Olatunde AKINLADE

Born: 20th March 1963

place: Nigeria

B. Sc. 1982 University of Ife, Nigeria; M. Sc. 1985 University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Ph. D. 1989 University of Ibadan, Nigeria

thesis:

area: Mathematical Physics

 Professor of Physics and Head, Department of Physics, Department of Physics, and Dean, College of Natural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

personal or universal URL:
email: akinlade@unnab.edu.ng 

Dr. Olatunde Akinlade was born in Nigeria in 1963 and studied physics at Ibadan University where received a BS (1982), an MSc (1985), and in 1989 he received his PhD. In 1990 he was appointed Lecturer of Physics at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Subsequently he was promoted through the ranks as Senior Lecturer = Assistant Professor, Reader = Associate Professor. He has been Professor since 1999.

Awards

• Junior Associate of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1991-1995)
• Regular Associate of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1996 ­ 2001)
• Best Academic Staff on the 10th year anniversary of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria (4th February, 1998)
• Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation fellow (1998-1999)
• Member, Editorial Board of Zeitschrift fur Metallkunde (since Jan, 2001).

RESEARCH

Dr. Akinlade concentrates his research on the theoretical studies of thermodynamic and structural properties of liquid metals and alloys. In 1999 he received a grant from the Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH) which enabled him to carry on his research for several months at the Max Planck Institute for Metallurgy in Stuttgart.

