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NANO LAB

The Centre of Micro and Nano Devices (CMND) was established in 2009, is situated on the backside of the main academic and administrative blocks on the eye catching premises of COMSATS University Islamabad. The centre houses state-of-the-art research and characterization facilities and laboratory infrastructure. The centre has so far contributed high impact peer reviewed research internationally and has trained many students at graduate and post graduate level. The key research areas focused under the functioning of the centre include

  • Optoelectronic Devices and related applications
  • Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Studies of Semiconductor Nanomaterials
  • Memory Devices
  • Renewable Energy efficient material fabrication and characterization
  • Bio imaging
  • Photodetectors

Nano Lab Academic Activities 2021-2022

  1. Manpower held with Nano lab
Sr. No Name Designation Status
1. Dr. Faisal Nasim Chief Scientific Officer On Duty
2. Dr. Awais Ali Assistant Professor On Duty
3. Mrs. Ayesha Farooq Assistant Professor On Study Leave
4. Dr. Fahad Bohapal Assistant Professor On Duty
5. Dr. Zaka ur Rahman Assistant Professor On Duty
6. Mr. Tahir Nazir Scientific Officer On Duty
7. Dr. Mujtaba Hussain Research Associate On Duty
8. Ms Sajjia Shoukat Research Associate On Duty
9. Ms Hirra Khan Research Associate On Duty doing PhD
10. Ms Humma Lecturer Associate On Duty doing PhD
11.  Mr. Rizwan LDC On Duty
  1. Completed and under progress research activities of Nano lab/Projects 2021-2022
  1. Collaboration (MOU) with NESCOM Chemical Research centre DESTO in the field of Chemical detection, identification, and characterization.
  1. Post Doc Fellow from Sudan was facilitated in Synthesis and Characterization of his samples. Nano Lab has its share in the publication DOI: 10-1016/j.nimb.2022.05.001.
  1. Cyclic Voltammetry (CV ) measurements for National Centre of Physics (NCP) (Dr.Muhammad Usman, HoD Ion Beam applications).
  1. Below listed activities pertains to undergrad and graduate students:
Sr # Number of Students Research topic Research Area Level (BS/MS/PhD) Supervisor/Co-supervisor/Year
1 1 Fabrication of 2D Layered Base Synaptic Devices Memory storage devices MS Dr. Awais Ali (Spring 2020)
2 1 Single solid state white light source from SnO2 Nanostructures Optoelectronics MS Dr. Awais Ali (Spring 2020)
3 1 Growth of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nano Flakes Energy/ Optoelectronics MS Dr. Awais Ali (Spring 2020)
4 1 Indirect growth of TiS2 nanowires followed by sulphurization of hydrothermally grown TiO2 nanowires Nano Sensors MS Dr. Awais Ali (Spring 2020)
5 2 Flexible organic synaptic device based on CdSe/ZnS quantum-dots. Memory storage devices BS Dr. Awais Ali (Spring 2020)
6 2 Fabrication of 2D layered materials-based photodetectors  Optoelectronics BS Dr. Awais Ali (2022)
7 1 Fabrication of Supercapacitors using chalcogenide Energy MS Dr. Awais Ali (2022-2023)
8 1 Synthesis of ternary composite for Supercapacitor Energy MS Dr. Awais Ali (2022-2023)
9 1 2D dichalcogenide for resistive switching Memory storage devices MS Dr. Awais Ali (2022-2023)
10   Fabrication of Oxide-heterostructures for self-healing memory element Memory storage devices MS Dr. Awais Ali (2022-2023)
11 1 CsPb(Br-I-Cl) perovskite tandem solar cells Energy/Photovoltaics MS Dr. Awais Ali (2022-2023)
12 2 2D layered materials-based resistive memory device Memory storage devices BS Dr. Awais Ali (2022-2023)
13 2 Binary chalcogenides composites for Supercapacitors Energy BS Dr. Awais Ali (2022-2023)
14 1 Effect of Strain on Electro-Optical Properties of 2D Materials Optoelectronics MS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (Spring-2021)
15 2 Synthesis and Biocompatibility Evaluation of PEGylated Silica Nanoparticles as in-vitro drug delivery vehicle Biophysics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (Spring-2021)
16 2 Fabrication of Perovskite/Graphene based solar cells Energy/Photovoltaics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (FALL-2021)
17 2 Fabrication of c-Si solar cells Energy/Photovoltaics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (FALL-2021)
