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Department	Physics
Faculty	Physical Sciences
Office	Not specified

Biography

Umar Sa'ad Aliyu is a Senior Lecturer, in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, specializing in Plasma Physics And Material Science, with 71 publications at Federal University of Lafia.

Research Interests

Publications

• Polarizability, optical basicity and electric susceptibility of Er3+ doped silicate borotellurite glasses
  Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2017
• Optical properties of zinc lead tellurite glasses
  Results in Physics, 2018
• Oxide ion polarizabilities and gamma radiation shielding features of TeO2–B2O3–SiO2 glasses containing Bi2O3 using Phy-X/PSD software
  Materials Today Communications, 2022
• Physical, structural and optical properties of erbium doped rice husk silicate borotellurite (Er-doped RHSBT) glasses
  Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2017
• Biodegradable Poly (lactic acid)/Poly (ethylene glycol) Reinforced Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Fabrication, Characterization, Properties, and Applications
  Polymers, 2020
• Structural, optical and elastic properties of silver oxide incorporated zinc tellurite glass system doped with Sm3+ ions
  Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2020
• Study of rice husk silicate effects on the elastic, physical and structural properties of borotellurite glasses
  Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2019
• Optical characterization and polaron radius of Bi2O3 doped silica borotellurite glasses
  Journal of Luminescence, 2022
• Upconversion properties of erbium nanoparticles doped tellurite glasses for high efficient laser glass
  Optics Communications, 2019
• Spectroscopic investigations of Er2O3 doped silica borotellurite glasses
  Optical Materials, 2021
• Structural, elastic and thermo-physical properties of Er2O3 nanoparticles doped bio-silicate borotellurite glasses
  SN Applied Sciences, 2020
• Effect of neodymium nanoparticles on optical properties of zinc tellurite glass system
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2020
• Oxide ion/electronic polarizability, optical basicity and linear dielectric susceptibility of TeO2 – B2O3 – SiO2 glasses
  Ceramics International, 2021
• Effect of Neodymium Nanoparticles on Elastic Properties of Zinc-Tellurite Glass System
  Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2017
• Optical basicity, polarizability and spectroscopic investigations of CuO doped TeO2–B2O3 glass system
  Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023
• Chemically Reduced Graphene Oxide-Reinforced Poly(Lactic Acid)/Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Nanocomposites: Preparation, Characterization, and Applications in Electromagnetic Interference Shielding
  Polymers, 2019
• ENHANCED OPTICAL PERFORMANCE OF TELLURITE GLASS DOPED WITH SAMARIUM NANOPARTICLES FOR FIBER OPTICS APPLICATION
  Chalcogenide Letters, 2019
• A machine learning-based model to estimate the density of nanofluids of nitrides in ethylene glycol
  Journal of Applied Physics, 2020
• Effect of erbium nanoparticles on structural and spectroscopic properties of bio-silica borotellurite glasses containing silver oxide
  Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2019
• Mitigating persistent organic pollutants from marine plastics through enhanced recycling: A review
  Environmental Research, 2024
• Thermo-physical and elastic properties of Bi2O3 doped silica borotellurite glasses
  Optik, 2021
• Investigation of Structural and Optical Properties of Graphene Oxide-Coated Neodymium Nanoparticles Doped Zinc-Tellurite Glass for Glass Fiber
  Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 2021
• Optical and structural properties of rice husk silicate incorporated borotellurite glasses doped with erbium oxide nanoparticles
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2019
• Structural Properties of Thermoluminescence Dosimeter Materials, Preparation, Application, and Adaptability: A Systematic Review
  Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2024
• New shielding ZnO-PbO-TeO2 glasses
  Optik, 2021
• Outdoor Background Radiation Level and Radiological Hazards Assessment in Lafia Metropolis, Nasarawa State, Nigeria
  ASEANA: Science and Education Journal, 2021
• The Structural, Physical and Optical Properties of Borotellurite Glasses Incorporated with Silica from Rice Husk
  Journal of Science and Mathematics Letters, 2018
• Dielectric Constant, Metallization Criterion and Optical Properties of CuO Doped TeO2–B2O3 Glasses
  Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 2022
• Elastic properties of TeO2–ZnO–Ag2O doped with Nd2O3
  Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2021
• Effect of Er3+ ions on the structural, optical and Judd-Ofelt (JO) intensity parameters of (Bi2O3-BaTiO3) glass system and their application as fiber-amplifier
  Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022
• Theoretical Elastic Moduli of TeO2 – B2O3 – SiO2 Glasses
  EDUCATUM Journal Of Science, Mathematics And Technology, 2020
• Modelling the viscosity of carbon-based nanomaterials dispersed in diesel oil: a machine learning approach
  Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2021
