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About the group

	Mohamed Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb
	Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamed Aboaly
	Ayman Ayoub Abdel-Shafi
	Maged Shafik Antonious
	Mohamed Said Attia Moustafa
	Esam Mohamed Adly Mostafa Bakir
	Hoda Said Hafez
	Mona Mostafa Ali Saif

Mohamed Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb

Professor of Chemistry
Ain Shams University, Egypt
E-mail: solar@photoenergy.org

M. Sabry A. Abdel-Mottaleb received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Ain Shams University, Cairo, and his Dr.rer.nat. degree from Friedrich Schiller University, Jena.

Since 1973, Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb has supervised 80 research students that led to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees being awarded in spectroscopy, material (nano) sciences, applied photochem, and environmental photochem including photocatalysis, drug stabilities, and chemical solar cells and solar chemistry. About 90 research publications have appeared in the literature, and about 20 invited lectures have been given. He has active collaborations with several international laboratories, and has a major collaboration with groups in Europe (France, Portugal, Spain, Swiss, and UK), North African Countries (supported by EU grants), and the USA.

In 1993, he has received a grant of two million Egyptian pounds (650k$ US) to establish the Photoenergy Center. Amongst other activities, Sabry is a Member of the Egyptian National Committee of New and Advanced Materials and a Member of the Egyptian Standing Scientific committee of Promotion to Professorships.

He has organized and chaired nine international conferences “Solar Series, Nanotech Insight 05, 07” and five international workshops on environmental photochemistry, starting from 1991 till 2007. He has also organized in collaboration with the UN ICS-UNIDO, Trieste, Italy, three international workshops on PV applications for Middle East Countries (2000–2002).

Sabry’s research has been recognized through the award of the Egyptian State Prize of Encouragement for Chemistry, 1984, and the State Decoration of Science and Arts (first rate), 1985. He has also held visiting professorships to several international laboratories in different countries: DAAD, Stuttgart, 1984; Muelheim, 1988; Heinrich-Heine Stiftung, Max-Planck Institute, Muelheim, 1992; ICTP and ICS, Trieste, Italy, several times during 1991–2004; and the British Council, 1997 in Southampton and 2000 in Brighton. He received the National Belgium Science Foundation award, KU, Leuven, 1987.

Participation in Projects [Full Partner, PI of the Egyptian Side, ASU Teams]

• • Two Joint scientific projects financed by the European Community; Silicon project (1996) and Aquacat project –photodisinfiction of water
• • in collaboration with international European [France [Jean-Marie Herrmann (Lyon) ”, Swiss, Spain, UK and Portugal] and North African Laboratories (Fez and Tunis)
• • US – Egypt Scientific Research Project with Verginia Commonwealth University (2007 – 2009)
• • POWERSOL, solar thermal power generation project FP6 [Egypt, Tunis, Algeria, Spain, Portugal and Swiss], (2007 –2009).
• • POWERSUN, Power Generation from the Sun: Design, Fabrication and Applications of Combined Solar Heat Power System, Energy Call, 2010 - 2012

Important contributions and services

• • He has introduced to the Egyptian scientific community some modern chemistry courses in the fields of photocatalysis, environmental photochemistry, dye-sensitized solar cells, and spectroscopy, LASER in Chemistry, group theory and computer applications.
• • In 1993 He has established the Photoenergy Center and Its Chemical Applications [Research, Training and Development] at Ain Shams University. He Directed the Center during the period 1994 – 2005
• • In 2006 He has established the state-of the art Nano/Photochemistry and Solar Chemistry Lab at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, ASU
• • In 2009 He has established Solar Thermal Test Rig facility on the roof of the Department of Chemistry, ASU.
• • He has organized and chaired eleven international Conferences “Solar Series, Nanotech Insight 05, 07” and five international workshops on Environmental Photochemistry; starting from 1991 -2010 [solar10 in Cairo, February 2010]
• • He has organized in collaboration with the UN ICS-UNIDO (Trieste, Italy) three international workshops on PV applications for Arabic and Middle East Countries (2000 – 2002)
• • Founder and ex. Editor-in-Chief; Res Letters in Physical Chemistry, International Journal newly lunched by Hindawi Publishing Corp
• • He is the Founder and the ex Managing Editor of the new International Journal of Photoenergy [indexed in the ISI databases and CAS of the A.C.S] (http://www.hindawi.com). Editor –in-Chief Emeritus since July 2006
• • Member of the Egyptian National Committee of New and Advanced Materials (Egyptian Academy of Science)
• • Member of the Egyptian standing scientific committee for the promotion to professorships [Non-Organic Sector, 2002 - 2008]
• • Member of the standing committee for the promotion of assistant professorship and professorship, Desert Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture (since 2006]
• • He supervised many Ph.D. and M.Sc. thesis in Spectroscopy, Material (Nano) Sciences, Applied Photochemistry and Environmental Photochemistry including Photocatalysis, Drug Stabilities and Chemical Solar Cells
• • He published numerous scientific papers in national and international scientific journals in the field of Photochemistry, Photocatalysis, Solar Chemistry and Nano Materials

Some Contributions Reflecting Research Directions

1. Hydrothermal preparation of Gd3+ -doped titanate nanotubes: Magnetic properties and photovoltaic performance
   International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 2009, 2009
2. Duality of TiO2 nanoparticles: Applications in photocatalysis and dye-sensitised solar cells fabrication
   International Journal of Nanomanufacturing, vol. 4, no. 1-4, pp. 175–185, 2009
3. Application of novel copolymer-TiO2 membranes for some textile dyes adsorptive removal from aqueous solution and photocatalytic decolorization
   Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 157, no. 2-3, pp. 547–552, 2008
4. Doped TiO2 nanomaterials and applications
   International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 2008, 2008
5. The effect of Tb and Sm ions on the photochromic behavior of two spiropyrans of benzoxazine series in solution
   Research Letters in Physical Chemistry, vol. 2008, 2008
6. Titanium dioxide nanomaterial doped with trivalent lanthanide ions of Tb, Eu and Sm: Preparation, characterization and potential applications
   Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 360, no. 9, pp. 2863–2874, 2007
7. Factors affecting the efficiency of excited-states interactions of complexes between some visible light-emitting lanthanide ions and cyclophanes containing spirobiindanol phosphonates
   International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 2007, 2007
8. Treatment of polluted water resources using reactive polymeric hydrogel
   Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 100, no. 5, pp. 3966–3973, 2006
9. Photocatalytic efficiency of titanium dioxide immobilized on PVP/AAc hydrogel membranes: A comparative study for safe disposal of wastewater of Remazol Red RB-133 textile dye
   International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 181–185, 2005
10. Factors affecting light energy transfer in some samarium complexes
    International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 51–58, 2005
11. The interaction and photostability of some xanthenes and selected azo sensitizing dyes with TiO2 nanoparticles
    International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 95–101, 2005
12. Photostability of J -aggregates adsorbed on TiO2 nanoparticles and AFM imaging of J -aggregates on a glass surface
    International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 29–33, 2004
13. Photocatalytic degradation of some toxic analytical reagents with TiO 2
    International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1–4, 1999
14. Photoelectrochemistry of n-silicon semiconductor in fluoride media
    Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences: Chemical Sciences, vol. 110, no. 3, pp. 185–191, 1998
15. Effect of complexation with lanthanide metal ions on the photochromism of (1,3,3-trimethyl-5′-hydroxy-6′-formyl-indoline-spiro2,2′-[2h] chromene) in different media
    International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 2006, pp. 1–9, 1996
16. Deactivation channels of multidimensional S1 state of some laser dyes
    Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Chemical Sciences, vol. 107, no. 6, pp. 735–742, 1995
17. Excited state H-bonding complexes of coumarin dye derivatives
    Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy, vol. 50, no. 14, pp. 2395–2396, 1994
18. Photophysics and dynamics of coumarin laser dyes and their analytical implications
    Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Chemical Sciences, vol. 104, no. 2, pp. 185–196, 1992
19. Foreword
    Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Chemical Sciences, vol. 104, no. 2, pp. 79, 1992
20. Activities of photochemistry in Egypt
    Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Chemical Sciences, vol. 104, no. 2, pp. 81–87, 1992

Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamed Aboaly

Professor of Chemistry
Ain Shams University, Egypt
E- mail: aboalymoh@hotmail.com

M. Aboaly received his B.S, M. Sc. degrees from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt and his Ph. D. from Paris- 6 university, France, in the field of laser photochemistry and mechanism of vision process.

M. Aboaly has supervised many research students that led to M. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees being awarded in spectroscopy, applied photochemistry, Solarchemistry and inorganic chemistry. He was one of the local organizing committee members and participated in many international conferences “Solar Series" since 1991 and also in Spain (Madrid), France (Paris, Reims and Lille) in molecular spectroscopy. He is the author of about 35 scientific papers published in respectable journals of high impact. He is now the director of Photoenergy Center and its chemical applications, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University. He has a major collaboration with several national and international laboratories.

Important contributions and services

He is the vice head of chemistry department for the inorganic group, responsible of credit hour system of inorganic and analytical Chemistry group, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University. He teaches some fundamental courses which are essential to understand modern chemistry like Photochemistry using lasers, vibrational spectroscopy (principles and applications). Electron spins resonance and application of group theory. Reviewer for promotion to assistant professor degree, some local and international scientific journals: Sulfur and phosphorus. Spectrochim-Acta-A; Spectroscopy letters, Al Azhr Bulletin, Egypt J. of chemistry, synthesis and reactivity of inorganic and metal-organic compounds and J. of Molecular structure.

Some selected publications

1. Photophysical behavior of a simple merocyanine dye and its analytical implications
   J. Photochem. and Phtobiol., A: Chem., 46 (1989) 99 – 112.
2. Fluorescence properties and excited state interactions of 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin laser dye.
   J. Phtochem. and Photobiol. A: Chem., 46 (1989) 379 – 390.
3. Photophysics and dynamics of rigidised coumarin laser dyes.
   J. Phtochem. and Photobiol. A: Chem., 50 (1989) 259 – 273.
4. Photophysics and dynamics of coumarin laser dyes and their analytical implications.
   Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 104 (1992) 185 – 196.
5. Excited states H-bonding complexes of coumarin dye derivatives.
   Spectrochim. Acta 50A, (1994) 2395-2396.
6. Comparison des specters electroniques et Raman de resonance de polyenals modéles de produits de phototransformation du retinal tout trans.
   Proc. of the First Europ. Conf. on Spectroscopy of Biol Molecules, Reims,France (1985) pp. 345 – 347.
7. All trans-retinal photoisomerisation and photooxidation from UV Laser radiation.
   Photochem. and Photobiol., 49 (1988) 739 – 751.
8. Redox quenching of coumarin-6 fluorescence by Iodine and two Iron complexes.
   Can. J. App. Spectroscopy, 38(1993)151-154.
9. Electrical transport as a function of temperature in hexacyanoferrate complexes.
   J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron, 14 (2003) 27-31.
10. Vibrational Analysis, conformational Stability, force constants, barriers to internal rotations, RHF, MP2 and DFT calculations of trans, trans-2,4-Hexadiene.
    J. Raman Spectroscopy., 35(2004) 869-878.
11. Assessment of quench indicating parameters of an alternative scintillation cocktail mixture by low level liquid scintillation counting.
12. Removal of some fusion products from low level liquid radioactive waste
    9th international conference of nuclear sciences and application,11-14 Feb, 2008, Sharm El-sheikh, Egypt.
13. Applied radiation and isotopes, 8 (2010) 239-249.
    Sorption reaction mechanism of some hazardous radionuclide from mixed waste by impregnated crown ether onto polymeric resin.
14. Food and chemical toxicology, (2010).
    Screening the bio-safety of wheat produced from pretreated grains to enhance tolerance against drought using physiological and spectroscopic methods.
15. Analytical Chemistry, (2010)
    A novel spectrofluorimetric method for measuring the activity of the enzyme α -L-fucosidase using the nanocomposite optical sensor samarium (III) –doxycycline complex doped in sol- gel matrix.

Ayman Ayoub Abdel-Shafi

Professor of Inorganic Photochemistry
Ain Shams University, Egypt
E- mail: aaashafi@yahoo.com

Professor Ayman Ayoub Abdel-Shafi born in Cairo, Egypt 1966. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry in 1987 with excellent with first class honor degree from Ain Shams University (ASU). He has received his M.Sc. in 1991 and then followed the dual supervision system for Ph.D. studies with Prof Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb ASU and Prof. Frank Wilkinson, Loughborough University (LU), England and awarded Ph.D. in 1995 in the field of photochemistry. He started his career as assistant professor at ASU till 2001 during which he partially shared in the establishment of the Photoenergy Centre and its Chemical Applications, ASU and then moved to laser photochemistry lab, LU as research associate for three years. Then he returned back to ASU as Associate professor till 2007, during which he has made several research visits to England, Spain and Germany where he made good scientific collaboration with photochemistry groups in these countries.

In 2007 he has been nominated as a professor of inorganic chemistry, ASU. He joined King Faisal University 2004 till now. His research interests are singlet oxygen and its environmental applications, photochemistry of inorganic systems and inclusion complexes. Spervised about 10 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. He has been awarded Catalonya award Spain 2003, and the Egyptian State Prize of Encouragement for Chemistry 2007. His h-index is 12 (scopus 2010)

Funded Research Projects

Large Scale Projects

1. Laser Flash Photolysis Study on the Factors that affect the Production of Singlet Oxygen Following Oxygen Quenching of the Excited Singlet States and its environmental impacts. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Dec 2007 ($ 375,000, Principle Investigator)
2. Development of water disinfection and pollutants degradation using singlet oxygen photosensitized by luminescent d6 metal complexes covalently bounded to a polymer Saudi Arabia STI plan, Sept. 2010 ($ 424,000, Principle Investigator)
3. Nanowires Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Ministry of Higher Education, KSA ($ 677,000, Co- Investigator)

Small Projects ($20,000-30,000)

1. Design and application of a system to study the thermal effects on the electrical and optical conductivity for some inorganic compounds.
   Deanship of Scientific Research, King Faisal University, May 2006.
2. Photoconductivity of solar energy and storage dye sensitized semiconductors.
   Deanship of Scientific Research, King Faisal University, May 2006.
3. Spectroscopic studies on the inclusion of photochromic compounds in cyclodextrins and the subsequent effect on the photochromic properties.
   Deanship of Scientific Research, King Faisal University, May 2006
4. Effect of internal and external heavy atoms on Room Temperature Phosphorescence
   Deanship of Scientific Research, King Faisal University, April 2008
5. Luminescence quenching of Osmium trisbipyridyl chloride by manganese(VII) and its analytical implications
   , Deanship of Scientific Research, King Faisal University, April 2008

