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M. A. El Khakani is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work covers a variety of advanced topics, notably in 2D materials and applications, advanced photocatalysis techniques, nanowire synthesis and applications, MXene and MAX phase materials, copper-based nanomaterials, gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, and ZnO doping and properties.

M. A. El Khakani has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Materials
  • Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Nanomaterials
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Materials Today Energy

Some of the recent publications illustrating the scope of their research include:

  • Recent Progress in the Synthesis of MoS2 Thin Films for Sensing, Photovoltaic and Plasmonic Applications: A Review (2021), published in Materials
  • Enhanced photocatalytic activities of silicon nanowires/graphene oxide nanocomposite: Effect of etching parameters (2020), published in Journal of Environmental Sciences
  • Ultra-sensitive and fast optical detection of the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 using AgNPs/SiNWs nanohybrid based sensors (2021), published in Surfaces and Interfaces
  • One-step chemically vapor deposited hybrid 1T-MoS2/2H-MoS2 heterostructures towards methylene blue photodegradation (2023), published in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
  • Comparative study of the photocatalytic effects of pulsed laser deposited CoO and NiO nanoparticles onto TiO2 nanotubes for the photoelectrochemical water splitting (2020), published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Throughout their career, M. A. El Khakani has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including:

  • Mounir Gaidi
  • M. El Marssi
  • Driss Mouloua
  • Mustapha Jouiad
  • Kais Daoudi

Their research spans a broad spectrum of applications in materials engineering, ranging from nanomaterial synthesis and characterization to renewable energy technologies and sensor development. This multidisciplinary approach reflects their expertise in integrating materials science principles with engineering practices aimed at practical and emerging technological challenges.

Best Publications

  • Grain size effect on the semiconductor-metal phase transition characteristics of magnetron-sputtered VO2 thin films

    D. Brassard;S. Fourmaux;M. Jean-Jacques;J. C. Kieffer

  • Enhanced Photosusceptibility near TC for the Light-Induced Insulator-to-Metal Phase Transition in Vanadium Dioxide

    D. J. Hilton;R. P. Prasankumar;S. Fourmaux;A. Cavalleri

  • Ultraviolet‐Assisted Direct‐Write Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Nanocomposite Microcoils

    Louis Laberge Lebel;Brahim Aissa;My Ali El Khakani;Daniel Therriault

  • Phase diagram of the ultrafast photoinduced insulator-metal transition in vanadium dioxide

    T. L. Cocker;L. V. Titova;S. Fourmaux;G. Holloway

  • Hardness and Young's modulus of amorphous a -SiC thin films determined by nanoindentation and bulge tests

    M.A. El Khakani;M. Chaker;A. Jean;S. Boily

  • Microstructure and physical properties of nanostructured tin oxide thin films grown by means of pulsed laser deposition

    R Dolbec;M.A El Khakani;A.M Serventi;M Trudeau

  • Properties of TiC thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition

    F. Santerre;M.A. El Khakani;M. Chaker;J.P. Dodelet

  • Tuning the Charge-Transfer Property of PbS-Quantum Dot/TiO2-Nanobelt Nanohybrids via Quantum Confinement

    Defa Wang;Haiguang Zhao;Nianqiang Wu;My Ali El Khakani

  • Terahertz conductivity of the metal-insulator transition in a nanogranular VO2 film

    T. L. Cocker;L. V. Titova;S. Fourmaux;H. C. Bandulet

  • Correlation between the sp2-phase nanostructure and the physical properties of unhydrogenated carbon nitride

    M. Tabbal;T. Christidis;S. Isber;P. Mérel

  • Direct-write fabrication of freestanding nanocomposite strain sensors

    Rouhollah Dermanaki Farahani;Hamid Dalir;Vincent Le Borgne;Loick A Gautier

  • Effect of rapid thermal annealing on both the stress and the bonding states of a-SiC:H films

    M. A. El Khakani;M. Chaker;A. Jean;S. Boily

  • Influence of the nanostructural characteristics on the gas sensing properties of pulsed laser deposited tin oxide thin films

    R. Dolbec;M.A. El Khakani;A.M. Serventi;R.G. Saint-Jacques

  • Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of carbamazepine using Ti/TiO2 nanostructured electrodes deposited by means of a pulsed laser deposition process.

    Rimeh Daghrir;Patrick Drogui;Ibrahima Ka;My Ali El Khakani

  • Photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of chlortetracycline using Ti/TiO2 photo-anode with simultaneous H2O2 production

    R. Daghrir;P. Drogui;M.A. El Khakani

  • Effect of laser intensity on the microstructural and mechanical properties of pulsed laser deposited diamond-like-carbon thin films

    M. Tabbal;P. Mérel;M. Chaker;M. A. El Khakani

  • Method for forming a film on a substrate

    Yousef Awad;Sebastien Allen;Michael Davies;Alexandre Gaumond

  • A study of the effect of composition on the microstructural evolution of a–SixC1−x: H PECVD films: IR absorption and XPS characterizations

    E. Gat;M.A. El Khakani;M. Chaker;A. Jean

  • Pulsed laser deposition of nanostructured tin oxide films for gas sensing applications

    M.A El Khakani;R Dolbec;A.M Serventi;M.C Horrillo

  • Controlled Fabrication of PbS Quantum-Dot/Carbon-Nanotube Nanoarchitecture and its Significant Contribution to Near-Infrared Photon-to-Current Conversion

    Defa Wang;Jayanta K Baral;Haiguang Zhao;Belete Atomsa Gonfa

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohamed Chaker
Mohamed Chaker Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Federico Rosei
Federico Rosei Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Daniel Therriault
Daniel Therriault Polytechnique Montréal
Daniel Guay
Daniel Guay Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Dongling Ma
Dongling Ma Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Frank A. Hegmann
Frank A. Hegmann University of Alberta
Andrea Cavalleri
Andrea Cavalleri Max Planck Society
Richard D. Averitt
Richard D. Averitt University of California, San Diego
Gianluigi A. Botton
Gianluigi A. Botton McMaster University
Toshiharu Teranishi
Toshiharu Teranishi Kyoto University

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