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Dr Rafaqat Ali Khan

Tenured Associate Professor
Area of Interest: Physical Chemistry (Nanomaterials/magnetic semiconductors)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +92-992-383591-5
 
Academics/ Degrees
  • PhD, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan, 2012
  • M.Phil, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2005
  • M.Sc., University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2002
  • B.Sc., University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2000
 
Journal Publications
1. Ahson J. Shaikh,Asad M. Khan,Rafaqat A. Khan,M.Bilal Evaluation of binding compatibility among transition metal nanoparticles towards graphene quantum dots and their magnetic properties, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2023
2. Warda Shahzad,Bushra Ismail,Asad M. Khan,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah,Ahmad K. Badawi,Zulfiqar A. Rehan,Shahid Ali Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance of Sr0.3(Ba,Mn)0.7ZrO3 Perovskites Anchored on Graphene Oxide, Ceramics International, 2022
3. Usman Ahmad,Rafaqat A. Khan,Bushra Ismail,Faheem Shah,Mehwish Afzia,Abdur Rahim Improved magnetic and electrical properties of transition metal doped nickel Spinel ferrite nanoparticles for prospective applications, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2022
4. Huma Zafar,Faheem Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,Jan Nisar,Bushra Ismail Supramolecular solvent based microextraction for the preconcentration of Pb2+ and Cd2+ prior to spectrophotometric detection, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 2022
5. Uzma Sulaiman,Faheem Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan QuEChERS sample preparation integrated to dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on solidified floating organic droplet for spectrometric determination of sudan dyes: A synergistic approach, Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2022
6. B. Al Sayeda,Faheem Shah,Bushra Ismail,Asad M. Khan,Rafaqat A. Khan,N. Ullah,Jan Nisar Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent based dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for the determination of zinc in aqueous samples: A multivariate study, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2021
7. Quratul Ain,Bushra Ismail,Asad M. Khan,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah,Hafiz Ur Rehman,Farkhanda Shahid Doped MgAl2O4 semiconductor host nanopowders for tunable primary colors emissions for applications as white LEDs, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 2021
8. Afaq Ullah Khan,Faheem Shah,Bushra Ismail,Asad M. Khan,Rafaqat A. Khan,Haji Muhammad Preconcentration of Rifampicin Prior to its Efficient Spectroscopic Determination in the Water Samples based on Non-ionic surfactant, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 2021
9. Jan Nisar,Ghulam Ali,Afzal Shah,Zahoor Hussain Farooqi,Rafaqat A. Khan,Munawar Iqbal,Muhammad Gul Pyrolysis of waste tire rubber: a comparative kinetic study using different models, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 2020
10. Asad M. Khan,Sania Khizar,Safyan Akram Khan,Shahid Ali,Afzal Shah,Muhammad Faizan Nazar,Faiza Jan Iftikhar,Faheem Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan,A.R. Khan Investigation of counterion effects of transition metal cations (Fe3+, Cu2+, Zn2+) on cetrimonium bromide using cyclic voltammetry, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020
11. Farkhanda Shahid,Bushra Ismail,Asad M. Khan,Qurat ul Ain,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah,Tanzeela Fazal,M. Nadeem Asghar Cost effective way of tuning physical properties of MgAl2O4 spinel nanomaterials by Sr+2/ Mn2+ cations doped at the T-Sites, Ceramics International, 2020
12. Ghulam Ali,Jan Nisar,Munawar Iqbal,Afzal Shah,Mazhar Abbas,Muhammad Raza Shah,Umar Rashid,Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah Thermo-catalytic decomposition of polystyrene waste: Comparative analysis using different kinetic models, Waste Management & Research, 2020
