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Dr Mian Akif Safeen

Associate Professor (PhD)

Dr Mian Akif Safeen

Associate Professor (PhD)

Research Area: Material Physics
About Me

Dr. Mian Akif Safeen is an Associate Professor in Physics currently working at the University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK. He obtained his PhD in Applied Physics from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, in 2016. He also holds an M.Phil degree in Solid State Physics from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, and an M.Sc degree in Physics from the University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. Dr. Safeen has extensive experience in academia, having served as an Assistant Professor in Physics at both the University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK and Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan. He also worked as a Research Assistant at the NEST laboratory Institute of Nano-science Pisa Italy. Dr. Safeen has been the recipient of several research grants, including the National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) Project 2021 worth 5.78 Million and the Start-Up Research Grant Program (SRGP), both sponsored by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. He has also been awarded multiple travel grants by the same agency to attend conferences in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Dr. Safeen has published 21 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals such as Nano letters, Journal of Applied Physics, RSC Advances, and Advanced Electronic Materials, among others.

Degree Major University Start Date End Date
PhD Applied Physics University of Naples Federico II, Italy January 2013 January 2016
M.Phil Solid State Physics University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan January 2009 January 2011
M.Sc Physics University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan January 2007 January 2009
Designation Organization Duration
Associate Professor in Physics (TTS) University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK November 2022 - November -0001
Assistant Professor in Physics (TTS) University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK November 2017 - November 2022
Assistant Professor in Physics (ad hoc) Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta August 2017 - November 2017
Assistant Professor in Physics (IPFP) Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan August 2016 - August 2017
Research Assistant NEST laboratory Institute of Nano-science Pisa Italy January 2012 - December 2012
Title Description Sponsoring Agency Amount Year
Investigation of Transition Metal Doped ZnO Nano-Particles for Efficient Conversion of Waste Heat to NRPU Project 2021 5.978 millions
HEC Travel Grant to USA 2019 For oral talk at conference Boston USA 0.356 millions
Engineering of Metals Doped ZnO Nanorods for Gas Sensor Application Start-Up Research Grant Program (SRGP) 0.342 millions
HEC Travel Grant to Saudi Arabia 2023 For oral talk at conference (ICES2023) at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 0.165 millions
Designation Department Organization From Date To Date
Associate Professor (TTS) University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK
Description Year DOI
Ali, A.; Shah, W.H.; Safeen, Akif.; Ali, L.; Tufail, M.; Ullah, Z.; Safeen, K.; Eldin, S.M.; R Ali, M.; Sohail, M. Effect of Ca doping on the arbitrary canting of magnetic exchange interactions in La1-xCaxMnO3 nanoparticles. Frontiers in Materials 2023, 10, 1117793, (Impact Factor 3.985) 2023 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2023.1117793
Mubeen, K.; Irshad, A.; Safeen, A.; Aziz, U.; Safeen, K.; Ghani, T.; Khan, K.; Ali, Z.; ul Haq, I.; Shah, A. Band Structure Tuning of ZnO/CuO Composites for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 2023, 101639, (Impact Factor 4.712) 2023 doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2023.101639.
Safeen, A.; Safeen, K.; Shafique, M.; Iqbal, Y.; Ahmed, N.; Rauf Khan, M.A.; Asghar, G.; Althubeiti, K.; Al Otaibi, S.; Ali, G.; et al. The effect of Mn and Co dual-doping on the structural, optical, dielectric and magnetic properties of ZnO nanostructures. RSC Advances 2022, 12, 11923-11932, (Impact Factor 3.369) 2022 doi:10.1039/D2RA01798A
Khan, R.; Althubeiti, K.; Algethami, M.; Rahman, N.; Sohail, M.; Mao, Q.; Zaman, Q.; Ullah, A.; Ilyas, N.; Afzal, A.M.; Akif Safeen; Khan, A. Observation of Quantum Criticality in Antiferromagnetic based (Ce1-xYx)2Ir3Ge5 Kondo-Lattice System. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2022, 169361, (Impact Factor 2.99) 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.169361
Akif Safeen.; Safeen, K.; Ullah, R.; Zulfqar; Shah, W.H.; Zaman, Q.; Althubeiti, K.; Al Otaibi, S.; Rahman, N.; Iqbal, S.; et al. Enhancing the physical properties and photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanoparticles via cobalt doping RSC Advances 2022, 12, 15767-15774, (Impact Factor 3.369) 2022 DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA01948E
