• Organic-Inorganic nanohybrid materials, their Synthesis, characterization and applications in solar cells.
• Surface fnctionalization and Surface chemistry.
• Photo-electrochemistry.
• Fabrication and characterization of Hybrid, BHJ and Dye sensitized solar cells.

1.     Remy, S.; Shah, S. M.; Martini, C.; Poize, G.; Margeat, O.; Heynderickx, A.; Ackermann, J.; Fages, F., Functionalization of zinc oxide nanorods with diarylethene-based photochromic compounds. Dyes and Pigments 2011, 89, (3), 266-270. IF 4.05

2.     Shah, S. M.; Martini, C.; Ackermann, J.; Fages, F., Photoswitching in azobenzene self-assembled monolayers capped on zinc oxide: Nanodots vs nanorods. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2012, 367, (1), 109-114. IF  3.78

3.     Shah, S. M.; Kira, A.; Imahori, H.; Ferry, D.; Brisset, H.; Fages, F.; Ackermann, J., Co-grafting of porphyrins and fullerenes on ZnO nanorods: Towards supramolecular donor-acceptor assembly. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2012, 386, (1), 268-276. I.F 3.78

4.     Ali, R. N.; Naz, H.; Shah, S. M., Sulphonic acid functionalized porphyrin grafted ZnO nanorods: Synthesis, characterization and applications in the solid state dye sensitized solar cells. Dyes and Pigments 2013, 99, (3), 571-576. I.F =4.05

5.     Shahzad, N.; Shah, S. M.; Munir, S.; Hana, A.; Jabeen, U.; Nosheen, E.; Habib, B.; Khan, A.; Hassan, Z.; Siddiq, M.; Hussain, H., Charge-Transfer Complexation at Carminic Acid-CdS Interface and Its Impact on the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Journal of Electronic Materials 2015, 44, (4), 1167-1174. I.F. 1.49

6.     Shah, S. M.; Iqbal, Z.; Iqbal, M.; Shahzad, N.; Hana, A.; Hussain, H.; Raheel, M., Role of pristine and acid-functionalized fullerene on breaking dye aggregates and its impact on the efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells. australian Journal of Chemistry 2014, 67, 819-825.  I.F. 1.43

7.     Shah, S. M.; Naz, H.; Ali, R. N.; Alam, F.-e.; Ali, A.; Farooq, M.; Shah, A.; Badshah, A.; Siddiq, M.; Waseem, A., Optical and morphological studies of transition metal doped ZnO nanorods and their applications in hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cells. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2014, xxx, xxx-xxx. Article in press, I.F = 3.6

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8.     Munir, S.; Shah, S. M.; Hussain, H.; Siddiq, M., Adsorption of porphyrin and carminic acid on TiO2 nanoparticles: A photo-active nano-hybrid material for hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cells. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 2015, 153, 397-404. I.F. 3.05.

9.     Jabeen, U.; Shah, S. M.; Hussain, N.; Alam, F.; Ali, A.; Khan, A.; Khan, S. U., Synthesis, characterization, band gap tuning and applications of Cd-doped ZnS nanoparticles in hybrid solar cells. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2016, 325, 29-38. I.F. 2.47.

10.                         Ali, A.; Shah, S. M.; Bozar, S.; Kazici, M.; Keskin, B.; Kaleli, M.; Akyürekli, S.; Günes S., Metal-free polymer/MWCNT composite fiber as an efficient counter electrode in fiber shape dye-sensitized solar cells. Nanotechnology 2016, 27, 384003. I.F. 3.5.

11.                        Ali, A.; Shehzad. K.; Rehman, F-U.; Shah, S. M.; Khurram, M.; Mumtaz, M.; Sagar, R-U. R., Flexible, Low Cost, and Platinum-Free Counter Electrode for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS applied Materials and Interfaces 2016, 27, 384003. I.F. 7.1.

12.                        Chapel, A.;  Dkhil, S. B.; Therias,S.; Gardette, J-L.; Hannani, D.; Poize, G.; Gaceur, M.; Shah, S. M.; Wong-Wah-Chung, P.; Videlot-Ackermann, C.; Margeat, O.; Rivaton, A.; Ackermann, J., Effect of ZnO nanoparticles on the photochemical and electronic stability of P3HT used in polymer solar cells. Solar energy materials and solar cells 2016, 155, 79-87.  I.F. 4.73.

