DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Extension Number: 584
Office Number: S-035

Profile:
Dr. Hamid Latif holds dual master’s degrees, one in Physics from Government College University (GCU), Lahore and another in Computer Science from Punjab University (PU). He pursued MPhil in theoretical plasma physics from GCU and completed his Ph.D. in Physics jointly from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore and the University of Pittsburgh, USA. During his PhD he also worked at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as a visiting scholar. He was awarded the “Young International Scientist Fellowship” by the Chinese Science Foundation and served as a scientist at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2012-2013). Following this, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland, USA, from 2013 to 2014.
Throughout his career, Dr. Latif has been affiliated with various educational and research institutions, including the University of Punjab, University of South Asia, University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore, Government College University Lahore, and SUPARCO. Currently, he serves as a professor at FC College. Additionally, he also has served as a visiting faculty at the University of Maryland, USA. Dr. Latif has been a part of FCC since 2010, contributing significantly to the institution.

Education:

• PhD Physics, jointly from the UET Lahore and the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
• MPhil Physics, from Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan.
• MSc Computer Science, University of the Punjab.
• MSc Physics, Government College Lahore, Pakistan.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
Dr. Latif is engaged in cutting-edge research at the intersection of experimental and computational nanophysics and focuses on pushing the boundaries of materials science. His work revolves around the fabrication of 2D materials, including graphene nano-sheets, nano ribbons, and mono- and hetero-layers of WSe2 and MoS2. He delves into a diverse range of nano-materials, including self-assembled molecular layers (SAMs), TiO2, ZnO, SnO2 nano rods, nanoparticles, and quantum dots of PbS, CdS, and perovskites.
Utilizing various thin film deposition techniques such as thermal evaporation, pulsed laser deposition (PLD), and wet chemical coating, Dr. Latif deposited various semi-conductive and conductive materials in his research. His work spans a wide array of applications, including perovskite solar cells, quantum dot-sensitized solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, CNTs/Si hetero-junction solar cells, field-effect transistors, PEM fuel cells, Li-ion batteries, and biosensors.

Dr. Latif successfully secured funding for two projects:

1. “Energy Storing, Lighter, and Stronger Textiles” project, a collaborative effort between the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) and the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), focusing on Li1.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13O2/C /Ag Coated Yarn (cathode) and rGO/Unzipped MWCNTs Yarn (anode) (amounting to 12.5 Million PKRs).
2. “Fabrication of a Novel Carbon Nano-Material based Perovskite Solar Cells and its Stability Enhancement by Self-Assembled Mono-layers,” approved by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (amounting to 4.2 Million PKRs).

