The Centre of Excellence
in Solid State Physics wasestablished in 1973. Since joining the Centre
I have been involved in a number of areas of importance to the establishment
and development of a newly created Centre of Excellence. This includes
planning for new research laboratories and teaching courses in the
field of solid state physics and establishment of an X-ray Diffraction
laboratory. I am also, currently, looking after the Materials Science, Scanning
Electron Microscopy, EPMA and AES laboratories in addition to
teaching and supervising M.Phil. and Ph.D. students.
I undertook a one-year
research assignment from October 1998, at the University of Trieste,
Italy, sponsored by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
under Italian Labs Programme. During this period I have the honour
to join a team of an international scientists to set up a new experimental
laboratory on worked on High Temperature Superconductivity at the
International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Trieste, Italy. While working in that laboratory, I have produced
a number of research papers published in international journals and
been presented in many conferences.
I have also served
as Director Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, the
Punjab University, Lahore from 12 March 1996 to 14 March 1999
Areas of Research
Solid State Physics,
Crystallography, High Strength Engineering Ceramics and Composites,
X-Ray Diffraction, High Tc Superconductors, scanning electron
microscopy, SIALONs, Si3N4 and its derivative
ceramics.
Active Research
Projects
Preparation
of Si3N4 based technical ceramics (1997-2000),
financed by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.
Development of
Industrial and Engineering Ceramics, (1998-2001), financed by University
Grants Commission, Islamabad.
Plasma Processing
of Materials and Phase Changes using dense Plasma Focus, (2000),
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in collaboration with Prof..G.Murtaza.
New Ferrites
and Magnetic Materials (2000), to be submitted to Pakistan Science
Foundation.
I established
the Khwarzimic Science Society a few years back, with all my years
of experience in observing our degraded educational standards in science
institutes and a growing alientaion to the spirit of science in the
academic and general public communities. Today, the KSS has grown
to an acclaimed Group of zealous individuals. Visit our
website for details.
Founder Member
of Regional Asian Association of Materials Physicists RAMP
Life Member
Pakistan Institute of Physics
Member Pakistan
Society for the Advancement of Sciences
Member Pakistan
Vacuum Society
Other Important
Assignments
Member Board
of Studies for Physics, Government College, Lahore since 1998
Examiner for
Ph.D. of Physics Department, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.
Examiner of M.Sc.
Physics, Peshawar University, Peshawar.
Examiner of B.A./B.Sc.
Physics (General), University of the Punjab.
Examiner for
M.Phil. and MSc. theses for the Department of Physics and Materials
Science, Bahauddin Zakarriya University, Multan.
Examiner for
B.Sc. Engineering Physics at the University of Engg. and Tech.y,
Lahore.
Examiner for
M.Sc. Physics, Government College, Lahore.
Member Editorial
Board , Journal of Scientific Research, The Punjab University,
Lahore.
Member Advisory
Board, Science International, Lahore.
Member Review
Panel for the Journal of King Saud University of Science,
Riyadh, Suadi Arabia.
Academic Distinctions
Roll-of-Honours,
Government Superior Science College, Lahore 1970
Roll-of-Honours,
Government Superior Science College, Lahore 1971
Stood first in
F.Sc. in aggregate, second in Chemistry, second in Physics, second
in Urdu at Government College of Science, Wahdat Road Lahore.
Publications
The
preparation and structural characterization of Manganese Silicon
Nitride,
Pak, Met. Vol. 1 No. 2 (1979).
Insolubility
of Manganese in b
Silicon Structure.
Pak. J. Sci. Res. Vol. 32. No. 3 - 4 (1980) PP 206 1 1.
A
Low Frequency Square Wave Generator.
Pak. J. Sci. Res. Vol 32. No.104 , PP 43-44 (1991) (with M.A.Shah).
U-V
Photoconduction in a -Al2O3 Single Crystal,
Int. J. Electronics, Vol. 32 No. 3 (1981) pp 205 209 (with
F. M. Nazar)
Preparation
and Structural Characterization of Manganese Aluminium Spinel,
Proc . 2nd National Conference on Solid State Physics,
Karachi (1981)
The
Determination of Amorphous Silica in Silicon Nitride Powder,
Pak. J. Sci. Res., Vol. 35, Nos. 1-2, (1983), pp 23-28 (with M.A.