18 2 Growth and characterization of CsPbBr3 Nanowires Optoelectronics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (FALL-2021)
19 1 Fabrication of Graphene/silicon based solar cells Energy/Photovoltaics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (FALL-2021)
20 2 Improving efficiency of silicon solar cell by surface texturing of silicon Energy/Photovoltaics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (SPRING-2022)
21 2 Optical Characterization of Dopamine Antibody Biophysics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (SPRING-2022)
22 2 Growth and Characterization of Inorganic Perovskite Hetero Nanowires in Air Optoelectronics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (SPRING-2022)
23 2 Fabrication of CsPbBr3 photodetectors Energy/Photovoltaics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (2022-23)
24 2 CsPbBr2I perovskite based solar cells Energy/Photovoltaics BS Dr. Muhammad Fahad Bhopal (2022-23)
25 2 Design and Implementation of Graphene Based RF- Filters Materials Science / Electromagnetics BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (SPRING-2021)
26 2 Design and Analysis of graphene-based nano-antenna for wireless communications Materials Science / Electromagnetics BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (SPRING-2021)
27 1 Bio synthesis of metal oxides nanoparticles used in biological applications Biophysics BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (SPRING-2021)
28 2 Design of a RF scavenging circuit for wireless power transfer Electromagnetics / Electronics BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (FALL-2021)
29 2 Realization of an integrated Graphene oxide based Tunable Bandpass filter Materials Science / Electromagnetics BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (FALL-2021)
30 1 Wireless power transfer system for small gap applications Electromagnetics / Electronics BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (FALL-2022)
31 1 Design, Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of a Nanomaterial Based Resistive Switching Device Memory storage devices BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (FALL-2022)
32 1 Implementation of Home Base Security System Electronics BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (FALL-2022)
33 2 Realization of Resistive switching devices for Memory storage applications Memory storage devices BS Dr. Muhammad Zaka Ur Rehman (2022-23)
34 1 Experimental and Computational Study of Second Harmonic Generation in Non-Linear Crystals in the Vis-NIR Range Non-Linear Optics MS Dr. Faisal Nasim/Dr. Mujtaba Hussain (Spring 2022)
35 2 Development of Dry Transfer Setup for the Study of Graphene/MOS2 Heterostructure 2D Materials BS Dr. Mujtaba Hussain/Dr. Faisal Nasim (Fall 2021)
36 1 Development of Reflectance Spectrometer for Optical Characterization of Semiconductors Lasers and Optics BS Dr. Mujtaba Hussain/Dr. Fahad Bhopal (Spring 2022)
37 2 Optical Modulation for Visible Light Communication Optical Engineering BS Dr. Aadil Raza/Dr. Mujtaba Hussain (Spring 2022)
38 2 Optical Characterization of Organic Dyes and Perovskite Structures using Fluorescence Imaging and Spectroscopy (In progress) Optoelectronics BS Dr. Mujtaba Hussain/Dr. Faisal Saeed
39 2 Development of Pump - Probe Photoreflectance Setup (In progress) Lasers and Optics BS Dr. Mujtaba Hussain/Dr. Faisal Nasim
40 2 Synthesis and Characterization of CsPbBr3 Nanostructures (In progress) Optoelectronics BS Dr. Mujtaba Hussain/Dr. Fahad Bhopal
  1. Activities pertaining to undergrad and graduate students:
  1. Summary of Students
Programe Completed Enrolled
BS 21 10+
MS 11 06
PhD 01 02
  1. Collaborations
  2. EE department of CUI
  3. Dr Madiha Assiatant Professor IIU
  4. Shoab Butt Chemical Department NUST
  5. Usman Materials department NUST
  6. Aneeqa Assistant professor Punjab University Department of Physics.
  7. Sadia Khalid Assistant Professor NCP
  8. Ghulam Hasnain Jafferi Associate professor QAU Islamabad
  9. Professor Hee Dong Kim SEJONG University Seoul Korea
  10. Dr sana Sabahat Department of Chemistery CUI
  11. Dr Adil Raza
  1. List of Publications of CMND (2020-22)

