Name: Muhammad Baseer Haider

Title: Associate Professor

Brief research interests: Thin Film growth and study of semiconductors and magnetic materials.

Research Areas:  Condensed Matter Physics- Experimental

Office: 6-143

Tel: 966-1-860-2371

Email: MHAIDER@KFUPM.EDU.SA

Website: https://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/phys/mhaider/index.htm

Lab(s): Advanced Materials Lab 6-250

           : Magnetism Lab 6-247

           : IRC-SES Lab 15-4201

Affiliated Center(s): IRC- Sustainable Energy Systems

Research Interests: My research focuses on the growth and characterization of thin films of nitride- and oxide-based semiconductors, as well as dilute magnetic semiconductors, with particular emphasis on their potential applications in optoelectronics, renewable energy, and spintronics. 

To comprehensively evaluate material properties, I employ a suite of structural, morphological, optical, electrical, and magnetic characterization techniques. These include atomic force microscopy (AFM) for surface morphology, x-ray diffraction (XRD) for structural analysis, spectrophotometry for optical properties, Hall effect measurements for carrier transport, SQUID magnetometry and magnetoresistance for probing magnetic behavior, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for chemical and electronic structure.

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Muhammad Baseer Haider was born and raised in Pakistan, where he completed his early education. He earned his undergraduate degree in Physics in 1998 from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. In 1998, he moved to the United States to pursue higher studies, completing his M.S. in Physics in 2000 at Western Illinois University. He then obtained his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from Ohio University in 2005 under the supervision of Prof. Arthur R. Smith.

Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Haider conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Alberta, Canada. In September 2009, he joined King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) as an Assistant Professor of Physics. In 2018, he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.

Dr. Haider continues to contribute to teaching and research in condensed matter physics, with a focus on advancing both theoretical and experimental approaches in the field.

1. Magnetoresistance as a function of manganese doping in Mn-zinc nitride thin films, Sulieman, A., Ba Rajjash, A., Abualgassem, E., Safwan, A., Alam, K., Ziq, K. & Haider, M. B.*, Results in Physics. 76, 108391, (2025).

2. Structural, electronic, and optical properties of chromium oxynitride thin films grown by RF magnetron sputtering, Sanjo Kamoru, W., Baseer Haider, M., Ul Haq, B., Aleithan, S. H., Alsharari, A. M., Ullah, S. & Alam, K*., Results in Physics. 57, 107387, (2024).

3. Structural, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of exfoliated chromium nitride ultrathin films, Bakhtiar Ul Haq. Khan Alam*, Muhammad Baseer Haider, Abdulrhman M. Alsharari, Sami Ullah, Se-Hun Kim, Physica E: Low- dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 150, 115697, (2023).

4. Effect of Cr concentration on the optical and magnetic properties of Cr-TiN thin films grown by reactive magnetron sputtering, Ebrahim Abualgassem, Monzer Maarouf, Abdulhakim Bake, David Cortie, Khan Alam. Muhammad Baseer Haider*, Phys. Status Solidi A, 2200544, https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202200544, (2023).

5. Optical and magnetic properties of cobalt doped TiN thin films grown by RF/DC magnetron sputtering, Ebrahim Abualgassem, Monzer Maarouf, Abdulhakim Bake, David Cortie, Khan Alam. Muhammad Baseer Haider*, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 550, 169023, (2022).

6. Electronic phase transition in CrN thin films grown by reactive RF magnetron sputtering, Khan Alam*, Mohammad B. Haider, Mohammad F. Al-Kuhaili, Khalil A. Ziq, Bakhtiar UlHaq, Ceramics International, 48 (12), 17352, (2022).

7. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy depth profiling of as-grown and annealed titanium nitride thin films, Maarouf M., Haider M. B.*, Drmosh Q.A., Mekki M.B., Crystals,  11(3), pp. 1–11, 239, (2021).

8. Negative magnetoresistance in iron doped TiN thin films prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering, Maarouf, M., Haider, M. B.*, Al-Kuhaili, M.F., Aljaafari, A., Khan, J.Y., Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 514, 167235, (2020).