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

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2. Shabbir, Syeda Ammara, Ramsha Chaudhry, Hamid Latif, Muhammad Younas, Murefah Mana Al-Anazi, and Aneeqa Sabah. “High-Performance and novel photoactive Hetrostructured Field effect transistor for non-enzymatic glucose sensing.” Microchemical Journal (2024): 110435.
3. Imtiaz, Ayesha, Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh, and Hamid Latif. “pH-dependent synthesis of CeO2-ZnO nanocomposite for enhanced environmental remediation of endosulfan and dimethoate pesticides.” Journal of Molecular Structure 1300 (2024): 137174.
4. Shabbir, Syeda Ammara, Muhammad Haris, Rabia Ajmal, Hamid Latif, Qaiser Abbas, Thamraa Alshahrani, Murefah mana Al-Anazy, EI Sayed Yousef, Muhammad Younas, and Aneeqa Sabah. “High system kinetics of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting using plasmonic nanocomposites of BiVO4.” Materials Letters (2024): 135932.
5. Hamid Latif , J. Liu, D. Mo, Abdul Sattar, J. Zeng, Ayesha Imtiaz , P.F. Zhai, Jahanzaib Hassan “A Simple Approach to Fabricate Modified Electron Transport and Active Layers for an Efficient and Stable 2D/3D Perovskite Solar Cell”, Materials Chemistry and Physics 314 (2024): 128883.
6. Muhammad Irfan, Abdul Sattar, Azmat Iqbal Bashir, Hina Mustafa, Salman Naeem Khan, Hamid Latif, Wenhui Pang, and Shengyong Qin. “A potential candidate material for quantum anomalous Hall effect: Heterostructures of ferromagnetic insulator and graphene.” Physica B: Condensed Matter 673 (2024): 415439.
7. Muhammad Irfan, Siddique Akhtar Ehsan, Wenhui Pang, Abdul Sattar, Hina Mustafa, Hamid Latif, and Shengyong Qin. “Bandgap engineering and tuning of optoelectronic properties of 2D NbSe2/MoS2 heterostructure using first principle computations.” Physica Scripta 99, no. 1 (2023): 015928.
8. Kiran Iqbal Khan, Abdul Sattar, Hamid Latif, Muhammad Irfan, Arslan Usman, Hina Mustafa, Raja Junaid Amjad, and Farah Alvi. “Effect of the Strength of Carbon Nanotube Network on the Efficiency of CNFET Based on Self-Assembled Molecular Monolayer Gate Dielectric.” ACS Applied Electronic Materials (2023) 5, 12, 6660–6667.
9. Imtiaz, Ayesha, Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh, and Hamid Latif. “pH-dependent Synthesis of CeO2-ZnO Nanocomposite for Enhanced Environmental Remediation of Endosulfan and Dimethoate Pesticides.” Journal of Molecular Structure (2023): 137174.
10. Saba Rasheed, Hamid Latif, Muhammad Fareed U Din Masood, Abdul Sattar, Syeda Ammara Shabir, Aamir Razaq, Ahsan Fareed, Muhammad Usama, Shahbaz Ali, “Comparative Study of 2D/3D Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cell Containing Different Modified Carbon Nanomaterials based Electron Transport Layers (ETL).”, Optical Materials, 144, 114364 (2023)
11. Mariam Saleem, Hamid Latif , Dalaver H. Anjum, Syeda Ammar Shabbir, Abdul Sattar, Arslan Usman, “Au/NG/SWCNTs/FTO-glass Modified Electrode based Electrochemical Biosensor for DNA Detection”, Microchemical Journal, 193, (2023): 109206.
12. Raza, Shafique, Hamid Latif, Abdul Sattar, and Syeda Ammara Shabbir. “Effect of anti-reflecting layers on device performance of SWCNTs/Si hetero-junction hybrid solar cells.” Optical Materials 143 (2023): 114215.
13. Hamid Latif, Syed Hammad Raza, Adil Waseem Muggo, M. Shahid Rafique, Abdul Sattar, Syeda Ammara Shabbir, and Arslan Usman. “A novel SiO2–ZnS-Am-TiO2/PbS–CdS@ ZnO-NRs/FTO photoanode based quantum dots sensitized solar cell.” Optical Materials 142 (2023): 113982.
14. Khurshid, Shazaib, and Hamid Latif. “Enhancement in absorption spectrum by ITO coated, down converting glass and increasing the SILAR cycles of PbS/CdS quantum dots sensitized ZnO nano with deposition of MoO3/Au/MoO3 (MAM) as a solid state solar cell.” Optical Materials 142 (2023): 113915.
15. Shabbir, Syeda Ammara, Rabia Ajmal, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Younas, Thamraa Alshahrani, Badria Alshahrani, Hamid Latif, Nosheen Zafar, and Khalid Javed. “Role of Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.” Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology.(2023) DOI 10.1002/jctb.7358
16. Mustafa, Hina, Muhammad Irfan, Abdul Sattar, Raja Junaid Amjad, Hamid Latif, Arslan Usman, Ashfaq Ahmad, and Shengyong Qin. “First principle study of multilayered graphene/MoS2 heterostructures for photodetectors.” Materials Science and Engineering: B 289 (2023): 116205.
17. Shazaib Khurshid, Hamid Latif, Saba Rasheed, R. Sharif, A. Sattar, R.J. Amjad, Enhancement in Absorption Spectrum by ITO Coated, Down Converting Glass as a photoanode substrate for efficient PbS/CdS quantum dots sensitized ZnO nano-rods array solar cell, Optical Materials. (2022)124, 111991.
18. Arslan Usman, Abdul Sattar, Hamid Latif, Muhammad Imran, “Phonon coupling and dielectric response in 2D semiconductor.” (2021): Nano. 2150131
19. Syeda ammara shabbier, Ambreen Imran, Muhammad Gul Bahar Ashiq, Hamid latif, khalid javed, Mahroze Munam “Photoelectrochemical response of nonenzymatic glucose biosensing for graphene, carbon nanotubes and BiVO4 nanocomposites.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 32(2021): 17741.
20. Hamid Latif, J. Liu, D. Mo, Rui Wang ,J. Zeng, P.F. Zhai, Abdul Sattar, “Effect of Target Morphology on Morphological, Optical and Electrical Properties of FTO Thin Film Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition for MAPbBr3 Perovskite Solar Cell.” Surfaces and Interfaces. (2021): 24, 101117.
