Publications


Refereed Journal Publications

1. A. Al-Mulhem, A. Mekki and I. Nasser, “Resonant Elastic and Electron Capture by Al-like P2+ and S3+ Ions at Low Energies”, Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering 17-2A (1992) 167. 

2. A. Mekki, A. Al-Mulhem and I. Nasser, “Resonance Excitation Cross Section of Al-like P2+ and S3+ Ions at Low Energies”, Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering 18-3 (1993) 383

3. A. Mekki and I. Nasser, “Resonant Electron Capture Cross-Section for PIII”, Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering 19-4A (1994) 707.

4. A. Mekki, D. Holland, C.F. McConville and M. Salim, “An XPS Study of Iron Sodium Silicate Glass Surfaces”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 208 (1996) 267-276. Article (PDF)

5. A. Mekki, D. Holland and C.F. McConville, “Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Copper Sodium Silicate Glass Surfaces”', Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 215 (1997) 271-282. Article (PDF)

6. A. Mekki, D. Holland, Kh. A. Ziq and C.F. McConville, “XPS and Magnetization Studies of Cobalt Sodium Silicate Glasses”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 220 (1997) 267-279. Article (PDF)

7. A. Mekki, D. Holland, Kh. A. Ziq and C.F. McConville, “Magnetization and XPS Studies of the Redox State of Copper in Sodium Silicate Glasses”, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 39 (1998) 45-50.

8. A. Mekki and Kh. A. Ziq, “Magnetic Properties of a SiO2-Na2O-Fe2O3 Glass and Glass Ceramic”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 189 (1998) 207-213.

9. A. Mekki and M. Salim, “XPS study of transition metal doped silicate glasses'', J. Electron Spect. Relat. Phenom. 101 (1999) 227-232.

10. J.A. Johnson, C.E. Johnson, D. Holland, A. Mekki, P. Appleyard and M.F. Thomas, “Transition metal ions in ternary sodium silicate glasses: a Mossbauer and neutron study”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 246 (1999) 104-114.

11. D. Holland, A. Mekki, I.A.Gee, C.F. McConville, J.A. Johnson, C.E. Johnson, P. Appleyard and M. Thomas, “The structure of sodium iron silicate glass-a multi technique approach”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 253 (1999) 192.

12. A. Mekki, D. Holland kh.A. Ziq and C.F. McConville, “Structural and magnetic properties of iron sodium germanate glasses ”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 272 (2000) 179. Article (PDF)

13. I.A.Gee, R. Hussin, D. Holland,  C.F. McConville and A . Mekki, “X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the germanate anomaly in the Na2O-GeO2 system”, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 41 (2000) 175.

14. D. Holland, I.A. Gee, A. Mekki and C.F. McConville “The role of surface science in the determination of glass structure”, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 42 (2001) 247.

15. A. Mekki, “Magnetic properties of Fe ions in a silicate glass and ceramic”, Physica Status Solidi A 184 (2001) 327. Article (PDF)

16. Kh. A. Ziq and A. Mekki, “Environmental Effect on the Magnetic Properties of Fe Ions in Glasses and Ceramics”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 293 (2001) 688. Article (PDF)

17. A. Mekki, Kh. A. Ziq, D. Holland and C.F. McConville, “An XPS and Physical properties study of Praseodymium sodium silicate glasses”, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 43 (2002) 41.  

18. A. Mekki, Kh. A. Ziq, D. Holland and C.F. McConville, “Magnetic Properties of  Praseodymium sodium silicate glasses”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 260 (2003) 60. Article (PDF)

19. A. Mekki, G. Khattak, D. Holland, F.S. Fodor and L.E. Wenger, “Structure and magnetic properties of vanadium silicate glasses”, Journal of Non-Cryst. Solids 318 (2003) 193. Article (PDF)

20. A. Mekki, “XPS study of lead vanadate glasses”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 28 (1A) (2003) 73.

 21. A. Mekki, G Khattak and LE Wenger, “Structure and magnetic properties of lead vanadate glasses”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 330 (2003) 156. Article (PDF)

22. G Khattak, A. Mekki and M.A. Al-Shukri, “Photoelectron spectroscopy of copper tellurite glasses”, Physica Scripta (2004) . Article (PDF)

 23. G. Khattak, A. Mekki and L.E. Wenger, “Local structure and redox state of copper in tellurite glasses” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 337 (2004) 174. Article (PDF)

24.  A. Mekki, “X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of CeO2-Na2O-SiO2 glasses”, J. Electron Spectroscopy & Related Phenomena 142 (2005) 75. Article (PDF)

25. G. Khattak, N. Tabet and A. Mekki “Local structure and redox state of vanadium in Vanadium-Strontium-Borate [(V2O5)0.5(SrO)0.5-y(B2O3)y] Oxide Glasses”, Phys. Chem. Glasses 24 (2005) 165-169.

