Surface Physics Laboratory, Boston University

Books

Symmetry and Condensed Matter Physics
A Computational Approach
M. El-Batanouny, F. Wooten

Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Selected Journal Articles

Contrasting the Surface Phonon Dispersion of Pb_0.7Sn_0.3Se in Its Topologically Trivial and Nontrivial Phases
S. Kalish, C. Chamon, M. El-Batanouny, L. H. Santos, R. Sankar, F. C. Chou

Physical Review Letters 122, 116101, 2019.
Connecting electron and phonon spectroscopy data to consistently determine quasiparticle-phonon coupling on the surface of topological insulators
Colin Howard, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review B 89, 075425, 2014.
Anomalous behavior in the phonon dispersion of the (001) surface of Bi₂Te₃ determined from helium atom-surface scattering measurements
Colin Howard, M. El-Batanouny, R. Sankar, F.C. Chou

Physical Review B 88, 035402, 2013.
Electron-Phonon Coupling on the Surface of the Topological Insulator Bi₂Se₃ Determined from Surface-Phonon Dispersion Measurements
Xuetao Zhu, L. Santos, C. Howard, R. Sankar, F.C. Chou, C. Chamon, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review Letters 108, 185501, 2012.
Interaction of Phonons and Dirac Fermions on the Surface of Bi₂Se₃: A Strong Kohn Anomaly
Xuetao Zhu, L. Santos, R. Sankar, S. Chikara, C. Howard, F.C. Chou, C. Chamon, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review Letters 107, 186102, 2011.
Temperature-dependent anomalies in the structure of the (001) surface of LiCu₂O₂
X. T. Zhu, Y. Y. Yao, H. C. Hsu, F. C. Chou, M. El-Batanouny

Surface Science 605, 376-382, 2011.
Investigation of the structural and dynamical properties of the (001) surface of LiCu₂O₂
Y. Y. Yao, X. T. Zhu, H.C. Hsu, F. C. Chou, M. El-Batanouny

Surface Science 604 692-700, 2010.
Structure and lattice dynamics of Sr₂CuO₂Cl₂(001) studied by helium-atom scattering
M. Farzaneh, X. F. Liu, M. El-Batanouny, F. C. Chou

Physical Review B 72, 2005.
Antiferromagnetic Ordering on CoO(001) Studied by Metastable Helium Beam Diffraction
P. Banerjee, X. Liu, M. Farzaneh, C.R. Willis, W. Franzen, M. El-Batanouny

arXiv:cond-mat/0401130v1, 2004.
Magnetic structure and dynamics of surface-spin systems of the 3d transition metal monoxides studied by metastable helium beam scattering
M. El-Batanouny

Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 14, 6281, 2002.
Evidence for water mediated hydrogen bonds in the far IR spectrum of F actin
B. Chasan, L. Miller, M. El-Batanouny, C. R. Willis

Biophysical Journal 76, A39, 1999.
Observation of an extraordinary antiferromagnetic transition on the NiO(100) surface by metastable helium atom diffraction
M. Marynowski, W. Franzen, M. El-Batanouny, V. Staemmler

Physical Review B 60, 6053, 1999.
Feasibility of measuring surface electron spin dynamics by inelastic scattering of metastable helium atoms
M. El-Batanouny, G. Murthy, C. R. Willis, S. Kais, V. Staemmler

Physical Review B 58, 7391, 1998.
Studying long-range spin ordering on surfaces by metastable He 2³S scattering
M. Marynowski, W. Franzen, M. El-Batanouny, A. Swan, K. M. Martini

Surface and Interface Analysis 23, 105, 1995.
Analysis of the properties of an electrostatic triplet quadrupole lens used as an electron beam transport device
M. Marynowski, W. Franzen, M. El-Batanouny

Review of Scientific Instruments 65, 3718, 1994.
Spin ordering on a NiO(100) surface measured by metastable He 2³S scattering
A. Swan, M. Marynowski, W. Franzen, M. El-Batanouny, K. M. Martini

Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 12, 2219, 1994.
Frozen spin-wave structure on the NiO(100) surface observed by metastable He 2³S scattering
A. Swan, M. Marynowski, W. Franzen, M. El-Batanouny, K. M. Martini

Physical Review Letters 71, 1250, 1993.
Molecular-dynamics studies of temperature-dependent structural transitions on fcc(111) metallic surfaces
R. Ravelo, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review B 47, 12771, 1993.
Azimuthal rotation of a continuously cooled UHV sample holder for surface physics investigations
W. Franzen, V. Kollias, M. El-Batanouny

