Research Articles

Research Publications

Phase transitions, domain structure, and pseudosymmetry in La-and Ti-doped BiFeO3

Khesro, Amir; Boston, Rebecca; Sterianou, Iasmi; Sinclair, Derek C; Reaney, Ian M;

Journal of Applied Physics (2016)

Dielectric properties and complex impedance analysis of BT–BMT–BS ceramics

Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir; Uzair, Muhammad;

Journal of Electronic Materials (2016)

Layered perovskite structured La5− xSrxTi4+ xSc1− xO17 microwave ceramics for dielectrically loaded antennas

Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir; Nicholls, Simon J;

Ceramics International (2016)

Temperature dependent, large electromechanical strain in Nd-doped BiFeO3-BaTiO3 lead-free ceramics

Wang, Dawei; Khesro, Amir; Murakami, Shunsuke; Feteira, Antonio; Zhao, Quanliang; Reaney, Ian M;

Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2017)

Temperature-stable high relative permittivity in Ca-doped Ba0. 5Bi0. 5Ti0. 75Mg0. 25O3 ceramics

Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir; Iqbal, Yaseen;

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2017)

Lead-free Ceramics for High Temperature Actuator Applications

Khesro, Amir;

Phd Thesis - University of Sheffield (2016)

Band gap evolution and a piezoelectric-to-electrostrictive crossover in (1− x) KNbO 3–x (Ba 0.5 Bi 0.5)(Nb 0.5 Zn 0.5) O 3 ceramics

Pascual-Gonzalez, Cristina; Schileo, Giorgio; Khesro, Amir; Sterianou, Iasmi; Wang, Dawei; Reaney, Ian M; Feteira, Antonio;

Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2017)

Composition and temperature dependence of structure and piezoelectricity in (1− x)(K1− yNay) NbO3‐x (Bi1/2Na1/2) ZrO3 lead‐free ceramics

Wang, Dawei; Hussain, Fayaz; Khesro, Amir; Feteira, Antonio; Tian, Ye; Zhao, Quanliang; Reaney, Ian M;

Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2017)

Temperature stable and fatigue resistant lead-free ceramics for actuators

Khesro, Amir; Wang, Dawei; Hussain, Fayaz; Sinclair, Derek C; Feteira, Antonio; Reaney, Ian M;

Applied Physics Letters (2016)

Influence of A‐site nonstoichiometry on the electrical properties of BT‐BMT

Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir;

Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2017)

Continuously controllable optical band gap in orthorhombic ferroelectric KNbO3-BiFeO3 ceramics

Pascual-Gonzalez, Cristina; Schileo, Giorgio; Murakami, Shunsuke; Khesro, Amir; Wang, Dawei; Reaney, Ian M; Feteira, Antonio;

Applied Physics Letters (2017)

Bismuth ferrite-based lead-free ceramics and multilayers with high recoverable energy density

Wang, Dawei; Fan, Zhongming; Zhou, Di; Khesro, Amir; Murakami, Shunsuke; Feteira, Antonio; Zhao, Quanliang; Tan, Xiaoli; Reaney, Ian M;

Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2018)

p-Type/n-type behaviour and functional properties of KxNa (1-x) NbO3 (0.49≤ x≤ 0.51) sintered in air and N2

Hussain, Fayaz; Sterianou, Iasmi; Khesro, Amir; Sinclair, Derek C; Reaney, Ian M;

Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2018)

Temperature stable lead-free piezoelectric/electrostrictive materials with enhanced fatigue resistance

Reaney, Ian Michael; KHESRO, Amir;

nan (2017)

High strain (0.4%) Bi (Mg2/3Nb1/3) O3‐BaTiO3‐BiFeO3 lead‐free piezoelectric ceramics and multilayers

Murakami, Shunsuke; Wang, Dawei; Mostaed, Ali; Khesro, Amir; Feteira, Antonio; Sinclair, Derek C; Fan, Zhongming; Tan, Xiaoli; Reaney, Ian M;

Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2018)

Hybrid Ag NPs/MEH-PPV Nanocomplexes with Enhanced Optical Absorption and Photoluminescence Properties

Ali, Nasir; Bi, Gang; Khesro, Amir; Khan, Majid; Lang, JIAWEI; Samreen, Ayesha; Wu, Huizhen;

New Journal of Chemistry (2018)

An overview of the decompositions in organo-metal halide perovskites and shielding with 2-dimensional perovskites

Ali, Nasir; Rauf, Sajid; Kong, Weiguang; Ali, Shahid; Wang, Xiaoyu; Khesro, Amir; Yang, Chang Ping; Zhu, Bin; Wu, Huizhen;