List of Publications

(h-index 12, July 2010)

A) Articles in Journals

1- Spectroscopic Studies on the inclusion complex formation between 7-iodo-8-hyroxyquinoline-5-sulfonic acid and b-Cyclodextrin, A. A. Abdel-Shafi and S. S. Al-Shihry, Journal of inclusion phenomena and Macrocyclic chemistry, 2010, 67(1), 7-11.
Times cited: 0

2- Fluorescence enhancement of 1-napthol-5-sulfonate by forming inclusion complex with b-Cyclodextrin in aqueous solution, A. A. Abdel-Shafi and S. S. Al-Shihry, Spectrochimica Acta Part A 2009, 72, 533-537.
Times cited: 5

3- Mechanism of quenching by oxygen of the excited states of ruthenium(II) complexes in aqueous media. Solvent isotope effect and photosensitized generation of singlet oxygen, O2(1Dg), by [Ru(diimine)(CN)4]2- complex ions, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, M. D. Ward and R. Schmidt, Dalton Transactions, 2007, 24, 2517 - 2527.
Times cited: 4

4- Photosensitized generation of singlet oxygen from rhenium(I) and iridium(III) complexes, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, J. L. Bourdelande and S. S. Ali, Dalton Transactions, 2007, 24, 2510-2516.
Times cited: 2

5- Photosensitized production of singlet oxygen and factors governing its decay in xenon and carbon dioxide supercritical fluids. A. A. Abdel-Shafi and D. R. Worrall, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2007, 186, 2-3, 263-269.
Times cited: 3

6- Spectroscopic studies on the inclusion complex of 2-naphthol-6-sulfonate with b-cyclodextrin. A.A. Abdel-Shafi, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 2007, 66(3), 732-738.
Times cited: 12

7- Inclusion complex of 2-naphthylamine-6-sulfonate with b-cyclodextrin: intramolecular charge transfer versus hydrogen bonding effects. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, Spectrochimica Acta Part A 2007, 66(3), 1228-1236.
Times cited: 7

8- Factors affecting the efficiency of excited-states interactions of complexes between some visible light-emitting lanthanide ions and cyclophanes containing spirobiindanol phosphonates. M. S. Attia, M. M. H. Khalil, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, G. M. Attia, S. Failla, G. Consiglio, P. Finocchiaro, and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, International Journal of Photoenergy, 2007, Article ID 12530, 1-7.
Times cited: 0

9- Spectrophotometric determination of manganese by using redox reaction of tris(2,2′-bipyridine)osmium(II) with Mn7+. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, Analytical Sciences, 2006, 22, 825-828.
Times cited: 1

10- The temperature dependent electrical transport in biphenyl derivatives. M. M. Sallam , B.A. El-Sayed and A.A. Abdel-Shafi, Current Applied Physics, 2006, 6, 71-75.
Times cited: 1

11- Spectrofluorimetric determination of iron (III) in industrial effluents based on fluorescence quenching of 1-naphthol-2- sulfonate, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, Taha M. A. Razek and Karima F. Fadel, J. Env. Sciences, 2005, 10(3) 851-865.
Times cited: 0

12- Flow injection fluorimetric determination of chromium(VI) in electroplating baths by luminescence quenching of tris(2,2’-bipyridyl) ruthenium(II)). S. S. M. Hassan, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, A. H. K. Mohammed, Talanta, 2005, 67, 696-702.
Times cited: 6

13- Mechanism of the excited singlet and triplet states quenching by molecular oxygen in acetonitrile. A. A. Abdel-Shafi and D. R. Worrall, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology; A: Chemistry, 2005, 172(2), 170-179.
Times cited: 12

14- Photosensitized generation of singlet oxygen from ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) bipyridyl complexes. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, D. R. Worrall and A. A. Ershov, Dalton Transactions, 2004, 1, 30-36.
Times cited: 3

15- Electronic to vibrational energy conversion and charge transfer contributions during quenching By molecular oxygen of electronically excited triplet states. A. A. Abdel-Shafi and F. Wilkinson. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2002, 4, 248-254.
Times cited: 22

16- Solvents effects on the photophysical properties of 9,10-dicyanoanthracene. A.F. Olea, D. R. Worrall, F. Wilkinson, S. L. Williams and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2002, 2, 161.
Times cited: 10

17- Ruthenium, osmium and rhodium-2,3-bis(2’-pyridyl)quinoxaline complexes. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, M. M. H. Khalil, H. H. Abdallah and R. M. Ramadan. Transition Metal Chemistry, 2002, 27, 69-74.
Times cited: 15

18- Photosensitized generation of singlet oxygen from substituted bipyridine ruthenium(II) complexes. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, P. D. Beer, R. J. Mortimer, and F. Wilkinson. Helvitica Chimica Acta, 2001, 84, 2784.
Times cited: 19

19- Photosensitised production of singlet oxygen, (O2*(a1Dg)) in the unique ‘heavy atom’ solvent, supercritical fluid xenon. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, F. Wilkinson and D. R. Worrall. Chemical Physics Letters, 2001, 343, 273-280.
Times cited: 6

20- Singlet oxygen formation efficiencies following quenching of excited singlet and triplet states of aromatic hydrocarbons by molecular oxygen. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, D. R. Worrall and F. Wilkinson. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology; A: Chemistry,2001, 142, 133-143.
Times cited: 26

21- Effect of b-cyclodextrin on the excited state proton transfer in 1-naphthol-2-sulfonate. A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Spectrochimica Acta A. 2001, 57, 1819-1828.
Times cited: 17

22- Charge transfer and non-charge transfer processes competing in the sensitization of singlet oxygen: Formation of O2( 1Sg+), O2(1Dg) and O2(3Sg-) during oxygen quenching of triplet excited naphthalene derivatives. R. Schmidt, F. Shafii, C. Schweitzer, A. A. Abdel-Shafi and F. Wilkinson. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2001, 105, 1811-1817.
Times cited: 31

23- Factors affecting the rate of decay of the first excited singlet state of molecular oxygen (O2*(a1Dg)) in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide. D. R. Worrall, A. A. Abdel-Shafi and F. Wilkinson. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2001, 105, 1270-1276.
Times cited: 9

24- On the efficiency of the photosensitized production of singlet oxygen in water suspensions of a tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) complex covalently bound to an insoluble hydrophilic polymer. J. L. Bourdelande, J. Font, G. Marques A. A. Abdel-Shafi, F. Wilkinson, and D. R. Worrall. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology; A: Chemistry, 2001, 138, 65-68.
Times cited: 13

25- Laser induced electron transfer processes in a pyrene-b-cyclodextrin complex in tetanosilicate systems. G. N. Starukh, N. P. Smirnova, A. M.Eremenko, A. A. Chuiko, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, D. R. Worrall, and F. Wilkinson. Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry,2001, 37,103.
Times cited: 1

26- Study of the nature of the surface of mixed titanosilicas by flash photolysis of adsorbed pyrenemethanol. O. A. Yakimenko, N. P. Smirnova, A. M. Eremenko, V. M. Ogenko, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, D. R. Worrall, and F. Wilkinson. Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry, 2001, 37,180.
Times cited: 0

