Afzal Khan

Dr. Afzal Khan

Associate Professor

Department of Physics | University of Peshawar

afzal_khan@uop.edu.pk
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Education

M.Sc (1999): Department of Physics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

MS (2007): Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France

PhD(2011): Institute National Polytechnique, Grenoble, France

Post-doc(2016): Universite Grenoble Alpes, France

Teaching Experience

2002-2011: Lecturer

2011-2018: Assistant Professor

2018-till date: Associate Professor

Administrative Experience

1. BS Coordinator

2. Graduate Study Committee 

3. Board of Study

4. Board of Faculty

5. BS Semester Committee

6. Departmental Finance Committee

7. Departmental Purchase Committee

Research Expertise

Thin films deposition, MOCVD, Resistive heat coating, Spin coating, Spray coating, Precursor
preparation, Annealing, SEM, XRD, FTIR, Raman Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy. Van der
Pauw technique, Density functional Theory, Wient2k, Quantum Espresso, Quantum Optics

Research Grants

1. National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) by the Higher Education commission
(HEC), Pakistan. (NRPU/20-8815)
2. National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) by the Higher Education commission
(HEC), Pakistan. (NRPU/20-3118)

Research Collaborations

1) Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique (LMGP) Grenoble, France
2) Department of Physics, UET Lahore
3) Department of Physics, Islamia college university, Peshawar
4) Department of Chemical Engineering, UET Peshawar.
5) National Institute of Laser & Optronics (NILOP) Islamabad

International Conferences

  1. MRS Fall meeting December 2017 Bosto, USA
  2. MRS Spring Meeting, April 1-5, 2013, San Francisco, USA
  3. 20th ISAF-PFM conference, July, 24-27, 2011, Vancouver, Canada.
  4. MRS Fall meeting, Nov 30- Dec 4, 2009, Boston, USA.
  5. EMRS Spring Meeting” June 8-12, 2009, Strasbourg, France.
  6. Electroceramics XI conference, Aug 31-Sept 4, 2008, Manchester, UK.
  7. EMRS fall Meeting, September 17-21, 2007, Warsaw Poland.
     

National Conferences

1. Frontiers in Physics, University of Peshawar 2013
2. Materials 2011, University of Peshawar 2011.
3. Workshop on nanomaterials PINSTECH, Islamabad December 2011.
4. Where industry and academia meet. University of Peshawar October 2007.

Research Publications

 

  1. Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Saleh Hayat, Afzal Khan, Adel El-marghany, Malak Azmat Ali, Samah Al-Qaisi, Muhammad Faizan, First-Principles Calculations to Investigate Structural, Mechanical, Electronic, Magnetic and Thermoelectric Properties of Tl2WX6 (X=Cl, Br, and I), Tungsten-based Variant Perovskite, International Journal of Modern Physics C  37 (07), 1-17 (2025)
  2. Aftab Khan, Arif Ullah & Afzal Khan, Optical and plasmonic properties of coherently prepared nanocomposite composed of gold nanoparticles embedded in rubidium atomic media, Optical and Quantum Electronics Volume 57, article number 266 (2025)
  3. S Ismat, U Jalal, W Jabbar, MA Ali, A El-marghany, A Khan, Exploring the structural, electronic, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of X2CuIO6 (X = Sr, Ba) double perovskites via first-principles calculations, Indian Journal of Physics, 1-9 2025
  4. A Khan, A Khan, RU Din, Investigating the effect of rotary photon dragging on temporal cloaking under the influence of Kerr nonlinearity, Optical and Quantum Electronics 57 (3), 1-13 2025
  5. S Hayat, MA Khan, MA Ali, A Khan, RA Alshgari, S Mohammad, S Al-Qaisi, Investigating optical, electronic, and thermoelectric properties of X2ScIO6 (X= K, Rb, and Cs) double perovskite semiconductors for green energy applications, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 1243, 114992 2 2025
  6. A Khan, A Ullah, RU Din, A Khan, Theoretical investigation of the optical and plasmonic properties of the nanocomposite media composed of silver nanoparticles embedded in rubidium, Physics Letters A 527, 129993 1         2024
  7. MA Ali, AA Alothman, S Mohammad, A Khan, SA Khandy, M Faizan, State of Art in Lead Free Double Perovskite Ceramics, X2MgTeO6 (X = Sr, Ba): Structural Stability and their Potential Energy Harvesting Applications, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 34, (2024) 4547–4557
  8. MA Ali, A Khan, RA Alshgari, S Mohammad, SA Khandy, A theoretical study of stable direct band gap double perovskites X2YIO6 (X = K, Rb) for renewable energy applications, Optical and Quantum Electronics 56 (6) (2024) 931

