International Journal of Materials and Chemistry

International Journal of Materials and Chemistry is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes high impact work on the chemistry of novel materials. It covers the chemistry of materials in all forms, particularly materials associated with new technologies. Coverage is broad and includes the design and synthesis of materials, their characterization, processing, modeling, properties and applications.

Tarek Abdel-Fattah

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Materials and Chemistry

Head of Academic Department/Faculty, Christopher Newport University, USA

Research Areas

Inorganic/Materials Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Adsorption Phenomena, Nanotechnology, Green Synthesis

Education

1990-1994Ph. D.Inorganic/Materials Chemistry, Northeastern University
1984-1988M. Sc. Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry, Alexandria University
1979-1983B. Sc.Special Chemistry, Alexandria University

Experience

2006-presentCNU Director of Applied Research Center, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Christopher Newport University
2005-presentAssociate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University
1999-presentAssistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University
1998-1999Department of Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University
1997-1998Aerospace and Catalyst Technology, AlliedSignal Inc.
1995-1997Center of Fundamental Materials Research, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
1990-1994Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University:
1988-1990Instructor in (Analytical/Inorganic Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, Alexandria University
1984-1988Teaching/Research Assistant in Analytical/Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Alexandria University

Academic Achievement

NASA Langley Research Center, Certificate of Recognition for the invention of Method for Purifying Biodiesel Fuel, 2011
NASA Langley Research Center, Certificate of Recognition for the invention of Templated Growth of Carbon Nanotubes, 2009
NASA Langley Research Center, Certificate of Recognition for the invention of Templated Growth of Carbon Nanotubes, 2008
Sigma Xi Research Society, Certificate of Recognition presented by Tidewater Virginia Chapter, May 2005
NASA Faculty Fellowship, Summer 2004
NASA Faculty Fellowship Certificate of Recognition, Summer 2004
Christopher Newport University Teaching Fellow, 2001 2002
NASA/ASEE Faculty Fellowship, Summer 2001
NASA/ASEE Faculty Fellowship, Summer 2000
NATO Travel Award, 1996
Inorganic Division Award for Research Excellence, Northeastern University, 1993
First Prize, Physical Sciences Division, American Association of Advancement of Science AAAS National Meeting, Boston, 1993
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, 1992
NSF Travel Award, 1992
Gustav Geissen Research Award, Northeastern University, 1991

Membership

2006-Present Executive Committee, Hampton Roads Research Partnership
2006-Present Activity Chair, Sigma Xi Tidewater Chapter of Virginia
2009-Present Chairman, American Chemical Society, Hampton Roads Section
2004-2005 President, Sigma Xi Scientific Society, Hampton Roads Section
2003-2005 Member, Organizing Committee of the 5th 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Poster Session
2003-2004 President-Elect, Sigma Xi Scientific Society, Hampton Roads Section
2001-2004 Member, Organizing Committee of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th PAIDEIA Conference for Students’ Research
2000-Present Member and Executive Committee Hampton Roads, Sigma Xi, Research Society
2004-Present Executive Committee, American Chemical Society, Hampton Roads
2000-Present Member, Virginia Academy of Science
1994-1997 Member, Michigan Catalysis Society
1994-1997 Member, Materials Research Society
1991-Present Member, American Chemical Society