26.  A. Mekki and G. Khattak, "An XPS study of iron sodium tellurite glasses", Phys. Chem. Glasses 46 (2005) 161.

27.  A. Mekki, G Khattak and L.E. Wenger, “Structure and magnetic properties of MoO3-TeO2 glasses”, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 351 (2005) 2493. Article (PDF) 

28. A. Mekkki, G Khattak and L.E. Wenger, “Structural and Magnetic investigation of Fe2O3-TeO3 glasses”, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 352 (2006) 3326. Article (PDF)

29. M.M. Faiz, N. Tabet, A. Mekki, B.S. Mun, and Z. Hussain,“XANES investigation of vanadium doped ZnO films”, Thin Solid Films  515 (2006) 1377. Article (PDF)

30. M.M. Faiz, A. Mekki, B.S. Mun, and Z. Hussain, “XANES investigation of vanadium sodium silicate glasses”, J. Elect. Spec. and Rel. Phenomena 154 (2007) 60.Article (PDF)

31. A. Mekki, N. Tabet and M. Hezam,  “Synthesis and characterisation of nitrogen-doped ZnO thin films”, The International J. of Nano and Biomaterials  (2009) Article (PDF)

32. A. Mekki, G.D. Khattak and L.E. Wenger, "XPS and Magnetic Studies of Vanadium Tellurite Glassses", J. Electron Spect. & Relat. Phenom. 175 (2009) 21 Article (PDF)

33. G. Khattak and A. Mekki, “Structure and Electrical Properties of SrO-borovanadate 0.5(V2O5)-(0.5-y)(SrO)-y(B2O3) Glassses”, J. of Phys. and Chem. of Solids 70 (2009) 1330. Article (PDF)

34. G.D. Khattak, A. Mekki and L.E. Wenger, "X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Magnetic Susceptibility Studies of Vanadium-Phosphate Glasses", J. Non-Cryst. Solids 355(2009) 2148. Article (PDF)

35.  A. Mekki, G. Khattak and N. Seddiqui, “Structure and Electrical Properties of SrO-borovanadate z(V2O5)-0.2(SrO)-(0.8-z)(B2O3) Glassses”,  International J. of Mod. Phys.-B 24 (2010) 1471 Article(PDF)

36.A. Mekki and G.D. Khattak, "X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Sodium - Copper - Germanate Glasses", Physica Status Solidi-A 1 ( 2010) 73 Article(PDF)

37. M. Hezam, N. Tabet and A. Mekki, "Synthesis and Characterization of DC Magnetron Sputtered ZnO Thin Films Under High Working Pressure, Thin Solid Films (Accepted 2010) Article (PDF)

38. G.D. Khattak, A. Mekki and M. Gonndal, "Effect of laser irradiation on the structure and valence states of copper in Cu-Phosphate Glass by XPS studies" Applied Surface Science 256 (2010) 3630 Article (PDF)

39. M. Faiz, ,A. Mekki, MS Kariapper, BS Mun, Z Hussain, "X-ray absorption near edge structure investigation of iron-sodium silicate glasses", J. Non-Cryst. Solids   (357)   Issue: 22-23   Pages: 3803-3806 (2011).

40.  F.E. Salman, A. Mekki, "Dielectric study and ac conductivity of iron sodium silicate glasses", J. Non-Cryst. Solids,  (357)   Issue: 14   Special Issue: SI   Pages: 2658-2662   (2011).

41.JA. Johnson, C.J.Benmore, D. Holland, J. Du, B. Beuneu, A. Mekki,  "Influence of rare-earth ions on SiO(2)-Na(2)O-RE(2)O(3) glass structure" J. Physics- Cond. Matter (23)   Issue: 6 Article Number: 065404  (2011).

42. A. Mekki, GD Khattak, MA Gondal, "Laser induced structural modification in Fe-Na-B glass samples investigated by advanced XPS technique", International Journal of Surf. Science and Eng. (5)   Issue: 5-6   Pages: 434   (2011).





  

 

Conference Presentations

1. D. Holland, I.A. Gee, A. Mekki, M.D. Bowdry and C.F. McConville, “Photoelectron spectroscopy of glass fracture surfaces -relevance to bulk structure” Topical Issues in Glass, Vol.II (1998) 9.