 

  1. Yousaf Ali Shah, Mutabar Shah, Khan Malook Afzal Khan, Muhammad Ali, Fabrication and Characterizations of Ultra-Sensitive Capacitive/Resistive Humidity Sensor Based on CNT-Epoxy Nanocomposites, Journal of Materials Science 58 (2023)17211-17224

 

  1. Malak Azmat Ali, Aboud Ahmed Awadh Bahajjaj, Samah Al-Qaisi, Mika Sillanpää, Afzal Khan, Xiaoyu Wang, Structural, electronic, magnetic and thermoelectric properties of Tl2NbX6 (X = Cl, Br) variant perovskites calculated via density functional theory. Journal of Computational Chemistry   44 (23) (2023) 1875-1883

 

  1. Malak Azmat Ali, Asma A. Alothman, Mohammed Mushab, Afzal Khan & Muhammad Faizan. DFT insight into structural, electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of eco-friendly double perovskitesRb2GeSnX6 (X=Cl, Br) for green energy generation. Journal of organic and organometallic polymers and materials 33 (2023) 3402-3412

 

  1. Rehan Ullah, Malak Azmat Ali, Afzal Khan, Razan A. Alshgar Mohammed Sheikh Saleh Mushab, Abdus Samad. Effect of cation exchange on structural, electronic, magnetic and transport properties of Ba2MReO6 (M = In, Gd). Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials 546 (2022) 168816

 

  1. Syed Sarmad Ali Shah, Nisar Muhammad, G. Murtaza, Afzal Khan, Muhammad Waqar Ashraf, Shamim Khan. Hybrid functional calculations of optoelectronic properties of ultra-wide bandgap LiSmO2: A first-principles study. Solid State Communications 342 (2022) 114619

 

  1. Rehan Ullah, Malak Azmat Ali*, Bakhtiar Ul Haq, Afzal Khan, Q. Mahmood, G. Murtaza. Exploring electronic, structural, magnetic and thermoelectric properties of novel Ba2EuMoO6 double perovskite, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 137 (2022) 106218

 

  1. Rehan Ullah, Ali H. Reshak, Malak Azmat Ali, Afzal Khan, G. Murtaza, Murefahmana AL-Anazy, Hind Althib, Tahani H. Flemban..  Pressure dependent Elasto-Mechanical stability and thermoelectric properties of MYbF3 (M=Rb, Cs) materials for renewable energy.  International Journal of Energy Research 45  (2021) 8711– 8723.

 

  1. Rehan Ullah, Malak Azmat Ali , Afzal Khan, G. Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, Shahid M. Ramay.  Influence of the spin-orbit coupling effect on the electronic and thermoelectric effect properties of Cs2MI6 (M=Zr, Hf) Material research bulletin 134 (2021)111112

 

  1. Malak Azmat Ali, G. Murtaza, Afzal Khan, Eman Algrafy, Asif Mahmood, Shahid M. Ramay. Magneto-Electronic properties of ferromagnetic compounds Rb2TaZ6 (Z= Cl, Br) for possible spintronic applications. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 120 (2020) e26357

 

  1. R Ullah, M. A. Ali, G. Murtaza, A. Khan, A. Mahmmod. “Ab initio study for the structural, electronic, magnetic, optical and thermoelectric properties of K2OsX6 (X=Cl, Br) compounds” International Journal of energy research 44 (2020) 9035-9049

 

  1. M. A. Ali, R. Ullah, S. A. Dar, G. Murtaza, A. Khan, A. Mahmood, “Modeling of Structural, Elastic, Mechanical, Acoustical, Electronic and Thermodynamic Properties of XPdF3 (X = Rb, Tl) perovskites through Density Functional Theory” Physica Scripta 95 (2020) 075705

 

  1. Malak Azmat Ali, Rehan Ullah, Shah Murad, Sajjad Ahmad Dar, Afzal Khan, G. Murtaza, A. Laref. Insight into pressure tunable structural, electronic and optical properties of CsYbF3 via DFT calculations, European Physical Journal Plus (2020) 135:309

 

  1. Malak Azmat Ali, Neda Alam, Meena, Sonbal Ali, Sajad Ahmad Dar, Afzal Khan and G. Murtaza. A theoretical study of the structural, thermoelectric and spin-orbit coupling influenced optoelectronic properties of CsTmCl3 ­­halide perovskite. International journal of quantum chemistry 120 (2020) e26141