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2019)

Enhanced stability in cesium assisted hybrid 2D/3D-perovskite thin films and solar cells prepared in ambient humidity

Ali, Nasir; Wang, Xiaoyu; Rauf, Sajid; Attique, Sanam; Khesro, Amir; Ali, Shahid; Mushtaq, Naveed; Xiao, Haibo; Yang, Chang Ping; Wu, Huizhen;

Solar Energy (2019)

Effect of Ta-doping on functional properties of K0. 51Na0. 49NbO3

Hussain, Fayaz; Khesro, Amir; Muhammad, Raz; Wang, Dawei;

Materials Research Express (2019)

Phase evolution and microwave dielectric properties of (Ca/Sr) Nd4Ti5O17–based ceramic systems

Muhammad, Raz; Khan, Sohail; Hussain, Fayaz; Khesro, Amir;

Materials Research Express (2019)

Bi (Mg2/3Nb1/3) O3-BaTiO3-BiFeO3 PbO-free Piezoelectric Ceramics

Murakami, Shunsuke; Wang, Dawei; Khesro, Amir; Feteira, Antonio; Sinclair, Derek C; Reaney, Ian M;

Joint IEEE ISAF-IWATMD-PFM conference USA (2017)

Phase and microstructural analysis of NdTi0. 8M0. 2O3. 4 (M= Al, Ga) microwave ceramics

Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir;

Matéria (Rio de Janeiro) (2019)

Lead free multilayer piezoelectric actuators by economically new approach

Hussain, Fayaz; Khesro, Amir; Lu, Zhilun; Wang, Ge; Wang, Dawei;

Frontiers in Materials (2020)

Structure, Dielectric Properties and Impedance Spectroscopy of BaTi0. 97 (Zn, V, Ta) 0.03 O3 Ceramics

Muhammad, Raz; Ali, Sajid; Iqbal, Yaseen; Khesro, Amir; Uzair, Muhammad;

Journal of The Chemical Society of Pakistan (2020)

Temperature Dependent Piezoelectric Properties of Lead-Free (1-x) K0. 6Na0. 4NbO3–x BiFeO3 Ceramics

Khesro, Amir; Wang, Dawei; Hussain, Fayaz; Muhammad, Raz; Wang, Ge; Feteira, Antonio; Reaney, Ian M;

Frontiers in Materials (2020)

Acceptor and donor dopants in potassium sodium niobate based ceramics

Hussain, Fayaz; Khesro, Amir; Lu, Zhilun; Alotaibi, Nouf; Mohamad, Ahmad Azmin; Wang, Ge; Wang, Dawei; Zhou, Di;

Frontiers in Materials (2020)

CaLaTiBO (B= Al, Ga) dielectric ceramics for microwave applications

Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir;

Materials Science-Poland (2020)

A Potential Checkmate to Lead: Bismuth in Organometal Halide Perovskites, Structure, Properties, and Applications

Attique, Sanam; Ali, Nasir; Ali, Shahid; Khatoon, Rabia; Li, Na; Khesro, Amir; Rauf, Sajid; Yang, Shikuan; Wu, Huizhen;

Advanced Science (2020)

The effect of dodecylammonium chloride on the film morphology, crystallinity, and performance of lead-free Bi-based solution-processed photovoltaics devices

Ali, Nasir; Attique, Sanam; Rauf, Sajid; Wang, Xiaoyu; Khesro, Amir; Ali, Shahid; Asghar, Muhammad Imran; Yang, Shikuan; Lund, Peter D; Wu, Huizhen;

Solar Energy (2020)

5G microstrip patch antenna and microwave dielectric properties of cold sintered LiWVO6–K2MoO4 composite ceramics

Ma, Mingtao; Song, Kaixin; Ji, Yuping; Hussain, Fayaz; Khesro, Amir; Mao, Minmin; Xue, Lingyun; Xu, Ping; Liu, Bing; Lu, Zhilun;

Ceramics International (2021)

New low‐ε r, temperature stable Mg3B2O6‐Ba3 (VO4) 2 microwave composite ceramic for 5G application

Zhou, Tao; Liu, Yahan; Song, Kaixin; Xue, Lingyun; Xu, Ping; Khesro, Amir; Wang, Dawei; Liu, Bing; Mao, Minmin; Shi, Feng;

Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2021)

The use of copper zinc tin sulfide compound thin film as an absorber layer in solar cell

Ali, Nisar; Ilyas, Muhammad; Muhammad, Shabeer; Khesro, Amir; Karim, Maria; Rauf, Abdur;

