Publications

X. Lu and M. Laroussi, "Temporal and Spatial Emission Behavior of Homogeneous Dielectric Barrier Discharge Driven by Unipolar Sub-microsecond Square Pulses", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39, pp. 1127-1131, 2006.

M. Laroussi, C. Tendero, X. Lu, S. Alla, and W. L. Hynes, "Inactivation of bacteria by the Plasma Pencil", Plasma Proc. Polym.3, pp. 470-473, 2006.

M. Laroussi, O. Minayeva, F. C. Dobbs, and J. Woods, "Spores Survivability after Exposure to Low-Temperature Plasmas", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Vol. 34, No. 4, 2006. Invited Paper.

S Xiao, J. Kolb, A. Malik, X. Lu, M. Laroussi, R. Joshi, and K. Schoenbach, "Electrical Breakdown and Dielectric Recovery of Polar Liquids", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 1653-1661, 2006.

X. Lu and M. Laroussi, "Dynamics of an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Plume Generated by Submicrosecond Voltage Pulses", J. Appl. Phys. 100, 2006.

M. Laroussi and X. Lu, "Room Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Plume for Biomedical Applications", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 87, 2005.

M. Laroussi, "Low Temperature Plasma-Based Sterilization: Overview and State-of-the-Art", Plasma Proc. Polym., Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 391-400, 2005. Feature paper.

X. Lu and M. Laroussi, "Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge in Air Using a Water Electrode", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 272-273, 2005.

X. Lu and M. Laroussi, " Optimization of ultraviolet emission and chemical species generation from a pulsed dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure", J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 98, 2005

M. Laroussi and F. Leipold, " Evaluation of the Roles of Reactive Species, Heat, and UV radiation in the Inactivation of bacterial Cells by Air Plasmas at Atmospheric Pressure", Int. J. Mass Spectrom., Vol. 233, pp. 81-86, 2004.

J. A. Gaudet, R. J. Barker, C. J. Buchenauer, C. Christodoulou, J. Dickens, M. Gundersen, R. P. Joshi, H. G. Krompholz, F. F. Kolb, A. Kuthi, M. Laroussi, A. Neuber, W. Nunnaly, E. Schamiloglu, K. H. Schoenbach, J. S. Tyo, and R. Vidmar, " Research Issues in Developing Compact Pulsed Power for High Peak Power Applications on Mobile Platforms", Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 92, No. 7, pp. 1144-1165, 2004, Invited paper 

M. Laroussi, X. Lu, V. Kolobov, and R. Arslanbekov, " Power Consideration in the Pulsed DBD at Atmospheric Pressure", J. Applied Phys., Vol.6, No.5 , pp.3028-3030 , 2004.

S. Xiao, J. Kolb, S. Kono, S. Katsuki, R.P. Joshi, M. Laroussi, and K. H. Schoenbach, "High Power Water Switches: Postbreakdown Phenomena and Dielectric Recovery", IEEE Trans. On Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 604-612, 2004.

X. Lu and M. Laroussi, " Iginition Phase and Steady-State Structures of a Non-Thermal Air Plasma", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 651-665, March 2003.

M. Laroussi, X. Lu, and C. M. Malott, " A Non-equilibrium Diffuse Discharge in Atmospheric Pressure Air", Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., Vol. 12, No. 1, pp.53-56, February 2003. Featured paper

M. Laroussi, D. A. Mendis, and M. Rosenberg, "Plasma Interaction with Microbes", New Journal of Physics, Vol. 5, pp. 41.1-41.10, 2003. Listed in IOP-Select for 2003

X. Lu, F. Leipold, and M. Laroussi, "Optical and Electrical Diagnostics of a Non-equilibrium Air Plasma", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., Vol. 36, pp. 2662-2666, 2003.

M. Laroussi, F. C. Dobbs, Z. Wei, M. A. Doblin, L. G. Ball, K. R. Moreira, F. F. Dyer, and J. P. Richardson, " Decontamination of Water by Excimer UV Radiation", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1501-1503, 2002.

M. Laroussi, " Non-Thermal Decontamination of Biological Media by Atmospheric  Pressure Plasmas: Review, Analysis, and Prospects", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1409-1415, 2002 . Invited paper

J. Yan, A. El-Dakrouri, M. Laroussi, and M. C. Gupta, "121.6 nm radiation Source for Advanced Lithography", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B., Vol. 20, pp. 2574-2577, 2002.

A. El-Dakrouri, J. Yan, M. C. Gupta, and M. Laroussi, "VUV Emission from a Novel DBD-Based Radiation Source", J. Appl. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., Vol. 35, pp. 109-114, 2002.

M. Laroussi, J. P. Richardson, and F. C. Dobbs, " Effects of Non-Equilibrium Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas on the Heterotrophic Pathways of Bacteria and on their Cell Morphology", Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 81, No. 4, pp. 772-774, 2002.