13. Jan Nisar,Ghulam Ali,Munawar Iqbal,Afzal Shah,M Raza Shah,Sirajuddin,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah,Haq Nawaz Bhatti,Tariq Mahmood A method for determination of acetaldehyde in bottled waters and the effect of time and temperature on concentrations, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2020
14. Faheem Shah,Naeemullah,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,Jan Extraction of lead through functionalized carbon nanotubes and estimation of measurement uncertainty , Analytical Letters, 2020
15. Muhammad Anas Khan,Jan Nisar,Munawar Iqbal,Afzal Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan,Sirajuddin,Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti,Roohul Amin Pyrolysis of polypropylene over a LZ‑Y52 molecular sieve: kinetics and the product distribution, Iranian Polymer Journal, 2019
16. Muhammad Waseem,K.H. Shah,Faheem Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,A.R. Khan,Shahid Ali Native and magnetic oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) impregnated Bentonite clays as economic adsorbents for Cr(III) removal, Journal of Solution Chemistry, , 2019
17. Jan Nisar,Muhammad Sufaid Khan,Ghulam Ali,Afzal Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah,Sirajuddin,Syed Tufail Hussain Sherazi,Munawar Iqbal Pyrolysis of Polystyrene: The Influence of Commercially Available Oxides as Catalysts , Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan , 2019
18. Ghulam Ali,Jan Nisar ,Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti,Umar Rashid,Muhammad Raza Shah,Mazhar Abbas,Afzal Shah, Munawar Iqbal,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah Thermo-catalytic decomposition of polystyrene waste: Comparative analysis using different kinetic models, Waste Management & Research, 2019
19. Hafiz Sartaj Aziz,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah,Bushra Ismail,Jan Nisar,Syed Mujtaba Shah,Abdur Rahim,A.R. Khan Improved electrical, dielectric and magnetic properties of Al-Sm co-doped NiFe2O4 spinel ferrites nanoparticles, Materials Science and Engineering B, 2019
20. Jan Nisar,Ghulam Ali,Afzal Shah,Munawar Iqbal,Rafaqat A. Khan,Sirajuddin,Farooq Anwar,Raqeeb Ullah,Mohammad Salim Akhter Fuel production from waste polystyrene via pyrolysis: Kinetics and products distribution, Waste Management , 2019
21. Mudassir Iqbal,Munawar Iqbal,Afzal Shah,Mohammad Salim Akhter,Sirajuddin,Rafaqat A. Khan,Israr Uddin,Luqman Ali Shah,Muhammad Sufaid Khan,Jan Nisar Decomposition Kinetics of Levofloxacin: Drug-Excipient Interaction, Zeitschrift fur physickalische chemie, 2019
22. Saadia Rasheed,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah,Bushra Ismail,Jan Nisar,Syed Mujtaba Shah,Abdur Rahim,A.R. Khan Enhancement of Electrical and Magnetic Properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles by cosubstitution of Li-Cd ions, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2019
23. Muhammad Muneeb,Bushra Ismail,Tanzeela Fazal,M.Bilal,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,A.R. Khan,Bakhtiyar Muhammad Water treatment by photodegradation on orthorhombic antimony sulfide powder and effect of key operational parameters using methyl orange as a model pollutant, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2018
24. Jan Nisar,Muhammad Sufaid Khan,Munawar Iqbal,Afzal Shah,Ghulam Ali,Murtaza Sayed,Rafaqat A. Khan,Faheem Shah,Tariq Mahmood Thermal decomposition study of polyvinyl chloride in the presence of commercially available oxides catalysts, Advance Polymer Technology, 2018
25. K.H. Shah,Shahid Ali,Faheem Shah,Muhammad Waseem,Bushra Ismail,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,A.R. Khan Magnetic oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) impregnated bentonite clay as a potential adsorbent for Cr(III) adsorption, Mater. Res. Express, 2018
26. M.Bilal,Tanzeela Fazal,Bakhtiar Muhammad,Bushra Ismail,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,A.R. Khan,Muhammad Muneeb Water treatment by photodegradation onorthorhombic antimony sulfide powder and effect ofkey operational parameters using methyl orange asa model pollutant, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2018