2022

  1. Jaffari, G. Hassnain, M. Akram, Layiq Zia, Awais Ali, and Qadeer ul Hassan. "Acceptor-donor concentration dependent polaronic relaxation, pinned electron defect dipole characteristic and colossal permittivity in co-doped rutile (Zn1/3Nb2/3) xTi (1-x) O2 (x= 0.02, 0.04, 0.06 and 0, 08) ceramics." Physica B: Condensed Matter 640 (2022): 414082.
  1. Brohi, Rafi O. Zaman, Muhammad Yar Khuhawar, Rasool Bux Mahar, Medhat A. Ibrahim, Awais Ali, and Muhammad Farooq Lanjwani. "Vanadium‐doped MnO2 nanocatalyst for visible light driven photodegradation of selected fluoroquinolone antibiotics from contaminated water." Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology.
  1. Malik Abdul Rehman, Sewon Park, Muhammad Farooq Khan, Muhammad Fahad Bhopal, Ghazanfar Nazir, Minjae Kim, Ayesha Farooq, Jisang Ha, Shania Rehman, Seong Chan Jun, Hyung‐Ho Park, “Development of directly grown‐graphene–silicon Schottky barrier solar cell using co‐doping technique”, International Journal of Energy Research, 2022.
  1. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, O Özge Demirtaş, Alpan Bek, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, Waqqar Ahmed, “Facile fabrication of Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles on filter paper: Application in SERS based swab detection and multiplexing” Vibrational Spectroscopy 120, 103359, 2022.
  1. Tehmina Khan, Zareen Akhter, Asghari Gul, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, Adeela Rehman, “Facile synthesis of ferrocene-based polyamides and their organic analogues terpolyamides: Influence of aliphatic and aromatic sequences on physico-chemical characteristics” Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 1-12, 2022.
  1. Muhammad Amin Padhiar, Minqiang Wang, Yongqiang Ji, Zhi Yang, Arshad Saleem Bhatti. “Tuning optical properties of CsPbBr3 by mixing Nd3+ trivalent lanthanide halide cations for blue light emitting devices” Nanotechnology 33 (17), 175202, 2022.
  1. Lubna Tabassam, Muhammad Jawad Khan, Shahzad Hussain, Shaukat Ali Khattak, Said Karim Shah, Arshad Saleem Bhatti. “Structural, optical and antimicrobial characteristics of ZnO green nanoparticles” Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 101 (2), 401-410, 2022.
  1. Ji, M Wang, Z Yang, H Wang, MA Padhiar, J Shi, H Qiu, AS Bhatti,” In Situ Synthesis of UltraStable TiO2 Coating Rb+-Doped Red Emitting CsPbBrI2 Perovskite Quantum Dots” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (3), 1542-1551, 2022.
  1. M Naeem, N Fatima, M Hussain, T Imran, AS Bhatti “Design Simulation of Czerny–Turner Configuration-Based Raman Spectrometer Using Physical Optics Propagation Algorithm” Optics 3 (1), 1-7, 2022.
  1. Y Ji, M Wang, Z Yang, H Wang, MA Padhiar, J Shi, H Qiu, AS Bhatt, “ In Situ Synthesis of UltraStable TiO₂ Coating Rb⁺-Doped Red Emitting CsPbBrI₂ Perovskite Quantum Dots” Journal of physical chemistry 2022 v.126 no.3 1542-1551, 2022.
  1. M Naeem, T Imran, R Munawar, AS Bhatti, “Development of Low-Cost Prototype N2 Laser System and Laser-Induced Fluorescence of Pyranine” Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 (2), 47-56, 2022.
  1. Raheel Qamar and Arshad Saleem Bhatti Madeeha Chaudhry, Dong-Kwon Lim, Jeon Woong Kang, Zahid Yaqoob, Peter So, Muhammad Fahad Bhopal, Minqiang Wang. “ Electrochemically driven optical and SERS immunosensor for the detection of a therapeutic cardiac drug”, RSC Advances 12, 2901-2913, 2022.
  1. Yongqiang Ji, Minqiang Wang, Zhi Yang, Hao Wang, Muhammad Amin Padhiar, Hengwei Qiu, Jialin Dang, Yinru Miao, Yun Zhou, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, “Strong violet emission from ultra-stable strontium-doped CsPbCl3 superlattices” Nanoscale 14 (6), 2359-2366, 2022.