2021 International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technologies (IBCAST) (2021)

Non‐Toxic and Less‐Toxic Hybrid Perovskites: A Synergistic Strategy for Sustainable Photovoltaic Devices

Attique, Sanam; Ali, Nasir; Rauf, Sajid; Ali, Shahid; Khesro, Amir; Khatoon, Rabia; Khan, Ehsan Ullah; Akram, Fazali; Yang, Shikuan; Wu, Huizhen;

Solar RRL (2021)

A Study on Optoelectronic Properties of Copper Zinc Tin Sulfur Selenide: A Promising Thin‐Film Material for Next Generation Solar Technology

Ali, Nisar; Zubair, M; Khesro, Amir; Ahmed, Rashid; Uddin, Sarir; Shahzad, Naeem; Alrobei, Hussein; Kalam, Abul; Al‐Sehemi, Abdullah G; Ul Haq, Bakhtiar;

Crystal Research and Technology (2021)

Non-stoichiometric zinc ferrite nanostructures: Dielectric, magnetic, optical and photoelectrochemical properties

Salman, Muhammad; Khan, Majid; Saleem, Sumaiya; Ali, Salman; Hussain, Fayaz; Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir; Ling, Yihan;

Materials Today Communications (2021)

Temperature-stable dielectrics based on BaTiO3-BiMg2/3Ta1/3O3 ceramics

Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir;

Materials Letters (2017)

A review on perovskite materials with solar cell prospective

Ali, Nisar; Shehzad, Naeem; Uddin, Sarir; Ahmed, Rashid; Jabeen, Musarrat; Kalam, Abul; Al‐Sehemi, Abdullah G; Alrobei, Hussein; Kanoun, Mohammed Benali; Khesro, Amir;

International Journal of Energy Research (2021)

Combinatorial synthesis of tin antimony sulfide thin films for solar cell application

Ali, Nisar; Jabeen, Musarrat; Khesro, Amir; Ahmed, R; Alrobei, H; Kalam, Abul; Al‐Sehemi, Abdullah G;

International Journal of Energy Research (2021)

5G microstrip patch antenna and microwave dielectric properties of 4 mol% LiF–MgO–x wt% MTiO3 (M= Ca, Sr) composite ceramics

Zhu, Shengkai; Huang, Zhichao; Lou, Weichao; Song, Kaixin; Khesro, Amir; Hussain, Fayaz; Tan, Zhenyu; Luo, Xinjiang; Mao, Minmin; Xue, Lingyun;

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2021)

Effect of non-stoichiometry on dielectric properties of BaTiO3-BiMg2/3Nb1/3O3 ceramics

Shoaib, Muhammad; Khesro, Amir; Muhammad, Raz;

Journal of the Indian Chemical Society (2021)

Optoelectronic properties of thermally coated tin selenide thin films for photovoltaics

Ali, Nisar; Sharif, Umar; Shahzad, Naeem; Kalam, Abul; Al‐Sehemi, Abdullah; Alrobei, Hussein; Khesro, Amir;

International Journal of Energy Research (2021)

Microwave dielectric properties of Mg1. 8R0. 2Al4Si5O18 (R= Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) cordierite ceramics and their application for 5G microstrip patch antenna

Lou, Weichao; Song, Kaixin; Hussain, Fayaz; Khesro, Amir; Zhao, Jianwei; Bafrooei, Hadi Barzegar; Zhou, Tao; Liu, Bing; Mao, Minmin; Xu, Kuiwen;

Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2022)

Crystal structure and microwave dielectric properties of Mg2+-Si4+ co-modified yttrium aluminum garnet ceramics

Wu, Guofa; Ma, Mingtao; Li, Aihua; Song, Kaixin; Khesro, Amir; Bafrooei, Hadi Barzegar; Taheri-nassaj, Ehsan; Luo, Shaojin; Shi, Feng; Sun, Shikuan;

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2022)

Outstanding discharge energy density and efficiency of the bilayer nanocomposite films with BaTiO3-dispersed PVDF polymer and polyetherimide layer

Zhang, Bin; Chen, Xiao-ming; Wu, Wen-wen; Khesro, Amir; Liu, Peng; Mao, Minmin; Song, Kaixin; Sun, Rong; Wang, Dawei;

Chemical Engineering Journal (2022)

An overview of the pressure-and strain-induced changes in the structural and optoelectronic properties of organometal halide perovskites

Attique, Sanam; Ali, Nasir; Imran, Tahir; Rauf, Sajid; Khesro, Amir; Ali, Shahid; Wang, Weijian; Khatoon, Rabia; Abbas, Akmal; Yang, Shikuan;

Solar Energy (2022)