2. A. Gee, A. Mekki, M.D. Bowdry, C.F. McConville and D. Holland, “Photoelectron spectroscopy of iron sodium silicate glass”, Topical Issues in Glass, Vol.II (1998) 39.

3. A. Mekki and Kh. A. Ziq, “Magnetization study of an amorphous Ge-Na-Fe material”, Published in the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT22), August 4-12, 1999, Helsinki, Finland.

4. Kh. A. Ziq and A. Mekki, “Comparative study of the magnetic properties of Fe-ions in silicate and germanate glasses”, Published in the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT22), August 4-12, 1999, Helsinki, Finland.

5. A. Mekki, "XPS study of the local structure of vanadium silicate amorphous system", Presented at the First Saudi Science Conference, 2001, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

6. Kh. A. Ziq and A. Mekki, "On the magnetic behavior of Fe-ions in sodium silicate and sodium germanate glasses", published in the proceedings of the First Saudi Science Conference, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, p.319-323 2001.

7. G.D. Khattak, A. Mekki, M.A. Al-Shukri, “XPS studies of copper tellurite glasses”, Presented at the First International Conference APHYS2003, Spain, 14-19 Oct, 2003.

8. G.D. Khattak and A. Mekki, “ XPS studies of copper-tellurite glasses” The Second Saudi Science Conference, KAAU, Jeddah, 15-17 March 2004.

9. A. Mekki and G.D. Khattak, “An XPS Study of iron – sodium-tellurite Glasses” Presented in 7th ESG conference on Glass Science and Technology, Athens, Greece, April 25 -29, 2004.

10. G.D. Khattak, N. Tabet, A. Mekki “Local structure and redox state of vanadium in Vanadium-Strontium-Borate [(V2O5)0.5(SrO)0.5-y(B2O3)y] Oxide Glasses” Presented at the 7th ESG Conference on Glass  Science Technology, Athena, Greece, April 25-28, 2004.

11. A. Mekki and GD Khattak, “Investigation of the local structure of Mo-Te glasses by XPS”, 2005' International Symposium on Glass", Shanghai, China, 10-14 April 2005.

12. A. Mekki, “Use of Instructional technology in teaching freshman physics courses”, Presented at the Third Saudi Physical Society Meeting, 18-19 December 2006, Riyadh, KSA.

13. Z. Khiari and M. Mekki, “Students' difficulties with kinematics graphs in introductory physics courses" Presented at the Third Saudi Physical Society Meeting, 18-19 December 2006, Riyadh, KSA.

14. M. Hezam, N. Tabet and A. Mekki, “Low Temperature DC Magnetron Sputtering Synthesis of ZnO thin Films” The 3rd Saudi Physical Society Meeting, 18-19 December 2006, KACST, Riyadh, KSA.

15. M. Hezam, N. Tabet, and A. Mekki, “DC Magnetron Synthesis of Nanostructures ZnO Thin Films at High Pressure”, 1st Sharjah International Conference on Nanotechnology and its Applications, 10-12 April 2007. 

16. A. Mekki and G. Khattak, “DC Conductivity of Vanadium Phosphate Glasses” Presented at the 21st International Congress on Glass, Strasbourg, France, 2-6 July 2007.

17. G. Khattak and A. Mekki, “XPS Study of Vanadium Phosphate Glasses”, Presented at the 21st International Congress on Glass, Strasbourg, France, 2-6 July 2007.

18. A. Mekki, N. Tabet and M. Hezam, “Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen-doped ZnO Thin Films”, Presented at International Conference on nanotechnology: Opportunity and Challenges”, KAU, Jeddah, KSA, June 17-19, 2008.

 19. M. Hezam, N. Tabet and A. Mekki, “Effect of substrate temperature on the growth of nanostructured ZnO thin films prepared using dc magnetron sputtering”, presented at the International Conference on Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bahrain University, Bahrain, 4-7 May 2009.

20. M. Hezam, N. Tabet and A. Mekki, “Synthesis and Characterization of DC Magnetron Sputtered Zinc Oxide Thin Films under High Working Pressures”, presented at the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology, Singapore, 28June-3July 2009.

21. G. Khattak, M.A. Gondal, and A. Mekki, "XPS studies of laser induced surface modification of vanadium phosphate glass sample", 2nd International Conference on Laboratory Technology (LABTECH), Doha, Qatar, 10-12 Oct. 2011.

22. N. Tabet, M. Faiz, N. Maalej, A. Mekki, A. Sunaidi and Z Yamani, "Nanostructured oxides and their applications in gas sensing and photocatalysis, International Conference on New Materials and Active Devices,  Oum Al Bouaghi, Algeria, 2011.