9. Effect of thermal oxidation on the optical, electrical, and chemical properties of zinc nitride films grown by reactive magnetron sputtering, Muhammad Baseer Haider*, Thin Solid Films, 698, 137885, 2020.

10. An enhanced beta-blockers degradation method using copper-boron-ferrite supported graphite electrodes and continuous droplet flow-assisted electro-Fenton reactor, Nsubuga, H., Basheer, C.*, Baseer Haider, M. Separation and Purification Technology, 221, 408-420, (2019).

11. Droplet flow-assisted heterogeneous electro-Fenton reactor for degradation of beta-blockers: response surface optimization, and mechanism elucidation, Hakimu Nsubuga, Chanbasha Basheer*, Almaz Jalilov, Muhammad Baseer Haider, Abdulaziz A. Al-Saadi, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(14), 14313–14327, (2019).

12. Sol-gel based biogenic silica composite as green nanosorbent for chemometric optimization of micro-solid-phase extraction of beta blockers, Nsubuga, H., Basheer, C.*, Haider, M.B., Bakdash, R., Journal of Chromatography A, 1554, 16-27, (2018)

13. XPS Depth Profile Analysis of Zn3N2 Thin Films Grown at Different N2/Ar Gas Flow Rates by RF Magnetron Sputtering, M. Baseer Haider*, Nanoscale Research Letters, 12:5, (2017).

14. Effect of Nitridation and Pre-Growth Annealing of the Sapphire Substrate on the Quality of Zinc Oxide Thin Films Grown by RF-Magnetron Sputtering, M. Baseer Haider*, Acta Physica Polonica, A. 132, 4, (2017)

15. Structural and Electrical Characterization of Amorphous and Crystalline Manganese Oxide Thin Films Deposited by DC Magnetron Sputtering David H. Olson, Kenneth D. Shaughnessy, Emma G. Langford, Michael Boyle, Muhammad B. Haider, David Lawrence and Costel Constantin*, MRS Advances, Available on CJO 2016 doi:10.1557/adv.2016.293

16. Thin Film growth and characterization of Ti doped ZnO by RF/DC magnetron sputtering, M. Baseer Haider*, Mohammad F. Al-Kuhaili, and S. M. A. Durrani, Venkatesh Singaravelu, and Iman Roqan, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. (2015)

17. Heteroepitaxial Growth and Surface Structure of L10-MnGa(111) Ultra-thin Films on GaN(0001), Andrada-Oana Mandru, Reyes Garcia Diaz, Kangkang Wang, Kevin Cooper, Muhammad Haider, David C. Ingram, Noboru Takeuchi, and Arthur R. Smith*, APPL. PHYS. LETT 103, 161606 (2013)

18. Band Gap Engineering of Zinc Selenide Thin Films Through Alloying with Cadmium Telluride, M. F. Al-Kuhaili*, A. Kayani, S. M. A. Durrani, I. A. Bakhtiari, and M. B. Haider, Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5, 5366, (2013) 

19. “Effect of Annealing on the Optical Properties of GaN Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition” M. Baseer Haider*, M. F. Al-Kuhaili, S. M. Ayub, , I. A. Bakhtiari, J. Mater. Sci. Technol. 29, 752 (2013)

20. Manganese 3×3 and √3 × √3-R30◦ structures and structural phase transition on w-GaN(000¯1) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and first-principles theory, Abhijit V. Chinchore, Kangkang Wang, Meng Shi, Andrada Mandru, Yinghao Liu, Muhammad Haider, Arthur R. Smith*, Valeria Ferrari, Maria Andrea Barral, Pablo Ordej´on Physical Review B, 87, 165426 (2013)

21. Investigation of the Carbon Monoxide Gas Sensing Characteristics of Tin Oxide Mixed Cerium Oxide Thin films, Sardar M. Ayub*, Mohammad F. Al-Kuhaili, Imran A. Bakhtiari, Muhammad B. Haider Sensors 12, 2598 (2012)

22. Tunnel coupled Dangling Bond Structures on Hydrogen Terminated Silicon Surface, Jason L. Pitter, Lucian Livadaru, M. Baseer Haider, and Robert A. Wolkow*, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 134, 064712, (2011)