Pallecchi, I.; Lorenzini, N.; Akif Safeen.; Can, M.M.; Di Gennaro, E.; Granozio, F.M.; Marré, D. Irreversible Multi-Band Effects and Lifshitz Transitions at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interface Under Field Effect. Advanced Electronic Materials 2021, 7, 2001120, (Impact Factor 7.295) 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202001120
Zubair, M.; Khan, A.; Hua, T.; Ilyas, N.; Fashu, S.; Afzal, A.M.; Akif Safeen.; Khan, R. Oxygen vacancies induced room temperature ferromagnetism and enhanced dielectric properties in Co and Mn co-doped ZnO nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2021, 32, 9463-9474, (Impact Factor 2.478) 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05610-5
Asghar, G.; Asri, S.; Khusro, S.N.; Tariq, G.H.; Awan, M.; Irshad, M.; Akif Safeen.; Iqbal, Y.; Shah, W.H.; Anis-ur-Rehman, M. Enhanced magnetic properties of barium hexaferrite Journal of Electronic Materials 2020, 49, 4318-4323, (Impact Factor 1.938) 2020 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-020-08125-7
Khan, R.; de Araujo, C.I.L.; Khan, T.; Khattak, S.A.; Ahmed, E.; Khan, A.; Ullah, B.; Khan, G.; Safeen, K.; Akif Safeen Effect of thermal calcination on the structural, dielectric and magnetic properties of (ZnO–Ni) semiconductor. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2019, 30, 3396-3404, (Impact Factor 2.478) 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-00613-1
Akif Safeen.; Shah, W.; Khan, R.; Shakeel, A.; Iqbal, Y.; Asghar, G.; Khan, R.; Khan, G.; Safeen, K.; Shah, W. Measurement of plasma parameters for copper using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures 2019, 14, 29-35, (Impact Factor 0.963) 2019
Safeen, K.; Micheli, V.; Bartali, R.; Gottardi, G.; Akif Safeen.; Ullah, H.; Laidani, N. Synthesis of Nb-doped TiO2 films on rigid and flexible substrates at low temperature Modern Physics Letters B 2019, 33, 1950313, (Impact Factor 1.94) 2019 DOI: 10.1142/S0217984919503135
Tufail, M.; Shah, W.; Shah, U.; Khan, W.; Syed, W.; Akif Safeen EFFECTS OF Sn DOPING ON THE SEEBECK COEFFICIENT AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF Tl9Sb1-xSnxTe6 NANOPARTICLES. Chalcogenide Letters 2019, 16, 175-184, (Impact Factor 0.885) 2019
Khan, W.; Shah, W.; Shah, S.; Khan, S.; Syed, W.; Ahmad, N.; Akif Safeen; Safeen, K. INCREASING THE POWER FACTOR BY Sb DOPED Tl10-xSbxTe6 IN CHALCOGENIDE SYSTEM Chalcogenide Letters 2019, 16, 343-349, (Impact Factor 0.885) 2019
Safeen, K.; Micheli, V.; Bartali, R.; Gottardi, G.; Akif Safeen.; Ullah, H.; Laidani, N. Influence of intrinsic defects on the electrical and optical properties of TiO2: Nb films sputtered at room temperature Thin Solid Films 2018, 645, 173-179, (Impact Factor 2.183) 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2017.10.028
Shah, W.H.; Iqbal, Y.; Akif Safeen; Safeen, K.; Khan, G.; Shah, W.H.; Ahmed, I.; Khan, S.; Zhao, T.; Ul-Haq, K. Study of the structural and electrical properties of silicon ion irradiated zirconium nitride thin films Modern Physics Letters B 2018, 32, 1850281, (Impact Factor 1.668) 2018 DOI: 10.1142/S0217984918502810
Safeen, K.; Micheli, V.; Bartali, R.; Gottardi, G.; Akif Safeen,.; Ullah, H.; Laidani, N. Synthesis of conductive and transparent Nb-doped TiO2 films: role of the target material and sputtering gas composition Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 2017, 66, 74-80, (Impact Factor 4.644) 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2017.04.012
Safeen, K.; Micheli, V.; Bartali, R.; Gottardi, G.; Safeen, Akif.; Ullah, H.; Iacob, E.; Fidrizzi, M.; Laidani, N. Structural phase-dependent resistivity of intrinsic-extrinsic co-doped transparent titanium dioxide films Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 2017, 72, 99-105, (Impact Factor 4.644) 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2017.09.037
1) Shah, W.H.; Akif Safeen, Effects of Frequency on AC Conductivity and Magnetoresistance in Doped La0.65Ca0.35MnO3 Manganites. Journal of electronic materials 2012, 41, 2243-2249, (Impact Factor 1.938)
2) Roddaro, S.; Ercolani, D.; Akif Safeen; Suomalainen, S.; Rossella, F.; Giazotto, F.; Sorba, L.; Beltram, F. Giant thermovoltage in single InAs nanowire field-effect transistors. Nano letters 2013, 13, 3638-3642, (Impact Factor 11.19)
3) Roddaro, S.; Ercolani, D.; Akif Safeen; Rossella, F.; Piazza, V.; Giazotto, F.; Sorba, L.; Beltram, F. Large thermal biasing of individual gated nanostructures. Nano Research 2014, 7, 579-587, (Impact Factor 8.897)
4) Sambri, A.; Khare, A.; Mirabella, S.; Di Gennaro, E.; Akif Safeen,.; Di Capua, F.; Campajola, L.; Scotti di Uccio, U.; Amoruso, S.; Miletto Granozio, F. Plasma dynamics and cations off-stoichiometry in LaAlO3 films grown in high pressures regimes. Journal of Applied Physics 2016, 120, 225306, (Impact Factor 2.546)