Dr. Mohammad F. Al-Kuhaili

Chairman

Dr. Mohammad F. Al-Kuhaili
Chairman
Thin Films and Material Science

6/225 966-1-860-3747 kuhaili@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Distinguished Professor

Dr. Mohammad A. Gondal
Distinguished Professor
Laser Physics and Spectroscopy

6/259B 966-1-860-2351/3274 magondal@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Chair Professor

Name: Mohammad F. Al-Kuhaili

Title: Professor

Brief Research Interests: Growth, characterization, and applications of thin films

Research Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Experiment

Office: 6/225

Tel: 966-13-860-3747

Email: kuhaili@kfupm.edu.sa

Website: https://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/phys/kuhaili/

Lab: Thin Films & Materials

Affiliated Center: Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials

Research Interests

The focus of my research is the synthesis of thin solid films using physical vapor deposition. Several techniques are used to characterize the films, with special emphasis on their optical properties. Applications include energy-saving coatings, transparent conductors, hydrogenated films, and gas sensors.

Biographical Sketch

A graduate of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (B.S. 1988, M.S. 1991) and the University of Texas at Dallas (Ph.D. 1999), Professor Al-Kuhaili joined the KFUPM faculty in 1999. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2005 and full Professor in 2011.

AWARDS & HONORS

1. The Saudi Physical Society award for the best young Saudi physicist (2008)

2. KFUPM excellence in research award (2009)

3. KFUPM excellence in research award (2014)

4. KFUPM excellence in teaching award (2015)

KEY PUBLICATIONS

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

Dr. Mohammad F. Al-Kuhaili Chairman 6/225 966-1-860-3747 kuhaili@kfupm.edu.sa Website

Professor

Dr. Fahhad Alharbi
Professor
Optics and Photonics

59-2082 966-1-860-2337 fahhad.alharbi@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Hocine Bahlouli
Professor
Condensed Matter

6/221 966-1-860-2097 bahlouli@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Khalil A. Ziq
Professor
Superconductivity

6/259F 966-1-860-3761 kaziq@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Khalil Harrabi
Professor
Mesoscopic physics and Superconductivity

6/151 966-1-860-2239 harrabi@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Zain Hassan Yamani
Professor
Condensed Matter

15/3102, 6/227 966-1-860-4363/4328 zhyamani@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Associate Professor

Dr. Abdelkrim Mekki
Associate Professor
Material Science

6/219 966-1-860-4292 akmekki@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Jalal
Associate Professor
Laser Physics and Spectroscopy

6/117 966-1-860-1017 aljalal@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Ashraf Mohamed Samir Farahat
Associate Professor
Physics/Space Physics

6-140 966-1-860-7290 ashraf.farahat@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Ayman S. El-Said
Associate Professor
Applied Nuclear Physics (Ion beam modifications)

6/228 966-1-860-7561 elsaid@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Khaled Gasmi
Associate Professor
Laser Spectroscopy and Laser Sensing

6/232 966-1-860-2275 kgasmi@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Muhammad Baseer Haider
Associate Professor
Surface and materials Science

6/143 966-1-860-2371 mhaider@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Nidal Khaled Dwaikat
Associate Professor
Nuclear and Radiation Physics

06/217 966-1-860-2872 ndwaikat@kfupm.edu.sa
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Dr. Saeed Al-Marzoug
Associate Professor
Bose Einstein Condensate and nonlinear physics

6/220 966-1-860-7316 marzoug@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Saleem Rao
Associate Professor
Condensed Matter Physics

6/147 966-1-860-1675 saleemg@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Watheq Ahmed Al-Basheer
Associate Professor
Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics/Chemical Physics

6/231 966-1-860-2216 Watheq@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Serdar Elhatisari
Associate Professor

6/115 966-1-860-5868 Serdar.Elhatisari@kfupm.edu.sa
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Assistant Professor

Dr. Tariq Al-Abdullah
Assistant Professor

6/259E 860-2260 tariq.alabdullah@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Sabri Elatresh
Assistant Professor
Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics

6/139 966-1-860-2860 sabri.elatresh@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Raditya Weda Bomantara
Assistant Professor
Condensed Matter and Quantum Computing

6-145 966-1-860-1170 raditya.bomantara@kfupm.edu.sa
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Dr. Michael Vogl
Assistant Professor
Condensed Matter

6/222 966-1-860-4056 michael.vogl@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Khan Alam
Assistant Professor
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics: Thin Films

6/121 966-1-860-3869 khan.alam@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Jihad Al- Sadah
Assistant Professor
Medical physics

6/230 966-1-860-4893 jhalsadah@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Faris Ahmed Al-matouq
Assistant Professor

6\259G 966-13-860-5606 faris@kfupm.edu.sa
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Dr. Burhan Saifaddin
Assistant Professor

6/226 966-1-860-1340 burhan.saifaddin@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Adel Abbout
Assistant Professor

6/259-A 966-1-860-1426 adel.abbout@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Abdulwahab Abdulrahman Al Luhaibi
Assistant Professor

6/146 966-1-860-3752 aalluhaibi@kfupm.edu.sa
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Dr. Abdulaziz Husain M. Al-Aswad
Assistant Professor
Dean, Academic Development

6/224 966-1-860-2637 abdu@kfupm.edu.sa
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Dr. Abdallah M. Al-Zahrani
Assistant Professor
Gravitational Physics

6/229 966-1-860-3468 amz@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Lecturer

Mr. Muhammad Dastageer
Lecturer
Laser Molecular Spectroscopy

28/134 966-1-860-4574 makader@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Mogtaba B. Mekki
Lecturer
Self-organized of Nano-structures, Numerical Solution of PDE with Noise, Nano-Scale Magnetism

6/134 966-1-860-4697 mogtaba@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Mr. Khateeb-Ur-Rehman
Lecturer
Nuclear Physics

6/152 966-1-860-2798 khateeb@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Mr. Ayman Ghannam
Lecturer
Superconductivity

6/141 966-1-860-1597 ghannama@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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Dr. Ahmed F. Salem
Lecturer
Superconductivity

6/122 966-1-860-1253 afsalem@kfupm.edu.sa Website
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