13.                         Nosheen, E.; Shah, S. M.; Hussain, H.; Murtaza. G., Photo-sensitization of ZnS nanoparticles with renowned ruthenium dyes N3, N719 and Z907 for application in solid state dye sensitized solar cells: A comparative study. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 2016, 162, 583-591. I.F. 3.05.

14.                        Jabeen, U.; Shah, S. M.; Khan, S. U.,  Photo catalytic degradation of Alizarin red S using ZnS and cadmium doped ZnS nanoparticles under unfiltered sunlight. Surfaces and Interfaces 2016, 6, 40-49. I.F.  1.39

15.                        Munir, S.; Dionysiou, D. D.; Khan, S. B.; Shah, S. M.; Adhikari, B.; Shah, A., Development of photocatalysts for selective and efficient organic transformations. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 2015, 148, 209-222. I.F. 3.05.

16.                        Munir, S.; Shah, S. M.; Hussain, H.; Khan, R. A., Effect of carrier concentration on the optical band gap of TiO₂ nanoparticles. Materials and design 2016, 92, 64-72. I.F.  3.99

17.                        Ahmad, I.; Shah, S. M.; Ashiq, M. N.; Khan, R. A., Effect of Nd 3+ and Cd 2+ ions co-substitution on the dielectric and electron transport properties of spinel strontium nanoferrites. Ceramics International 2016, 42, 12763-12770.  I.F.  2.75

18.                        Ahmad, I.; Shah, S. M.; Ashiq, M. N.; Nawaz, F.; Shah, A.; Siddiq, M.; Fahim, I.; Khan, S-U., Fabrication of Nd³⁺ and Mn²⁺ ions Co-doped Spinal Strontium Nanoferrites for High Frequency Device Applications. Journal of Electronic Materials 2016, xx, ( ), xxxx-xxxx. I.F. 1.49

DOI: 10.1007/s11664-016-4653-8

19.                        Rasheed, S.; Aziz, H. S.; Khan, R. A.; Khan, A. M.; Rahim, A.; Nisar, J.; Shah, S. M.; Iqbal, F.; Khan, A. R., Effect of Li-Cu doping on structural, electrical and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles. Ceramics International 2016, 42, 3666-3672.  I.F.  2.75

20.                        Shah, A.; Ullah, A.; Rauf, A.; Rehman, Z.-u.; Shujah, S.; Shah, S. M.; Waseem, A., Detailed Electrochemical Probing of a Biologically Active Isoquinoline. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2013, 160, (9), H597-H603. I.F 3.27

21.                        Farooqi, Z. H.; Khan, H. U.; Shah, S. M.; Siddiq, M., Stability of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) polymer microgels under various conditions of temperature, pH and salt concentration. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2013, xxx, xxx-xxx. Article in press. I.F 3.6

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22.                        Munir, S.; Shah, A.; Rana, U. A.; Shakir, I.; Zia ur, R.; Shah, S. M., Probing of the pH-Dependent Redox Mechanism of a Biologically Active Compound, 5,8-Dihydroxynaphthalene-1,4-dione. Australian Journal of Chemistry 2014, 67, (2), 206-212. I.F  1.43

23.                        Hussain, H.; Shah, S. M., Recent developments in nanostructured polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-based materials via ‘controlled’ radical polymerization. Polymer International 2014, 63, (5), 835-847. I.F 2.41

24.                        Munir, A.; Ullah, I.; Shah, A.; Rana, U. A.; Khan, S. U.-D.; Adhikari, B.; Shah, S. M.; Khan, S. B.; Kraatz, H.-B.; Badshah, A., Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization and pH Dependent Electrochemical Fate of Two Non-Ionic Surfactants. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2014, 161, (14), H885-H890. I.F. 3.27

25.                        Ullah, A.; Ullah, S.; Khan, G. S.; Shah, S. M.; Hussain, Z.; Mohammad, S.; Siddiq, M.; Hussain, H., Water Soluble Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Based Amphiphilic Hybrid Polymers: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Applications. European Polymer Journal. 2016, 75, ( ), 67-92.  I.F. 3.5