• Red emission, upconversion and intensity parameters of erbium oxide doped tellurite glass for laser glass
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2021
• Optical performance of neodymium nanoparticles doped tellurite glasses
  Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2020
• Synthesis, thermal, dielectric, and microwave reflection loss properties of nickel oxide filler with natural fiber‐reinforced polymer composite
  Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2018
• Graphene oxide deposition on neodymium doped zinc borotellurite glass surface: Optical and polarizability study for future fiber optics
  Optical Materials, 2021
• Comprehensive comparison on optical properties of samarium oxide (micro/nano) particles doped tellurite glass for optoelectronics applications
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2021
• Thermo- and photoluminescent properties and gamma radiation shielding efficiency of NiO doped B2O3–Bi2O3 glass system
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2024
• Synthesis and characterisation of rice husk and palm fruit bunch silica: compositional, structural, and thermal analyses
  Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024
• Oxide ion polarizability, optical basicity, and metallization criterion of GO-coated Nd2O3 (NPs) - TeO2 glass for linear optical fibre
  Chalcogenide Letters, 2022
• Polarizability and optical properties of TeO2–ZnO glass system doped with Nd2O3
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2022
• Optical properties of graphene oxide-coated tellurite glass for potential fiber optics
  Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2020
• Computational and Experimental Approaches for Determining Scattering Parameters of OPEFB/PLA Composites to Calculate the Absorption and Attenuation Values at Microwave Frequencies
  Polymers, 2020
• Bismuthite and cassiterite-doped borosilicate glass systems for X-rays attenuation: Fabrication and characterisation
  Optical Materials, 2024
• Optoelectronic and gamma ray attenuation properties of ore-based Bi and Sn-doped borosilicate glasses
  Ceramics International, 2024
• Investigations of the Elastic Moduli of Er2O3 NPs Doped TeO2 – B2O3 – SiO2 Glasses using Theoretical Models
  Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences, 2022
• Structural, elastic, thermo-physical and gamma radiation shielding efficiency of MnO2 doped TeO2-PbO-ZnO glasses
  Optical Materials, 2024
• Emission properties of reduced graphene oxide-coated Er3+-tellurite glass for fiber optics
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2022
• Thermo-mechanical, structural and electrical properties of Ba-La-Zn-Al-borosilicate glasses as sealants for application in SOFCs
  Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2026
• Borotellurite bio-silica glasses doped by erbium nanoparticles: Structural and thermal properties
  Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics, 2024
• Radiological Assessment of Sediment of Zobe Dam Dutsinma, Katsina State, Northern Nigerian
  American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER), 2016
• Oxide ion polarizability, optical basicity, and metallization criterion of GO-coated Nd2O3 (NPs) - TeO2 glass for linear optical fibre
  Chalcogenide Letters, 2022
• Polarizability and optical properties of TeO2–ZnO glass system doped with Nd2O3
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2022
• Characteristics and Dosimetric Properties of Tissue-Equivalent Thermoluminescent Glass Detector Based on Al-Li-Zn, Borate Oxide Dope Dy3+
  Science and Technology Indonesia, 2024
• Simulation of heating in space plasma
  Advances in Applied Sciences Research, 2015
• Structural Properties of Al-Li-Zn Borate Glass Activated with Dysprosium (Dy3+) for Radiation Dosimeter
  Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 2024
• Field Strength Variability Mapping of Nigeria
  Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences, 2022
• Polarizability of erbium-doped zinc-tellurite glasses coated with graphene oxide for telecommunication devices
  Chalcogenides Letters, 2021
• Opto-physical, microstructural, X-ray and gamma-ray attenuation efficiency of ore-driven SiO2 and Bi2O3 glasses reinforced with BaO
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2025
• Spatial and Seasonal Estimation of Tropospheric Radio Refractivity in Nigeria
  African Scientific Reports, 2022
• Estimation of Radioactivity Content from Locally Minned Salt in Keana, Nasarawa State Nigeria
  ASEANA: Science and Education Journal, 2021
• Radiometric Evaluation of Radionuclides in Some Selected Mining Sites across Azara Development Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria
  Journal of Science and Mathematics Letters, 2019
• Extraction, Prototype Design for the Process Automation of  Pure Amorphous Silica from Rice Milling Waste (Husk)
  Lafia Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 2026
• X-Ray Shielding Characteristics of Sand Reenforced Plastic Concrete Blocks
  EDUCATUM Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology, 2025
• Incorporation of neodymium, holmium, erbium, and samarium (oxides) in zinc-borotellurite glass: Physical and optical comparative analysis
  Kompleksnoe Ispolzovanie Mineralnogo Syra = Complex Use of Mineral Resources, 2024
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