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Emeritus Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering

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December 2022 - Present	Emeritus Faculty, Wright State University ‐ Mechanical & Materials Engineering
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Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Raman Spectroscopy, Nanocomposites, Computational Materials Science, and Micro-Raman/Brillouin Spectroscopy

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department Page

Russ Engineering Center 132

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy

Dayton, OH 45435

(937) 775-5095

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Articles (44)

Residual Stress Measurements in Melt Infiltrated SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix ...

Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2018)

Kaitlin Kollins, Craig Przybyla and Maher S. Amer

Raman spectroscopy was utilized to characterize the chemical composition and residual stresses formed in melt infiltrated SiC/SiC CMCs during processing. ...

On the Evaporation Kinetics of [60] Fullerene in Aromatic Organic ...

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2018)

Maher S. Amer, Wenhu Wang, Kaitlin Kollins, Hasanain Basim Altalebi, et al.

We investigate the effect of C60 fullerene nanospheres on the evaporation kinetics of a number of aromatic solvents with different ...

On the Processing of Monolayer C60 Fullerene Films and Their ...

Materials Research Express (2018)

Maher S. Amer and Hasanain Basim Altalebi

Hexagonal close-packed monolayer films of unmodified C60 fullerene were, for the first time, produced successfully by using the Langmuir–Blodgett technique. ...

Effect of Fullerene Nanospheres on Water Evaporation Kinetics and First-Order ...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2012)

Maher S. Amer and Wenhu Wang

We investigate the evaporation kinetics and first-order thermodynamic transitions of C60/water solutions and find that the fullerene nanospheres cause a ...

Effect of Fullerene Nanospheres on Water Evaporation Kinetics and First-Order ...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2012)

Maher S. Amer and Wenhu Wang

We investigate the evaporation kinetics and first-order thermodynamic transitions of C60/water solutions and find that the fullerene nanospheres cause a ...

Effect of Linear Alcohol Molecular Size on the Self-Assembly of ...

Materials Chemistry and Physics (2011)

Maher S. Amer, T. Kyle Todd and John D. Busbee

The recent development of self-assembled fullerene whiskers and wires has created an enormous potential and resolved a serious challenge for ...

Self-Assembled Hierarchical Structure of Fullerene Building Blocks; Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes ...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2011)

Maher S. Amer and John D. Busbee

We report a self-assembled hierarchical nanostructure produced by mixing two carbon nanobuilding blocks—fullerene nanospheres (C60) and (10,10) armchair single-walled carbon ...

On the Evaporation Kinetics of C60/Toluene Solutions

Philosophical Magazine Letters (2009)

Maher S. Amer and Mahmoud T. Abdu

The increasing interest in fullerene nanoparticles makes the question regarding their effect on liquid evaporation behavior unavoidable. In this study, ...

On the Compressibility of C60 Individual Molecules

Chemical Physics Letters (2009)

Maher S. Amer and John F. Maguire

Theoretical studies have estimated the bulk modulus of individual C60 molecules to be twice to three times as stiff as ...

A Brillouin Scattering Study of C60/Toluene Mixtures

Chemical Physics Letters (2008)

Maher S. Amer, Mats D. Bennett and John F. Maguire

Solutions of C60 in toluene were investigated using Brillouin light scattering. The C60molar fractions for the solutions studied ranged from ...

Raman Spectroscopy and Molecular Simulation Investigations of Adsorption on the ...

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (2007)

Raman spectroscopy has, for long, been utilized to investigate material systems on the micro and mesoscales. Recently, the technique has ...

On the Development of a Confocal Rayleigh-Brillouin Microscope

Review of Scientific Instruments (2007)

David C. Liptak, Jason C. Reber, John F. Maguire and Maher S. Amer

This Note illustrates how a confocal microscope may be modified to conduct Rayleigh-Brillouin mapping experiments that yield very useful information ...

Selective Adsorption from Methanol/Water Mixtures by C60 Fullerene Nanospheres

Chemical Physics Letters (2006)

Maher S. Amer and Mostafa M. El-Ashry

Micro-Raman spectroscopy was used to investigate the selective adsorption of methanol/water mixtures on the surface of [60] fullerene nanospheres. C60 ...

