Ashour M. Ahmed

@bsu.edu.eg

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University

EDUCATION

2016: PhD. in Experimental Physics, Physics Department, Faculty of
Science, Beni-Suef University.
Title: Nanophotonic structures: fabrication, characterization and
application
2009: MSc. in Experimental Physics, Physics Department, Faculty of
Science, Beni-Suef University.
Title: Effect of radon inhalation on red blood cells of rats
2003: BSc. in Physics, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef
Branch, Cairo University. (Honours - 2nd Upper Class)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Photonic crystal - Nanoporous and nanoarrays
- Plasmonic nanostructure - Sensor
- Smart window - Photocatalytic degradation
- Hydrogen generation - Solar cell
- Phononic crystal - Supercapacitor

Publications

1- Ahmed Mehaney, Abd Allah Shehatah, Ashour M. Ahmed, Modeling of phononic crystal cavity for sensing different biodiesel fuels with high sensitivity. Materials Chemistry and Physics 257 (2021) 123774

2- Ashour M. Ahmed, Ahmed Mehaney, Novel design of wide temperature ranges sensor based on Tamm state in a pyroelectric photonic crystal with high sensitivity. Physica E 2021, 125, 114387

3- Ahmed Mehaney, Ashour M. Ahmed, Theoretical design of porous phononic crystal sensor for detecting CO2 pollutions in air. Physica E 2020, 124: 114353

4- Ashour M. Ahmed, Fatma Mohamed, Abdallah M. Ashraf, Mohamed Shaban, Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan, Abdullah M. Asiri, Enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting activity of carbon nanotubes@TiO2 nanoribbons in different electrolytes. Chemosphere 2020, 238, 124554.

5- Zaky A. Zaky, Ashour M. Ahmed, Ahmed S. Shalaby, Arafa H. Aly, Refractive index gas sensor based on the Tamm state in a one-dimensional photonic crystal: Theoretical optimization. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 9736

6- Ashraf Helmy, Mohamed Rabia, Mohamed Shaban, Abdallah M. Ashraf, Sayed Ahmed, Ashour M. Ahmed, Graphite/rolled graphene oxide/carbon nanotube photoelectrode for water splitting of exhaust car solution. International Journal of Energy Research 2020, 1-11

7- Ashour M. Ahmed, Mohamed Rabia, Mohamed Shaban, The structure and photoelectrochemical activity of Cr-doped PbS thin films grown by chemical bath deposition. RSC Advances 2020, 10, 14458-14470

8- Ashour M. Ahmed, M. Shaban, Highly sensitive Au-Fe2O3-Au and Fe2O3-Au-Fe2O3 biosensors utilizing strong surface plasmon resonance. Applied Physics B 2020, 126(57) 1-10

9- Arafa H. Aly, Ashour M. Ahmed, Mohamed Shaban, Multi-layer angular optical filter as a smart window, Indian Journal of Physics 2020, 94(1): 95-103

10- Ashour M. Ahmed, Mohamed Shaban, Nanoporous chromium thin film for active detection of toxic heavy metals traces using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Materials Research Express 2020, 7, 015084

11- Arafa H. Aly, Zaky A. Zaky, Ahmed S. Shalaby, Ashour M. Ahmed, D. Vigneswaran, Theoretical study of hybrid multifunctional one-dimensional photonic crystal as a flexible blood sugar sensor. Physica Scripta 2019, 95(3), 035510 (7pp).

12- Ahmed Mehaney, Ashour M. Ahmed, Locally resonant phononic crystals at low frequencies based on porous SiC multilayer. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 14767.

13- Mohamed Rabia, Sodky H. Mohamed, Huaping Zhao, Mohamed Shaban, Yong Lei, Ashour M. Ahmed, TiO2/TiOxNY hollow mushrooms like nanocomposite photoanode for hydrogen electrogeneration. Journal of Porous Materials 2019, 27, 329, pp 1-7.

14- Mohamed Shaban, Ashour M. Ahmed, Nora Shehata, Mohamed A. Betiha, Abdelrahman M. Rabie, Ni-doped and Ni/Cr co-doped TiO2 nanotubes for enhancement of photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2019, 555, 31-41

15- M. Shaban, H. AbdAllah, L. Said, Ashour M. Ahmed, Water desalination and dyes separation from industrial wastewater by PES/TiO2NTs mixed matrix membranes. Journal of Polymer Research 2019, 26: 181.

16- Mohamed Zayed, Ashour M. Ahmed, Mohamed Shaban, Synthesis and characterization of nanoporous ZnO and Pt/ZnO thin films for dye degradation and water splitting applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2019, 44, 17630-17648

17- Ashour M. Ahmed, Ahmed Mehaney, Mohamed Shaban, Arafa H. Aly, Scattering spectra of magneto-plasmonic core/shell nanoparticle based on Mie theory. Materials Research Express 2019, 6, 085073.

18- Ashour M. Ahmed, Ahmed Mehaney, Ultra-high sensitive 1D porous silicon photonic crystal sensor based on the coupling of Tamm/Fano resonances in the mid-infrared region. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 6973.

(Top 100 in Physics),
19- Shrouk E. Zaki, Mohamed A. Basyooni, Mohamed Shaban, Mohamed Rabia, Yasin Ramazan Eker, Gamal F. Attia, Mucahit Yilmaz, Ashour M. Ahmed, Role of oxygen vacancies in vanadium oxide and oxygen functional groups in graphene oxide for room temperature CO2 gas sensors. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2019, 294, 17-24.

20- Mohamed A. Basyooni, Ashour M. Ahmed, Mohamed Shaban, Plasmonic hybridization between two metallic nanorods. Optik 2018, 172, 1069-1078.

21- Ashour M. Ahmed, Mohamed Shaban, Arafa H. Aly, Electro-optical tenability properties of defective one-dimensional photonic crystal, Optik 2017, 145, 121-129.

22- Mohamed Shaban, Ashour M. Ahmed, E. Abdel-Rahman, Hany Hamdy. Tunability and sensing properties of plasmonic/1D photonic crystal. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 41983.

23- Mohamed Shaban, Ashour M. Ahmed, E. Abdel-Rahman, Hany Hamdy. Morphological and optical properties of ultra-thin nanostructured Cu films deposited by RF sputtering on nanoporous anodic alumina substrate, Micro & Nano Letters 2016, 11(6), 295-298.

24- Mostafa Fawzy Eissa, Ashour M. Ahmed, Omar Abdel-Salam, Fayez Shahin, Study the effects of radon inhalation on biomechanical properties of blood in rats. International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology 2015, 3(3), 3326.

25- Mohamed Shaban, Mohamed Zayed, Ashour M. Ahmed, Hany Hamdy, Influence of growth time on ZnO nanostructures morphology prepared by chemical bath deposition at low temperature. IOSR Journal of Applied Physics (IOSR-JAP), 2015, 7(4), 35-40.
Doi: 10.9790/4861-07423540
26- Mohamed Shaban, Ashour M. Ahmed, E. Abdel-Rahman, Hany Hamdy. Fabrication and characterization of micro/nanoporous Cr film for sensing applications. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2014, 198, 115-121.

27- Mohamed Shaban, Ashour M. Ahmed, E. Abdel-Rahman, Hany Hamdy. Synthesis of nanoporous chromium film by DC electrodeposition on aluminum substrate. IOSR Journal of Applied Physics 2014, 6, 52-57.

28- M. F. Eissa, Fayez M. Shahin, and Ashour M. Ahmed, Omar Abdel-Salam. Effects of radon inhalation on some biophysical properties of blood in rats. (2010).