Dr. Saadat Anwar Siddiqi
Professor
Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics
Punjab University, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  1. The preparation and structural characterization of Manganese Silicon Nitride, Pak, Met. Vol. 1 No. 2 (1979).
  2. Insolubility of Manganese in b – Silicon Structure. Pak. J. Sci. Res. Vol. 32. No. 3 - 4 (1980) PP 206 –1 1.
  3. A Low Frequency Square Wave Generator. Pak. J. Sci. Res. Vol 32. No.104 , PP 43-44 (1991) (with M.A.Shah).
  4. 4. U-V Photoconduction in a -Al2O3 Single Crystal, Int. J. Electronics, Vol. 32 No. 3 (1981) pp 205 – 209 (with F. M. Nazar)
  5. Preparation and Structural Characterization of Manganese Aluminium Spinel, Proc . 2nd National Conference on Solid State Physics, Karachi (1981)
  6. 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)
  7. The Influence of Iron on the Preparation of Silicon Nitride from Silica, J. Mater. Sci., Vol. 20, No. 20, 3230 (1985), (with A. Hendry)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. Structural Characterization of Hot-Pressed Manganese Aluminium Spinel, Materials Letters Vol. 5, No. 11-12, 475-478, (1987), (with P. Akhtar and A. Mateen)
  13. 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)
  14. Impact Properties of Polyurethane and Glass Fibres Reinforced Composites, J. Mater. Sci.(G.B.) 24, pp 4516-4524, (with A. Mateen)
  15. 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)
  16. Composition Study of Grain Boundary Phase of Hot Pressed Silicon Oxynitride, J. Nat. Sci. and Math., Vol. 29 (1989), (with M. Suleman)
  17. Preparation and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Fractured Composites of Glass Fibres Reinforced Polyurethane, Materials Letters, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1988), (with A. Mateen)
  18. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Dy-Ba-Cu-O Superconductor,Sci. Intl, Vol. 1, No. 2, (1988), pp 99 (with Rub Nawaz)
  19. 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)
  20. Critical Currents and Differential Resistance of YBa2Cu3O7-8 Superconducting Ceramics, Solid State Communications, Vol. 27., No. 8, 1989, pp 753-757, (with E. Babic, M. Prester, Z. Mahnic, T. Car, and N. Biskup)
  21. Superconductivity in (Y1–Srx)(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)
  22. Differential Resistance and Current Density Distribution in YBa2Cu3O7 Ceramics, Physical Review, B., Vol. 41, No. 10, April 1990, pp 278-82, (with E. Babic, M. Prester, N. Biskup and Z. Mahronic)
  23. 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)
  24. 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)
  25. 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.
  26. 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)
  27. 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)
  28. 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)
  29. 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)
  30. Structural and Photoconduction Studies in Densified Silicon Nitride. Mater.,Chem.and Physics, 39 (1994), pp 157-160, (with F. M. Nazar)
  31. Preparationa and Characterisation of Bi-Based Single Crystals of High Tc Superconductors, Journal Meterials. Science Letters, (U.K), 13, (1994), pp 741-743, (with A. Maqsood, M. Maqsood, G. Shabbir and M. Shakeel)
  32. 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)
  33. Secondary Electron and Microscopic Studies of Amorphous and Crystallised (Fe.95 Ni.05)76B24 Alloy, ibid., (with A. Ashfaq and A. Shamim)
  34. 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)
  35. Preparation and Structural Properties of 123 Related High Temperature Superconductors, J. Nat. Sci. & Math., Vol. 33, No. 1-2. pp 257-268, 1993
  36. Dynamic Temperature Resistometric Analysis of Rapidly Quenched Fe86B14 Alloy and Correlated Study By Mössbaeur and SEM, J. Mater. Sci. Engg, A, 179/A180 (1994), pp 376-381 (with A. Ashfaq, A Shamim and M. Irshad)
  37. Aging and Environmental Effects on YBa2Cu3O6.95 Superconductor, Journal of Materials. Engg. & Performance, (1995). (with Z. M. Pirzada and A. Mateen)
  38. 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)
  39. 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)
  40. 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)
  41. Optical Band gap in Cd-Mn Phosphate Glasses, Mater. Chem. & Phys. (1995), pp 69-72, (with M. Masih and A. Mateen)
  42. Field Dependance of Photoconduction and Band-Gap in 10CdO30MnO-60P2O5 Glass, Submitted 1998 (with M. Masih)
  43. Thermogravimetric Studies of Y.7 Sr.75Ba1.5Cu3Oy submitted, 1996 (with A. Schmid and A. Mateen)
  44. DTRM and SEM studies of Melt-Spun Fe72.2Ni3.8B24 Amorphous Alloy, Turkish J. physics, Vol. 20, No. 7, 760-66, 1996, (with A. Ashfaq and A. Shamim)
