Publications

    S.No Research topic Journal type Journal name Page Volume no. Date Researcher Names
    1 The Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution by Activated Carbon: Experimental and Theoretical Study Springer Link Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol  5557–5568 21 2023-12-24 Saeed Ullah Jan, Aziz Ahmad, Adnan Ali Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad, and Rashid Ahmad
    2 Tailoring chemoselectivity of Fe/Ni catalyst for hydrogenation of carbonyl compound, Elsevier Catalysis Today 114278 423 2023-11-01 Umar Wahab, Saima Sadiq, Zaffar Iqbal, Muhammad Sadiq, Chang Min Kim, Sher Ali Khan, Adnan Ali Khan
    3 Highly sensitive and simple fluorescence-based method for trace level residue determination of pinoxaden in agricultural and environmental samples: Experimental and DFT study, Elsevier Microchemical Journal 109248 193 2023-10-01 Mian Muhammad, Fatima Bibi, Hamayun Khan, Faiz Ali, Sikandar Khan, Adnan Ali Khan
    4 Quinone Functionalized Highly Porous Polymer as Cathode Material for Mg Ion Batteries: A DFT Study Elsevier J. Power Sources 233358 580 2023-10-01 Adnan Ali Khan, Imran Muhammad, Rashid Ahmad, Iftikhar Ahmad and Najeeb Ullah
    5 Use of a Porous Phenanthrenequinone Polymer-Based Cathode in Mg-Ion Batteries ACS J. Phys. Chem. C. 14075–14085 7 2024-07-18 Adnan Ali Khan, Imran Muhammad, Rashid Ahmad, Iftikhar Ahmad and Najeeb Ullah
    6 An efficient synthesis of bis-Schiff’s bases of polyhydroquinoline derivativesvia multistep reactions, anti-bacterial activities and DFT approach Chemistry Europe Journal of Molecular Structure 136059 1292 2023-06-17 Muhammad Ismail, Rashid Ahmad, Abdul Latif, Adnan Ali Khan, Manzoor Ahmad, Ajmal Khan, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Mumtaz Ali
    7 Synthesis, Antibacterial Activities and Theoretical Study of Polyhydroquinoline Derivatives Elsevier ChemistrySelect e202300954 8 2023-03-13 Muhammad Ismail, Rashid Ahmad, Abdul Latif, Adnan Ali Khan, Aftab Alam, Fethi Ahmet Ozdemir, Ammara, and Mumtaz Ali
    8 Intriguing optical and photocatalytic properties of pentagonal penta-PtPS, PtPSe and -PtPTe monolayers: A first-principle study Elsevier J Phys Chem Solids 111280 177 2023-06-06 Tausif Iqbal, Gul Rehman, Imad Khan, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    9 “Efficient detection of nerve agents through carbon nitride quantum dots: A DFT approach” MDPI Nanomaterials, MDPI 251 13 2023-01-06 Sehrish Sarfaraz, Muhammad Yar, Adnan Ali Khan, Khurshid Ayub, et.al.,
    10 Anodic SnO2 Nanoporous Structure Decorated with Cu2O Nanoparticles for Sensitive Detection of Creatinine: Experimental and DFT Study ACS ACS Omega 42377–42395 7 2022-11-09 Habib Ullah, Rashid Ahmad, Adnan Ali Khan, Na Eun Lee, Jaewoo Lee, Atta Ullah Shah, Maaz Khan, Tahir Ali, Ghafar Ali, Qasim Khan, and Sung Oh Cho
    11 First Principle Study of Benzoquinone Based Microporous Conjugated Polymers as Cathode Materials for High-Performance Magnesium Ion Batteries Elsevier Comput. Mater. Sci. 111757 214 2024-11-01 Adnan Ali Khan, Imran Muhammad, Rashid Ahmad, Iftikhar Ahmad and Najeeb Ullah
    12 A sensitive non-enzymatic glucose sensor based on MgO entangled nanosheets decorated with CdS nanoparticles: Experimental and DFT study Elsevier Journal of Molecular Liquids 119366 360 2022-08-15 Habib Ullah, Rashid Ahmad, Adnan Ali Khan, Nilem Khaliq, Maaz Khan, Ghafar Ali3, Shafqat Karim, Xie Yi and Sung Oh Cho,
