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M. Samy El-Shall, Victor Abdelsayed, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Edreese Alsharaeh, and Seetharama C. Deevi, Vapor Phase Growth and Assembly of Metallic, Intermetallic, Carbon, and Silicon Nanoparticle Filaments, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107: 2882-2886; (letter).

Ibrahim, Y., Alsharaeh, E., Rusyniak, M., Watson, S., Meot-Ner, M. and El-Shall, M. S., Separation of Isomers by Dimer Formation: Isomerically Pure Benzene+ and Toluene+ Ions, and their Dimers: Ab initio Calculations on (Benzene)2+, Chem. Phys. Letters, 2003. 380, 21-28.

Rusyniak, M., Ibrahim, Y., Wright, D., Khanna, S., and El-Shall, M. S., Gas Phase Ion Mobilities and Structures of Benzene Cluster Cations (C6H6)n+, n = 2-6. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003. 125, 12001-12013.

Rusyniak, M., Ibrahim, Y., Alsharaeh, E., Meot-Ner, M., and El-Shall, M. S., Mass-Selected Ion Mobility Studies of Isomerization of the Benzene Radical Cation and Binding Energy of the Benzene Dimer Cation. Separation of Isomeric Ions by Dimer Formation. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2003. 107, 7656–7666.

El-Shall, M. S., Wright, D., Ibrahim, Y. and Mahmoud, H., Theoretical Study of Styrene (Methanol)n Clusters, n = 1-9. Comparison with Methanol Clusters. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2003. 107, 5933-5940.

Mahmoud, H.,Germanenko, I. N., Ibrahim, Y. and El-Shall, M. S., Resonant Two-Photon Ionization Spectroscopy of Styrene (Methanol)n Clusters, n=1-9. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2003. 107, 5920-5932.

Pithawalla, Y.B., El-Shall, M.S., and Deevi, S., Laser based synthesis of intermetallic Cu-Zn nanoparticles and filaments. Scripta Materialia, 2003. 48(6): p. 671-6.

Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Assembly, Properties and Applications
M. S. El-Shall, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology, 268-272 (2003).

Pithawalla, Y.B., Deevi, S.C., and El-Shall, M.S., Preparation of ultrafine and nanocrystalline FeAl powders. Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 2002. 329: p. 92-8.

Pithawalla, Y.B., Covington, C., McComish, I., Germanenko, I.N., and El-Shall, M.S., Comparative study of the binary clusters of acetic acid-water and acetic acid-benzene using electron impact and multiphoton ionization techniques. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2002. 218(1): p. 49-62.

Momoh, P.O., El-Shall, M.S., and Alsharaeh, E., Solvated iron and nickel ions, Fe+ (H2O)(N), Ni+ (H2O)(N) using time of flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS). Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2002. 223: p. 857-CHED.

Mahmoud, H., Germanenko, I.N., Ibrahim, Y., and El-Shall, M.S., Spectroscopy and structure of styrene (water)n and styrene (methanol)n clusters, n=1, 2. Chemical Physics Letters, 2002. 356(1-2): p. 91-100.

Wang, W., Germanenko, I., El-Shall, M. S., Room-Temperature Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline CdS, ZnS, and CdxZn1-xS Chemistry of Materials, 2002, 14(7): 3028-3033

El-Shall, M.S., Daly, G.M., and Wright, D., Experimental and theoretical study of benzene (acetonitrile)n clusters, n=1-4. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2002. 116(23): p. 10253-66.

Rusyniak, M. and El-Shall, M.S., Vapor phase homogeneous nucleation of higher alkanes: Dodecane, hexadecane, and octadecane. 2. Corresponding states and scaling law analysis. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2001. 105(47): p. 11873-9.

Rusyniak, M., Abdelsayed, V., Campbell, J., and El-Shall, M.S., Vapor phase homogeneous nucleation of higher alkanes: Dodecane, hexadecane, and octadecane. 1. Critical supersaturation and nucleation rate measurements. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2001. 105(47): p. 11866-72.

Pithawalla, Y.B., El-Shall, M.S., Deevi, S.C., Strom, V., and Rao, K.V., Synthesis of magnetic intermetallic FeAl nanoparticles from a non-magnetic bulk alloy. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2001. 105(11): p. 2085-90.

Pithawalla, Y.B., Meot-Ner, M., Gao, J.L., El Shall, M.S., Baranov, V.I., and Bohme, D.K., Gas-phase oligomerization of propene initiated by benzene radical cation. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2001. 105(15): p. 3908-16.

Germanenko, I.N., Li, S.T., and El-Shall, M.S., Decay dynamics and quenching of photoluminescence from silicon nanocrystals by aromatic nitro compounds. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2001. 105(1): p. 59-66.

