Faculty Profile

Dr. Muhammad Usman
Assistant Professor
PhD, Postdoc ,School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
Research Interests

  • Carbon nanomaterials (including the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, carbon nano coils, and graphene)
  • Material Science and Nanotechnology
  • Nanocomposites with novel architecture
  • Applications in Energy storage (supercapacitors) and biosensors.

Biography

Muhammad Usman completed his Master’s degree (2005) and M.Phil. (2011) in Physics from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan Pakistan. Then, he received a doctoral degree at the Dalian University of Technology, China in 2017. He did Postdoc in the School of physics at the Dalian University of Technology, China. He returned to Pakistan and worked in the Khwaja Fareed University of Engg. and Information Technology Rahimyar Khan-64200, Pakistan.  His research interest is in carbon nanomaterials, including the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, carbon nano coils and graphene, and their potential applications in supercapacitors and biosensors. He won NRPU2020 of 20 million. He is interested in developing nanocomposites with novel architecture for energy storage and biosensor application.

Awards and Honors

  • Won NRPU 2020 of 20 million
  • Won CSC Fully funded scholarship

Publications

  • [1] Carbon nanocoils-nickel foam decorated with silver nanoparticles/sheets using a novel stirring assisted electrodeposition technique for non-enzymatic glucose sensor, Carbon 157 (2020) 761-766.
  • [2] Ultra-fast and highly sensitive enzyme-free glucose sensor based on 3D vertically aligned silver nanoplates on nickel foam-graphene substrate, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 848 (2019) 113342.
  • [3] Fabrication of 3D vertically aligned silver nanoplates on nickel foam-graphene substrate by a novel electrodeposition with sonication for efficient supercapacitors, Chemical Engineering Journal 311(Supplement C) (2017) 359-366.
  • [4] Enhanced electrochemical supercapacitor properties with synergistic effect of polyaniline, graphene and AgxO, Applied Surface Science 370(Supplement C) (2016) 297-305.
  • [5] Nickel foam–graphene/MnO2/PANI nanocomposite based electrode material for efficient supercapacitors, Journal of Materials Research 30(21) (2015) 3192-3200.
  • [6] Influence of Nd3+ substitution on physical, electrical and dielectric properties of Ba2Zn2Fe12O22 hexagonal ferrites prepared by sol–gel auto combustion method, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 27(4) (2016) 3637-3644.
  • [7] Controllable optomechanically induced transparency in coupled optomechanical systems, The European Physical Journal D 71(4) (2017) 103.
  • [8] Facile fabrication of polyaniline@[gamma]-MnOOH on a buckypaper ternary composite electrode for free-standing supercapacitors, RSC Advances 7(70) (2017) 44523-44530.
  • [9] Facile Synthesis of A Unique Structure: CuOx@C Bead-Like Nanowire Array and Its Electrochemical Performance, Electrochimica Acta 210(Supplement C) (2016) 111-116.
  • [10] Thickness Controlled Water Vapors Assisted Growth of Multilayer Graphene by Ambient Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119(6) (2015) 3079-3089.
  • [11] Improved performance of a MnO2@PANI nanocomposite synthesized on 3D graphene as a binder free electrode for supercapacitors, RSC Advances 6(52) (2016) 46100-46107.
  • [12] Hierarchical macro-/meso-/microporous oxygen-doped carbon derived from sodium alginate: A cost-effective biomass material for binder-free supercapacitors, Materials & Design 182 (2019) 108048.
  • [13] Reduced holey graphene oxide film and carbon nanotubes sandwich structure as a binder-free electrode  material for supercapacitor. , Scientific Reports (2020).
  • [14] Growth of Carbon Nanocoils by Porous α-Fe2O3/SnO2 Catalyst and Its Buckypaper for High Efficient Adsorption, Nano-Micro Letters 12(1) (2020) 23.
  • [15] In-situ growth of porous CoTe2 nanosheets array on 3D nickel foam for highly sensitive binder-free non-enzymatic glucose sensor, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 861 (2021) 158642.
  • [16] Persistent prevalence of supramolecular architectures of novel ultrasonically synthesized hydrazones due to hydrogen bonding [X–H⋯O; X=N]: Experimental and density functional theory analyses, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 148 (2021) 109679.
  • [17]  Designing Star-Shaped Subphthalocyanine-Based Acceptor Materials with Promising Photovoltaic Parameters for Non-fullerene Solar Cells, ACS Omega 5(36) (2020) 23039-23052.
  • [18] Recent Advances in Nanotechnology-Aided Materials in Combating Microbial Resistance and Functioning as Antibiotics Substitutes. Int J Nanomedicine. 2020;15:7329-7358

Affiliations

  • KFUEIT
  • School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China