    13 Anodic SnO2 Nanoporous Channels Functionalized with CuO Quantum Dots for Selective H2O2 Biosensing ACS ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. 9096-9111 5 2022-07-14 Habib Ullah, Fahad Usman, Muhammad Rasheed, Adnan Ali Khan, Rashid Ahmad, Sang Le, Jun Heo, Ghafar Ali, Maaz Khan, and Sung Oh Cho
    14 Silicon-doped boron nitride graphyne-like sheet for catalytic N2O reduction: A DFT study Elsevier Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 108186 114 2022-07-07 Adnan Ali Khan Mehdi D. Esrafili, Faisal Ali, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    15 Theoretical insight of ciprofloxacin removal from water using boron nitride (B12N12) Elsevier Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 101982 31 2022-07-01 Qaisar Ali, Adnan Ali Khan, Muhammad Yar, Momin Khan, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    16 Modification of sludge-based biochar using air roasting-oxidation and its performance in adsorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solutions Elsevier Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 547-555 614 2022-05-15 Yiwei Sun, Baiyan Zeng, Yatang Dai, Xiangjing Liang, Lijuan Zhang, Rashid Ahmad and Xintai Su,
    17 Nano-porous C4N as a toxic pesticide's scavenger: A quantum chemical approach Elsevier Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 108078 111 2022-03-01 Misbah Asif, Hasnain Sajid, Khurshid Ayub, Adnan Ali Khan Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Ans and Tariq Mahmood
    18 Co Anchored B36 Cluster as a Novel Single Atom Catalyst for Removing Toxic CO Molecules: A Mechanistic First-Principles Study Chemistry Europe Chemistry Select e202103798 7 2022-01-21 Adnan Ali Khan, Rahmat Ullah, Mehdi D. Esrafili, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    19 DFT investigation of adsorption of nitro-explosives over C2N surface: Highly selective towards trinitro benzene Elsevier Journal of Molecular Liquids 118652 252 2022-04-15 Sehrish Sarfaraz, Muhammad Yar, Adnan Ali Khan, Rashid Ahmad and Khurshid Ayub
    20 Selective sensing of NH3 and CH2O molecules by novel 2D porous hexagonal boron oxide (B3O3) monolayer: A DFT approach Elsevier Surf. Interfaces 101767 29 2022-04-01 Najib Ur Rahman, Adnan Ali Khan, Rahmat Ullah, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    21 Facile Synthesis of the Shape-Persistent 4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde Based Macrocycles and Exploration of their Key Electronic Properties: An Experimental Chemistry Europe ChemistrySelect 118652 7 2022-02-17 Mumtaz Ali, Abdul Latif, Saeeda Bibi, Sardar Ali, Akbar Ali, Manzoor Ahmad, Rashid Ahmad, Adnan Ali Khan, Ajmal Khan, Alany Ingrid Ribeiro, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, and Umar Farooq
    22 Revealing the Quasiparticle Electronic and Excitonic Nature in Cubic, Tetragonal and Hexagonal Phases of FAPbI3 AIP Publishing AIP Advances 25330 12 2024-02-01 Zeeshan Muhammad1, Peitao Liu, Rashid Ahmad, Saeid Jalali-Asadabadi, Cesare Franchini and Iftikhar Ahmad
    23 Correlation between structural, electronic, and optical response of Ga-doped AlSb for optoelectronic applications: a first principle study., Springer Link The European Physical Journal B, 95-55 95 2022-03-18 Shafqat Nabi, Abdul Waheed Anwar, Adnan Ali Khan, et.al.,