26.                         Aziz, H. S.; Rasheed, S.; Khan, R. A.; Rahim, A.; Nisar, J.; Shah, S. M.; Iqbal, F.; Khan, A. R.;  Evaluation of electrical, dielectric and magnetic characteristics of Al–La doped nickel spinel ferrites. RSC Advances. 2016, 6, (8), 6589-6597. I.F. 3.3

27.                        Ullah, S.; Khan, A. Z.; Ullaha, A.; Muhammada, S.; Iqbal, Z.; Ali, Z.; Shah, S. M.; Siddiq, M.; Hussain., H., Synthesis and Characterization of Pentablock Copolymers Based on Pluronic® L64 and Poly(methyl methacrylate). Polymer Science Series B 2015, 57, 659-668.  I.F. 0.74

28.                        Rehman, S. U.; Shah, S. M.; Siddiq, M., Synthesis and optical studies of silver nanoparticles(Ag NPs) and their hybrids of smart plymer microgel. Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan. 2013, 35, (3), 717-725. I.F 0.28

29.                        Shah, L. A.; Farooqi, Z. H.; Naeem, H.; Shah, S. M.; Siddiq, M., Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hybrid Microgels with different Cross-linker Contents. . Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan. 2014, 36, (03), 1522-1529. I.F  0.28

30.                        Shabbeer, H. S.; Khan, A. M.; Shah, A.; Rehman, Z.-U.; Shah, S. M.; Khan, A. Y.; Shah, S. S., Effect of Acidic and Basic Conditions on the Plasmon Band of Colloidal Silver. Walailak Journal of Science and Technology (WJST) 2012, 9, (3), 229-237. I.F 0.086

31.                        Haider, I.; Siddiq, M.; Shah, S. M.; Saif-ur-Rehman., Synthesis and characterization of multi-responsive Poly(NIPAm-co-AAC) microgels. IOP Material Science and Engineering 2014, 60, 0120246.              83.67

•  Hybrid nanocomposites based on semiconducting ZnO nanorods functionalized with supramolecular porphyrin-fullerenes complexes’’ in Symposium A, of the European Material Science Research Conference (EMRS Spring Meeting 12-16 June 2009) held at Strasbourg France. Syed Mujtaba Shah¹, Aiko Kira², H. Imahori², Frédéric Fages¹and Jörg Ackermann¹,  1 :CiNaM UPR 3118 CNRS, Campus de Luminy case913, Marseille 13288, France 2 :Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigak –katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
• Optical switching of azobenzene-based self organized layer on semiconducting ZnO nanospheres and nanorods’’ in symposium K of the European Material Science Research Conference (EMRS Spring Meeting 12-16 June 2009) held at Strasbourg France. Syed Mujtaba Shah, Jörg Ackermann, Frédéric Fages.CiNaM UPR 3118 CNRS, Campus de Luminy case 913, Marseille,13288, France.
• Porphyrin-fullerene supramolecular complexes with special reference to their applications in Solar Cells’’ in MNPC 2009 (Materiaux et NanostructuresPi-Conjugués 09) held at Bordaux France (19-23 October 2009). Syed Mujtaba Shah1, Aiko Kira2, H. Imahori2, Frédéric Fages1, Jörg Ackermann¹, 1 :CiNaM UPR 3118 CNRS, Campus de Luminy case 913, Marseille 13288, France. 2 :Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku -katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
• Hybrid Nanocomposites based on ZnO nanorods Functionalized with Supramolecular Porphyrin-Fullerene Complexes. Syed Mujtaba Shah¹, Aiko Kira², H. Imahori², Frédéric Fages¹, and Jörg Ackermann¹. 1 :CiNaM UPR 3118 CNRS, Campus de Luminy case 913, Marseille 13288, France. 2 :Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku -katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
• Sensitization of CdS Nanoparticles with Carminic Acid and its Application in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. Naila Shahzad, Amina Hana, Syed Mujtaba Shah, and  Shamsa Munir,  June 3-5 2014, PINSTICH, Islamabad. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.