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  "Chemically and biologically modified activated carbon sorbents for the removal of lead ions from Aqueous Media" Mohamed Mahmoud, Tarek Abdel-Fattah, Maher Osman and Somia Ahmed, Journal Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 47, 1–12 (2012).
[2]  "Heavy Metal Ions Extraction from Aqueous Media Using Nanoporous Silica" Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Sawsan S. Haggag and Mohamed E. Mahmoud, Chemical Engineering Journal, 175, 117-123 (2011).
[3]  "Improved Adsorptive Removal of Cadmium from Water by Hybrid Chemically and Biologically Carbonaceous Sorbents" Mohamed Mahmoud, Maher Osman, Somia Ahmed and Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Chemical Engineering Journal, 175, 84-94 (2011).
[4]  "Nanosized Controlled Surface Pretreatment of Biometallic Alloy 316L Stainless Steel" Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah4, Derek Loftis and Anil Mahapatro, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 7(6) 794-800 (2011).
[5]  "Selective extraction of toxic heavy metal oxyanions and cations by a novel silica gel phase functionalized by vitamin B4" Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah and Mohamed E. Mahmoud, Chemical Engineering Journal, 172(1), 177-183 (2011).
[6]  "Inorganic–Organic Heterojunction Solar Cell Based on Polyaniline Base" Shaker Ebrahim, Moataz Soliman and Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Journal of Electronic Materials, , 40(9), 2033-2041 (2011).
[7]  Laboratory Experiment on Electrokinetic Remediation of Soil Elsayed-Ali, Alya; Abdel-Fattah, Tarek; Elsayled-Ali, Hani, Journal of Chemical Education, 88(8), 1126-1129 (2011).
[8]  "Solvent-drop assisted mechanochemical synthesis of the black and green polymorphs of the tetrathiafulvalene-chloranil charge transfer salt" Shermane Benjamin, Silvina Pagola, Zachary Huba, Everett Carpenter and Tarek Abdel-Fattah, Synthetic Metals, 161(11-12), 996-1000 (2011).
[9]  "Surface Modification of Cobalt Chromium Alloy via Phosphonic Acid Organic Nanosized Thin Films" R. Bhure, T. M. Abdel-Fattah, C. Bonner, J. C .Hall, A. Mahapatro, ECS Transactions, 33(38), 91 (2011).
[10]  "In Vitro Corrosion Inhibition of Magnesium Alloy via Organic Nanocoatings" T. D. Negrón, T. M. Abdel-Fattah, C. Bonner, A. Mahapatro, ECS Transactions, 33(38), 97 (2011).
[11]  Stability of Phosphonic Self Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) on Cobalt Chromium (Co-Cr) Alloy under Oxidative conditions Rahul Bhure, Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Carl Bonner1, Joseph C. Hall, and Anil Mahapatro, Applied Surface Science, 257(13), 5605-5612 (2011).
[12]  "Nanosecond pulse electrical fields used in conjunction with multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as a potential tumor treatment" Stacey, M., Abdel-Fattah, T. M., Osgood, C., Subhash, B., Cao, A., Elsayed-Ali, H., Biomedical Materials, 6(1), 011002, 1-7 (2011).
[13]  "Copper Cation Removal in an Electrokinetic Cell Containing Zeolite" Omar H. Elsayed-Ali, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali and Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 185( 2-3), 1550-1557 (2011)
[14]  "Controlled Synthesis of ZnO Nanospheres Using Hydrothermal Process" Kurniawan Foe, Patrick M. Boland, Diefeng Gu, Helmut Baumgart, Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Mun Jeong, and Gon Namkoong, ECS Transactions, 33(21), 51 (2011).
[15]  "Localized Nanoscopic Surface Measurements of Nickel-Modified Mica for Single-Molecule DNA Sequence Sampling" Carlin Hsueh, Haijian Chen, James K . Gimzewski, Jason Reed, and Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2 (11), 3249–3256 (2010).
[16]  "Surface Characterization of High Purity Niobium Electropolished with an Ionic Liquid" Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah and Roy Crooks, ECS Transaction, 33(7), 571-574 (2010)
[17]  "Formation of Nanosized Phosphonic Acid Self Assembled Monolayers on Cobalt-Chromium
[18]  Alloy for Potential Biomedical Applications" Rahul Bhure, Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah4, Carl Bonner1, Joseph C. Hall, and Anil Mahapatro, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 6(2), 117-128 (2010).
[19]  "Lead bioaccumulation in emydid turtles of an urban lake and its relationship to shell disease" Bishop, B. E. , Savitzky, B. A. , Abdel-Fattah, T. M., Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 73, 565-571 (2010).
[20]  "Synthesis of Nested Coaxial Multiple-Walled Nanotubes by Atomic Layer Deposition" Gu, Diefeng; Baumgart, Helmut; Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M.; Namkoong, Gon, ACS Nano, 4(2), 753-758 (2010).
