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ANNUAL REPORT2014

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PHYSICS

“The main objective of NCP is to promote research in physics and allied disciplines and to develop

science culture in Pakistan.”

© 2015 National Centre for Physics (NCP)Quaid-i-Azam University CampusShahdra Valley Road, Islamabad.

ISBN: 978-969-9350-14-6

Compiled by: Dr. Riffat M. Qureshi Ata ur Rehman Ashiq Hussain

Composed by: Syed Hasnat GillaniPhotographs by: Muhammad Imran Iqbal

Published by:Collaborations & Academic Activities Department

Director General’s Message

The National Centre for Physics was established in 2004 on the pattern of The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (AS-ICTP), Trieste, Italy. It is a unique centre for research in fundamental and advanced areas of physics in Pakistan.

The main objective of NCP is to promote research in the field of physics and allied disciplines in Pakistan. NCP endeavors to engage in world-class research and develop science culture in the country. NCP is a novel research institute aiming to produce world-class scientific researchers at NCP, as without good science no progress can be made in any area of technology or applied sciences. It is a matter of great pleasure for me to see that NCP has achieved national and international recognition at its initial stages and has gained a high pedestal among well-established research institutes of the country.

At NCP, we are recognized for providing most up-to-date research facilities, which are not only used by the researchers at NCP but are available to all physics community of Pakistan. Facilities offered are: accelerator, nano-science laboratory, computing resources, experimental high-energy physics and vacuum sciences.

NCP is providing a free academic atmosphere to young researchers for their personal grooming by providing them a unique platform with an excellent opportunity to discuss results of their theoretical and experimental research in the presence of internationally renowned scientists and experts. Communicating new ideas and important results is an important part of the scientific process and it is our hope that NCP will motivate young researchers to think in terms of interesting problems at the leading edge of science, which itself will lead to high quality research at international level.

NCP is involved and have scientific cooperation agreements with several international centres’ of scientific excellence and learning. The list includes AS-ICTP, SESAME, ALS, KRISS and CERN. It is important to note that after 20 years of efforts, Pakistan is on its way to acquire the Associate Membership of CERN that will strengthen the long-term partnership between CERN and the Pakistani scientific community. Moreover, it will allow Pakistani scientists to become members of the CERN staff, and to participate in CERN’s training and career-development programs.

In the year 2014 more than 20 events were conducted at NCP including International Scientific Spring (ISS) and International School on LHC Physics, in which hundreds of students participated and showed their interest towards the field of physics and allied disciplines. Moreover 162 hosted researchers were registered at NCP and 186 research papers were published.

Apart from laboratories, NCP has a good infrastructure including state of the art auditorium, guest house, BOQs, MOQs & cafeteria. These facilities provide a very conducive environment to hold National & International events. NCP is now focusing to bridge the gap between Industry & R&D. For this purpose, NCP has established a Business Development Unit which will liaise with industry in identifying its needs, keeping in view the NCP research areas.

I believe that all of us in the physics and scientific community of Pakistan should join hands and make NCP a real success story.

Hafeez R. Hoorani

What’s Inside

1. Research Publications (International Research Papers) ..................................................................... 9

2. Hosted Researchers ............................................................................................................................... 25

3. ScientificEvents,TrainingsandMeetings ......................................................................................... 29

4. ParticipationofNCPResearchersinConferences,MeetingsandExpertAssignments ............. 45

5. Visits of Distinguished Guests to NCP ............................................................................................... 47

6. Visits of College and University Students to NCP ........................................................................... 49

7. VisitsofNCPFacultytoEducational/ResearchInstitutes ............................................................ 51

8. Research & Development Activities ................................................................................................... 55

8.1 TheoreticalPhysicsDepartment(TPD) ..................................................................................... 57

8.2 Atomic and Laser Physics Laboratory (ALPL) ......................................................................... 61

8.3 ExperimentalHighEnergyPhysicsDepartment(EHEPD) .................................................... 63

8.4 Nano Sciences and Catalysis Department (NS&CD) .............................................................. 71

8.5 X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) ................................................................................... 81

8.6 CentreforEarthquakeStudies(CES) ......................................................................................... 85

8.7 NationalInstituteofVacuumScience&Technology(NINVAST) ....................................... 87

8.8 NCPMechanicalEngineeringWorkshop ................................................................................. 89

9. NCP Sports Gala 2014 ........................................................................................................................... 93

10. Appreciation ........................................................................................................................................... 95

11. Welcome .................................................................................................................................................. 97

12. Honours & Awards ............................................................................................................................... 99

13. Obituary ................................................................................................................................................ 101

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NCP Team Leaders (2014)

During the year 2014,NCPresearcherspublishedatotalofonehundredandeightysix(186)research papers in the following international impact factor journals:

1. Research Publications (International Research Papers)

Sr. # Journal (Full Title) 2012-13 Impact Factor

5 YearImpact Factor

1 Nature Physics 20.603 20.059

2 Physical Review Letters 7.728 7.411

3 Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine 6.93 7.647

4 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6.687 6.91

5 Polymer Reviews 6.593 11.035

6 Biosensors & Bioelectronics 6.451 6.054

7 JournalofHighEnergyPhysics 6.22 4.982

8 Physics Letters B 6.019 4.156

9 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 5.9 5.908

10 Free Radical Biology and Medicine 5.71 5.983

11 EuropeanPhysicalJournalC 5.436 4.018

12 Physical Review D 4.864 4.046

13 Journal of Physical Chemistry C 4.835 5.241Director Accelerator

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14 Journal of Nanobiotechnology 4.078

15 Physical Review C 3.881 3.551

16 OrganicElectronics 3.676 3.929

17 New Journal of Chemistry 3.159 2.837

18 Quantum Information Processing 2.96 2.441

19 InternationalJournalofHydrogenEnergy 2.93 3.448

20 International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials 2.784 2.062

21 Journal of Alloy and Compound 2.726 2.407

22 Applied Surface Science 2.538 2.469

23 Astrophysics Space Science 2.401 2.401

24 Journal of Nanoparticle Research 2.278 2.927

25 Materials Letters 2.269 2.288

26 Physics of Plasmas 2.249 2.14

27 Journal of Applied Physics 2.185 2.259

28 AdvancesinPolymerTechnology 2.147 1.841

29 Synthetic Metals 2.109 2.102

30 Nano-Micro Letters 2.057 1.91

Department-wise summary of the published research papers is as following:

Fig. 1: Department wise-comparison of 5-years average publications

Fig. 2: 5-years average VS current year publications

Sr. # Fields No. of Papers

1 TheoreticalPhysic 41

2 ExperimentalHighEnergyPhysics 67

3 Nano Sciences & Catalysis 51

4 Laser Plasma Physics 09

5 ElectrostaticAcceleratorPhysics 16

6 VacuumScienceandTechnology 02

Total 186

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List of published research papers is given below:

1.1 Theoretical Physics

1. W. Masood,A.M.Mirza,A.Ijaz,andQ.Haque,“Shearflowdrivencounterrotatingvorticesinaninhomogeneous dusty magnetoplasma”, Astrophys Space Sci 349(2),829-834(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-013-1696-7

2. H. A. Shah, W. Masood,M.T.Asim,andM.N.S.Qureshi,“Driftsolitarystructuresininhomogeneousdegenerate quantum plasmas with trapped electrons”, Astrophys Space Sci 350 (2), 615-622 (2014), DOI:10.1007/s10509-014-1802-5

3. W. Masood andA.M.Mirza, “Shearflowdriven tripolarvortices in anonuniformelectron-ionmagnetoplasmawithnon-Maxwellianelectrons”,AstrophysSpaceSci350 (2), 517-521 (2014), DOI: 10.1007/s10509-013-1759-9

4. W. Masood, M. I. Shaukat, and A. M. Mirza, “Obliquely propagating quasi one dimensionalelectrostatic solitary structures in dense magnetoplasmas with trapped electrons”, Astrophys Space Sci 352(2),621-626(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-014-1987-7

5. S. A. Khan and S. Hassan, “Effects of electron exchange-correlation potential on electrostaticoscillations in single-walled carbon nanotubes”, J Appl Phys 115(20)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4878936

6. S. A. Khan, “Obliquely propagating solitary structures in a heavier ion Fermi plasma”, Indian J Phys 88(4),433-438(2014),DOI:10.1007/s12648-013-0427-9

7. S. A. Khan,M. Ilyas,Z.Wazir, andZ.Ehsan, “Linearly coupledoscillations in fullydegeneratepair and warm pair-ion astrophysical plasmas”, Astrophys Space Sci 352 (2), 559-564 (2014), DOI: 10.1007/s10509-014-1925-8

8. S. A. Shan and H. Saleem,“Current-drivensolitonsandshocksinplasmashavingnon-Maxwellianelectrons”, Astrophys Space Sci 349(1),215-222(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-013-1611-2

9. S. A. Shan, Q. Haque, and H. Saleem, “Current-driven Alfv,n waves in dusty magnetospheric plasmas”, Astrophys Space Sci 349(1),285-291(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-013-1658-0

10. H. Saleem, “Partially transverse and partially longitudinal wave in non-uniform electron plasmas”, J Plasma Phys 80,447–451(2014),DOI:10.1017/S002237781300144x

11. M. Kono, J. Vranjes, and N. Batool, “Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron and Ion Plasma Waves in aSymmetric Pair-Ion Plasma Cylinder”, Phys Rev Lett 112(10)105001(2014),DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett112.105001

12. A. U. Rahman and S. Ali, “Solitary and rogue waves in Fermi-Dirac plasmas: relativistic degeneracy effects”, Astrophys Space Sci 351(1),165-172(2014),DOI10.1007/s10509-014-1816-z

13. M. Hanif, S. Ali,Q.Mukhtar,andA.M.Mirza,“Numericalstudyofionacousticshockwavesindense quantum plasma,” Phys Plasmas 21(3)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4868548

14. N. Rubab, S. Ali, andG. Jaffer, “Dust kineticAlfvenwaves and streaming instability in a non-Maxwellianmagnetoplasma,”PhysPlasmas21(6)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4879803

15. W. Masood, R. Jahangir, B. Eliasson, andM. Siddiq, “A nonlinearmodel for magnetoacousticwaves in dense dissipative plasmas with degenerate electrons,” Phys Plasmas 21 (10) (2014), DOI: 10.1063/1.4900759

16. S. Mahmood, H. U. Rehman, W. Masood,andN.Imtiaz,“Soliton,doublelayerandshockformationin pair-ion plasmas,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series 511(1),012009(2014),DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/511/1/012009

17. S. A. Shan andN.Akhtar, “Large amplitude acoustic solitons in awarm electronegativedustyplasmawithq-nonextensivedistributedelectrons”,AstrophysSpaceSci349(1),273-283(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-013-1647-3

18. S. A. Shan and H. Saleem, “Small amplitude ion-acoustic double layers with cold electron beam and q-nonextensiveelectrons”,PhysLettA378(10),795-799(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.physleta.2014.01.015

19. S. A. Shan and Q. Haque,“Ionacousticdriftsolitonsandshockswithkappa-distributedelectrons”,Astrophys Space Sci 350(1),217-222(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-013-1726-5

20. S. A. Shan,N.Akhtar, andS. Ali, “KPBurgers shocks in awarm electronegative plasmawithq-nonextensivedistributedelectrons”,AstrophysSpaceSci351 (1),181-190(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-014-1834-x

21. S. A. Shan and A. U. Rehman, “Nonplanar solitons in a warm electronegative plasma with electron nonextensivityeffects”,AstrophysSpaceSci352(2),593-604(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-014-1968-x

22. S. Hussain, S. A. Shan,N.Akhtar,andM.M.Masud,“InvestigationofthepropertiesofelectrostaticIA solitary wave structures in negative ion magneto-plasmas with superthermal electrons”, Astrophys Space Sci 352(2),605-612(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-014-1977-9

23. S. A. Shan, S. Ali,andAman-ur-Rehman,“Nonplanarshocksinawarmelectronegativeplasmawithelectronnonextensivityeffects,”AstrophysSpaceSci353 (1), 151-162 (2014),DOI: 10.1007/s10509-014-2019-3

24. S. A. Khan,Aman-ur-Rehman,andJ.T.Mendonca,“Kineticstudyofion-acousticplasmavortices”,Phys Plasmas 21(9)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4895508

25. A.Ali,M.Israr-Qadir,Z.Wazir,M.Tufail,Z.H.Ibupoto,S.Jamil-Rana,M.Atif,S. A. Khan, and M.Willander,“Cobaltoxidemagneticnanoparticles–chitosannanocompositebasedelectrochemicalureabiosensor”,IndianJPhys,1-6(2014),DOI:10.1007/s12648-014-0594-3

26. U. Zakir,Q. Haque, A. Qamar, and A. M. Mirza, “Ion-temperature-gradient driven modes in dust-contaminated plasmawith nonthermal electron distribution anddust charge fluctuations”,Astrophys Space Sci 350(2),565-572(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-013-1765-y

27. Q. Haque,A.M.Mirza,andU.Zakir,“Electronacousticwavedrivenvorticeswithnon-Maxwellianhot electrons in magnetoplasmas”, Phys Plasmas 21(7)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4885639

28. M.Cvetic,G.W.Gibbons, andZ. H. Saleem, “Quasinormal modes for subtracted rotating and magnetized geometries”, Phys Rev D 90(12)124046(2014),DOI:10.1103/Physrevd.90.124046

29. M. Cvetic, Z. H. Saleem,andA.Satz,“Entanglemententropyofsubtractedgeometryblackholes”,JHighEnergyPhys(9)(2014),DOI:10.1007/Jhep09(2014)041

30. A. Ahmed, L.Dulny, andB.Grzadkowski, “GeneralizedRandall-Sundrummodelwith a singlethickbrane”,EurPhysJC74(4)(2014),DOI:10.1140/Epjc/S10052-014-2862-Y

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31. A. Ahmed,B.Grzadkowski,andJ.Wudka,“Thick-branecosmology”,JHighEnergyPhys(4)(2014),DOI:10.1007/Jhep04(2014)061

32. M. Adnan, S. Mahmood, and A. Qamar, “Coupled ion acoustic and drift waves in magnetized superthermal electron-positron-ion plasmas”, Phys Plasmas 21(9)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4896346

33. T.KaladzeandS. Mahmood,“Ion-acousticcnoidalwavesinplasmaswithwarmionsandkappadistributed electrons and positrons”, Phys Plasmas 21(3)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4868228

34. M. Adnan, S. Mahmood, and A. Qamar, “Small amplitude ion acoustic solitons in a weaklymagnetizedplasmawithanisotropicionpressureandkappadistributedelectrons”,AdvSpaceRes53(5),845-852(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.asr.2014.01.003

35. Z. Rahim, S. Ali,andA.Qamar,“DustacousticsolitaryandshockexcitationsinaThomas-Fermimagnetoplasma”, Phys Plasmas 21(7)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4886999

36. C.Rozina,N.L.Tsintsadze,M.Jamil,A.Rasheed,andS. Ali,“Electromagneticwaveinstabilityinarelativistic electron-positron-ion plasma”, Astrophys Space Sci 353(2),485-491(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-014-2047-z

37. K. Shahzad and S. Ali, “Finite orbital angular momentum states and Laguerre-Gaussian potential in two-temperature electron plasmas,” Astrophys Space Sci 353(1),3-8(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-014-1928-5

38. M. Irfan, S. Ali, andA.M.Mirza, “Dust-acoustic solitary and roguewaves in a Thomas-Fermidegenerate dusty plasma,” Astrophys Space Sci 353 (2),515-523(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10509-014-2079-4

39. S. JavaidandM.J.Akhtar,“Pressure-inducedmagnetic,structural,andelectronicphasetransitionsinLaFeO3:Adensityfunctionaltheory(generalizedgradientapproximation)plusUstudy,”JApplPhys116(2)(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4887802

40. I. Ahmed, “Implication of nonuniversal Z ‘ boson to the lepton polarization asymmetries in the B -> K* l(+) l(-) decay”, Phys Rev D 89(1)014017(2014),DOI:10.1103/Physrevd.89.014017

41. I. Ahmed,M.J.Aslam,andM.A.Paracha,“EffectsofneutralZ‘bosoninB-s->phil(+)l(-)decaywith polarized phi and the unpolarized and polarized CP violation asymmetry”, Phys Rev D 89 (1) 015006(2014),DOI10.1103/Physrevd.89.015006

1.2 Experimental High Energy Physics

1. Searchforstandardmodelproductionoffourtopquarksinthelepton+jetschannelinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys11(2014)154

2. SearchforneutralMSSMHiggsbosonsdecayingtoapairof tauleptonsinppcollisions/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys 10 (2014) 160

3. SearchfortheassociatedproductionoftheHiggsbosonwithatop-quarkpair/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys 09 (2014) 087

4. Studyofhadronicevent-shapevariablesinmultijetfinalstatesinppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys 10 (2014) 087

5. ObservationofthediphotondecayoftheHiggsbosonandmeasurementofitsproperties/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC 74 (2014) 3076

6. Measurementoftopquark-antiquarkpairproductioninassociationwithaWorZbosoninppcol-lisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC 74 (2014) 3060

7. Searchforexcitedquarksintheγ+jetfinalstateinproton-protoncollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration, Phys Rev B 738 (2014) 274

8. MeasurementofjetfragmentationinPbPbandppcollisionsat√SNN=2.76TeV/CMSCollabora-

tion, Phys Rev C 90 (2014) 0249089. MeasurementofpromptJ/ψpairproductioninppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,

JHighEnergyPhys 09 (2014) 09410. Measurementoftheratioofinclusivejetcrosssectionsusingtheanti-kT algorithm with radius pa-

rametersR=0.5and0.7inppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevD 90 (2014) 072006

11. Searchforjetextinctionintheinclusivejet-pTspectrumfromproton-protoncollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevD 90 (2014) 032005

12. Searchesforelectroweakproductionofcharginos,neutralinos,andsleptonsdecayingtoleptonsandW,Z,andHiggsbosonsinppcollisionsat8TeV/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC 74 (2014) 3036

13. Measurement of differential cross sections for the production of a pair of isolated photons in pp collisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC 74 (2014) 3129

14. Descriptionandperformanceoftrackandprimary-vertexreconstructionwiththeCMStracker/CMS Collaboration, J Instrum 9 (2014) P10009

15. Searchfortop-squarkpairsdecayingintoHiggsorZbosonsinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration, Phys Rev B 736 (2014) 371

16. Searchformassiveresonancesdecayingintopairsofboostedbosonsinsemi-leptonicfinalstatesat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys 08 (2014) 174

17. ConstraintsontheHiggsbosonwidthfromoff-shellproductionanddecaytoZ-bosonpairs/CMSCollaboration, Phys Rev B 736 (2014) 64

18. SearchformassiveresonancesindijetsystemscontainingjetstaggedasWorZbosondecaysinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys 08 (2014) 173

19. Measurementofpseudorapiditydistributionsofchargedparticlesinproton-protoncollisionsat√s=8TeVbytheCMSandTOTEMexperiments/CMSandTOTEMCollaborations,EurPhysJC 74 (2014) 3053

20. Searchforanomalousproductionofeventswiththreeormoreleptonsinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevD 90 (2014) 032006

21. AsearchforWWγandWZγproductionandconstraintsonanomalousquarticgaugecouplingsinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevD 90 (2014) 032008