Shah)
The
Influence of Iron on the Preparation of Silicon Nitride from Silica,
J. Mater. Sci., Vol. 20, No. 20, 3230 (1985), (with A. Hendry)
Densification
of Impure Silicon Oxynitride by Liquid Phase Sintering
Inst. Phys., Conference. Ser. No. 78, Chapter 13. P-539, Adam Hilger
Ltd., Proceedings of EMAG 85, Conf. Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2-5
September 1985 (with A. Hendry)
Preparation
and Densification of Nitrogen Ceramics from Oxides,
Proc. Int. Conf, Non-oxide Tech. Ceramics, July (1985), Limerick,
Ireland, Non-oxide, Technical and Engineering Ceramics, p 119-132,
Elsevier, Applied Science Publishers (1986), Lond. & N.Y., Ed.
, S. Hampshire (with I. Higgins and A. Hendry)
The
Microstructure of Dense, Low-Cost Silicon Oxynitride,
"Special Ceramics 9" (1986), the Institute of Ceramics
Proceedings 37, Stoke-on-Trent, England, pp 1-13, (with A. Hendry)
Field
Dependence of Band Gap in Manganese Phosphate Glasses,
Int. J. Elect. (G.B.), Vol. 63. No. 4, 733-738 (1987), (with I.
Ahmed and S. Naseem)
Structural
Characterization of Hot-Pressed Manganese Aluminium Spinel,
Materials Letters Vol. 5, No. 11-12, 475-478, (1987), (with P. Akhtar
and A. Mateen)
Band
Gap Variation in Band Gap Manganese Phosphate Glasses with Increasing
Manganese Concentration, Int. J. Electronics, (G.B.),
Vol. 64, No. 4, pp 661-666, (1988), (with R. D. Khan, F. A. Khwaja
and S. Naseem)
Impact
Properties of Polyurethane and Glass Fibres Reinforced Composites,
J. Mater. Sci.(G.B.) 24, pp 4516-4524, (with A. Mateen)
Preparation
and Structure of High Tc Superconductor and Non-superconductor
in Y-Ba-Cu-O System,
J. Natural Sci. and Math., Vol. 28, No. 1. PP 19-30, April (1988),
(with K. Hussain)
Composition
Study of Grain Boundary Phase of Hot Pressed Silicon Oxynitride,
J. Nat. Sci. and Math., Vol. 29 (1989), (with M. Suleman)
Preparation
and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Fractured Composites of Glass
Fibres Reinforced Polyurethane,
Materials Letters, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1988), (with A. Mateen)
Synthesis
and Structural Characterization of Dy-Ba-Cu-O Superconductor,Sci.
Intl, Vol. 1, No. 2, (1988), pp 99 (with Rub Nawaz)
On
the Substitution of Sr Ions at Y sites in YbaCuO,
Fizika, Vol. 22, Suppl. No. 3. Pp 287-92, Proceedings of the Third
European Conference on Low Dimensional Conductors and Superconductors,
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia (1989), (with K.Sreedhar, D. Drobac, L. Morales
de la Gaiza, F. C. Matacotta and P. Ganguli)
Critical
Currents and Differential Resistance of YBa2Cu3O7-8
Superconducting Ceramics,
Solid State Communications, Vol. 72., No. 8, 1989, pp 753-757, (with
E. Babic, M. Prester, Z. Mahnic, T. Car, and N. Biskup)
Superconductivity
in (Y1Srx)(Ba1.5 Sr.5
)Cu3O7, Bull. Mater. Sci., Vol. 14, No. 2, April 1990, pp 274-85,
(with F. C. Matacotta. T. Moyo, J. R. Arhius and A. Migliori)
On
the Localisation of Charge Carriers and Suppression of Superconductivity
by Praseodymium System Derived from YPr2Cu3O7, Physica C, 167, 1990, 640 (with C. Infante. M. K. El Musly,
R. Dayal, M. Hussain and P. Ganguly)
Correlations
Between Frequency of Infra Red Active Vibrational Modes and Copper-Oxygen
Distance in Copper Oxides, Applications to Superconductors,
Z. Phys. B. Cond. Matter (Germ), Vol. 83, No. 1, 1991, pp 23-30,
(with p. Ganguly, C. Infante and K. Sreedhar)
Cationic
Substitution in YBaCuO superconductors,
an invited lecture, Proceedings of the Third Symposium in
Frontiers in Physics, 26-29, Nov 1990, Quaid-e-Azam University,
Islamabad.
