American Journal of Condensed Matter Physics

American Journal of Condensed Matter physics is a peer reviewed, scientific journal, which publishes papers that contain fundamental condensed matter science.


Salah Makhlouf

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Condensed Matter Physics

Professor, Experimental Solid State Physics - Nanoscience, Egypt

Research Areas

Nanomagnetism and Nanocomposites

Education

1994Ph.DDepartment of Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
1989M.ScDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
1982B.ScDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt

Experience

2001-2008Associate Professor, Phys. Dept., Faculty of Science, Assiut Univ., Egypt
1999-2005Assistant professor, Phys. Dept. Faculty of Science, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
1995-1997Visiting Researcher, Center for Magnetic Recording Research, University of California at San Diego, California, USA
1994-2001Assistant Professor , Phys. Dept., Faculty of Science, Assiut Univ., Egypt
1983-present Professor of Experimental Solid State Physics-Nanoscience, Assiut University

Academic Achievement

Monbusho Scholarship (Oct. 89 to March 91) Given by Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan)
Fullbright Research Grant (Oct. 1995 to June 1996 financial support is extend by UCSD until Jan 1997)Given by the Commission for Education & Cultural Exchange between USA and Egypt
Joint research project between Assiut University and Institute for materials research, Tohoku University. (October & November 1997)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Particle size and temperature dependence of exchange bias in NiO nanoparticles Salah A. Makhlouf, H. Al-Attar and R.H. Kodama Fast-track communication in Solid State Comm.: 145(2008)1-4.
[2]  Magnetic Properties of Co3O4 Nanoparticles Salah A. Makhlouf J. Magn.Magn. Mater.: Vol.246, pp184-190, 2002.
[3]  Magnetic Properties of Cr2O3 Nanoparticles Salah A. Makhlouf J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 272–276 (2004) 1530–1532.
[4]  Temperature dependence of magnetic resonance in NiO nanoparticles V.V. Pishko, S.L. Gnatchenko, and V.V. Tsapenko, R.H. Kodama and Salah A. Makhlouf J. of Appl. Phys. 93 (2003)7382.
[5]  Electron spin resonance study of NiOantiferromagnetic nanoparticles Mark Rubinstein, R.H.Kodama, Salah A.Makhlouf; J. Magn. and Magn. Mater.234 (2001)289.
[6]  Anomalous properties of magnetic nanoparticles A.E. Berkowitz, R.H. Kodama, Salah A. Makhlouf, F.T. Parker, F.E. Spada, E.J. McNiff Jr., S.Foner J. Magn.Magn. Mater.: 196-197(1999) 591-594.
[7]  Determination of Particle Size Distribution in Ferritin using Magnetometry Salah A. Makhlouf Egyptian Journal of Biophysics: Vol.5 no.1 1999.
[8]  Magnetic Hysteresis Anomalies in Ferritin Salah A. Makhlouf , F.T. Parker and A.E. Berkowitz Phys. Rev. B 55, R14717 (1997).
[9]  Magnetic Anomalies in NiO nanoparticles Salah A. Makhlouf , F.T. Parker, S. Spada and A.E. Berkowitz J. Appl.Phys. 81 (1997) 5561.
[10]  Finite size effects in NiO Nanoparticles R.H. Kodama, Salah A. Makhlouf and A.E. Berkowitz Phys. Rev. Lett. : 79 (1997) 1393.
[11]  Anomalous hysteresis properties in ferrimagnetic and antiferromagneic nanoparticles A.E. Berkowitz , R.H. Kodama, Salah A. Makhlouf, F.T. Parker F.E.Spada E.J.Mc Niff and S.Foner Proc. NATO-ASI " Magnetic Hysteresis in Novel Materials" Mykonos, Greece 1996. Vol. 338 p293.
[12]  Cobalt/silica nanocomposite via thermal calcination-reduction of gel precursors Osama A. Fouad, Salah A. Makhlouf, Gomaa A.M. Ali and A.Y. El-Sayed Materials Chemistry and Physics 128 (2011) 70-76.
[13]  Crystallite size-dependent optical properties of nanostructured NiO films Salah A. Makhlouf , Mohamed A. Kassem and M.A. Abdel-Rahim Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials- Rapid Communications: Vol 4 (2010)1562.
[14]  Particle size-dependent electrical properties of nanocrystalline NiO Salah A. Makhlouf , Mohamed A. Kassem and M.A. Abdel-Rahim Journal of Materials Science, vol. 44, (2009) pp. 3438-3444.
