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Research Activities in the Department of Chemistry

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The research activities in the Department of Chemistry focus as well on Advanced Materials, particularly, on the synthesis and structural characterization of novel nano-materials and their use in water treatment, corrosion control, protein crystallization, biological and medicinal applications, as well as homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Research activities of the Department also extend to studying pressing environmental problems.

Selected publications

  • Zeiz, A.; Kawtharani, R.; Elmasri, M.; Khawaja, G.; Hamade, E.; Ayoub, A.J.; Abrari, M.; El-Dakdouki, M.H. Molecular properties prediction, Anticancer and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Some Pyrimido[1,2-b]pyridazin-2-one derivatives. Bioimpacts, 14, 27688, (2024). https://doi.org/10.34172/bi.2023.27688
  • Batoul Taleb, Rabih Jahjah, David Cornu, Mikhael Bechelany, Mohamad Al Ajami, Ghenwa Kataya, Akram Hijazi, Mohammad H. El-Dakdouki. Exploring Hydrogen Sources in Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation: A Review of Unsaturated Compound Reduction. Molecules, 8(22), 7541, (2023).  https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28227541
  • Noureddine, S.; El Ghouch, N.; Awad, R.; Physica B: Condensed Matter. Structural and Magnetic Investigation of Novel Oxide/Ferrite (1-x)MgFe2O4/(x)Mn1.95Sn0.05O3 Nanocomposites, 672, (2024).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2023.415412
  • El Sayed, M. Y.; Abdallah, A. M.; Adnan, R.; Noun, M.; El Ghouch, N.; Awad, R. Steel Anti-Corrosion Behavior for Pure and Mg-doped CuO Nanoparticles in Different Media: Raman, Potentiodynamic Polarization and Electrochemical Impedance Analysis. Journal of Bio- and Tribo- Corrosion, 10, 4 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40735-023-00807-z
  • El Makdah, M. H.; El Ghouch, N.; El-Dakdouki, M. H.; Awad, R.; Matar, M.; Synthesis, Characterization and Vickers microhardness for (YIG)x/(Bi,Pb)-2223 superconducting phase. Ceramics international, (2023), 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.04.070
  • El Makdah, M. H.; El Ghouch, N.; El-Dakdouki, M. H.; Awad, R.; Matar, M.; Structural, electrical and mechanical properties of the (NdFeO3)x/(CuTl)-1223 superconductor phase. Applied Physics A, (2023), 129:265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-06547-8
  • El Sayed, M. Y.; El Ghouch, N.; Younes, G. O.; Awad, R.; Structural, morphological, and magneto-optical investigation of pure and (Sn,Zn) co- doped CuO nanoparticles. Materials Today Communications, (2023), 105490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.105490
  • El Sayed, M. Y.; El Ghouch, N.; Younes, G. O.; Awad, R.; Influence of Zn Doping on the Structural, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of CuO Nanoparticles and Evaluation of its Anti-corrosive Behavior of Mild Steel in Acidic Medium. Journal of Bio- and Tribo- Corrosion, (2022_, 8:95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40735-022-00696-8
  • Joumaa, C., Saad, I., & Younes, G. Effect of diesel-biodiesel-ethanol mixtures on corrosion rate of various metals in the presence of tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ). Quim. Nova. (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.21577/0100-4042.20230083
  • Karneeb, S.; Baydoun, S.; Nasser, H.; Arnold-Apostolides, N.; El-Dakdouki, M.H. Chemical composition, antioxidant, and hemolytic activities of sage (Salvia fruticosa Miller) cultivated in Lebanon. BAU Journal of Science and Technology, (2023), 4, Article 3. https://doi.org/10.54729/2959-331X.1095
  • Anas, M.; El Makdah, M.H.; El-Dakdouki, M.H.; Awad, R.; Hassan, M.S. Investigation of physical properties of (nano-SmIG)/(Bi, Pb)-2212 phase. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2023, 213, 191–214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-023-02994-y
  • Fayoumi, L.; Khalil, M.; Ghareeb, D.; Chokr, A.; Mohamed Bouaziz, El-Dakdouki, M.H. Phytochemical constituents and therapeutic effects of the essential oil of rose geranium (Pelargonium hybrid) cultivated in Lebanon. South African Journal of Botany, (2022), 147, 894-902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.03.039
  • Fayoumi, L.; Khalil, M.; Ghareeb, D.; El-Dakdouki, M.H. Chemical composition and therapeutic activity of Lebanese rose geranium (Pelargonium hybrid) extracts. Farmacia, (2022), 70, 477-490. http://dx.doi.org/10.31925/farmacia.2022.3.13
  • Fayoumi, L.; El-Dakdouki, M.H. Pelargonium Species and their Usage in the Middle East as Medicinal Herbs. In Ancient and Traditional Foods, Plants, Herbs and Spices Used in the Middle East. Vinood Patel (ed.), Francis and Taylor. (2022), In press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003243472-18
  • Chayya, S.; Hijazi, A.; Daou, A.; Alaaeddine, A.; Sakr, M.; Younes, M.; El-Dakdouki, M.H. Palladium (II)-catalyzed selective reduction of 4’-(phenylethynyl)acetophenone in the presence of a formic acid-triethylamine mixture. BAU Journal of Science and Technology, (2022), 4, Article 8. : https://doi.org/10.54729/LJPH1001