Some Publications:

  2. Gbemisola J. Bamiduro and Elsayed M. Zahran, Pd@Bi2Ru2O7/BiVO4 Z-Scheme Heterojunction Nanocomposite Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Trichloroethylene, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023 15 (51), 59337-59347, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11929
  3. Gbemisola J Bamiduro, Caitlyn M Dollar§, Sarah Abaddi§, Nicholas Ensinger§, Zahran EM* Rapid photocatalytic mineralization of glyphosate by Pd@ BiVO4/BiOBr nanosheets: Mechanistic studies and degradation pathways. Catalysis Communications, 2023, 174, 106599 doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2023.106599
  4. Parisa Ebrahimbabaie, Anthony Smith§, Zahran EM, John Pichtel. Phytoremediation of Engineered Nanoparticles Using Typha latifolia and Carex rostrata. Applied and Environmental Soil Science 2023, 2023, 3417525.
  5. Miller EB; Zahran EM; Knecht MR; Bachas LG*. Mechanistic analysis identifying reaction pathways for rapid reductive photodebromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers using BiVO4/BiOBr/Pd heterojunction nanocomposite photocatalyst. Environmental Science Nano 2022. 9, 1106 – 1115. org/10.1039/D1EN01128F
  6. ElMetwally AE; Sayed MS; Zeynaloo E; Zahran EM; Shim, JJ; Knecht MR; Bachas LG*. Hierarchical Core-Shell ACOF-1@BiOBr as an Efficient Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Emerging Organic Contaminants. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 2503-2516. org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c09391
  7. Zeynaloo E; Zahran EM; Yang YP; Dikici E; Head T; Bachas LG; Daunert, S*. Reagentless electrochemical biosensors through incorporation of unnatural amino acids on the protein structure. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2022, 200, 113861 org/10.1016/j.bios.2021.113861
  8. Bamiduro GJ; Kumar, N.; Solo-Gabriele, H. M.; Zahran EM*, Persistence of aerially-sprayed naled in coastal sediments. Science of The Total Environment 2021, 794. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148701
  9. Zeynaloo E; Zahran EM; Fatila EM; Flood AH; Bachas LG*, Anion-Selective Electrodes Based On a CH-Hydrogen Bonding Bis-macrocyclic Ionophore with a Clamshell Architecture. Analytical Chemistry 2021, 93 (13), 5412-5419.
  10. Olagunju MO; Zahran EM; Reed JM; Zeynaloo E; Shukla D; Cohn JL; Turner B; Dhar S; Bachas LG; Knecht MR*, Halide Effects in BiVO4/BiOX Heterostructures Decorated with Pd Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B as a Model Organic Pollutant. ACS ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021, 4 (3), 3262-3272.
  11. Reason TE; Goka B; Krause JA; Fionah A K§; Zahran EM; Rayat S*, Cu2O nanoparticle-catalyzed synthesis of diaryl tetrazolones and investigation of their solid-state properties. Crystal Engineering communications 2021, 23 (17), 3220-3229.
  12. Olagunju MO; Poole X; Blackwelder P; Thomas MP; Guiton BS; Shukla D; Cohn JL; Turner B; Dhar S; Zahran EM; Bachas LG; Knecht MR*; Size-Controlled SrTiO3 Nanoparticles Photodecorated with Pd Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Organic Dye Degradation. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2020 3 (5), 4904-4912. org/10.1021/acsanm.0c01086
  13. Jones AS; Cohen D; Alberdi F; Sanabria A; Clausell N; Roca M; Fiona AK; Kumar N; Solo-Gabriele HM* Zahran EM, Persistence of aerially applied mosquito-pesticide, Naled, in fresh and marine waters. Science of The Total Environment, 2020, 725, 138391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138391
  14. Munro CJ, Bell EC, Olagunju MO, Cohn JL, Zahran EM, Bachas LG, Knecht MR*, Amino Acids for the Sustainable Production of Cu2O Materials: Effects on Morphology and Photocatalytic Reactivity. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2019, 7: 17055-17064. org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b03097
  15. Zhou, Y, Zahran EM*, Quiroga BA, Perez J, Mintz, KJ, Peng Z, Liyanage P Y, Pandey RR, Chusuei CC, Leblanc RM: Size-dependent photocatalytic activity of carbon dots with surface-state determined photoluminescence. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2019, 248: 157-166. org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.02.019
  1. Abdel-Haleem FM, Zahran EM*: Miniaturization overcomes macro sample analysis limitations: Salicylate-selective polystyrene nanoparticle-modified optical sensor. Talanta 2019, 196: 436-441.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.12.073
  1. Sharma SK; Micic M; Li S; Hoar B; Paudyal S; Zahran EM; Leblanc RM*, Conjugation of Carbon Dots with -Galactosidase Enzyme: Surface Chemistry and Use in Biosensing. Molecules, 2019, 24, 3275. org/10.3390/molecules24183275
  2. Zahran EM, Fatima EM, Chen C, Flood AH, Bachas LG: Cyanostar: C–H Hydrogen Bonding Neutral Carrier Scaffold for Anion-selective Sensors. Analytical Chemistry 2018, 90: 1925-1933.