27. Jan Nisar,Muhammad Anas Khan,Munawar Iqbal,Afzal Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan,M. Sayed,Tariq Mahmood Comparative Study of Kinetics of the Thermal Decomposition of Polypropylene Using Different Methods, Advances in Polymer Technology, 2018
28. Faheem Shah,Naeemullah,Muhammad Raza Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan,Bushra Ismail,Asad M. Khan,A.R. Khan,Humayun Ajaz Sonochemically synthesized green sorbent for the simultaneous removal of trace metal ions: application and estimation of measurement uncertainty through bottom-up approach, New Journal of Chemistry, 2017
29. Asad M. Khan,Abid Mehmood,Murtaza Sayed,Muhammad Faizan Nazar,Bushra Ismail,Rafaqat A. Khan,Hameed Ullah,Hafiz M. Abdur Rehman,Athar Yaseen Khan,A.R. Khan Influence of Acids, Bases and Surfactants on the Photocatalytic Degradation of a Model Dye Rhodamine B, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017
30. Shahid Iqbal,Rafaqat A. Khan,Muhammad Javed Iqbal,Muhammad Waqas,Jan Nisar,Faheem Shah,A.R. Khan Influence of Fe2+ and Ni2+ contents on the optical and electrical properties of ZnS quantum dots, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2017
31. S.Mir,Abida K Khan,R.Rashid,Ahson J. Shaikh,Rafaqat A. Khan,G. Murtaza,Bisma Asghar The effects of nanoclay on thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of LLDPE/chitosan blend, Journal of Polymer Engineering, 2017
32. Jan Nisar,Rameez Razaq,Muhammad Farooq,Munawar Iqbal,Rafaqat A. Khan,M. Sayed,Afzal Shah,Inayat ur Rahman Enhanced biodiesel production from Jatropha oil using calcined waste animal bones as catalyst, Renewable Energy, 2017
33. Faheem Shah,Naeemullah,Tasneem Gul Kazi,Rafaqat A. Khan,Murtaza Sayed,Hassan Imran Afridi,K.H. Shah,Jan Nisar Preconcentration of cadmium and manganese in biological samples based on a novel restricted access sorbents, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2017
34. Sara Qamar,Paul Brown,Steven Ferguson,Rafaqat A. Khan,Bushra Ismail,M. Sayed,A.R. Khan,Asad M. Khan The Interaction of a Model Active Pharmaceutical with Cationic Surfactant and the Subsequent Design of Drug Based Ionic Liquid Surfactants, Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, 2016
35. Jan Nisar,Iftikhar Ahmad Awan,Munawar Iqbal,Rafaqat A. Khan,Afzal Shah,Rameez Razaq Kinetics of the gas-phase thermal decomposition of 3-chloropropene, Chemical Physics Letters, 2016
36. Naeem Ullah,Faheem Shah,Rafaqat A. Khan,Muhammad Ateeq,Haji Muhammad ,A.R. Khan Restricted access-activated carbon clothes-based lead extraction from human serum: skipping the sample preparation step for biological media, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2016
37. Khalida Akhtar,Muhammad Gul,Ikram Ul Haq,Rafaqat A. Khan,Zia Ullah Khan,Abid Hussain Synthesis and characterization of uniform fine particles of pure and chromium-substituted manganese ferrite with low dielectric losses, CeramicsInternational, 2016
38. Iqbal Ahmad,Syed Mujtaba Shah,Muhammad Naeem Ashiq,Rafaqat A. Khan Effect of Nd3+ and Cd2+ ions co-substitution on the dielectric and electron transport properties of spinel strontium nanoferrites, Ceramics International, 2016
39. Hasan Mahmood Khan,M. Sayed,Asad M. Khan,Rafaqat A. Khan,A.R. Khan,Luqman Ali Shah Decomposition of Clofibric Acid in Aqueous Media by Advance Oxidation Techniques: Kinetics study and Degradation Pathway, Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 2016
40. Jan Nisar,M. Sayed,Farman Ullah Khan,Hasan Mahmood Khan,Munawar Iqbal,Rafaqat A. Khan,Muhammad Anas Gamma–irradiation induced degradation of diclofenac in aqueous solution: Kinetics, role of reactive species and influence of natural water parameters, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2016
41. Noor Samad Shah,Luqman Ali Shah,Hasan Mahmood Khan,M. Sayed,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,A.R. Khan,Javed Ali Khan Hydroxyl radical based degradation of ciprofloxacin in aqueous solution, Journal of Chilean Chemical Society, 2016
42. Shamsa Munir,Syed Mujtaba Shah,Hazrat Hussian,Rafaqat A. Khan Effect of carrier concentration on the optical band gap of TiO2 nanoparticles, Material and Design, 2016