22. Measurement of jet multiplicity distributions in ttproductioninppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC 74 (2014) 3014

23. MeasurementoftheratioB(t→Wb)/B(t→Wq)inppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,Phys Rev B 736 (2014) 33

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24. Search for invisible decays of Higgs bosons in the vector boson fusion and associated ZH produc-tionmodes/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC 74 (2014) 2980

25. Measurementofthet-channelsingle-top-quarkproductioncrosssectionandofthe|Vtb|CKMma-trixelementinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys 06 (2014) 090

26. MeasurementofWZandZZproductioninppcollisionsat√s=8TeVinfinalstateswithb-taggedjets/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC 74 (2014) 2973

27. Alignmentof theCMStrackerwithLHCandcosmicraydata/CMSCollaboration, J Instrum 9 (2014) P06009

28. Searchfornewphysicsinthemultijetandmissingtransversemomentumfinalstateinproton-pro-toncollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys 06 (2014) 055

29. Measurements of the ttchargeasymmetryusingthedileptondecaychannelinppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys 04 (2014) 191

30. SearchforW’→tbdecaysinthelepton+jetsfinalstateinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCol-laboration,JHighEnergyPhys 05 (2014) 108

31. Measurement of the production cross sections for a Z boson and one or more b jets in pp collisions at√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys06(2014)120

32. MeasurementofinclusiveWandZbosonproductioncrosssectionsinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMS Collaboration, Phys Rev Lett 112 (2014) 191802

33. Evidenceforthedirectdecayofthe125GeVHiggsbosontofermions/CMSCollaboration,NAT PHYS. 10 (2014) 557-560

34. Evidenceforthe125GeVHiggsbosondecayingtoapairofτleptons/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys05(2014)104

35. Studies of dijet pseudorapidity distributions and transverse momentum balance in pPb collisions at√SNN=5.02TeV/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC74(2014)2951

36. ObservationoftheassociatedproductionofasingletopquarkandaWbosoninppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevLett112(2014)231802

37. Measurement of the ttproductioncrosssectioninthedileptonchannelinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys02(2014)024

38. MeasurementoftheproductioncrosssectionforaWbosonandtwobjetsinppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevB735(2014)204

39. Measurementoffour-jetproductioninproton-protoncollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,Phys Rev D 89 (2014) 092010

40. Measurementofthemuonchargeasymmetryininclusivepp→W+Xproductionat√s=7TeVandanimproveddeterminationoflightparton/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevD90(2014)032004

41. EventactivitydependenceofY(nS)productionin√SNN=5.02TeVpPband√s=2.76TeVppcolli-sions/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys04(2014)103

42. StudyofdoublepartonscatteringusingW+2-jeteventsinproton-protoncollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys03(2014)032

43. MeasurementofthepropertiesofaHiggsbosoninthefour-leptonfinalstate/CMSCollaboration,Phys Rev D 89 (2014) 092007

44. Evidenceofb-jetquenchinginPbPbcollisionsat√SNN=2.76TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevLett 113 (2014) 132301

45. Searchforflavor-changingneutralcurrentsintop-quarkdecayst→Zqinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevLett112(2014)171802

46. SearchforstopandhiggsinoproductionusingdiphotonHiggsbosondecays/CMSCollaboration,

Phys Rev Lett 112 (2014) 16180247. Searchfortop-quarkpartnerswithcharge5/3inthesame-signdileptonfinalstate/CMSCollabo-

ration, Phys Rev Lett 112 (2014) 17180148. Studiesofazimuthaldihadroncorrelationsinultra-centralPbPbcollisionsat√SNN =2.76TeV/

CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys02(2014)08849. MeasurementofHiggsbosonproductionandpropertiesintheWWdecaychannelwithleptonic

finalstates/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys01(2014)09650. Inclusivesearchforavector-likeTquarkwithcharge2/3inppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/CMSCol-

laboration, Phys Rev B 729 (2014) 149-17151. Searchfornewphysicsineventswithsame-signdileptonsandjetsinppcollisionsat√s=8TeV/

CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys01(2014)16352. Measurement of the triple-differential cross section for photon+jets production in proton-proton

collisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,JHighEnergyPhys06(2014)00953. Probingcolorcoherenceeffectsinppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC

74 (2014) 290154. Searchforpairproductionofexcitedtopquarksinthelepton+jetsfinalstate/CMSCollaboration,

JHighEnergyPhys06(2014)12555. Searchforsupersymmetryinppcollisionsat√s=8TeVineventswithasinglelepton,largejet

multiplicity,andmultiplebjets/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevB733(2014)328-353

56. Measurements of ttspincorrelationsandtop-quarkpolarizationusingdileptonfinalstatesinppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevLett112(2014)182001

57. Searchesforlight-andheavy-flavourthree-jetresonancesinppcollisionsat√s =8TeV/CMSCollaboration, Phys Rev B 730 (2014) 193

58. Measurementofhigher-orderharmonicazimuthalanisotropyinPbPbcollisionsat√SNN=2.76TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevC89(2014)044906

59. SearchforthestandardmodelHiggsbosonproducedinassociationwithaWoraZbosonandde-cayingtobottomquarks/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevD89(2014)012003

60. Search for baryonnumber violation in topquarkdecays/CMSCollaboration, PhysRevB 731(2014) 173

61. MeasurementofassociatedW+charmproductioninppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollabora-tion,JHighEnergyPhys02(2014)013

62. ModificationofjetshapesinPbPbcollisionsat√SNN=2.76TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevB

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730 (2014) 24363. ObservationofapeakingstructureintheJ/ψϕmassspectrumfromB±→J/ψϕK±decays/CMS

Collaboration, Phys Rev B 734 (2014) 261-28164. MeasurementoftheWγandZγinclusivecrosssectionsinppcollisionsat√s=7TeVandlimitson

anomaloustriplegaugebosoncouplings/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevD89(2014)09200565. Measurementofthetop-quarkmassinall-jetstteventsinppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollab-

oration,EurPhysJC74(2014)275866. Studyoftheproductionofchargedpions,kaons,andprotonsinpPbcollisionsat√SNN=5.02TeV

/CMSCollaboration,EurPhysJC74(2014)284767. Determinationofthetop-quarkpolemassandstrongcouplingconstantfromthett production cross

sectioninppcollisionsat√s=7TeV/CMSCollaboration,PhysRevB728(2014)496-517

1.3 NanoSciences and Catalysis

1. S. Nazir, T.Hussain, A.Ayub,U. Rashid, andA. J.Mac Robert, “Nanomaterials in combatingcancer: Therapeutic applications anddevelopments”,Nanomed-Nanotechnol10 (1), 19-34 (2014), DOI10.1016/j.nano.2013.07.001

2. S. Asima, MohibUllah, D.A. Syed, M. Tariq , M. Siddiq, B. Asghari, T. Zain, “Nano CatalyticconversionofusedLubricatingOilintoDieselFuel”,IntJEnhancedResSciTechnol&Engin3(4), 438-446 (2014).

3. MohibUllah, N. Asima, M. Tariq,S.Muhammad,B.Asghari.“BiochemicalsynthesisofNickel&Cobaltoxidenanoparticlesbyusingbiomasswaste”,IntJEnhancedResSciTechnol&Engin3(4), 415-422 (2014).

4. A. Kausar,R.Ashraf,andM.Siddiq,“Polymer/NanodiamondCompositesinLi-IonBatteries:AReview”,Polym-PlastTechnol53(6),550-563(2014),DOI:10.1080/03602559.2013.854386

5. A. Kausar, S. Zulfiqar, and M. I. Sarwar, “Recent Developments in Sulfur-ContainingPolymers”,Polym Rev 54(2),185-267(2014),DOI:10.1080/15583724.2013.863209

6. A. Kausar, “Design, synthesis and physical properties of poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene)/poly(thiourea-azo-sulfone) blends,” B Mater Sci 37 (4), 917-923 (2014)

7. A. Kausar and R. Ashraf, “Electrospun, non-woven, nanofibrous membranes preparedfrom nano-diamond and multi-walled carbon nanotube-filled poly(azo-pyridine) and epoxycomposites reinforced with these membranes”, J Plast Film Sheet 30 (4), 369-387 (2014), DOI: 10.1177/8756087913518546

8. A. Kausar, “Formation of aramid-silica-grafted-multi-walled carbon nanotube-based nanofiberviathesol-gelroute:thermalandmechanicalprofileofhybridswithpoly(methylmethacrylate),”E-Polymers14(3),177-185(2014),DOI:10.1515/epoly-2014-0011

9. A. Kausar,“Fuelcellmembranesofphosphoricacid–dopedpoly(benzimidazole/ether/siloxane/amide)/sulfonatedpolystyrene/silicananoparticlenanocomposites:Aphysicalpropertystudy,”JThermoplastCompos0892705714533373(2014),DOI:10.1177/0892705714533373

10. A. Kausar, “Study onphysical properties of poly(methylmethacrylate)/poly(thiophene amide)-silica-titania-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotube-based nanofiber composites,” High PerformPolym 26(8),961-969(2014),DOI:10.1177/0954008314536213

11. A. Kausar,“Mechanical,Thermal,andElectricalPropertiesofEpoxyMatrixCompositesReinforcedWith-Polyamide-Grafted-MWCNT/poly(azo-pyridine-benzophenone-imide)/PolyanilineNanofibers,”IntJPolymMaterPo63(16),831-839(2014),DOI:10.1080/00914037.2014.886220

12. R. Ashraf, A. Kausar, and M. Siddiq, “Preparation and properties of multilayered polymer/nanodiamondcompositesviaaninsitutechnique,”JPolymEng34(5),415-429(2014),DOI:10.1515/polyeng-2013-0297

13. S. Nawaz, M. Siddiq, A. Kausar,S.T.Hussain,andF.Abbas,“FacileSynthesisandPropertiesofMultilayered Polyaniline/Polypyrrole/Epoxy/Polystyrene/ Functionalized Carbon NanotubeComposites,”Polym-PlastTechnol53(7),661-670(2014),DOI:10.1080/03602559.2013.874032

14. R. Ashraf, A. Kausar, andM. Siddiq, “Preparation andproperties of layered carbonnanotube/polyazopyridine/nanodiamond composites,” J Plast Film Sheet 30 (4), 412-434 (2014), DOI: 10.1177/8756087914527982

15. R. Sattar, A. Kausar, and M. Siddiq, “Advances in thermoplastic polyurethane composites reinforced withcarbonnanotubesandcarbonnanofibers:Areview,”JPlastFilmSheet31 (2), 186-224 (2015), DOI:10.1177/8756087914535126

16. N. Mehwish, A. Kausar, and M. Siddiq, “Advances in Polymer-based Nanostructured Membranes for WaterTreatment,”Polym-PlastTechnol53(12),1290-1316(2014),DOI:10.1080/03602559.2014.909465

17. R. Ashraf, A. Kausar, and M. Siddiq, “High-performance polymer/nanodiamond composites:synthesis and properties,” Iran Polym J 23 (7),531-545(2014),DOI:10.1007/s13726-014-0248-5

18. A. Naz, A. Kausar, and M. Siddiq, “Fabrication and Properties of Novel Polyaniline/Poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) cumene Terminated/4,4 ‘-oxydianiline/Graphite-BasedNanocompositesviaLayeredPolymerization,”Polym-PlastTechnol53 (15), 1542-1552 (2014), DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2014.909475

19. M. Z. Hussain, R. Khan, R. Ali, and Y. Khan, “Optical properties of laser ablated ZnO nanoparticles preparedwithTween-80,”MaterLett122,147-150(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.matlet.2014.02.022

20. S. M. Abbas, S. Ali, N. A. Niaz, N. Ali, R. Ahmed, and N. Ahmad, “Superior electrochemical performance of mesoporous Fe3O4/CNT nanocomposites as anode material for lithium ionbatteries,” J Alloy Compd 611,260-266(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.05.103

21. R. Raza, S. Ali, F. Ahmed, and S. M. Abbas,“RadiationresistantmetaldecoratedMWCNTs/PMMAnanocompositefilmswith enhanced thermomechanicalproperties”,PolymCompos (2014),DOI:10.1002/pc.23020

22. M. Irfan,N.Eshuis,P.Spannring,M.Tessari,M.C.Feiters,andF.P. J.T.Rutjes,“Liquid-PhaseParahydrogen-Induced Polarization (PHIP) with Ligand-Capped Platinum Nanoparticles,” J Phys Chem C 118(24),13313-13319(2014),DOI:10.1021/Jp504698w

23. N. Ali, R. Ahmed, A. Shaari, Bakhtiar-ul-Haq, N. Ahmad, and S. M. Abbas, “Synthesis and characterizationofSn-Sb-Sthinfilmsforsolarcellapplicationsbysputteringtechniques,”KovoveMater 52(4),219-223(2014),DOI:10.4149/km_2014_4_219

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24. N.Ali,E.U.Khan,N. Ahmad, S. M. Abbas, M. A. Iqbal, “Photo-Spectro-metric Study of CR-39 DetectorsIrradiatedwithHeavyIons”:PakistanJournalofEngineering&AppliedScience,15(2014)68-75

25. N. Ali, R. Ahmed, A. Shaari, I. Rahim, M. Shah, A. Hussain, N. Ahmad, S. M. Abbas, “Annealing EffectsontheStructuralandOpticalPropertiesofThermallyDepositedTinAntimonySulfideThinFilms,” Braz J Phys 44(6),733-738(2014),DOI:10.1007/s13538-014-0255-1

26. N.Ali,A.Hussain,S.T.Hussain,N. Ahmad, S. M. Abbas, and Z. Ali, “Study of deep inelastic collisionintheheavyionreactionof14.0(MeV/u)132Xe+238U,”InternationalJournalofNuclearEnergyScienceandTechnology8(2),89-104(2014),DOI:10.1504/IJNEST.2014.060090,

27. R. Shah, A. Kausar, B.Muhammad, S. Shah, “Progression fromGraphene andGrapheneOxidetoHighPerformancePolymer-BasedNanocomposite:AReview”,Polym-PlastTechnol54(2), 173-183(2014),DOI:10.1080/03602559.2014.955202

28. N. Khan, A. Kausar, and A. U. Rahman, “Modern Drifts in Conjugated Polymers and Nanocomposites forOrganicSolarCells:AReview,”Polym-PlastTechnol54(2),140-154(2014),DOI:10.1080/03602559.2014.935428

29. A. Kausar and M. Siddiq, “Properties of phosphoric acid doped Poly(benzimidazole/sulfone/siloxane/amide)/Sulfonated Polystyrene/Silica nanoparticle-based proton exchangemembranesfor fuel cells,” Chinese J Polym Sci 32(10),1319-1328(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10118-014-1513-y

30. A. Kausar, “FormationandPropertiesofPoly (vinylbutyral-co-vinyl alcohol-co-vinyl acetate)/Polystyrene Composites ReinforcedwithGrapheneOxide-Nanodiamond,”American Journal ofPolymer Science 4(2),54-62(2014),DOI:10.5923/j.ajps.20140402.05,

31. A. Kausar, M. Khurram, and M. Siddiq, “Sulfonated poly(sulfone-pyridine-amide)/sulfonatedpolystyrene/multiwalledcarbonnanotube-basedfuelcellmembranes,”PolymEngSci(2014),DOI:10.1002/pen.24016

32. A. Kausar, “Investigation of Novel Poly (urethane-urea) and MMT Foams derived via In-situTechnique,”AmericanJournalofPolymerScience&Engineering2 (1), 20-34 (2014)

33. A. Kausar, “Hybrids of Polystyrene-b-Poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)-b- Polystyrene Reinforced by Electrospun Polyimide/ Carbon Nanotube Nanofibers: Preparation and Properties,” AmericanJournal of Materials Science 4(4),169-177(2014),DOI:10.5923/j.materials.20140404.03

34. A. KausarandM.Siddiq,“Influenceofinterfaceinteractiononthermal,mechanicalandconductingpropertiesofsegmentedpoly(azo-urethane)/carbonnanotubecomposites,”IntJPlastTechnol,1-20(2014),DOI:10.1007/s12588-014-9079-7

35. A. Kausar,“NovelWaterPurificationMembranesofPolystyrene/Multi-WalledCarbonNanotube-grafted-GrapheneOxideHybrids,”AmericanJournalofPolymerScience4 (3), 63-72 (2014), DOI: 10.5923/j.ajps.20140403.01

36. A. Kausar,“Fabrication and Properties of Polyamide andGrapheneOxideCoatedCarbon FiberReinforced Epoxy Composites”, American Journal of Polymer Science 4(3), 88-93 (2014), DOI: 10.5923/j.ajps.20140403.03

37. A. Kausar,Wajid-Ullah,B.MuhammadandM.Siddiq,“NovelMechanicallyStable,HeatResistantandNon-flammableFunctionalizedPolystyrene/ExpandedGraphiteNanocomposites”,Advancesin Materials Science 14(42),61-74(2014),DOI:10.2478/adms-2014-0022

38. A. Kausar, “Mechanical, Rheological and Flammability Properties of Poly(acrylonitrile-co-methylacrylate)/Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/Modified Nanoclay Hybrids”, AmericanJournal of Polymer Science 4(3),94-100(2014),DOI:10.5923/j.ajps.20140403.04

39. A. Kausar, “Poly(bisphenol A-co-epichlorohydrin) and nanodiamonds/poly(azo-pyridine)/polyamide/multi-walledcarbonnanotube-basednanofibernanocomposites”,AmericanJournalofPolymerScience&Engineering2(1),35-50 (2014)

40. A. Kausar, “Polyamide-grafted-multi-walled carbon nanotube electrospun nanofibers/epoxycomposites,” Fiber Polym 15(12),2564-2571(2014),10.1007/s12221-014-2564-y

41. Z. Ali, M. Aslam, I. M. I. Ismail, A. Hameed, S. T. Hussain, M. N. Chaudhry, and M. A. Gondal, “Synthesis,characterizationandphotocatalyticactivityofAl2O3-TiO2basedcomposites,”JEnvironSci Heal A 49(1),125-134(2014),DOI:10.1080/10934529.2013.824789

42. Zada, B., Mahmood T.,Malik,SA,“EffectofZincNanoparticlesonHyacinth’sFermentation”,IntJEnhancedResSciTechnol&Engin3(11), 78-92 (2014).