[21]  "Investigation of structural, optical, and electrical properties of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene)/fullerene blend nanocomposites for organic solar cells" Boland, Patrick; Sunkavalli, Sri Sabarinadh; Chennuri, Sampath; Foe, Kurniawan; Abdel-Fattah, Tarek; Namkoong, Gon From Thin Solid Films, 518(6), 1728-1731 (2010).
[22]  Surface Characterization of High Purity Metals of Silver and Nickel Electropolished with an Ionic Liquid Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M.; Loftis, Jon Derek, ECS Transactions, 25, (39), 57-61 (2010).
[23]  "Ionic liquid electropolishing of metal alloys for biomedical applications" Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M.; Loftis, Jon Derek; Mahapatro, Anil, ECS Transactions, 25(19), 57-61 (2010).
[24]  "Chemical vapor deposition synthesis of carbon nanotubes using iron catalysts" Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M.; Williams, P. A.; Wincheski, R. A.; Shams, Q. A., ECS Transactions, 25(21), 1-6 (2010).
[25]  "Self-organized crystal growth of nanostructured ZnO morphologies by hydrothermal synthesis" Foe, Kurniawan; Boland, Patrick, Jr.; Namkoong, Gon; Gu, Diefeng; Baumgart, Helmut; Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M., ECS Transactions, 25(24), 3-7 (2010).
[26]  "Atomic layer deposition of ZrO2 and HfO2 nanotubes by template replication" Gu, Diefeng; Baumgart, Helmut; Namkoong, Gon; Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M., Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 12(4), K25-K28 (2009).
[27]  "Nano-sized Co(II)-8-hydroxyquinolate complex thin film via surface layer-by-layer chemical deposition method: Optimized factors and optical properties" Mahmoud, Mohamed E.; Haggag, Sawsan S.; Abdel Rafea, M.; Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M., Polyhedron, 28(16), 3407-3414 (2009).
[28]  "Comparison of the electrochemical polishing of copper and aluminum in acid and acid-free media" Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M.; Loftis, Jon Derek, ECS Transactions, 25(7), 327-332 (2009).
[29]  "Optimizing the release of ALD grown ZnO nanotubes from anodic aluminum oxide templates" Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M.; Gu, Diefeng; Baumgart, Helmut; Namkoong, G., ECS Transactions, 25(4), 315-320 (2009).
[30]  "ALD synthesis of tube-in-tube nanostructures of transition metal oxides by template replication" Gu, Diefeng; Shrestha, Pragya; Baumgart, Helmut; Namkoong, Gon; Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M., ECS Transactions, 25(4), 191-198 (2009).
[31]  "Modeling and characterization of ALD grown ZnO nanotubes and their application to sub-micron devices" Abdel-Fattah, Tarek M.; Gu, Diefeng; Baumgart, Helmut; Bajpai, Ritu; Zaghloul, Mona, ECS Transactions, 25(4), 93-99 (2009).
[32]  "Synthesis and characterization of nanosized metal complexes via crystal growth by thin film formation of 8-quinolinolate with Fe(III), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions" M. E. Mahmoud, S. S. Haggag and T. M. Abdel-Fattah, Polyhedron, 28(1), 181-187 (2009)
[33]  Synthesis of Zirconia and Hafnia Tubes by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Template Method Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Diefeng Gu, Helmut Baumgart and Gon Namkoong, ECS Transactions, 16(4), 159-164 (2008).
[34]  Synthesis, Characterization and Metal Chelating Properties of Silica-Physisorbed and Chemisorbed-2,5-Dioxypiperazine M. E. Mahmoud, S. S. Haggag and T. M. Abdel-Fattah, Polyhedron, 14(31) 3956-3962 (2007)
[35]  "Pyrolytic Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes from Sucrose on a Mesoporous Silicate" . Abdel-Fattah, Tarek; Siochi, Emilie; Crooks, Roy, Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures, 14(4), 585-594 (2006).
[36]  "Adsorption of Arsenate and Arsenite by Iron treated Activated Carbon and Zeolites; Effects of pH, Temperature, and Ionic Strength" by K. B. Payne and T. M. Abdel-Fattah, Journal Environmental Science and Health, Part A,A40(4), 723 (2005).
[37]  "Organo-Silicate Nanocomposites for the Removal of Chlorinated Phenols from Aqueous Media: Kinetics and Environmental Stability" by T. M. Abdel-Fattah and B. Bishop, Journal Environmental Science and Health, Part A, A39(11), 2855 (2004).
[38]  "Adsorption of Divalent Lead ions by Zeolites and Activated Carbon: Effect of pH, Temperature, and Ionic Strength" by K. B. Payne and T. M. Abdel-Fattah, Journal Environmental Science and Health, Part A, A39(9), 2275 (2004).
[39]  "Small Arms Range Lead Management Issues; Activated Carbon, Molecular Sieves (5A and 13X) and Naturally Occurring Zeolites as Lead Adsorbents" T. M. Abdel-Fattah, L. K. Isaacs and Kelly B. Payne, Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, 14(2), 113 (2003).
