Publications in peer-reviewed journals (reverse chronological order) 

  1. A. E. Mansour, A. Valencia, D. Lungwitz, B. Wegner, N. Tanaka, Y. Shoji, T. Fukushima, A. Opitz, C. Cocchi and N. Koch, "Understanding the evolution of the Raman spectra of molecularly p-doped poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl): signatures of polarons and bipolarons" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D1CP04985B. (Link)
  2. F. Grassl, A. Ullrich, A. E. Mansour, S. M. Abdalbaqi, N. Koch, A. Opitz, M. Scheele, W. Brütting, "Coupled Organic–Inorganic Nanostructures with Mixed Organic Linker Molecules", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 31, 37483–37493, (Link)

  3. A. E. Mansour, H. Kim, S. Park, T. Schultz, D. X. Cao, T.‐Q. Nguyen, W. Brütting, A. Opitz, N. Koch, "Conductive Polymer Work Function Changes due to Residual Water: Impact of Temperature‐Dependent Dielectric Constant", Adv. Electron. Mater. 2020, 6, 2000408, (Link)

  4. B. Wegner, D. Lungwitz, A. E. Mansour, C. E. Tait, N. Tanaka, T. Zhai, S. Duhm, M. Forster, J. Behrends, Y. Shoji, A. Opitz, U. Scherf, E. JW. List‐Kratochvil, T. Fukushima, N. Koch, "An Organic Borate Salt with Superior p‐Doping Capability for Organic Semiconductors",  Adv. Sci. 2020, 7, 2001322. (Link)

  5. M. Arvind, C. Tait, M. Guerrini, J. Krumland, A. M. Valencia, C. Cocchi, A. E Mansour, N. Koch, S. Barlow, S. R. Marder, J. Behrends, D. Neher​, "Quantitative Analysis of Doping-Induced Polarons and Charge-Transfer Complexes of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) in Solution", J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 35, 7694–7708, (Link)​
  6. A. R. Kirmani, F. Eisner, A. E. Mansour, Y. Firdaus, N. Chaturvedi, A. Seitkhan, M. I. Nugraha, E. Yarali, F. Pelayo Garcı́a de Arquer, E. H. Sargent, T. D. Anthopoulos, A. Amassian, "Colloidal Quantum Dot Photovoltaics Using Ultrathin, Solution-Processed Bilayer In2O3/ZnO Electron Transport Layers with Improved Stability", ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 6, 5135–5141. (Link)

  7. A. R. Kirmani, A. E. Mansour, C. Yang, R. Munir, A. M. El-Zohry, O. F. Mohammed, A. Amassian, "Facile and noninvasive passivation, doping and chemical tuning of macroscopic hybrid perovskite crystals", PLoS ONE, 2020, 15(3): e0230540. (Link)

  8. A. E. Mansour, D. Lungwitz, T. Schultz, M. Arvind, A. M. Valencia, C. Cocchi, A. Opitz, D. Neher and N. Koch, "The optical signatures of molecular-doping induced polarons in poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl): individual polymer chains versus aggregates",  J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8 (8), 2870-2879. (Link)

  9. B. Yurash, D. X. Cao, V. V. Brus, D. Leifert, M. Wang, A. Dixon, M. Seifrid, A. E. Mansour, D. Lungwitz, T. Liu, P. J. Santiago, K. R. Graham, N. Koch, G. C. Bazan and T.-Q. Nguyen "Towards understanding the doping mechanism of organic semiconductors by Lewis acids",  Nat. Mater. 2019, 18 (12), 1327–1334 (Link)
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  10. D. B. Velusamy, J. K. El‐Demellawi, A. M. El‐Zohry, A. Giugni, S. Lopatin, M. N. Hedhili, A. E. Mansour, E. Di Fabrizio, O. F. Mohammed and H. N. Alshareef "MXenes for Plasmonic Photodetection", Adv. Mater. 2019, 1807658. (Link)

