Research Area:

• Materials Design

• Electronic Structure

• Optical Properties

• Solar Cells

Research Publication:

1. A.N.M. Nor, M.A.H. Razali, W.H.A.W.K. Annuar, N.N. Alam, F.N. Sazman, N.H.M. Zaki, A.S. Kamisan, A.I. Kamisan, M.H. Samat, A.M.M. Ali, O.H. Hassan, B.U. Haq, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, Influence of Hubbard U Correction on the Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Kesterite Cu₂XSnS₄ (X= Zn, Fe), Physica B: Condensed Matter 673 (2023) 415450.

2. W. Zainuddin, M.H. Samat, F.W. Badrudin, O.H. Hassan, M.F.M. Taib, Effect of Mn Incorporated into LiNbO₃Crystal Structure on the Electronic and Optical Properties Using First-Principles Study, Defect and Diffusion Forum 425 (2023) 15–20.

3. N. Sazman, N.H.M. Zaki, F.W. Badrudin, M.H. Samat, N.A. Malik, N.A.N.M. Nor, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, First-Principles Approach to the Structural, Electronic and Intercalation Voltage of Prussian Blue (K_xFe[Fe(CN)₆]) (x = 1, 2) as Potential Cathode Material for Potassium Ion Batteries, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry (2023) 1–12.

4. W. Zainuddin, M.H. Samat, N.H.M. Zaki, F.W. Badrudin, N. Osman, A.M.M. Jani, O.H. Hassan, M.F.M. Taib, Electronic and Optical Properties of Au and Ag Doped LiNbO₃ from First Principles Study, Materials Today: Proceedings 425 (2023) 1–5.

5. Hamzah, M.H. Samat, N.A. Johari, A.F.A. Faizal, O.H. Hassan, A.M.M. Ali, R. Zakaria, N.H. Hussin, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, A DFT+U Study of Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Ag-and Cu-doped ZnO, Microelectronics International 40 (2023) 53–62.

6. W. Zainuddin, M.H. Samat, N.H. Hussin, O.H. Hassan, M.F.M. Taib, The Study of Hubbard U Correction on Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of LiNbO₃, Solid State Science and Technology 30 (2022) 1–10.

7. Hamzah, M.H. Samat, N.A. Johari, A.F.A. Faizal, O.H. Hassan, A.M.M. Ali, R. Zakaria, N.H. Hussin, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, First-Principle LDA+U and GGA+U Calculations on Structural and Electronic Properties of Wurtzite ZnO, Solid State Science and Technology 30 (2022) 20–36.

8. H. Samat, M.F.M. Taib, O.H. Hassan, N.H. Hussin, D.T. Mustaffa, N.K. Jaafar, R. Zakaria, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, Influence of Nd Concentrations on the Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Anatase TiO₂: A First-Principles Approach, Computational Condensed Matter 31 (2022) e00672.

9. A. Johari, N. Hamzah, A.F.A. Faizal, M.H. Samat, O.H. Hassan, A.M.M. Ali, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, Effects of Hubbard U Correction on the Structural and Electronic Properties of Rutile, Anatase and Brookite TiO₂, Materials Today: Proceedings 66 (2022) 4061–4067.

10. N. Alam, N.A. Malik, M.H. Samat, N.H. Hussin, N.K. Jaafar, A. Radzwan, M.Z. Mohyedin, B.U. Haq, A.M.M.Ali, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, Underlying Mechanism of Surface (001) Cubic ATiO³ (A = Pb, Sn) in Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of Thin-Film Application Using Density Functional Theory, Surfaces and Interfaces 27 (2021) 101524.

11. Kazmi, P.C. Ooi, S.R.A. Raza, B.T. Goh, S.S.A. Karim, M.H. Samat, M.K. Lee, M.F.M.R. Wee, M.F.M. Taib, M.A. Mohamed, Appealing Stable Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism by Well-Aligned 1D Co-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanowires, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 872 (2021) 159741.

12. Kazmi, P.C. Ooi, S.R.A. Raza, B.T. Goh, S.S.A. Karim, M.H. Samat, M.K. Lee, M.F.M.R. Wee, M.F.M. Taib, M.A. Mohamed, Evidence of Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Vertically Aligned Bi-Co co-doped ZnO Nanowires, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 54 (2021) 415301.

13. F. Saipuddin, A. Hashim, M.H. Samat, N.E. Suhaimi, M.F.M. Taib, DFT+U Calculation in Determining Structural and Electronic Properties of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ, AIP Conference Proceedings 2368 (2021) 040001.

14. J. Mohammed, N.K. Othman, M.F.M. Taib, M.H. Samat, S. Yahya, Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Extract of Date Palm Seed as a Green Anti-Corrosion Agent in Hydrochloric Acid Solution, Molecules 12 (2021) 3535.

15. K. Ping, M.A. Mohamed, A.K. Mondal, M.F.M. Taib, M.H. Samat, D.D. Berhanuddin, P.S. Menon, R. Bahru, First-Principles Studies for Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Strontium Doped β-Ga₂O₃, Micromachines 12 (2021) 348.

1. A.K. Mondal, M.A. Mohamed, L.K. Ping, M.F.M. Taib, M.H. Samat, M.A.S.M. Haniff, R. Bahru, First-Principles Studies for Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of p-Type Calcium Doped α-Ga₂O₃, Materials 14 (2021) 604.