 

  1. Ishrat Rahim, Mutabar Shah, Afzal khan, Fazal Wahab, Mahmood Iqbal. Comparative study of structural and humidity sensing properties of graphene based nanocomposite thin film. Measurement science and technology 31 (3) (2019) 035104

 

  1. A. Shah, M. Ahmad, Rahmanuddin, Shakil Khan, Uzma Aziz, Zahid Ali, Afzal Khan, A. Mahmood. The role of Al doping on ZnO nanowire evolution and optical band gap tuning, Applied Physics A 125 (2019) 713

 

  1.  Rehan Ullah , Malak Azmat Ali, Shah Murad, Sajjad Ahmad Dar, Afzal Khan. Structural, electronic and optical properties of cubic perovskite RbYbF3 under pressure: a first principles study. Material Research Express 6 (12) (2019) 125901

 

  1. Malak Azmat Ali, Hadia Zarin, Sidra Salam, Anum Shah, Sajjad Ahamd Dar, Afzal Khan, G. Murtaza. DFT investigations of structural, magnetic, electronic and optical properties of CsEuCl3, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 33 (2020)1045–1051

 

  1. Malak Azmat Ali, Arjumand Wahab, Gulana, G. Murtaza, Afzal Khan. First principles calculations of structural, elastic, mechanical, electronic and optical properties of CsYbCl3"  Materials Research Express 6 (6) (2019) 0659005

 

  1. Abdul Ahad Khan, Wilayat Khan, Afzal Khan, A Laref, Aurang Zeb and G. Murtaza, Investigation of the structural, electrical, optical and magnetic properties of XMg4Mn6O15 (X=K, Rb, and Cs) compounds" Materials Research Express 6 (6) (2019) 066102

 

  1. Muhammad Faizan, Shah Haidar Khan, G. Murtaza, Afzal Khan, A. Laref. Electronic and magnetic properties of alkali metal chlorides A2MCl6 (A= K, Rb, Cs; M= Mn, Mo): A density functional theory study. International Journal of Modern Physics B 33 (09) (2019) 1950072

 

  1. M. Faizan, S. H. Khan, A. Khan, A. Laref, G. Murtaza. Ab-initio prediction of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Hexafluoromanganete (IV) complexes. International Journal of Modern Physics B 32 (24)  (2018)1850270.

 

  1. Ishrat Rahim, Mutabar Shah, Mahmood Iqbal, Afzal Khan, Synthesis, structural, optical, morphological and multi sensing properties of Graphene based thin film devices, Material Research Express  5 (9) (2018) 096403 (I.F=1.151)

 

  1. Afzal Khan, Viet Huong Nguyen, David Muñoz-Rojas, Sara Aghazadehchors, Carmen Jiménez, Ngoc Duy Nguyen, and Daniel Bellet. Stability Enhancement of Silver Nanowire Networks with Conformal ZnO Coatings Deposited by Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10 (2018) 19208−19217 (I.F= 8.097)

 

  1. Ishrat Rahim, Mutabar Shah, Afzal Khan, Jingting Luo, Aihua Zhong, Min Li, Rashid Ahmed, Honglang L, Qiuping Wei, Yongqing Fu. Capacitive and resistive response of humidity sensors based on graphene decorated by PMMA and silver nanoparticles, Sensors and Actuators B 267 (2018) 42–50 (I.F 5.667)

 

  1. Ishrat Rahim, Mutabar Shah, Mahmood Iqbal, Fazal Wahab, Afzal Khan, Shah Haider Khan, Fabrication and electrical characterizations of graphene nanocomposite thin film based heterojunction diode, Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, 524 (2017) 97-103 (I.F=1.453)

 

  1. Syed Sarmad Ali Shah, Afzal Khan, Shah Haidar Khan, Nisar Muhammad, Saleem Ayaz Khan, Ghulam Murtaza, Ab-initio study of Electronic and Optical properties of Ag3AuS2 polymorphs using density functional theory, Material Research Express 4(8) (2017) 085907 (I.F=1.151)

 

  1. Nisar Muhammad, Afzal Khan, Shah Haidar Khan, Muhammad Sajjaj Siraj, Syed Sarmad Ali Shah Ghulam Murtaza, Engel-Vosko GGA calculations of the structural, electronic and optical properties of LiYO2, Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, 521 (2017) 62-68 (I.F=1.453)

 

  1. Sayari Biswas, Carmen Jiménez, Afzal Khan, Sebastien Forissier, Asit Kumar Kar, David Muñoz-Rojas, Jean-Luc Deschanvres, Structural study of TiO2 hierarchical microflowers grown by aerosol assisted MOCVD, CrystEngComm, 19 (2017), 1535-1544 (I.F=3.304)