Carlisle, J.A., Germanenko, I.N., Pithawalla, Y.B., and El-Shall, M.S., Morphology, photoluminescence and electronic structure in oxidized silicon nanoclusters. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 2001. 114: p. 229-34.

Abedalsayed, V., Ibrahim, Y., Rusyniak, M., Rabeony, M., and El-Shall, M.S., Fluoroalcohols as nucleating agents in supersaturated vapors: Efficient clustering with water in the vapor phase. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2001. 115(7): p. 2897-900.

Pithawalla, Y.B., El Shall, M.S., and Deevi, S.C., Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline iron aluminide particles. Intermetallics, 2000. 8(9-11): p. 1225-31.

Kane, D., Rusyniak, M., Fisenko, S.P., and El-Shall, M.S., Ion mobility of precritical clusters in supersaturated vapors: Condensation of supersaturated methanol vapor induced by toluene and styrene ions. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2000. 104(21): p. 4912-9.

Germanenko, I.N., Dongol, M., Pithawalla, Y.B., El-Shall, M.S., and Carlisle, J.A., Effect of atmospheric oxidation on the electronic and photoluminescence properties of silicon nanocrystals. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2000. 72(1-2): p. 245-55.

El-Shall, M.S., Prospects for the study of gas-phase and intracluster polymerization in microgravity. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2000. 219: p. 625-POLY.

Daly, G.M., Wright, D., and El-Shall, M.S., Spectroscopy of acetonitrile (benzene)n clusters, n=1-3. Comparison with benzene clusters. Chemical Physics Letters, 2000. 331(1): p. 47-56.

Carlisle, J.A., Dongol, M., Germanenko, I.N., Pithawalla, Y.B., and El-Shall, M.S., Evidence for changes in the electronic and photoluminescence properties of surface-oxidized silicon nanocrystals induced by shrinking the size of the silicon core. Chemical Physics Letters, 2000. 326(3-4): p. 335-40.

Pithawalla, Y.B. and El-Shall, M.S., Addition-elimination reactions of silicenium ions within gas phase clusters. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 1999. 217: p. 293-PHYS.

Pithawalla, Y.B., McPherson, J., and El-Shall, M.S., Reactions of Ti+ with methanol and acetonitrile clusters. Efficient dehydration of methanol dimer by TiO+. Chemical Physics Letters, 1999. 309(3-4): p. 215-20.

Li, S.T. and El-Shall, M.S., Synthesis and characterization of photochromic molybdenum and tungsten oxide nanoparticles. Nanostructured Materials, 1999. 12(1-4): p. 215-9.

Li, S.T., Germanenko, I.N., and El-Shall, M.S., Nanoparticles from the vapor phase: Synthesis and characterization of Si, Ge, MoO3, and WO3 nanocrystals. Journal of Cluster Science, 1999. 10(4): p. 533-47.

Kane, D., Fisenko, S.P., Rusyniak, M., and El-Shall, M.S., The effect of carrier gas pressure on vapor phase nucleation experiments using a thermal diffusion cloud chamber. Journal of Chemical Physics, 1999. 111(18): p. 8496-502.

Germanenko, I.N. and El-Shall, M.S., Clustering of acetic acid by association of hydrogen-bonded dimers: Spectroscopic observation of multicomponent (Ne)·(C6H6)·(CH3COOH)n clusters. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 1999. 103(30): p. 5847-51.

Germanenko, I.N., Li, S.T., Silvers, S.J., and El-Shall, M.S., Characterization of silicon nanocrystals and photoluminescence quenching in solution. Nanostructured Materials, 1999. 12(5-8): p. 731-6.

El-Shall, M.S., Germanenko, I., Pithawalla, Y.B., and McComish, I., Spectroscopy of benzene-acetic acid binary clusters studied by resonant-two-photon ionization. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 1999. 217: p. 277-PHYS.

El-Shall, M.S., Li, S., and Germanenko, I., Photoluminescence quenching of silicon nanocrystals by electron acceptors. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 1999. 217: p. 224-PHYS.

El-Shall, M.S., Li, S., and Germanenko, I., Comparative study of ZnO nanoparticles prepared by sol-gel, reverse micelle and laser vaporization techniques. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 1999. 217: p. 223-PHYS.

Wnek, G.E., Palmer, M.A., and El-Shall, M.S., Merging materials science with freshman chemistry: An introductory chemistry course for engineers at VCU. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 1998. 216: p. 408-CHED.

Li, S.T. and El-Shall, M.S., Synthesis of nanoparticles by reactive laser vaporization: silicon nanocrystals in polymers and properties of gallium and tungsten oxides. Applied Surface Science, 1998. 129: p. 330-8.

Li, S.T., Germanenko, I.N., and El-Shall, M.S., Semiconductor nanoparticles in contact: Quenching of the photoluminescence from silicon nanocrystals by WO3 nanoparticles suspended in solution. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 1998. 102(38): p. 7319-22.