43. A. Nadhman, S. Nazir,M.I.Khan,S.Arooj,M.Bakhtiar,G.Shahnaz,andM.Yasinzai,“PEGylatedsilverdopedzincoxidenanoparticlesasnovelphotosensitizersforphotodynamictherapyagainstLeishmania,”FreeRadicalBioMed77,230-238(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.09.005

44. S. S. Naz, M. R. Shah, N. Ul Islam, A. Khan, S. Nazir, S. Qaisar, and S. S. Alam, “Synthesis and bioactivities of silver nanoparticles capped with 5-Amino-beta-resorcylic acid hydrochloride dihydrate,” J Nanobiotechnol 12(2014),DOI:10.1186/S12951-014-0034-8

45. K. Ali, A. K. Sarfraz, A. Ali, A. Mumtaz, and S. K. Hasanain,“TemperaturedependencemagneticpropertiesandexchangebiaseffectinCuFe2O4nanoparticlesembeddedinNiOmatrix,”JMagnMagn Mater 369,81-85(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.06.007

46. S. U. Awan, S. K. Hasanain, D. H. Anjum, M. S. Awan, and S. A. Shah, “Room temperature p-type conductivityandcoexistenceofferroelectricorderinferromagneticLidopedZnOnanoparticles,”J Appl Phys 116(16)164109(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4900413

47. S. U. Awan, S. K. Hasanain, G. H. Jaffari, D. H. Anjum, and U. S. Qurashi, “Defects induced lumi-nescence and tuning of bandgap energy narrowing in ZnO nanoparticles doped with Li ions,” J Appl Phys 116(8)083510(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4894153

48. S. U. Awan, S. K. Hasanain, G. H. Jaffari, and Z. Mehmood, “Carrier concentration dependence of ferroelectric transition in multiferroic Li doped and Li-Co co-doped ZnO nanoparticles,” Appl Phys Lett 104(22)222906(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4881265

49. A. M. Iqbal, G. H. Jaffari, and S. K. Hasanain,“DynamicResponseinBa1-xSrxTiO3andAnom-alous Behavior at the Phase Boundary Composition,” J Am Ceram Soc 97 (10), 3177-3183 (2014), DOI:10.1111/Jace.13072

50. G. H. Jaffari, Z. Mehmood, A. M. Iqbal, S. K. Hasanain, and S. I. Shah, “Development of ferroelec-triccorrelationsinthequantumparaelectricandantiferrodistortiveregimesinBaxSr1-xTiO3(x<=0.10),” J Appl Phys 116(8)084101(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4893895

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51. M. Usman, A. Mumtaz, S. Raoof, and S. K. Hasanain, “Response to “Comment on ‘Order param-eterandscalingbehaviorinBaZrxTi1-xO3(0.3<x<0.6)relaxorferroelectrics’”[Appl.Phys.Lett.104, 156102 (2014)],” Appl Phys Lett 104(15)156103(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4871415

1.4 Laser Plasma Physics

1. N.K.Piracha,K.V.Duncan-Chamberlin,J.Kaminsky,D.Delanis,andM. A. Baig, “On the relative transition probabilities of rare gases in the 1s(i)-2p(j) region,” Opt Commun 329, 200-205 (2014), DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2014.04.063

2. R. Ahmed, C. Simbrunner, G. Schwabegger, M. A. Baig, and H. Sitter, “Air stability of C-60 based n-typeOFETs,”SyntheticMet188,136-139(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.synthmet.2013.12.007

3. R. Ahmed, A. Kadashchuk, C. Simbrunner, G. Schwabegger, M. Havlicek, E. Glowacki, N. S.Sariciftci, M. A. Baig, andH. Sitter, “Photosensitivity of top gate C-60 based OFETs: Potentialapplications forhighefficiencyorganicphotodetector,”OrgElectron15 (1),175-181 (2014),DOI:10.1016/j.orgel.2013.11.002

4. N.K.Piracha,D.Delanis,J.Kaminsky,K.V.Duncan-Chamberlin,H.Asghar,R.Ali,andM. A. Baig, “Transitionprobabilities,oscillatorstrengths,andtestofJ-filesumruleforthe2p(5)3p->2p(5)3stransition array in the neon emission spectra,” Canadian Journal of Physics 93 (1), 80-84 (2015), DOI: 10.1139/cjp-2014-0192

5. A.Nadeem,M.Shah,S.U.Haq,S.Shahzada,M.Mumtaz,A.Waheed,M.Nawaz,M.Ahmed,andM. A. Baig,“Three-steplaserexcitationoftheodd-parity5s5dD-3->5snfF-3statesofcadmium,”EurPhysJD68(7)192(2014).

6. R. Ahmed, C. Simbrunner, G. Schwabegger, M. A. Baig, and H. Sitter, “Ameliorating the bias stress stabilityofn-typeOFETs,”OrgElectron15(11),3203-3210(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.orgel.2014.08.061

7. R. Ahmed, C. Simbrunner, G. Schwabegger, M. A. Baig, and H. Sitter, “Stability of low voltage n-type organicfieldeffecttransistors,”SyntheticMet197,18-22(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.synthmet.2014.07.020

8. R. Ahmed,A.Kadashchuk,C.Simbrunner,G.Schwabegger,M. A. Baig, and H. Sitter, “Geometrical StructureandInterfaceDependenceofBiasStressInducedThresholdVoltageShiftinC-60-BasedOFETs,”ACSApplMaterInter6(17),15148-15153(2014),DOI:10.1021/Am50321921

9. R. Ahmed, C. Simbrunner, G. Schwabegger, M. A. Baig,andH.Sitter,“Theroleofmetalcontactsinthestabilityofn-typeorganicfieldeffecttransistors,”ApplPhysA-Mater117(4),2235-2240(2014),DOI:10.1007/s00339-014-8652-4

1.5 Electrostatic Accelerator Physics

1. J.Iqbal,H.Tabassum,I. Ahmad,T.Jan,C.F.Dee,M.Madhuku,A.A.Umar,andN.Ahmad,“CarbonIon-beam-inducedModificationinStructuralandElectricalPropertiesofZnONanowires”,SainsMalays 43 (2), 283-287 (2014).

2. M. Ishfaq, M. R. Khan, M. F. Bhopal, F. Nasim, A. Ali, A. S. Bhatti, I. Ahmed, S. Bhardwaj, and C.Cepek,“1.5MeVprotonirradiationeffectsonelectricalandstructuralpropertiesofTiO2/n-Siinterface,” J Appl Phys 115(17)174506(2014),DOI:10.1063/1.4874942

3. A. Hallen, M. Usman,S.Suvanam,C.Henkel,D.Martin,andM.K.Linnarsson,“PassivationofSiCdevicesurfacesbyaluminumoxide”,IOPConf.Series:MaterialScienceandEngineering56, 012007 (2014),DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/56/1/012007.

4. W.Akram,M.Madhuku,K.Shahzad,A. Awais, I. Ahmad, M. Arif, and I. Ahmad, “Roadside dust contaminationwithtoxicmetalsalongindustrialareainIslamabad,Pakistan,”NuclSciTech25 (3)

030201(2014),DOI:10.13538/j.1001-8042/nst.25.0302015. J.Iqbal,M.Rajpoot,T.Jan,andI. Ahmad,“AnnealingInducedEnhancementinMagneticProperties

of Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 Nanoparticles,” J Supercond Nov Magn 27(7),1743-1749(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10948-014-2505-4

6. J.Iqbal,T.Jan,R.H.Yu,S.H.Naqvi,andI. Ahmad,“DopingInducedTailoringintheMorphology,Band-Gap and Ferromagnetic Properties of Biocompatible ZnO Nanowires, Nanorods and Nanoparticles,” Nano-Micro Lett 6(3),242-251(2014),DOI:10.5101/Nml140026a

7. G. Husnain, S. D. Yao, I. Ahmad, and L. Li, “Role of substrate temperature on structure and magnetizationofCr-implantedGaNthinfilm,”ApplPhysa-Mater117 (4), 2275-2279 (2014), DOI: 10.1007/s00339-014-8658-y

8. W.Akram,M.Madhuku,I. Ahmad,X.L.Li,G.L.Zhang,andL.Yan,“Morphology,microstructureandchemicalcompositionofsingleinhalableparticlesinShanghai,China,”EnvironMonitAssess186(12),8587-8598(2014),DOI:10.1007/s10661-014-4026-9

9. F. Nawaz, M. R. Sahar, S. K. Ghoshal, A. Awang, and I. Ahmed, “Concentration dependent structural andspectroscopicpropertiesofSm3+/Yb3+co-dopedsodiumtelluriteglass,”PhysicaB433, 89-95 (2014),DOI:10.1010/j.physb.2013.09.021

10. I. Ahmad,S.A.Rakha,L.Yan,X.T.Zhou,G.H.Ma,andA.Munir,“StructureandOpticalPropertiesofMultilayersCarbonNanotubes/PEEKNanocomposites,”AdvPolymTech33 (3) (2014), DOI: 10.1002/Adv.21415

11. M.Y.A.Rahman,A.A.Umar,S.K.M.Saad,M.M.Salleh,andA. Ishaq,“Effectofdyeon theperformanceofnitrogendopedTiO2solarcellpreparedviaammoniatreatedliquidphasedepositiontechnique,”JNewMatElectrSys17(1), 33-37 (2014).

12. S. Khan, I. Ahmed, and A. Shah, “Structural and optical properties investigation of DC magnetron sputteredbeta-TiO2thinfilm,”ApplSurfSci317,607-613(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.08.131

13. A. Shah, J. Ahmad, I. Ahmad, M. Mehmood, A. Mahmood, and M. A. Rasheed, “Copper ion implanted aluminum nitride dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) prepared by molecular beam epitaxy,”ApplSurfSci317,262-268(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.08.112

14. S. Khan, G. Husnain, I. Ahmad, K. Khan, M. Usman, and S. Riaz, “Structural characteristics of Ni + -implantedAlNthinfilm,”SurfaceTopography:MetrologyandProperties2 (3), 035007 (2014), DOI: 10.1088/2051-672X/2/3/035007

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Annual Report 2014

NCPisanR&DorganizationworkinginthefieldofphysicsandallieddisciplinesinPakistan.Inordertoensuretheavailabilityofqualifiedandtrainedmanpowerforitsacademicandtechnicaldepartments,itisimperativethathostedresearchersandstudentsfromotherorganizations/institutions/universities/industriesshouldbeanongoingandessentialcomponentofNCP’sacademicprogram.ThisnotonlypacesupresearchactivitiesatNCP,butalsoinvigoratestheCentre’scollaborationwithotherorganizationsanduniversities. TherearenumberofcategoriesofhostedresearcherswhoareassociatedwithNCPforacertaintime-spanandareengagedinresearchactivitiesatdifferentdepartments/labs.Someofthecategoriesofhostedresearchers are:

• Guest Researchers:ResearchersemployedatthenationalR&Dorganizations/institutionsattachedwith NCP.

• Adjunct Faculty: Distinguished foreign and local scientists. • Foreign Associates: Foreign scientists/expatriate researchersworking in reputeduniversities and

research institutions abroad.• Pakistani Associates (Senior/Regular Associates): Scientists/researchers employed in various

universitiesand research institutions inPakistanmaybeacceptedasSeniorAssociates (Above45years of age) or Regular Associates (Age less than 45 years age)

• Visiting Scientists & Researchers: Active researchers (employed / unemployed) to use researchfacilities or to collaborate with the researchers at NCP.

• Post-Doctoral Fellows: Fresh PhDs sponsored by academic/scientific bodies e.g.HEC (for IPFPfellows),PSF,TWASetc.

• Ph.D. and M.Phil Students: Ph.D/M.Phil Students enrolled at different universities/institutionsinPakistan/abroadandbeingsupervised/co-supervisedbytheResearchers/ScientistsofNCPforproject/thesis/dissertationresearchwork.

• Interns:YoungunemployedresearcherswhoareinthefinalyearoftheirM.Sc/B.S.levelorequivalentin the subject.

• Research Collaborators: Ph.DandM.Phil Studentswhohave completed their thesis/dissertation,researchworkatNCPmaycontinueresearchundertheirrespectivesupervisor.

2. Hosted Researchers

15. C.F.Dee,T.Y.Tiong,B.Varghese,C.H.Sow,Y.Y.Wong,I. Ahmad,G.Husnain,E.Yi-Chang,Y.L.Hsiao,H.W.Yu,H.Q.Nguyen,M.M.Salleh,andB.Y.Majlis,“Thegrowthofpine-leaf-likehierarchicalSnO2nanostructures,”JExpNanosci9(9),913-921(2014),DOI:10.1080/17458080.2012.743683

16. M. Usman andM.Nawaz,“Devicedesignassessmentof4H-SiCn-IGBT -Asimulationstudy,”SolidStateElectron92,5-11(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.sse.2013.10.019

1.6 Vacuum Science and Technology

1. A.Farooq,K.S.Karimov,N.Ahmed,T.Ali,M. K. Alamgir, and M. Usman, “Copper phthalocyanine andmetalfreephthalocyaninebulkheterojunctionphotodetector,”PhysicaB457,17-21(2015),DOI:10.1016/j.physb.2014.09.032

2. M. Z. Ansar, S. Atiq, K. Alamgir and S. Nadeem, “Frequency and temperature dependent dielectric responseofFe3O4nano-crystallites”,JournalofScientificResearch6(3), 399-406 (2014).

1.7 Registered Patent

• PatentApplicationNo.602/2014datedSeptember1, 2014 submitted by Asghari Bano, Mohibbullah and Tariq Mahmood.Title:“AprocessforthesynthesisofaphotocatalystfortheefficientproductionofBiodiesel”.ThepatentwassubmittedtoOfficeofIntellectualPropertyOrganization,Karachi.

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Researchers,Scientists,andStudentsofotheruniversities/institutesandorganizationscometocarryoutjointresearchprojectsundersupervision/co-supervisionoffacultyatNCPComplex.Duringtheyear2014,someonehundredandsixtytwo(162)graduateandpostgraduatestudents/researchers/fellowsjoined hands with NCP as hosted researchers. Department-wise enrollment status of hosted researchers at NCP campus during year 2014 is as following:

Enrollment status of hosted researchers at NCP (2014)

Year-wise enrollment status of hosted researchers is presented in the following Table.

Department / FieldForeign

AssociatePakistaniAssociate

Visiting Scien-tist/Researcher

PhD/M.Phil Stu-

dentInterns HEC-IPFP

Fellow

TheoreticalPhysics - - - - - -

a. Plasma Physics - 1 2 12 - -

b. Particle Physics - - 1 - - -

c. Quantum Optics - - - - - -

Expt.HighEnergyPhysics - - - 8 4 -

Nano Science & Catalysis - - 1 43 28 4

Laser Plasma Physics 1 - 1 9 1 -

VacuumScience&Tech. - - - 11 2 -

ElectrostaticAccelerator - - - 14 - -

InfoTech - - - - 1 -

Mechanical - - - - 1 -

Other - - 17 - - -

Total 1 1 22 97 37 4

Grand Total

Categories Year

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Guest Researchers - - 11 3 16 1 1 0Visiting Scientists 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 20Sr./RegularAssociates - - 9 9 16 2 5 0Visiting Researchers - - - 5 7 - - 4Students(M.Phil/PhD) - 1 14 35 51 83 91 97PostDoc/IPFP-Fellows - - - - - 6 5 4Research Collaborators - - - - - 4 6 0Interns(M.Sc./Equiv.) - - 7 25 30 34 60 37Total 2 3 43 79 122 131 170 162

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NCP intends to bring festivity in academics to develop science culture in the country through promotion of research in physics and allied disciplines both in basic and applied areas. In this endeavour, the Collaborations and Academic Activities Department (CAAD) of NCP facilitates organization of a number of scientific events including national and international conferences, seminars, symposiums, trainingworkshops and short courses independently as well as in collaboration with national universities,R&Dorganizations,and internationalresearchcentressuchasAS-ICTPandCERN.Abriefoneventsorganized/co-organizedbyNCPduringtheyear2014isasfollows:

• 11thIBCAST-2014,January14-18,2014.• Symmetries,DifferentialEquations&ApplicationsSDEA-11,January27-30,2014.• IAEA-PakistanNationalWorkshopon“StrategyandMethodologyfortheDevelopmentofNear

Surface Disposal Facilities” February 24-28, 2014.• InternationalScientificSpring-2014,March10-14,2014.• SelectionTest/Interview/OrientationforPakistanStudentsDelegatetoAsianScienceCamp2014

(Singapore), March 22, 2014.

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• 6th National A&P Course against CWAs,April07-11,2014.

• NCP-ICTP 6th Winter Meeting onParticles and Fields, April 14-18, 2014.

• A Day with Women Physicists ofPakistan,April21,2014.

• WorkshoponMicroscopy-2014,April22-24, 2014.

• IAEA-PAEC Technical Meeting onOperatingFundamentalsofPWR-TYPESmall and Medium Sized Reactors, May 12-16, 2014.

• Training Workshop for PakistanStudents delegate to Asian Science Camp – 2014 (Singapore), June 12-16, 2014.

• 39th International Nathiagali Summer College - 2014, August 04-16, 2014.

• 4th International Course on A&P against CWAs,October27-31,2014.

• International Conference on Educational Psychology, November13, 2014.

• FirstICTP-NCPInternationalSchoolonLHCPhysics,November17–28,2014.• NCPWinterScienceCamp-2014,December20,2014.• NCP-SymposiumonTheoreticalHighEnergyPhysicsandCosmology,December19-20,2014.• NCP-AnnualScientificMeeting(ASM)-2014,December23-24,2014.• MeetingofNCPNationalAdvisoryScientificProgramCouncil(NCP-NASPC),November27,2014.• Pak-CERNCollaboration/ScientificExhibition,December19-20,2014.

In addition, the following training workshops/courses were organized by the National Institute ofVacuumScienceandTechnology(NINVAST)atNCPComplex:

i. SeminaronVacuumGeneration(SVST-33),January20,2014.ii. WorkshoponVacuum&Nano-materials(WVST-21),January28-29,2014.iii. SeminaronVacuumFurnaces&theirApplications(SVST-34),February10,2014.iv. SeminaronVacuum&RenewableEnergy(SVST-35),February18,2014.v. WorkshoponVacuumVesselDesigning(WVST-22),March04-05,2014.vi. SeminaronUncertaintyEstimation&Measurement(SVST-36),March12,2014.vii. SeminaronGeneralManagementSkills(SVST-37),March17,2014.viii. WorkshoponModernTechniquesinVacuumTechnology(WVST-23),March24-28,2014.ix. WorkshoponVacuumMeasurement&Standardization(WVST-24),April15-16,2014.x. WorkshoponSurfaceScience&Characterization(WVST-25),May14-15,2014.xi. WorkshoponVacuumLeakDetection&itsRectification(WVST-28),June11–12,2014.xii. SeminaronVacuumCryogenics&IndustrialSafety(SVST-40),June19,2014.

xiii. SeminaronVacuumFurnaces(SVST-41),June24,2014.xiv. SeminaronVacuumControl&Measurement(SVST-43),August11,2014.xv. WorkshoponAppliedVacuumTechnologies,December22-24,2014.

InvitedLectureSeriesatNINVAST

Dr.Aman-ur-Rehman,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofNuclearEngineering,PakistanInstituteofEngineeringandAppliedSciences(PIEAS)deliveredaseriesof12invitedlecturesonthetopic“KineticTheoryofPlasmas”startingfromJanuary23,toApril23,2014atNCPforthebenefitofresearchersworkinginthedepartmentofTheoreticalPlasmaPhysics.StudentsfromAzadJammuandKashmirUniversity-Muzaffarabad,COMSATS-Islamabad,Quaid-e-AzamUniversity-Islamabad,AllamaIqbalOpenUniversity-Islamabad,PIEAS-IslamabadandPINSTECH-Islamabadalsoattendedthelectureseries.

3.1 InternationalScientificSpring-2014

The National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad, Pakistan and The AbdusSalamInternationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysics(AS-ICTP),Trieste,Italy,jointlyorganizedtheInternationalScientificSpring-2014(ISS-2014)fromMarch10-14,2014.It was held in NCP and jointly directed by Dr. Hamid Saleem (NCP) and Dr. Joseph Niemela(AS-ICTP).Itsgoalisoneofoptimismforthefuture—thataspringofnewideas and thoughts would emerge, ultimately leading to prosperity and peace in thecountryandtheregion.Twentyfive (25)delegates fromabroadmainly fromAlgeria,Bangladesh,CzeckRepublic,China,Indonesia,Iraq,Italy,Japan,Jordan,

Malaysia,Philippines,SaudiArabia,Sweden,Turkey,andUnitedStatesandRussiaalongwith350localscientists/researchersandstudentsfromalloverPakistanparticipatedintheISS-2014.Over150lecturesandposterswerepresentedbyforeignandlocalspeakersduringthisfivedayactivity.

