Nanoscience

molecular clusters

graphene and carbon nanotubes

nucleation on nanoparticles

Education

• Postdoctoral, University of California, Los Angeles, 1986-1988
• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Georgetown University, 1985
• B.Sc., Chemistry, Cairo University, 1976

Research Interests

• Molecular clusters
• Intracluster reactions
• Gas phase and cluster polymerization
• Nanostructured materials
• Heterogeneous catalysis
• Nanoalloys
• Graphene and carbon nanotubes
• Nucleation phenomena
• Ion-induced nucleation
• Nucleation on nanoparticles

Select Publications

Co-Cu Bimetallic Metal Organic Framework Catalyst Outperforms the Pt/C Benchmark for Oxygen Reduction, M. Sanad, S. A. Puente, S. Tolba, Md A. Ahsan, O. Fernandez-Delgado, E. M. Hashem, M. S. Adly, M. A. Mahrous, M. S. El-Shall, S. Sreenivasan, N. Allam, L. Echegoyen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 4064-4073.

Efficient Removal of Heavy Metals from Polluted Water with High Selectivity for Hg(II) and Pb(II) by 2-imino-4-Thiobiuret Chemically Modified MIL-125 Metal-Organic Framework, M. S. Adly, S. M. El-Dafrawy, A. A. Ibrahim, S. A. El-Hakam, M. S. El-Shall, RSC Advances 2021, 11, 13940-13950.

High Performance Functionalized UiO Metal Organic Frameworks for the Efficient and Selective Adsorption of Pb(II) Ions in Concentrated Multi-ion Systems, G. S. Morcos, A. A. Ibrahim, M. H. El-Sayed, M. S. El-Shall, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021, 9, 105191.

Non-Covalent Interactions of Hydrogen Cyanide and Acetonitrile with the Quinoline Radical Cation via Ionic Hydrogen Bonding, K. A. Mason, A. C. Pearcy, K. U. Lao, Z. A. Christensen, M. S. El-Shall, Chem. Phys. Letters 2020, 754, 137744.

Formation of the Oxonium Phenol Ion in the Stepwise Hydration of the Phenyl Cation in the Gas Phase S. Elroby, I. K. Attah, S. P. Platt, M. S. El-Shall, S. G. Aziz, R. Hilal, Journal of Molecular Liquids 2020, 322, 114541.