  11. E. Dauzon, A. E. Mansour, M. R. Niazi, R. Munir, D.-M Smilgies, X. Sallenave, C. Plesse, F. Goubard and A. Amassian, "Conducting and Stretchable PEDOT: PSS Electrodes: Role of Additives on Self-Assembly, Morphology and Transport" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11(19), 17570-17582, (Link)  

  12. L. Serrano-Luján, S. Víctor-Román, C. Toledo, O. Sanahuja, A. E. Mansour, J. Abad, A. Amassian, A. M. Benito, W. K. Maser and A. Urbina, “Environmental Impact of the Production of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide” SN Appl. Sci., 2019, 1, 179. (Link)

  13. A. R. Kirmani, A. E. Mansour, M. I. Saidaminov, X. Cui, D. Shi, A. Alofi, Ya. B. Losovyj, G. Gurung, T. R. Paudel, A. J. Yost, P. A. Dowben, E. Y. Tsymbal, A. Amassian and K. Katsiev, “Contributions of the lead-bromine weighted bands to the occupied density of states of the hybrid tri-bromide perovskites”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2018, 113, 022101. (Link)

  14. A. E. Mansour, A. R. Kirmani, S. Barlow, S. R. Marder, A. Amassian, “Hybrid Doping Strategy for Few-Layer Graphene via a Combination of Intercalation and Surface Doping”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (23), pp 20020–20028 (Link)

  15. S. P. Sarmah, V. M. Burlakov, E. Yengel, B. Murali, E. Alarousu, A. M. El-Zohry, C. Yang, M. S. Alias, A. A. Zhumekenov, M. I. Saidaminov, N. Cho, N. Wehbe, S. Mitra, I. Ajia, S. Dey, A. E. Mansour, M. Abdelsamie, A. Amassian, I. S. Roqan, B. S. Ooi, A. Goriely, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed, "Double charged surface layers in lead halide perovskite crystals", Nano lett. 2017, 17 (3), 2021-2027 (Link)

  16. A. E. Mansour, M. M. Said, S. Dey, H. Hu, S. Zhang, R. Munir, Y. Zhang, K. Moudgil, S. Barlow, S. R. Marder and A. Amassian, "Facile doping and work-function modification of few-layer graphene using molecular oxidants and reductants", Adv. Funct. Mater., 2017, 7 (27), 1602004 (Link)

  17. L. K. Jagadamma, H. Hu, T. Kim, G. O. Ngongang Ndjawa, A. E.  Mansour, J. C. D. Faria, R. Munir, D. H. Anjum, A. El Labban M. A. McLachlan and A. Amassian, "Solution-Processable MoOx Nanocrystals Enable Highly Efficient Reflective and Semitransparent Polymer Solar Cells" Nano Energy. 2016, 28 , 277–287 (Link)

  18. A. E. Mansour, S. Dey, M. H. Tanielian and A. Amassian, “Bromination of Graphene: A new route to Making High Performance Transparent Conducting Electrodes with Low Optical Losses”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7 (32), 17691 – 17699 (Link)

Patents

  • A. E. Mansour, Aram Amassian “Compositions and Methods of Forming Hybrid Doped Few-layer Graphene”, Patent filed on 25 October 2016. USPTO, No. 62/412,659. (Link)

Conference presentations (chronological order)

  1. A. E. Mansour1, H. Kim, S. Park, T. Schultz, D. X. Cao, T.-Q. Nguyen, W. Brütting, A. Opitz, N. Koch, "Conductive polymer work function changes due to residual water: Impact of water's temperature dependent dielectric constant". MRS Fall meeting, Symposium EL07, Boston, USA, 2020. (virtual -Oral)

  2. A. E. Mansour, D. Lungwitz, T. Schultz, M. Arvind, A. Opitz, D. Neher, N. Koch, "The optical signatures of doped poly(3-hexylthiophene) aggregates and isolated chains". 14th international symposium on Functional Pi-electron systems (FPI14), Berlin, Germany, 2019. (Poster)

