Dr. Zia ur Rehman

Department of Applied Physics, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Associate Professor

Email: zurehman@uok.edu.pk

Qualifications

2016-2019 Ph.D., National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China

2013-2016 MPhil, Federal Urdu University of Science, Arts & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

2001-2003 MSc, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

Publications (Selected)

1. Zawadzka, Natalia, Cem Sevik, Zahir Muhammad, Zia Ur Rehman, Weisheng Zhao, Adam Babiński, and Maciej R. Molas. "Raman scattering fingerprints of the charge density wave state in one-dimensional NbTe4", Appl. Phys. Lett. 128, 111904 (2026).
2. Qaseem, Mehwish, Saeed Ahmed, Ayaz Ali Mandan, Ali Shan Manzoor Ghumman, Zia ur Rehman, Abdul Qudoos, Muhammad Yasir Khan, and Alishba Fatima. "Enhanced adsorptive treatment of melanoidin-rich wastewater using calcium oxide nanoparticles: Mechanisms and performance evaluation." Results in Chemistry (2025): 102989.
3. Zahir Muhammad, Zia ur Rehman, et al. "Topological Magnet Fe1/2.5TaS2: A correlation of topology and spin interactions" Applied Physics Letters, under review.
4. Zia ur Rehman, Zahir Muhammad, et al. "Electronic structure investigation and anisotropic phonon anharmonicity in ternary ZrGeTe4 single crystals." Applied Physics Letters 125.14 (2024).
5. Zahir Muhammad, Zia ur Rehman, et. al. "Signature of phonon anharmonicity in highly in-plane anisotropic ternary HfGeTe4 single crystals", Appl. Phys. Lett. (2024), Doi: 10.1063/5.0191461.
6. Zia ur Rehman, Sheng Wang, Mukhtar Adam Lawan, Shah Zareen, Oyawale Adetunji Moses, Wen Zhu, Xiaojun Wu, Zhe Sun, and Li Song "Band structure tailoring in ZrSe2 single crystals via trace Rhenium intercalation" Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 213102 (2019); doi: 10.1063/1.5115280.
7. Zia ur Rehman, Wen Zhu, Sheng Wang, YijieNiu, Zahir Muhammad, Oyawale Adetunji Moses, Chuanqiang Wu, Muhammad Habib, Shuangming Chen, Xiaojun Wu, Zhe Sun, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Li Song. "Selective Selenium-Substituted Metallic MoTe2 Towards Ternary Atomic Layers with Tunable Semiconducting Character." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123(2019): 24927-24933, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b06881.
8. Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad, Zahir, Oyawale Adetunji Moses, Wen Zhu, Chuanqiang Wu, Qun He, Muhammad Habib and Li Song. "Magnetic Isotropy/Anisotropy in Layered Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenide MPS3 (M= Mn, Fe) Single Crystals." Micromachines9.6 (2018): 292.
9. Sheng Wang, Zia ur Rehman, Zhenfeng Liu, Li Song, Zhe Sun. "Tailoring of bandgap and spin-orbit in ZrSe2 with low substitution of Ti for Zr", Chinese Physics Letters (2022), DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/39/7/077102.
10. Hannan, Abdul, Adnan Khalil, Muhammad Habib, Zia ur Rehman, Abdul Ghafar Wattoo, Muhammad Yousaf, Hamza Naeem, Imen Kebaili, Hussein Alrobei, and Meshal Alzaid. "Ferromagnetic Properties of Ni9S8/MoS2 Hybrid Structure." Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (2022): 1-7.
11. Guo, He, Wen Zhu, Zia ur Rehman, ChuanQiang Wu, Shuangming Chen, and Li Song. "Ternary MoSe2xTe2-2x Alloy with Tunable Band Gap for Electronic and Optoelectronic Transistors." Nanotechnology (2020).
12. Adam, Mukhtar Lawan, OyawaleAdetunji Moses, Zia ur Rehman, Zhanfeng Liu, Li Song, and Xiaojun Wu. "Band gap engineering of monolayer ZrGeTe4 via strain: A first-principles study." Materials Chemistry and Physics (2020): 123308.
13. Muhammad, Zahir, Bo Zhang, HaifengLv, Huan Shan, Zia Ur Rehman, Shuangming Chen, Zhe Sun, Xiaojun Wu, Aidi Zhao, and Li Song. "Transition from Semimetal to Semiconductor in ZrTe2 Induced by Se Substitution." ACS nano 14, no. 1 (2019): 835-841.
14. Chuanqiang Wu, Dongdong Li, Shiqing Ding, Zia ur Rehman, Qin Liu, Shuangming Chen, Bo Zhang, and Li Song. "Monoatomic Platinum Anchored Metallic MoS2: Correlation between Surface Dopant and Hydrogen Evolution." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2019).
15. Qun He, HuiXie, Zia ur Rehman, Changda Wang, Ping Wan, Hongliang Jiang, Wangsheng Chu, and Li Song. "Highly defective Fe-based oxyhydroxides from electrochemical reconstruction for efficient oxygen evolution catalysis." ACS Energy Letters 3 (2018): 861-868.