Publications

1. O. E. Awe, O. Akinlade and L. A. Hussain, Thermodynamic Properties of liquid Te - Ga and Te - Tl Alloys. (Accepted for publication in J. Alloys and Compounds)
2. O. Akinlade, L. A. Hussain and O. E. Awe Thermodynamics of liquid Al-In, Ag-In and In-Sb Alloys from a Four - Atom Cluster Model. (Accepted for publication in Z. fur. Metalkunde).
3. O. Akinlade Structural properties of low density liquid Selenium. (Accepted for publication in Indian J. Phys.)
4. O. Akinlade and A. O. Boyo Thermodynamics and Surface Properties of Fe-V and Fe-Ti Liquid Alloys. (Submitted to Z. fur. Metalkunde)
5. O. Akinlade and R. N. Singh (2002) Bulk and surface properties of liquid In- Cu alloys. J. Alloys and Compds. 333 84-90
6. O. Akinlade, Z. Badirkhan and G. Pastore (2001) Thermodynamics of liquid metals from a new consistent optimized random phase approximation. Z. Naturforschung A56 605 ­ 612
7. O. Akinlade and R. N. Singh (2001) Surface segregation and Surface tension in liquid Fe-Cu alloys. Z. Metallkd 92 1111-1113
8. O. Akinlade, I. Alli and R. N. Singh (2001) Correlation between bulk and surface phenomena in Ga-(Bi,In) and In-Bi liquid alloys.Inter. J. Mod. Phys. B15 3039 ­ 3053
9. O. Akinlade and F. Sommer (2001) Concentration fluctuations and thermodynamic properties of ternary liquid alloys J. Alloys and Compds. 316 226-235
10. O. Akinlade, R. N. Singh and F. Sommer (2000) Thermodynamics of liquid Al-Fe alloys. J. Alloys and Compds. 299 163-168
11. O. Akinlade, A.O Boyo and B. R. Ijaduola (1999) Demixing tendencies in some Sn-based Liquid Alloys J. Alloys and Compds. 290, 191 - 196
12. O. Akinlade, B. R. Ijaduola, U.E. Vincent and G. A. Adebayo (1999) Structural Properties of undercooled Liquid Sodium and Ceasium. Pramana : J. Phys. 52, 631 - 646
13. B. C. Anunsionwu , O. Akinlade and L. A. Hussain (1998) Assessment of size effects on the surface properties of some binary liquid alloys. J. Alloys and Compds. 278 , 175 ­ 181.
14. G. Pastore, O. Akinlade, F. Matthews and Z. Badirkhan (1998) Optimized random phase approximation for arbitrary reference systems: Extremum Conditions and Thermodynamic consistence. Phys. Rev. E57, 460 - 464
15. (33) O. Akinlade, R. N. Singh and F. Sommer (1998) Thermodynamic Investigation of viscosity in Cu ­ Bi and Bi ­ Zn liquid alloys. J. Alloys and Compds. 267, 195 - 198
16. (32) O. Akinlade and B. R. Ijaduola (1998) Dynamical Structure of undercooled liquid Potassium. J. Phys: Cond. Matt 10, 533 - 544
17. (31) O. Akinlade (1998) Energetic effects in some molten alloys of Arsenic.
    Physica B245, 330 ­ 336
18. (30) O. Akinlade, B. C. Anunsionwu and L. A Hussain (1998) Structure and Ordering in Cu-Si and Ni-Si molten alloys. Z. Fur Metkd 89, 27 ­ 31
19. (29) B.C. Anunsionwu, O. Akinlade and L.A. Hussain (1997) Modeling of Thermodynamic Properties of Bi-As2Te3 and Tl-As2Te3 ternary alloys. Z. Für. Metkd. 88, 480 ­ 483.
20. (28) B.C. Anunsionwu , O. Akinlade and L. A. Hussain (1997) A Theoretical Study of Structure and Ordering in Pb -Bi molten alloys. Phys. Chem. Liq. 34, 1-13
21. (27) O. Akinlade (1997) Higher Order Conditional Probabilities and Thermodynamics of Binary molten alloys. Mod. Phys. Lett. B11 , 93 - 106.
22. (26) O. Akinlade , A. M. Umar and L. A. Hussain (1996) Structure of some liquid transition metals using integral equation theory. PRAMANA 47, 271- 281.
23. O. Akinlade (1996) A nonlocal pseudopotential calculation of the thermopower of liquid metals. Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 198, 787- 802.
24. O. Akinlade (1996) Thermodynamic Investigation of Atomic Order in molten K-Bi alloys. Phys. Chem. Liq. 32, 159-168
25. L. A. Hussain, O. Akinlade and C.C. Uhuegbu (1996) Local ordering and Thermodynamic properties of Bismuth - Tellurium alloy. Physica Status Solidi (b) 195,353 - 360
26. O. Akinlade (1995) Thermodynamics and the Segregation Order transformation in Na - Bi Molten Alloys. Z. Fur Metallkunde 86 , 552 - 556
27. G. Pastore, F. Matthew, O. Akinlade and Z. Badirkhan (1995) Numerical Solution of the Optimized Random Phase. Approximation. Molecular Physics 84 , 653-661
28. O. Akinlade (1995) Ordering phenomena in Na- Ga and Na-Sn molten alloys.
    Phys. Chem. Liq. 29, 9 - 21
29. O. Akinlade and Z Badirkhan (1994) A theoretical study of ordering phenomena in K-In and K-Sb Molten alloys. Physica B 203 , 1 - 8
30. O.Akinlade (1994) A study of segregation and Local order in Na-In Liquid Alloys. Z. Fur Metallkunde 85, 487 - 491
31. O. Akinlade (1994) Thermodynamics of Molten K-Te Alloys. J. Phys. Cond. Matter 6 , 4615 - 4624
32. O. Akinlade (1993) Long Wavelength Limit of Structure Factor of Liquid metal from the Charged Hard Sphere Reference System. Physica Status Solidi (b) 178 37-43
33. O. Akinlade (1993) Local order and Concentration fluctuations in K-Pb and Rb-Pb alloys. Physica B183 ,403 -408
34. Z. Badirkhan, O. Akinlade, G. Pastore and M.P.Tosi (1992) Thermodynamics and Structure of liquid Metals:a critical assessment of the charged hard sphere reference system J. Phys: Cond. Matter 3 ,6173 - 6188
35. O. Akinlade (1992) Thermodynamics and structure of liquid metals from the Soft sphere reference fluid. Physica Status Solidi (b) 169, 23 -31
36. O. Akinlade, L.A Hussain and F. Matthews (1992) A Study of the effect of Local field correction on the electrical resistivity of Liquid metals. Physica Status Solidi (b) 169 ,151 -155.
37. O. Akinlade (1991) A nonlocal model potential calculation of the resistivity of Liquid metals and Li- Pb alloy. Physica B175 ,389 - 395
38. J. O. A. Idiodi, E.J.D. Garba and O. Akinlade (1991) Analytic nearest Neighbor Model for FCC metals. Surface Physics 256, 195 - 204
39. O. Akinlade (1990) A study of the structure and thermodynamics of liquid metals based on some reference systems. Physica Status Solidi (b) 161 , 75 -83
40. O. Akinlade, S. K. Lai and M. P. Tosi (1990) Thermodynamics and structure of liquid metals from the charged-hard- sphere reference fluid. Physica B167, 61 - 70
41. S. K. Lai, O. Akinlade and M. P. Tosi (1990)Thermodynamics and Structure of liquid alkali metals from the charged-hard- sphere reference fluid. Phys. Rev. A41, 5482 - 5490
42. O. Akinlade, U. Marte and L.A. Hussain (1990) Electrical resistivity of the alkaline earth metals Ca, Sr and Ba in the 50-300K temperature region. PRAMANA 34, 289 -295
43. O. Akinlade and O. Belhachemi (1989) The Electrical Resistivity of Some Lithium based liquid alloys. Physica Status Solidi (b) 156 ,569 - 575
44. O. Akinlade and L. A. Hussain (1989) Variation of Thermopower of Alkali metals at high Temperatures Czech. J. of Phys. B39, 766-773
45. O. Akinlade , O.N. Awasthi and L.A. Hussain (1989) Pseudopotential Calculation of the Electrical Resistivity of Aluminum. Nigerian Journal of Science 23 ,129-132
46. O. Akinlade and L. A. Hussain (1988) Temperature Dependence of The Electrical Resistivity of Noble Metals at Constant Volume and Constant Pressure. Indian J. of Pure & App. Phys. 26, 523-526
47. L.A. Hussain and O. Akinlade (1987) A Model Potential and its Applications.Physica Status Solidi (b)139, K123-K128

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