Research

Research Interstes

Research Interests

Dr. Syed Zulfiqar's research interests lie at the intersection of nanotechnology and material science, with a focus on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of nanoparticles. His primary areas of interest include:

Nanostructures and Nanocomposites Synthesis: Specializing in the synthesis of magnetic and semiconducting nanoparticles and nanocomposites (heterojunctions) using techniques such as sol-gel, co-precipitation, and hydrothermal methods. Developing and studying nanocomposites like and their potential applications in Photocatalysis, electronics and energy storage.

Photocatalysis and Gas Sensing: Exploring the photocatalytic properties of various nanostructures for environmental applications, including photocatalytic H2 production and gas sensing.

Magnetic Properties: Investigating the magnetic and dielectric properties of doped and co-doped nanoparticles, particularly in the context of diluted magnetic semiconductors.

Material Characterization: Utilizing advanced characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Gas Chromatography (GC), Electrochemical measurements, X-ray Photo electron spectroscopy (XPS) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) to study the structural, morphological, Photocatalytic, Magnetic and optical properties of nanomaterials.

Dr. Syed Zulfiqar continues to push the boundaries of material science, contributing to the development of novel materials with wide-ranging applications in modern technology.

Research Papers

2023

Goodwill, Sam. 2023. “Article Name Here.” Publication Name, January 1, 2023. Article Link.

2022

Goodwill, Sam. 2022. “Article Name Here.” Publication Name, January 1, 2023. Article Link.

2021

Shams U. Zaman, Nasir Rahman, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Saqib, Mudasser,Husain, Ebenezer Bonyah, Zahir Shah, Syed Zulfiqar and Aurangzeb Khan, Abinitio investigation of the physical properties of Tl based chloroperovskites TlXCl3 (X =Ca and Cd), AIP Advances 11, 015204 (2021).. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0034759

Zulfiqar, Sardar Ali Khan, Nasir Rahman, Tahirzeb Khan, RajWali Khan, Majid Khan, Sufaid Shah, Shahid Ali, Hua Tang, Shahid Hussain, Mudasser Husain & Muneeb Ur Rehman, Oxygen vacancies induced variations in structural, optical and dielectric properties of SnO2/graphite nanocomposite. J. Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 1402–1412 (2021)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10854-020-04912-4.

Zulfiqar, S. Liu, N. Rahman, H. Tang, S. Shah, X. Yu, Q. Li, Construction of S-scheme MnO2@CdS heterojunction with core-shell structure as H2-production photocatalyst. Rare Met. (2021) 40(9):2381–2391. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12598-020-01616-w.pdf.

Muhammad Salman Khan, Banat Gul, Gulzar Khan, Merieme Benaadad, Benabdellah, Ghlamallah, Shaukat Ali Khattak, Tahirzeb Khan, Syed Zulfiqar, Said Karim Shah and Muhammad Adil Khan, Ab-initio study about the electronic, optical and thermoelectric nature of α-, β-, and γ-phases of CdS semiconductor: using the accurate m-BJ approach, Phys. Scr. 96 055803 (2021). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/abe6bd.

Nasir Rahman, Mudasser Husain, Juan Yang, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Sajjad, Anwar Habib, Abdul Karim, Zulfiqar, Mahmood Ul Haq, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Nisar, Muhammad Yaqoob Khan, First Principle Study of Structural, Electronic, Elastic, and Magnetic Properties of Half-Heusler Compounds ScTiX (X = Si, Ge, Pb, In, Sb, and Tl), Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (2020) 33:3915–3922. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-020-05652-6.

Shams U. Zaman, Nasir Rahman, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Saqib, Mudasser Husain, Ebenezer Bonyah, Zahir Shah, Syed Zulfiqar and Aurangzeb Khan, Ab initio investigation of the physical properties of Tl based chloroperovskites TlXCl3 (X = Ca and Cd), AIP Advances 11, 015204 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0034759.

Shahid Hussain, Abdul Jabbar Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Awais Ahmad, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Mohammad Rizwan Khan, Shakeel Akram, Zulfiqar, Shafaqat Ali, Zeid A. ALOthman, Guiwu Liu, Charge storage in binder-free 2D-hexagonal CoMoO4 nanosheets as a redox active material for pseudocapacitors Ceramics International 47(6), 2021, 8659-8667. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884220335720.

Jinjun Peng, Jun Shen, Xiaohui Yu, Hua Tang, Zulfiqar, Qinqin Liu, Construction of LSPR-enhanced 0D/2D CdS/MoO3‒x S-scheme heterojunctions for visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 evolution, Chinese Journal of Catalysis 42 (2021) 87–96. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1872206720635951.

Zulfiqar, Muhammad Zubair, Aurangzeb Khan, Tang Hua, Nasir Ilyas, Simbarashe Fashu, Amir Muhammad Afzal, Main Akif Safeen, and Rajwali Khan, Oxygen vacancies induced room temperature ferromagnetism and enhanced dielectric properties in Co and Mn co-doped ZnO nanoparticles, Material Science: Material in electronics,32, 9463–9474(2021). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-021-05610-5.

Zulfiqar, Saeed ur Rahman, Tahirzeb khan, Rajwali Khan, Gulzar Khan, Shaukat Khattak, Nasir Rahman, Shahid Ali & Tang Hua, Dielectric and ferromagnetic properties of (Ni, Co) co-doped SnO2 nanoparticles, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 19859–19870 (2021). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10854-021-06510-4.

Zulfiqar, Junnan Tao, TaoYang, Qinqin Liu, Jie Hu, HuaTang, Designing 0D/2D CdS nanoparticles/g-C3N4 nanosheets heterojunction as efficient photocatalyst for improved H2-evolution, Surfaces and Interfaces 26, 2021, 101312. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468023021003898.

Rajwali Khan, Khaled Althubeiti, Zulfiqar, Amir Muhammad Afzal, Nasir Rahman, Simbarashe Fashu, Wenfei Zhang, Aurangzeb Khan & Ruisheng Zheng, Structure and magnetic properties of (Co, Ce) co-doped ZnO-based diluted magnetic semiconductor nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32, 24394–24400 (2021).

Structure and magnetic properties of (Co, Ce) co-doped ZnO-based diluted magnetic semiconductor nanoparticles | Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics.

Goodwill, Sam. 2021. “Article Name Here.” Publication Name, January 1, 2023. Article Link.