Final Program International Conference on Advances in Functional Materials (ICAFM - 2023) Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 20 - 22 February 2023 Day 1: February 20 th ,2023 Time Theme Speakers 8:30 - 10:00 Registration of Participants Inaugural Session 9:30 Guests to be seated 10:00 Arrival of Chief Guest 10:05 Recitation of Holy Quran 10:10 Welcome Address by Convener Dr. Mahmood - ul - Hassan (Chair) 10:15 Address by the Guest of Honor (Vice Chancellor) 10:30 Group Photo 10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment Technical Session I Chair: Faheem K. Butt 11:00 - 11:40 Pending Arshad Saleem Bhatti (Virtual University of Pakistan) 11:40 - 12:10 Water Purification by Ozone Generator employing non - thermal Plasma Muhammad Shahid Rafique (UET, Lahore) 12:10 - 12:40 Functional Nanomaterials – Tuning the Size and Surface Chemistry for Applications in Catalysis, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Irshad Hussain (LUMS, Lahore) 12:40 - 13:10 Laser ablation for material Processing Shazia Bashir (CASP, GCU) 13:10 - 13:40 Developing a New Generation Fuel Cells Catalyst Electrodes From Transition Metal Decorated Nitrogen - Doped Carbon Muhammad Tahir (UOE, Vihari) 13:40 - 13:45 Presenting Shields to speakers 13:45 - 14:45 Prayer/Lunch Break Technical Session II Chair: Muhammad Tahir 14:45 - 15: 15 Developing novel high voltage phosphate based cathode and spinel anode for Li - ion batteries Ghulam Ali (NUST, Islamabad) 15:15 - 15:4 5 Emerging trends in Advanced Functional materials for energy Applications: Challenges and technological advancement Mashkoor Ahmad (PINSTECH, Islamabad) 15:4 5 - 16:25 Revealing nanostructure and nanochemistry in functional materials with advanced microscopy Ian MacLaren (University of Glasgow, UK ) 16:25 - 16:55 First - principles DFT Insights into the Physical Properties of XAl3C3 (X = Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) Carbides Altaf Hussain (IUB, Bahawalpur) 16:55 - 17:30 high - dielectric yttrium copper titanate; study of bulk and thin films for capacitor and gate oxides Zoobia Ameer (SBBWU, Peshawar) 17:30 - 17:35 Presenting Shields to speakers Parallel Technical Session II Chair: Muhammad Shahbaz 16:30 - 16:45 Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Nb2O5/g - C3N4 Heterostructures as Efficient Photocatalysts M. Umair Tariq (PU, Lahore ) 16:45 - 17:00 Theoretical and experimental investigations: Synergetic effect of Yb – Cu substitution on different properties of hexagonal ferrites Meshal Idrees (CSSP, Lahore) 17:00 - 17:15 Impact of magnetoelectric coupling in BiFeO3 - PbZrTiO3 - CoFe2O4 tri - phase composites for multi - state devices Muhammad Ahmed Khan (CSSP, Lahore) 17:15 - 17:30 Achieving remarkable enhancement in the mobility of organic field effect transistors by molecular doping in ambient conditions Ifra Bibi (CSSP, Lahore) 17:30 - 17:35 Presenting Shields to speakers DAY 2: February 21 th , 2023 Time Theme Speakers Technical Session I Chair: Ghulam Ali 8:30 - 9:10 Large - area nanoelectronics via sustainable nanomanufacturing Thomas Anthopoulos (KAUST, Saudi Arabia) 9:10 - 9:50 Tuning surface electronics structure of two - dimensional nanosheet through surface treatment for highly efficient water oxidation Chuanbao Cao (Beijing Institute of Technology, China) 9:50 - 10:3 0 Design and Fabrication of crystalline/Amorphous PZT Composite for Ultrahigh Breakdown Strength Daeyong Jeong (Inha University, South Korea) 10:30 - 11:00 Microwave - assisted Synthesis of Two Dimensional g - C3N4 Nanosheets and their Medical Applications Faheem K. Butt (UOE, Lahore) 11:00 - 11:05 Presenting Shields to speakers 11:05 - 11:30 Refreshment Technical Session II Chair: Hidayat Ullah Khan 11:30 - 12:10 Fused Deposition Modeling 3D Printing - based Flexible Bending Sensor Sunkon Lee (Inha University, South