Dr SAJID ALI
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computational Nanoscience
Physics
Journal Articles
Javed, Ahsan and Ali, Sajid (2025). Machine learning-driven insights into excitonic effects in 2D materials. Next Research, 2 (4) 100840, 100840. doi: 10.1016/j.nexres.2025.100840
Shorny, Ambika, Schauffert, Hardy, Stewart, James C, Ali, Sajid, Walser, Stefan, Hörner, Helmut, Prasad, Adarsh S, Babenko, Vitaly, Fan, Ye, Eder, Dominik, Thygesen, Kristian S, Hofmann, Stephan, Bayer, Bernhard C and Skoff, Sarah M (2025). Properties of quantum emitters in different hBN sample types particularly suited for nanophotonic integration. Materials for Quantum Technology, 5 (2), 025401-2. doi: 10.1088/2633-4356/add701
Ali, Sajid, Nilsson, Fredrik Andreas, Manti, Simone, Bertoldo, Fabian, Mortensen, Jens Jørgen and Thygesen, Kristian Sommer (2023). High-Throughput Search for Triplet Point Defects with Narrow Emission Lines in 2D Materials. ACS Nano, 17 (21), 21105-21115. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c04774
Fischer, Moritz, Sajid, Ali, Iles-Smith, Jake, Hötger, Alexander, Miakota, Denys I., Svendsen, Mark K., Kastl, Christoph, Canulescu, Stela, Xiao, Sanshui, Wubs, Martijn, Thygesen, Kristian S., Holleitner, Alexander W. and Stenger, Nicolas (2023). Combining experiments on luminescent centres in hexagonal boron nitride with the polaron model and ab initio methods towards the identification of their microscopic origin. Nanoscale, 15 (34), 14215-14226. doi: 10.1039/d3nr01511d
Svendsen, Mark Kamper, Ali, Sajid, Stenger, Nicolas, Thygesen, Kristian Sommer and Iles-Smith, Jake (2023). Signatures of non-Markovianity in cavity QED with color centers in two-dimensional materials. Physical Review Research, 5 (3) L032037, 3. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L032037
Shafique, Rubia, Rani, Malika, Batool, Kiran, Alothman, Asma A., Saleh Mushab, Mohammmad Sheikh, Shah, Aqeel Ahmad, Kanwal, Ayesha, Ali, Sajid and Arshad, Maryam (2023). Fabrication and characterization of MXene/CuCr2O4 nanocomposite for diverse energy applications. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 24, 2668-2677. doi: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.03.150
Bertoldo, Fabian, Ali, Sajid, Manti, Simone and Thygesen, Kristian S. (2022). Quantum point defects in 2D materials - the QPOD database. npj Computational Materials, 8 (1) 56, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41524-022-00730-w
Sajid, A. and Thygesen, Kristian S. (2022). Spin coherence times of point defects in two-dimensional materials from first principles. Physical Review B, 106 (10) 104108, 1-7. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.104108
Akhtar, Naseem, Rani, Malika, Mahmood, Arshad, Khan, Shamim, Murtaza, G., Arbab, Sobia, Batool, Kiran, ALOthman, Zeid A., Ouladsmane, Mohamed, Ali, Sajid and shah, Aqeel (2022). Coprecipitation synthesis and microstructure characterization of nanocomposite SrCr2O4/MXene. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 140 106407, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mssp.2021.106407
Rahman, M. Azizar, Ali, Sajid, Phillips, Matthew R. and Ton-That, Cuong (2022). Multi-wavelength emission through self-induced defects in GaZnO microrods. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 895 162693, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.162693
Akhtar, Naseem, Rani, Malika, Mahmood, Arshad, Tariq, Kashmala, Murtaza, G., Alothman, Asma A., AL-zahrani, Rahaf S., Ali, Sajid, Janjua, Naveed Kasuar and Shah, Aqeel (2022). Corrigendum to ‘Synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide-based nanocomposite NaCr2O4/GO for electrochemical applications’ [J Mater Res Tech, volume 15 (2021), 6287–6294] (Journal of Materials Research and Technology (2021) 15 (6287–6294), (S2238785421012473), (10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.10.110)). Journal of Materials Research and Technology. doi: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.02.037
Akhtar, Naseem, Rani, Malika, Mahmood, Arshad, Tariq, Kashmala, Murtaza, G., Alothman, Asma A., AL-zahrani, Rahaf S., Ali, Sajid, Kasuar Janjua, Naveed and Shah, Aqeel (2021). Synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide-based nanocomposite NaCr2O4 /GO for electrochemical applications. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 15, 6287-6294. doi: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.10.110