23. Controlled Coupling and Occupation of Silicon Atomic Quantum Dots at Room Temperature, M. Baseer Haider, Jason L. Pitter, Gino A. Dilabio, Lucian Livadaru, Josh Y. Mutus, Robert A. Wolkow*, Physical Review Letters, 102, 046805 (2009)

24. Self-directed growth of contiguous perpendicular molecular lines on H-Si(100) surfaces, Janik Zikovsky, Stanislav A. Dogel, M Baseer Haider, Gino A. Dilabio, and Robert A. Wolkow*, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 12257 (2007)

25. Surface Reconstruction of Cubic GaN(001) Grown by Radio Frequency Nitrogen Plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy Under Gallium-Rich Conditions, Muhammad B Haider, Rong Yang, Costel Constantin, Erdong Lu, Arthur R. Smith* and Hamad A. H. Al-Brithen. Journal of Applied Physics 100, 083516 (2006)

26. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Cr-doped GaN Surface Grown by RF Plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Muhammad B. Haider, Rong Yang, Hamad Al-Brithen, Costel Constantin, Arthur R. Smith*, Gabriel Caruntu, and Charles J. O’Connor, GaN, AIN, InN and Related Materials: 892, 49-54 (2006) 

27. Composition-Dependent Structural Properties in ScGaN Alloy Films: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study,  Costel Constantin, Muhammad B. Haider, David Ingram, Arthur R. Smith*, Nancy Sandler, Kai Sun, and Pablo Ordejón, Journal of Applied Physics  98(12), 123501 (2005).

28. Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in CrGaN: Dependence on Growth Conditions in rf N-Plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Muhammad B. Haider, Rong Yang, Hamad Al-Brithen, Costel Constantin, David Ingram, Arthur R. Smith*, Gabriel Caruntu, and Charles J. O'Connor, ,  J. Crystal Growth 285(3), 300 (2005).

29. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Surface Simulation of Zinc-Blende GaN(001) Intrinsic 4x Reconstruction: Linear Gallium Tetramers?, Hamad A. AL-Brithen, Rong Yang, Muhammad B. Haider, Costel Constantin, Erdong Lu, Arthur R. Smith*, Nancy Sandler, and Pablo Ordejon, , Physical Review Letters 95, 146102 (2005).

30. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Structural Phase Transformation in Manganese Nitride: theta-MnN --> eta-Mn3N2, Rong Yang, Muhammad B. Haider, Haiqiang Yang, Hamad Al-Brithen, and Arthur R. Smith*, Appl. Phys. A - Mat. Sci. & Process. 81(4), 695 (2005).

31. Dependence of Magnetic Properties on  the Growth Conditions of MnGaN Grown by rf N-plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Muhammad B. Haider, Costel Constantin, Hamad Al-Brithen, Gabriel Caruntu, Charles J. O'Conner, and Arthur R. Smith*,  Physica Status Solidi (a) 202:6, 1135 (2005).

32. Metal/Semiconductor Phase Transition in Chromium Nitride(001) Grown by rf-Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Costel Constantin, Muhammad B. Haider, David Ingram, and Arthur R. Smith*,  Applied Physics Letters 85(26), 6371 (2004).

33. ScGaN Alloy Growth by Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Evidence for a Metastable Layered Hexagonal Phase, Costel Constantin, Hamad Al-Brithen, Muhammad B. Haider, David Ingram, and Arthur R. Smith*, Physical Review B 70, 193309 (2004).  

34. Mixing Rocksalt and Wurtzite Structure Binary Nitrides to Form Novel Ternary Alloys: ScGaN and MnGaN, Costel Constantin, Hamad Al-Brithen, Muhammad B. Haider, David Ingram, and Arthur R. Smith*, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 799, Z9.5 (2004).

35. Ga/N Flux Ratio Influence on Mn Incorporation, Surface Morphology, and Lattice Polarity During Radio Frequency Molecular Beam Epitaxy of (Ga,Mn)N, Muhammad B. Haider, Costel Constantin, Hamad Al-Brithen, Haiqiang Yang, Eugen Trifan, David Ingram, Arthur R. Smith*, C. V. Kelly and Y. Ijiri, Journal of Applied Physics 93(9), 5274 (2003).