17. A. Malik, N.N. Alam, M.H. Samat, M.Z. Mohyedin, N.H. Hussin, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, First-Principles Studies on Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Fe-Doped NiS₂ Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells Using DFT+U, Scientific Research Journal 17 (2020) 82–98.

18. N. Alam, N.A. Malik, M.H. Samat, M.Z. Mohyedin, N.H. Hussin, A.M.M. Ali, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, First-Principles Study on Structural and Electronic Properties of Cubic (Pm3m) and Tetragonal (P4mm) ATiO₃ (A= Pb, Sn), Scientific Research Journal 17 (2020) 150–161.

19. H. Samat, M.F.M. Taib, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, First-Principles Study on XV₂S₄ (X = Ni, Cr, and Mo) Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Emergent Materials 3 (2020) 125–131.

20. S.M. Shukri, M.N.S. Saimin, M.H. Samat, N. Abdullah, S.Z.N. Demon, N.A. Halim, M.F.M. Taib, First-Principles Study of CH₄ and NH₃ Adsorption on Graphene Oxide Epoxy and Graphene Oxide Hydroxyl, International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials 13 (2020) 249–258.

21. H. Samat, M.F.M. Taib, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, First-Principles Calculations on Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Ce-, Nd- and Er-Doped TiO₂, International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials 13 (2020) 301–308.

22. F.M. Taib, M.H. Samat, S.Z.N. Demon, N.H. Hussin, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, First-Principles Study on the Doping Effects of La on the Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of MgO, International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials 13 (2020) 225–234.

23. A. Malik, M. Yahaya, N.N. Alam, M.H. Ismail, O.H. Hassan, A.M.M Ali, M.H. Samat, M.F.M. Taib, The Structural, Electronic and Mechanical Properties of α and β Phases in Titanium Using Density Functional Theory, International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials 13 (2020) 11–20.

1. M.H. Samat, A.M.M. Ali, M.F.M. Taib, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, Structural and Electronic Properties of TiO₂ Polymorphs with Effective On-Site Coulomb Repulsion Term: DFT+U Approaches, Materials Today: Proceedings, 17 (2019) 472–483.

2. M.F.M. Taib, D.T. Mustaffa, N.H. Hussin, M.H. Samat, A.M.M. Ali, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, First Principles Study on Zn Doped MgO Using Hubbard U Correction, Materials Research Express 6 (2019) 094012.

3. M.H. Samat, M.F.M. Taib, N.K. Jaafar, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, First-Principles Studies on Phase Stability of TiO₂ by Using GGA+U Calculations, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2030 (2018) 020058.

4. N.H. Hussin, M.F.M. Taib, M.H. Samat, N. Jon, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, Study of Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Lanthanum Doped Perovskite PZT Using Density Functional Theory, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 864 (2017) 127–132.

5. M.H. Samat, M.F.M. Taib, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Brookite Phase Titanium Dioxide, Materials Research Express, 4 (2017) 044003.

6. M.F.M. Taib, M.K. Yaakob, N.H. Hussin, M.H. Samat, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of BaTiO₃ and BaFeO₃ from First Principles LDA+U Study, International Journal of Electroactive Materials 4 (2016) 14–17.

7. M.H. Samat, A.M.M. Ali, M.F.M. Taib, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, Hubbard U Calculations on Optical Properties of 3d Transition Metal Oxide TiO₂, Results in Physics, 6 (2016) 891–896.

8. N.S. Azhar, M.H. Samat, N. Hamzah, M.F.M. Taib, R. Zakaria, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties Study of Gd-doped TiO₂ for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Solid State Science and Technology, 24 (2016) 220–230.

9. M.H. Samat, N.H. Hussin, M.F.M. Taib, M.K. Yaakob, N.S. Samsi, S.S.S.A. Aziz, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of Nd-Doped Anatase TiO₂ for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells from Density Functional Theory, Materials Science Forum, 846 (2016) 726–733.

10. M.H. Samat, N.H. Hussin, M.F.M. Taib, M.K. Yaakob, N.S. Samsi, S.S.S.A. Aziz, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, First-Principles Study on Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of TiO₂ for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Photoanode, Materials Science Forum, 846 (2016) 719–725.

11. N.H. Hussin, M.H. Samat, N. Salleh, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, M.F.M. Taib, First Principles Study of Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of La Doped Perovskite PZT Using Density Functional Theory, Solid State Science and Technology, 24 (2016) 180–188.

12. M.H. Samat, N. Adnan, M.F.M. Taib, O.H. Hassan, M.Z.A. Yahya, A.M.M. Ali, Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties Study of Brookite TiO₂, Solid State Science and Technology, 24 (2016) 107–120.

Awards:

1. Bronze Medal, Invention, Innovation & Design Exposition 2018 (iidex 2018): Designing Sustainable TiO₂ Solar Cells Materials

2. Silver Medal, Invention, Innovation & Design Exposition 2016 (iidex 2016): Efficiency Enhancement of Semiconductor Quantum Dots Plasticized Cellulose Acetate Polymer Electrolytes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Recognition:

1. Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute of Science (IOS), Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam, Feb 2020 - Feb 2023

2. Speaker, Workshop on Computational Materials Design (7^th ICSSST 2019)

3. Judge, Mathematics Exposition (MATEX) Olimpiad 2019

4. Judge, Olimpiad Sains & Matematik 2018