1. Khan, M. A. and Al-Kuhaili, M. F, “CW laser pumping of the 4s2 1So – 4s4p 3P1 transition of calcium: study of ionization and absorption line profiles,” Journal of Physics B. Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 393-402, (1993).

2. Khan, M. A., Khawaja, E. E. and Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Collective effects in the ionization of calcium atoms following resonant laser pumping of 4s4p 3P1 metastable states,” Journal of Physics D. Vol. 26, No. 10, pp. 1614-1621, (1993).

3. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A. and Khawaja, E. E., “Effects of preparation conditions and thermocoloration on the optical properties of thin films of molybdenum oxide,” Thin Solid Films. Vol. 408, No. 1-2, pp. 188-193, (2002).

4. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., Khawaja, E. E. and Shirokoff, J., “Effects of preparation conditions on the optical properties of thin films of tellurium oxide,” Journal of Physics D. Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 910-915, (2002).

5. Durrani, S. M. A., Khawaja, E. E., Salim, M. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F. and Al-Shukri, A. M., “Effect of preparation conditions on the optical and thermochromic properties of thin films of tungsten oxide,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 313-325, (2002).

6. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Optical properties of scandium oxide films prepared by electron beam evaporation,” Thin Solid Films. Vol. 426, No. 1-2, pp. 178-185, (2003).

7. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Glosser, R., Wickenden, A. E., Koleske, D. D. and Henry, R., “Electroreflectance of hexagonal gallium nitride at the fundamental and E1 spectral regions,” Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 82, No. 8, pp. 1203-1205, (2003).

8. Khawaja, E. E., Durrani, S. M. A. and Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Determination of average refractive index of thin CeO2 films with large inhomogeneities,” Journal of Physics D. Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 545-551, (2003).

9. Durrani, S. M. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F. and Khawaja, E. E., “Characterization of thin films of a-SiOx (1.1<x<2.0) prepared by reactive evaporation of SiO,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Vol. 15, No. 47, pp. 8123-8135, (2003).

10. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A. and Khawaja, E. E., “Optical properties of gallium oxide films deposited by electron beam evaporation,” Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 83, No. 22, pp. 4533-4535, (2003).

11. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Khawaja, E. E. and Durrani, S. M. A., “Characterization of hafnium oxide thin films prepared by electron beam evaporation,” Journal of Physics D. Vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 1254-1261, (2004).

12. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Khawaja, E. E., Ingram, D. C. and Durrani, S. M. A., “A study of thin films of V2O5 containing molybdenum from an evaporation boat,” Thin Solid Films. Vol. 460, No. 1-2, pp. 30-35, (2004).

13. Durrani, S. M. A., Khawaja, E. E., Al-Shukri, A. M. and Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Dielectric/Ag/Dielectric coated energy-efficient glass windows for warm climates,” Energy and Buildings. Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 891-898, (2004).

14. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Optical properties of hafnium oxide thin films and their application in energy efficient-windows,” Optical Materials. Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 383-387, (2004).

15. Durrani, S. M. A., Khawaja, E. E. and Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “CO-sensing properties of undoped and doped tin oxide thin films prepared by electron beam evaporation,” Talanta. Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 1162-1167, (2005).

16. Khawaja, E. E., Al-Daous, M., Durrani, S. M. A. and Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Chemical inhomogeneity in zinc telluride thin films prepared by thermal evaporation,” Thin Solid Films Vol. 485, No. 1-2, pp. 16-21, (2005).

17. Al-Kuhaili, M. F.,"A study of the fluorescent properties of spin-coated sodium salicylate thin films,” Journal of Luminescence Vol. 117, No. 2, pp. 209-216, (2006).

18. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Khawaja, E. E. and Durrani, S. M. A., “Determination of the optical constants (n and k) of inhomogeneous thin films with linear index profiles,” Applied Optics. Vol. 45, No. 19, pp.4591-4597, (2006).

19. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Chemical and optical properties of thermally evaporated manganese oxide thin films,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 1746-1750, (2006).

20. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. and Durrani, S. M. A., "Optical properties of erbium oxide thin films deposited by electron beam evaporation," Thin Solid Films. Vol. 515, No. 5, pp. 2885-2890, (2007).

21. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. and Durrani, S. M. A., “Optical properties of chromium oxide thin films deposited by electron-beam evaporation,” Optical Materials. Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 709-713, (2007).

22. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Characterization of thin films produced by the thermal evaporation of silver oxide,” Journal of Physics D. Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 2847-2853, (2007).

23. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Khawja, E. E. and Durrani, S. M. A., “A method for the determination of the optical constants (n and k) of thin films with large optical inhomogeneities,” Journal of Modern Optics. Vol. 54, No. 10, pp. 1453-1465, (2007).

24. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. and Durrani, S. M. A., “Incorporation of oxygen into thermally evaporated germanium and optical characterization of the resulting films” Journal of Applied Physics. Vol. 102, No. 5, Art. No. 053512, (2007).

25. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Characterization of copper oxide thin films deposited by the thermal evaporation of cuprous oxide (Cu2O)” Vacuum. Vol. 82, No. 6, pp. 623-629, (2008).

26. Durrani, S. M. A. and Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Effect of biasing voltage and electrode metals and materials on the sensitivity of electron beam evaporated HfO2 thin film CO sensor,” Materials Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 109, No. 1, pp. 56-60, (2008).

27. Durrani, S. M. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Carbon monoxide gas-sensing properties of electron-beam deposited cerium oxide thin films,” Sensors and Actuators B. Vol. 134, No. 2, pp. 934-939, (2008).

28. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Al-Maghrabi, M. A., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Investigation of ZnO/Al/ZnO multilayers as transparent conducting coatings,” Journal of Physics D. Vol. 41, No. 21, Art. No. 215302, (2008).

29. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Carbon monoxide gas-sensing properties of CeO2-ZnO thin films,” Applied Surface Science. Vol. 255, No. 5 part 2, pp. 3033-3039, (2008).

30. Al-Maghrabi, M. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Influence of vacuum annealing on the physical properties of ZnO/Al/ZnO multilayer coatings,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 276-281, (2009).

31. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Al-Aswad, A. H., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Transparent heat mirrors based on tungsten oxide-silver multilayer structures,” Solar Energy. Vol. 83, No. 9, pp. 1571-1577, (2009).

32. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Pulsed laser deposition of molybdenum oxide thin films,” Applied Physics A – Materials Science & Processing. Vol. 98, No. 3, pp.609-615, (2010).

33. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., Bakhtiari, and Al-Shukri, A. M., “Optical constants and thermocoloration of pulsed laser deposited molybdenum oxide thin films,” Optics Communications. Vol. 283, No. 14, pp. 2857-2862 (2010).

34. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Carbon monoxide gas-sensing properties of CeO2-WO3 thin films,” Materials Science and Technology. Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 726-731 (2010).

35. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., Bakhtiari, I. A., Dastageer, M. A. and Mekki, M. B., “Influence of hydrogen annealing on the properties of hafnium oxide thin films,” Materials Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 126, No. 3, pp. 515-523 (2011).

36. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. and Durrani, S. M. A., “Effect of annealing on pulsed laser deposited zirconium oxide thin films,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 509, No. 39, pp. 9536-9541 (2011).

37. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. , Saleem M. and Durrani, S. M. A., “Optical properties of iron oxide (a-Fe2O3) thin films deposited by the reactive evaporation of iron,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 521, pp. 178-182 (2012).

38. Durrani, S. M. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F. , Bakhtiati, I. A. and Haider, M. B. “Investigation of the carbon monoxide gas sensing characteristics of tin oxide mixed cerium oxide thin films,” Sensors. Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 2598-2609 (2012).

39. Saleem, M., Al-Kuhaili, M. F. , Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiati, I. A. “Characterization of nano-crystalline a-Fe2O3 thin films grown by reactive evaporation and oxidation of iron ,” Physica Scripta. Vol. 85, No. 5, Art. No. 055802 (2012).

40. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. , Durrani, S. M. A., Bakhtiati, I. A., and Saleem, M., “Optical constants of vacuum annealed radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtered zinc oxide thin films ,” Optics Communications. Vol. 285, No. 21-22, pp. 4405-4412 (2012).

41. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Al-Aswad, A. H., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Energy-saving transparent heat mirrors based on tungsten oxide-gold WO3/Au/WO3 multilayer structures,” Solar Energy. Vol. 86, No. 11, pp. 3183-3189, (2012).

42. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Kayani, A., Durrani, S. M. A., Bakhtiari, I. A. and Haider, M. B., “Band gap engineering of zinc selenide thin films through alloying with cadmium telluride,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Vol. 5, No. 11, pp. 5366-5372, (2013).

43. Haider, M. B., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Effect of annealing on the optical properties of GaN films grown by pulsed laser deposition,” Journal of Materials Science and Technology. Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 752-756, (2013).

44. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiari, I. A., “Influence of oxygen flow rate on the surface chemistry and morphology of radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtered zinc oxide thin films,” Surface and Interface Analysis. Vol. 45, No. 9, pp. 1353-1357, (2013).

45. Saleem, M., Al-Kuhaili, M. F. , Durrani, S. M. A. and Bakhtiati, I. A. “Phase dependent growth of superficial nanowalls-like structure on TiO2 thin films in molecular hydrogen (H2) annealing environment ,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Vol. 38, No. 28, pp. 12497-12502 (2013).

46. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. and Durrani, S. M. A., “Structural and optical properties of dysprosium oxide thin films,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 591, pp. 234-239 (2014).

47. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Alade, I. O. and Durrani, S. M. A., “Optical constants of hydrogenated zinc oxide thin films,” Optical Materials Express. Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 2323-2331, (2014).

48. Saleem, M., Durrani, S. M. A., Saheb, N., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., and Bakhtiari, I. A. “The effect of annealing on structural and optical properties of a-Fe2O3/CdS/a-Fe2O3 multilayer heterostructures,” Applied Surface Science. Vol. 320, pp. 653-657, (2014).

49. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Ahamad, S. H., Durrani, S. M. A., Faiz, M. M., and Ul-Hamid, A. “Energy-saving spectrally-selective coatings based on MoO3/Ag thin films,” Materials and Design. Vol. 73, pp. 15-19, (2015).

50. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Ahamad, S. H., Durrani, S. M. A., Faiz, M. M., and Ul-Hamid, A. “Application of nickel oxide thin films in NiO/Ag multilayer energy-efficient coatings,” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. Vol. 39, pp. 84-89 (2015).

51. Saleem, M., Al-Kuhaili, M. F. , Durrani, S. M. A., Hendi, A., Bakhtiati, I. A., and Ali, S. “Influence of hydrogen annealing on the optoelectronic properties of WO3 thin films,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Vol. 40, No. 36, pp. 12343-12351 (2015).

52. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., El-Said, A. S., and Heller, R. “Influence of iron doping on the structural, chemical, and optoelectronic properties of sputtered zinc oxide thin films,” Journal of Materials Research. Vol. 31, Issue 20, pp. 3230-3239 (2016).

53. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., El-Said, A. S., and Heller, R. “Enhancement of the refractive index of sputtered zinc oxide thin films through doping with Fe2O3,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 690, pp. 453-460 (2017).

54. Hendi, A. H., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M., Faiz, M. M., Ul-Hamid, A., Quraishi, A., Khan, I. “Modulation of the band gap of tungsten oxide thin films through mixing with cadmium telluride towards photovoltaic applications,” Materials Research Bulletin. Vol. 87, pp. 148-154 (2017).

55. Hendi, A. H., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M., Faiz, M. M., Ul-Hamid, A., Quraishi, A., Khan, I. “Tunable visible light absorption of MoO3-CdTe composite thin films,” Thin Solid Films. Vol. 636, pp. 137-143 (2017).

56. Ahamad, S. H., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., Faiz, M. M., and Ul-Hamid, A. “Bi-layered energy efficient coatings as transparent heat mirrors based on vanadium oxide thin films,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. Vol. 169, pp. 258-263, (2017).

57. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Baqraf, S. A., Durrani, S. M. “A Substantial linear red shift in the band gap in heavily copper doped zinc oxide thin films deposited by co-sputtering,” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. Vol. 28, pp. 12956-12961 (2017).

58. Hussain, T., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., Qurashi, A., and Qayyum, H. A. “Enhancement in the solar light harvesting ability of tungsten oxide thin films by annealing in vacuum and hydrogen,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Vol. 42, pp. 28755-28765 (2017).

59. Qayyum, H. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., and Durrani, S. M. A., “Investigation of fundamental and high order optical transitions in a-Fe2O3 thin films using surface barrier electroreflectance,” Superlattices and Microstructures. Vol. 110, pp. 98-107 (2017).

60. Qayyum, H. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., Hussain, T., and Ikram, M., “Blue shift in the optical transitions of ZnO thin film due to an external electric field,” Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. Vol. 112, pp. 94-99 (2018).

61. Hussain, T., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., and Qayyum, H. A. “Effect of collision during vapor transport between Cd and X (X=Te2, Se2, or S2) molecules on the properties of thermally evaporated CdTe, CdSe, and CdS thin films,” Results in Physics. Vol. 8, pp. 988-1000 (2018) {March 2018}.

62. Qayyum, H. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., Hussain, T., Ahmad, S. H., and Ikram, M., “Electromodulation of wide-bandgap semiconductors,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 747, pp. 374-384 (2018).

63. Hussain, T., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Durrani, S. M. A., and Qayyum, H. A. “Influence of angle deposition on the properties of ZnTe thin films prepared by thermal evaporation,” Ceramics International. Vol. 44, pp. 10130-10140 (2018).

64. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., and Mekki, M. B. “P-type conductivity in hydrogenated radio frequency sputtered tin oxide thin films,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 772, pp. 801-807 (2019).

65. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. “Enhancement of plasmonic transmittance of porous gold thin films via gold/metal oxide bi-layers for solar energy-saving applications,” Solar Energy. Vol. 181, pp. 456-463 (2019).

66. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Mekki, M. B., Abdalla, S. A. “Influence of vacuum annealing on the photoresponse of thermally evaporated cadmium telluride thin films,” Thin Solid Films. Vol. 686, Art. No. 137412 (2019).

67. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. “Electromodulated transmittance of optical transitions in tungsten oxide,” Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. Vol. 139, Art. No. 109317 (2020).

68. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. “Electrical conductivity enhancement of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films reactively sputtered in a hydrogen plasma,” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. Vol. 31(4), pp. 2729-2740 (2020).

69. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Daoud, M. E., Mekki, M. B. “Spectrally selective energy-saving coatings based on reactively sputtered bismuth oxide thin films,” Optical Materials Express. Vol. 10 (2), pp. 449-463 (2020).

70. Maarouf, M., Haider, M. B., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Aljaafari, A., Khan, J. Y., “Negative magnetoresistance in iron doped TiN thin films prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. Vol. 514, Art. No. 167235 (2020).

71. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. “Co-sputtered tantalum-doped tin oxide thin films for transparent conducting applications,” Materials Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 257, Art No. 123749 (2021).

72. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. “Photoelectric properties of highly conductive samarium-doped cadmium telluride thin films for photovoltaic applications,” Solar Energy. Vol. 213, pp. 163-171 (2021).

73. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Mekki, M. B. “Laser induced photocoloration in molybdenum oxide thin films,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 885, Art. No. 161043 (2021).

74. Qayyum, H. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Hussain, T., Durrani, S. M. A., “Recovering the optical transitions in tin oxide thin films at room temperature using electroreflectance,” Superlattices and Microstructures. Vol. 156, 106985 (2021).

75. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Drmosh, Q. A. “Investigating the structural and optoelectronic properties of co-sputtered Fe-doped WO3 thin films and their suitability for photocatalytic applications,” Materials Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 281, Art No. 125897 (2022).

76. Alam, K., Haider, M. B., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Ziq, K. A., Ul Haq, B., “Electronic phase transition in CrN thin films grown by reactive RF magnetron sputtering,” Ceramics International. Vol. 48, pp. 17352-17358 (2022). {June 2022}

77. Qayyum, H. A., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Hussain, T., “Tuning the optical properties of molybdenum oxide using electric field: A theoretical and experimental study,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 921, Art. No. 166063 (2022). {November 2022}

78. Al-Kuhaili, M. F. “Transparent-conductive and infrared-shielding WO3/Ag/WO3 multilayer heterostructures,” Solar Energy. Vol. 250, pp. 209-219 (2023) {January 2023}.

79. Baig, U., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Dastageer, M. A. “Photo-responsive zinc oxide-coated alumina ceramic membrane with super-wettable and self-cleaning features fabricated by single step RF magnetron sputtering for oily water treatment,” Process Safety and Environmental Protection. Vol. 175, pp. 541-553 (2023) {July 2023}.

80. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Qahtan, T. F., Mekki, M. B. “Temperature-dependent electrical resistivity of tungsten oxide thin films,” Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. Vol. 182, Art. No. 111607 (2023). {November 2023}.

81. Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Dastageer, M. A., Ferry, D. B., Hawsawi, A. T. “Thermally induced switching of electrical and optical characteristics of VO2 thin nanostructured films fabricated by radio frequency magnetron sputtering,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. Vol. 49, pp. 1227-1236 (2024).

82. Baig, U., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Dastageer, M. A. “Solar-light active tungsten oxide coated ceramic membrane with unique wettability fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering: Remediation of oily wastewater and photo-catalytic self-cleaning,” Sustainable Materials and Technologies. Vol. 39, e00837 (2024).

83. Kunwar, S., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Tunability of the photoelectric properties of CdSe thin films through doping with manganese toward photovoltaic applications,” Physics B. Volume 683, Art. No. 415879 (2024).

84. Baig, U., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Dastageer, M. A. “Remediation of crude oil contaminated oily wastewater using nanostructured ZnO-decorated ceramic membrane: Membrane fouling and their mitigation using photo-catalytic self-cleaning process,” Desalination. Volume 597, Art. No. 118333 (2025).

85. Elwehishy, A. E., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Norrman, K. “Investigation of the impact of post-deposition argon plasma treatment of thermally evaporated cadmium telluride thin films,” Plasma Processes and Polymers. e70016 (2025)

86. Baig, U., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., Dastageer, M. A. “Dual-functional molybdenum oxide coated ceramic membrane: fabrication, characterization, separation of crude oil-in-water emulsions and photo-catalytic self-cleaning of organic foulants,” Separation and Purification Technology. Volume 379, Art. No. 134840 (2025)

87. Abubaker, R. R., Al-Kuhaili, M. F., “Ultraviolet-transparent conductive electrodes based on oxide/Ag/oxide multilayers,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Volume 1042, Art. No. 183608 (2025).