ISS-2014 Faculty and Participants

The activity focused some important areas of basic and applied physics namely: Application ofSynchrotronRadiation,NewMaterialsforEnergyApplications,PlasmaPhysicsandEarthSystems.Oraltalks,videolecturesandpostersonspecificresearchtopicswerepresentedbytherenownedforeignandlocalscientists/researchers.Intheopeningsession,Dr.HamidSaleem(DirectorGeneral,NCP&DirectorISS-2014)stronglymotivatedtheresearchcommunityinPakistantoattemptchallengingproblemsthat

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areessentialfortheeconomicstabilityanddevelopmentofthecountry.TheICTPrepresentative/ISS-2014Co-Director,Dr.JosephNiemelasaidthat“ICTPwillalwayssupportNCPinorganizingscientificactivitieswithanaimtopromotescientificcultureinPakistan”.He also appreciated the efforts of NCP inorganizingsuchahugescientificgathering.Towards themiddleof thedeliberationsof ISS-2014,aConferenceDinnerfollowedbyMusicalEveningwasarrangedbytheISS-2014Organizers.

GroupphotoofforeignexpertsofISS-2014andtheOrganizingCommitteewithDr. Ishfaq Ahmad N.I, H.I, S.I., Chairman Board of Governors (NCP)

TheeventwascomprisedofPlenarySessions,ParallelSessionsandPosterSessions.ThePlenarysessionsweredevotedtotheoraltalksofgeneralinteresttogetmorebenefitfromtheforeignspeakerswhiletheparallel sessions focusedon the relevantfieldand foreignand localexpertsdelivered lecturesduringtheparallelsessionsontheirspecificfields.InthePosterSession,researchersandstudentsofdifferentuniversities as well as R&D organizations presented posters related to various activities of the ISS-2014. Alloralpresentationsandtheposterpresentationswereevaluatedbyateamofforeignandlocalexperts.PerformanceAwards (CertificatesandCashPrizes)weredistributedamong thewinnersofBestOralPresentationsandBestPosterPresentationsinallfourscientificactivitiesoftheISS-2014.

Various outcomes of ISS-2014 are as following:

1. The activity provided excellent forum for discussion between foreign experts and Pakistaniparticipants of ISS-2014 regarding their on-going research activities in Physics and allied disciplines.

2. Theparticipatingresearchersgotanexcellentopportunity tovisitvarious research facilitiesofNCP which may help them in their research programmes at universities.

3. ResearchershavealsoimprovedtheirskillsfororalandposterpresentationsthroughinteractionwithforeignexpertsandlocalseniorprofessorswhoattendedtheISS-2014activities.

4. CollaborationbetweenICTP,NCPandCOMSATShasstrengthenedforthebenefitofPakistaniresearchers.

5. Technicalprogramme/scientificactivitiesfortheISS-2015eventwerediscussedinviewofournationalneedsandforthebenefitofPakistaniresearchers.

Dr. Joseph Niemela(Co-Director ISS-2014)

Dr. Hamid Saleem(Director ISS-2014)

Opening Session of ISS-2014 Angelo De Santis, ItalyDr. Riffat M. Qureshi(Coordinator ISS-2014)

GiorgioPaolucci,SESAME,Jordon GiulianaAquilanti,ICTP,Italy PeterH.Yoon,USA

Glimpses of Conference Dinner, ISS-2014

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3.2 Asian Science Camp–2014, Singapore

NCPisthefocalpointforselectionofPakistandelegateofyoungsciencestudentsforparticipationintheAsianScienceCamp(ASC).Thisyear,the8thAsianScienceCampwasheldatNanyangTechnologicalUniversity, Singapore from August 24-29, 2014. In Singapore, the participants of ASC-2014 met Nobel Laureates andworld renowned scientists. During their stay in Singapore, they enjoyed excursion todifferent sites of scientific and cultural interest. The ASC-2014 organizers allocated a quota of eightstudentsandoneteamleaderforPakistan.Accordingly, eight young and bright students (age group: 16-21 years) having strong proficiency inoralandwrittenEnglishalongwithgenuineinterest inScienceandResearchwereselectedthroughapreliminary selection campaign (written test followed by interview) on March 22, 2014 at NCP. Out-stationedstudentswereprovidedaccommodationatNCPHostels(BOQ/MOQ).Studentsfromremoteareas such as Jamshoro (Sindh), and Quetta (Baluchistan) were interviewed through Skype/Video-Conferencing. NCPfacilitatedvisaarrangementsforthePakistandelegateofstudentstoparticipateinthedeliberationsof ASC-2014. NCP faculty groomed selected students for a better participation in the Asian Science Camp activitiesatSingaporebothforscientificandculturalviewpoints.

3.3. First ICTP-NCP School on LHC Physics, November 17-28, 2014

TheLargeHadronCollider (LHC) is the largestparticle accelerator everbuilt in thehistory in termsof energy and luminosity. LHC is currently under operation at European Organization for NuclearResearch(CERN),Geneva,Switzerland.ThediscoveryoftheHiggsBosonwasannouncedbytwobigLHCexperimentscalledCMSandATLASonJuly4,2012.TheNationalCentreforPhysics(NCP),IslamabadisactivelyparticipatingintheLHCrelatedresearchatCERNGeneva,Switzerlandandisregularlyorganizingtheactivitytitled“SchoolonLHCPhysics”since

2009.ThreeschoolshavebeenalreadysuccessfullyorganizedbytheEHEPDepartmentofNCP.

• First School on LHC Physics, October 12-30, 2009.• Second School on LHC Physics, April 25–May14, 2011.• ThirdSchoolonLHCPhysics,November8-19,2012.

In2014,NCPorganized the ICTPRegionalSchoolonLHCPhysics fromNovember17-28, 2014at itsCampusincollaborationwithTheAbdusSalamInternationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysics(AS-ICTP),Italy. The purpose of this School was to introduce the young researchers in particular the graduatestudents,howtoanalyzedatafromLHC.SeveralcountriesintheregionareworkingonLHCsuchasChina,India,Iran,Malaysia,TurkeyandPakistan.ThisparticularSchoolwasorganizedinthesamespirit

Group photo of candidates for selection test regarding ASC - 2014, Singapore

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astheCMSDataAnalysisSchools(CMSDAS)organizedonregularbasisbyCERNandFermilab(USA).ThustheSchoolservedthepurposeofregionalschool.TherealgoaloftheSchoolwastocovertopics“From raw data to physics publication”.TheSchoolcoveredthefollowingresearchareas:-

• Standard Model and Beyond• HiggsSearchesandSearchesforExoticParticles• Detector Physics• EventGenerator• Analysis tools for LHC data

Supplementary lectures related to various programming tools needed to analyze LHC data were also covered:-• OperatingSystem(Linux)/ProgrammingLanguages(C++,Python,Perl)• Root/EventGenerator-Pythia• CMSSW• Data Access using Grid• StatisticalTechniquesandFittingdatausingRoofit

3.4 NCP-AnnualScientificMeeting,December23-24,2014AnnualscientificmeetingisaregularfeatureofNCPtoevaluatetheresearchprogressofNCPresearchers.Intheyear2014themeetingwasheldonDecember23-24.Detailsoflectures/presentationsdeliveredduring the meeting are given below:

Sr. No. Topic Presenter

1 StudyofSuperstrateCdTesolarcellsbyusingCdSandZnSeaswindow layers

Abida Saleem(NS&CD)

2 Preparationandpropertiesofpolyamide/epoxy/multi-walledcarbon nanotube nanocomposite

Anila Iqbal (NS&CD)

3 Growth and Characterization of ZnO-rGO Core Shell Nanowire HybridstructuresforEnergyApplications

Muhammad ArshadDr. Sara Qaisar(NS&CD)

4 Nanodiamond-PDTDrugConjugates:Synthesis,CharacterizationandAnticancerTreatment

AwaisShaukat,Dr. Samina Nazir,Dr. Sara Qaisar(NS&CD)

5 Materials processing for lithium-ion batteriesDr. Syed Mustansar Abbas(NS&CD)

6 IronOxideNanoparticles/ReducedGrapheneOxidecompositesfor Photoelectrochemical water splitting

Dr.YaqoobKhan(NS&CD)

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LithiumTitanate(Li2TiO3 and Li4Ti5O12) nano particles as electrode materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries" Instrumentation comprising electrical characterization set up and Literature study to design aresearchproject“Studyofthermoelectricityinaspecificnanostructured alloy”

Humaira Safdar Bhatti(NS&CD)

8Biofuels production, Nanoparticles production from bio-based wastes, Nano catalytic enzymatic activity, Nano catalytic pyrolysis, Metallic bioremediation and Phytoremediation.

Dr.TariqMahmood(NS&CD)

9 Liquid phase para-hydrogen induced polarisation (PHIP) Dr. Muhammad Irfan (NS&CD)

10TrainingonBruker,D8advanceX-rayDiffractionSystem(XRD),DiffuseReflectanceSpectroscopy(DRS)andUltraviolet-Visible(Uv-Vis) spectroscopy.

Raja Hammad Ahmad (NS&CD)

11 Optimization of Heterostructure based nanomaterials for energy conversion and sensing applications

Dr. Muhammad Sultan (NS&CD)

12 An effort to overcome the energy crises Dr. Nisar Ahmad(NS&CD)

13 TreatmentoftextilewastewaterbyNano-Photocatlyst Dr. Zulfiqar Ali (NS&CD)

14 ModificationofIonicliquidwithconductingpolymerandnanodiamondsfor electrochromic applications

Dr.Barkat-ul-Ain(NS&CD)

15 Development of anhydrous proton conducting composite membranesforprotonexchangefuelcells

Dr.AzraYaqoob(NS&CD)

16 ImpactofAquaticEnvironmentonMechanicalPropertiesofPolyurethane Nanocomposites

Dr.NadiaAkram(NS&CD)

17 ClassificationofQuartzbyLaserInducedBreakdownSpectroscopy in conjunction with Discriminant Function Analysis

Dr. Rizwan Ahmed(ALPL)

18 Multi soliton solution of non-linear Schrodinger equation by Hirota Method

Dr. Mohsin Siddiq (TPD)

19 Potential distributions around a moving test charge in quantum plasma

Dr. Shahid Ali(TPD)

20 Ion-acoustic solitons in astrophysical magneto plasmas with relativistic degeneracy pressure effects

Dr. Shahid Ali (TPD)

21 A nonlinear model for magnetoacoustic waves in dense dissipative plasmas with degenerate electrons

Rabia Jahangir(TPD)

22 TwosolitonsolutionofnonplanarcylindricalKadomstev-Petviashvilli equation in Pair-ion-electron Plasma.

Nazia Batool (TPD)

23 Singlet-triplet transition tunable by an ac gate in aspin-orbit coupled interacting double quantum dot

Usman Hasan(TPD)

24 Nonlinear structures in relativisticep-plasmas

Usman Saeed(TPD)

25 Measurementofthesingle-top-quarkt-channelchargeratioat8TeVusingtheCMSdetector.

WajidAliKhan(EHEP)

26 GEMReadoutelectronics&EHEPProject WaqarAhmed(EHEP)

27 GEMR&DstatusinEHEPlabandGE1/1slicetestpreparationforCMS

Saleh Muhammad(EHEP)

28 EHEPLaboratoryR&DProjects Hassan Shahzad (EHEP)

29 GEMDetectorforCMSUpgrade ImranMalikAwan(EHEP)

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3.5 NCP - Winter Science Camp, December 20, 2014

NCP organized the 3rd One DayWinter Science Camp on December 20, 2014. Over 200 students ofdifferent schools/colleges anduniversities fromall over the countryparticipated in this activity.Themain objectives of holding the Science Camp are:

a. TodevelopsciencecultureamongtheyouthinPakistan.b. TomotivateandinspireyoungstudentsofCollegesandUniversitiestoadoptresearchcareers

in science & technology.c. To inculcate the importance of Physics,Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Environment and

alliedsubjectsinpursuitofhightechresearchanddevelopmentinPakistan.

3.6 Symposium on Theoretical High Energy Physics & Cosmology, December 19-20, 2014

TheTheoreticalPhysicsDepartment(TPD)ofNCPorganizedatwodaySymposiumonTheoreticalHighEnergyPhysicsandCosmologyonDecember19-20,2014.

The idea of holding the symposiumwas to provide a platform for the local participants to meet and exchange/share scientificknowledgeabout recentdevelopmentsinthefieldofTheoreticalHigh Energy Physics and Cosmologywith each other. The event consistedof Oral talks by local researchers andvideo lecturesby foreignexpertsof thefield. Over 100 students from variousUniversities and post graduate colleges in Pakistan attended the deliberationsof this symposium and presented their researchworkinrelateddisciplines.

3.7 Workshop on Nanomedicine, November 22, 2013 to February 2014AnonlineWorkshoponNanomedicinehavingperiodiconlinelectureswasorganizedbyNanosScienceandCatalysisDepartment(NS&CD).Dr.SilkeKrolfromFondazioneI.R.C.C.S.IstitutoNeurologicoCarloBesta, Milan, Italy and honorary professor at University of Udin, Italy was the lead resource person for this activity. She delivered video lectures on different topics of Nanomedicines. Dr. Samina Nazir, Assistant ProfessorfromNCP,coordinatedthisworkshop.

ThisonlinevideoactivitypliedatNCPandPIEASsimultaneously.WorkshopcontinuedfromNovember22,2013totheendofFebruary2014,asatwohourlecturefollowedbyextensivequestionanswersessionon each Friday. Researchers fromNCP, Institute of Biomedical andGenetic Engineering (IBGE) andPrestonInstituteofNanoScienceandTechnology(PINSAT)benefitedfromthisactivityatNCP.

Workshop contents were related to field of nanomedicines starting from a general introduction ofnanomaterials being used for the biological application. Different topics were discussed in details related to the cancer imaging, drug delivery strategies to target diseases such as cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders and viral diseases.

During these lecture series, Dr. Naomi Matsuura, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Canada and Dr. Davide Mazza, expert in optical subresolutional imaging atI.R.C.C.S.MilanalsodeliveredvideolecturesonNanoimaging,ElectronMicroscopy(EM),AtomicForceMicroscopy (AFM), Scanning tunnelingmicroscopy (STM),Advanced opticalmicroscopy,Wide-fieldlightmicroscopy, Fluorescencemicroscopy, Fluorescence of fluorophores, Fluorescence of fluorescentproteins such asGreen fluorescent protein (GFP), luminescence of quantumdots (QD), Fluorescencetechniques,Confocalmicroscopy,Foerster/fluorescenceresonanceenergytransfer(FRET),etc.Theyalsodiscussed the development of various types of contrast agents for effective real time cancer imaging.

Nanotoxicologywasyetanotherimportantaspectofthisevent.Toxicityinducedbythemetalcompositionsand their surface properties were discussed whereas immune system and immunotoxicity was alsoconversedasanessentialpartofthisworkshop.

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3.8 Workshop on Applied Vacuum Technologies for Engineers, December 22-24, 2014

NINVASTorganizedthisthreedayworkshopatNCPCampusfromDecember22-24,2014.Thecourseofthisworkshopwasdesignedforsenior,mid-levelaswellasfreshengineersworkinginthefieldofVacuumTechnologywiththefollowingobjectives:

• Tounderstandthevacuumfundamentalsessentialtooperating,maintaining,designingandusingthe systems

• Toknowtheworkingprinciplesandlimitationofpumps,gaugesandothervacuumsystems• Tolearnthedesignconceptinvolvedinmatchingequipmentandinstrumentationtoapplications.

3.9 11th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Science & Technology (IBCAST-2014), January 14-18, 2014

International Bhurban Conference on Applied Science&Technology (IBCAST) is the largestinternationalscientificeventinPakistanwhichis being held regularly every year. In the last tenIBCASTconferencesmorethan14hundredpapershavebeenpresentedandmorethansixthousand participants attended the conference. In 2014, 11th IBCAST held on January 14-18,2014atNCP. At IBCAST, the followingsevenactivities run in parallel:

i. Fluid Dynamics ii. Control & Signal Processingiii. Advanced Materials

iv. Biomedical Sciencesv. Medical Sciencesvi. UnderwaterTechnologiesvii. WirelessCommunication&Radar

TheIBCASTprovidesanopportunitytothelocalandforeignresearcherstobenefitfrommutualexchangeofideas,discusstheirqueriesandproblemswiththeexpertsandtoexplorethenewavenuesinactiveresearchfronts.Thebroaderscopeofthe11thIBCAST,FD-2014,sessionwastocoverthefollowingareas:

• Gas Dynamics • Aerodynamics • Hydrodynamics • IndustrialandEnvironmentalFluidDynamics• Fluid Structure interactions • TurbulenceModeling• ExperimentalFluidDynamics• Multiphaseflows• Reactiveflows• HeatTransfer• ThermalHydraulics

3.10 39th International Nathiagali Summer College (INSC), August 4-16, 2014International Nathiagali Summer College (INSC) on Physics and ContemporaryNeedsisbeingorganizedinPakistaneveryyearsince1976.TheideaofholdingtheseCollegescamefromthedistinguishedNobel Laureate, Professor Abdus Salam who emphasized the vital need of communication, as well as for transferring and sharing scientificknowledge,amongthescientificcommunityoftheThirdWorld.ThePakistanAtomicEnergyCommissionhasbeenregularlyorganizingthisscientificactivitysince1976.

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Sinceitsinception,NCPiscollaboratingwithPAECfororganizingINSC.In2014,39th INSC was held on August4-16atNCPComplex.ThescientificactivitiesofINSCaimatthebroadcoverageoftopicsatthefrontiersofknowledgeinPhysicsandalliedsciences.Everyyearoneortwosubjectsofcurrentinterestand their applications for technological development, with special reference to needs of the developing world, are highlighted.

3.11 Meeting of NCP National Advisory Scientific Program Council (NCP-NASPC), November 27, 2014

NCP-National Advisory Scientific ProgrammeCouncil (NCP-NASPC) comprised of 14members hasbeenreconstitutedwiththeapprovalofBoardofGovernors(NCP)toexerciseandperformthefollowingfunctions:

a. AdvisetheDirectorGeneralonProgrammeofinteresttovariousinstitutionsinPakistan. b. RecommendactivephysicistsworkinginPakistanintheirrespectiveareastobeappointedas

associates of NCP. c. IdentifyPakistaniexpatriatesintheirrespectivefields,whotogetherwithinterestedfacultyand

graduatestudents inPakistan,willbe invited to interactwitheachother for furtherpossiblecollaboration.

