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Highly Efficient Electron Field Emission from Graphene Oxide Sheets Supported by Nickel Nanotip Arrays

D. X. Ye, S. Moussa, J. D. Ferguson, A. A. Baski and M. S. El-Shall, Nano Letters 12, 1265-1268 (2012).


Unconventional Ionic Hydrogen Bonds: CH+∙∙∙π (C≡C) Binding Energies and Structures of Benzene+∙(acetylene)1-4 Clusters

A. R. Soliman, A. M. Hamid, S. A. Abrash and M. S. El-Shall, Chemical Physics Letters 523, 25-33 (2012).


Acid Catalyzed Organic Transformations by Heteropoly Tungstophosphoric Acid Supported on MCM-41

A. E. S. Khder, H. M. A. Hassan and M. S. El-Shall, Applied Catalysis A 411, 77-86 (2012).


Pd-Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide Catalysts (Pd/PRGO): Laser Synthesis of Pd Nanoparticles Supported on PRGO Nanosheets for Carbon-Carbon Cross Coupling Reactions

S. Moussa, A. R. Siamaki, F. B. Gupton and M. S. El-Shall, ACS Catalysis 2, 145-154 (2012).


Formation Mechanisms of Gold-Zinc Oxide Hexagonal Nanopyramids by Heterogeneous Nucleation using Microwave Synthesis

N. P. Herring, K. M. AbouZeid, M. B. Mohamed, J. Pinsk and M. S. El-Shall, Langmuir 27, 15146-15154 (2011).


Hybrid Au-CdSe and Ag-CdSe Nanoflowers and Core-Shell Nanocrystals via One-Pot Heterogeneous Nucleation and Growth

K. M. AbouZeid, M. B. Mohamed and M. S. El-Shall, Small 7, 3299-3307 (2011).


Structural and Catalytic Properties of ZnO and Al2O3 Nanostructures Loaded with Metal Nanoparticles

O. A. Fouad, A. E. S. Khder, Q. L. Dai and M. S. El-Shall, Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 13, 17075-7083 (2011).


Ion Mobility Study of the Mechanism of the Gas Phase Thermal Polymerization of Styrene and the Structures of the Early Oligomers

E. H. Alsharaeh and M. S. El-Shall, Polymer 52, 5551-5559 (2011).


Structure of the C8H8∙+ Radical Cation Formed by Electron Impact Ionization of Acetylene Clusters.  Evidence for a (Benezene(∙+)∙Acetylene) Complex

P. O. Momoh, A. M. Hamid, A. R. Soliman, S. A Abrash and M. S. El-Shall, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 2412-2419 (2011).


Laser Synthesis of Pt, Pd, CoO and Pd-CoO Nanoparticle Catalysts Supported on Graphene

S. Moussa, V. Abdelsayed and M. S. El-Shall, Chem. Phys. Lett. 510, 179-184 (2011).


Structure and Hydration of the C4H4∙+ ion Formed by Electron Impact Ionization of Acetylene Clusters

P. O. Momoh, A. M. Hamid, S. A. Abrash and M. S. El-Shall, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 204315 (2011).


Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Graphene: A Highly Active and Recyclable Catalyst for Carbon-Carbon Cross-Coupling Reactions

A. R. Siamaki, A S. Khder, V. Abdelsayed, M. S. El-Shall and B. F. Gupton, J. Catalysis, 297, 1-11 (2011).


Metal Acetylene Cluster Ions M+(C2H2)n as Model Reactions for Studying Reactivity of Laser-Generated Transition Metal Cations

P. Sharma, I. Attah, P. Momoh and M. S. El-Shall, Inter. J. Mass Spectrom., 300, 81-90 (2011).


Ligand-Controlled Microwave Synthesis of Cubic and Hexagonal CdSe Nanosrystals Spported on Graphene. Photoluminescence Quenching by Graphene

A. F. Zedan, S. Sappal, S. Moussa and M. S. El-Shall, J. Phys. Chem. C. 114, 19920-19927 (2010).


Photothermal Deoxygenation of Graphite Oxide with Laser Excitation in Solution and Graphene-Aided Increase in Water Temperature

V. Abdelsayed, S. Moussa, H. M. Hassan, H. S. Aluri, M. M. Collinson, and M. S. El-Shall, J. Phys. Chem. Lett, 1, 204 (2010).


Structural, Optical and Gas Sensing Properties of ZnO, SnO2 and ZTO Nanostructures

O. A. Fouad, G. Glaspell and M. S. El-Shall, NANO: Brief Report and Reviews, 5, 185-194 (2010).


Growth Mechanism of Anisotropic Gold Nanocrystals via Microwave Synthesis: Formation of Dioleamide by Gold nanocatalysis

M. B. Mohamed, K. M. AbouZeid, V. Abdelsayed, A. A. Aljarash and M. S. El-Shall, ACS Nano, 4, 2766 (2010).


Metallic and Bimetallic Nanocatalysts Incorporated into Highly Porous Coordination Polymer MIL-101

M. S. El-Shall, V. Abdelsayed, A. S. Khder, H. M. A. Hassan, H. M. El-Kaderi, and T. Reich, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 7625-7631 (2009).


