Dr. Arslan Usman
Tenured Associate Professor, Physics
Area of Interest: Thin Films, Nanomaterials, 2D Layered semiconductors
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007  
HEC approved PhD Supervisor
On Leave

Dr. Arslan Usman has completed his doctorate in the field of nanotechnology. He has expertise in the field of thin films, semiconductor photonics and 2D material synthesis. His work revolved around the fabrication and control of physical properties for the development of 2D photonic devices. 

He has attended various national and international conferences and workshops.  He is a member of the Pakistan Institute of Physics (PIP). Dr. Usman has experience in nano materials along with 2D material synthesis and characterizations e.g., XRD, SEM, AFM, PL and TRPL, etc. During his scientific carrier, he worked with various national and international Labs e.g Semiconductor Photonics Lab (Germany), EPFL Lusanne (Switzerland).

Dr. Usman had visited Macquarie University Sydney, Australia as visiting fellow, where he worked on spectroscopic investigations of layered semiconductors. Later on he moved to Germany under the prestigeous Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (AvH Award), there he worked on design and fabrication of 2D layered heterostructures for ultrafast responce photodetectors. He has vast experience of steady-state and time resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) spectroscopy for investigation of carrier dynamics in two-dimensional semiconductors.

Publications:

Journal Papers:
1. Arslan Usman, M. Adel Aly, Hilary Masenda, Joshua J.P. Thompson, Surani M. Gunasekera, Marcin Mucha-Kruczynski, Samuel Brem, Ermin Malic, Martin Koch (2022), "Enhanced excitonic features in an anisotropic ReS2/WSe2 heterostructure", Nanoscale, Vol: 14, Issue: 26, Impact Factor: 8.3   
2. S. Karamat, U. Khalique, Arslan Usman, Asad Javaid, Ahmet Oral (2022), "Chemical Interactions of Nano Islandic Graphene Grown on Titanium Dioxide Substrates by Chemical Vapor Deposition", Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol: 47, ISSN: 2191-4281,2193-567X, Impact Factor: 2.8    (External URL)
3. Hilary Masenda, Lorenz Maximilian Schneider, Mohammed Adel Aly, Shachi Jayant Machchhar, Arslan Usman, Klaus Meerholz, Florian Gebhard, Sergei D. Baranovskii, Martin Koch (2021), "Energy Scaling of Compositional Disorder in Ternary Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers", Advanced Electronic Materials, pp: 2100196, ISSN: 2199-160X, Impact Factor: 7.2    (External URL)
4. Abdul Sattar, Uzair Moazzam, Azmat Iqbal Bashir, Ali Reza, Hamid Latif, Arslan Usman, Raja Junaid Amjad, Ayesha Mubshrah and Abdullah Nasir (2021), "Proposal of graphene band-gap enhancement via heterostructure of graphene with boron nitride in vertical stacking scheme", Nanotechnology, Vol: 32, Impact Factor: 3.8    (External URL)
5. Muhammad Rafique, M. Bilal Tahir, Arslan Usman (2021), "Hydrothermal synthesis of an efficient and visible light responsive pure and strontium doped zinc oxide nano-hexagonal photocatalysts for photodegradation of Rhodamine B dye", Applied Nanoscience, Vol: 1, Impact Factor: 3.6   
6. Hamid Latif, Saima Ashraf, M. Shahid Rafique, Ayesha Imtiaz, Abdul Sattar, S. Zaheer, Syeda Ammara Shabbir, Arslan Usman (2020), "A novel, PbS quantum dot-Sensitized solar cell structure with TiO2-fMWCNTS nano-composite filled meso-porous anatase TiO2 photoanode", Solar Energy, pp: 617-623, Vol: 204, Impact Factor: 5.7    (External URL)
7. Hamid Latif, Danish Wasif, Saba Rasheed, Abdul Sattar, M. Shahid Rafique, Abdul Waheed Anwar, S. Zaheer, Syeda Ammara Shabbir, Ayesha Imtiaz, Mehwish Qutab, Arslan Usman (2020), "Gold nanoparticles mixed multiwall carbon nanotubes, supported on graphene nano-ribbons (Au-NT-G) as an efficient reduction electrode for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells (PEMFC)", Solar Energy, pp: 767-773, Vol: 157, Impact Factor: 5.7    (External URL)