[15]  Humidity-Sensing Properties of NiO/Al2O3 Nanocomposite Materials Salah A. Makhlouf and Kamal M. S. Khalil Solid State Ionics 164(2003) 97.
[16]  Variable range hopping conduction in NiO/Al2O3 nanocomposites Salah A. Makhlouf and Kamal M.S. Khalil: Inter. J. NanoScience 4(2005) 163.
[17]  Dielectric behavior and ac conductivity study of NiO/Al2O3 nanocomposites in humid atmosphere M.M. Ahmad, S.A. Makhlouf, K.M.S.Khalil: J. Appl. Phys. 100, 094323,2006.
[18]  High surface area thermally stabilized porous iron oxide/silica nanocomposites via a formamide modified sol–gel process Kamal M.S. Khalil and Salah A. Makhlouf Applied Surface Science 254 (2008) 3767.
[19]  Humidity Sensing Properties of Porous Iron Oxide/Silica Nanocomposite Prepared via a Formamide Modified Sol-Gel Process. Kamal M.S. Khalil and Salah A. Makhlouf Sensors and Actuators (Physical): A 148 (2008) 39–43.
[20]  Humidity-Sensing and Magnetic Characteristics of Fe2O3/Al2O3 nanocomposite Materials. S.A. Makhlouf and K.M.S. Khalil. Proceedings of the 5th Annual conference of the UAEU, 2004.
[21]  Structural evolution, characterization and electrical properties of micro structured BaTiO3 formed via sintering of modified sol-gel derived precursors K.M.S. Khalil and S.A. Makhlouf Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the UAEU, 2003.
[22]  Giant magnetoresistance in Fe-cluster-dispersed Ag films Salah A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama, K. Wakoh, K. Suzuki, K. Takanashi and H. Fujimori J. Magn. Magn. Matter. 126 (1993) 485.
[23]  Structural and magnetic properties of Fe/Ag granular material Salah A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama, T. Kamiyama, K. Wakoh and K. Suzuki Mater. Sci. & Eng. A 179-180 (1994) 483.
[24]  Characteristic high field dependence and composition variation of GMR in Fe/Ag granular Materials Salah A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama, K. Wakoh and K. Suzuki Jpn. J Appl. Phys. 33 (1994) 1323.
[25]  Magnetoresistance in Fe/Ag granular alloys produced by ion-cluster-beam and sputtering K. Sumiyama, S. A. Makhlouf, K. Wakoh and K. Suzuki Sci. Rep. Res. Inst. Tohoku Univ. RITU A39 (1993) 69.
[26]  Magnetoresistance in Fe/Ag granular material produced by ion-cluster-beam method. (In Japanese) K. Sumiyama, S. A. Makhlouf, K. Wakoh, T. Kamiyama, M. Sakurai, T. Hihara and K. Suzuki Proc. 4-th Symp. on BEAM Engineering and Advanced Material Synthesis (BEAMS), edited by J. Ishikawa, Tokyo Nov. 24-26 1993.
[27]  Structure and magnetic properties of granular Fe/Ag alloys produced by ion cluster beam method (In Japanese). K. Sumiyama, S. A. Makhlouf, T. Hihara, K. Wakoh, S. Yamamuro, M. Sakurai, T. Kamiyama and K. Suzuki J. Magn. Soc. Jpn 18 (1994) 814.
[28]  Extended X-ray fine structure study on the local structure around Fe atoms in Fe/Ag granular materials M. Sakurai, S. A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama, K. Wakoh and K. Suzuki Jpn J. Appl. Phys. 33 (1994)4090.
[29]  Characteristic high feild dependence of magnetoresistance in Fe/Ag granular thin films fabricated by sbuttering and annealing . Salah A. Makhlouf , K. Sumiyama and K. Suzuki Jpn.J.Appl. Phys. 33 (1994) 4913.
[30]  Nano-scale structural evolutions and associated changes in magnetoresistance in the granular FexAg1-x thin films . Y.Xu, K. Sumiyama,K,Wakoh S.A. Makhlouf and K. Suzuki J.Appl.Phys. 76(1994)2969.
[31]  Structural evolutions and magnetic properties of nano-granular metallic alloys K. Sumiyama, K. Suzuki, S. A. Makhlouf, K. Wakoh, T. Kamiyama, S. Yamamuro, T. Konno, Y. F. Xu, M. Sakurai and T. Hihara J. Non.Cryst. Solids 192-193 (1995) 539.
[32]  Fe-cluster structure in giant msagnetoresistive Fe14Ag86 granular thin film. Y. Xu, M.Sakurai, Salah A. Makhlouf, K. Wakoh, K. Sumiyama and K. Suzuki Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 33(1994) L1327.
[33]  Nanometric structure of Fe cluster in Fe/Cu and Fe/Ag granular materials by EXAFS M.Sakurai, Salah A. Makhlouf, T.Hi hara , K. Sumiyama , K. Wakoh and K. Suzuki Physica B 208&209 (1995) 614.