Effect
of Nd Substitution in Nd-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors,
Current Trends in Physics Proceedings of the Annual Conference 1991,
Pakistan Institute of Physics, the Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan,
Eds. N. A. Chaudhary, F. M. Nazar and S. A. Siddiqi, pp 67-69, (with
A. S. Bhatti and F. S. Matacotta)
Basic
Chemistry and Mechanical Properties of Polyurethane and Glass Fibres
Reinforced Composites,
Handbook of Ceramics and Composites, Vol. 2, Mercel Dekker
Inc., New York, U.S.A., 1992, pp 215-272, Ed: P. Cheremisinoff,
(with A. Mateen and G. Anwar)
Microstructure
Study of Automobile Components, 5th APEM Conference,
Beijing China, Electron Microscopy I, Eds: K. H. Kuo and Z. H. Zai,
World Scientific Singapore, 1992, (with F. Iftikhar and T. Farooq)
Single
Crystal Growth of the Superconducting Compound Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O,
Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res., Vol. 36, No. 1, Jan. 1993, pp 6-8, (with
A. Maqsood, M. Maqsood and M. S. Awan)
Structural
and Photoconduction Studies in Densified Silicon Nitride.
Mater. Chem. and Physics, 39 (1994), pp 157-160, (with F. M. Nazar)
Preparation
aand Characterisation of Bi-Based Single Crystals of High Tc
Superconductors, Journal Materials. Science Letters,
(U.K), 13, (1994), pp 741-743, (with A. Maqsood, M. Maqsood, G.
Shabbir and M. Shakeel)
The
Influence of Sintering on the Formation of High Temperature Superconducting
Phase in Pb+Sb doped Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy, Annual Conference (1993), Pak. Inst. Of Physics, (with B.
Akhtar, A. Maqsood)
Secondary
Electron and Microscopic Studies of Amorphous and Crystallised (Fe.95
Ni.05)76B24 Alloy,
ibid., (with A. Ashfaq and A. Shamim)
X
ray Diffraction and AES Studies of YBa2Cu3O7
Superconductors,
J. Nat. Sci. & Math., Vol. 33, No. 1-2, pp 73-82, 1993, (with
Z. M. Pirzada. M. Suleman, K.Hussain and J. Warris)
Preparation
and Structural Properties of 123 Related High Temperature Superconductors,
J. Nat. Sci. & Math., Vol. 33, No. 1-2. pp 257-268, 1993
Aging
and Environmental Effects on YBa2Cu3O6.95
Superconductor,
Journal of Materials. Engg. & Performance, (1995). (with Z.
M. Pirzada and A. Mateen)
Preparation
of Silicon Nitride from Silica and Cheap Natural Raw Materials,
International Symposium, pp 139-145, Sept. 1993, Islamabad. (with
A. Thompson and A. Hendry)
Preparation
and Characterisation of Bi-based Single crystals of High Tc
Superconductors,
Intl. Symposium on Advanced Materials, Sept. 1993, Islamabad. (with
M.S. Awan. A. Maqsood. M. Maqsood. G. Shabbir and M. Shakeel)
Effect
of Antimony Addition in Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O on Superconductivity,
Journal of Materials. Engg. & Performance, Vol. 3. No. 5, Oct.
1994 pp 591-595, (with B. Akhtar and A. Maqsood)
The
Influence of Sintering and Sb Content on the formation of the Higher
Temperature Superconducting Phase in Bi(Pb)Sr-Ca-Cu-O System,
Int. J. Mod. Phys. B. Vol. 9, No. 28, 1995, pp 3697-3713, (with
B.Akhtar and A. Maqsood)
Effect
of Compositional Variation and Sodium Substitution on Superconductivity
in Y.3Ba7-xNaxCuO3-y System,
J. Mater. Sci. Letters, 1996, 1733-35 (with B. Akhtar and J. A.
A. Khan)
The
Effect of Moisture on Hammer Milled Glass Fibers Reinforced Polyurethane,
J. Mater. Sci and Engg, Vol. 5, No. 5, 1996, 598-601, (with A. Mateen)
Isolation
of 4441 Phase from 2223 Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Compund,
Sci. International, 7(1) 1995, pp 5-8, (with B. Akhtar)
The
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) and Chemical Shift Studies
of the YBa2Cu3O7 Superconductors,
J. Nat. Sci. & Math., 40(1), 2000, (in press) (with Z. M. Pirzadah.
And M. Suleman )
Preparation
and Characterisation of Se-doped Bi-2223 Superconductors,
Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Advanced
Materials, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp 183-186, Eds: Dr. M. A. Khan.