8. Arslan Usman, Abdul Sattar, Hamid Latif and Muhammad Rafique (2020), "Photonic & optoelectronic properties of layered semiconductors", Applied Nanoscience, pp: 1-6, Vol: 10, Impact Factor: 3.6    (External URL)
9. Hamid Latif, Rabia Zahid, Saba Rasheed, Abdul Sattar, M. Shahid Rafique, S. Zaheer, Syeda Ammara Shabbir, K. Javed, Arslan Usman, R.J. Amjad, S. Malik, Shaziab Khurshid (2020), "Effect of annealing temperature of MoO3 layer in MoO3/Au/MoO3 (MAM) coated PbS QDs sensitized ZnO nanorods/FTO glass solar cell", Solar Energy, pp: 529-534, Vol: 198, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 5.7    (External URL)
10. Hamid Latif, Saba Rasheed, Abdul Sattar, M. Shahid Rafique, S. Zaheer, Arslan Usman, Mahroze Munam, Ayesha Imtiaz (2019), "Effect of Concentration of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) in a SWCNTs/ZnO Nanorods Channel-Based Thin-Film Transistor", Journal of Electronic Materials, pp: 1-8, Vol: 48, Issue: 8, ISSN: 0361-5235, Impact Factor: 1.67    (External URL)
11. Abdul Sattar, Muhammad Irfan, Azmat Iqbal, Faraz Ahmad Shahid, Raja Junaid Amjad, Arslan Usman,Hasan Mahmood, Hamid Latif, Muhammad Imran, Siddique Akhtar Ehsan, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Nosheen Akbar (2019), "Manipulation of structural, electronic and transport properties of hydrogen-passivated graphene atomic sheet through vacancy defects : first-principles numerical simulations based on density-functional-theory along with tight-binding approximation", Materials Research Express, Vol: 6, Issue: 4, ISSN: 2053-1591, Impact Factor: 1.44    (External URL)
12. Arslan Usman, Shumaila Karamat, Abdul Sattar, Afshan Ashfaq, Muhammad Rafique, Judith Dawes (2019), "Spectroscopic and Structural Dynamics of MoS2 Thin Films", Journal of Nano Research, pp: 74-79, Vol: 58, ISSN: 1661-9897    (External URL)
13. Muhammad Rafique, Muhammad Shahid Rafique, Umber Kalsoom, Amina Afzal, Shariqa Hassan Butt, Arslan Usman (2019), "Laser ablation synthesis of silver nanoparticles in water and dependence on laser nature", Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol: 51, Issue: 6, Standard: 0306-8919, Impact Factor: 1.54    (External URL)
14. Muhammad Rafique, Ahson Jabbar Shaikh, Reena Rashid, Muhammad Bilal Tahir, Syed Sajid Ali Gillani, Arslan Usman, Muhammad Imran, Ali Zakir, Faiz Rabbani (2018), "Aquatic Biodegradation of Methylene Blue by Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized from Azadirachta indica Leaves Extract", Journal of Inorganic and organometallic polymers and materials, pp: 1-8, Vol: 28, ISSN: 1574-1443, Impact Factor: 3.5   
15. M. Rafique, M. S. Rafique, Shariqa Hassan Butt, Umber Kalsoom, Amina Afzal, Arslan Usman, Safia Anjum (2017), "Dependence of the structural optical and thermo-physical properties of gold nano-particles synthesized by laser ablation method on the nature of laser", Optik, pp: 140-148, Vol: 134, ISSN: 0030-4026, Impact Factor: 2.4   
16. M.F. Khan, K. Siraj, A. Sattar, H. Faiz, A. Usman, J. Raisanen (2017), "Modification of Structural And Electrical Properties Of ZnO Thin Films By Ni2+ Ions Irradiation", Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, pp: 689--695, Vol: 12   
17. Arslan Usman, M.S. Rafique, S.F. Shaukat, Khurram Siraj, Afshan Ashfaq, Safia Anjum, Muhammad Imran, Abdul Sattar (2016), "Impact of Argon gas on optical and electrical properties of Carbon thin films", Physica B: Condensed Matter, pp: 157-161, Vol: 503, Issue: December, Impact Factor: 2.4    (External URL)
18. Muhammad Imran, M.N. Akhtar, M. Akhad, Arslan Usman, Abdul Sattar (2016), "Fabrication of micro channels on PMMA using low power CO2 laser", Laser Physics , Vol: 26, Issue: 9, Standard: 1555-6611, Impact Factor: 1.2    (External URL)