27- Photosensitized generation of singlet oxygen from ruthenium(II)-substituted benzoazacrown-bipyridine complexes. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, P. D. Beer, R. J. Mortimer, and F. Wilkinson. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2000, 2, 3137-3144.
Times cited: 15

28- Charge transfer effects on the efficiency of singlet oxygen production following oxygen quenching of excited singlet and triplet states of aromatic hydrocarbons in acetonitrile. A. A. Abdel-Shafi and F. Wilkinson. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2000,104, 5747-5757.
Times cited: 47

29- Photosensitized generation of singlet oxygen from vinyl linked benzo-crown-ether-bipyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, P. D. Beer, R. J. Mortimer, and F. Wilkinson. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2000, 104, 192-202.
Times cited: 40

30- Mechanism of quenching of triplet states by molecular oxygen: Biphenyl derivatives in different solvents. F. Wilkinson and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 1999, 103, 5425-5435.
Times cited: 47

31- Photocatalytic degradation of some toxic analytical reagents with TiO2. M. M. H. Khalil, A. A. Abdel-Shafi and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb. International Journal of Photoenergy, 1999, 1, 85-88.
Times cited: 0

32- Photoelectrochemistry of n-silicon semiconductor in fluoride media. M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, M. S. Antonious and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Journal of Chemical Sciences, 1998, 110, 185-191.
Times cited: 0

33- Mechanism of quenching of triplet states by oxygen: Biphenyl derivatives in acetonitrile. F. Wilkinson and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 1997, 101, 5509-5516.
Times cited: 45

34- Energy transfer between laser dyes. F. S. M. Abd El-Hameed,; M, S. Antonious, and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Proc. of the Third International Conference & Exhibition on Chemistry in Industry, Manama, Bahrin, 1996, 198-205.
Times cited: 0

35- Redox quenching of coumarin-6 fluorescence by iodine and two iron complexes. M. M. Abo Aly, M. S. Antonious, and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Canadian Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, 1993, 38, 151.
Times cited: 0

B) Published Contributions to Academic Conferences:

36- Spectroscopic studies on the inclusion of naphthol derivatives in b-cyclodextrin, S. S Al-Shihry and A. A. Abdel-Shafi, Proceeding of the XXIst IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Kyoto, Japan, 2006, P 583.

37- Photosensitized Generation of Singlet Oxygen from Ruthenium(II) and Osmium(II) bipyridine Complexes. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, D. R. Worrall, and A. Erhov. Proceeding of the 7th International Conference on Solar Energy and applied Photochemistry,Luxor, Feb., 2003, P3.

38- Singlet Oxygen (O2*(a1Dg)) Photophysics in Supercritical Fluids. D. R. Worrall, A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Proceeding of the XIX, IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry Budapest, July 2002, P501.

39- Competitive Energy and Charge Transfer Mechanisms in Oxygen Quenching of Excited Singlet and Triplet States. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, and F. Wilkinson. Proceeding of the ICPXX, International Conference on Photochemistry Moscow, Russia, Aug 2001, P46.

40- Factors Affecting the Rate of Decay of the First Excited Singlet State of Molecular Oxygen (O₂*(a¹D_g)) in Supercritical Fluid CO2. D. R. Worrall, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, and F. Wilkinson. Proceeding of the ICPXX, International Conference on Photochemistry Moscow, Russia, Aug 2001, P147.

41- On the Factors which Determine the Efficiency of Oxygen Quenching of Electronically Excited States. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, and F. Wilkinson. Wilkinson’s Symposium, Loughborough University, June 2001.

42- On the role of charge transfer interactions during oxygen quenching of excited singlet and triplet states. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, and F. Wilkinson. Proceeding of Pacifichem 2000 Meeting, Orgn 573.

43- Laser flash photolysis study of electron-transfer processes of adsorbed acenes on photocatalytic titania-silica surfaces. D. R. Worrall, A. Eremenko, F. Wilkinson, N. Smirnova, and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Proceeding of Pacifichem 2000 Meeting, Phys. 548.

44- Photochemistry of pyrene in b-cyclodextrin-colloidal silica titania media. N. Smirnova, A. Eremenko, G. Staruch, F. Wilkinson, D. R. Worrall and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Proceeding of the XVIII IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Dresden, Germany, 2000, P 554.

45- Factors governing the photosensitised generation of singlet molecular oxygen (¹D_g) in condensed media. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, D. R. Worrall and F. Wilkinson. Proceeding of the XVIII IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Dresden, Germany, 2000, P 637.

46- Laser flash photolysis study of electron transfer processes of adsorbed acenes on titania-silica surfaces. A. Eremenko, N. Smirnova, O. Linnik, F. Wilkinson, D. R. Worrall and A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Proceeding of the XVIII IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry Dresden, Germany, 2000, P 235.

47- Efficient singlet oxygen sensitisation and pet processes from a tris-(bipyridyl)-ruthenium(II) complex covalently bound to an insoluble hydrophilic polymer. J. L. Bourdelande, J. Font, G. Marques, A. A. Abdel-Shafi, D. R. Worrall and F. Wilkinson.Proceeding of the XVIII IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Dresden, Germany, 2000, P180.

48- Photodegradation of Toxic Pigments. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, M. M.H. Khalil and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb. Proceeding of the XVII IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Barcelona, Spain, 1998 P 336.

49- Mechanism of Sensitized Singlet Oxygen Production in Solution. A. A. Abdel-Shafi and F. Wilkinson. The 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Application of Photobiology and Laser Technologies in Medicine and Environment. Cairo, Egypt.1998.Oral Presentation.

50- Photoelectrochemistry of n-Silicon Semiconductor in Fluoride Media. M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, M. S. Antonious, A. A. Abdel-Shafi. Proceeding of the Fourth International Conference on Solar Energy Storage and Applied Photochemistry, Cairo, Egypt.1997.

51- Intra- and Intermolecular Energy and Electronic Transfer in Bichromophoric Molecules. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, M. S. Antonious, M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, C. R. de-Denus and A. S. Abd-El-Aziz. Proceeding of the Fourth International Conference on Solar Energy Storage and Applied Photochemistry. Cairo, Egypt. 1997.

52- Charge Transfer Interactions and Efficiencies of Sensitized Singlet Oxygen Production From Substituted Biphenyls. A. A. Abdel-Shafi and F. Wilkinson. Proceeding of the Third International Conference on Solar Energy Storage and Applied Photochemistry. Cairo, Egypt 1995.

53- Singlet - Singlet Energy Transfer Between Coumarin 4-Water Exciplex and Coumarin 314 in Aqueous and Micellar Media. A. A. Abdel-Shafi and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb. Proceeding of the Third International Conference on Solar Energy Storage and Applied Photochemistry. 1995 Cairo, Egypt.

54- Energy Transfer Between Coumarin Laser Dyes. A. A. Abdel-Shafi and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb. Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Solar Energy Storage and Applied Photochemistry. Cairo, Egypt.1993.