21. Abdul Sattar, Uzair Moazzam, Azmat Iqbal Bashir, Ali Reza, Hamid Latif, Arslan Usman, Raja Junaid Amjad, Ayesha Mubshrah, Abdullah Nasir, “ Proposal of graphene band-gap engineering via graphene-boron nitride heterostructure through vertical & lateral stacking”, Nanotechnology. (2021): 32, 225705.
22. Hamid Latif, Zuha Azher, Syeda Ammara Shabbir, Saba Rasheed, Erum Pervaiz, Abdul Sattar, Ayesha Imtiaz “A Novel Leaves and Needles like TiO2 (LTN) Electron transfer layer (ETL) as an alternative to Meso-porous TiO2 Electron transfer layer (ETL) in Perovskite Solar Cell.” Optical Material, (2020): 109,110281.
23. Arslan Usman, Abdul Sattar, Hamid Latif, Muhammad Rafique, “Photonic and optoelectronic properties of layered semiconductors.” Applied Nano-science, (2020) 10, 3933–3938.
24. Syeda Ammara Shabbir, hahzadi Shamaila, Rehana Sharif, Nosheen Zafa, Hamid Latif, Muhanmad Gul Bahar Ashiq, “Eectrophoretic deposition of uniform carbo nanotubes fr Nickel nanocomposites based nonezymatic glucose sensor.”, Sensor Letters. (2020): 18, 427-435.
25. Hamid Latif, Saima Ashraf, M. Shahid Rafique, Ayesha Imtiaz, Abdul Sattar, S. Zaheer, Syeda Ammara Shabbir, Arsalan Usman, “A Novel, PbS Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cell Structure with TiO2-fMWCNTS Nano-Composite Filled Meso-Porous Anatase TiO2 Photoanode”, Solar Energy, (2020): 204,617-623.
26. 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, “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).” Renewable Energ. (2020):154, 767-773.
27. Hamid Latif, Rabia Zahid, Abdul Sattar, M. Shahid Rafique, Saba Rasheed, S. Zaheer; Syeda Ammara Shabir, K Javed, Arsalan Usman, R. J. Amjad, S. Malik, Shaziab Khurshid, “Effect of Annealing temperature of MoO3 layer in MoO3/Au/MoO3 (MAM) Coated PbS QDs Sensitized ZnO nanorods/FTO Glass Solar Cell.” Solar Energy. (2020) 198, 529-534.
28. Syeda Ammara Shabir, Zuha Azher, Hamid Latif, “Comparison of efficiency Analysiss of perofskite solar cell by altering electron and hole transport layer.” Optic. (2019), 164061.
29. Hamid Latif, Saba Rasheed, Abdul Sattar, M. Shahid Rafique, S. Zaheer, Arsalan Usman, Mahroze Munam, And Ayesha Imtiaz, “Effect of Concentration of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) in a SWCNTs/ZnO Nanorods Channel-Based Thin-Film Transistor.”, Journal of Electronic Materials.(2019), doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07517-8.
30. A. Sattar, M. Irfan, A. Iqbal, F. A. Shahid, R. J. Amjad, A. Usman, H. Mahmood, Hamid Latif, M. Imran, S. A. Ehsan, M. N. Akhtar, N. Akbar, “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.(2019) 6 ,0850b3.
31.  M Irfan, A Sattar, A Iqbal, MF Khan, RJ Amjad, H Mahmood, Hamid Latif, Nosheen Akbar, Farah Alvi, Ishrat Sultana, “Investigation of Effects of Diameter, Doping and Vacancy Defects on the Band Structure and Transport Properties of Silicon Nanowires for Potential Applications in Field-Effect.”, Journal of Electronic Materials. (2019) 48 (5), 2761.
32. A Pervez, K Javed, Z Iqbal, M Shahzad, U Khan, Hamid Latif, SA Shah, Naeem Ahmad “Fabrication and comparison of dye-sensitized solar cells by using TiO2 and ZnO as photo electrode.”, Optik. (2019)182, 175.
33. Abdul Sattar , Raja Junaid Amjad , Sumaira Yasmeen, Hafsa Javed , Hamid Latif , Hasan Mahmood, Azmat Iqbal , Arslan Usmana , Majid Niaz Akhtara , Salman Naeem Khan, M R Dousti, “The effect of semi-infinite crystalline electrodes on transmission of gold atomic wires using DFT”, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. (2016) 79, 8.
34. A. Sattar, R. j. Amjad, H. Mahmood, M. Akhtar, Hamid Latif, M. Khalid, & A. Iqbal, “Study of morphology formation of near threshold percolating metallic nanoparticle thin films showing nonohmic behavior”, Journal of Ovonic Research, (2015), 11, 3.
35. A. Usman, M. S. Rafique, S.F. Shaukat, S. Anjum, Hamid Latif, A. Sattar, “Morphology, structural and electrical transport properties of graphite based multilayer thin films”, Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures. (2015) 10, no. 3, 915.
36. D. Mo , J.D. Liu a , J.L. Duan, H.J. Yao a , Hamid Latif, D.L. Cao, Y.H. Chen, S.X. Zhang , P.F. Zhai, J. Liu “Fabrication of different pore shapes by multi-step etching technique in ion-irradiated PET membranes”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B. (2014) 333, 58.
37. Hamid Latif, M. S. Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, R. S. Rawat, A. Sattar, S. Anjum, and A. usman, “Surface modification of Platinum by Laser Produced X-rays”, Radiations Effects and Defects in Solids. (2014) 169, No. 11, 942.
38. A. Usman, M. S. Rafiquea, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahmana, K. Siraj, S. Anjum, Hamid Latif, T. M. Khan, and M. Mehmood, “Growth and characterization of Ni:DLC composite films using pulsed laser deposition technique”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, (2011) 126, 649.
39. S. Anjum, M. S. Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, K. Siraj, A. Usman, Hamid Latif, K. A. Bhatti, S. Hussain, and S. Naseem, “Magnetic and optical properties of amorphous NdFeCo thin films by pulsed laser deposition technique.” Vacuum. (2010) 85, 126.
40. Hamid Latif, M. S. Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, R. S. Rawat, A. Sattar, S. Naseem, and P. Lee, “Impact of Laser produced X-rays on Surface of Gold.”, Applied Surface Science. (2008) 254, 7505.
41. M. S. Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, T. Firdos, K. Aslam, M. Shahbaz, and M. Imran, and Hamid Latif, “XRD and SEM Analysis of a Laser Irradiated Cadmium.” Laser Physics. (2007) 17, 1138.