  3. Zahran EM, Paeng KJ, Badr IHA, Hume D, Lynn BC, Johnson RD, Bachas LG: Correlating the potentiometric selectivity of cyclosporin-based electrodes with binding patterns obtained from electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. Analyst 2017, 142(17):3241-3249.
  4. Palma M, Zahran EM*, Angaramo S, Balint S, Paszti Z, Knecht MR, Bachas LG: Pd-decorated m-BiVO4/BiOBr ternary composite with dual heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic activity. J Mater Chem A 2017, 5(2):529-534.
  5. Miller EB, Zahran EM, Knecht MR, Bachas LG: Metal oxide semiconductor nanomaterial for reductive debromination: Visible light degradation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by Cu2O@Pd nanostructures. Appl Catal B-Environ 2017, 213:147-154.
  6. Nguyen MA, Zahran EM, Wilbon AS, Besmer AV, Cendan VJ, Ranson WA, Lawrence RL, Cohn JL, Bachas LG, Knecht MR: Converting Light Energy to Chemical Energy: A New Catalytic Approach for Sustainable Environmental Remediation. ACS Omega 2016, 1(1):41-51.
  7. Prodromidis MI, Zahran EM, Tzakos AG, Bachas LG: Preorganized composite material of polyaniline-palladium nanoparticles with high electrocatalytic activity to methanol and ethanol oxidation. Int J Hydrogen Energ 2015, 40(21):6745-6753.
  8. Nguyen MA, Bedford NM, Ren Y, Zahran EM, Goodin RC, Chagani FF, Bachas LG, Knecht MR: Direct Synthetic Control over the Size, Composition, and Photocatalytic Activity of Octahedral Copper Oxide Materials: Correlation Between Surface Structure and Catalytic Functionality. ACS Appl Mater Inter 2015, 7(24):13238-13250.
  9. Zahran EM, New A, Gavalas V, Bachas LG: Polymeric plasticizer extends the lifetime of PVC-membrane ion-selective electrodes. Analyst 2014, 139(4):757-763.
  10. Zahran EM, Bedford NM, Nguyen MA, Chang YJ, Guiton BS, Naik RR, Bachas LG, Knecht MR: Light-Activated Tandem Catalysis Driven by Multicomponent Nanomaterials. J Am Chem Soc 2014, 136(1):32-35.
  11. Zahran EM, Bhattacharyya D, Bachas LG: Reactivity of Pd/Fe bimetallic nanotubes in dechlorination of coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls. Chemosphere 2013, 91(2):165-171.
  12. Zahran EM, Prodromidis MI, Bhattacharyya D, Bachas LG: Palladium nanoparticle-decorated iron nanotubes hosted in a polycarbonate porous membrane: development, characterization, and performance as electrocatalysts of ascorbic acid. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012, 404(6-7):1637-1642.
  13. Zahran EM, Hua YR, Lee S, Flood AH, Bachas LG: Ion-Selective Electrodes Based on a Pyridyl-Containing Triazolophane: Altering Halide Selectivity by Combining Dipole-Promoted Cooperativity with Hydrogen Bonding. Anal Chem 2011, 83(9):3455-3461.
  14. Zahran EM, Gavalas V, Valiente M, Bachas LG: Can Temperature Be Used To Tune the Selectivity of Membrane Ion-Selective Electrodes? Anal Chem 2011, 83(13):5467-5467.
  15. Zahran AM, Bhattacharyya D, Bachas LG: Development of reactive Pd/Fe bimetallic nanotubes for dechlorination reactions. J Mater Chem 2011, 21(28):10454-10462.
  16. Zahran EM, Hua YR, Li YJ, Flood AH, Bachas LG: Triazolophanes: A New Class of Halide-Selective Ionophores for Potentiometric Sensors. Anal Chem 2010, 82(1):368-375.
  17. Zahran EM, Gavalas V, Valiente M, Bachas LG: Can Temperature Be Used To Tune the Selectivity of Membrane Ion-Selective Electrodes? Anal Chem 2010, 82(9):3622-3628.
  18. Abbas MN, Zahran EM: Novel solid-state cadmium ion-selective electrodes based on its tetraiodo- and tetrabromo-ion pairs with cetylpyridinium. J Electroanal Chem 2005, 576(2):205-213.
  19. Abbas MN, Fattah AAA, Zahran EM: A novel membrane sensor for histamine H1 receptor antagonist “fexofenadine”. Anal Sci 2004, 20(8):1137-1142.