Samy El-Shall

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Nanocatalysis on Supported Oxides for CO Oxidation
    Topics in Catalysis, vol. 47, no. 1-2, pp. 22–31, 2008
  2. Growth and Characterization of ZnO, SnO2 and ZnO/SnO2 Nanostructures from the Vapor Phase
    Topics in Catalysis, vol. 47, no. 1-2, pp. 84–96, 2008
  3. Synthesis and characterization of pure and ZrO2-doped nanocrystalline CuO–NiO system
    Applied Surface Science, vol. 254, no. 6, pp. 1651–1660, 2008
  4. Ion Mobility of Ground and Excited States of Laser-Generated Transition Metal Cations
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 112, no. 6, pp. 1112–1124, 2008
  5. Microwave Synthesis of Highly Aligned Ultra Narrow Semiconductor Rods and Wires [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2790-2791].
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 130, no. 12, pp. 4203–4203, 2008
  6. Stepwise hydration of ionized acetylene trimer. Further evidence for the formation of benzene radical cation
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 436, no. 1-3, pp. 25–29, 2007
  7. Reactive processing of nanostructured nickel aluminide intermetallics starting from elemental nanopowders
    Intermetallics, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 1057–1065, 2007
  8. High-temperature characterization of reactively processed nanostructure nickel aluminide intermetallics
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 440, no. 1-2, pp. 178–188, 2007
  9. Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticle Co3O4, CuO and NiO catalysts prepared by physical and chemical methods to minimize air pollution
    Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 331, pp. 8–18, 2007
  10. Hydrogen Bonding Interactions of Pyridine•+ with Water: Stepwise Solvation of Distonic Cations
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 111, no. 6, pp. 1006–1014, 2007
  11. Vapor-phase synthesis of metallic and intermetallic nanoparticles and nanowires: Magnetic and catalytic properties
    Pure and Applied Chemistry, vol. 78, no. 9, pp. 1667–1689, 2006
  12. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 110, no. 27, pp. 8585–8592, 2006
  13. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 110, no. 23, pp. 7334–7344, 2006
  14. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 110, no. 13, pp. 4296–4298, 2006
  15. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 110, no. 39, pp. 19100–19103, 2006
  16. Meteorite nanoparticles as models for interstellar grains: Synthesis and preliminary characterisation
    Faraday Discussions, vol. 133, p. 103, 2006
  17. Reversible paramagnetism to ferromagnetism in transition metal-doped TiO[sub 2] nanocrystals prepared by microwave irradiation
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 100, no. 12, p. 124307, 2006
  18. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 110, no. 43, pp. 21387–21393, 2006
  19. Oscillatory nucleation in counter flows of vapor and droplets
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 49, no. 13-14, pp. 2044–2052, 2006
  20. Vapor phase synthesis of supported Pd, Au, and unsupported bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts for CO oxidation
    Catalysis Communications, 2006
  21. Polymerization of butadiene on nanoparticles’ surfaces and formation of metal/polymer nanocomposites
    Applied Surface Science, vol. 252, no. 10, pp. 3774–3782, 2006
  22. Guest Editorial
    Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol. 8, no. 3-4, pp. 299–300, 2006
  23. Vapor phase synthesis and characterization of bimetallic alloy and supported nanoparticle catalysts
    Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol. 8, no. 3-4, pp. 519–531, 2006
  24. Differential mobility analysis of nanoparticles generated by laser vaporization and controlled condensation (LVCC)
    Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol. 8, no. 3-4, pp. 361–369, 2006
  25. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 128, no. 38, pp. 12408–12409, 2006
  26. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 128, no. 9, pp. 2790–2791, 2006
  27. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 127, no. 17, pp. 6164–6165, 2005
  28. Corrigendum to â??Morphology, photoluminescence and electronic structure in oxidized silicon nanoclustersâ? [J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 114â??116 (2001) 229â??234]
    Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, vol. 142, no. 2, pp. 173–173, 2005
  29. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 127, no. 11, pp. 4114–4114, 2005
  30. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 127, no. 19, pp. 7053–7064, 2005
  31. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 109, no. 20, pp. 4474–4483, 2005
  32. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 109, no. 37, pp. 17350–17355, 2005
  33. Kinetics of ion-induced nucleation in a vapor-gas mixture
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 123, no. 10, p. 104704, 2005
  34. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 108, no. 13, pp. 3959–3962, 2004
  35. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 126, no. 40, pp. 12766–12767, 2004
  36. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 39, pp. 12001–12013, 2003
  37. Laser based synthesis of intermetallic Cu–Zn nanoparticles and filaments