I. Alexeff and M. Laroussi, " The Uniform Steady-State Atmospheric Pressure DC Plasma", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 174-175, 2002.

M. Laroussi, I. Alexeff, J. P. Richardson, and F. F. Dyer " The Resistive Barrier Discharge", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 158-159, 2002.

Mohammed Hegazy, Tamer Refaat, Nurul Abedin and Hani Elsayed-Ali, "Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetector Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition Technique" JLMN-Journal of Laser Micro/NanoEngineering 1 (2), 111-114 (2006).

M. K. Zayed and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Condensation of liquid bismuth on (002) graphite far below its bulk melting point," Phys. Rev. B. 99, 1-11 (2006).

M. A. Hafez, M. S. Hegazy, and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Indium Growth on Si(100)-2×1 by Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Deposition," JLMN-Journal of Laser Micro/NanoEnginnering 1 (1), 44-47 (2006).

Jie Chen, I.V. Tomov, H. E. Elsayed-Ali and P. M. Rentzepis, "Hot electrons blast wave generated by femtosecond laser pulses on thin Au(111) crystal, monitored by subpicosecond X-ray diffraction," Chemical Physics Letters 419, 374-378 (2005).

O. Ayed Nassef and Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, "Spark Discharge Assisted Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy," Spectrochimica Acta B: Atomic Spectroscopy 60, 1564-1572 (2005).

M. K. Zayed and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Condensation on (002) graphite of liquid bismuth far below its bulk melting point," Phys. Rev. B 72, 205426-1-205426-9 (2005).

M. A. Hafez, M. S. Hegazy, and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Indium Growth on Si(100)-2×1 by Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Deposition," J. Vac. Sci & Technol. A. 23,1681-1686 (2005). Also, selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 4 (11), November 2005.

M. K. Zayed and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Melting Behavior of As-Deposited and Recrystallized Indium Nanocrystals," Thin Solid Films 489, Issues 1-2, 42-49, 1 October 2005.

Mohammed S. Hegazy, Tamer F. Refaat, M. Nurul Abedin, and Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, "Fabrication of Ge/Si Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetector by Pulsed Laser Deposition," Optical Engineering  44 (5), 059702-1-059702-3, May 2005.

M. A. Hafez, K. A. Elamrawi, and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Epitaxial Growth of InP on GaAs by Pulsed Laser Deposition," Appl. Surf. Sci. 233, 42-50 (2004).

W. M. G. Ibrahim, H. E. Elsayed-Ali, M. Schinn, and C. A. Bonner, "Ultrafast Investigation of Electron Dynamics in Multilayer Metals," Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer 47, 2261-2268, May 2004.

M. K. Zayed, M. S. Hegazy, and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Melting and Solidification of Indium Nanocrystals Deposited on (002) Graphite," Thin Solid Films 449, 254-263, February 2004.

K. A. Elsayed, R. J. De Young, L. B. Petaway, W. C. Edwards, J. C. Barns, and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "A Compact High-Pulse-Energy, Ultraviolet Laser Source for Ozone Lidar Measurements," Appl. Optics 42, No. 33, 6650-6660, 20 November 2003.

B. Lin and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction Study of Surface Morphology of Vicinal Au(110) Throughout the (2x1) Phase Transition," Surf. Sci. 538, 89-100, 10 July 2003.

Bao-Liang Qian and Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, Comment on "Ultrafast Electron Optics: Propagation Dynamics of Femtosecond Electron Packets" [J. Appl. Phys. 92, 1643 (2002)], J. Appl. Phys. 94, 803-806, 1 July 2003.

M. S. Hegazy and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Observation of Step Flow in Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Deposition of Si on Si(100)-2x1,"  J. Vacuum Sci and Tech. A 20(6), 2068-2071, Nov/Dec 2002.

A. L. Jones, R. J. DeYoung, and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Compact Ozone Lidar Transmitter Using a Solid-State Dye Polymer," Optical Engineering 41, 2951-2958, November 2002.

Bao-Liang Qian and Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, "An Acceleration Element for Femtosecond Electron Pulse Compression," Phys. Rev. E 65, 046502-1-7, 1 April 2002.

B. Lin and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Temperature Dependent Reflection Electron Diffraction Study of In(111) and Observation of Laser-Induced Surface Superheating," Surf. Sci. 498, 275-284, February 2002.

M. A. Hafez and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Atomic Hydrogen Cleaning of InP(100): Electron Yield and Surface Morphology of Negative Electron Affinity Activated Surfaces," J. Appl. Phys. 91, 1256-1264, 1 February 2002.

X. Zeng and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, "Time-Resolved High Energy Electron Diffraction Study of the Ge(100)-(2x1) - (1x1) Phase Transition," Surf. Sci. 497, 373-384, 20 January 2002.

Bao-Liang Qian and Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, "Electron Pulse Broadening Due to Space Charge Effects in a Photoelectron Gun for Electron Diffraction and Streak Camera Systems," J. Appl. Phys. 91, 462-468, 1 January 2002.