    24 “Alkali metal decorated C60 fullerenes as promising materials for delivery of anticancer 5-fluorouracil drug: A DFT approach” RSC Advances RSC Advances, 3948 12 2022-02-01 Mehdi D. Esrafili, Adnan Ali Khan
    25 Al-decorated C24N24 fullerene: A robust single-atom catalyst for CO oxidation Elsevier Polyhedron 115497 210 2021-12-01 Adnan Ali Khan, Mehdi D. Esrafili, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    26 Penta Graphene: A Superior Anode Material for Mg-ion Batteries with High Specific Theoretical Capacity Springer Link International Journal Of Ionics 4819–4828 27 2021-10-23 Adnan Ali Khan, Imran Muhammad, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    27 “Synergic effects between boron and nitrogen atoms in BN-codoped C59nBNn fullerenes (n ¼ 1–3) for metal-free reduction of greenhouse N2O gas†” RSC Advances RSC. Adv. 22598 11 2021-06-28 Mehdi D. Esrafili, Adnan Ali Khan, Parisasadat Mousavian
    28 Removal of nitrous and carbon mono oxide from flue gases by Si-coordinated nitrogen doped C60-fullerene Elsevier Molecular Catalysis 111674 509 2021-06-01 Adnan Ali Khan, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    29 “Borophene-based three-dimensional porous structures as universal anode materials for Li, Na, K-ion batteries with ultrahigh capacity” ACS 2976-2983 2976-2983 33 2021-04-14 Muhammad Imran, Umer Younis, Huanhuan Xie, Adnan Ali Khan, Abdul Khaliq, Abdus Samad, Udo Schwingenschlogl, Qiang Sun
    30 Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical analysis of TiO2 nanostructures for sensing L-Cysteine and hydrogen per oxide Elsevier Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 114541 128 2021-04-01 Muhammad Hussain, Nilem Khaliq, Adnan Ali Khan, Maaz Khan, Ghafar Ali, Muhammad Maqbool
    31 Novel Nitrogen-Doped KFeS2/C Composites for Efficient Removal of Cr(VI) RSC Environ. Sci. Nano 1057-1066 8 2021-03-16 Qiaohong Su, Adnan Ali Khan, Zhi Su, Chen Tian, Xiaoqin Li , Jiahua Gu, Ting Zhang , Rashid Ahmad, Xintai Su and Zhang Lin
    32 Silicon Carbide and III-Nitrides Nanosheets: Promising Anodes for Mg-ion Batteries Elsevier Materials Chemistry and Physics 123785 25 2021-01-01 Adnan Ali Khan, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    33 “Theoretical Studies of CsSnX3 (X= Cl, Br and I) For Energy Storage and Hybrid Solar Cell Applications” Elsevier Mater. Today Commun. 101517 25 2020-12-01 Liaqat Ali, Murad Ahmad, Muhammad Shafiq, Tahir Zeb, Rashid Ahmad, M. Maqbool, Iftikhar Ahmad, S. Jalali-Asadabadi and Bin Amin
    34 Removal of Azo Dye from Aqueous Solution by a Low Cost Activated Carbon Prepared from Coal: Adsorption Kinetics, Isotherms Study and DFT Simulation Springer Link Environmental Science and Pollution Research 10234–10247 28 2020-11-10 Saeed Ullah Jan, Aziz Ahmad, Adnan Ali Khan, Saad Melhi, Iftikhar Ahmad, Guohua Sun, Cheng-Meng Chen and Rashid Ahmad
    35 Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Nanosilica for Zinc Ion Mitigation; Experimental and Computational Investigation MDPI Molecules 5534 25 2020-11-25 Zarshad Ali, Rashid Ahmad, W. Aslam Farooq, Aslam Khan, Adnan Ali Khan, Saira Bibi, Bushra Adalat, Mona A. Almutairi, Nafeesah Yaqub and Muhammad Atif
    36 “Tunable Relativistic Quasiparticle Electronic and Excitonic Behavior of the FAPb(I1-xBrx)3 Alloy” RSC Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 11943-11955 22 2020-05-01 Zeeshan Muhammad, Peitao Liu, Rashid Ahmad, Saeid Jalali Asadabadi, Cesare Franchini and Iftikhar Ahmad,