Microwave Synthesis of Bimetallic Nanoalloys and CO Oxidation on Ceria-Supported Nanoalloys

V. Abdelsayed, A. Aljarash, and M. S. El-Shall, Chem. Mater. 21, 2825-2834 (2009)


Reactions between Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heterocycles: Covalent and Proton-Bound Dimer Cations of Benzene/Pyridine

M. S. El-Shall, Y. M. Ibrahim, E. H. Alsharaeh, M. Meot-Ner, and S. P. WatsonJ. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 10066-10076 (2009).


Physicochemical, Surface and Catalytic Properties of Nanocrystalline CuO-NiO being influenced by Doping with La2O3

G. A. El-Shobaky, N. R. E. Radwan, H.M.A. Hassan and M. S. El-Shall

Colloids and Surfaces A 345, 147-154 (2009).  


Microwave Synthesis of Graphene Sheets Supporting Metal Nanocrystals in Aqueous and Organic Media

H. M. A. Hassan, V. Abdelsayed, A. S. Khder, K. M. AbouZeid, J. Terner and M. S. El-Shall, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 3832-3837 (2009).



Formation of Complex Organics from Acetylene Catalyzed by Ionized Benzene

P. O. Momoh, Abdel-Rahman Soliman, M. Meot-Ner, Alessandra Rica and M. S. El-Shall, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 12848-12849 (2008).


Fabrication of Nanostructured Nickel and Titanium Aluminidies Starting from Elemental Nanopowders

S. O. Moussa and M. S. El-Shall, Materials Chemistry & Physics, 112, 1015-1020 (2008).


Friction and Film-Formation Properties of Oil-Soluble Inorganic Nanoparticles

M. T. Devlin, A. A. Aradi, J. M. Guevremont, T. C. Jao, V. Abdelsayed and M. S. El-Shall, SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) 01, 2460 (2008).


Gas Phase Hydration of Organic Ions

P. O. Momoh and M. S. El-Shall, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 10, 4827-4834 (2008).


Vapor Phase Synthesis of Upconverting Y2O3 Nanocrystals Doped with Yb3+, Er3+, Ho3+ and Tm3+ to Generate Red, Green, Blue and White Light

G. Glaspell, J. Anderson, J. Wilkins and M. S. El-Shall, J. Phys. Chem. C., 112, 11527-11531 (2008).


Polymerization in the Gas Phase, in Clusters, and on Nanoparticle Surfaces

M. S. El-Shall, Acct. Chem. Res., (Invited Article), 41, 783-792 (2008).


Gas Phase Reactions between Acetylene Radical Cation and Water. Energies, Structures and Formation Mechanism of C2H3O+ and C2H4O+. Ions

P. O. Momoh, E. Xie, S. A. Abrash, M. Meot-Ner and M. S. El-Shall, J. Phys. Chem. A., 112, 6066-6073 (2008).


Formation of Rare-Earth Upconversion Nanoparticles Using Laser Vaporization Controlled Condensation

G. Glaspell, J. Wilkins, J. Anderson and M. S. El-Shall,

SPIE, Vol. 6940, 69403B/1-7, “Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV”, Editors: B. F. Andresen, G. F. Fulop: P. R. Norton (2008).


Growth and Characterization of ZnO, SnO2 and ZnO/SnO2 Nanostructures from the Vapor Phase

O. A. Fouad, G. Glaspell and M. S. El-Shall, Topics in Catalysis, 47, 84-96 (2008).


Laser Synthesis of Bimetallic Nanoalloys in the Vapor and Liquid Phases and the Magnetic Properties of PdM and PtM Nanoparticles (M = Fe, Co and Ni)

V. Abdelsayed, G. Glaspell, M. Nguyen, J. Howe and M. S. El-Shall, Faraday Discussion 138, 163-180 (2008).


Synthesis and Characterization of Pure and ZrO2-doped nanocrystalline CuO-NiO System

G. A. El-Shobaky, N. R. E. Radwan, M. S. El-Shall, A. M. Turky and H. M. A. Hassan, Applied Surface Science, 254, 1651-1660 (2008).


Ion Mobility of Ground and Excited States of Laser-Generated Transition Metal Cations

Y. Ibrahim, E. Alsharaeh, R. Mabrouki, P. Momoh, E. Xie and M. S. El-Shall, J. Phys. Chem. A, 112, 1112-1124 (2008).


Synthesis, Passivation and Stabilization of Nanoparticles, Nanorods and Nanowires by Microwave Irradiation

V. Abdalsayed, A. B. Panda, G. P. Glaspell and M. S. El Shall, in "Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stabilization, Passivation and Functionalization", Editors: R. Nagarajan and T. A. Hatton, ACS Symposium Series Book, 996, Chapter 17, 225-247 (2008).


Nanocatalysis on Supported Oxides for CO Oxidation

G. Glaspell, H. M. A. Hassan, A. Elzatahry, V. Abdelsayed and M. S. El-Shall,

Topics in Catalysis, 47, 22-31 (2008).