Lead-free borosilicate glass/fused quartz composites for LTCC applications

Yan, Tingnan; Dong, Chao; Zhao, Jianwei; Khesro, Amir; Liu, Zheng; Sun, Shikuan; Li, Junjie; Sun, Rong; Wang, Dawei;

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2022)

Dielectric properties of Bi (M2/3Nb1/3) O3 (M= ni, mg, zn) ceramics

Ali, Asif; Salam, Amir; Khesro, Amir; Khan, Muhammad Naeem;

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2022)

Energy storage performance of Nd3+-doped BiFeO3–BaTiO3-based lead-free ceramics

Khesro, Amir; Khan, Fawad Ahmad; Muhammad, Raz; Ali, Asif; Khan, Majid; Wang, Dawei;

Ceramics International (2022)

High Q× f values of Zn-Ni co-modified LiMg0. 9Zn0. 1-xNixPO4 microwave dielectric ceramics for 5G/6G LTCC modules

Li, Shuai; Li, Chen; Mao, Minmin; Song, Kaixin; Iqbal, Yaseen; Khesro, Amir; Faouri, Sinan S; Lu, Zhilun; Liu, Bing; Sun, Shikuan;

Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2022)

Fabrication of C12H28ClN-assisted perovskites thin films with micrometer-sized grains via low-temperature hot-casting in ambient air for resistive memory device application

Ali, Nasir; Attique, Sanam; Rauf, Sajid; Ali, Shahid; Khesro, Amir; Akram, Fazli; Wu, Huizhen;

Materials Science and Engineering: B (2022)

Enhanced electrochemical properties of (V2O5/GO) composite electrodes for high-performance supercapacitor applications

Shah, Nadar; Nawaz, Haq; Abbas, Syed Mustansar; Khesro, Amir; Ullah, Kefayat;

Journal of Materials Research (2023)

DFT study of structural, electronic, thermoelectric and elastic properties of KPdX3 (X= F, Cl, Br, and I) perovskites

Shafiullah, Muhammad; Haq, Saeed Ul; Muhammad, Raz; Faizan, Muhammad; Laref, Amel; Derafa, Wassila; Sohail, Amir; Khesro, Amir; Samad, Abdus;

Physica Scripta (2023)

Electrocatalytic performance investigation of NiCo2O4 nanostructures prepared by hydrothermal method and thermal post-annealing treatment

Shah, Azhar; Saleem, Sumaiya; Amin, Noor Ul; Salman, Muhammad; Ling, Yihan; Khesro, Amir; Khan, Majid;

Materials Science and Engineering: B (2023)

The hybrid modes of sensitivity of surface plasmon polaritons using metal and chiral medium geometry

Khan, Qaisar; Bacha, Bakht Amin; Khesro, Amir;

Plasmonics (2023)

Sensitivity of the surface plasmon polariton waves at the interface of metal and dielectric medium using doppler broadening effect

Khan, Qaisar; Khan, Aizaz; Bacha, Bakht Amin; Khan, Majid; Khesro, Amir;

Plasmonics (2024)

Mechanical, electronic, and optoelectronic properties of RE 3+ MoN3 (RE 3+= La, Ce, Nd, Pr, Sm) perovskites

Sohail, Amir; Muhammad, Raz; Khesro, Amir; Somaily, Hamoud H; Shafiullah, Muhammad; Haq, Saeed Ul; Laref, Amel; Faizan, Muhammad; Song, Kaixin; Wang, Dawei;

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (2023)

Manipulation of sensitivity of the surface plasmon polariton waves at the interface of high magneto-optical medium and silver metal using angular interrogation

Khan, Qaisar; Bacha, Bakht Amin; Ahmad, Iftikhar; Khan, Majid; Akgul, Ali; Din, Sayed M EI; Khesro, Amir;

Results in Physics (2023)

Coherent manipulation of intensity interrogation of sensitivity of the surface plasmon polariton waves at the dielectric and silver metal interface

Khan, Qaisar; Khan, Muhammad Munaim; Bacha, Bakht Amin; Khesro, Amir;

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (2023)

Conductivity dependent sensitivity of the surface plasmon polariton waves at the interface of metal and dielectric using wavelength interrogation

Khan, Qaisar; Khan, Aizaz; Bacha, Bakht Amin; Khan, Majid; Khesro, Amir;

Plasmonics (2024)

Coherent control of angular interrogation of sensitivity of the surface plasmon polariton waves at the interface of metal and dielectric medium

Khan, Qaisar; Gul, Zahid; Khan, Majid; Bacha, Bakht Amin; Khesro, Amir;