55- Fluorescence Quenching of Coumarins by Inorganic Complexes. A. A. Abdel-Shafi, M. M. AboAli, M. S. Antonious and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb. Proceeding of the First International Symposium and Workshop on Molecular Mechanics of Electron Transfer, Basics of Solar Energy Storage. Cairo, Egypt. 1991

C) Other Publications (in Arabic):

56) الليزر و علاج السرطان (ترجمة). أيمن أيوب عبدالشافى
الثقافة العالمية (المجلس الوطنى للثقافة للعلوم والفنون والأداب ـ الكويت) 1995، 69، 92.
57) القدرات النووية لدول العالم الثالث (ترجمة). أيمن أيوب عبدالشافى
الثقافة العالمية (المجلس الوطنى للثقافة للعلوم والفنون والأداب ـ الكويت) 1993، 60، 161.
58) الطرق الضوئية الحديثة لتنقية المياه (ترجمة). أيمن أيوب عبدالشافى
الثقافة العالمية (المجلس الوطنى للثقافة للعلوم والفنون والأداب ـ الكويت) 1992، 55، 105.

International collaborations

Scholars with whom I have collaborated in research and publications:
Prof. Dr. Frank Wilkinson, Loughborough University, England.
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schmidt, J. W. Goethe-Universitat, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Paul Beer, Oxford University, England.
Prof. Dr. Jose L. Bourdelande of Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Prof. Dr. Michael D. Ward, Sheffield University, England.
Dr. Roger J. Mortimer, Loughborough University, England.
Dr. David R. Worrall, Loughborough University, England.
Dr. Andres Olea, Universidad de Chile, Chile.
Dr. Aleksei Erhov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia.

Dr. Anna Eremenko, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

 

Maged Shafik Antonious

Professor of Chemistry
Ain Shams University, Egypt

M. S. Antonious received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Ain Shams University, Cairo under supervision of Prof. Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb. Since 1982, M. S. Antonious was appointed as a lecturer in the Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University. The field of research was spectroscopy, applied and environmental photochemistry. About 51 research publications have appeared in the literature and submitted to international conferences. He received three post-graduate fellowships in France (1985 – 1987), U.S.A. (1992) and in Brazil (2001). He participated in the organizing committee of several solar and photo-energy conferences and workshops organized by the photo-energy center and its chemical applications, Ain Shams University since 1991. In 1998, he was appointed as a professor of physical chemistry at Ain Shams University.

Post Doctoral Fellowships

• C.N.R.S., Meudon, France (April 1985 - February 1987)
• Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A. (February 1992- July 1992)
• Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil (July 2001 - October 2001)

Technical and Teaching Experiences

• Environmental effects and spectroscopic studies on solvent polarity indicators and their analytical implications
• Photoelectrochemistry of semiconductors used in the production of both hydrogen and oxygen
• Kinetics of crystallization of some sparingly soluble salts
• Teaching physical, inorganic, and analytical chemistry courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students at Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University

Conferences

• Participated in the organizing committee of several photoenergy conferences organized by Ain Shams University since 1991
• Attended many conferences in Egypt and abroad

List of Publications

1. Electronic Structures of Solvent-Polarity Indicators: Electronic and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Donor-Acceptor Chromogens
M. M. Habashy, F. El-Zawawi, M. S. Antonious, A. K. Sherif and
M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb
Indian J. Chem., 24A (1985) 908

2. Free Rotor Styrylcyanine Chromogens
M. M. Habashy, M. S. Antonious, M. Abdel-Kader and
M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb
Laser Chem., 6 (1986) 381

3. Fluorescence Properties of Some Substituted Acyclic Azines
M. M. Habashy, M. S. Antonious, B. A. El-Sayed and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb
J. Lumin., 36 (1986) 173

4. Photoelectrochemical Characteristics of p- and n-Type Polycrystalline Ni-Ferrite Electrodes in Aqueous Solutions
M. S. Antonious, M. Etman, M. Guyot and T. Merceron
Mat. Res. Bull., 21 (1986) 1515

5. Effect of Incident Light Flux and Hydrogen Peroxide on the Characteristics of Single Crystals of Fe2O3  Anodes
M. Etman, M. S. Antonious and C. Mathieu
J. Chim. Phys., 84 (1987) 433

6. Electrochemical Stabilization of Illuminated Rough Single Crystal WSe­­­2 Surface Anodes
M. S. Antonious, M. Etman and M. Savy
J. Electroanal. Chem., 242 (1988) 191

7. Solvatochromic Behaviour and Prototropic Studies of SomeOxazolones of Electron Donor-Acceptor Type
M. S. Antonious, M. M. Habashy and Y. A. El-Sayed
J. Prakt. Chemie Band 330, Heft 4 (1988) 563

8. Photophysical Behaviour of a Simple Merocyanine Dye and its Analytical Implications
M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, F. M. El-Zawawi, M. S. Antonious, M. M. Abo-Aly and M. El-Feky
J. Photochem. Photobiol., A:Chemistry, 46 (1989) 99

9. Photophysics and Dynamics of Rigidized Coumarin Laser Dyes
M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, M. S. Antonious, M. M. Abo-Aly, L. F. M. Ismail, B. A. El-Sayed and A. M. K. Sherief
J. Photochem. Photobiol., A:Chemistry, 50 (1989) 259

10. Photophysics and Dynamics of Coumarin Laser Dyes and their Analytical Implications
M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, M. S. Antonious, M. M. Abo-Ali, L. F. M. Ismail, B. A. El-Sayed and A. M. K. Sherief
Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.), 104 (1992) 185

11. Redox Quenching of Coumarin-6 Fluorescence by Iodine and Two Iron Complexes
M. M. Abo-Aly,  M. S. Antonious and A. A. Abd-El-Shafie
Canadian J. of Applied Spectroscopy, 38 (1993) 151

12. Determination of the First Excited Singlet-State Dipole Moments of Coumarins by the Solvatochromic Method
C. Parkanyi, M. S. Antonious, J. J. Aaron, M. Buna, A. Tine and L. Cisse
Spectroscopy Letters, 27 (1994) 439

13. Quantitative Treatment of the Effect of Solvent on the Electronic Absorption and Fluorescence Spectra of Substituted Coumarins: Evaluation of the First Excited Singlet-State Dipole Moments
J. J. Aaron, M. Buna, C. Parkanyi, M. S. Antonious, A. Tine and L. Cisse
J. Fluorescence, 5 (1995) 337

14. A Solvatochromic Study of New Benzo[a]phenothiazine for the Determination of Dipole Moments and Specific Solute-Solvent Interactions in the First Excited Singlet-State
J. J. Aaron, M. Maafi, C. Kersebet, C. Parkanyi, M. S. Antonious, and N. Motohashi
J. Photochem. Photobiol., A:Chemistry, 101 (1996) 127

15. Solvent Polarity Indicators: Flexible Styrylpyridinium and Quinolinium Fluorescence Probes for Medium Free-Volume
M. S. Antonious
Spectrochimica Acta A, 53 (3) (1997) 317

16. Photoelectrochemistry of n-Silicon Semiconductor in Fluoride Media
M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, M. S. Antonious and A. A. Abdel-Shafi
Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.), 110 (1998) 185

17. Thermo-Solvatochromism in Aqueous Alcohols: Effects of the Molecular Structures of the Alcohol and the Solvatochromic Probe
M. S. Antonious, E. B. Tada and O. A. El-Seoud
J. Phys. Org. Chem., 15 (2002) 403

ماجد شفيق انطنيوس نخله

الموءهلات :

