Dr. Farman Ali - Department of Applied Chemistry

Faculty Member

Dr. Farman Ali

Qualification
PhD, M.Sc (Organic Chemistry), B.Sc
Designation
Assistant Professor
Thrust Area
Organic electronics
Address
B, Syed Apartment, Friends Colony, Sir Syed Nagar, Aligarh 202002,
Mobile
9758304357 ,
Email
farmanfrequent@gmail.com farmanali.ac@amu.ac.in ,
Time Table
Even 2025-2026

Dr. Farman Ali is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry since 31st January 2015. Before joining AMU he was working as INSPIRE Faculty fellow at NPL, New Delhi. He also worked as a Research Associate in IISC, Bangalore in the group of Prof. Satish Patil. Dr. Farman Ali completed his PhD in 2012 at TIFR, Mumbai under the supervision of Prof. N Periasamy and Prof. K L Narasimhan. He did his M.Sc in Organic Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University 2006. He qualified JRF-NET (2005) and GATE 2006. His research interest is in organic electronics. It includes the synthesis of new organic molecules for light emitting devices, organic field effect transistor, conducting polymers and organic solar cell. He has published about 15 research papers in journals of international repute viz. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Applied Physics Letters, and Journal of Applied Physics etc.

KEY PUBLICATION

Publication
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  [1]    A. Ali, A. S. Kozlenko, I. V Ozhogin, T. Vincze, M. Weis, and F. Ali, “Investigating unusual photoluminescence from the excited state in a DCM derivative and its application in lighting devices,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 1059–1073, 2026.
  [2]    A. Ali, M. Mehkoom, M. J. Alam, S. M. Afzal, S. Ahmad, and F. Ali, “Designing a D-?-A-?-D Organic Chromophore Based on 2-(2, 6-dimethyl-4H-pyran-4-ylidene) Malononitrile for Efficient NLO and Optical Limiting Applications through Spectroscopic, Third-Order Nonlinear Optical, Experimental, and Computational Studies,” J. Mol. Struct., vol. 1325, p. 140975, 2025.
  [3]    S. Firdaus et al., “Bifunctional Sr (ii)-based coordination polymer for sensing of Ba (ii)/nitroaromatic compounds and supercapacitor applications,” Dalt. Trans., vol. 54, no. 32, pp. 12391–12404, 2025.
  [4]    M. Mehkoom, F. Ali, A. K. Pradhan, P. K. Datta, and U. Tripathy, “Enhanced ultrafast cubic nonlinearity in the carbazole–picric acid complex for potential applications in photonic devices: Kerr nonlinearity with two-photon absorption,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., vol. 27, no. 23, pp. 12331–12342, 2025.
  [5]    M. Tameem, A. Ali, R. Ahmed, F. Ali, Nagmajahan, and M. Ahmad, “Alkyl Chain-Tuned Fluorescent Sensors: Phenanthroimidazole Derivatives for Selective Detection of Nitroaromatic Compounds Containing Phenolic Group,” J. Fluoresc., pp. 1–15, 2025.
  [6]    R. Ahmed et al., “Fluorescence quenching aptitude of carbazole for the detection of nitro-aromatics: a comprehensive experimental analysis and computational studies validation,” RSC Adv., vol. 15, no. 36, pp. 29479–29489, 2025.
  [7]    A. Ali, M. Mehkoom, S. M. Afzal, F. Ali, and S. Ahmad, “Saturable to reverse saturable absorption switching in dicyanomethylene-4H-pyran derivatives with their photophysical and nonlinear optical investigation,” Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process., vol. 171, p. 107971, 2024.
  [8]    A. Ali, M. Mehkoom, F. Ali, S. M. Afzal, and S. Ahmad, “Synthesis of a novel organic chromophore (HCzN) for photophysical and nonlinear optical response showing its potential in photonic applications,” Opt. Quantum Electron., vol. 55, no. 10, p. 901, 2023.
  [9]    M. Mehkoom, A. Ali, M. J. Alam, F. Ali, S. M. Afzal, and S. Ahmad, “Molecular structure tuning impact on optical linearity and nonlinearity of novel push-pull conjugated organic systems for photonic applications,” J. Mol. Struct., vol. 1278, p. 134921, 2023.