Review of Scientific Instruments 63, 4227, 1992.
Evidence of quantum motion of hydrogen on Pd(111) in helium-diffraction data
C. H. Hsu, B. E. Larson, M. El-Batanouny, C. R. Willis, K. M. Martini

Physical Review Letters 66, 3164, 1991.
Molecular dynamics study of the surface vibration of the reconstructed Au(111) surface
R. Ravelo, M. El-Batanouny

Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 54, 255, 1990.
Molecular-dynamics study of the reconstructed Au(111) surface: Low temperature
R. Ravelo, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review B 40, 9574, 1989.
Spontaneous emission of radiation from a discrete sine-Gordon kink
R. Boesch, C. R. Willis, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review B 40, 2284, 1989.
Nonlinear internal-mode influence on the statistical mechanics of a dilute gas of kinks: The double-sine-Gordon model
C. R. Willis, M. El-Batanouny, R. Boesch, P. Sodano

Physical Review B 40, 686, 1989.
Dynamics of kink-kink collisions in the double-sine-Gordon system
R. Ravelo, M. El-Batanouny, C. R. Willis

Physical Review B 38, 4817, 1988.
Nonlinear internal dynamics of the double-sine-Gordon soliton
S. Burdick, C. R. Willis, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review B 36, 6920, 1987.
Double-sine-Gordon solitons: A model for misfit dislocations on the Au(111) reconstructed surface
M. El-Batanouny, S. Burdick, K. M. Martini, P. Stancioff

Physical Review Letters 58, 2762, 1987.
Compact He-atom detector for high-resolution surface phonon measurements
K. M. Martini, W. Franzen, M. El-Batanouny

Review of Scientific Instruments 68, 1027, 1987.
Hamiltonian dynamics of the double sine-Gordon kink
C. R. Willis, M. El-Batanouny, S. Burdick, R. Boesch, P. Sodano

Physical Review B 35, 3496, 1987.
Internal dynamics of the double-sine-Gordon chain
S. Burdick, M. El-Batanouny, C. R. Willis

Physical Review B 34, 6575, 1986.
Eigenfunctions of the small oscillations about the double-sine-Gordon kink
P. Sodano, C. R. Willis, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review B 34, 4936, 1986.
Sine-Gordon kinks on a discrete lattice. II. Static properties
P. Stancioff, C. Willis, M. El-Batanouny, S. Burdick

Physical Review B 33, 1912, 1986.
Sine-Gordon kinks on a discrete lattice. I. Hamiltonian formalism
C. Willis, M. El-Batanouny, P. Stancioff

Physical Review B 33, 1904, 1986.
Structural and electronic trends in the growth of Cu overlayers on the Nb(110) surface
M. El-Batanouny, M. Strongin

Physical Review B 31, 4798, 1985.
Molecular-dynamics study of collective modes and dislocation ordering in mismatched overlayers
K. M. Martini, S. Burdick, M. El-Batanouny, G. Kirczenow

Physical Review B 30, 492, 1984.
Electronic structure of a Pd monolayer on Nb(110)
M. El-Batanouny, D. R. Hamann, S. R. Chubb, J. W. Davenport

Physical Review B 27, 2575, 1983.
Site determination for palladium on niobium using angle-resolved photoemission
M. El-Batanouny, M. Strongin, G. P. Williams

Physical Review B 27, 4580, 1983.
Effect of geometric deformation of tetrahedral bonding on the vibrational properties of Group-IV semiconductors: Si in the BC-8 structure
A. Goldberg, M. El-Batanouny, F. Wooten

Physical Review B 26, 6661, 1982.
Qualitative determination of band occupancies and their correlation to chemisorption
G. P. Williams, M. El-Batanouny, J. Colbert, E. Jensen, T. N. Rhodin

Physical Review B 25, 3658, 1982.
Relationship between Electronic Structure and Hydrogen-Uptake Kinetics
M. El-Batanouny, M. Strongin, G. P. Williams, J. Colbert

Physical Review Letters 46, 269, 1981.
Photoemission Observation of the Formation of Pd(111) Surface States (Surface Resonances) and Resonant d Levels for Pd Overlayers on Nb
S. L. Weng, M. El-Batanouny

Physical Review Letters 44, 612, 1980.
Electronic and optical properties of SbSBr, SbSI and SbSeI
J. F. Alward, C. Y. Fong, M. El-Batanouny, F. Wooten

Solid State Communications 25, 307, 1978.

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