Submitted Papers:

1. Hamid Latif, Raza Shafique, Abdul Sattar, Syeda Ammara Shabir, Arslan Usman, “A Novel Approach of Polychiral Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) Functionalization for SWCNT/Si Heterojunction Solar Cell” Optik (2023), Submitted.
2. Abdul Sattar , Hamid Latif, Muhammad Irfan, Abdullah Nasir, Ayesha Mubshrah, Kiran Iqbal Khan, Hina Mustafa, “Comparative study of Immersion Time and Temperature Effects on Octane Thiol (OT) and Cyclohexane Thiol (CHT) Self Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) Formation on Au Thin Film and its Nano Manipulation by Scanning Tunneling Microscope at Ambient Condition for Field Effect Transistors (FETs) Applications”, Journal of Material Science (2023) submitted.
3. Hamid Latf, Shanza Nusrat, Dalaver Anjum, Syeda Ammara Shabbir, Muhammad Taha Azeem, Abdul Sattar, Naseem Iqbal, M. Shahid Rafique. Arslan Usman, “Nitrogen doped Graphene Supported Cobalt Nano-particles Dispersed in Single Wall Carbon Nano-tubes Composite for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell” (2023) International Journal of Hydrogen(2023) under review.
4. Hamid Latif, Shanza Nusrat, Dalaver Anjum, Syeda Ammara Shabbir, Muhammad Taha Azeem, Aamir Razaq, Naseem Iqbal, Abdul Sattar, “Au Particles based catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell” International Journal of Hydrogen (2023) with Editor.
5. Umer Ahsan, Abdul Sattar, Hamid Latif, Muhammad Irfan, Hina Mustafa, Muhammad Ammar Sabar, Ahmad Wadood, Maria Mustafa, Raja Junaid Amjad, “Performance Improvement of MoS2/Graphene 2D Hetero-structure based Field-effect Transistor by Tuning Mobility and Threshold Voltage using Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)” ACS: Journal of Electronic Materials (2023) under review
6. Syeda Ammara Shabbir, Kanza Noor, Hamid Latif, and Hafsa Faiz, Mechanical Strength Analysis of Graphene Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites” Metarllugical and Materials Transactions B, (2023) with Editor.