43. Sadia Rasheed,Hafiz Sartaj Aziz,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,Abdur Rahim,Jan Nisar,Farasat Iqbal,Syed Mujtaba Shah,A.R. Khan Effect of Li–Cu doping on structural, electrical and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles, Ceramics International, 2016
44. Hafiz Sartaj Aziz,Sadia Rasheed,Rafaqat A. Khan,Abdur Rahim, Syed Mujtaba Shah,Jan Nisar,Farasat Iqbal,A.R. Khan Evaluation of electrical, dielectric and magnetic characteristics of Al–La doped nickel spinel ferrites, RSC Advances, 2016
45. Tanzeela Fazal,Bushra Ismail,Asad M. Khan,Rafaqat A. Khan,Amir Abbas Shah Naqvi,Farrukh Siyar Hamid,A.R. Khan Comparative studies on the use of binary and ternary combinations of various acidifying agents for the reduction of soil pH , Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2016
46. Rafaqat A. Khan, Shigemi Mizukami,Asad M. Khan,Bushra Ismail,A.R. Khan, Terunobu Miyazaki Static and dynamic magnetic characteristics of Mg substituted Ba–Co2 W-type hexaferrites, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015
47. Iffat Aziz,M. Sirajuddin,Muhammad Haleem Khan,Shafqat Nadeem,Syed Ahmad Tirmizi,Rafaqat A. Khan Investigation of Adsorption of Lead(II) onto a Montmorillonite Clay modified by Humic Acid, Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 2015
48. Bushra Ismail,Saima Mushtaq,Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,Aurang Zeb,A.R. Khan Enhanced grain growth and improved optical properties of the Sn doped thin films of Sb2S3 orthorhombic phase, OPTIK, 2014
49. Rafaqat A. Khan,Asad M. Khan,Bushra Ismail,A.R. Khan Doping effect of Zr-Zn binary mixture on the structural and electrical properties of SrCo2-W type hexaferrites, Ceramics International, 2014
50. Rafaqat A. Khan,S.Mir,Asad M. Khan,Bushra Ismail,A.R. Khan Doping Magnesium ion to Tune Electrical and Dielectric Properties of BaCo2 Hexaferrites, Ceramics International, 2014
51. Rafaqat A. Khan Mossbauer, magnetic and microwave characteristics of substituted W-type hexaferrite nanoparticles, Ceramics International, 2012
52. Rafaqat A. Khan Mossbauer and magnetic study of Mn, Zr and Cd substituted W-type hexaferrites prepared by co-precipitation method, Materials Research Bulletin, 2011
53. Rafaqat A. Khan W-type hexaferrite nanoparticles: A Consideration for microwave attenuation at wide frequency band of 0.5 to 10 GHz, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2011
54. Rafaqat A. Khan Tailoring of structural, electrical and magnetic properties of BaCo2-W type hexaferrites by doping with Zr-Mn binary mixtures for useful applications, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2011
55. Rafaqat A. Khan Enhancement of electrical and dielectric properties of Cr doped BaZn2W-type hexaferrite for potential application in high frequency devices, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2009
56. Rafaqat A. Khan Kinetics of thermal isomerization of cis-methylcyclopropane carboxylic acid, Reaction Kinetics and catalysis Letters, 2009
 
 
 
Profile/Bio
PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  • April 11, 2022 - continued: Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus
  • Aug. 2013 to April 10, 2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Jul. 2010 to Jan. 2011:Worked visit as a research scientist to WPI Advanced Institute of Material Research, Tohoku University, Japan
  • May 2012 to May 2013: National Center of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
 
 
Research Interests
  • Transport of drug molecules through biomembranes
  • Investigation of Properties of Transition Metals Doped W-type Hexaferrite Nanoparticles (Ph. D. research topic)
  • Structure and magnetic properties of W-type hexaferrites thin film synthesized using RF sputtering
  • Synthesis & characterization of nanostructured metal metal doped spinel ferrite for hi-tech applications
  • Ferrites
  • Quantum dots synthesis and characterizations
  • Magnetic semiconductors
  • Nanomaterials
  • Solar cells
  • Adsorption
 
Awards
  • Awarded Indigenous fellowship (2006-2010) by HEC, Pakistan
  • Awarded IRSIP fellowship (2010-2011) by HEC, Pakistan