- بكالوريوس العلوم شعبة الكيمياء دور يونيو 1974 بتقدير ممتاز مع مرتبة الشرف من كلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس
- ماجستير فى العلوم فى الكيمياء فى 31/10/1977 من كلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس
- دكتوراه الفلسفة فى العلوم فى الكيمياء فى 31/10/1982 من كلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس

التدرج الوظيفى :

- معيد بقسم الكيمياء بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس من 22/10/1974
- مدرس مساعد بقسم الكيمياء بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس من 24/12/1977
- مدرس بقسم الكيمياء بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس من 30/12/1982
- استاذ مساعد بقسم الكيمياء بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس من 28/3/1988
- استاذ الكيمياء الفيزيائية بقسم الكيمياء بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس من 23/2/1998 وحتى الان

مهمات علمية : -

المركز القومى للبحوث الفرنسى (CNRS) من ابريل 1985 الى فبراير 1987
- جامعة فلوريدا اتلانتيك (الولايات المتحدة المريكية) من فبراير 1992 الى يوليو 1992
- معهد الكيماء – جامعة ساو باولو (البرازيل) من يوليو 2001 الى اكتوبر 2001

الخبرات التدريسية :

- تدريس مقررات الكيمياء الفيزيائية والكيمياء غير العضوية والتحليلية لطلاب مرحلة البكالوريوس وكذلك تدريس بعض المقررات لطلاب الدراسات العليا بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس

الخبرات الفنية :

- دراسات طيفية وبيئية على بعض الصبغات الحساسة لقطبية المذيب وتضمناتها التحليلية
- دراسات كيمياء كهربية ضوئية على اشباه الموصلات المستخدمة فى انتاج الهيدروجين والاكسجبن
- دراسات كيناتيكية على ترسيب بعض الاملاح شحيحة الذوبانية فى الماء

مؤتمرات علمية :

- المشاركة فى اللجان المنظمة الخاصة لسلسلة المؤتمرات الدولية وورش عمل "تحويل وتخزين الطاقة الشمسية وتطبيقاتها الضوءكيميائية" والذى ينظمة مركز الطاقة الضوئية وتطبيقاتها الكيميائية بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس منذ عام 1991 - المشاركة ببحوث كمعلقات وكذلك كالقاء بمؤتمرات "تحويل وتخزين الطاقة الشمسية وتطبيقاتها الضوءكيميائية" والذى ينظمة مركز الطاقة الضوئية بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس منذ 1991
- المشاركة ببحوث كمعلقات وكذلك كالقاء بمؤتمرات "ابن سينا الدولية للكيماء غير متجانسة الحلقة" والذى ينظمة قسم الكيمياء بكلية العلوم جامعة عين شمس منذ عام 1995
- المشاركة ببحوث كمعلقات ببعض المؤتمرات الدولية فى داخل وخارج جمهورية مصر العربية (المؤتمر الدولى السادس عشر للاحصاء وعلوم الحاسب بالقاهرة 1991
- المؤتمر الدولى السابع للفينوثيازينات والمركبات النفسية المتعلقة بتركيباتها بفرنسا 1993
– المؤتمر الدولى الثالث للكيمياء فى الصناعة بدولة البحرين 1996

قائمة البحوث:

- تشمل قائمة البحوث على عدد 51 بحثا منشورة فى مجلات علمية عالمية متخصصة وفى المؤتمرات الدولية بداخل الوطن وخارجه.

Mohamed Said Attia Moustafa

Lecturer of Chemistry
Ain Shams University, Egypt
E- mail: mohamed_sam@yahoo.com

Mohamed Said received his B.Sc. , M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Mohamed Said has supervised 11 research students that led to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees being awarded in applied spectroscopy, material science and nanosciences, applied photochemistry, Solarchemistry, analytical chemistry and environmental photochemistry including photocatalysis. He has participated in international conferences “Solar Series, Nanotech Insight 05, analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy (USA) and four international workshops on environmental photochemistry, starting from 2003.

Education

Ph.D. Inorganic-Photochemistry Chemistry from Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 2006 (under supervision of Prof. Dr. Sabry Abdel-mottaleb).
M.Sc. in Inorganic-Photochemistry, from Chem Depart., Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Oct. 2002.
B.Sc. in chemistry (1st class honors), June 1999, from Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Academic Nominations and Appointments

Lecturer of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, since 2007.
Associate lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, since 2003-2006.
Demonstrator in Chem. Dep. Fac. Sc. Ain Shams Uni.1999-2002.

Important contributions and services

- Member of American Chemical Society 2010
- Member of Egyptian analytical chemistry Society 2010
- Reviewer of journal of Hazardous Materials
- Reviewer of Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quaterly (CI&CEQ), Belgrade, Serbia
- Work shop presentation in photochemistry, 2002
- organized a conference in photochemistry, 2005
- organized a conference in photochemistry, 2007
- Work shop presentation in photochemistry, 2008
- Work shop presentation in photochemistry, 2009
- organized a conference in solar and nano technology, 2010
- Participate in the 2010 Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON).
He supervised many Ph.D. and M.Sc. thesis in Spectroscopy, Material (Nano) Sciences, Applied Photochemistry and analytical chemistry.
He published numerous scientific papers in international scientific journals.

Research Interest

Applied Spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, Material (Nano) Sciences and Applied Photochemistry

Some selected recent publications

1. Photocatalytic decomposition of Remozal Red in Industrial waste by using a nano-composite MxOy-TiO2 and MxSy-TiO2 , submitted to applied catalysis, 2010.
2. Novel Spectrofluorimetric Method for Measuring the Activity of the Enzyme r-L-Fucosidase Using the Nano Composite Optical Sensor Samarium(III)-Doxycycline Complex Doped in Sol-Gel Matrix
   M. S. Attia, A. M. Othman, M. M. Aboaly,and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, analytical chemistry ACS, inpress 2010.
3. Spectrofluorimetric assessment of Ramipril using optical sensor Samarium –doxycycline complex doped in sol–gel matrix
   M. S. Attia,Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 51 (2010) 7–11
4. Screening the Bio-safety of Wheat Produced from Pretreated Grains to Enhane Tolerance Against Drought Using Physiological and Spectroscopic Methods.
   Amal Fadl Abdelkader, Raifa Ahmed Hassanein, Mohamed Mahmoud Abo-Aly, Mohamed Said Attia, Esam Mohamed Bakir, Food and Chemical Toxicology,48(2010)1827–1835.
5. Novel method for mercury assessment in hazerdous wastes: a nano composite optical sensor approach.
   M. S. Attia, Esam bakir, M. M. Abo-aly and M. S. A. Abdel-mottaleb, Solar and nano technology for green chemistry, cairo 2010.
6. Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Thermal Characterization of Copper(II) and Iron (III) Complexes of Folic Acid and Their absorption efficiency in The Blood
   E. Hamed, M. S. Attia and K. Bassiouny, journal of bioinorganic chemistry and its application (2009) p. 1-7
7. Spectrofluorimetric quantification of bromazepam using a highly selective optical probe based on Eu3+–bromazepam complex in pharmaceutical and serum samples
   M. S. Attia, Spectrochimica Acta Part A 74 (2009) 972–976
8. Kinetics and Photochromism of the complexes of (1,3,3-trimethyl-5_-hydroxy-6_-formyl-indoline-spiro2,2_-[2H]chromene) with different transition metal ions in different media.
   M. S. Attia, Boris Lukyanov and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb. Molecular/Nano-Photochemistry, Photocatalysis and Solar Energy Conversion Solar '08 Cairo, Egypt, February 24 –28, 2008
9. Factors affecting the Efficiency of Excited- States Interactions of Complexes between Some Lanthanide Ions and Cyclophanes Containing Spirobiindanol Phosphonates.
   M. S. Attia, M. M. H. Khalil, Ayman A. Abdel-Shafi , Attia G. M., Salvatore Faill, Giuseppe Consiglio Paolo Finocchiaro and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, International Journal of Photoenergy, Volume 2007, Article ID 42846, Pages 1– 9
10. Effect of Complexation with Lanthanide Metal Ions on the Photochromism of (1,3,3-Trimethyl-5_-Hydroxy-6_-Formyl-Indoline-Spiro2,2_-[2H]chromene) in Different Media.
    M. S. Attia, M. M. H. Khalil, M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, M. B. Lukyanova,Yu. A. Alekseenko, and Boris Lukyanov. International Journal of Photoenergy, Volume 2006, Article ID 42846, Pages 1–9.
11. Luminescence Characteristics of the Eu3+ and Tb3+ with Cyclophanes Containing Spirobiindanol Phosphonates Complexes Incorporated into a Silica Matrix using a Sol-Gel Method.Attia M. S., Khalil M.M.H and Abdel-Mottaleb M. S. A. Paolo Finocchiaro, Solar conference, Luxer (2005)
12. Enhancement of Power of the Crystalline Solar Cell Using Light Wavelength Converting Material incorporated into different matrices.
    Attia M. S., Khalil M. M. H and Abdel-Mottaleb M. S. A. Paolo Finocchiaro, Solar conference, Luxer (2005)
13. Factors affecting antenna sensitization in some europium complexs.
    M. S. Attia, L. F. Ismaiel, and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb solar conference, Russia (2002)