2021

  1. Bashir, Rabia, Muhammad Kashif Bilal, Waqar Ahmad, Amna Bashir, Sana Ullah Asif, Huan Liu, Jiyang Xie, Awais Ali, and Wanbiao Hu. "Low-Temperature-Processed ZnO Electron Transport Layers for PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot-Based Solar Cells." ACS Applied Nano Materials 4, no. 9 (2021): 8888-8896.
  1. Jaffari, G. Hassnain, Adeel Zafar, Javeria Tanvir, Wajid Ali, Awais Ali, and Guoliang Yuan. "Identification of the consequences of Pb-O chemical bond modification, Pb lone pair and Pb volatilization on the intrinsic and extrinsic physical properties of Ba1-xPbxTiO3 (x≤ 0–0.5)." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 865 (2021): 158977.
  1. Jaffari, G. Hassnain, Adeel Zafar, and Awais Ali. "Domain relaxation exhibited by ferroelectric low symmetry polymorphs in BaTiO3." Physica B: Condensed matter 604 (2021): 412750.
  1. Aisida, Samson O., Awais Ali, Oluwole E. Oyewande, Ishaq Ahmad, Anwar Ul-Hamid, Ting-kai Zhao, M. Maaza, and Fabian I. Ezema. "Biogenic synthesis enhanced structural, morphological, magnetic and optical properties of zinc ferrite nanoparticles for moderate hyperthermia applications." Journal of Nanoparticle Research 23, no. 2 (2021): 1-14.
  1. Shahid Mehmood, Xiaojin Zhao, Muhmmad Fahad Bhopal, Faheem Ullah Khan , Wang Guoping Xiaofang Pana, “MoO2-Ni-graphene Ternary Nanocomposite for a High-performance Room-Temperature Ethanol Gas Sensor” Applied surface science, 554, 15 , 149595, 2021.
  1. Muhammad Amin Padhiar, Minqiang Wang, Yongqiang Ji, Zhi Yang, Yun Zhou, Hengwei Qiu, Hao Wang, Azaz Ali Shah, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, “ Stable CsPbX3 (Br/Cl) Perovskite Nanocrystal Layer Passivated with Al-Doped CdSe for Blue Light-Emitting Diodes”, ACS Applied Nano Materials 5 (1), 908-916, 2021.
  1. GA Khan, EN Esentürk, A Bek, AS Bhatti, W Ahmed, “ Fabrication of Highly Catalytically Active Gold Nanostructures on Filter‐Paper and Their Applications towards Degradation of Environmental Pollutants” ChemistrySelect 6 (39), 10655-10660, 2021.
  1. S Sarwar, S Karamat, AS Bhatti, MK Aydinol, A Oral, MU Hassan, “ Synthesis of Graphene-MoS2 composite based anode from oxides and their electrochemical behavior”, Chemical Physics Letters 781, 138969, 2021.
  1. A Bashir, H Siddiqui, S Naseem, AS Bhatti, “ Ecofriendly Water-Based Solution Processing: Preliminary Studies of Zn-ZrO2 Thin Films for Microelectronics Applications, Coatings 11 (8), 901, 2021.
  1. A Bashir, M Farooq, A Malik, S Naseem, AS Bhatti, “ UV-A Treatment of ZrO2 Thin Films Fabricated by Environmental Friendlier Water-Based Solution Processing: Structural and Optical Studies” Coatings 11 (7), 821, 2021.
  1. M Rajabi, M Ghorbani, A Ali, AS Bhatti, “ Ag-doped ZnO nanorods for multifunctional applications: UV and ethanol gas sensing” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 32 (13), 18108-18122, 2021.
  1. GA Khan, Ö Demirtaş, AK Demir, Ö Aytekin, A Bek, AS Bhatti, W Ahmed, “ Fabrication of flexible, cost-effective, and scalable silver substrates for efficient surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy based trace detection” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 619, 126542, 2021.
  1. M Naeem, R Munawar, M Hussain, T Imran, AS Bhatti, “ Simulation and Analytical Analysis of the Blumlein Discharge Circuit for the Generation of Coherent UV Pulses in Air” Majlesi Journal of Electrical Engineering 15 (2), 65-71, 2021.
  1. A Bashir, A Majeed, S Naseem, AS Bhatti, “ Investigation of structural and optical parameters of yttrium-doped ZnO thin films prepared via spin coating of simple aqueous solution” Bulletin of Materials Science 44 (2), 1-9, 2021.
  1. Yongqiang Ji, Minqiang Wang, Zhi Yang, Hengwei Qiu, Muhammad Amin Padhiar, Yun Zhou, Hui Wang, Jialin Dang, Nikolai V Gaponenko, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, “ Trioctylphosphine-Assisted Pre-protection Low-Temperature Solvothermal Synthesis of Highly Stable CsPbBr3/TiO2 Nanocomposites” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12 (15), 3786-3794, 2021.
  1. S Kaleem, S Mehmood, M Chaudhry, A Ali, MF Bhopal, AS Bhatti,” Ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of digoxin using graphite oxide and Au-NPs composites” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 318, 112489, 2021.
  1. Yongqiang Ji, Minqiang Wang, Zhi Yang, Hengwei Qiu, Hui Wang, Muhammad Amin Padhiar, Yun Zhou, Jialin Dang, Nikolai V Gaponenko, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, “ A versatile approach for shape-controlled synthesis of ultrathin perovskite nanostructures” , Dalton Transactions 50 (9), 3308-3314, 2021.
  1. Madiha Sabeen, Liaquat Aziz, Tahir Nazir, Shahid Mehmood, Muhammad Fahad Bhopal, Awais Ali, Faisal Saeed, Faisal Nasim, C. Cepek, S. Bhardwaj, Anwar Ul-Hamid and Arshad Saleem Bhatti, “ Defect states in ZnO/SnO2 composite nanostructures (CNs) for possible facilitating role in carrier transport across the junction”, J. Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 2021.
  1. M Hussain, M Rashid, F Saeed, AS Bhatti “ Spin–orbit coupling effect on energy level splitting and band structure inversion in CsPbBr3”, Journal of Materials Science 56 (1), 528-542, 2021.
  1. M Huma, M Rashid, Q Mahmood, E Algrafy, NA Kattan, A Laref, AS Bhatti, “ Physical properties of lead-free double perovskites A2SnI6 (A= Cs, Rb) using ab-initio calculations for solar cell applications” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 121, 105313, 2021.

