Dr. Majid Niaz Akhtar
Assistant Professor, Physics
Area of Interest: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Electromagnetics, Composite Materials
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007   (833)
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Dr.  Majid Niaz Akhtar completed his PhD studies in the field of nanotechnology from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He has expertise in the field of electromagnetics, material science (Adanced magnetic materials) and RF microwave devices (EM Antenna, Nanodevices). He completed his Masters of Philosophy and Masters of Science in (Applied Physics specialization with industrial Electronics) from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. He has got gold medal awards in his M.Phil and Masters from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. On completion of his Masters studies he has worked as a lecturer in Army Public Degree College, Multan. During his M.Phil studies, he worked as visiting lecturer in Govt. College of Technology, Multan and Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan. Working at Bahauddin Zakariya University, he has been involved in conducting basic research in the fields of advanced material science for micrwave absorption and memory storage devices. Currently, he is working in Comsats institute of Technology (CIIT), Lahore as Assistant Professor in Department of Physics.

 

Publications:

Book Chapters:
1. Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Nadeem Nasir, Hanita Daud and Marneni Narahari (2012), "Forward Modeling of Seabed Logging by Finite Integration (FI) and Finite Element (FE) Methods", Design and Analysis of Materials and Engineering Structures, edited by: A. Öchsner et al. , published by: Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp: 1-19, Standard: 10.1007/978-3-642-32295-2   
2. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir, Hanita Daud and Marneni Narahari (2012), "Modeling of Seabed Logging by Finite Integration (FI) and Finite Element (FE) Methods", Design and Analysis of Materials and Engineering Structures, published by: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg   
3. Muhammad Kashif, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Nadeem Nasir, and Noorhana Yahya (2010), "Versatility of ZnO Nanostructures", Carbon and Oxide Nanostructures, edited by: Noorhana Yahya, published by: Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp: 219-244, Standard: 1869-8433/978-3-642-14672-5   
Journal Papers:
1. Muhammad Rafi Raza, Faiz Ahmad, Norhamidi Muhamad, Abubakar Sulong, M.A. Omar, Majid Niaz Akhtar, M. Aslam (2016), "Effects of Solid Loading and Cooling Rate on Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behaviour of Powder Injection Molded 316 L Stainless Steel", Powder Technology, pp: 135-142, Vol: 289, Impact Factor: 2.95   
2. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Abu Bakar Sulong, M A Khan, M. Ahmad, M. R. Raza, M. Saleem (2016), "Structural, Morphological and Magnetic (Static/Dynamic) investigations of YIG and YAIG nanoferrites by microemulsion Technique", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, pp: 425-431, Vol: 401, Impact Factor: 2.65   
3. Rizwan Raza, Akhlaq Ahmed, Nadeem Akram, Muhammad Saleem, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Tauqir A Sherazi (2015), "Composite electrolyte with proton conductivity for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell", Applied Physics Letters , pp: 183903, Vol: 107 , Issue: 18, , Impact Factor: 2.95   
4. Muhammad Rafi Raza, Abu Bakar Sulong, Norhamidi Muhamad, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Javad Rajbi (2015), "Effects of Binder System and Processing Parameters on Formability of Porous Ti/Ha Composite Through Powder Injection Molding –I", Materials & Design , pp: 386-392, Vol: 87 , Impact Factor: 3.50   
5. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Abu Bakar Sulong, Saniah Ab. Karim, Che Husna Azhari, M. R. Raza (2015), "Evaluation of Thermal, Morphological and Mechanical Properties of PMMA/NaCl/DMF Electrospun Nanofibers: An investigation through Surface Methodology Approach", Iranian Polymer Journal, pp: 1025-1038, Vol: 24 , Impact Factor: 1.86   
6. Muhammad Azhar Khan,M. J. U. Rehman, K. Mahmood, I. Ali, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Ghulam Murtaza, Imran Shakir, Muhammad Farooq Warsi (2015), "Impacts of Tb substitution at cobalt site on structural, morphological and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrites synthesized via double sintering method", Ceramics International, pp: 2286-2293, Vol: 41, Impact Factor: 2.08   
7. Tayser Sumer Gaaz, Abu BakarSulong, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Abdul Amir H. Kadhum, Abu BakarMohamad, Ahmed A. Al-Amiery (2015), "Properties and Applications of Polyvinyl Alcohol, Halloysite Nanotubes and Their Nanocomposites", Molecules, pp: 22833-22847, Vol: 20, Impact Factor: 2.90   
8. Tayser Sumer Gaaz, Abu BakarSulong, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Abdul Amir H. Kadhum, Abu BakarMohamad, Ahmed A. Al-Amiery (2015), "Properties and Applications of Polyvinyl Alcohol, Halloysite Nanotubes and Their Nanocomposites", Molecules, pp: 22833-22847, Vol: 20, Impact Factor: 2.90   
9. M.Azhar Khan, S. Riaz, I. Ali, Majid Niaz Akhtar, G. Murtaza, M. Ahmad, I. Shakir, M. Farooq Warsi (2015), "Structural and magnetic behavior evaluation of Mg-Tb ferrite/ polypyrrole nanocomposites", Ceramics International, pp: 651-656, Vol: 41, Impact Factor: 2.08   
10. Waseem Abbas, Ishtiaq Ahmad, M. Kanwal, Ghulam, Murtaza, Ihsan Ali, Muhammad Azhar Khan, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Mukhtar Ahmad (2015), "Structural and magnetic behavior of Pr-substituted M-type hexagonal ferrites synthesized by sol-gel autocombustion for a variety of applications", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, pp: 187-191 , Vol: 374 , Impact Factor: 2.04   
11. Muhammad Saleem, L. Fang, Saleem F. Shaukat, M. Ashfaq Ahmad, Rizwan Raza, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Ayesha Jamil, Samia Aslam,Ghazanfar Abbas (2015), "Structural and photovoltaic characteristics of hierarchical ZnO nanostructures electrodes", Applied Surface Science, Vol: 1, Impact Factor: 2.49   
12. A Sattar, Rj Amjad, H Mahmood, Majid Niaz Akhtar, H Latif, M Khalid (2015), "Study of morphology formation of near threshold percolating metallic nanoparticle thin films showing non-ohmic behavior", Journal of Ovonic Research ., pp: 113-121, Vol: 11 , Issue: 3, Impact Factor: 0.59   
13. M. W. Mukhtar, M. Irfan, I. Ahmad, Ihsan Ali, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Muhammad Azhar Khan, Ghazanfar Abbas, M.U. Rana, Mukhtar Ahmad (2015), "Synthesis and properties of Pr-substituted MnZn ferrites for core materials and high frequency applications", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, pp: 173-178, Vol: 381, Impact Factor: 2.04   
14. Mukhtar Ahmad, Muhammad Ahmad, Ihsan Ali, Waheed Ahmad, Ghulam Mustafa, Majid Niaz Akhtar (2015), "Temperature dependent structural and magnetic behavior of Y-type hexagonal ferrites synthesized by sol–gel autocombustion", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, pp: 749-755, Vol: 651, , Impact Factor: 3.00   
15. Muhammad F. Din, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Mukhtar Ahmad, M.T. Farid, M. Asif Iqbal, G. Murtaza, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Imran Shakir, Muhammad Farooq Warsi, Muhammad Azhar Khan (2014), "Influence of Cd substitution on structural, electrical and magnetic properties of M-type barium hexaferrites co-precipitated nanomaterials", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, pp: 646-651, Vol: 584, Impact Factor: 2.72   
16. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Abdul Sattar, M. Idrees, Mukhtar Ahmad, M Azhar Khan (2014), "Investigations of structural and magnetic properties of nanostructured Ni0.5+xZn0.5-xFe2O4 based magnetic feeders for CSEM Application", International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, pp: 1-13, Vol: 1, Impact Factor: 1.21   
17. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Nadeem Nasir , M. Kashif, Noorhana Yahya, Mukhtar Ahmad, G. Murtaza, Muhammad Azhar Khan, M.H. Asif, A. Sattar, R. Raza, M. Saleem, S. N. Khan (2014), "Mn0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 nanoparticulates spinel ferrites:An approach to enhance the antenna field strength for improved magnitude versus offset (MVO)", Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, pp: 364–372., Vol: 24 , Impact Factor: 1.15   
18. Muhammad Azhar Khan, Kamran Khan, Azhar Mahmood, Gulam Murtaza, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Irshad Ali, Muhammad Shahid, Imran Shakir, Muhammad Farooq Warsi (2014), "Nanocrystalline La1-xSrxCo1-yFeyO3 perovskites fabricated by the micro-emulsion route for high frequency response devices fabrications", Ceramics International, pp: 13211-13216, Issue: 40, Impact Factor: 2.08   
19. G. Murtaza, R. Ahmad, T. Hussain, R. Ayub, Irshad Ali, Muhammad Azhar Khan, Majid Niaz Akhtar (2014), "Structural and magnetic properties of Nd–Mn substituted Y-type hexaferrites synthesized by microemulsion method", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, pp: 122–129, Vol: 602, Impact Factor: 2.72   
20. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Muhammad Azhar Khan, Mukhtar Ahmad, G, Murtaza, R. Raza, M. H. Asif, M. Saleem, M.S. Nazir, M. R. Raza (2014), "Structural, Morphological, Dielectric and Magnetic Characterizations of Ni0.6Cu0.2Zn0.2Fe2O4 (NCZF/MWCNTs/PVDF) Nano Composites for Multilayer Chip Inductor (MLCI) Application", Ceramics International, pp: 15821-15829., Vol: 40, Impact Factor: 2.08   
21. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Muhammad Azhar Khan, Mukhtar Ahmad, R. Raza, S. F. Shaukat, M. H. Asif, Nadeem Nasir, G. Murtaza, G. Abbas, M.S. Nazir, M. R. Raza (2014), "Y3Fe5O12 nanoparticulate garnet ferrites: Comprehensive study on the synthesis and characterization fabricated by various routes", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, pp: 393-400, Vol: 368 , Impact Factor: 2.04   
22. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir (2013), "New EM Transmitter with Yttrium Iron Garnet (Y3Fe5O12) Based Magnetic Feeders Potentially Used For Seabed Logging Application", Advanced Material Research, pp: 10-23, Vol: 667, Impact Factor: 0.59   
23. Noorhana Yahya, Muhammad Kashif, Nadeem Nasir, Majid Niaz Akhtar and Noorasikin Mohd Yusof (2012), "Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles: An Innovative Approach for Enhanced Oil Recovery Application", Journal of Nano Research, pp: 115-126, Vol: 17, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 1.21   
24. Hanita Daud, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir, Hasan Soleimani (2012), "Effect of Frequency on Hydrocarbon (HC) Detection Using 3D Finite Integral Modeling", Defect and Diffusion Forum, pp: 326-328, Vol: 654, Issue: 7, Impact Factor: 0.48   
25. Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Muhammad Kashif, Tanvir Hussain, Hasnah Mohd Zaid, Afza Shafie (2012), "Electromagnetic Response Studies of the Antenna for Deep Water Deep Target CSEM Environments", Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Application, pp: 513-522, Vol: 4, Impact Factor: 1.15   
26. Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Nadeem Nasir, Muhammad Kashif, Hasnah Mohd Zaid and Afza Shafie (2012), "Guided and Direct Wave Evaluation of Controlled Source Electromagnetic Survey Using Finite Element Method", Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Application, pp: 135-146, Vol: 4, Impact Factor: 1.15   
27. Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Nadeem Nasir, Muhammad Kashif, Hasnah Mohd Zaid and Afza Shafie (2012), "Guided and Direct Wave Evaluation of Controlled Source Electromagnetic Survey Using Finite Element Method", Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, pp: 135-146, Vol: 4, Issue: 3, Impact Factor: 1.15   
28. Hasnah Mohd Zaid, Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, M. Kashif, Hanita Daud et.al (2011), "1D EM modelling for onshore hydrocarbon detection using Matlab", Journal of Applied Sciences, pp: 1136-1142, Vol: 11, Issue: 7, Impact Factor: 0.04   
29. Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Nadeem Nasir, Afza Shafie , Maryam Sharifi Jabeli and Krzysztof Koziol (2011), "CNT Fibres/Aluminium-NiZnFe2O4 Based EM Transmitter for Improved Magnitude vs. Offset (MVO) in a Scaled Marine Environment", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, pp: 1-7, Vol: 11, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 1.98   
30. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Hanita Daud, Afza Shafie, Hasnah Mohd Zaid, Muhammad Kashif and Nadeem Nasir (2011), "Development of EM wave guide amplifier potentially used for sea bed logging (SBL)", Journal of Applied Sciences, pp: 1361-1365, Vol: 11, Issue: 7, Impact Factor: 0.04   
31. Majid Niaz Akhtar, M. U. Islam, Shahida B. Niazi and M. U. Rana (2011), "Effect of Mg2+ Substitutions on the Structural and Magnetic Properties Of Co Mg W-Type Hexagonal Ferrite", International Journal of Modern Physics B, pp: 1149–1160, Vol: 25, Issue: 8, Impact Factor: 0.42   
32. Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar and Krzysztof Koziol (2011), "Encapsulation of Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 Single Crystals in Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, pp: 1-7, Vol: 11, Issue: 7, Impact Factor: 1.98   
33. Nadeem Nasir, Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Muhammad Kashif, Afza Shafie,Hanita Daud, Hasnah Mohd Zaid (2011), "Magnitude Verses Offset (MVO) Study with EM Transmitter in Different Resistive Medium", Journal of Applied Sciences, pp: 1309-1314, Vol: 11, Issue: 7, Impact Factor: 0.04   
34. Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Muhammad Kashif, Hasnah Mohd Zaid, Afza Shafie (2011), "Modeling of Antenna for Deep Target Hydrocarbon Exploration", Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, pp: 30-41, Vol: 4, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 1.15   
35. Noorhana Yahya, Ramadan Masoud Al Habashi, Krzysztof Koziol, Rafal Dunin Borkowski, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Muhammad Kashif, and Mansor Hashim (2011), "Morphology and Magnetic Characterization of Aluminium Substituted Yttrium-Iron Garnet Nanoparticles Prepared Using Sol Gel Technique", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, pp: 2652-2656, Vol: 11, Issue: 3, Impact Factor: 1.98   
36. Nadeem Nasir, Noorhana yahya, Muhammad kashif, Hanita Daud, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Hasnah Mohd Zaid, Afza Shafie (2011), "Observation of a Cubical-Like Microstructure of Strontium Iron Garnet and Yttrium Iron Garnet Prepared via Sol–Gel Technique", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, pp: 2551-2554, Vol: 11, Issue: 3, Impact Factor: 1.98   
37. Muhammad Kashif, Noorhana Yahya, Hasnah Mohd Zaid, Afza Shafie, Mazuin Jasamai, Nadeem Nasir, Majid Niaz Akhtar (2011), "Oil Recovery by Using Electromagnetic waves", Journal of Applied Sciences, pp: 1366-1370, Vol: 11, Issue: 7, Impact Factor: 0.04   
38. Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, A.F.Masuri and M.Kashif (2011), "Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO-CNTs Filled PVA Composite as EM Detector", Journal of Applied Sciences, pp: 1303-1308, Vol: 11, Issue: 7, Impact Factor: 0.04   
39. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Krzysztof Koziol and Nadeem Nasir (2011), "Synthesis and characterizations of Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4-MWCNTs composites for their application in sea bed logging", Ceramics International, pp: 3237-3245, Vol: 37, Issue: 8, Impact Factor: 1.72   
40. Hasnah Mohd Zaid, Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, and Ahmad Badruzzaman Ahmad Sallehim (2011), "Synthesis and Characterizations of ZnO Nanoparticles for application in Electromagnetic detectors", Journal of Nano Research, pp: 93-98, Vol: 13, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 1.21   
41. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Patthi Bin Hussain (2009), "Structural and Magnetic Characterizations of Nano Structured Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 Prepared By Self Combustion Method", International Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences IJBAS, pp: 151-154, Vol: 9, Issue: 9, Impact Factor: 0.02   
Conference Papers:
1. Hanita Daud, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir, and Afza Shafie (2011) "Effect of Frequency on Hydrocarbon (HC) Detection using 3D Finite Integral Modeling", ACEX 2011 , Vol: 3-6 July   
2. Nadeem Nasir, Noorhana Yahya, Poppy Puspitasari, Majid Niaz Akhtar, (2011) "Enhancement of antenna magnetic field strength by using Mn0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 magnetic feeders for magnitude verses offset (MVO)", ICMAT 2011, Vol: 26 June -01 July   
3. Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Mehmet Raif Birol Demiral and Fathehah Mohammad Azman (2011) "Magnetic Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Using EM Methods", Nanosci tech 2011, Shah Alam. Accepted AIP (American Institute of Physics) Scopus, Vol: 3-4 March   
4. Nadeem Nasir, Noorhana Yahya and Majid Niaz Akhtar (2011) "MVO Study of Antenna and its 3D Scale Modeling by Finite Integration (FIM) Method", Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC). IEEE Explore., Vol: 24 - 26 April   
5. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir (2011) "New EM Transmitter with Yttrium Iron Garnet (Y3Fe5O12) Based Magnetic Feeders Potentially Used For Seabed Logging Application", Nanosci tech , Vol: American Institute of Physics   
6. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya and Nadeem Nasir (2011) "Novel EM Antenna based on Y3Fe5O12 Magnetic feeders for improved MVO", Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC 2011) IEEE explore, Vol: 24- 26 April   
7. Majid Niaz Akhtar, Noorhana Yahya, Nadeem Nasir and Muhammad Kashif, (2011) "Synthesis and Characterizations of Y3Fe5O12-MWCNTs Composites for SBL Application", National Postgraduate Conference (NPC 2011), Vol: IEEE explore, Issue: 19-20 September   
8. Noorhana Yahya, Majid Niaz Akhtar, and NurLiyana Che Zul (2009) "Synthesis of Zinc Oxide CNTs nanoparticles filled PVA composite for solar cell", nMSC Nanomaterials Synthesis & Characterization Conference (nMSC 2009), X-Ray Application Malaysia Society, Vol: 20-21 December   

Qualification

Post Doc
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
Jul 2014 to Jun 2015
   
PhD
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS,, Malaysia
Jan 2009 to Apr 2012
   
M.Phil
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Aug 2005 to Jun 2008
   
M.Sc
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Aug 2001 to Jan 2004
   
B.Sc
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
May 1999 to May 2001
   

Experience

Research Officer and Graduate Assistant
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.
Feb 2009 to Apr 2012
   
Visiting Lecturer
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.
Jan 2008 to Jan 2009
   
Visiting Lecturer
Govt. College of Technology, Multan.
Jan 2008 to Jan 2009
   
Research Assistant
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.
Jan 2006 to Jan 2008
   
Lecturer
Army Public Degree College, Multan.
Oct 2004 to Jan 2006
   
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