[40]  "Supramolecular Assembly of Mesostructured Tin Oxide," by K.G. Severin, T. M. Abdel-Fattah and T.J. Pinnavaia, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1471 (1998).
[41]  "Molecular Catalysts Design. Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Zeolites NaY Catalysts Made with a Tetranuclear Copper(II) Complex," by T. M. Abdel-Fattah, G. Davies, B.V. Romanovsky, O.L. Shakanovskaya, A.L. Jansen and M.J. Palmieri, Jr., Catalysis Today, 33, 313 (1997)
[42]  "Tin-Substituted Mesoporous Silica Molecular Sieve (Sn-HMS): Synthesis and Properties as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Lactide Ring-Opening Polymerization," by T. M. Abdel-Fattah and T.J. Pinnavaia, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 665 (1996)
[43]  Effect of Initial Soil pH on Copper Ion Transport in an Electrokinetic Cell Alya Elsayed-Ali, Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, and Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, Proceedings of the 4th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT (EE 2009)
[44]  Cation Exchange in Zeolites Placed in an Electrokinetic Cell Omar H. Elsayed-Ali, Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah and Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS Int. Conference on ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS and DEVELOPMENT (EED 2008)
[45]  Nanomaterials for Water and Environmental Remediation Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS Int. Conference on ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS and DEVELOPMENT (EED 2008)
[46]  "Ulcerative Shell Disease (USD) and Its Possible Relation to The Bioaccumulation of Lead (Pb) in Aquatic Turtles in an Urban Lake" Brian E. Bishop, Barbara A. Savitzky and Tarek Abdel-Fattah, Proceeding of Virginia/West Virginia Water Research Symposium 2007, Connecting Management to Aquatic Communities, Ana Constantinescu Eds, P.182 (2007)
[47]  "Temperature effect on the sorption of chlorinated phenols onto organo-silicate nanocomposites from an aqueous media." Abdel-Fattah, Tarek; Bishop, Brian; Johansen, Valerie; Han, Sandy. Preprints of Extended Abstracts presented at the ACS National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry (2006), 46(1), 470-473.
[48]  "Nanomaterials for environmental remediation" Abdel-Fattah, Tarek Preprints of Extended Abstracts presented at the ACS National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry (2005), 45(2), 828-831"
[49]  "Mechanism of arsenate and arsenite removal by iron treated activated carbon and zeolites" by T.M. Abdel-Fattah and K.B. Payne. Preprints of Extended Abstracts presented at the ACS National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, 45(1), 412 (2005).
[50]  "Adsorption of Divalent Lead ions by Zeolites and Activated Carbon: Effect of pH, Ionic Strength, and Temperature" by T. M. Abdel-Fattah and K. B. Payne, Prepr. Ext. Abstr. ACS Natl. Meet. Amer. Chem. Soc. Div. Environ. Chem. 44(1), 172 (2004)
[51]  "Screening of Lead Ion Adsorbents in Aqueous Media" T. M. Abdel-Fattah, L. K. Isaacs and Kelly B. Payne, Proceeding of Virginia Water Research Symposium 2003, Water Research Management for Commonwealth, Jane Walker and Judy Poff Eds., P.144 (2003)
[52]  "Using Organo-Silicate Nanocomposites for Aqueous Lead Species Removal" by T. M. Abdel-Fattah and L. K. Isaacs, Prepr. Ext. Abstr. ACS Natl. Meet. Amer. Chem. Soc. Div. Environ. Chem. 43(1), 1138 (2003)
[53]  "Kinetic and Environmental Stability of Organo-Silicate Nanocomposites for the Removal of Chlorinated Phenols from Aqueous Media" by T. M. Abdel-Fattah and B. Bishop, Prepr. Ext. Abstr. ACS Natl. Meet. Amer. Chem. Soc. Div. Environ. Chem. 42(2), 357 (2002)
[54]  "Novel Organo-Silicate Composites for Removal of Chlorinated Phenols from Aqueous Media" by T. M. Abdel-Fattah, B. Bishop and P. E. Grunow, Prepr. Ext. Abstr. ACS Natl. Meet. Amer. Chem. Soc. Div. Environ. Chem. 42(1), 148 (2002)
[55]  "Screening of Low-Cost Adsorbents for Lead Removal" by T. M. Abdel-Fattah and K. Payne, Prepr. Ext. Abstr. ACS Natl. Meet. Amer. Chem. Soc. Div. Environ. Chem. 41(1), 244 (2001)
[56]  "Adsorbent Materials for Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water," by T. M. Abdel-Fattah and T. Edwards, Prepr. Ext. Abstr. ACS Natl. Meet. Amer. Chem. Soc. Div. Environ. Chem. 40(2), 78 (2000)
[57]  "Screening of Low-Cost Adsorbents for Arsenic Removal," by T. M. Abdel-Fattah, A.Z. Ansari and T.C. Voice, Prepr. Ext. Abstr. ACS Natl. Meet. Amer. Chem. Soc. Div. Environ. Chem. 40(1), 422 (2000)
[58]  "Treatment of Dehydrated Na-Y Zeolite with the Heteropolymetallic Products of Transmetalation Reactions," by T. M. Abdel-Fattah and G. Davies, in Multifunctional Mesoporous Inorganic Solids, C.A.C. Sequiera and M.J. Hudson, Eds., Kluwer, Dodrecht, 1993, p. 121-126.