2020

  1. Arshad, Humaira, Madeeha Chaudhry, Shahid Mehmood, Ayesha Farooq, Minqiang Wang, and A. S. Bhatti. "The electrochemical reaction controlled optical response of cholestrol oxidase (COx) conjugated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots." Scientific Reports 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-10.
  1. Ji, Yongqiang, Minqiang Wang, Zhi Yang, Hengwei Qiu, Song Kou, Muhammad Amin Padhiar, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, and Nikolai V. Gaponenko. "Pressure-driven transformation of CsPbBrI2 nanoparticles into stable nanosheets in solution through self-assembly." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11, no. 22 (2020): 9862-9868.
  1. Ali, Mushtaq, Muhammad Saad, Mamatimin Abbas, Arshad S. Bhatti, Luca Ottaviano, Marianna Ambrico, Andrea Di Cicco, and Roberto Gunnella. "Formation of TiO2 nanostructures modified Eumelanin films with enhanced properties for biopolymer implementations." Thin Solid Films 712 (2020): 138306.
  1. Hafeez, Muhammad, Bandar Ali Al-Asbahi, Mohammad Hafizuddin Hj Jumali, Muhammad Yahaya, Fakharul Inam, Muhammad Fahad Bhopal, and Arshad S. Bhatti. "Critical role of defect states on visible luminescence from ZnS nanostructures doped with Au, Mn and Ga." Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 117 (2020): 105193.
  1. Saeed, F., A. Farooq, A. Ali, S. Mehmood, C. Cepek, S. Bhardwaj, Anwar Ul-Hamid, and A. S. Bhatti. "Anomalous optical behavior in pyramid-like indium oxide (In2O3) nanostructures." Materials Science and Engineering: B 262 (2020): 114781.
  1. Hussain, Mujtaba, Muhammad Rashid, Awais Ali, Muhammad Fahad Bhopal, and A. S. Bhatti. "Systematic study of optoelectronic and transport properties of cesium lead halide (Cs2PbX6; X= Cl, Br, I) double perovskites for solar cell applications." Ceramics International 46, no. 13 (2020): 21378-21387.
  1. Aziz, Liaquat, Nashmia Sabih, Shahid Mehmood, Awais Ali, Muhammad Umair Hassan, and Arshad Saleem Bhatti. "Anomalous Arrhenius and Berthelot behavior of temperature dependent photoluminescence of Mn-doped ZnS nanostructures." Ceramics International 46, no. 7 (2020): 9794-9801.
  1. Khan, Ghazanfar Ali, Muhammad Umair Hassan, Umair Manzoor, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, and Waqqar Ahmed. "Controlling the concentration of gold nanorods during their dielectrophoresis-assisted deposition." Materials Research Express 7, no. 1 (2020): 015050.

Functional Equipment and facilties at CMND/NANOLAB

  • Clean Room Class 1000 with fume hoods
  • Optical microscope 100x
  • Mask aligner MicroTec
  • Spin coater
  • Chilled water unit
  • Ball Mill Fritsch
  • Tube furnace 1M,1500¬¬¬deg
  • Termolab
  • Box furnace 800deg
  • Termolab
  • Vacuum oven 400deg
  • Wire bonder
  • TPT HB05
  • IV-CV with hot chuck by MDC
  • IV Time resolved
  • Keythley 4200
  • PLE measurements
  • Dongwoo Optron
  • EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy) Autolab
  • Hot plates and stirrers
  • Ultrasonic cleaner
  • Centrifuge
  • Electronic test equipment
  • FPGA Boards Spartan-6
  • Reactive Autoclave
  • Dry Transfer Setup
  • UV-Vis Transmission and Reflection Spectroscopy Setup
  • Photoreflectance Setup
  • RGB Light Communication Setup
  • Gaussmeter

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