    Scripta Materialia, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 671–676, 2003
  38. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 107, no. 13, pp. 2882–2886, 2003
  39. Separation of isomers by dimer formation: isomerically pure benzene+ and toluene+ ions, and their dimers: ab initio calculations on (benzene)2+
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 380, no. 1-2, pp. 21–28, 2003
  40. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 107, no. 31, pp. 5933–5940, 2003
  41. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 107, no. 38, pp. 7656–7666, 2003
  42. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 107, no. 31, pp. 5920–5932, 2003
  43. Experimental and theoretical study of benzene (acetonitrile)[sub n] clusters, n=1–4
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 116, no. 23, p. 10253, 2002
  44. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 3028–3033, 2002
  45. Spectroscopy and structure of styrene (water)n and styrene (methanol)n clusters, n=1,2
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 356, no. 1-2, pp. 91–100, 2002
  46. 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, vol. 218, no. 1, pp. 49–62, 2002
  47. Preparation of ultrafine and nanocrystalline FeAl powders
    Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 329-331, no. 1-2, pp. 92–98, 2002
  48. Morphology, photoluminescence and electronic structure in oxidized silicon nanoclusters
    Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, vol. 114-116, no. 1, pp. 229–234, 2001
  49. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 105, no. 47, pp. 11873–11879, 2001
  50. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 105, no. 47, pp. 11866–11872, 2001
  51. Fluoroalcohols as nucleating agents in supersaturated vapors: Efficient clustering with water in the vapor phase
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 115, no. 7, p. 2897, 2001
  52. Effect of atmospheric oxidation on the electronic and photoluminescence properties of silicon nanocrystal
    Pure and Applied Chemistry, vol. 72, no. 1-2, pp. 245–255, 2000
  53. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 104, no. 21, pp. 4912–4919, 2000
  54. Spectroscopy of acetonitrile (benzene)n clusters, n=1–3. Comparison with benzene clusters
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 331, no. 1, pp. 47–56, 2000
  55. Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline iron aluminide particles
    Intermetallics, vol. 8, no. 9-11, pp. 1225–1231, 2000
  56. 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, vol. 326, no. 3-4, pp. 335–340, 2000
  57. Synthesis and characterization of photochromic molybdenum and tungsten oxide nanoparticles
    Nanostructured Materials, vol. 12, no. 1-4, pp. 215–219, 1999
  58. Characterization of silicon nanocrystals and photoluminescence quenching in solution
    Nanostructured Materials, vol. 12, no. 5-8, pp. 731–736, 1999
  59. Reactions of Ti+ with methanol and acetonitrile clusters. Efficient dehydration of methanol dimer by TiO+
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 309, no. 3-4, pp. 215–220, 1999
  60. Journal of Cluster Science, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 533–547, 1999
  61. The effect of carrier gas pressure on vapor phase nucleation experiments using a thermal diffusion cloud chamber
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 111, no. 18, p. 8496, 1999
  62. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 102, no. 38, pp. 7319–7322, 1998
  63. Synthesis of nanoparticles by reactive laser vaporization: silicon nanocrystals in polymers and properties of gallium and tungsten oxides
    Applied Surface Science, vol. 127-129, no. 1-2, pp. 330–338, 1998
  64. Pressure effects on the charge yield and ion nucleation induced by resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 277, no. 1-3, pp. 6–12, 1997
  65. Modeling nucleation and droplet growth for ion-induced nucleation experiments in diffusion cloud chambers
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 277, no. 1-3, pp. 13–19, 1997
  66. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 119, no. 35, pp. 8332–8341, 1997
  67. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 101, no. 10, pp. 1794–1802, 1997
  68. Oxidation states and magnetism of Fe nanoparticles prepared by a laser evaporation technique
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 79, no. 8, p. 5063, 1996
  69. Termolecular proton transfer reactions assisted by ionic hydrogen bond formation: Reactions of aromatic cations with polar molecules
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 104, no. 20, p. 7965, 1996
  70. A Monte Carlo study of methanol clusters (CH3OH)N, N=5–256
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 105, no. 24, p. 11199, 1996
  71. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 118, no. 51, pp. 13058–13068, 1996
  72. Ion nucleation as a detector: application of REMPI to generate selected ions in supersaturated vapors
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 259, no. 5-6, pp. 482–487, 1996
  73. Laser vaporization for the synthesis of nanoparticles and polymers containing metal particulates
    Applied Surface Science, vol. 106, pp. 347–355, 1996
  74. Synthesis and characterization of nanoscale metal oxides and carbides: II. Micro-raman and FT-IR surface studies of a silicon carbide powder.