Korea) 12:10 - 12:40 Giant Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy: Towards High Density, High Stability, and Low Energy Consumption Magnetic Memory Devices Safdar Nazir (UOS, Sargodha) 12:40 - 13:10 Preparation and Applications of Microelectrodes Saadat Majeed (BZU , Multan) 13:10 - 13:20 A journey from Academic to Solar Industry Manzoor Sultan 13:2 0 - 13:2 5 Presenting Shields to speakers 13:2 5 - 14:15 Poster Session 14:15 - 15 :00 Prayer/Lunch Break Technical Session III Chair: Mashkoor Ahmad 15:00 - 15:30 Fabrication of Graphene and 2D Materials Hetero - structure Rashid Jalil (UET, Lahore) 15:30 - 16:00 Multi scale modelling of photo catalytic water splitting Altaf Karim (COMSATS, Islamabad) 16:00 - 16:30 Study of the Zone Axis Diffraction Patterns of the (Li x Ag 1 - x )TaO 3 incipient ferroelectric Systems Hidayat Ullah Khan, (UOP, Peshawar) 16:30 - 16:5 0 Understanding the structural, electronic, magnetic and optical properties of spinel MFe2O4 (M = Mn, Co, Ni) ferrites Muhammad Amir Rafiq (IUB, Bahawalpur) 16:50 - 17:1 0 Green and waste material assisted synthesis of nanoparticles: A step towards clean and clear environment Saba Saeed (IUB, Bahawalpur) 17:1 0 - 17:3 0 Ab - Initio Study of Promising Half - Heusler Compounds for Spintronics and Thermoelectric Applications Muhammad Nasir Rasul (IUB, Bahawalpur) 17:30 - 17:35 Presenting Shields and Certificates to speakers Parallel to Technical Session III Chair: Muhammad Shahbaz 15:00 - 15:15 Photocatalytic removal of toxic dye using SnS nanocomposites upon visible light illumination Iqra Fareed (UET, Lahore) 15:15 - 15:30 Surface states and wave guide modes in photonic hypercrystal for transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarized light Hasnain Haider (PU, Lahore) 15:30 - 15:45 Constructing novel Zinc vanadate/g - C3N4 nanostructure for organic dye removal M. Danish (UET, Lahore) 15:45 - 16:0 0 Synthesis and optical properties of La1−XCeXMnO3 studied by infrared reflectivity measurements Uzaira Ahmad (BZU, Multan) 16:00 - 16:15 Synthesis and characterization of organic additive stabilized zirconia Humaira Ghazal (PU, Lahore) 16:15 - 16:30 Solution processed of advanced materials for high performance and affordable energy storage application Alvena Shahid (LCWU, Lahore) 16:30 - 16:45 Green Synthesis Mediated Auto - combustion Asmara Fazal (PU, Lahore) 16:45 - 17:00 La 3+ - substituted β - ferrite: Investigation of structural, dielectric, FTIR and electrical polarization properties Samreen Saeed (CSSP, Lahore) 17:00 - 17:15 Electronic and structural modification of transition metal - based electrocatalyst for water electrolysis Aleena Tahir (LUMS, Lahore) 17:15 - 17:3 0 Development of Self - supported Porous Metallic Electrocatalysts for Alcohols - assisted Energy - saving Hydrogen Production Farhan Arshad (LUMS, Lahore) 17:30 - 17:35 Presenting Certificates to speakers Day 3: February 22 th ,2023 Technical Session 1 Chair: Altaf Hussain 08:30 - 09:0 0 Single Photon Quantum Experiments: What Any Physics Lab can Build Muhammad Sabieh Anwar (LUMS, Lahore) 09:00 - 09:3 0 Metal and Fiber based Paper Electrodes for Flexible Energy Storage Devices Aamir Razaq (COMSATS, Lahore) 09:30 - 10:0 0 Non - linear optical response of novel materials Rabia Ahmad (LGU , Lahore) 10:00 - 10:2 0 Synthesis of ZnV2O6: Optical and Dielectric Properties Mariam Afzal (UOL, Lahore) 10:2 0 - 10: 4 0 Green and chemical syntheses of Manganese oxide GO doped Manganese oxide nanoparticles Shaista Ali (GCU, Lahore) 10:40 - 11:0 0 A biodegradable magnetite nanoparticles - gum acacia nanocomposite for absorption of dyes Salman Zafar (UOP, Peshawar) 11:0 0 - 11:3 0 Dispersion energy in the functional theory Muhammad Shahbaz (PU, Lahore) 11:30 - 11:35 Presenting Shields and Certificates to speakers 11:35 - 11:40 Closing 11:40 - 12:10 Refreshment