mphil—with a commitment to
advancing research and academic excellence.
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Research Publication
1. Fatima, Sadaf and Shaheen, Bushra and Alomayrah, Norah and Noor ul Ain and Ibrar, Muhammad and Warsi, Muhammad Farooq and Shakir, Imran. 2025. “Synergistic effect of carbon nanotubes decorated spinel ferrites nanocomposite for robust photocatalytic degradation of persistent environmental pollutants.” Elsevier BV 79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.108986
2. Asghar, Muhammad Zeeshan and Saeed, Ashir and Ain, Noor ul and Alarfaji, Saleh S. and Khan, Muhammad Isa. 2025. “Tungsten Tetraboride nanosheet as a potential gas adsorption material: A density functional theory (DFT) study.” Elsevier BV 870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2025.142090
3. Akbar, Muhammad and Ain, Noor ul and Khan, Muhammad Isa and Alotaibi, Rajeh and Ali, Syed Mansoor and Ashraf, Naveed. 2025. “A DFT study of monolaye rmagnesium carbide (MgC2) as a potential anode for (Li, Na, K) alkali metal-ionbatteries.” Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 27. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cp00253b
4. Junaid, Muhammad and Noor?ul?Ain and Sharaf, Mohamed and El?Meligy, Mohammad and Ahmad, Nazir. 2024. “Investigation of CuO/ITO Photoelectrode Fabricated by PVD for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting and Hydrogen Evolution.” Wiley 39. https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.70020
5. Qadir Ahmad, Abdul and Attique, Naila and Ali, Rizwan and Abbas, Waneeza and Nadeem, Muhammad and Junaid, Muhammad and Ul Ain, Noor. 2024. “Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavus.” Elsevier BV 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2024.101312
6. Junaid, Muhammad and Noor-ul-ain and Khan, Waheed Qamar. 2024. “Bandgap alignment of solar-driven multilayers metal oxide thin film for water splitting to generate hydrogen energy.” Elsevier BV 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.06.161
7. Khan, Muhammad Isa and Akber, Muhammad Imtiaz and Gul, Muhammad and ul ain, Noor and Iqbal, Tahir and Alarfaji, Saleh S. and Mahmood, Abid. 2024. “Exploring the sensing potential of Fe-decorated h-BN toward harmful gases: a DFT study.” Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 14. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra08013g
8. Naziruddin Khan, M. and Raza, Q. and ul-Ain, Noor and Younis, Usman and Imran Din, Muhammad and Shakir, Imran. 2024. “Fabrication of Mn and Gd decorated CrFe2O4 photo-catalyst with enhanced light capturing property for mineralization of rhodamine-B and benzimidizole pollutants.” Elsevier BV 302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2024.117218
9. Parveen, Sajida and Alzahrani, Fatimah Mohammed A. and Al Huwayz, Maryam and Adan, Wania and Alrowaili, Ziyad Awadh and Noor-ul-Ain and Chaudhary, Khadija and Al-Buriahi, Mohammed Sultan. 2023. “Modulation of optical and structural properties of CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/ZnO@CNTs for photocatalytic removal of crystal violet and phenol.” Walter de Gruyter GmbH 237. https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2023-0267
10. Isa Khan, Muhammad and Ashfaq, Iqra and Majid, Abdul and Shakil, Muhammad and ul ain, Noor. 2023. “Computational designing of Au-decorated buckled bismuthene and its application as a humidity gas sensor.” Elsevier BV 295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.127174
11. Junaid, Muhammad and Noor-ul-Ain and Jabeen, Raheela and Buzdar, Saeed Ahmad and Qamar khan, Waheed and Anwar, Mamoona and Javed, Muhammad and Warsi, Muhammad Farooq. 2023. “Iron-doped nickel oxide as a potential biosensor of urea determination via voltammetry.” Elsevier BV 651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2022.414592
12. Irshad, Amna and Arshed, Muhammad Hassaan and Somaily, H. H. and Sabeeh, Humera and Noor-ul-Ain and Ayman, Imtisal and Warsi, Muhammad Farooq and Shakir, Imran. 2023. “Photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet and benzimidazole using Ag-CoFe2O4 and its composite with graphitic carbon nitride.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-023-00111-2
13. Alzahrani, Fatimah Mohammed A. and Irshad, Amna and Zulfiqar, Sonia and Alrowaili, Z.A. and Ain, Noor ul and Anwar, Asima and Farooq Warsi, Muhammad and Al-Buriahi, M.S. 2023. “Nd-doped NiFe2O4 and its composite with CNTs to tune photocatalytic activity.” Elsevier BV 41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jre.2023.07.020
14. Junaid, Muhammad and khan, Mansoor and ul Ain, Noor and Batoo, Khalid Mujasam and Hussain, Sajjad. 2023. “Electrical and magnetic characteristics of barium doped bismuth ferrite via sol–gel auto combustion technique.” Elsevier BV 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2023.101208
15. Munir, Sana and Aadil, Muhammad and Warsi, Muhammad Farooq and Somaily, H.H. and Ain, Noor ul and Shahid, Muhammad. 2022. “Synergistic effect of noble metal doping and composite formation to boost the electrochemical properties of vanadium pentoxide.” Elsevier BV 48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.07.273
16. Junaid, Muhammad and Hussain, Sonam Ghulam and Ain, Noor Ul and Jabeen, Raheela and Khan, Waheed Qamar and Abbas, Nasir. 2022. “Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles by Sol-gel method to Study its Structural Optical Properties and Morphology.” The Women University Multan 3. https://doi.org/10.52700/jn.v3i1.51
17. Junaid, Muhammad and shah, Muti ul Manan and Noor, ul Ain and Javed, Muhammad. 2021. “Hydrothermal preparation of iron doped nickel oxide for electrochemical sensing of urea.” Elsevier BV 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chphi.2021.100052
18. Noor-Ul-Ain and Eriksson, Martin and Schmidt, Susann and Asghar, M. and Lin, Pin-Cheng and Holtz, Per and Syväjärvi, Mikael and Yazdi, G. 2016. “Tuning the Emission Energy of Chemically Doped Graphene Quantum Dots.” MDPI AG 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano6110198
19. Ain, Noor-ul and Shaheen, Wajeeha and Bashir, Bushra and Abdelsalam, Naser M. and Warsi, Muhammad Farooq and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Shahid, Muhammad. 2016. “Electrical.” Elsevier BV 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.04.179
Research and Development Projects
1. Synthesis of Metal Oxide and Metel Decorated Reduced Metal Oxide Thin Films for Water Splitting to Generate Green Energ
(2022-03 - 2023-04)
ORIC grant by IUB
2. Graphene Quantum Dots Based Optical Devices
(2017-12 - 2018-12)
SRGP grant by HEC
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur was established in the year 1975 by upgrading historical institute of the Jamia Abbasia.
