My research centers on the rich physics that emerges from strong electronic correlations, with particular emphasis on systems exhibiting long-range magnetic ordering, lack of ordering (quantum spin liquids), and hidden ordering (multipole physics). I am especially interested in how these strong electron correlations give rise to novel states of matter, unconventional excitations, and emergent properties that challenge our current understanding of quantum materials. To address these questions, I combine experimental studies under extreme conditions of temperature, magnetic field, pressure, and strain with phenomenological modeling and theoretical frameworks rooted in group theory, symmetry constraints stemming from realistic physical systems. My work is carried out individually and in collaboration with leading international groups in the USA, Austria, South Korea, China, and Pakistan, enabling a multifaceted approach to uncovering the fundamental physics of correlated quantum matter. 

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Main Project

1. Valeska Zambra, Amit Nathwani, Muhammad Nauman, Sylvia K Lewin, Corey E Frank, Nicholas P Butch, Arkady Shekhter, BJ Ramshaw, KA Modic "Giant transverse magnetic fluctuations at the edge of re-entrant superconductivity in UTe2",  Nature Communications (In peer review)

2. Hamza Farooq and Muhammad Nauman*, "Non-linear magnetotropic susceptibility in FePS3",  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (In peer review)

3. Muhammad Nauman, et. al, "Low-field magnetic anisotropy of Sr2IrO4",  Journal of physics condensed matter

4. Muhammad Nauman†, et. al, "Complete mapping of magnetic anisotropy for prototype Ising van der Waals FePS3" 2D Materials

5. Muhammad Nauman*, et. al, "Size dependent magnetic and magnetothermal properties of gadolinium silicide nanoparticles" RSC Advances

6. N. Lee, E. Ko, H. Y. Choi, Y. J. Hong, M. Nauman, et. al, "Antiferromagnet‐Based Spintronic Functionality by Controlling Isospin Domains in a Layered Perovskite Iridate” Advanced Materials 

7. M. Nauman, et. al, "In-plane magnetic anisotropy in strontium iridate Sr2IrO4," Physical Review B
   
   

Collaborative work

8. Jorabar Singh Nirwan, Shan Lou, Saqib Hussain, Muhammad Nauman, Tariq Hussain, Barbara R Conway, Muhammad Usman Ghori , "Electrically tunable lens (ETL) based variable focus imaging system for parametric surface texture analysis of materials", Micromachines

9. Yuzheng Lu, Naila Arshad, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Iftikhar Ahmed*, Shafiq Ahmad, Lina Abdullah Alshahrani, Muhammad Yousaf, Abdelaty Edrees Sayed, and Muhammad Nauman "Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Deposited over Self-Floating Facial Sponge for Facile Interfacial Seawater Solar Desalination", crystals

10. MS Dar, Khush Bakhat Akram, Ayesha Sohail, Fatima Arif, Fatemeh Zabihi, Shengyuan Yang, Shamsa Munir, Meifang Zhu, M Abid, Muhammad Nauman, "Heat induction in two-dimensional graphene–Fe3O4 nanohybrids for magnetic hyperthermia applications with artificial neural network modeling" RSC Advances

11. T. Hussain, M. Nauman, S. Sabahat, and S. Arif, "Synthesis of ternary electrocatalysts for exploration of methanol electro-oxidation in alkaline media," Materials Research Express

12. T. Hussain, M. j. Oh, M. Nauman, Y. Jo, G. Han, C. Kim, and W. Kang, "Pressure-induced metal–insulator transitions in chalcogenide NiS2-xSex" Physica B: Condensed Matter 

• “A new probe of multipole physics in Pr-based compounds”

    Approved by: Austria Science Fund (FWF)

    Principal investigator (PI): Muhammad Nauman

    Mentor: Professor Kimberly Modic

   Grant awarded: 300,509.36€ 

   Duration: Three years (May 1, 2022-August 31, 2023 & January 01, 2024 - to - August 31, 2025)

   Status: Active (Running)

• Assisted in the grant titled “Physics of the magnetic layered van der Waals materials” 

PI and Co-PI: Professor Jo Younjung & Professor Choi Jai Young

Supported by: National Research Foundation (NRF) South Korea and Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) the Czech Republic.

Research Associate in R & D tasks: Muhammad Nauman

Status: Concluded