Dr. Anwar-ul-Haq, Dr. K. Hussain. Dr. A. Q. Khan (with J. A. A.
Khan, R. Shaheen, F. Zafar and A. Aslam)
Study
of a New CaO-SiO2-P2O5-CaF2
Glass Ceramic,
proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Advanced
Materials, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp 127-130, Eds: Dr. M. A. Khan.
Dr. Anwar-ul-Haq, Dr. K. Hussain. Dr. A. Q. Khan (with A. Shamim,
I. Arif, W. A. Shah)
Study
of Phases in Sr2-x Bax CuO3
System
Sci. Int. 9(2), 1997, pp 167-169. (with M.A. Khan).
Selenium
Doping in Bi-Based Superconductors,
J. of Mater. Sci. & Tech.,16(3), 2000, 351-353 (with A. Aslam.
J. A. A. Khan and R. Shaheen)
A
Novel Technique for the Preparation of Textured YBa2Cu3O7
Superconductor,
Turkish. J. Physics, 25(1) 2001, 53-62, (with Naheed Kausar, A.
Maqsood)
Preparation
and Structural Studies of Si3N4 Based High
temperature Ceramics,
7th National Symposium on Frontiers in Physics, 19-21
Nov., 1998, (with Uzma Ghazanfar, Nasrullah Khan and Khalil A. Qureshi)
A
Novel laser and Plasma Hybrid Spraying Technique for the Import
Substitution of Various Machine Parts,
submitted 1999, (with Shahzad Alam, Shiya Sasaki and A. Siddiqa)
Friction
and Wear Characteristics of Al-10, Cu Alloy System Produced by Laser
and Plasma Hybrid Spraying Technique, submitted 1999,
(with Shahzad Alam, Shinya Sasaki).
Sintering
of a +b SIALON composites with Low Additives,
submitted to Materials Letters U.S.A. 1999 (with U.Ghazanfar,N.Khan
, K. A. Qureshi).
Sialons
a Preview,
Science International Vol. 11, No. 3, 235-39, 1999 (with Uzma
Ghazanfar)
Study
of Selenium Doped Bismuth Based Superconductors by AES and SEM,
Modern Physics Letters B., 15(22), 2001, pp973-983 . (with A.Aslam
and S. Naseem.
Impedance
Spectroscopy (IS), XRD and SEM studies of Hot Pressed Silicon Nitride,
Science Int'l. 13(2), 93-98, 2001. (with N.A. Khan, M.S. Anwar)
Impedance
Spectroscopy (IS), XRD and SEM Studies of Oxide Added Si3N4.,
Modern Physics Letters B., 16(14), 2002, 525-537. (with N.A. Khan,
M. S. Anwar)
International
Seminar on Solid State Physics, December 1974, Nilore Rawalpindi
16th National
Science Conference, March 1975, Faisalabad
Invited Lecture
delivered on Nitrogen Ceramics" at the School on the Physics
of Mixed Solids, Feb, 1981, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
Presented a paper
entitled "Preparation and Characterization of Manganese Aluminium
Spinel" at the Third National Conference on Solid State Physics,
Karachi 1981
Presented a paper
entitled "Preparation of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbide
from Silica" at the Institute of Physics Meeting on the Application
of Electron Microscopy in Chemistry, January 1983, London, England
Invited Lecture
delivered on "The Influence of Impurities on the Preparation
of Silicon Carbide from Silica" at the Department of Metallurgy
and Engineering materials, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK,
November 1984
Invited Lecture
delivered on "Powder Metallurgy" at the Pakistan Atomic
Energy Commission, Islamabad, September 1985
Presented a paper
entitled "Advanced Ceramics and Energy" at the International
Workshop on Energy and Environment, University Grants Commission,
Islamabad, November 1985
Presented a paper
entitled "Advanced Ceramic Engineering Materials" at National
Seminar on Metallurgy, PIME, Lahore, December 1985
Attended the
23rd Urdu Science Conference, Punjab University, Lahore,
December 1985
Presented an
Invited Seminar on "The Preparation of Silicon Nitride from
Rice Husk" at the Regional School on Short Range Order in Metallic
Solid Solutions, April 30 May 8, 1986, Islamabad
Attended the
Eleventh International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and
Contemporary Needs, Nathiagali, June 19 July 10, 1986
Presented a Seminar
on "The Influence of Impurities on the Preparation of Silicon
Nitride from Silica" at the Asian Regional Course on Materials
Science and Metallurgy, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan,
November 8-19, 1986
Attended Spring
College in Materials Science on Metallic Materials at ICTP, Trieste,
