1. Chinese Government Scholarship for doctorate degree in 2016

2. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (20,000元) during PhD

3. Best researcher award (10,000元) during PhD

1.      Iltaf Muhammad, Anwar Ali, Liguo Zhou, Wen Zhang*, Ping Kwan Johnny Wong*, Vacancy-engineered half-metallicity and magnetic anisotropy in CrSI semiconductor monolayer [J] Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 909, (2022) 164797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.164797

2.      Iltaf Muhammad#, Yu He#, Anwar Ali, Wen Zhang*, and Ping Kwan Johnny Wong*, First-principles prediction of the half-metallicity in quaternary Heusler CoRhCrAl thin films, [J] Physica Scripta. Accepted Manuscript 7 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ac7679

3.      Iltaf Muhammad, Jian-Min Zhang*, Anwar Ali, Muhammad Mushtaq, Suleman Muhammad, Stable half-metallicity in the (001)-oriented thin-films of Co-doped full-Heusler alloys Ti₂Fe_1？xCo_xSn (x=0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 or 1.00) [J]. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 32, (2020) 325001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ab832d

4.      Iltaf Muhammad, Jian-Min Zhang*, Anwar Ali, Suleman Muhammad: Preserving the half-metallicity at the quaternary Heusler CoFeCrAl (001)-oriented thin films: a first-principles study [J]. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 240, (2020) 122262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.122262

5.      Iltaf Muhammad, Jian-Min Zhang*, Anwar Ali, Majeed Ur Rehman, Shafiq Muhammad, Structural, mechanical, thermal, magnetic, and electronic properties of the RhMnSb half-Heusler alloy under pressure [J]. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 251, (2020) 123110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123110

6.      Iltaf Muhammad, Jian-Min Zhang*, Anwar Ali, Muhammad Mushtaq, Suleman Muhammad, Theoretical study of half-metallicity in the bulk and (001)-oriented thin-films of the CoMn_1-xFe_xCrAl and CoMn_1-xCo_xCrAl (x=0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 or 1.00) Heusler alloys [J]. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 253, (2020) 123297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123297

7.      Iltaf Muhammad, Jian-Min Zhang*, Anwar Ali, Majeed Ur Rehman, Suleman Muhammad: First-principles prediction of the quaternary half-metallic ferromagnets TiZrIrZ (Z = Al, Ga or In) for spintronics applications [J]. Thin Solid Films. 690, (2019) 137564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2019.137564

8.      Iltaf Muhammad, Jian‐Min Zhang*: First‐Principles predictions on the effects of Pb doping on the structural, electronic, magnetic, and mechanical properties of the TiZrCoTl_1？xPb_x (x = 0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00) quaternary Heusler alloys [J]. Physica Status Solidi B. 256, (2019) 1800566. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201800566

9.      Iltaf Muhammad, Jian-Min Zhang*, Anwar Ali, Yu-Hong Huang, Xiu-Mei Wei, Suleman Muhammad, Muhammad Mushtaq, Bandgap engineering of the (001) oriented thin-films of the Heusler alloys Co_2？xFe_xCrAl (x=0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 or 1.00) Thin Solid Films 713. (2020) 138341 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2020.138341

10.   Muhammad Mushtaq, Iltaf Muhammad*, Anwar Ali, Muhammad Atiff Sattar, Suleman Muhammad, First-principles search for half-metallic ferromagnetism in CsCrZ₂ (Z=O, S, Se or Te) Heusler alloys [J]. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 98, (2020) 107620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107620