Faculty
2019 & 2020 Highly Cited Researcher (Web of Science)
Associate Professor of Chemical and Material Sciences
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory
Current
● The development of time-resolved laser spectroscopy and four-dimentional ultrafast electron microscopy as unique tools for materials, chemical and physical sciences applications
● Photoinduced bimolecular electron transfer and the subsequent charge separation dynamics
● Nanoscale materials dynamics e.g., nanotubes, quantum dots and nanoparticles
● Synthesis and characterization of chemical systems that are ideal for ultrafast chemistry
● Ultrafast reaction dynamics of photoswitchable materials
● Electronic and vibarional spectroscopy
●Femtosecond and picosecond dynamics of the most elementary chemical and physical processes
J. Yin, R. Naphade, L. Gutierrez Arzaluz, J-L. Bredas, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed
ACS Energy Letters, ASAP, (2020)
Access to Highly Efficient Energy Transfer in Metal–Organic Frameworks via Mixed Linkers Approach
J-t. Jia, L. Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, O. Shekhah, N. Alsadun, J. Czaban-Jozwiak, S. Zhou, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 8580–8584 (2020)
J. Yin, P. Maity,R. Naphade, V. Cheng, J-H. He, O. M. Bakr, J-L. Brédas, O. F. Mohammed
ACS Nano, 13, 12621-12629 (2019)
Extraordinary Carrier Diffusion on CdTe Surfaces Uncovered by 4D Electron Microscopy
A. M. El-Zohry, B. S. Shaheen, V. M. Burlakov, J. Yin, M. N. Hedhili, S. Shikin, B. S. Ooi, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed
Chem, 5, 706-718 (2019)
Layer-Dependent Rashba Band Splitting in 2D Hybrid Perovskites
J. Yin, P. Maity, L-J. Xu, A. M. El-Zohry, H. Li, O. M. Bakr, J-L Bredas, O. F. Mohammed
Chemistry of Materials, 30, 8538–8545 (2018). ACS Editor’s Choice. Chosen for the front cover of the journal.
Imaging Localized Energy States in Silicon-Doped InGaN Nanowires Using 4D Electron Microscopy
R. Bose, A. Adhikari, V. M. Burlakov, G. Liu, M. A. Haque, D. Priante, M. N. Hedhili, N. Wehbe, C. Zhao, H. Yang, T. K. Ng, A. Goriely, O. M. Bakr, T. Wu, B. S. Ooi, O. F. Mohammed
ACS Energy Letters, 3, 476–481 (2018)
Powering up perovskite photoresponse
O. M. Bakr and O. F. Mohammed
Science, 355, 1260-1261 (2017)
Engineering Interfacial Charge Transfer in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals by Heterovalent Doping
R. Begum, M. R. Parida, A. L. Abdelhady, B. Murali, N. Alyami, G. H. Ahmed, M. N. Hedhili, O. M. Bakr, and O. F. Mohammed
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 731-737 (2017)
R. Bose, J. Sun, J. I. Khan, B. S. Shaheen, A. Adhikari, T. K. Ng, V. M. Burlakov, M. R. Parida, D. Priante, A. Goriely, B. S. Ooi, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed
Advanced Materials, 28, 5106-5111(2016)
Real-Space Mapping of Surface Trap States in CIGSe Nanocrystals Using 4D Electron Microscopy
R. Bose, A. Bera, M. R. Parida, A. Adhikari, B. S. Shaheen, E. Alarousu, J. Sun, T. Wu, O. M. Bakr, and O. F. Mohammed
Nano Letters, 16, 4417–4423 (2016)
S. Aly, L. G. AbdulHalim, T. Besong, G. Soldan, Osman M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed
Nanoscale, Article 8, 5412-5416 (2016) Chosen for the front cover of Nanoscale.
Overcoming the Cut‐Off Charge Transfer Bandgaps at the PbS Quantum Dot Interface
A. O. El-Ballouli, E. Alarousu, A. R. Kirmani, A. Amassian, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed
Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 7435-7441 (2015). Chosen for the back cover of the journal.
J. Sun, V. A. Melnikov, J. I. Khan, O. F. Mohammed
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 3884-3890 (2015)
J. Pan, S. P. Sarmah, B. Murali, I. Dursun, W. Peng, M. R. Parida, J. Liu, L. Sinatra, N. Alyami, C. Zhao, E. Alarousu, T. K. Khee Ng, B. S. Ooi, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 5027-5033 (2015)
M. Banavoth, A. El Labban, J. Eid, D. Shi, E. Alarousu, Q. Zhang, X. Zhang, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed
Small, 11, 5272–5279 (2015)
M. I. Saidaminov, A. L. Abdelhady, M. Banavoth, E. Alarousu, V. M. Burlakov, W. Peng, I. Dursun, L. Wang, Y. He, G. Maculan, A. Goriely, T. Wu, O. F. Mohammed, O. M. Bakr
Nature Communications, 6, 7586 (2015)
Quantum confinement-tunable intersystem crossing and triplet state lifetime of cationic porphyrin-CdTe quantum dot nano-assemblies
G. H. Ahmed, S.M. Aly, A. Usman, M. S. Eita, V. A. Melnikov, O. F. Mohammed
Chemical Communications, 51, 8010-8013 (2015). Chosen for the front cover of ChemComm.
S. M. Aly, G. H. Ahmed, B. S. Shaheen, J. Sun, O. F. Mohammed
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6 (5), 791–795 (2015)
Ambient layer-by-layer ZnO assembly for highly efficient polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells
M. Eita, A. El Labban, F. Cruciani, A. Usman, P. M. Beaujuge, O. F. Mohammed
Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 1558–1564 (2015)
D. Masih, S. M. Aly, E. Alarousu, O. F. Mohammed
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (13), 6733-6738 (2015). Chosen for the front cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
● Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
● Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
● Member of institute of Materials, Minerals& Mining (IOM3)
● Member of international society of optics and photonics (SPIE)
● Member of Advancing Technology for Humanity (IEEE)
● Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
● Long term fellowship, Max-Born Institute, Berlin, Germany
● Post-doctoral Fellowship (JSPS fellowship) & Special post-doctoral researcher (RIKEN fellowship), RIKEN, Japan
● Distinguished scholar award from Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait
● The State Prize in Basic Sciences, Egypt
● Named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
● Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)