  45. Superconductivity in Tetragonal Y.75 Sr.75Ba1.5Cu3O6 Compound, submitted, 2001 (with P. Ganguly and S. Meriani)
  46. 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)
  47. 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)
  48. 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)
  49. Isolation of 4441 Phase from 2223 Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Compund, Sci. International, 7(1) 1995, pp 5-8, (with B. Akhtar)
  50. 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 )
  51. 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)
  52. 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)
  53. Study of Phases in Sr2-x Bax Cu O3 System Sci. Int. 9(2), 1997, pp 167-169. (with M.A. Khan).
  54. 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)
  55. A Novel Technique for the Preparation of Textured YBa2Cu3O7 Superconductor, Turkish. J. Physics, 25(1) 2001, 53-62, (with Naheed Kausar, A. Maqsood)
  56. 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)
  57. 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)
  58. 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).
  59. 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).
  60. Sialons – a Preview, Science International Vol. 11, No. 3, 235-39, 1999 (with Uzma Ghazanfar)
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  61. DC Electrical Conductivity of Li2O-CdO-P2O5 Submitted to Materials Chemistry and Physics 2000, (with M. Altaf and M.A. Chaudhary)
  62. Study of Selenium Doped Bismuth Based Superconductors by AES and SEM. submitted to Int. J. Mod. Phys.B., 2001. (with A.Aslam and S. Naseem)
  63. Study of Some Technical Ceramics by SEM. XRD and Impedence Spectroscopy Sci. Int. 2001, (in press). (with Nasir A. Khan, Sabieh Anwar)

LIST OF WORKSHOPS / SCHOOLS / COURSES ATTENDED

  1. International Seminar on Solid State Physics, December 1974, Nilore Rawalpindi
  2. 16th National Science Conference, March 1975, Faisalabad
  3. Invited Lecture delivered on Nitrogen Ceramics" at the School on the Physics of Mixed Solids, Feb, 1981, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
  4. Presented a paper entitled "Preparation and Characterization of Manganese Aluminium Spinel" at the Third National Conference on Solid State Physics, Karachi 1981
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Invited Lecture delivered on "Powder Metallurgy" at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, September 1985
  8. Presented a paper entitled "Advanced Ceramics and Energy" at the International Workshop on Energy and Environment, University Grants Commission, Islamabad, November 1985
  9. Presented a paper entitled "Advanced Ceramic Engineering Materials" at National Seminar on Metallurgy, PIME, Lahore, December 1985
  10. Attended the 23rd Urdu Science Conference, Punjab University, Lahore, December 1985
  11. 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
  12. Attended the Eleventh International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, Nathiagali, June 19 – July 10, 1986
  13. 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
  14. Attended Spring College in Materials Science on Metallic Materials at ICTP, Trieste, Italy from 11 May to 18 June 1987
  15. 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"
  16. Attended Experimental Workshop on High Temperature Superconductors, 11-12 April 1988, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
  17. Attended 13th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, June 16 to July 7, 1988
  18. Attended the 7th CIMCER Conference on Ceramics at Bologna, Italy, November 1989
  19. Attended Workshop on High Temperature Superconductivity as Instructor at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, March 29 – April 14, 1989
  20. 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
  21. Attended Workshop on High Temperature Superconductors as Instructor at ICTP, Trieste, Italy in March 1990
  22. Attended the Third Symposium on Frontiers in Physics, 26 – 29 November 1990, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
  23. Organised and attended the Annual Conference, Pakistan Institute of Physics, 2 – 5 March 1991, The Punjab University, Lahore
  24. 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
  25. Organised and attended the Annual Conference, Pakistan Institute of Physics, 2 – 5 April 1993, Center for Solid State Physics, Lahore, Pakistan
  26. Attended the 7th Chinese Summer School of Physics and the International Workshop on Crystallography in Beijing, China, 13 – 19 August 1993
  27. 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.