16. Oyawale, A. M., Malik Ihsanullah Khan, Qi Feng, Qin Liu, Zia ur Rehman, Youkui Zhang, Cao Deng Feng, Yinchu Ma, XinFeng Tang, Chuanqiang Wu, MukhtarLawan Adam, Dake Huang, Hang Liu and Li Song. "PVP intercalated metallic WSe2 as NIR photothermal agents for efficient tumor ablation." Nanotechnology 30 (2018): 065102.
17. Zhu Jiadi, Yuchao Yang, RundongJia, Zhongxin Liang, Wen Zhu, Zia ur Rehman, Lin Bao, Xiaoxian Zhang, YimaoCai, Li Song and Ru Huang. "Ion gated synaptic transistors based on 2D van der Waals crystals with tunable diffusive dynamics." Advanced Materials 30 (2018): 1800195.
18. Daobin Liu, Shiqing Ding, Chuanqiang Wu, Wei Gan, Changda Wang, Dengfeng Cao, Zia ur Rehman, Yuan Sang, Shuangming Chen, XushengZheng, Yu Wang, Binghui Ge and Li Song. "Synergistic effect of an atomically dual-metal doped catalyst for highly efficient oxygen evolution." Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6(2018): 6840-6846.
19. Daobin Liu, Chuanqiang Wu, Shuangming Chen, Shiqing Ding, YaofengXie, Changda Wang, Tao Wang, Yasir A. Haleem, Zia ur Rehman, Yuan Sang, Qin Liu, Xusheng Zheng, Yu Wang, BinghuiGe, HangxunXu, and Li Song. "In situ trapped high-density single metal atoms within graphene: Iron-containing hybrids as representatives for efficient oxygen reduction." Nano Research 11 (2018): 2217-2228.
20. Muhammad Habib, Zahir Muhammad, Rashid Khan, Chuanqiang Wu, Zia ur Rehman, Yu Zhou, Hengjie Liu, and Li Song. "Ferromagnetism in CVT grown tungsten diselenide single crystals with nickel doping." Nanotechnology 29 (2018): 115701.
21. Zahir Muhammad, Kejun Mu, HaifengLv, Chuanqiang Wu, Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad Habib, Zhe Sun, Xiaojun Wu, and Li Song. "Electron doping induced semiconductor to metal transitions in ZrSe2 layers via copper atomic intercalation." Nano Research 11 (2018): 4914-4922.
22. Zahir Muhammad, HaifengLv, Chuanqiang Wu, Muhammad Habib, Zia ur Rehman, Rashid Khan, Shuangming Chen, Xiaojun Wu, and Li Song. "Room temperature ferromagnetism in Fedoped semiconductor ZrS2 single crystals." Materials Research Express 5 (2018): 046110.
23. Muhammad Habib, Adnan Khalil, Zahir Muhammad, Rashid Khan, Changda Wang, Zia ur Rehman, Hafiz Tariq Masood, WeiyuXu, Hengjie Liu, Wei Gan, Chuanqiang Wu, Haiping Chen, and Li Song. "WX2 (X= S, Se) Single Crystals: A Highly Stable Material for Supercapacitor Applications." Electrochimica Acta 258 (2017): 71-79.
24. Rashid Khan, Muhammad Habib, Mohammed A Gondal, Adnan Khalil, Zia ur Rehman, Zahir Muhammad, Yasir A. Haleem, Changda Wang, Chuanqiang Wu, and Li Song. "Facile synthesis of CuFe2O4–Fe2O3 composite for high-performance supercapacitor electrode applications."Materials Research Express 4 (2017): 105501.
25. Adnan Khalil, Qin Liu, Zahir Muhammad, Muhammad Habib, Rashid Khan, Qun He, Qi Feng, Hafiz Tariq Masood, Zia ur Rehman, Ting Xiang, Chuanqiang Wu, and Li Song. "Synthesis of Ni9S8/MoS2 heterocatalyst for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction." Langmuir 33 (2017): 5148-5153.
26. Xingbo Wang, Weifeng Huang, Shi Tao, HuiXie, Chuanqiang Wu, Zhen Yu, XiaozhiSu, Jiaxin Qi, Zia ur Rehman, Li Song, Guobin Zhang, Wangsheng Chu, ShiqiangWei. "Attainable high capacity in Li-excess Li-Ni-Ru-O rock-salt cathode for lithiumion battery." Journal of Power Sources 359 (2017): 270-276.
27. Haiping Chen, Zehao Ma, Yanjie Shao, Zia ur Rehman, Ke Zhang, Qun He and Li Song."Angle-/temperature-dependence of Raman scattering in layered NbSe3 crystal." AIP Advances7 (2017): 095316.
28. Muhammad, Zahir, Faiz Wali, and Zia ur Rehman. "Optical filters for linearly polarized light using sculptured nematic thin flim of TiO2." Materials Research Express.
29. Zia ur Rehman, Zhenfeng Liu, Li Song. "Electronic modulation in 2D layered materials", submitted for publication.
30. Zia ur Rehman, Zahir Muhammad et. al. "ARPES study of topology in Ta3GeTe6 single crystals", submitted for publication.
31. Muhammad Habib, Kaleem Ullah, Zia ur Rehman, Faiz Wali, Yasir Abdul Haleem, Sajjad Farooq. "Fabrication strategies for low dimensional suspended nanostructures and devices: A comprehensive review", submitted for publication
32. Zia ur Rehman, Ali, S. Rizwan, Humeira Hafeez. "Rod Like ZnO Nanoparticles Synthesized by Simple Cost-Effective Chemical Route", Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences 11(2015): 17-19.
33. Ali, S. Rizwan, M. Naeem, S. Imran Ali, Sajida Azam, S. Naseem Shah, Zia ur Rehman, and S. Masood Raza. "Synthesis and Structural Studies on MgO Nanoparticles Suitable for Tunnel Barrier Applications." Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences 11(2015): 645-648.

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