[34]  Structural and Magnetic Evolution in Magnetic granular Fe-Ag alloys produced by the cluster beam technique. K. Sumiyama , K. Suzuki, S.A. Makhlouf, K. Wakoh, H. Hihara, S. Yamamuro , K. Sakurai and T. Kamiyama Mater. Sci. Eng. B31(1995) 133.
[35]  Structural differences between Fe/Cu and Fe/Ag granular films produced by a cluster methods. K. Sumiyama , T. Hihara , S.A. Makhlouf , M.Sakurai , Y. Xu , T.J. Konno , S.Yamamuro and K. Suzuki Mater. Sci. Eng. A217 (1996) 340.
[36]  GMR in Fe cluster dispersed Fe/Ag granular alloy films K. Sumiyama, S.A. Makhlouf, S.Yamamuro, Y.F. Xu and K. Suzuki J. Magn.Magn.Mater. 140-144 (1995) 563.
[37]  Thermoelectric power in Fe-based granular alloys Y Kobayashi , K. Honda, Y. Aoki, H. Sato, T. Ono, T. Shinjo S.A. Makhlouf, T. Hihara, K. Sumiyama and K. Suzuki J. Phys. Condens. Matter 8 (1996) 11105.
[38]  Hall effect in Fe-Ag granular alloys Y Kobayashi , K. Honda, Y. Aoki, H. Sato, T. Ono, T. Shinjo , S.A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama and K. Suzuki, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 176 (1997) 164.
[39]  Structural and magnetic properties of non-equilibrium bcc nickel prepared by leaching of mechanically alloyed Ni35Al65 E. Ivanov, Salah A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama, H. Yamauchi, K. Suzuki and G. Golubkuva J. Alloys and Compounds 185 (1992) 25.
[40]  Nanoscale quasi-amorphous nickel produced by leaching sputter-deposited Ni25Al75 alloy Salah A. Makhlouf, E. Ivanov, K. Sumiyama and K. Suzuki J. Alloys and Compounds 187 (1992) L1.
[41]  Structural and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline bcc cobalt prepared by leaching of mechanically alloyed Co-Al Salah A. Makhlouf, E. Ivanov, K. Sumiyama and K. Suzuki J. Alloys and Compounds 189 (1992) 117.
[42]  Formation of nominal Ni amorphous phase by mechanical milling and leaching Salah A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama and K. Suzuki J. Alloys and Compounds 199 (1993) 119.
[43]  Metastable bcc and amorphous Ni produced by mechanical alloying and chemical leaching Salah A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama, E. Ivanov, H. Yamauchi , T. Hihara and K. Suzuki Mater. Sci. & Eng. A 181-182 (1994) 1184.
[44]  Nanocrystalline B2 type Ru40Al60 and Ru poweders produced by mechanical alloying and leaching : Y.Xu, Salah A. Makhlouf, E. Ivanov, K. Wakoh,K.Sumiyama and K. Suzuki Nanostructured Materials 4 (1994) 437.
[45]  Formation of new metastable transition metal alloy by combination of mechanical alloying and chemical leaching . E. Ivanov , K. Sumiyama, K. Suzuki and Salah A. Makhlouf Solid State Ionics 60 (1993) 299.
[46]  Formation of new metastable transition-metal alloys by combination of mechanical alloying and chemical leaching E. Ivanov, S. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama, K. Suzuki and H. Yamauchi, MECHANICAL ALLOYING FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATION:2nd International Conference on Structural Applications of Mechanical Alloying, VANCOUVER, CANADA, SEP 20-22, 1993, ASM INTERNATIONAL, 177-182 , (1993).
[47]  Mössbauer study of nonequilibrium disordered Fe-Al alloys produced by DC sputtering Salah A. Makhlouf, M. Shiga and K. Sumiyama J. Phys. Soc. Jpn 60 (1991) 3537.
[48]  A Mössbauer study of Fe clusters grown in Ag Matrix Salah A. Makhlouf, K. Sumiyama , H. Onodera, K. Wakoh and K. Suzuki Nucl. Inst. & Meth. B 76 (1993)197.
[49]  Structure and Magnetic Properties of FeAl1-x Rhx alloys Salah A. Makhlouf and T. Nakamura M. Shiga J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 135 (1994)257.
[50]  Magnetic Properties of fcc (Co95Fe5)1-x Alx Ribbons Salah A. Makhlouf, F.T. Parker and T. Benameur Hyperfine Interactions : Hyperfine Interactions: 122(1999)223.
[51]  Electrical properties of NiO films obtained by high-temperature oxidation of nickel Salah A. Makhlouf Thin Solid Films: 516 (2008)3112-3116.
[52]  Enhancement of the hind lamb regeneration in the toad, bufo regularis reuss via alternating current stimulation, Reda A. Ali and Salah A. Makhlouf: J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool. 31B (2000) 35.