ThemeetingoftheNCP-NASPC,chairedbyDr.HafeezR.HooraniheldonNovember27,2014

ThemeetingextensivelydiscussedtheroleofNASPCMemberstofacilitateNCPinthefollowingtasks:

i. NASPCmembersshouldstrengthenthelinkagesbetweenNCP,universitiesandR&Dinstitutions.ii. As NASPC Member is a regional representative of NCP, they should identify resource persons

from each university in their respective region to coordinate with NCP for the promotion of PhysicsandallieddisciplinesandfacilitateindisseminationofinformationrelatedtoscientificeventsheldorfacilitatedbyNCPinothercampuseswithinPakistan.

iii. NASPC Members should facilitate organization of scientific events (workshops, conferences,symposia, schools and training sessions) in respective regions in collaboration with NCP.

iv. NASPC Members should facilitate nominations of graduate & post graduate science students in their regions to perform their thesis research work at NCP under the category of HostedResearchers,Associates,andVisitingScientists/Researchers.

v. NASPC Members may recommend active physicists to become associate members of NCP.vi. NASPCMembersmayidentifyPakistaniexpatriatesinphysicsforinteractionandcollaboration.

MeetingofNCP-NationalAdvisoryScientificProgramCouncil(NASPC)at NCP, November 27, 2014

Themembersof the council alsovisitedvarious technical facilities ofNCPnamely:NanoSciences&CatalysisLaboratories,ExperimentalHighEntergyPhysicsLaboratory,GridComputingFacility,AtomicandLaserPhysicsLab.,AcceleratorFacility,CentreforEarthquakeStudies(CES)andNationalInstituteofVacuumScienceandTechnology(NINVAST).

3.12 Pak-CERNCollaboration/ScientificExibhition,December19-20,2014

19thofDecember2014isanhistoricdayforPakistan–CERNCooperationwhenDr.RolfHeuer,Director-GeneralCERNandDr.AnsarPervez,ChairmanPAEC,signedadocumentadmittingtheIslamicRepublicofPakistantoCERNAssociateMembershipinIslamabad.

PakistanhasbeenastrongparticipantinCERN’sendeavoursinscienceandtechnologysince1990s.

Pakistani scientists and engineers from NCP and PAEC are working at CERN on different projectsincludingALICE,ATLAS,CMSandGEMDetectors.Inthisregards,differentactivitieswereorganized

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duringthevisitofDr.RolfHeuertoNCPincludinginteractionofPakistanistudentsandresearcherswithDG-CERNandanExhibitionofEquipments and contributionofPakistan inCERNprojects.Pictorialhighlights of the event are given below:

4.1 Foreign Visits:

1. Dr.HafeezHooraniworkedatCERN,Geneva,SwitzerlandasCoordinatoroftheRE4andTechnicalCoordinatorofGEMProjectfromAugust2013toJuly2014.

2. Dr.HamidSaleemvisitedUniversityofTexas,USAfromJanuary03,2014toFebruary13,2014.3. MuhammadImranMalikworkedonRE4ProjectatCERNfromFebruary17-May11,2014.4. GhulamMujtabavisitedCERNfromFebruary17-May11,2014.5. ImdadAlivisitedCERNfromFebruary25-May21,2014.6. MuhammadAwaisandM.ShahidRiazattended“Pre-deliveryInspectionandTrainingofRadon

Monitors” held at Dresden, Germany in March 2014.7. Adeel-ur-RehmanandRaoAtifShadattendedSymposiumonISGC-2014atTaipei,Taiwanfrom

March 23-28, 2014. 8. Dr. JavaidAhsan Bhatti visitedUniversity of Genoa, INRIM,Metrology Institute and IUVSTA

InternationalVacuummeetingatTrento,ItalyduringMarch26–April05,2014forcollaborations.9. Muhammad Shoaib, Qamar-ur-Hassan and Muhammad Waqas visited CERN for working on

PhysicsAnalysisandGEMDetectorProjectduringMay–November2014.10. SalehMuhammadvisitedCERNfromMay15–November15,2014.11. AmirSultanvisitedCERNfromJune01–August29,2014.12. Dr.AshfaqAhmadvisitedCERNduringJuly2014whereheworkedonGEMprojectaswellason

tqZ cross section measurement.13. Dr.MuhammadSultan,Dr.YaqoobKhanandMr.MuhammadArshadvisitedOmicronNanoScience

(OxfordInstruments)Taunsstein,GermanyforinspectionandpreliminarytrainingonXPSsystemduring August 31 to September 7, 2014.

14. Dr. Javed Ahsan Bhatti visited Japan to collaborate with research institutes from November 17-24, 2014.

15. Dr.M. Aslam Baig delivered a technical talk at the 13th SESAMEUsers AnnualMeeting fromNovember 25–28, 2014 at Amman, Jordan.

4.2 Local Visits:1. Syed Danish Ali presented a poster in “International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences &

Technology(IBCAST)”heldonJanuary15-17,2014atNCP,Islamabad.2. Muhammad Shoaib visited Toyo Packages, Karachi on January 22, 2014 for “Rectification of

metalizing unit”.3. ZulfiqarAli attended “One-dayWorkshop (SVST-34) onVacuumFurnaces&Applications” on

February10,2014atNINVAST,Islamabad.4. Dr. M. Aslam Baig delivered a lecture on Laser and Molecular Physics in ISS-2014.5. Anila Iqbal presented a poster titled “Preparation and properties of polyamide/epoxy/multi-

walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite” in ISS-2014.6. Dr. Nisar Ahmed participated in “International Conference on the Impact of Nanoscience on

EnergyTechnologies(NanoSET-2014)”onMarch18-20,2014atCOMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology(CIIT),Lahore.

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7. Dr.TariqMehmood,SyedDanishAli,AbidaSaleemandMustansarAbbasparticipated in“5thAnnualOpenHouseProjectCompetition”onApril10,2014atElectronicEngineeringDepartment,IIU, Islamabad.

8. Dr.TariqMehmood,Dr.SaminaNazir,Dr.SyedaSohailaNazandMustansarAbbasparticipatedin“WorkshoponMicroscopy”onApril,22-24,2014atNINVASTIslamabad.

9. Dr.M.AslamBaigattended“InternationalYearofCrystallography–IYCr-2014”onMay,2014atKarachi University, Karachi.

10. Dr. M. Aslam Baig attended “National Science Conference – Science, Society and Development” organized byPakistanAcademyof Sciences (PAS) onMay 1-2, 2014, at InternationalCenter ofChemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi.

11. MuhammadShoaibvisiteddifferentorganizationsofLahore,KarachiandSialkotforconsultancyservices during May-June 2014.

12. Dr.NisarAhmed andMustansarAbbasparticipated in “Workshopon the Surface Science andCharacterizationInstruments”onMay14-15,2014atNINVAST,Islamabad.

13. Dr.TariqMehmood,Dr.SaminaNazirandDr.SyedaSohailaNazparticipatedin“ConferenceonFrontierofNanoScienceandNanotechnology”onJune3-5,2014atPINSTECH,Islamabad.

14. Dr.NisarAhmedandZulfiqarAliparticipated in“SeminaronVacuumCryogenic& IndustrialApplication”onJune19,2014atNINVAST,Islamabad.

15. Dr. Sara Qaisar delivered a lecture titled “Polymer Nanocomposites” at 1st Student Research Paper Conference(SRPC)heldatInstituteofSpaceTechnology(IST),IslamabadonAugust6-7,2014.

16. Dr.NadiaAkrampresentedher researchwork titled“ImpactofMacrodiolCompositionon theEvaluationofAdhesionStrengthof WaterbornePolyurethanePressureSensitiveAdhesives”at6thChemistryConferenceonChemistryinEngineeringandLifeSciences(November11-13,2014)PINSTECH,Islamabad

17. Dr.TariqMehmoodandDr.MustansarAbbaspresentedpostersat“WorldScienceDayforPeaceandDevelopment”onNovember12,2014organizedbyCIIT,Islamabad.

18. Dr. M. Aslam Baig delivered a plenary lecture at the International Conference on Physics and Contemporary Needs, 150thYearCeremonyofGConNovember19-21,2014

19. Dr.TariqMehmoodpresentedaresearchpapertitled“EffectofIronNanoparticlesonHyacinth’sfermentationforBioethanolandBiohydrogen”atInternationalConferenceonEnergySystemsandPolicies on November 24-26, 2014, organized by Air University, Islamabad.

20. Dr.Barkat-ul-Ainattended3rdASEAN-PakistanConferenceonMaterialScienceonNovember25-27,2014organizedbyNUST,Islamabad.

21. Dr.TariqMehmooddeliveredalecturetitled“NanotechnologyinAgriculture”atDepartmentofAgronomy, Faculty of Food & Crops, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi on December 4, 2014.

22. Dr. ZulfiqarAli delivered a lecture on “Treatment of textilewastewater bymodified titaniumdioxidenano-photocatalysts”inTwodaysSeminaronEnvironmentheldonDecember11-12,2014at International Islamic University (IIU), Islamabad.

23. Dr. M. Aslam Baig delivered a thematic lecture at 3rdWinterScienceCamporganizedbyNCPonDecember 20, 2014.

24. Dr. Samina Nazir attended 3rd PAS-CAS Bi-National Conference at Academy of Sciences, Islamabad on December 22, 2014.

25. Dr. TariqMehmood delivered a lecture titled “Nanotechnology for Biofuels” atDepartment ofEnvironmentalSciences,InternationalIslamicUniversity(IIU)IslamabadonDecember19,2014.

26. Dr. Yaqoob Khan Participated in the “Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation” sessionorganizedbyPakistanScienceFoundationatPrestonUniversityIslamabad.

During the year 2014, heads of the reputed R&D organizations visited various research facilities at the National Centre for Physics:

a. Dr.Rolf-DieterHeuer,DirectorGeneral,CERN,Switzerlandb. ZahidHamid,MinisterofScience&Technology,Pakistanc. Dr.AnsarPervez,Chairman,PakistanAtomicEnergyCommission(PAEC)d. Dr.IrfanBurney,Chairman,NationalEngineering&ScientificCommission(NESCOM)e. Dr.EjazAhmedMukhtar,Chairman,KhanResearchLaboratories(KRL)

Visit of Mr. Zahid Hamid, Minister for Science & Technology at NCP October 15, 2014

5. Visits of Distinguished Guests to NCP

Visit of Chairman PAEC at NCP September 3, 2014 Visit of Chairman NESCOM at NCP October 14, 2014 Visit of Chairman KRL at NCP October 13, 2014

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Visit of Chairman KRL at NCP October 13, 2014

Visit of Chairman PAEC at NCP September 3, 2014 Visit of Chairman NESCOM at NCP October 14, 2014

Visit of Chairman KRL at NCP October 13, 2014

Executive Director TWAS 29-4-2014

During the year 2014, students and researchers from the following academic institutes, colleges, universities and research organizations visited technical facilities of the Centre:

1. StudentsfromUniversityofWah,WahCantt.(June02,2014)2. StudentsfromNationalUniversityofScienceandTechnology(NUST),Islamabad(April23,2014)3. Students from of Postgraduate College 6th Road, Rawalpindi (April 24, 2014)4. Students from Federal Urdu University, Islamabad (August 2014)5. Students from Islamia University, Bahawalpur (September 2014)6. StudentsfromNationalUniversityofScienceandTechnology(NUST)(September,2014)7. Students from Hazara University, Hazara (November 25, 2014)8. Students from International Islamic University, Islamabad (December 2014)9. OfficialsfromHITECUniversity,Taxila(December2014)

Pictorial highlights of students visiting different labs and research facilities are as following:

6. Visits of College and University Students to NCP

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In line with the aims and objectives of NCP for promotion of high grade science in the country, the Director General, NCP initiated a program to visit Science Schools and Post Graduate Colleges in the country to inspire theyounggeneration through interactionwith them.Asafirst step, theDG,NCPvisited the following two institutions in Islamabad and delivered popular lectures.

• Islamabad College For Boys, G-6, Islamabad• TheScienceSchool,H-9,Islamabad

NCP officials also visited the following Universities/Research Centres under NCP-UniversitiesCollaboration Program:

• Dr.SaminaNazirvisitedInstituteofBiomedicalandGeneticEngineering(IBGE)Islamabad• Dr.SaminaNazirvisitedNationalUniversityofScienceandTechnology(NUST),Islamabad.• Dr. Samina Nazir, and Dr. Sohaila Naz visited the Chemistry and Animal Sciences Department

of Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.• Dr.SaraQaisarandNS&CDfacultyvisitedPIEAS,PINSTECHandNILOP,andparticipatedin

the meetings with their faculty for possible collaborations. • Dr. Samina Nazir visited QAU, Islamabad for “PhD defense of student under co-supervision”

on November 10, 2014.• Dr. Nisar Ahmad visited University of AJK, Muzaffarabad for “Viva voce of an M. Phil Student”

on September 9, 2014.• Dr.MustansarAbbas, Dr.Nisar Ahmad and SyedDanishAli visitedHITECHUniversity,

Taxilafor“ParticipationinSecondOpenHouseProjectCompetition”onAugust2014.

7. Visits of NCP Faculty to Educational / Research Institutes

Group Photo of Director General, NCP with Principal and Students of The Science School, H-9, Islamabad

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7.1 Lectures/Talks Delivered by NCP ResearchersScientistsandresearchersfromNCPandAlliedCentresdeliveredthefollowingtalksatvariousscientificplatforms/universitiesandresearchCentres.

7.1.1 Foreign Lecture/Talks

1. Prof.Dr.HafeezR.HooranidiliveredseveraltalksatCERN2. Dr.AshfaqAhmaddeliveredfollowinglectures/talksatCERN:

• TalkgivenatCERNGEMPhysicsMeeting,January15,2014• TalkgivenatCERNGEMPhysicsMeeting,January29,2014• CMSSingleTopMeetingatCERN,May29,2014• CMSSingleTopMeetingatCERN,July24,2014• CMSSingleTopMeetingatCERN,October9,2014• CMSSingleTopMeetingatCERN,November6,2014

3. Mr.MuhammadSalehdeliveredseveraltalksduringhisstayatCERN.4. Dr. Sara Qaisar, “0-3 connectivity 2-phase PZT/PVDF composite hydrophone”, International

Conference on Nanostructured Materials NANO 2014, Moscow, Russia, July 13-18, 2014.5. Dr.SaraQaisar,“EffectoftheadditionofMWCNTsonPZT/PVDFcomposites”,IXInternational

ScientificTechnicalConference,Minsk,Belarus,September17-19,2014.6. Dr. Shabbir Ahmad Khan, “Quantum Hydrodynamics via 13-moment approach”, Institute for

Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics (ITAP), Christian Albrechts University, Kiel Germany,October 22, 2014.

7.1.2 Local Lecture/Talks

1. Dr.KhalidAlamgir,“Nanomaterialsandthinfilmcoatings”atFederalUrduUniversityofArts,Sciences&Technology(FUUAST),Islamabad,January10,2014.

2. Dr.JavaidAhsanBhattiandDr.H.M.Akram,OnedaySeminaronVacuumScience&Technologyat Govt. College University, Faisalabad, January 16, 2014.

3. Dr. Javaid Ahsan Bhatti and Dr. H. M. Akram, Three days Workshop on Industrial VacuumApplications at University of Punjab, Lahore, January 27 - 29, 2014.

4. ZulfiqarAli,“VacuumScienceandNanomaterials(WVST-21)”,NINVAST,January28-29,2014.5. Dr.MustansarAbbas,“WorkshoponVacuum&NanoMaterials(WVST-21)’’,NINVAST,Islamabad,

January 28, 2014. 6. M. Irfan, “UltraSense NMR: Liquid Phase Para-Hydrogen Induced Polarization (PHIP)”, NS&CD,

NCP, January 29, 2014.

Dr. Hafeez R. Hoorani addressing the students of The Science School, Islamabad

7. Dr.AsimaSiddiqa, “DopedTitaniumDioxideNanostructures for environmentalApplications”,Deptt. of Chemistry, QAU, Islamabad. February 2014.

8. Dr. Tariq Mehmood, “A key note lecture on Nanotechnology”, Department of EnvironmentalSciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, QAU, Islamabad, February 4, 2014.

9. Dr. Nisar Ahmed, “Synthesis of catalysts for Syngas Conversion to value added products”, NS&CD, NCP, February 21, 2014.

10. MuhammadAwais,“StudyofTIRandRadongasprecursorPriortomajorEarthquakeinPakistan”,ISS 2014, March 10-14, 2014.

11. Muhammad Irfan, “Ionospheric Fof2 Variations Prior To Major Earthquakes Occurred in andaroundPakistan”,ISS2014,March10-14,2014.

12. ZulfiqarAli,“ModernTrendsinVacuumTechnology(WVST-23)”,NINVAST,March24-28,2014.13. ZulfiqarAli,“SurfaceScience&Characterization(WVST-25)”,NINVAST,May14-15,2014.14. Dr. TariqMehmood, “A key note lecture onNanotechnology of Biofuels”, PINSAT Institute of

Nanosciences,ThePrestonUniversityIslamabad,May20,2014.15. Dr.JavaidAhsanBhatti,Dr.H.M.AkramandDr.MuhammadMaqsood,OneDayWorkshopon

VacuumScience&TechnologyorganizedbyPakistanVacuumSociety,May27,2014.16. Dr.SaraQaisar,“KeynotelectureatPINSTECH,June3,2014.17. Dr.SaminaNazir,‘‘DesigningofNanomaterialsforBiomedicalApplications’’,PINSTECH,June3,

2014.18. Dr.SyedaSohailaNaz,“Synthesisofmethyl5-acetamido-β-resorcylatebasedAgnanoparticlesand

theirselectiveureaseinhibitionactivity”,PINSTECH,Islamabad,June04,2014.19. Mr.KhawajaAsim,“EfficientandSupervisedAnomalousEventDetectioninVideosforSurveillance

Purposes”,FrontiersofInformationTechnology,September17-19,2014.20. Dr. Muhammad Sultan, “X-ray photoemission and absorption spectroscopy of materials for energy

application; An introduction to XPS and summary of the research projects conducted during LBNL visit”, September 29, 2014

21. MuhammadArshad:“X-rayphotoelectron spectroscopy;An introductionand it’s applications“,October 2, 2014.

22. ZulfiqarAli,“ApplicationofVacuuminX-RayPhoto-electronSpectroscopy(XPS)”atNanoScience& Catalysis Department, NCP, October 22, 2014.

23. SaraQaisar:“NanotechnologyatNCP:AnIntroduction”,3rdWinterScienceCamp,NCP,December20, 2014.

24. Dr. JavaidAhsan Bhatti, Dr.H.M.Akram,Dr.MuhammadMaqsood andDr. KhalidAlamgirat NINVAST, Three DaysWorkshop on Applied Vacuum Technologies organized by PakistanVacuum Society, December 22 - 24, 2014.

25. Dr. Shahid Ali, “Potential distributions around a moving test charge particle in quantum plasma”, NCP, December 23, 2014.

26. Dr.AshfaqAhmad,AcourseonParticlePhysicstoM.Phil/M.Sc.Students,DepartmentofPhysics,QAU, 2014.

7.1.3 NCP Colloquia

Under the NCP Colloquia Program, NCP Researchers delivered the following lectures

Sr. # Speaker Title Date1 Dr. Ahsen Zeb TopologicalInsulators. February 20142 Dr. Rizwan Ahmed StabilityofOrganicFieldEffectTransistors(OFETs). March 20143 Dr.YaqoobKhan Nanostructuresin2and3Danddeviceefficiency. April 2014

4 Dr. Saqib Javaid Pressure-Driven Isostructural Phase transitions in LaFeO3: A Computational Study. May 2014

5 Dr. Nisar Ahmad Coal as a future energy source. June 2014

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8.1 Theoretical Physics Department (TPD)

Variouson-goingresearchactivitiesattheTheoreticalPhysicsDepartment(TPD)ofNCParelistedasfollowing:

1. Study of aspects of quantum hydrodynamics theorya) Revisiting the quantum hydrodynamics model.b) Investigationofequalorbital’shypothesisofmany-bodyquantumsystems.c) Peculiarities of quantum effects in hydrodynamics theory and critical studies of its range of

validity.