Raman Mapping of Local Phases and Local Stress Fields in ...

Materials Chemistry and Physics (2006)

Maher S. Amer, Lavanya Durgam and Mostafa M. El-Ashry

Silicon–silicon carbide (Si–SiC) composites have emerged as a new class of materials with superior properties like high resistance against oxidation ...

Local Dielectric and Strain Measurements in YBa2Cu3O7−δ Thin Films ...

Superconductor Science and Technology (2005)

Richard A. Kleismit, Mostafa M. El-Ashry, Gregory Kozlowski, Maher S. Amer, et al.

The near-field evanescent microwave microscope is based on a coaxial transmission line resonator with a silver-plated tungsten tip protruding through ...

Calculations of the Raman Spectra of C60 Interacting with Water ...

Chemical Physics Letters (2005)

Maher S. Amer, James A. Elliott, John F. Maguire and Allan H. Windle

Molecular mechanics and semi-empirical quantum mechanical calculations were conducted to investigate the effect of water interaction on the Raman spectra ...

Femtosecond versus Nanosecond Laser Machining: Comparison of Induced Stresses and ...

Applied Surface Science (2005)

Maher S. Amer, Mostafa M. El-Ashry, Larry R. Dosser, K. E. Hix, et al.

Laser micromachining has proven to be a very successful tool for precision machining and microfabrication with applications in microelectronics, MEMS, ...

Raman Spectroscopy Investigations of Functionally Graded Materials and Inter-Granular Mechanics

International Journal of Solids and Structures (2005)

The recent evolution of micro-Raman spectroscopy as micro-mechanical experimental technique had a profound effect on the field of solid mechanics. ...

Vibrational Behavior of the Mn+1AXn Phases from First-Order ...

Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2005)

Jonathan E. Spanier, Surojit Gupta, Maher S. Amer and Michel W. Barsoum

We report on the Raman spectra of Ti3SiC2 (312), M2AlC(211) (M=Ti, V, Cr, and Nb) and Ti4AlN3 (413), as representative ...

Study of the Hydrostatic Pressure Dependence of the Raman Spectrum ...

The Journal of Chemical Physics (2004)

Maher S. Amer, Mostafa M. El-Ashry and John F. Maguire

We have investigated the behavior of single-walled carbon nanotubes and nanospheres(C60) under high hydrostaticpressure using Raman spectroscopy over the pressure ...

Stress Characterization of MEMS Microbridges by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2003)

Lavern A. Starman, J. A. Lott, Maher S. Amer, W. D. Cowan, et al.

In this research, micro-Raman spectroscopy is employed to examine, and characterize the residual stress in MUMPs polysilicon, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) ...

Exploring Two-Dimensional Soap-Foam Films using Fullerene (C60) Nanosensors

Applied Physics Letters (2003)

John F. Maguire, Maher S. Amer and John D. Busbee

A large number of studies have been devoted to the investigation of foam structure formation, characteristics, and stability. In this ...

Sensing Surface Phase Transitions on Fullerene C60 Nanospheres in Water-Ethanol ...

Proceedings of the Electrical Insulation Conference and Electrical Manufacturing and Coil Winding Conference (2003)

Mostafa M. El-Ashry, Maher S. Amer and John F. Maguire

This paper reports the results of a study of adsorption of small molecules on the surface of buckminsterfullerene, C60 and ...

Effect of Grain Orientation and Local Strain on the Quality ...

Philosophical Magazine Letters (2002)

Maher S. Amer, John F. Maguire, Rand R. Biggers and Steven Leclair

The critical current densities of superconducting thin films and their dependence on the film structural characteristics has been a major ...

Induced Stresses and Structural Changes in Silicon Wafers as a ...

Applied Surface Science (2002)

Maher S. Amer, Larry R. Dosser, Steven Leclair and John F. Maguire

Laser micro-machining has proven to be a very powerful and successful tool for precision machining and micro-fabrication with applications in ...