    37 “Density Functional Theory Study of Emerging Pollutants Removal from Water by Covalent Triazine Based Framework” Elsevier J. Mol. Liq 113008 309 2020-07-01 Adnan Ali Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad and Rashid Ahmad,
    38 “Influence of Electric Field on CO2 Removal by P-Doped C60-Fullerene: A DFT Study” Elsevier Chem. Phys. Lett. 137-155 742 2020-03-02 Adnan Ali Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad and Rashid Ahmad,
    39 “Terbium Extraction by Functionalized Surface: Experimental and DFT Approach” Springer Link Adsorption 117-125 25 2019-12-19 Rashid Ahmad, Zarshad Ali, Adnan Ali Khan and Najeeb Ur Rehman
    40 “Physical properties and possible applications of gold-based rare earth intermetallics (R-Au): A review” Elsevier J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 165477 490 2019-11-15 Sardar Ahmad, Rashid Ahmad, and Iftikhar Ahmad
    41 “A Bifunctional and Free‐Standing Organic Composite Film with High Flexibility and Good Tensile Strength for Tribological and Electrochemical Applications” WILEY , Adv. Mater. Technol. 1900617 4 2018-09-02 Aziz Ahmad, Abolhassan Imani, Lijuan Mao, Rashid Iqbal, Hui Zhang, Zahid Ali Ghazi, Rashid Ahmad, Adnan Ali Khan, Lijing Xie, Cheng‐Meng Chen, Zhong Zhang, Zhixiang Wei
    42 “A Computational Study on The Characteristics of Open-Shell H-Bonding Interaction Between Carbamic Acid (NH2COOH) and HO2, HOS or HSO Radicals” Springer Link J. Mol. Model. 189 25 2019-06-14 Adnan Ali Khan, Mehdi D. Esrafili, Aziz Ahmad, Emily Hull, Rashid Ahmad, Saeed Ullah Jan and Iftikhar Ahmad
    43 “Facile route for green synthesis of N-benzylideneaniline over bimetallic reduced graphene oxide: chemical reactivity of 2,3,4-substituted derivatives of aniline” Springer Link Research on Chemical Intermediates. 2947-2961 45 2019-02-23 Razia Aman. Saima Sadiq, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Sadiq, Jehan Gul, Khalid Saeed, Adnan Ali Khan, Sagheer Hussain Shah
    44 “DFT Studies of Thermoelectric Properties of R-Au Intermetallics at 300K Temperature”. Elsevier J. Rare Earth. 197-202 36 2018-02-01 Sardar Ahmad, Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal and Najeeb Ur Rehman,
    45 “Adsorptive Removal of Cd2+ from Aqueous Solution by a Highly Stable Solvent Triazine-based Framework”. RSC New J. Chem. 1023410242 36 2018-05-09 Zahid Ali Ghazi, Abdul Muqsit Khattak, Rashid Iqbal, Rashid Ahmad, Adnan Ali Khan, Muhammad Usman, Faheem Nawaz, Wajid Alia, Zahra Felegari, Saadullah Jan, Azhar Iqbal and Aziz Ahmad
    46 “First Principle Studies of Structural, Magnetic and Elastic Properties of Orthorhombic Rare-earth Diaurides Intermetallics RAu2 (R=La, Ce, Pr and Eu)”. Elsevier Mater. Chem. Phys. 44-50 212 2018-06-15 Sardar Ahmad, Rashid Ahmad, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, Zahid Ali and Iftikhar Ahmad,
    47 “Strongly Correlated Intermetallic Rare-earth Monoaurides (Ln-Au): Ab-initio Study” Elsevier J. Rare Earth. 1106-1111 36 2018-10-01 Sardar Ahmad, M. Shafiq, Rashid Ahmad, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, and Iftikhar Ahmad
    48 “First Principle Studies of Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Lanthanide-Gold (RAu) Binary Intermetallics”. Elsevier J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 458-463 422 2017-01-15 Sardar Ahmad, Rashid Ahmad, Saied. Jalali-Asadabadi, Zahid Ali and Iftikhar Ahmad
