**Author details**

Mujtaba Ikram1 \*, Sana Arbab1 , Bilal Tariq1 , Rayha Khan1 , Husnain Ahmad1 , Abdullah Khan Durran1 , Muhammad Ikram2 , Muhammad Aamir Iqbal3 and Asghari Maqsood4

1 Applied Physics Lab, Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (ICET), University of the Punjab (PU), Lahore, Pakistan

2 Department of Physics, Government College University (GCU), Lahore, Pakistan

3 Center for Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

4 Nanoscale Laboratory, Department of Physics, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan

\*Address all correspondence to: mujtaba.icet@pu.edu.pk

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