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DR. AMIR KHESRO

Assistant Professor

Physics , Garden Campus

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Mr Amir Khesro is working as Assistant Professor in AWKUM. He attained his PhD degree from University of Sheffield UK in 2016. His research work is mainly focused on High temperature piezoelectric materials for actuators and sensors, microwave dielectric and lead-free energy storage materials. Dr Khesro is joint inventor with Professor Reaney on a patent on �Temperature Stable Lead-Free Piezoelectric/Electrostrictive Materials with Enhanced Fatigue Resistance� (Patent Application No. GB 1609368.4, 2016) and has authored/co-authored more than 20 articles from his studies on functional materials.

Academics

Year	Qualification	Institute
2017	Ph.D	The University of Sheffield
2009	BS Hons / Master	University of Peshawar
2006	B.A / B.Sc	University of Malakand
2003	HSSC	BISE SWAT
2001	SSC	BISE SWAT

Academic Experience

From	To	Post Held	Organization
2021-09-06		Assistant Professor	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
2013-05-01	2016-10-01	Lecturer	Sheffield International College UK
2013-01-18	2021-09-05	Lecturer	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
2011-09-08	2012-09-07	Lecturer	University of Peshwar
2010-11-10	2011-09-07	Lecturer	Govt Post Graduate College Timergara
2008-09-11	2010-03-22	Lecturer	Forward Girls College Peshawar

Publications (Total No. of Publications 27)

Title	Journal	DOI
The effect of dodecylammonium chloride on the film morphology, crystallinity, and performance of lead-free Bi-based solution-processed photovoltaics device	Solar Energy	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.07.034
Acceptor and donor dopants in potassium sodium niobate based ceramics	Frontiers in Materials	https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00160
A Potential Checkmate to Lead: Bismuth in Organometal Halide Perovskites, Structure, Properties, and Applications	Advanced Science	https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201903143
Temperature Dependent Piezoelectric Properties of Lead-Free (1-x)K0.6Na0.4NbO3�xBiFeO3 Ceramics	Frontiers in Materials	https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00140
STRUCTURE, DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES AND IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF BATI0.97(ZN,V,TA)0.03O3 CERAMICS	J.Chem.Soc.Pak	https://jcsp.org.pk/issueDetail.aspx?aid=865244b8-21dd-47c1-a137-36fa19b5efe9
Lead Free Multilayer Piezoelectric Actuators by Economically New Approach	Frontiers in Materials	doi: 10.3389/fmats.2020.00087
Ca4-xLa2+xTi5-xBxO17 (B = Al, Ga) dielectric ceramics for microwave applications	Materials Science-Poland	https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0019
Phase evolution and microwave dielectric properties of (Ca/Sr)Nd4Ti5O17�based ceramic systems	Materials Research Express	https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab43ec
Enhanced stability in cesium assisted hybrid 2D/3D-perovskite thin films and solar cells prepared in ambient humidity	Solar Energy	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.07.081
Effect of Ta-doping on functional properties of K0.51Na0.49NbO3	Materials Research Express	https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab3d49
An overview of the decompositions in organo-metal halide perovskites and shielding with 2-dimensional perovskites	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.04.022
Phase and microstructural analysis of NdTi0.8M0.2O3.4 (M= Al, Ga) microwaves ceramics	Revista Materia	http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1517-707620190004.0824
High strain (0.4%)Bi(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3-BaTiO3-BiFeO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics and multilayers	Journal of the American ceramic society	0 https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.15749
p-Type/n-type behaviour and functional properties of KxNa(1-x)NbO3 sintered in air and N2	Journal of the European Ceramic Society	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.03.013
Hybrid AgNPs/MEH-PPV nanocomplexes with enhanced optical absorption and photoluminescence properties	New Journal of Chemistry	https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ04573J
Bismuth ferrite-based lead-free ceramics and multilayers with high recoverable energy density	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA09857J0
Temperature-stable high relative permittivity in Ca-doped Ba0.5Bi0.5Ti0.75Mg0.25O3 ceramics	Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics	DOI 10.1007/s10854-017-6372-1
Continuously controllable optical band gap in orthorhombic ferroelectric KNbO3-BiFeO3 ceramics	Applied Physics Letters	0https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982600
Temperature dependent, large electromechanical strain in Nd-doped BiFeO3-BaTiO3 lead-free ceramics	Journal of the European Ceramic Society	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.10.027
Influence of A-site non stoichiometry on the electrical properties of BT-BMT	Journal of the American ceramic society	https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14684
Composition and temperature dependence of structure and piezoelectricity in (1-x)(K1-yNbO3-x(Bi1/2Na1/2)ZrO3 lead free ceramics	Journal of the American ceramic society	https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14589
Band gap evolution and a piezoelectric-to-electrostrictive crossover in (1-x)KNbO3-x(Ba0.5Bi0.5)(Nb0.5Zn0.5)O3 ceramics	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	DOI: 10.1039/C6TC05515J
Temperature-stable high relative permittivity in Ca-doped Ba0. 5Bi0. 5Ti0. 75Mg0. 25O3 ceramics	Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics	DOI 10.1007/s10854-017-6372-1
Temperature stable and fatigue resistant lead-free ceramics for actuators	Applied Physics Letters	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4964411
Dielectric properties and complex impedance analysis of BT�BMT�BS ceramics	Journal of Electronic Materials	DOI: 10.1007/s11664-016-4589-z
Layered perovskite structured La5 xSrxTi4 � xSc1 xO17 microwave ceramics for dielectrically loaded antennas	Ceramic International	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.01.048
Phase transitions, domain structure, and pseudosymmetry in La- and Ti-doped BiFeO3	Journal of Applied Physics	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940391

Conferences

Year	Level	Country	City	Conference
2016	International	UK	Scarborough	Sustainable Functional Materials Conference
2016	International	Germany	Darmstadt	Joint IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics, European Conference on App
2013	International	UK	Sheffiled	Ferroelectrics UK
2017	International	Spain	Madrid	PIEZO2017: Electroceramics for End Users IX
2017	National	Pakistan	Malakand	National Conference on advances in Physics
2019	International	Pakistan	Karachi	International Conference on Advanced Materials and Process Engineering

Awards

Year	Awarding Organization	Description

Memberships

From	To	Title	Organization
2013-08-01	2015-08-01	member	Institute of Physics
2011-06-01	2013-06-01	Member	Pakistan Material Society

Courses Taught

Course Code	Type	Title	University	Semester

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Fundings

From	To	Type	Title	Source	Amount
2019-09-01	2022-09-01	Research	Processing and Characterisation of Piezoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting"	HEC	7548899
2021-12-14	2024-12-14	Research	Environment friendly multiferroic ceramics for electronic applications by cold sintering method	HEC	9805200

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