    49 “Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of CsPbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I) for Energy Storage and Hybrid Solar Cell Applications” Elsevier J. Alloys Comp. 828-839 705 2017-05-25 Murad Ahmad, Gul Rehman, Liaqat Ali, Muhammad Shafiq, Rashid Iqbal, Rashid Ahmad, Tahirzeb Khan, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, Muhammad Maqbool and Iftikhar Ahmad
    50 “DFT and post-DFT studies of Metallic MXY3-type Compounds for Low Temperature TE Applications”. Elsevier Solid State Commun. 28–35 243 2016-10-01 Muhammad Bilal, Saifullah, Iftikhar Ahmad, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, Rashid Ahmad and Muhammad Shafiq
    51 “Electronic Structure of the LiAÀO6 (A =Nb, Ta, and À = W, Mo) Ceramics by Modified Becke-Johnson Potential”. Elsevier Opt. Mater. 466-475 58 2016-08-01 Zahid Ali, Imad Khan, Mazhar Rahman, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad,
    52 “First Principles Studies of Pure and Fluorine Substituted Alanines”. World Scientific Int. J. Mod. Phys. B. 1650079 30 2016-05-25 Sardar Ahmad, Hamide Vaizie, H. A. Rahnamaye Aliabad, Rashid Ahmad, Imad Khan, Zahid Ali, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, Iftikhar Ahmad and Amir Abdullah Khan,
    53 “Electronic Band Structures of the Highly Desirable III–V Semiconductors: TB-mBJ DFT Studies”. Springer Link Journal of Elec. Materi. 3314-3323 45 2016-05-05 Gul Rehman, M. Shafiq, Saifullah, Rashid Ahmad, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, M. Maqbool, Imad Khan, H. Rahnamaye-Aliabad and Iftikhar Ahmad,
    54 “Ab Initio Study of the Bandgap Engineering of Al1-xGaxN for Optoelectronic Applications” AIP Publishing J. Appl. Phys. 1-5 109 2011-01-15 Bin Amin, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Maqbool, Souraya Goumri-Said and Rashid Ahmad
    55 “Cr-Doped III–V Nitrides: Potential Candidates for Spintronics” Springer Link J. Electron. Mater. 1428 40 2011-02-19 Bin Amin, Iftikhar Ahmad, Suneela Arif, Muhammad Maqbool, Rashid Ahmad, Souraya Goumri-Said and Keith Prisbrey
    56 “Investigation of Half Metallicity in Fe Doped CdSe and Co Doped CdSe Materials”. Elsevier Curr. Appl Phys. 184-187 12 2012-06-01 Suneela Arif, Bin. Amin, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad. Maqbool, Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad. Haneef and Nazima Ikram,
    57 “Antiperovskite Compounds SbNSr3 and BiNSr3: Potential Candidates for Thermoelectric Renewable Energy Generators”. Elsevier Phys. Lett. A. 206-210 379 2015-01-23 Muhammad Bilal, Saifullah, Muhammad Shafiq, Banaras Khan, Hossain Asghar Rahnamaye Aliabad, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    58 “Electronic Properties of Antiperovskite Materials from State-of-the-Art Density Functional Theory”. Hindawi J. Chem. 495131 2015 2015-03-09 Muhammad Bilal, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, Rashid Ahmad and Iftikhar Ahmad
    59 “Thermoelectric Properties of Metallic Antiperovskites AXD3 (A= Ge, Sn, Pb, Al, Zn, Ga; X=N, C; D=Ca, Fe, Co)”. Springer Link Electron. Mater. Lett. 466480 11 2015-05-10 Muhammad Bilal, Iftikhar Ahmad, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, Rashid Ahmad and Muhammad Maqbool