Akhtar, Naseem, Rani, Malika, Mahmood, Arshad, Saba, Hafiza, Khan, Shamim, Murtaza, G., Hegazy, H. H., AlObaid, Abeer, Al-Muhimeed, Tahani I. and Ali, Sajid (2021). Synthesis and characterization of MXene/ BiCr2O4 nanocomposite with excellent electrochemical properties. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 15, 2007-2015. doi: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.08.101
Gjerding, Morten Niklas, Taghizadeh, Alireza, Rasmussen, Asbjørn, Ali, Sajid, Bertoldo, Fabian, Deilmann, Thorsten, Knøsgaard, Nikolaj Rørbæk, Kruse, Mads, Larsen, Ask Hjorth, Manti, Simone, Pedersen, Thomas Garm, Petralanda, Urko, Skovhus, Thorbjørn, Svendsen, Mark Kamper, Mortensen, Jens Jørgen, Olsen, Thomas and Thygesen, Kristian Sommer (2021). Recent progress of the computational 2D materials database (C2DB). 2D Materials, 8 (4) 044002, 1-27. doi: 10.1088/2053-1583/ac1059
Ahmad, Aqrab ul, Abbas, Akmal, Ali, Sajid, e-alam, M.Fakhar, Farooq, Zahid, Abbas, Qasim, Ahmad, Munir, Farid, Amjad, Muhammad afzal, Amir, Umair Arshad, Hafiz Muhammad, Javid, Muhammad and Iqbal, Muzammil (2021). Visible-light driven photo-catalytic performance of novel composite of TiO2 and fluorinated hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets. Ceramics International, 47 (7), 10089-10095. doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.12.156
Ahmad, Aqrab ul, Abbas, Qasim, Ali, Sajid, Fakhar-e-alam, Muhammad, Farooq, Zahid, Farid, Amjad, Abbas, Akmal, Javid, Muhammad, Muhammad Afzal, Amir, Umair Arshad, Hafiz Muhammad and Iqbal, Muzammil (2021). Fluorinated hexagonal boron nitride as a spacer with silver nanorods for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis. Ceramics International, 47 (5), 6528-6534. doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.10.238
Fischer, M., Caridad, J. M., Sajid, A., Ghaderzadeh, S., Ghorbani-Asl, M., Gammelgaard, L., Bøggild, P., Thygesen, K. S., Krasheninnikov, A. V., Xiao, S., Wubs, M. and Stenger, N. (2021). Controlled generation of luminescent centers in hexagonal boron nitride by irradiation engineering. Science Advances, 7 (8) eabe7138, 1-9. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe7138
Sajid, A., Thygesen, Kristian S., Reimers, Jeffrey R. and Ford, Michael J. (2020). Edge effects on optically detected magnetic resonance of vacancy defects in hexagonal boron nitride. Communications Physics, 3 (1) 153, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s42005-020-00416-z
Sajid, A., Reimers, Jeffrey R., Kobayashi, Rika and Ford, Michael J. (2020). Theoretical spectroscopy of the VNNB defect in hexagonal boron nitride. Physical Review B, 102 (14) 144104, 1-15. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144104
Sajid, A. and Thygesen, Kristian S. (2020). VNCB defect as source of single photon emission from hexagonal boron nitride. 2D Materials, 7 (3) 031007, 1-6. doi: 10.1088/2053-1583/ab8f61
Ahmad, Aqrab ul, Liang, Hongwei, Ali, Sajid, Dastgeer, Ghulam, Abbas, Qasim, Farid, Amjad, Abbas, Akmal, Idrees, Asim, Iqbal, Muzammil and Farooq, Zahid (2020). Experimental and theoretical evidence of P-type conduction in fluorinated hexagonal boron nitride nano-sheets. Ceramics International, 46 (6), 7298-7305. doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.11.224
Sajid, A., Ford, Michael J. and Reimers, Jeffrey R. (2020). Single-photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride: a review of progress. Reports on Progress in Physics, 83 (4) 044501, 1-22. doi: 10.1088/1361-6633/ab6310
Ahmad, Aqrab ul, Liang, Hongwei, Ali, Sajid, Abbas, Qasim, Farid, Amjad, Ali, Adnan, Iqbal, Muzammil, Ahmad khan, Ijaz, Pan, Lujun, Abbas, Akmal and Farooq, Zahid (2020). Cheap, reliable, reusable, thermally and chemically stable fluorinated hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets coated Au nanoparticles substrate for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 304 127394, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2019.127394
Conference Paper
Fischer, Moritz, Sajid, Ali, Hötger, Alexander, Thygesen, Kristian S., Xiao, Sanshui, Wubs, Martijn, Holleitner, Alexander and Stenger, Nicolas (2022). Low-temperature spectroscopy of single-photon emitters in irradiation-engineered hexagonal boron nitride. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA). doi: 10.1364/CLEOPR.2022.CTuA7A_03