2. Dynamics of low frequency waves and oscillations in dense degenerate plasmasa) Theoreticalstudyandanalysisofthelowfrequencydynamics(electrostaticandelectromagnetic

modes) in degenerate magnetoplasmas relevant to the dense astrophysical objects (white dwarfs,neutronstars,etc.)andsuperintenselaser-targetinteractionexperiments.

b) Study of the effects of ion dynamics under conditions of high and low thermal energy.c) Investigation of the influence of ions on the dynamics of low frequency electromagnetic

modes in degenerate electron-positron and electron-positron-ion plasmas with emphasis on applications to next generation of ultrahigh power lasers-dense matter interactionexperiments.

3. Nonlinear structures in non-extensive q-distributed plasmasa) Existence and propagation of nonlinear structures in plasmas exhibiting non-extensive

q-distribution function by employing multiscale perturbative methodsb) Solitary structures and their stability under various conditions

4. Plasma waves in metallic and semiconductor nanostructures a) Plasmon oscillations in single-walled carbon nano-tubes b) Effectsofelectronexchangeandcorrelationforcesc) Effectsofinterstitialionsonplasmaoscillationsinnanostructuresd) Modificationofwavepotentialduetointerstitialheavierions

5. Power absorption in resonant wave-plasma interactions in fusion plasmas

a) Simulations of power absorption in electromagnetic wave-plasma resonant interactions in fusion plasmas

b) Power absorption in steep gradient laser-plasma interactions

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Briefs on some of the salient research studied are as following:

(a) Magnetoacoustic shock structure in dense dissipative plasmas: The properties ofnonlinear fast magnetoacoustic waves in dense, dissipative plasmas with degenerate electrons theoretically were studied by means of the Zabolotskaya-Khokhlov (ZK)equationforsmallbutfiniteamplitudeexcitations.SpecialsolutionsoftheZKequationare obtained by using Hirota’s dependent variable transformation and Clarkson-Kruskal’s approach.Compressive shock solutionsof theZKequation are applied toparameters relevant to white dwarf stars.

(b) Magnetoacoustic solitary waves structures in relativistic dense dissipative plasmas: Magnetoacousticsolitary wave structures in relativistic degenerate dense astrophysical electron-ion plasmas were investigated. For the mentioned problem we have studied theone-solitonand two-solitonsolutions.The interactionof two-solitons shows thatsolitary structures are elastic in nature.

(c) Nonlinear three dimensional Schrodinger wave equation in magnetized dusty plasmas: Themodulationofweakly three-dimensionaldust-ionacousticwaves inamagnetized dusty plasma was reviewed. By using the standard reductive perturbation method,athree-dimensionalnonlinearSchödingerequationNLSEinmagnetizeddustyplasmaisobtained.WehavealsostudyingthesolutionofNLSEbythestandardHirotamethod.

(d) Landau levels in graphene:WorkingonLandaulevelsingrapheneinthepresenceofcrossedElectricfieldwasinvestigated.Inthepresenceofcrosseduniformelectricandmagneticfields,Landau levelsaremodified inanunexpected fashionby theelectricfield,leadingtoacollapseofthespectrum,whenthevalueofelectrictomagneticfieldratioexceedsacertaincriticalvalue.Themainfocusisoncalculatingopticalpropertiesof material by shining electromagnetic radiations. The crossed, uniform electricand magnetic fields are taken as free Hamiltonian and radiation part is treated asperturbation. In initial state, the wave functions and Hamiltonian in second quantized formhasbeenfound.TherearesomeissueswiththeorthogonalityofwavefunctionsandhenceHermiticityofHamiltonian.Oncethisisresolved,therestistofindcurrentoperator and hence conductivity.

(e) Electronic stopping power of slow H and He in Sodium:Weinvestigatetheelectronicstopping power of slow light ions in metallic sodium and its few-layer films. Thelattersystemoffersopportunitytostudytheeffectofthequantumconfinementontheelectronicexcitations.

(f) Impact parameter dependence on the electronic stopping in L: We see how theelectronic stopping changes when the projectile follows a different trajectory offering a different impact parameter to the atoms of the target system.

(g) Truly charged projectile - implementation of TDDFT-Ehrenfest dynamics in Quantum Esspresso code: For the projectile-solid system, we start our coupled ion-electron dynamics with the projectile inside the solid and electrons being in the Kohn Shamgroundstate.Thisconditioncanbeliftedfortheprojectileimpingingonafilmorslab.SIESTAcodeusesatomicorbitalsasbasissetthatmakeithardtostudytrueelectron transfer due to an incomplete basis set with orbitals overlapping when the projectileapproachesthetargetfilm.Toresolvethisissue,weareimplementingTDDFT-EhrenfestdynamicsinQuantumEsspressocode.

(h) Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron and Ion Plasma Waves in a Symmetric Pair-Ion Plasma Cylinder: Complicated wave behavior observed in the cylindrical pair-ion (fullerene) experiments byOohara and co-workers are now identified to be low harmonic ioncyclotronwavescombinedwithionplasmaoscillationsinherenttokinetictheory.TheelectrostaticdispersionequationderivedisbasedonanapproximationforthecurrentfromtheexactsolutionsofthecharacteristiccylindricalgeometryformoftheVlasovplasma equation in a uniform magnetized plasma cylinder surrounded by a larger metal boundary outside a vacuum gap, which thus differs from that in unbounded plasmas. Positive and negative ions, differing only in the sign of their charge, respond toapotentialinthesametimescaleandcooperatetoreflecttheenhancedkineticorbitalbehaviorstothemacroscopicpropagationcharacteristics.Inaddition,theexperimentalvalue of the Larmor radius (comparable to the discharge radius but small enough to maketheanalyticapproximationuseful)makeshigherharmonicioncyclotroneffectsboth observable and calculable with the appropriate approximation for the kinetictheory.

(i) Electrostatic multisolitons in pair-ion-electron plasmas in presence of superthermal electrons:ByusingHirota’sbilinearformalismweareinvestigatingthemultisolitonicstructure of pair ion electron plasmas in the presence of superthermal electrons.

(j) Formation of multisolitons in nonplanar pair-ion and pair-ion electron plasmas. KdV and mKdV equation in nonplanar environment will be formed to study the multisoliton solutions for pair ion and pair ion electron plasmas.

(k) Derivation of NLS in pair-ion and pair-ion electron plasmas and its solution by Hirota method, and study of modulational instability: Modulational instability is being considered for the nonlinear Schrodinger equation in pair ion electron plasmas andalsotrytoobtainmultisolitonsolutionsforbrightanddarksolitons.

FIG.1. (color) The dispersion relations of the axially propagating waves of = 0. The details are in the text. The Enlarged figure of the dispersion relations of the low frequency backward or forward waves is embedded. The labels on the theory curves give the equation number and the horizontal dotted lines indicate the cyclotron resonance frequencies ω/2π = mΩ/2π, m = 1,2,....

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(l) Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) in an un-magnetized collissionless plasma: Theelectron-acoustic waves need to be studied with an orbital angular momentum (OAM) inanun-magnetizedcollissionlessplasma.Forthispurpose,thefluidequationswillbeemployedtoobtainaparaxialequationintermsofcoldelectrondensityperturbations,admitting both Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beam solutions. Furthermore, anapproximate solution for theelectrostaticpotentialproblem is tobecalculated toexaminenumericallytheparameters,suchas,azimuthalangle,radialandangularmodenumbers,andthebeamwaistonthetheLGpotentialprofilesassociatedwithelectron-acousticwaves.Theresultswillbehelpfultounderstandtrappingandtransportationof plasma particles and energy as well as to understand the electron-acoustic mode excitationsproducedbytheRamanbackscatteringoflaserbeamsinauniformplasma.

(m) Relativistically hot electron-positron-ion (e-p-i) plasma: The electromagnetic (EM)waves are to be studied in a relativistically hot electron-positron-ion (e-p-i) plasma. Atafirststep,a lineardispersionrelationsassociatedwiththetransverseEMwaveswillbeanalyzedindifferentpossiblefrequencyregimes.Secondly,akineticnonlinearSchrödinger equation will be derived with local and nonlocal nonlinearities computing the damping rates.

(n) Dust-acoustic (DA) solitary and Rogue waves in a non-relativistic degenerate Thomas-Fermi thermal dusty plasma: The formation andpropagationofdust-acoustic (DA)solitaryandRoguewaveswillbediscussedinanon-relativisticdegenerateThomas-Fermi thermal dusty plasma by using the transverse perturbation effects. A cylindrical Kadamtsev-Petviashivili (CKP) equation is to be obtain by using the reductive perturbationtechniqueinthepresenceofThomas-Fermidensitydistributedelectronsand ions, as well as classical dust grains. Furthermore, upon appropriate variable transformations, the CKP equation will be reducedto a Korteweg-de-Veries (KdV) type equation. However, when the frequency of the carrier waves becomes much smaller than the dust plasma frequency, DA waves are evolved into nonlinear modulation instabilitytogeneratemodulatedwavepacketsintheformofRoguewaves.

8.2 Atomic and Laser Physics Laboratory (ALPL)

ResearchersatAtomicandLaserPhysicsLaboratory(ALPL)areworkinginthefieldofLaserInducedBreakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). The experimental facility for LIBS has been established by the co-operationofPakistanAcademyof Sciences (PAS),Pakistan.As aFellowof thePakistanAcademyofSciences (PAS), Dr. Aslam Baig earned one project from the PAS for PKR 4.0 M in 2012 that has been successfullycompleted.Fromthisgrant,wepurchasedahighpowerNd:YAGlaser (Quantel,France,850 mJ at 1064 nm, 5ns pulse width and 10Hz repetition rate) equipped with SHG at 532 nm (400 mJ). In addition the basic laboratory equipmentswere also purchased. Tomake this experimental facilityfullyoperationalfortheLIBSexperiments,theNCPalsocontributedPKR2.0Mforthepurchasingofahigh resolution miniature Spectrograph (Avates, Netherland) for registering the emission spectrum of the plasmaplume.Thisequipmentwillbeavailablesoon.Aschematicdiagramofthefacilityisshowninthefollowingfigure.

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In thisfigurewe show the emission spectrumof themost abundant transparent crystal found in theNorthernAreasofPakistan.

Wehaveused thisnewlyestablished facilityatNCPto identify itschemicalabundanceandreportedthat it is spectroscopically pure SiO2.Weareconfidentifsteparetakenourcountrycanbenefitfromthenatural treasure.

AfterthesuccessfulcompletionofthefirstPASproject,Dr.M.AslamBaiggotanotherprojectapprovedby thePASforPKR4.0Mfor theupgradationof theexperimental facilitiesatALPL,NCP.Thefirstinstallment of the funds has already been received and we are in the process of acquiring other relevant equipmentforthe laboratory.Underthisnewproject,wearefabricatingaTimeofFlight(TOF)MassSpectrometer, locally. In the figure below,we show a schematic diagramof the Time of FlightMassSpectrometer which is now under fabrication.

TheadditionofTOFtoALPLwillprovideusanopportunityofin-situcalibrationofLIBSforindustrialapplications.ThelaserfacilityestablishedatALPL,isalsoopenfortheresearchscholarsfromalloverthecountry.AlargenumberofM.PhilandPhDscholarhavealreadybenefitedfromthislaboratory.AftertheupgradationofexperimentalfacilitiesatALPL,moreandmoreresearchscholarswillbeabletogetconductexperimentalworkatthisfacilitytocompletetheirresearchprojects.

During the year 2014, nine research papers have been published by the researchers of ALPL.

Researchers at theExperimentalHighEnergyPhysics (EHEP) are involved in InternationalResearchProjects mainly related to LHC data analysis. Main research domains are described as following:

o StudyofassociatedproductionofsingletopquarkandZ-bosonusingCMSdatacollectedin2012at8TeVcenter-of-massenergy

o FakerateestimationfortqZcrosssectionmeasuremento ExtractionofTopMassusingb-jetenergypeako GasElectronMultipliers(GEM)detectorR&Do GEMSimulationandPerformanceStudy(partofGEMTDR)o ReadoutelectronicsofGEMdetectorso RPCsupgrade,installationandcommissioningatCERNo Study of ttbar cross-section at LHC

TheEHEPDepartment focusesonactivities related to experimentalhigh energyphysics. In this areathenatureofwork isdivided in twomajordomainsnamelydetector researchanddevelopment andphysics analysis. First the details of physics analysis group are given and then the projects of hardware areexplained.

o StudyofassociatedproductionoftopquarkandZ-bosonusingCMSdatacollectedin2012at8TeVcenter-of-mass energy

CrosssectionoftopquarkinassociationwithaZbosonisanunmeasuredrarestandardmodelprocessand it is also irreducible background tomany important searches at the LHC. Any deviation fromStandard Model in this measurement will be indication of new physics. In this analysis cross section measurementofsingletopinassociationwithZbosoninthreeleptons(electrons,muons)finalispresentedusingintegratedluminosityof19.6fb-1recordedbyCMSdetectorat8TeV.Di-leptoninvariantmassforfourdifferentleptonscombinationareshowninFigure.1.ThereisagoodagreementbetweendataandMonte-Carlo simulation after pre-selection.

8.3 Experimental High Energy Physics Department (EHEPD)

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ExtractionofTopQuarkMassfromb-jetenergypeak

It’sanewideafloatedbythreetheoreticiansfromtheUniversityofMaryland.Theideaisthatifamassiveparticle decay into a massless and massive particle and we plot the energy distribution of massless particle inthelabframe.Thepeakofthedistributiongivesustheenergyvalueswhicharesameasintherestframeofthemotherparticle.Ourgroupisworkingonthatidea.Wearefirstimplementingthisideaonthettbardi-lepton decay. After applying all the reference selection cuts, the b-jet energy distribution of MC data is plottedandthefittingfunctionisapplied.Theresultsareshowninfig.3.ThenweprocessedtherealCMS2012dataforttbardileptonandappliedthefittingfunction.Theresultsareshowninfig.4.Thecodeisreadyandnowweareimprovingthefittingandchisquarevalue.

In this analysis the b-jet properties and b-jet systematics are very crucial because this philosophy is valid for energy distribution of massless particle. In this problem we are treating b-jets as massless. But in reality theyarenotmassless.Sothesesystematicswillplayamajorinextractiontheexactlocationofthepeakofenergy distribution of b-jets.

Figure 1: Di-lepton invariant mass for four different leptons combinations after three leptons selection. (a) Di-muon invariant mass for µµµ combination (b) Di-election invariant mass for eeµ (c) Di-electron invariant mass in eee combination (d) Di-muon invariant mass in µµe.

Figure2.showstransversemassofWbosonforfourdifferentcombinationsofthreeleptonsevent.Theplots show good agreement between data and MC. In this analysis pile up reweighting is performed usingtherecommendedprocedurebyCMScollaboration.BackgroundcontributionfromWZeventsisestimatedbytakingtheratioofdataandMCintheZ-massregionfor0b-jetsample.Thescalefactorsderivedthiswayarethemappliedinsignalregion.TheanalysisisdocumentedintheCMSnotenumberAN2014_182.

Figure 3: b-jet energy distribution for MC data

Figure 4: Comparison between real and MC data

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SearchforMicroscopicBlackHolesinMultijetFinalStateswiththeATLASDe-tector using 8 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC

MicroscopicblackholesareexpectedtoproduceahighmultiplicityofStandardModel(SM)particleshavinglargetransversemomentainthefinalstate.TheanalysisisbasedonasearchformicroscopicblackholesinmultijetfinalstateswiththeATLAS2012datausing8TeVcentreofmassenergyofproton-protoncollisions at the Large Hadron Collider in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1.ThesearchissimplifiedtomultijetfinalstatesbecausemostoftheexpectedSMparticlesproducedfromblackholedecaywouldleadtohadronicjets.Thedataeventswithhigh-transversemomentahavebeen analysed for different exclusive jetmultiplicities, i.e. 2,3,...,7, and inclusive jetmultiplicities, i.e.≥3,4,...,7. In thismultijetanalysis,QuantumChromodynamics (QCD)multijetproduction is themainbackground.Forallthemultijetfinalstates,thedatadistributionsforthesumofjettransversemomenta(HT=∑pT)inaneventhavebeenobservedtobeconsistentwithQCDexpectations.Forinclusivemultijetfinalstates,model-independentandmodel-dependentexclusionlimitsata95%confidencelevelareseton theproductionofnewphysicsandnon-rotatingblackholes, respectively.Themodel-independentupperlimitoncrosssectiontimesacceptancetimesefficiencyis0.29fbto0.14fbforjetmultiplicities≥3to≥7forHT>4.0TeV.Themodeldependentlowerlimitsonminimumblackholemassaresetfordifferentnon-rotatingblackholemodels.The exampleplots for themodel-independent andmodel-dependentexclusionlimitsareshownbelowinfig5andfig.6.

Figure5:Exclusionlimits

Figure6:Exclusionlimits

Measurementofproductioncross-sectioninsingle-top-quark

Inthisworktheproductioncross-sectionofsingletopquarkisextractedformproton-protoncollisionsat√s=8TeV.Theresultsarebasedonadatasamplecorrespondingtoanintegratedluminosityof19.7fb−1recordedwith the CMS detector at the LHC. Single top quark production cross-section in t-channelvscollidercenterofmassenergyisshowninfig.7.Thecrosssectionismeasuredinclusively,aswellasseparately for top(t)andantitop (t), infinalstateswithamuonoranelectron.Comparisonof themeasured Rtwith theprediction obtainedusingdifferent pdf sets is shown infig. 8. Themeasuredinclusivet-channelcrosssectionisσt−ch.=83.6±2.3(stat.)±7.4(syst.)pb.Thesingletandtcrosssectionsaremeasuredtobeσt−ch.(t)=53.8±1.5(stat.)±4.4(syst.)pbandσt−ch.(t)=27.6±1.3(stat.)±3.7(syst.)pb,respectively.ThemeasuredratioofcrosssectionsisRt−ch.=σt−ch.(t)/σt−ch.(t)=1.95±0.10(stat.)±0.19(syst.) inagreementwith thestandardmodelprediction.Themodulusof theCabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawamatrixelement|Vtb|isextractedand, incombinationwithapreviousCMSresultat√s=7TeV,avalue|Vtb|=0.998±0.038(exp.)±0.016(theo.)isobtained.

Figure7:Singletopquarkproductioncross-sectionint-channel vs collider center of mass energy

Figure 8: Comparison of the measured Rt with the prediction obtained using different pdf sets

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GasElectronMultipliers(GEM)detectorR&DTobuild theGaseousElectronMultiplier (GEM)detectoratEHEP lab, theresearchanddevelopmentactivitieshavebeenstarted.TheGEMhashighspatialresolution~50µmdependsontheholepitchanddensity.Normallyitis~50to100holes/mm2.Highgaincanbeobtainedbyincreasingthebiasvoltageacross the foil and decreasing the size of the holes.