 

  1. M. Lagrange, T. Sannicolo, D. Muñoz-Rojas, B.G Lohan, A. Khan, M. Anikin, C. Jimenez, F. Bruckert, Y. Brechet, D. Bellet, Understanding the mechanisms leading to failure in metallic nanowire-based transparent heaters, and solution for stability enhancement, Nanotechnology, 28 (2017) 055709 (I.F=3.404)

 

  1. Muhammad Hilal, Bahroz Rashid, Shah Haider Khan, Afzal Khan, Investigation of electro-optical properties of InSb under the influence of spin-orbit interaction at room temperature, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 184 (2016) 41-48 (I.F=2.210)

 

  1. M. Faizan, S. H. Khan, G.Murtaza, A. Khan, R Khenata, A Mahmood, S Hussain and M A Ali, Structural, elastic, electronic and magnetic properties of Ba2XOsO6 (X = Li, Na, Ca) double perovskites, Indian Journal of Physics, 90 (2016) 1225–1231 (I.F=0.967)

 

  1. M. Faizan, G. Murtaza, S. H. Khan, A. Khan, Asif Mahmood, R. Khenata, S. Hussain, First principles study of the double perovskites Sr2XOsO6 (X= Li, Na, Ca) for spintronics applications, Bulletin of Materials Science, 39 (2016)1419-1425 (I.F=0.925) 

 

  1. Abdul Majeed, Wasi Ullah, Abdul Waheed Anwar, Farah Nasreen, Azeem Sharif, Ghulam Mustafa, Afzal Khan, Graphene-metal oxides/hydroxide nanocomposite materials: Fabrication advancements and supercapacitive performance. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 671 (2016) 1–10 (I.F=3.779) 

 

  1. Sajjad Hussain, G. Murtaza, Shah Haider Khan, Afzal Khan, Malak Azmat Ali, M. Faizan, Asif Mahmood, R. Khenata,, First principles study of structural, optoelectronic and thermoelectric properties of Cu2CdSnX4 (X= S, Se, Te) chalcogenides, Materials Research Bulletin 79 (2016) 73–83 (I.F=2.873)

 

  1. Bahroz Rashid, Muhammad Hilal, Shah Haider Khan, Afzal Khan, First principles study of the spin orbit interaction effect on the opto-electric properties of lead telluride, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 41 (2016) 83–88 (I.F=2.593)

 

  1. AW. Anwar, W. Ullah, R. Ahmad, A. Majeed, N. Iqbal, A. Khan, Simple and inexpensive synthesis of rGO-(Ag, Ni) nanocomposites via green methods, Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials, 30 (2015) 156-161(I.F=1.232)

 

  1. W. Ullah, AW. Anwar, A. Majeed, A .Sharif, Rehana. Sharif, P. Khalid, G. Mustafa, A Khan, Cost effective and facile development of Fe3O4-reduced graphene oxide electrodes for supercapacitors Materials Technology: Advanced Functional Materials, 30 (2015) 145-150 (I.F=1.232)

 

  1. Malak Azmat Ali, Afzal Khan, Shah Haider Khan, T. Ouahrani, G. Murtaza, R. Khenata, S. Bin Omran, First principles study of Cu based Delafossite Transparent Conducting Oxides CuXO2 (X=Al, Ga, In, B, La, Sc, Y), Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 38 (2015) 57–66 (I.F=2.593)

 

  1. Afzal Khan, Carmen Jiménez, Odette Chaix-Pluchery, HervéRoussel, Jean-Luc Deschanvres, Effect of thermal annealing on electrical and optical properties of Ba-doped SrCu2O2 thin films on glass substrates Physica Status Solidi (A), 210 (2013) 2569– 2574 (I.F=1.795)

 

  1. A. Khan, C. Jiménez, O. Chaix-Pluchery, H. Roussel, J.L. Deschanvres, In-situ Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies of the structural transformations leading to the SrCu2O2 phase from strontium–copper oxide thin films deposited by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, Thin Solid Films 541 (2013) 136–141 (I.F=1.939)

 

  1. J.L Deschanvres, C. Million, C. Jimenez, A. Khan, H. Roussel, B. Servet, O. Durand, M. Modreanu. Study of the growth and annealing conditions of SrCu2O2 (SCO) thin films deposited by injection MOCVD, Physica Status Solidi, (A) 205 (2008) 2013-2017 (I.F=1.795)