Italy from 11 May to 18 June 1987
Organised Seminars
and meetings of the Ceramic Group as its convener at ICTP,
Trieste during the Spring College (14) and presented a s seminar
on "The Preparation of SIALONs from Natural Raw Materials"
Attended Experimental
Workshop on High Temperature Superconductors, 11-12 April 1988,
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Attended 13th
International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary
Needs, June 16 to July 7, 1988
Attended the
7thCIMCER Conference on Ceramics at Bologna,
Italy, November 1989
Attended Workshop
on High Temperature Superconductivity as Instructor at ICTP, Trieste,
Italy, March 29 April 14, 1989
Attended Spring
College in Material Science of Ceramics and Composite Materials
and presented a seminar on "The Preparation of Silicon Nitride
and Related Materials" at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, April 17
May 26, 1986
Attended Workshop
on High Temperature Superconductors as Instructor at ICTP, Trieste,
Italy in March 1990
Attended the
Third Symposium on Frontiers in Physics, 26 29 November 1990,
Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
Organised and
attended the Annual Conference, Pakistan Institute of Physics, 2
5 March 1991, The Punjab University, Lahore
Organised and
delivered an invited lecture on "The Preparation and Structural
Properties of New High Temperature Superconductors" at the
5th national Conference on Solid State Physics, 26
29 October 1991, Lahore
Organised and
attended the Annual Conference, Pakistan Institute of Physics, 2
5 April 1993, Center for Solid State Physics, Lahore, Pakistan
Attended the
7th Chinese Summer School of Physics and the International
Workshop on Crystallography in Beijing, China, 13 19 August
1993
Attended the
Third International Symposium on Advanced Materials in Islamabad
and presented the following papers on the occasion:(a)"Preparation
of Silicon Nitride from Silica and Cheap Natural Raw Materials",
S A Siddiqi, A Thompson and A Hendry (b) "Preparation and Characterization
of Bi based single crystals of High Temperature Superconductors",
M S Awan, A Maqsood, M massed, G Shabbir, M Shakeel and S A Siddiqi.
Attended the
Advanced National seminar on the Application of Nuclear Techniques
to the Metal and Manufacturing Industry, INMOL, Lahore, 26
31 March, 1994
Attended International
Seminar on New Technologies and their Applications in Industry,
International Islamic University, Islamabad, 18 20 December,
1994
Organised 4th
All-Pakistan Science Conference, 26 30 December 1995, University
of Agriculture, Faisalabad. During this conference a paper was also
presented and a technical session was chaired.
Attended the
5th Conference on Frontiers in Physics, The Pakistan
Physical Society, 26 28 December, 1995, Islamabad
Organised as
Chairman the First One-Day Experimental Workshop on scanning electron
Microscopy and X Ray Diffraction, Centre for Solid State Physics,
Lahore.
Delivered an
Invited Lecture on "Superconductivity" at a 6 day course
for In Service College Teachers of Physics on 1 December 1996 at
the Regional UGC Centre, Lahore
Attended the
22nd International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics
and Contemporary Needs at Islamabad, 28 July 9 August, 1997
Attended the
COMSTECH-ISESCO Workshop on University-Industry Interaction, Karachi
from 12 13 September 1997
Delivered an
Invited Lecture on "High Temperature Superconductors"
at the Jones Physics Society, Government College, Lahore, 15 April
1998
Organised a 6-day
course for In Service Physics Teachers from 16 21 November
1998 at the Regional UGC Centre, Lahore.
The events organised
as President of the Khwarzimic Science Society, Pakistan
from 1997 to 2000 are available at
http://www.khwarzimic.org.
Attended "International
School on Quantum Computation ad Information", 1-7 September,
Centro de Fisica dos Plasmas, Lisbon, Portugal.
Organized "PIP
Conference on Physics", 21-23 October, 2003, Lahore, and presented
three papers in this conference.
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