Faculty Selected Publications in 2013

1.     Al-Hartomy, Omar A., et al. "Dielectric properties of Ba1-x Sr xZrO3 (0≤ x≤ 1) nanoceramics developed by citrate precursor route." Journal of Materials Research (2013): 1-8.

2.     Cavas, M., R. K. Gupta, Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi, Z. Serbetci, Zarah H. Gafer, Farid El-Tantawy, and F. Yakuphanoglu. "Fabrication and electrical characterization of solution-processedall-oxide transparent NiO/TiO2 pn junction diode by sol–gel spin coatingmethod." Journal of Electroceramics(2013): 1-5.

3.     Aydın, C., M. Benhaliliba, Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi, Zarah H. Gafer, Farid El-Tantawy, and F. Yakuphanoglu. "Determination of opticalband gap of ZnO: ZnAl2O4 composite semiconductor nanopowder materials byoptical reflectance method." Journal of Electroceramics (2013): 1-6.

4.     Rahman, Mohammed M., Sher Bahadar Khan, George Gruner, Mohammed Saad Al-Ghamdi, Muhammed A. Daous, and Abdullah M. Asiri. "Chloride Ion Sensors based on low-dimensional α-MnO< sub>2</sub>-Co< sub> 3</sub> O< sub> 4</sub>Nanoparticles fabricated Glassy carbon electrodes by simple IV Technique." Electrochimica Acta (2013).

5.     Rahman, Mohammed M., George Gruner, Mohammed Saad Al-Ghamdi, Muhammed A. Daous, Sher Bahadar Khan, and Abdullah M. Asiri. "Chemo-sensors development based on low-dimensional codoped Mn2O3-ZnOnanoparticles using flat-silver electrodes." Chemistry Central Journal 7, no. 1 (2013): 1-12.

6.     Sayari, A., L. El Mir, S. Al-Heniti, E. Shalaan, S. J. Yaghmour, S. A. Al-Thabaiti, A. A. Al-Ghamdi, and F. Yakuphanoglu. "Spectroscopic ellipsometric determination of opticalproperties of V-Al co-doped ZnO films by rf magnetron sputtering." Journal of Electroceramics (2013): 1-7.

7.     Rahman, Mohammed M., George Gruner, Mohammed Saad Al-Ghamdi, Muhammed A. Daous, Sher Bahadar Khan, and Abdullah M. Asiri. "Fabrication of Highly Sensitive Phenyl Hydrazine Chemical Sensor based onas-grown ZnO-Fe2O3 Microwires." Int. J. Electrochem. Sci 8 (2013): 520-534.

8.     Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed A., F. Al-Hazmi, R. M. Al-Tuwirqi, F. Alnowaiser, Omar A. Al-Hartomy, Farid El-Tantawy, and F. Yakuphanoglu. "Synthesis, Magnetic and Ethanol Gas Sensing Properties of SemiconductingMagnetite Nanoparticles."Solid State Sciences (2013).

9.     Sayari, A., M. Ezzidini, B. Azeza, S. Rekaya, E. Shalaan, S. J. Yaghmour, A. A. Al-Ghamdi, L. Sfaxi, R. M’ghaieth, and H. Maaref. "Improvement of performance of GaAs solar cellsby inserting self-organized InAs/InGaAs quantum dot superlattices." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 113 (2013): 1-6.

10. Gupta, R. K., M. Cavas, Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi, Z. H. Gafer, F. El-Tantawy, and F. Yakuphanoglu. "Electrical andphotoresponse properties of Al/< i> p</i>-CuFeO< sub>2</sub>/< i> p</i>-Si/Al MTCOS photodiode." Solar Energy 92 (2013): 1-6.

11. Paulauskas, Irene E., Deena R. Modeshia, Tarek T. Ali, Elsayed H. El-Mossalamy, Abdullah Y. Obaid, Sulaiman N. Basahel, Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi, and Felicity K. Sartain. "Photocatalytic Activity ofDoped and Undoped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Synthesised by Flame SprayPyrolysis." Platinum Metals Review 57, no. 1 (2013): 32-43.

12. Nafee, S. S., A. M. Al-Ramady, and S. A. Shaheen. "Numerical approach to calculate the decay heat of actinides for shortcooling time." Annals of Nuclear Energy 57 (2013): 304-310.

13. Salah, Numan, Sami Habib, Saeed S. Babkair, S. P. Lochab, and Vibha Chopra. "TL response of nanocrystalline MgB₄ O< sub> 7</sub>: Dy irradiated by 3MeV protonbeam, 50MeV Li< sup> 3+</sup> and 120MeV Ag< sup>9+</sup> ion beams." Radiation Physics and Chemistry(2013).

14. Al-Agel, F. A., E. A. Al-Arfaj, F. M. Al-Marzouki, Shamshad A. Khan, and A. A. Al-Ghamdi. "Study of phase separation in Ga₂₅ Se< sub> 75− x</sub> Te< sub>x</sub> chalcogenide thin films." Progress in Natural Science: Materials International (2013).

15. AL-Hartomy, O. A., A. A. Al-Ghamdi, F. EL-Tantawy, and M. M. El-Desoky. "Effect ofnanocrystallization on the structural and electrical conductivity enhancementof vanadium-based glasses." Journal of Materials Science 48, no. 8 (2013): 3067-3074.

16. Al-Agel, F. A. "Crystallization kinetics and effect ofthermal annealing on optical constants in a-Ge< sub> 25</sub>Se< sub> 75-x</sub> Tex glasses."Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2013).

17. Kim, Si Joon, Bayram Gunduz, Doo Hyun Yoon, Hyun Jae Kim, Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi, and F. Yakuphanoglu. "Photofield effectand photoresponse properties of the transparent oxide-based BaInZnO thin-filmtransistors." Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 193 (2013): 1-12.

18. Al-Agel, F. A., E. A. Al-Arfaj, F. M. Al-Marzouki, Shamshad A. Khan, Zishan H. Khan, andA. A. Al-Ghamdi. "Phase transformationkinetics and optical properties of Ga–Se–Sb phase-change thin films." Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (2013).

19. Alghamdi, Ghadah S., and Ali Z. Alzahrani. "Bonding Formation and Orbitals Nature of Zno Structure." Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 13, no. 9 (2013): 1144-1149.