In upcoming years, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be upgraded to higher luminosities which will increase theparticleflux in themost forward region|η| > 1.6. Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) muonsystem is not redundant at this most challenging region|η|>1.6andentirelybasedoncathodestripchambers(CSC’s).Toincreasetheredundancyofthemuon system, it is proposed to equip the high eta region with gas electron multiplier detector (GEM).GEMdetectorhashighspatialresolutionoftheorderof~50μmandgoodtemporalresolutionoftheorderof

~4-5ns.AsufficientgasgainfordetectingminimumionizingparticlescanbeobtainedbyusingGEMfoil.Eachfoilperforatedwithholesiskaptonsheetwithcoppercoatedonbothsides.

AprototypeGEMisprepared inEHEPLab isshowninFig.11.ProcedureshavebeendevelopedforrefurbishingandcleaningproblematicsGEMfoilsusinginparticularultrasonicbath.Threefoilshavebeen recoveredusing thoseprocedures.The recovered foilsareused toassemblea locallydevelopedtripleGEMmodule.

GEMreadoutboardPCBshowninFig.12ispreparedtestandassemblewithPanasonicconnectors.WearealsoinvolvedintheprocurementofGEMdetectorsequipment/components(Gases,MFCs,KiethleyElectrometerandGEMassemblystuff).ForvoltageandcurrentmeasurementsdedicatedLabview

Figure12:GEMreadoutboard

StudyofPile-up50Sampleat14TeVwithGEMDetector

ThePileUp50sampleat14TeVwithGEMdetectorhasbeenreleasedinmidofthisyear.Thissampleisstudiedforvariousdistributionsofreconstructedmuons.Transversemomentumresolutionis compared withthepileup50samplewithoutGEMdetectorincludedinthesampleandgaussfittedwiththebuiltinfunctionofroot.TheresultsareshownbelowforGEMregionforsamplewithandwithoutGEMdetectorin Figure 9. and Figure 10 respectively.

Slightimprovementhasbeenseeninthetransversemomentumresolution.workisinprogressorfittingwithdifferenttechniques.ThisstudyhasalsobeendoneforthePile-up140samplewithGEMdetector.

Figure9:PU50SamplewithoutGEMDetector

Figure10:PU50SamplewithoutGEMDetector

Figure11:GEMPrototype

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GUI’saredevelopedusingGPIBinterfaceasshowninFig.13.

Figure13:GEMGUIfrontPanel

MaintenanceandoperationThe EHEPDepartment is also responsible for themaintenance and operation of Tandem acceleratorstartingfromOctober2014.Threemainproblemswhichwerediagnosedare:

• Hall probe communication• Quarter pole magnet• Power supply and UPS issues.

Theseissuesareidentifiedandrectifiedbyourgroupresultinginthesmoothrunningoftandemacceleratorat NCP.

8.4 Nano Sciences andCatalysis Department (NS&CD)

ResearchersintheNS&CDareperformingR&Dworkrelatedtothefollowingprojects:

1. Ananotoxicitystudyinratmodels.2. Photosensitivenanobiomaterialsforthevisiblelightassistedphotodynamictherapy(PDT)of

cancer.3. ControlledNanodeliveryofinsulininexperimentalrabbitmodels4. Photosensitivenanobiomaterialsforthevisiblelightassistedphotodynamictherapy(PDT)of

cancer.5. Photoactive nanobiomaterials for treating leishmaniasis.6. Nanomaterialsfordetoxificationofbacteriafromdrinkingwater7. Nanobiomaterialsforthesuppressionofoxidativestressintype-IIdiabetes.8. Synthesis of nanomaterials and its application for control of selected pathogenic microbes.9. Synthesis of NSAIDs base nanomaterials and its biomedical applications.10. Synthesis of novel nano drug delivery system and its application for antiurease activity.11. Synthesis of nanocellulase and its application in bioethanol production from lignocellulosic

wastes.12. Production of Nano based Bio-fertilizer 13. Improvement in Poultry waste based fertilizer14. Production of Organic P-fertilizer 15. Production of S-Doped catalyst for Biodiesel16. Biofuel production from Industrial wastes17. Biofuelproductionfromnon-edibleoilslikeJatrophaoil,Pingomiapinata(suchchainoil)by

usingTransesterificationandNanophotocatalyst.18. Biofuelproductionbyusingnanocatalyticgasification19. Conversion of used lubricating oil (mob-oil) into diesel by using nano catalyst

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20. NanoFood’sEffectonFishGrowth21. Production of Ca based catalyst for Biodiesel22. Production of Ni based catalyst for B4C3 production.23. LithiumTitanate (Li2TiO3 and Li4Ti5O12) nano particles as electrode materials in Lithium-Ion

Batteries”. 24. Fabrication,Properties&ApplicationsofPolymer/NanodiamondCompositesPolymer-Based

Proton Conducting Membranes For Fuel Cell25. HighTemperatureResistantMaterialsForAerospace26. FlameRetardantMaterialsInvention&Exploration27. Nano-FiltrationMembranesForWaterDecontamination28. Conjugated Polymers&Nanocomposites Promise a Boost In Efficiency ofNext-Generation

Solar Cells29. Ultrasonic assisted production of biodiesel from JatrophaCurcus Oil using homogeneous

catalyst and its process optimization. 30. Development of nanocatalysts for production of biodiesel from high free fatty acid Jatropha Oil. 31. Synthesisofcopperandsilvermodifiedmultiwalledcarbonnanotubes.32. In-situ polymerization of aniline, Thiophene and Pyrol on the surface of metal modified

multiwalled carbon nanotubes.33. SynthesisofCNTs/epoxy/polymernanocomposites34. Fabrication,testingandelectro-opticalpropertiesofCdSthinfilmsforsolarcellsapplication.35. Raman,XRD,electricalcharacterizationsofCdSthinfilmsforsolarcellsapplication36. Synthesis and characterizations ofmetal oxides nano-particles (CuO,CaO,MgO) and their

applicationinnovelsynthesisofCuTl-1223superconductors37. NiO nanorods preparation38. Addition of NiO nano rods in Cu0.5Tl0.5Ca2Ba2Cu3O10 -asfluxpinningcentersandstudyofits

superconducting properties.39. Characterizations and Analysis of Carbon nanotubes composite for IR sensors applications40. Preparation of Graphite nanosheets for pressure sensors applications41. PreparationandCharacterizationofGraphite/Polymernanocomposite forpressuresensors

application42. SynthesisofCarbonNanotubesbyChemicalVaporDepositionTechnique43. SynthesisofTiO2nanomaterialsmodifiedbyAl2O3andCuOforpurificationoftextileDyes.44. MetalOxide-Graphenecompositesforsolarwatersplitting45. Loadingofdiscwithcopper:nickelcatalystforsynthesisofcarbonnanotubes46. Synthesis of un-doped and doped with metal, nom-metals titania nanotubes using hydrothermal

methodatdifferentexperimentalconditionsoftemperature,concentration,time,stirringratefor different applications.

47. AntibacterialantifungalstudiesofCo-Sco-dopedtitaniumdioxidenanostructuresunderbothUV and visible irradiation.

48. IronoxideloadedNifoamsforsynthesisofcarbonnanotubes49. Preparation of transition metal based materials for their application as anode material for

lithium-ion batteries. 50. Synthesis of various nanocomposites for lithium ion battery electrodes. 51. Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using Chemical Vapor Deposition.

ProjectssubmittedforFunding

NS&CDhassubmittedthefollowingtwoprojectsforfundingtoHigherEducationCommission(HEC)ofPakistan:

1. Development of photoactive nanomaterials for cancer therapy.2. Synthesis of chemosensors and its application for determination of heavy metals in water

samplesofselectedareasofKhyberPakhtunkhwa.

MiscellaneousR&DActivities1. EstablishmentofnewR&DLabofElectricalCharacterizationSetupinNS&CD.Thislabis

equipped with devices for two probe and four probe electrical characterization and would contribute in testing energy devices especially solar cells.

2. Installation of X-ray diffractometer (XRD) Setup

o Second generation solar cells

Fabricationandcharacterizationofdifferentlayers(i.e.n-typeCdS,ZnSe,p-typeCdTe,Frontandbackcontactmaterial)ofCdTebasedsolarcellshavebeenstudiedandoptimizedtheconditionsofeachlayerforhighperformancesolarcells.CdTesolarcellshavebeenfabricated and tested.

o High temperature superconductors (HTSC)

Thebetterinter-graincouplinginPolycrystallineHTSCsuppressestheJosephsonlosses,essentialforwireandmicroelectronicapplications.Toaddressthisproblemwemadeanovelsynthesisroutetogetbetterinter-graincoupling.WehavesynthesizedCuTl-1223superconductorsbyusingmetaloxidenano-particlesandgetimprovedsuperconductingparameters

o Carbon nano-tubes based Infrared (IR) sensors

CNTs are sensitive to IR radiations due to their small band-gap. To reduce the darkcurrentdriftduetosurfaceadsorptioninCNTwemakecompositeofCNTwithinsulatingpolymers and get IR sensing

o Graphite/polymer composites for Pressure sensing applications

Graphite nano-sheets have been prepared and used as filler in Polymers havingpiezoelectric properties to enhance the conductivity. NiO nano-rods have been prepared and used to enhanced to improve the thermal stability of the composite

o Graphene based hybrid solar cells

Graphenebasedhybridsolarcellsisoneoftheemergingfieldsinthenanosciences.ZincOxidenanostructures,withbandgapof3.3eVisawell-knownsemiconductor,hasbeendevelopedasapromisingmaterialforlightemittingdiodes,(LEDs),photovoltaiccells,gassensors,transparentconductorsandcatalysis.WewillfocusonGraphene-ZnObasedhybrid solar cells.By lookingat theXPS facilitywith thepreparation chamber,wherewe can systemize the carbonaceous materials such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, and carbonnanofibers.Incomingdaysthefocuswillbeonthefollowingprojects:

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i. Growth of graphene by CVD Method and its study with XPS system

ii. HybridandPerovskitebasedSolarCellsanditsstudywithXPSsystem

o Modification of Ionic liquid with conducting polymer and nanodiamonds forelectrochromic applications

Polyaniline and polypyrrol are selected as polymers for the ionic gel which have not only wide potential window, high conductivity, wide band gap and multiple coloration efficiency. First of all ionic liquid is synthesized by two different routes and the oneshowing best electrochromic property will be selected to develop ionic gel. Ionic gel of polypyrrol, polyaniline and [BMIM] [Br]will be synthesized in different compositionratio. It is expected that the electrochromic characterwill be enhancedwhen used asionicgelwith[BMIM][Br]ionicliquid.Itisanticipatedthatthedevelopedionicliquidwill showhigh conductivity andbetter redoxbehaviorwhich arehighlydesirable forelectrochromic devices. Along with this, nano-diamonds are known to increase thethermal conductivity of the conducting polymers. Based on these facts it is anticipated that ionic gel-nano-diamonds composite will highly increase the conductivity and ultimately theelectrochromiccharacterofmaterial.Thecompositionshowingbestelectrochromicbehavior will be selected to form the electrochromic device.

(a) High Temperature Resistant Araldite-Based Hybrids

Modern structural composites, mostly referred to as advanced composites, are a blend oftwoormorecomponents,oneofwhichismadeupoffiller,andtheother,abinderormatrixorresinwhichholdsthefillerinplace.Whenthefiberandthematrixarecombinedtoformacomposite,theyretaintheirindividualidentitiesandstructureinfluencesthefinalcompositeproperties.Theresultingcompositewillusuallybecomposedoflayersofthefibersandmatrixstackedtoachievethedesiredpropertiesinoneormoredirections.Graphite reinforced epoxy composites with different particulate fractions of graphitewere investigated for morphological, thermal and mechanical properties such as tensile, impactandflexural.Thegraphitecontentwasvariedfrom50%to90%byweightoftotalmatrixinthecomposites.

SEMmicrographsofAraldite/Graphene

The results showed that the mechanical properties of the composites mainly dependondispersionconditionofthefillerparticles,particlesizeandaggregatestructure.Thecompositesshowedimprovedtensilemodulus,flexuralmodulusandimpactstrengthinbendingpropertieswithincreasefillercontentasthefunctionalgrouptendstodecreaseincompositeswithincreasingfillercontentasgelationoccursvigorouslyinthecomposite.

o High Temperature Resistant Araldite-Based Hybrids

Polyurethane rigid foam structures are the most effective materials with the best insulation value per unit thickness and thermal energy storage offers flexibility toplaykeyroleinheatmanagement.Inthissense,wehaveinvestigatedthefeasibilityofpolyurethane composites by direct utilization ofMWCNTs and its compatibilitywiththe used polyurethane formulation recipe in terms of improved thermal characteristics. The thermal properties are reported in terms of phase change temperature, enthalpy,totalabsorbedheatandthermaldecomposition.Thestabilityofthefillerinsidethefoammatrixhasalsobeeninvestigatedtoclarifyitsleakagebehavior.Theparticledistributioninthefoamsampleshavebeenreportedwithscanningelectronmicroscopeimaging.Thefoamsshowedporousmorphologywithembeddednanotubes inpolyurethanematrix.TheDSCanalysesindicatedthatthetotalheatabsorptioncapacitycanbeimprovedupto50%whichrepresentstheimprovedbufferingfunctionagainsttemperaturechanges.Thecomposites offer higher heat absorption capacity with thermal insulation property of the polyurethane foam.

o Processing of Polymeric Nanoparticle Compositeso NovelIn-situPolymer/GraphiteMaterials

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o MembraneTechnology

Novelnylon6/MWCNTcompositemembraneshavebeenengenderedforpervaporation.These membranes disclosed permselectivity to benzene from cyclohexane-benzenemixtures. From themixture of cyclohexane and benzene, permeation of benzenewasobservedcomparedtocyclohexane.Theseparationfactorwasreachedto435forbenzeneatitsweightfractionof0.1.Thesorptionexperimentationclearedthattheincorporationof carbon graphite into nylon 6 enhanced the selection of solubility towards benzene. Hence, benzene was favorably permeated from the composite membranes. Furthermore, thenylon6/MWCNTcompositemembraneshad thepotential for their application topetroleum sanitizing process.

o Development of Anhydrous Proton Conducting Composite Membranes for ProtonExchangeMembraneFuelCells

Research project is focused to fabricate composite membranes incorporating ionic liquid aselectrolytesforPEMFCs.Forthispurpose,imadazoliumbasedionicliquid,3-butyl-1-methylimadazoliumbromide,[BMIM][Br]wasselected.ThecompositemembranewouldbefabricatedviaincorporationofILintoPVDFmatrix.Further,theeffectofphosphoricacid/sulphuricacidontheconductivityofthesecompositeswouldbeinvestigated.

o Toxicity studies of nanocomposite materials

Composite materials were studied for their toxicity in Balb/Cmice through i.v. anddermalroutes.70miceweregroupedandtestedagainsttwonano-drugformulations.Thedata is under process for compilation leading to further studies and write-up for some good journal.

Morphology and structure of novel membranes

o Photosensitive Nano-biomaterials for the visible light assisted photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer.

Researchers at NS&CD designed and developed doxorubicin loaded targetednanostructuresformultimodalcancertreatmentandstudiedagainstcancercelllines.Weare compiling data to conclude the project.

o Nano biomaterials for the suppression of oxidative stress in type-II diabetes. o Green synthesis of biocompatible nanomaterials.o Development of theranostics.o GrowthoftheMoO3 nanostructures to use as hole conductor in photovoltaic device.o OptimizationoftheZnOnanorodsstructuresaselectronconductorinhybridphotovoltaics

Chemical bath deposition method with and without seeds was used for the growth the ZnOnanorods.Effortsweremadetoimprovethequalityandcontrollablesynthesisofpreviously used seedless growth of ZnO nanorods. However, using the seeded growth and changing the growth conditions we were able to grow different shapes of ZnO nanorods as shown infigure.Thevarietyof thenanorodscanbeused fordifferentapplicationsdepending on the requirements. Moreover vertical growth with controllable density and size of the nanorods was optimized during this period.

Optimized growth of ZnO nanorods with controllable size distribution and orientation.

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o Graphene-MnO2 composites for Super-capacitors

A project on the fabrication of electrode materials for super-capacitors was initiated using composites of MnO2 nanowireswith graphene. The compositeswere prepared underneutralconditionsinTeflon-linedstainlesssteelautoclave,sealedandheatedinanovento160°Cfor10h,andthenallowedtocooltoroomtemperatureintheoven.Noredoxreactionsontheelectrodeswereobservedintheworkingpotentialrange,indicatingthatthe electrode is charged and discharged at a pseudo constant rate over the entire cycle.

o Synthesis&CharacterizationofNovelNano-Materialsforthewastewatertreatmento Synthesis&CharacterizationofNano-Materialsforthetreatmentofusedvacuumpump

oilo Synthesisofdifferentmetalbasedcompositesandtheirmaterialbasedcharacterization.o Preparation of various nanocomposite materials for their application as anode material

for lithium-ion batteries.o Preparation of various nanocomposite materials for bio-sensing applications Biofuel

production by Industrial wasteso Biofuelproductionbyusingnanocatalyticgasification

SEMimagesofMnO2 (a,b) and its composite with graphene (c), CVs of the composite electrodes recorded at various scan rates

o MicrowaveassistedsynthesisofnanocatalystsforHydrogenationandHyperpolarization

Microwaveheatinghasbeenshownnotonlytoreducereactiontimessignificantly,butalso to minimize, if not to suppress side reactions, causing chemical yields to be enhanced andprocessestobereproducible.Themajorroleofmicrowavesinnanoparticlesynthesisisrapidanduniformheating,whichwillbeexploredthroughoutthisproject.Asimpleandstraightforwardmethodforbulkandshape-controlledsynthesisofdifferentshapednanostructures of metals such as Fe, Ag, Pt, and Pd by microwave-assisted reduction of their corresponding salts will be studied in great details.

o Microwaveassistedsynthesisoftwodimensionalstructuresforenergystorage

Hydrogen is a renewable, efficient and environmentally friendly energy source andhas great potential to replace non-renewable hydrocarbons for mobility and transport applications.Hydrogenistheideal‘green’fuelalsobecauseitislightweight,nontoxic,very simple in structure (one proton and one electron in its neutral form), and available inenormousamounts.Thebigchallengeforcarbonnanoporousmaterialsashydrogenstoragemediaistofindastructurewithtunableporosityandveryhighspecificsurfacearea,where hydrogen adsorbs strongly enough on the surface as to form a thermodynamically stablearrangementbutnottoostronglysothatreversiblefastloading/unloadingkineticsarepossible.Oneof thepeculiaritiesofgraphene is its extremelyhighspecific surfacearea, which in combination with its low weight, robustness and chemical inertness places it among the most suitable materials for hydrogen storage devices. In this project, different experimentalapproacheswillbeappliedtoharnessgrapheneanditsderivativesasmainbuildingblocksforhydrogenuptakeandstorage;thepotentialofeachapproachforfutureapplicationsinthehydrogeneconomywillalsobeexamined.

o Impact of aquatic environment on mechanical properties of polyurethane composites impregnated with Diamond nanoparticles

o Synthesis of HTPB based Polyurethane Elastomerso SynthesisandCharacterizationofMWCNTsbasedPolyurethaneCompositesandPVC-

CNTs Compositeso Nanodiamond-PDT Drug Conjugates: Synthesis, Characterization and Anticancer

Activityo Catalytic Pyrolysis of plastic waste to Ethylene and lower hydrocarbonso CatalyticConversionofCO2 to methanol and Dimethyle Ethero (II)CatalyticpartialOxidationofMethanetoSyngaso Lithium titanate (Li2TiO3 and Li4Ti5O12) nano particles as electrode materials in lithium-

ion batterieso Thermoelectricityinaspecificnano-structuredmaterialo Epoxy based polymer nanocomposites for aerospace applications

Carbon nanotubes were modified by the incorporation of metal nano particles.Thiophene/Aniline/Pyrolwere separatelypolymerizedon the surfaceof theseCNTsbyinsitupolymerizationmethod.FilmsofSynthesisof PPh/PTh/PANiandmodifiedCarbonnanotubeswere casted inTeflonpetridishwith epoxy (DEGEBA)as thebasematrixandcelluloseasbindingmaterial.SEM,FTIRandXRDstudiesof thepreparedsampleswerecarriedout.Infuturework,SynthesisofaminoacidbasedpolyamidetobeusedaspolymerfillerinCNTs/Epoxyhybridsandstudyoftheirmechanicalandthermalproperties.