  28. Attended the Advanced National seminar on the Application of Nuclear Techniques to the Metal and Manufacturing Industry, INMOL, Lahore, 26 – 31 March, 1994
  29. Attended International Seminar on New Technologies and their Applications in Industry, International Islamic University, Islamabad, 18 – 20 December, 1994
  30. 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.
  31. Attended the 5th Conference on Frontiers in Physics, The Pakistan Physical Society, 26 – 28 December, 1995, Islamabad
  32. Organised as Chairman the First One-Day Experimental Workshop on scanning electron Microscopy and X Ray Diffraction, Centre for Solid State Physics, Lahore.
  33. 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
  34. Attended the 22nd International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs at Islamabad, 28 July – 9 August, 1997
  35. Attended the COMSTECH-ISESCO Workshop on University-Industry Interaction, Karachi from 12 – 13 September 1997
  36. Delivered an Invited Lecture on "High Temperature Superconductors" at the Jones Physics Society, Government College, Lahore, 15 April 1998
  37. Organised a 6-day course for In Service Physics Teachers from 16 – 21 November 1998 at the Regional UGC Centre, Lahore.
  38. The events organised as President of the Khwarzimic Science Society, Pakistan from 1997 to 2000 are available at http://www.khwarzimic.org.

POPULAR SCIENCE AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PUBLICATIONS

  1. "Hunger – an International Problem" Sunday Magazine, The Daily "Imroze", Lahore, 1-12-1974
  2. "The Methodology and Philosophy of Contemporary Science" Translation, "Naya Payam", Lahore, October 1975, (17-18).
  3. "The Importance of Social Work in National Development" The Daily "Imroze", Lahore, 29-12-1976
  4. "Atomic Weapons – the Biggest Threat of the Modern Times" Friday magazine, The Daily "Imroze", Lahore
  5. "Sun – a Dependable Source of Energy" "Assaif", July/ August, 1977, Islamabad, pp 88-89.
  6. "Scientific Research and Development" Magazine Section, "The Pakistan Times", 16-12-1978, 1978, Lahore.
  7. "Super Race for Superconductors" Midweek Magazine, "The Pakistan Times", 31-7-1988, Lahore.
  8. "Advanced Ceramics" Newsletter Pakistan Institute of Physics, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1991.
  9. "Need to Study Advanced Materials" "The Pakistan Times", 11-10-1991, Lahore.
  10. "Stable Isotopes and Homeopathic Effect" "Homoeopathic Magazine", No. 11, November 1991, Lahore.
  11. "Professor Abdus Salam and Pakistan" The Daily "Jang", 6-4-1996, Lahore.
  12. "A Generous Host of Scientists" – a tribute to the Late Dr. Abdus Salam The "Ravi", Government College Magazine 1997, Lahore
  13. "We Cannot Afford to Fail" – Reflections on Pakistan’s Atomic Explosions Khwarzimic Science Society Website Publications at http://www.khwarzimic.org
  14. "Honoris Causa – Muslim Science" The Quarterly "Jawan Pakistan", January-March 1999.
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