Maaz K.

Electronics and Electrical Engineering
PINSTECH/Sungkyunkwan University

Interests

Fabrication, structural, electrical, and magnetic characterization of nano-materials (metal, metal oxide nanoparticles and nanowires). Application of magnetic materials in electronics and biomedical industries.

Projects

Author of the book "Exchange Bias in Core/shell Ferrite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and magnetic characterization of nickel substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles" (ISBN-10: 3-8383-5490-7), Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP), Germany.
https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/exchange-bias-in-core-shell-ferrite-nanoparticles/isbn/978-3-8383-5490-3
Editorial Board Member of "World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics" (ISSN: Print-2160-6919, online-2160-6927), Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA.
http://www.scirp.org/Journal/EditorialBoard.aspx?JournalID=502
Editorial Board Member of "International Journal of Nano Studies & Technology (IJNST)" (ISSN: 2167-8685), Sci Doc Publishers, New York. USA
http://www.scidoc.org/ijnst.php
Editor of the book "The Transmission Electron Microscope" (ISBN 978-953-51-0450-6), by InTech-Open Access Publisher, Croatia
http://www.intechopen.com/books/the-transmission-electron-microscope
Serving as a Reviewer of more than 20 peer reviewed International Journals and Books.
HEC Approved Supervisor and recipient of Research Productivity Allowance of the PCST for the last 4 years.
http://sc.hec.gov.pk/aphds/submit.asp?supid=3157