  3. A. E. Mansour, D. Lungwitz, T. Schultz, A. Opitz, N. Koch, "Differentiation between the optical signatures of aggregates and of isolated chains in doped P3HT solutions". DPG spring meeting, Session CPP 3, Regensburg, Germany, 2019. (Oral)

  4. A. E. Mansour, D. Lungwitz, A. Opitz, N. Koch, "Investigating the electronic structure and chemical interactions in doped Poly(3-hexylthiophene) with the Lewis Acid dopant Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane". 9th Workshop on Advanced Spectroscopy of Organic Materials for Electronic Applications (ASOMEA-IX), Schluchsee, Germany, 2018. (Poster)

  5. A. E. Mansour, A. R. Kirmani, S. Barlow, S. R. Marder, A. Amassian, "Hybrid Doping Strategy for Few-Layer Graphene via a Combination of Intercalation and Surface Doping". MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium EM1, Boston, USA, 2017. (Oral)
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  6. A. E. Mansour, A. Amassian, "Non-Covalent Chemical Doping Strategies of Few-Layer Graphene Towards Enhanced Electrical Conductivity and Tunable Work Function". Frontiers in Theoretical and Applied Physics (FTAPS), Sharjah, UAE, 2017. (Oral)

  7. A. E. Mansour, H. Hu, S. Dey, D. Corzo, R Munir, A. ElLabban, A. Amassian, "High Performing Transparent Conductive Electrodes Based on Intercalated Few Layers Graphene". MRS Fall meeting, Symposium NM3, Boston, USA, 2016. (poster presentation)

  8. A. E. Mansour, M. Said, S. Dey, S. Zhang, H. Hu, R. Munir, Y. Zhang, K. Moudgil, S. Barlow, S. Marder, A. Amassian, "Molecular Electronic Doping of Transparent Conductive Few Layers Graphene Films via Metal-Organic Complexes". MRS Spring meeting, Symposium EE1, Phoenix, USA, 2016. (oral)

  9. A. E. Mansour, M. Said, S. Dey, S. Zhang, H. Hu, R. Munir, Y. Zhang, K. Moudgil, S. Barlow, S. Marder, A. Amassian, "Solution-based doping and work function modification of few layers graphene for application as transparent conducting electrodes". KAUST-NSF conference on electronic materials, devices and systems for a sustainable future, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2016. (oral)

  10. A. E. Mansour; S. Dey; M. Tanielian; A. Amassian, "Bromination of Few Layers Graphene: A New Route to Making High Performance Transparent Conducting Electrodes with Low Optical Losses ". KAUST Solar Future, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2015. (poster)

  11. A. E. Mansour; S. Dey; M. Tanielian; A. Amassian, "Bromination of Few Layers Graphene: A New Route to Making High Performance Transparent Conducting Electrodes with Low Optical Losses ". MRS Fall meeting, Symposium NN15, Boston, USA, 2015. (poster)

  12. A. E. Mansour, M. H. Tanielian and A. Amassian, “Bromination of Graphene: A New Route to Making High Performance Transparent Conducting Electrodes with Low Optical Losses”. SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, San Diego, USA, Paper number 9552-9, 2015 (Oral)

  13. A. E. Mansour (Representing the KAUST MRS student chapter) "Sustainability Forum: Practical Aspects of Interdisciplinary" - panel discussion - MRS Fall meeting, Symposium G, Boston, USA, 2012. (Oral)

  14. A. E. Mansour, H. Khan, N. Wang, M. N. Hedhili, Al Ahmari, L. Abdulhalim, K. Komvopoulos, A. Amassian, "Fabrication and Characterization of Ultra-Thin Carbon Overcoats on Magnetic Storage Media". Conference on Innovative Materials and Applications (CIMA2011), Beirut, Lebanon, 2011. (Poster)