Esam Mohamed Adly Mostafa Bakir

Lecturer of Chemistry
Ain Shams University, Egypt
E- mail: esambakir99@yahoo.com

Esam bakir received his B.S. M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Esam bakir has supervised 5 research students that led to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees being awarded in spectroscopy, material (nano) sciences, applied photochemistry and environmental photochemistry including photocatalysis. About 4 research publications have appeared in the literature. He has participated in international conferences “Solar Series, Nanotech Insight 05, and four international workshops on environmental photochemistry, starting from 2006- 2010.

Education

Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry and Photochemistry from Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 2008 (under supervision of Prof. M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb)
M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry and Photochemistry from Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 2005 (under supervision of Prof. M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb)
B.Sc. in chemistry (Very good honors), June 2001, from Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Academic Nominations and Appointments

Lecturer, the Faculty of Science, Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt 2008 till now.
Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer , Chem. Dep. Fac. Sc. Ain Shams Uni.2001-2005.

Research Interest

Spectroscopy, Material (Nano) Sciences, and Environmental Photochemistry

Publications

1. Essam Bakier and M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb
   Factors affecting light energy transfer in some samarium
   International Journal of Photoenergy Volume 7(2005), Issue 1, Pages 51-58
2. Esam Bakeir, G. M. Attia, Maria Lukyanova, Boris Lukyanov, and M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb Effect of Tb and Sm Ions on the Photochromic Behavior of Two Spiropyrans of Benzoxazine Series in Solution
   Research Letters in Physical Chemistry Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 314898.
3. Essam Bakir - Photophysical properties of clozapine and determination of its concentration by using Eu(III)–dipicolinic acid complex as photo probe.
   Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Volume 75, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 490-492.
4. Amal Fadl Abdelkader, Raifa Ahmed Hassanein, Mohamed Mahmoud Abo-Aly, Mohamed Said Attia and Esam Mohamed Bakir Screening the bio-safety of wheat produced from pretreated grains to enhance tolerance against drought using physiological and spectroscopic methods
   Food and Chemical Toxicology xx(2010)xxx

Published papers in conferences

1. Essam Bakier, M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb et al
   Photochromic tautomerism of 2,4,5-triarylimidazole molecules and their complexes with Terbium ion, Egypt conference solar06 (2006)
2. Essam Bakier, M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb et al
   Thermo-and Photo-responsive Complexes of Photoisomerizable Spiro-Benzoxazine Derivatives with some Lanthanide ions, Egypt conference solar08 (2008).
3. Essam Bakier, M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb et al
   Lanthanide Ions Doped ZnO Nano-Disks as Luminescent Materials For Textile Tagging, Egypt conference solar10 (2010).

Supervised M.Sc. and Ph.D. Thesis

1. Mona supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A, Esam Bakir and et al.
   Production and Efficiency Testing of Inorganic Nanophotocatalysts For Water Treatment
   M.Sc. Thesis, Photoenergy Center and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University (2010).
2. Doaa supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A , Esam Bakir and et al.
   M.Sc. Thesis, Photoenergy Center and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University (2010)
3. Mohmed Saber supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A , Esam Bakir and et al.
   Preparation of nano materials and its application in photocatalytic.
   M.Sc. Thesis, Photoenergy Center and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University (2009)
4. Mostafa Hussein supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A , Esam Bakir and et al.
   Preparation of some photoactive nano-materials and its application in photocatalysis and solar cell fabrication
   M.Sc. Thesis, Photoenergy Center and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University (2010)
5. Saeed El-Sayed supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A , Esam Bakir and et al.
   Preparation nano luminescent materials for textile tagging
   Ph.D.. Thesis, Photoenergy Center and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University (2009)

Hoda Said Hafez

Lecturer of Chemistry
Ain Shams University, Egypt

Hoda Hafez received her B.S.  M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Hoda Hafez has supervised 4 research students that led to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees being awarded in environmental photocatalysis, nanotechnology, material science and solar cells including polymer and dye-sensitized solar cells. she has participated in more than ten international conferences “Solar Series, Nanotech Insight 01, and four international workshops on environmental photochemistry, starting from 2001.

Education

Training

 

Research Interest

1. Solar energy and Photovoltaics (Dye-sensitized and polymer solar cells)
2. Environmental friendly Nanomaterials
3. Wastewater Treatment and analysis
4. Environmental Photocatalysis
5. Down-Up- converting materials
6. Quantum Dot

Participation in Projects [a member of the ASU Team]

1. o   AQUACAT (EU-DGXII, contract: ICA3-CT2002-10016) INCO project
2. o   Photovoltaics from Polymer/Quantum Dot Composites, (US- Egypt) joint research project, 2006 - up to Now
3. o   “Inverting and Improvement of Sludge of sludge from urban and industrial wastewater through vetrification
4. o   QAAP2, Environmental Studies and Research Institute, Minuofiya University, 2008- up to Now

Publications

1. “High Efficient dye-sensitized solar cell based on novel TiO2 nanorod/nanoparticle bilayer electrode”, H. Hafez, J. Wu, Z. Lan and  Q. Li, Nanotechnology, Science and application, 2010, Accepted and Under Press.
2. “Hydrothermal Preparation and Characterization of Gd3+ doped Titanate Nanotubes and its Application in Polymer Solar Cells” H. S. Hafe, M. Saif, J. T. McLeskey,  M.S.A. Abdel-Mottale, I.S.Yahia5, T. Story, and W. Knoff, International Journal of Photoenergy Volume 2009, Article ID 240402, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2009/240402, 2009.
3. “Synthesis of Highly active Single-Crystalline TiO2 Nanorods and its Application in Environmental Photocataysis” H.S. Hafez, Mat. Lett., 63 (2009) 1471–1474.
4. “Enhancing Photoelectrical Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by TiO2:Eu3+ Nanorods” Hoda Hafez, Jihuai Wu, Zhang Lan, Qinghua Li, Guixiang Xie, Shuquan Li, Jianming Lin, Miaoliang Huang, and Yunfang Huang, and M. S.  Abdel-Mottaleb, ACS Nano, submitted
5. “Improvement of Photovoltaic Performance in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Down Converting Lanthanide doped Titania Photoelectrode”, Hoda S. Hafez, M. Saif, M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb, under evaluation.
6. “Photovoltaic characteristic of DSSCs based on natural dyes”, Hoda S. Hafez, M. Saif, M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb, under evaluation.