    Nanostructured Materials, vol. 6, no. 1-4, pp. 301–304, 1995
  75. Synthesis and characterization of nanoscale zinc oxide particles: I. laser vaporization / condensation technique
    Nanostructured Materials, vol. 6, no. 1-4, pp. 297–300, 1995
  76. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 117, no. 29, pp. 7737–7743, 1995
  77. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 117, no. 29, pp. 7744–7752, 1995
  78. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 99, no. 15, pp. 5283–5290, 1995
  79. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 99, no. 51, pp. 17805–17809, 1995
  80. Macromolecules, vol. 28, no. 24, pp. 8456–8458, 1995
  81. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 99, no. 20, pp. 7867–7870, 1995
  82. Gas phase clustering of N2 molecules on to TiO+: Comparison with Ti+ and evidence for the octahedral structure of TiO+(N2)5
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 100, no. 2, p. 1771, 1994
  83. Homogeneous nucleation in supersaturated vapors of polar molecules: Acetonitrile, benzonitrile, nitromethane, and nitrobenzene
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 98, no. 4, p. 3356, 1993
  84. Analysis of homogeneous nucleation data of polar molecules: Vapor association, dipole orientation, and elongated clusters
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 98, no. 4, p. 3369, 1993
  85. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 97, no. 15, pp. 3930–3931, 1993
  86. Nucieation on metal ions in supersaturated vapors
    Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters, vol. 26, no. S1, pp. 189–191, 1993
  87. Polymerization in clusters and in the gas phase using metal ions
    Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters, vol. 26, no. S1, pp. 186–188, 1993
  88. Reply to the Comment on the homogeneous nucleation of CH3CN and the scaling law for onset supersaturation ratios
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 189, no. 1, pp. 103–104, 1992
  89. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 507–510, 1992
  90. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 95, no. 13, pp. 4932–4935, 1991
  91. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 95, no. 22, pp. 8524–8528, 1991
  92. Vapor phase homogeneous nucleation of acetonitrile: the effect of dipole—dipole interaction
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 176, no. 1, pp. 46–54, 1991
  93. Spectroscopic manifestations of structural shell filling in (benzene)n clusters, N = 1–20
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 157, no. 4, pp. 277–282, 1989
  94. Ultraviolet spectroscopy of benzene in cyclohexane clusters. Further evidence for structural shells and resonance interactions
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 163, no. 1, pp. 41–47, 1989
  95. Silicon-nitrogen multiple bonding: Theoretical study of silanitriles and silaisonitriles
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 159, no. 1, pp. 21–26, 1989
  96. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 93, no. 24, pp. 7969–7973, 1989
  97. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 93, no. 25, pp. 8253–8257, 1989
  98. Photoinduced nucleation in supersaturated isoprene vapor: The mechanism of photopolymerization
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 91, no. 12, p. 7925, 1989
  99. Homogeneous nucleation in metal tetrachloride vapors: Tin and titanium tetrachlorides
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 90, no. 11, p. 6533, 1989
  100. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 92, no. 5, pp. 1021–1022, 1988
  101. Vapor phase homogenous nucleation of silicon tetrachloride
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 143, no. 4, pp. 381–384, 1988
  102. Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 91, no. 5, pp. 1088–1095, 1987
  103. Analysis of cloud chamber measurements of gas phase polymerization
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 87, no. 2, p. 1315, 1987
  104. Homogeneous gas phase thermal polymerization of styrene
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 87, no. 2, p. 1329, 1987
  105. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 108, no. 15, pp. 4391–4397, 1986
  106. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 108, no. 15, pp. 4386–4390, 1986