Publications

(1) K. Maaz, A. Mumtaz, S.K. Hasanain, Abdullah Ceylan, “Synthesis and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanoparticles prepared by wet chemical route”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 308 (2007) 289–295.
(2) A. Mumtaz, K. Maaz, B. Janjua, S.K. Hasanain, Massimo F. Bertino, “Exchange Bias and Vertical Shift in CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 313 (2007) 266-272.
(3) K. Maaz, W. Khalid, Arif Mumtaz, S.K. Hasanain, J. Liu, J.L. Duan, “Magnetic properties of Co1-xNixFe2O4 (0≤x≤1) nanoparticles prepared by co-precipitation route”, Physica E: Low Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 41, (4) (2009) 593-599.
(4) K. Maaz, S. Karim, A. Mumtaz, S.K. Hasanain, J. Liu, J.L. Duan, “Synthesis and magnetic characterization of nickel ferrite nanoparticles prepared by co-precipitation route” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 321 (2009) 1838-1842.
(5) K. Maaz, M. Usman, S. Karim, A. Mumtaz, S.K. Hasanain, M.F. Bertino, “Magnetic response of core-shell cobalt ferrite nanoparticles at low temperature” Journal of Applied Physics, 105, (2009) 113917.
(6) K. Maaz, S. Karim, A. Mashiatullah, J. Liu, M.D. Hou, Y.M. Sun, J. L. Duan, H.J. Yao, D. Mo, Y.F. Chen, “Structural characterization of nickel doped cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles prepared by co-precipitation route” Physica B 404 (2009) 3947-3951.
(7) S. Karim, K. Maaz, G. Ali, W. Ensinger, “Diameter dependent failure current density of gold nanowires” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 (2009) 185403.
(8) K. Maaz, A. Mumtaz, S.K. Hasanain, M.F. Bertino, “Temperature dependent coercivity and magnetization of core-shell NiFe2O4 nanoparticles” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 322 (2010) 2199.
(9) G. Ali, M. Ahmad, J.I. Akhter, K. Maaz, S. Karim, M. Maqbool, S.G. Yang, “Characterization of cobalt nanowires fabricated in anodic alumina template through AC electrodeposition” IEEE: Transactions on Nanotechnology, 9 (2) (2010) 223.
(10) S. Karim, W. Ensinger, S.A. Mujahid, K. Maaz, E.U. Khan, “Effect of etching conditions on pore shape in etched ion-track polycarbonate membranes” Radiation Measurements 44 (2009) 779-792.
(11) Y.F. Chen, J. Liu, H.J. Yao, D. Mo, J.L. Duan, M.D. Hou, Y.M. Sun, L. Zhang, K. Maaz, “Electrochemical polymerization and characterization of polypyrrole nanowires and nanotubules” Physica B: Condensed Matter, 405 (10), (2010) 2461-2465.
(12) S. Karim, K. Maaz, G. Ali, M. Ahmad, J.I. Akhter, S.K. Durrani, M. A. Hussain, K. Saeed, “Electrodeposition of copper nanowires in porous polycarbonate membranes” The Nucleus, Pakistan, 46(1-2), (2009) 21-26.
(13) K. Maaz, A.Mashiatullah, R.M. Qureshi, N.K. Qazi, A. Mumtaz, “Synthesis of cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanoparticles by co-precipitation route”, The Nucleus, 44 (3-4) (2007)111.
(14) K. Maaz, S. Karim, M. Usman, A. Mumtaz, J. Liu, J.L. Duan, M. Maqbool “Effect of crystallographic texture on magnetic characteristics of cobalt nanowires” Nanoscale Research Letters, 5 (2010) 1111–1117.
(15) S. Qaseem, K. Maaz, A. Mumtaz, S.K. Hasanain, “Particle size effect on magnetic and transport properties of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 nanoparticles” The Nucleus, Pakistan, 47(2), (2010) 1-6.
(16) J.L. Duan, J. Liu, Dan Mo, H.J. Yao, K. Maaz, Y. Chen, Y. Sun, M.D. Hou, X.H. Qu, L. Zhang, Y.F. Chen, “Controlled crystallinity and crystallographic orientation of Cu nanowires fabricated in ion-track templates” Nanotechnology, 21 (2010) 365605.
(17) A. Rahman, M.A. Rafiq, S. Karim, K. Maaz, M.M. Hasan, “Semiconductor to metallic transition and polaron conduction in nanostructured cobalt ferrite” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 44, (2011) 165404.
(18) A. Rahman, M.A. Rafiq, S. Karim, K. Maaz, M. Siddique, M.M. Hasan, “Reduced conductivity and enhancement of Debye orientational polarization in lanthanum doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles” Physica B: Condensed Matter, 406(23) (2011) 4393-4399.
(19) K. Maaz, S. Ishrat, S. Karim, G.H. Kim, “Effect of ageing on the magnetic characteristics of nickel nanowires embedded in polycarbonate” Journal of Applied Physics, 110(1) (2011) 013908.
(20) S. Karim and K. Maaz, “Magnetic behaviour of arrays of nickel nanowires: effect of microstructure and aspect ratio” Material Chemistry and Physics, 130(3) (2011) 1103-1108.
(21) Ishrat S., K. Maaz, Chen Rong, Soo H Kim, Myung H Jung, Gil-Ho Kim, "Magnetic properties of one-dimensional embedded nickel nanostructures in gold nanowires” Current Applied Physics, 12(1) (2012) 65-68.
(22) K. Maaz, Myung-Hwa Jung, Gil-Ho Kim, “Effect of temperature on the exchange bias in naturally oxidized NixCo1-x (x=2) nanowires fabricated by electrochemical deposition technique” J. Alloys and Compounds, 520 (2012) 272-276.
(23) K. Maaz, S. Karim, Kyu Joon Lee, Myung-Hwa Jung, Gil-Ho Kim, "Effect of temperature on the magnetic characteristics of Ni0.5Co0.5Fe2O4 nanoparticles" Materials Chemistry and Physics, 133 (2012) 1006.
(24) S. Ishrat, K. Maaz, K.J. Lee, M.H. Jung, G.H. Kim, “Fabrication and temperature dependent magnetic properties of one-dimensional embedded nickel segment in gold nanowires”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 541 (2012) 483.
(25) K. Maaz, S. Karim, G.H. Kim, "Effect of particle size on magnetic properties of NixCo1-xFe2O4 (x≈0.3) nanoparticles prepared by co-precipitation method" Chemical Physic Letters, 549, (2012) 67.
(26) A. Rahman, M.A. Rafiq, S.O. Cho, S. Karim, K. Maaz, M. Hassan, “Enhanced conductivity and origin of low-frequency high dielectric response of tin-doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles” in Journal of Applied Physics, 112(6) (2012) 063718.
(27) K. Maaz, and Gil-Ho Kim, "Single domain limit for NixCo1-xFe2O4 (0≤x≤1) nanoparticles prepared by chemical co-precipitation route" Martials Chemistry and Physics, 137(1) (2012) 359.
(28) K. Maaz, A. Mashiatullah, R.M. Qureshi, N.K. Qazi, S. Karim, G. Ali, T. Javed, “Magentic beviuor of nickel ferrite nanoparticles prepared by co-precipitation route” The Nucleus, 45 (3-4) (2008) 56.
(29) S. Ishrat, K. Maaz, Kyu Joon Lee, Myung-Hwa Jung, “Nickel segment-length dependent magnetic properties of Au-Ni-Au nanowires at low temperature fabricated by electrochemical deposition” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 199 (2013) 160.
(30) A.U. Rahman, M.A. Rafiq, M.U. Hasan, K. Maaz, S. Karim, S.O. Cho, “Enhancement of electrical conductivity and dielectric constant in Sn-doped nanocrystlline CoFe2O4” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15 (6) (2013) 1703.
(31) S. Ishrat, K. Maaz, Kyu-Joon Lee, Myung-Hwa Jung, Gil-Ho Kim, “Fabrication and temperature-dependent magnetic properties of one-dimensional multilayer Au–Ni–Au–Ni–Au nanowires” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 210(1) (2014) 116.
(32) M. Hussain, M. Ahmad, A. Nisar, H. Sun, S. Karim, K. Maaz, S.D. Khan, M. Iqbal, S.Z. Hussain, “Enhanced photocatalytic and electrochemical properties of Au nanoparticles supported TiO2 microspheres” New J. Chem., 38 (2014) 1424.
(33) A. Rahman, M.A. Rafiq, K. Maaz, S. Karim, K. Hayat, M.M. Hasan, “Correlation between magnetic and electrical properties of Co0.60Sn0.40Fe2O4 nanoparticles” Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2014) In-press.