Referee for journals in 2009 including

Reviewer for more than 10 Scientific papers during (2009-2010) in Peer-review international journals such as; International Journal of Photoenery, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science

Recently Supervised M.Sc. and Ph.D. Thesis

1. Hala Mohamed Shibl, co-supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A, Hoda Hafez and et al. Fabrication of new developed hybrid solar cells based on semiconductor nanomaterials. M.Sc. Thesis, Environmental Studies and Research Institute, Minofiya University, Sadat Branch (2009).
2. Amira Hamdy El-Gazar, co-supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A, Hoda Hafez and et al. “Studies of New Developed TiO2 Nanomaterials and its applications for environmental Green Chemistry” M.Sc. Thesis, Environmental Studies and Research Institute, Minofiya University, Sadat Branch (2010).
3. Rasha Mohamad Abdel Megdeed El-Sayed, co-supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A, Hoda Hafez and et al. “TiO2-assisted solar photocatalytic processes for the treatment of some industrial wastewaters” M.Sc. Thesis, Environmental Studies and Research Institute, Minofiya University, Sadat Branch (2010).
4. Rasha Mohamad Abdel Megdeed El-Sayed, co-supervised by Abdel-Mottaleb M.S.A, Hoda Hafez and et al. “Preparation and characterization of hybrid semiconductor nanomaterials and its environmental applications for solar photocatalytic degradation of some industrial wastewater pollutants” Ph.D. Thesis, Environmental Studies and Research Institute, Minofiya University, Sadat Branch (2010).

Mona Mostafa Ali Saif

Lecturer of Chemistry
Ain Shams University, Egypt
E- mail: mona_saif1@yahoo.com

Mona Saif received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Ain Shams University, Cairo. She supervising one Ph.D. and four M.Sc. thesis in inorganic chemistry, material (nano) sciences, applied photochemistry, and environmental photochem including photocatalysis, chemical solar cells and solar chemistry. About 4 research publications have appeared in the literature. and has a collaboration with Energy Conversion system Laboratory group, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), USA. She has participated in several international conferences “Solar Series, Nanotech Insight 05, 07” and training workshops on environmental photochemistry, starting from 2001 till 2010.

Participation in Projects

1. -       Aquacat project –photodisinfiction of water- in collaboration with international European [France [Jean-Marie Herrmann (Lyon), Swiss, Spain, UK and Portugal] and North African Laboratories (Fez and Tunis).
2. -        US – Egypt Scientific Research Project with Verginia Commonwealth University (2007 – 2009)

Education

1. Ph. D. in inorganic photochemistry from Chemistry Depart., Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 2006.
2. M.Sc. in inorganic photochemistry from Chemistry Depart., Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 2002
3. B.Sc. in chemistry (V. good, honor degree), 1998, from Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Academic Nominations and Appointments

1. Visitor Scientist, (4/2007–10/2007)
   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
2. Lecturer of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, 2006- now.
3. Assistant lecturer in Chemistry Department, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, 2002- 2006.
4. Demonstrator in Chemistry Department, Faculty of Education, Ain shams University, 1999-2002.

Awards and Projects

1. Fellowship from The Bibliotheca Alexandrian (BA), and The Academy of Sciences for the Developing countries (TWAS) in 2010 for the TWAS/BioVisionAlexandria.NXT 2010 Conference.
2. Scientific visit to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), School of engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Energy Conversion system Laboratory. For three months (15 April to 15 October 2007). For doing Joint research in the field of “Alignment of TiO2 in polymer films towards the fabrication of low-cost solid-state dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells”
3. Joint scientific project financed by the European Community; Aquacat project photodisinfiction of water- in collaboration with international European [France, Swiss, Spain, UK and Portugal] and North African Laboratories (Fez and Tunis).
4. US – Egypt Scientific Research Project with Verginia Commonwealth University (2007 – 2009) – Towards efficient polymer solar cell

Important contributions and services

- She has participated in the international conferences “Solar Series, Nanotech Insight 05, 07” and three international workshops on Environmental Photochemistry; starting from 2001 -2010.
- She supervising one Ph.D. and four M.Sc. thesis in inorganic chemistry, material (nano) sciences, applied photochemistry, and environmental photochem including photocatalysis and solar chemistry.
- She published 4 scientific papers in national and international scientific journals in the field of Photochemistry, Photocatalysis, Solar Chemistry and Nano Materials.
- She delivered lectures and leaded as well as designed the practical courses in the following training workshops:

• Training Workshop on “Applications of Photoenergy Technologies”, Photoenergy Center, Ain Shams University, October 13-18, 2001
• Training Workshop on “Photoenergy Technology: Applications in the Environment Concepts and Hands-on Approach” Photoenergy Center, Ain Shams University, October 14-16, 2003
• Training Workshop on “Photoenergy Technology: Solar Cells and Environmental Applications” Photoenergy Center, Ain Shams University, 25-26 February, 2004.
• Training Workshop on “Treatment and Recovery of Heavy Metals from water and Wastewater”, National Research Centre, Water Pollution Research Department, 16-20 July 2005.
• Training Workshop on Nanotechnology, Photoenergy Centre, Ain Shams University, 23-25 November 2009.
• Training Work Shop on National Industries for Renewable Energy and Environmental Equipment, Photoenergy Centre, Ain Shams University , 29 – 30 April 2009.

Research Interest

• Light conversion devices.
• Solar energy and Photovoltaics (Dye-sensitized and polymer solar cells)
• Wastewater Treatment and analysis
• Self cleaning
• Down-Up- converting materials
• Quantum Dot

Scholarly Contribution

1. Hydrothermal Preparation of Gd3+-Doped Titanate Nanotubes: Magnetic Properties and Photovoltaic Performance.
   International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 2009, 2009.
2. Energy Transfer Induced Luminescence in Lanthanide Titania (Gd2Ti2O7: Ln3+) [Ln3+ =Eu3+ or Dy3+] in Silica Matrix.
   Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol 205, pp. 145-150, 2009.
3. Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterial Doped with Trivalent Lanthanide Ions of Tb, Eu and Sm: Preparation, Characterization and potential Applications, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 360, pp. 2863–2874, 2007.
4. Medium effect on the photophysical properties of the intensely luminescent Terbium complex of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid.
   El-Azhair. Bull. Sci., vol. 14, pp. 33, 2003.