  [10] A. Ali, M. Mehkoom, F. Ali, S. M. Afzal, and S. Ahmad, “A newly synthesized organic chromophore (HCzN) showing optical linear and nonlinear response for potential in photonic applications,” 2023.
  [11] M. Mehkoom, A. Ali, M. Jane Alam, F. Ali, S. M. Afzal, and S. Ahmad, “Intramolecular charge transfer-based linear and nonlinear optical properties of a D–?–A–?–D type organic chromophore: Experimental and computational approach,” J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater., vol. 31, no. 02, p. 2250006, 2022.
  [12] R. Ahmed, A. Ali, M. Ahmad, A. Alsalme, R. A. Khan, and F. Ali, “Phenanthroimidazole derivatives as a chemosensor for picric acid: a first realistic approach,” New J. Chem., vol. 44, no. 46, pp. 20092–20100, 2020.
  [13] R. Ahmed et al., “Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 2-phenyl-1H-phenanthro [9, 10-d] imidazol-3-ium benzoate,” Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E Crystallogr. Commun., vol. 76, no. 5, pp. 724–727, 2020.
  [14] R. Ahmed, M. O. Ansari, F. Ali, and S. P. Ansari, “VOC Sensing Studies on Electrically Conductive Polyaniline@ MoS 2 Nanocomposites.,” J. Polym. Mater., vol. 36, no. 3, 2019.
  [15] R. A. Khan, A. T?b?caru, F. Ali, and B. H. Koo, “Anticancer and antimicrobial properties of inorganic compounds/nanomaterials,” Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, vol. 2019. Hindawi, 2019.
  [16] F. Ali, P. K. Nayak, N. Periasamy, and N. Agarwal, “Synthesis, photophysical, electrochemical and electroluminescence studies of red emitting phosphorescent Ir (III) heteroleptic complexes,” J. Chem. Sci., vol. 129, no. 9, pp. 1391–1398, 2017.
  [17] F. Ali, A. Sharma, J. P. Tiwari, and S. Chand, “Extended interface layer concept for higher stability and improvement of life time in bulk heterojunction solar cells,” Aip Adv., vol. 5, no. 2, p. 27108, 2015.
  [18] J. P. Tiwari, S. Pillai, S. Parakh, F. Ali, A. Sharma, and S. Chand, “A futuristic approach towards interface layer modifications for improved efficiency in inverted organic solar cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 104, no. 4, p. 41114, 2014.
  [19] R. Scaria, F. Ali, S. K. Dhawan, and S. Chand, “Synthesis and characterization of low band gap random copolymers based on cyclopentadithiophene and thiophene carboxylates for photovoltaic applications,” J. Mater. Sci., pp. 1–8, 2014.
  [20] R. B. K. Siram, M. Stephen, F. Ali, and S. Patil, “Investigation of phase separation in bulk heterojunction solar cells via supramolecular chemistry,” J. Phys. Chem. C, vol. 117, no. 18, pp. 9129–9136, 2013.
  [21] S. Banerjee, F. Ali, P. K. Nayak, and N. Agarwal, “Synthesis, photophysical, electrochemical and thermal studies on carbazole-based acceptor molecules for heterojunction solar cell,” Thin Solid Films, vol. 520, no. 7, pp. 2644–2650, 2012.
  [22] F. Ali, N. Periasamy, M. P. Patankar, and K. L. Narasimhan, “Photoluminescence Quenching and Photoconductivity in Devices Using 3, 6-Diaryl-N-hexylcarbazole,” J. Phys. Chem. C, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 1298–1306, 2012.
  [23] F. Ali, N. Periasamy, M. P. Patankar, and K. L. Narasimhan, “Electronic transport in doped pyrenyl carbazole,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 110, no. 4, p. 44507, 2011.
  [24] F. Ali, N. Periasamy, M. P. Patankar, and K. L. Narasimhan, “Integrated Organic Blue LED and Visible?Blind UV Photodetector,” J. Phys. Chem. C, vol. 115, no. 5, pp. 2462–2469, Feb. 2011.
  [25] N. Agarwal, P. K. Nayak, F. Ali, M. P. Patankar, K. L. Narasimhan, and N. Periasamy, “Tuning of HOMO levels of carbazole derivatives: New molecules for blue OLED,” Synth. Met., 2011.
  [26] P. K. Nayak, N. Agarwal, F. Ali, M. P. Patankar, K. L. Narasimhan, and N. Periasamy, “Blue and white light electroluminescence in a multilayer OLED using a new aluminium complex,” J. Chem. Sci., vol. 122, no. 6, pp. 847–855, 2010.
  [27] F. Ali, N. Agarwal, P. K. Nayak, R. Das, and N. Periasamy, “Chemical route to the formation of graphene.,” Curr. Sci., vol. 97, no. 5, 2009.