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8.5 X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS)

In order to investigate matter at the atomic scale, NS&CD has acquired a state of the art X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) system. XPS also called Electron Spectroscopy for ChemicalAnalysis(ESCA)isanondestructivesurfaceanalysistechnique(≤10nm)basedonthephotoelectriceffect.Thetechniqueprovidescompositionalaswellaschemicalbondinginformationofthesurfaceof almost anymaterial (conducting or insulating). The technique can detect all elements excepthydrogenandhelium.Theelementaldetectionlimitistypicallyincloseto0.5atomicpercent.

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Newly installed XPS at NCP

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The XPS system acquired by NS&CD is an integrated system which consists of the XPS, SEM1

(equippedtoEDS2),AugerElectronSpectrometerandSurfaceProbeMicroscopyTechniques(AFM3

&STM4). Besides the aforementioned techniques, the system also has a sample preparation chamber sothatin-situpreparationofprototypesandtuningitspropertiesattheatomicand/ormolecularscaleispossible.ThesystemalsohasaprovisionfortheprospectiveattachmentofanLEED5 system.

Techniques included in the system

o X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)o AugerElectronSpectroscopy(AES)o High sensitivity and snapshot micro-area spectroscopy, microscopy and quantitative

chemical state imagingo Energy-dispersiveX-rayspectroscopy(EDX)o AtomicresolutionbySTMatroomtemperatureo VariabletemperatureSTMo Contact and non-contact AFMo Sample treatment and sputteringo In-situthinfilmgrowthbye-beamevaporationo Integrated system in UHV (10-11 mbar)

____________________________________ 1SEM:ScanningElectronMicroscope2EDS:EnergyDispersiveSpectrometer3AFM: Atomic Force Microscope4STM:ScanningTunnelingMicroscope5LEED:LowEnergyElectronDiffraction

i. General information obtained from XPSQuantitative and qualitative analysis ofthe top 1-10 nm of the sample surface (determinationofthepurity/contaminationinamaterial).Datathatcanbedetermined is given below:

• Empiricalformulaofamaterialthatisfreeofexcessivesurfacecontamination.

Overviewoftheexperimentalsetup• Thechemicalstate identificationofoneormoreoftheelements i.e. informationon

local bonding of an atom.• Thebindingenergyofoneormoreelectronicstates.• Thethicknessofoneormorethinlayers(1–8nm)ofdifferentmaterialswithinthetop

10 nm of the surface.• Thedensityofelectronicstates.• Measure uniformity of elemental composition across the top the surface (or line profiling

or mapping).• Measure uniformity of elemental composition as a function of depth by ion beam

etching (or depth profiling).• Measure uniformity of elemental composition as a function of depth by tilting the

sample (or angle-resolved XPS).

ii. ApplicationsMaterials Evaluation• Oxidationstates• Identificationofpolymericcoatings• Surfacecompoundidentification• Surface composition• Plasma treatment• Anti-reflectioncoatings

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ThefollowingR&DactivitiesareinprogressatCentreforEarthquakeStudies:• Installation of Radon monitors for Real time data acquisition.• Designedanddevelopedfirmwareforrealtimedatatransmissionofradonfromremotesites

toCES• Development of software for data acquisition and analysis of Radon.• StudyofvariousgroundbasedearthquakePrecursorslikeElectricfield,RadonGas,Relative

Humidity,TemperatureandAtmosphericPressure.• StudyofdifferentSatellitebasedTIR,OLRandTECdataforearthquakeforecasting.• StatisticalAnalysisofEarthquakecatalogues

Failure Analysis• Corrosion product• Breakdownoflubricants• Material delamination• Discolorationofepoxy• Chemical degradation of surfaces• Catalyst poisoning

Quality Control• Breakdownofsurfacelubricants• Chemical degradation of surfaces• Adhesion failures

iii. General Sample Constraints TheXPSsamplecanbeupto60mmindiameterand20mminheightandshould also be compatible with a vacuum of 10-10 mbar Hg.

8.6 Centre for Earthquake Studies (CES)

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8.7 National Institute of Vacuum Science & Technology (NINVAST)

ResearchersatNINVASTcontinuedresearchprojectsasfollowing:

1. Development and characterization of standard leak calibration system. (Calibration chamberassemblyiscompleteandleaktested,flowmeter,beingassembledwiththecalibrationchamberis under test).

2. Permeability of Nano clayed ABS polymers.3. Performance study of roots pump.4. Performance study of diffusion pump.5. Analysis of manual valve for total number of operation cycles.6. Role of oil in the rotary vane vacuum pump.7. StructuralcharacterizationofCrdopedTiO2thinfilmsforsolarcellapplications.8. BandGaptailoringofTiO2/Crthinfilm(Theoreticalmodeling).9. DopingeffectsoftransitionmetalsontheTribologicalpropertiesofTiO2thinfilms.10. EnhancingtheTransmissionbandofWindowlayerforsolarcellapplications.11. ThinfilmsofZnOasgassensoranditsapplications.12. FabricationofTinOxidethinfilmsanditsapplicationsingassensors.13. Thinfilmsofconductingoxidesforsolarcellapplications.14. Thinfilmanti-reflectioncoatingsforsiliconindustry.15. ProductionofpurifiedBio-dieselfromvegetableoils.16. Fabricationofdye-sensitizedsolarcellsofincreasedefficiency.

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8.8 NCP Mechanical Engineering Workshop

TheNCPMechanicalEngineeringWorkshopisworkingasaspecializedresourcecentrefordesigningand developing mechanical components, prototypes and desired output oriented solutions in support of high-techtechnologicalresearchbeingperformedbyresearchersworkingatNationalCentreforPhysicsand its allied centres as well as some universities collaborating with NCP.

Highlights of technical services rendered by theNCPMechanical EngineeringWorkshop to variousnational organizations as well as NCP Departments and allied centres during the year 2014 are as following:

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Sr. # Job DescriptionName of

Organization/ Department

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• Hightemperaturehighpressurereactorcellswithteflonliningandrupture disc for synthesis of nano structures

• Metal to glass sealings for heat treatment of nano materials under high vacuum.

NS&CD (NCP)

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• Detector lead shielding• Die and connector• Accelerator chamber supports cutting of samples of different composite

materials.

ExperimentalPhysics Department (EPD)

3• DifferentmechanicaljobsfortheI.TsectionofNCPhavebeenfurnishedduringtheyear2014includingdesignofNCP/LCGgridinfrastructureimprovisation,up-gradation&modifications.

ITSection(NCP)

4• DesigningandmanufacturingofpendulumpivotasspecifiedbyDr.TahirRasul,ForeignProfessor,DepartmentofMechanical&AerospaceEngineering.

Air University, Islamabad

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• TechnicalsupportwasprovidedtohostedresearchersfromUET-Taxilaintheprojecttitled:ConcentratedSolarParabolaTroughforSteamproductiontouseinPowerGeneration,Textile&PaperIndustry.Thewhole project was designed and manufactured at NCP, Mechanical Workshopusingin-houseresources.

University of Engineering&Technology,Taxila

DieformakingcarbonnanopalletsPyrolysis unit combustion chamber

Lead shielding for accelerator chamber

Cableducts&dropdownboxes

Pendulum PivotCSPProjectdisplayedatMechanicalWorkshop,NCP

Data & Power cable ducts being installed at LCG

9. NCP Sports Gala 2014

NCP Sports and Leisure Club was established in June 2009 with the aim of providing opportunity of healthy activities for NCP employees. In this regard, Sports Club organizes Annual Sports Gala in the month of February/March every year. In 2014, this SportsGalawas held duringMarch 2014. Employees of NCP and allied centres including CES, EP,GCISCandNINVASTparticipatedinthefollowingcategories:

1. Cricket2. Badminton (Male and Female)3. TableTennis(MaleandFemale)4. TugofWar5. Chess

List of Members of Organizing Committee for Sports Gala 2014 is given as under:1. Mr.WaqarAhmed(In-chargeSportsClub)2. Mr.ShahidHussain(EventOrganizer,Cricket&Chess)3. Mr.ArshadMehboob(EventOrganizer,Badminton)4. Mr.AshiqAli(EventOrganizer,TableTennis)5. Mr.BabarKhan(EventOrganizer,TugofWar)

WinnersofSportsGala2014indifferentcategoriesaregivenbelow:1. FarrukhIjaz,NCP(WinnerofBadmintonSingle)2. Dr.YaqoobandNaveedAlam(WinnerofBadmintonDouble)

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Dr. Hamid Saleem(Former Director General NCP, April 2008-July 2014)

Dr. Hamid Saleem joined NCP as Director General (DG) in April 2008. He is an active scientist in the field of PlasmaPhysics. Alongside his interests also include Particle Physics Phenomenology including Neutrino Physics, Leptogenesis, Heavy Flavor Physics, Gauge Theories with particularreference toUnification of forces, Supper symmetry,ADS/CFT. He has about 200 research publications in reputedinternational journals. He did his PhD in Mathematics in 1996 under DAAD Sandwich Programme from Quaid-e-AzamUniversityandcompletedhis researchworkatRuhrUniversity Bochum in Germany.Heisaninternationallyknownscientistinthefieldofplasmaphysics and he is regularly invited to give lectures inmany international scientific conferences andworkshops held in Europe and other parts of theworld.Hewas appointed as a SeniorAssociate ofAbdus-SalamInternationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysics(AS-ICTP)fortheperiodJanuary1,2001to31December,2006andthisappointmentwasextendedupto31December,2008.He has established collaborations with several international universities and institutes and has been invited for collaborative research by foreign universities many times.HeisarecipientofCivilPresidentAward“PrideofPerformance(PoP)”inthefieldofPlasmaPhysicsin2014.Hehasbeeninvolvedintheorganizationofseveralnationalandinternationalscientificactivitieswithin the country.Hestarted“InternationalScientificSpring(ISS)”asaregularannualeventatNCP.Scientistandresearchersas well as young students from different parts of country participate in this event every year to share their ideas with each other.His untiring and commendable efforts will always be remembered by NCP and he will remain a source of continuous inspiration for young researchers.

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3. KanizFatima,NCP(WinnerofBadmintonSingle-Female)4. NaimatullahKhan,NCP(WinnerofTableTennis)5. MemunaHafeez,NCP(WinnerofTableTennis-Female)6. IT&MechanicalStars,NCP(WinnerofTugofWar)7. NCPWarriors,NCP(WinnerofCricketEvent)8. WajidAliKhan,NCP(WinnerofChess)

Pictorial highlights of Sports Gala are as under:

Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad (N.I, H.I, S.I), Chairman BoG NCP presented souvenir to Dr. Hamid Saleem on his farewell

Dr. Hafeez H. Hoorani, DG NCP presented photo album of Dr. Hamid Saleem on his farewell

11. Welcome

Dr. Sara Qaisar

Dr. Sara Qaisar joined NCP as Director NanoScience & Catalysis Department (NS&CD) on January 06, 2014. She obtained PhD (Chemistry) from Quaid-e-Azam University in 2013. Herareaofresearchandexpertiseis“DevelopmentandCharacterizationofPiezoelectricComposites”.

Dr.MohsinSiddiq

Dr.MohsinSiddiqnominatedDirectorofTheoreticalPhysicsDepartment(TPD)onJanuary07, 2014. He got PhD degree in Mathematical Physics from University of the Punjab, Lahore in 2007. His areas of research are Aspects of Integrable Systems and Mathematical Physics. Hegotscholarshipunder“MeritScholarshipScheme”byHigherEducationCommissionto pursue PhD.

Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed

Dr.AshfaqAhmednominatedDirectorofExperimentalHighEnergyPhysics(EHEP)onJanuary07,2014.HegothisPhDinExperimentalHighEnergyPhysicsfromUniversityofFreiburg,Germany in2004. Prior tohis joiningatNCP,hehasworkedasResearchScientistatStonyBrookUniversity,NY,USAandasaResearchFellowatCERN,Geneva,Switzerland(EmployedbyAcademiaSinica)from2000to2004.

Hehasavastresearch/teachingexperience(post-PhD)intheUSandEurope.Hehascontributedmorethan25researchpapersasprimaryauthorandabout200researchpaperswithATLASCollaboration.

HehasattendedNationalandInternationalConferencesasinvitedspeakeranddeliveredhundredsoftalksinthefieldofExperimentalHighEnergyPhysics.HehassupervisedmanyPhDandMPhilstudents.

Dr. Syed Khurshid Hasanain

Dr. S. Khurshid Hasanain joined the National Centre for Physics on January 13, 2014 as a DistinguishedScientist.PriortojoiningNCPheworkedforovertwentyeightyearsatthePhysics Department of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU). At QAU he served as the Dean of the Natural Sciences Faculty (2012-2013) and Chairman of the Physics Department (2010-2012).

Professor S. K. Hasanain obtained his PhD in physics from Tufts University, Massachusetts, USAin thefieldofexperimentalcondensedmatterphysics.AfterhisPhDhedidpostdoctoral researchattheUniversityofVirginiaand theUniversityofRhode Island.Thedevelopmentofdifferent typesofelectronic orderings and phase transitions in the presence of competing effects and disorder has been a centralthemeinmostofhiswork.

Between 1986 and 2005 he established the Magnetism and Superconductivity research group at the Physics Department. Between 2005 and 2013 as the Project Director he developed the Magnetic Nanostructures laboratoriesatQAU.Hehasover95publicationsinimpactfactorjournals.HehassupervisedtenPhD’sand over 70 M. Phil. students. He holds the awards of Siara-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance and the Prof. Abdus Salam Prize in physics.

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12. Honours & Awards

1-Dr.SaminaNazir(Assistant Professor, NS&CD)

Dr. SaminaNazir isworking asAssistantProfessor in thefieldofNanomedicinein NanoSciences & Catalysis Department (NS&CD), at NCP. She got international recognitionbygettingcertificatefromaprominentResearchDatabase,ScienceDirect.Her paper published in “Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine” wasranked8thinthelistofTop25MostDownloadedArticles.Thereferenceofthispaper is as under:

S. Nazir,T.Hussain,A.Ayub,U.Rashid,andA. J.MacRobert,“Nanomaterials incombatingcancer:therapeutic applications and developments,” Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 10 (1),19-34(2014),DOI:10.1016/j.nano.2013.07.001

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Dr. Javaid Ehsan Bhatti

Dr.JavaidEhsanBhattijoinedasDirectorGeneral,NINVASTonFebruary03,2014.HeisaneminentscientistinthefieldofVacuumScienceandTechnology.

Dr.HafeezR.Hoorani

Dr. Hafeez R. Hoorani joined NCP as Director General on August 01, 2014. He obtained PhD degree in Physics from University of Geneva in 1995 and MS Physics from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada during 1983-86. He got “Quaid-e-Azam Scholarship” for obtaininghighestmarksinalluniversitiesofPakistanduringhisM.Sc.(Physics).PriortotakingthechargeofDirectorGeneral,NCPhewasworkingasSeniorResearchPhysicistatCERN,Geneva.

HisareaofresearchisExperimentalHighEnergyPhysicsandhehaspublishedmorethan600 research papers with a total impact factor over 2000 and more than 14000 citations.

HehasworkedforfouryearswithCarnegieMellonUniversity,Pittsburg–USAasapost-docfellow.HeworkedatCERNfor12yearsbeforejoiningNCPin2000asDirectorResearch.DuringthistimeheworkedontheLargeElectron-Positron(LEP)ColliderusingL3DetectoratCERN.Hehassupervisedmore than 20 students for completing M.Phil and PhD research.

He has been involved in organizing several national and international scientific events, which havebenefitedseveralhundredparticipantsfromvariousuniversitiesandinstitutionsinPakistan.



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Annual Report 201413. Obituary

Prof.KamaluddinAhmed(1939-2014),atoprankingPakistaniPhysicistand distinguished scientist of National Centre for Physics (NCP) passed away on June 11, 2014. He was born in Delhi in 1939; he did his Ph.D from London University in 1966 and served many national organizations on reputablepositions.JoiningPakistanAtomicEnergyCommission(PAEC)in1962,heremainedassociatedwithPakistanInstituteofNuclearScience&Technology(PINSTECH)till1967.HejoinedQuaid-i-AzamUniversityin December 1967 as Associate Professor and retired from the same institute as Meritorious Professor on April 1999.

He also served COMSATS as Advisor on Physics from 2002 to 2013where he established Centre for Quantum Physics. From 2001 to 2002 he workedasDirectorGeneralHamdardUniversityIslamabadCampusandhealsoremainedexecutiveandacademicheadofIslamabadandKarachiCampuses.HeworkedasDistinguishedScientistatNCPfromJanuary 1, 2014 till his death.

HewasseniorresearchassociatememberofTheAbdusSalamInternationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysics(AS-ICTP),Italyfrom1991-1996.Hewasawarded“PrideofPerformance(PoP)”bytheGovernmentofPakistanin2001forhisexcellenceinscienceandtechnology.HewasalsofellowofthePakistanAcademyof Sciences. May the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

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2- Dr. Shahid Ali(Assistant Professor, Plasma Physics)

Dr.ShahidAliisworkingasAssistantProfessorinthefieldofPlasmaPhysicsatNCP. He has recently been awarded the Regular Associateship of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (AS-ICTP), Italy, in the year of theCentre’s50thanniversary.ThisAssociateshipisfortheperiodof5yearsfrom2015to 2020, providing an opportunity to interact with world class scientists not only at theAS-ICTPbutalsotoworkinEurope(outsideoftheAS-ICTP)aswell.

3- Dr. Shabbir Ahmad Khan(Assistant Professor, NCP)

Dr. Shabbir Ahmad Khan achieved two international research awards:i. Guest Scientist (Post-Doc level position) at Kiel University Germany under the

GermanScienceFoundation(DFG)ProjectTR24.ii. Post-Doc Fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at

Kyoto University Japan for two years.

4-Mr.BilalKianiMr. Bilal Kiani got full Ph.D Scholarship offers from Italy

5-Mr.MeharAliShahMr.MeharAliShahgotPh.DfellowshipatCERN

6- Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed (THEP)Dr.IshtiaqAhmedisworkinginTheoreticalHighEnergyPhysicsDepartmentasSSO. He obtained Ph.D from Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad. Recently he earned scholarship for Post-Doc at Brazil from June 17, 2014 to May 16, 2016.

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