19. Safia Anjum, Hafsa Saleem, Rehana Zia, Arslan Usman, Saira riaz (2016), "Role of Ni2+ ions in magnetite nano-particles synthesized by co-precipitation method", Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, pp: 1-10, Vol: 29, Standard: 1557-1939, Impact Factor: 1.13   
20. S. Anjum, H. Nazli, R. Khurram, Talat Zeeshan, S. Riaz, A. Usman (2016), "Role of Zn substitution on structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of Cu-Cr spinel ferrites", Indian Journal of Physics, pp: 869-880, Vol: 90, Issue: 8, Standard: 0974-9845, Impact Factor: 1.24    (External URL)
21. Arslan Usman, M.S. Rafique, S.F. Shaukat, Safia Anjum, Hamid Latif and Abdul Sattar (2015), "Morphology, structural and electrical transport properties of graphite based multilayer thin films", Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, pp: 915-925, Vol: 10, Standard: 1842-3582, Impact Factor: 1.12  Abstract 
22. Hamid Latif, M.Shahid Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, Abdul Sattar, S. Anjum, A. Usman, S. Zaheer and R.S. Rawat (2014), "Surface modification of platinum by laser-produced X-rays", Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, Vol: DOI: 10.1080/10420150.2014.972398, Impact Factor: 1.85   
23. Safia Anjum , M. Shahid Rafique, M.Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, K.Siraj, Arslan Usman, S.I. Hussain, S.Naseem (2012), "Investigation of induced parallel magnetic anisotropy at low deposition temperature in Ba-hexa ferrites thin films", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, pp: 711-716., Vol: 324, Impact Factor: 2.6    (External URL)
24. Asma Hayat, Anwar Latif, M. Shahid Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, K.A. Bhatti, Arslan Usman and Adeel Rehman (2012), "Surface Modification of Materials by Repetitive Laser Pulses", Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, pp: 403-409, Vol: 167, Impact Factor: 1.1   
25. Safia Anjum, M. S. Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahaman, K. Siraj, Arslan Usman, A. Ahsan, S. Naseem (2011), "Effect of External Magnetic Field on the Crystal Growth of Nano-Structured ZnxMn1-x+yZryFe2-2yO4 Thin Films", Journal of Crystal Growth, pp: 142-148, Vol: 324, Impact Factor: 1.57    (External URL)
26. Arslan Usman, M.S. Rafique, M.Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, K. Siraj, S. Anjum, H. Latif, Taj. M. Khan, Mazhar Mehmood (2010), "Growth and characterization of Ni:DLC composite films using pulsed laser deposition technique", Materials Chemistry and Physics, pp: 649-654, Vol: 126, Issue: 3, ISSN: 0254-0584, Impact Factor: 4.7    (External URL)
27. Safia Anjum, M.S. Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, K. Siraj, A. Usman, H. Latif, K.A. Bhatti, S. Hussain, S. Naseem (2010), "Magnetic and optical properties of amorphous NdFeCo thin films by pulsed laser deposition technique", Vacuum, pp: 126-130, Vol: 85, Issue: 2, Standard: 0042-207X, Impact Factor: 2.5    (External URL)
28. M.Khaleeq-ur-rahman, A.Sattar, M.S.Rafique, Arslan Usman (2008), "Deposition of zinc oxide thin film on CaCO3 substrate via PLD at room temperature", Pakistan Journal of Engineering & Applied Sciences, pp: 48-52, Vol: 2, Issue: 1   
Conference Papers:
1. Hamid Latif, M.S.Rafique, M.Khaleeq-ur-rahman, R.S.Rawat, S. Naseem, A. Sattar, S. Anjum, Arslan Usman (2009) "Effect of Laser produced x-rays on the surface of Gold and platinum", PIPIC, Vol: Proc-PIP, Issue: 1   

Qualification

Post-Doctorate
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany
2019 to 2020
   
Ph.D
University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
2008 to 2013
   

Experience

Assistant Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad (Lahore Campus)
2014 to Date
   
Visiting Research Fellow
Macquarie University Sydney, Australia
2018
   
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