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4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal 23955-6900
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Osman Bakr

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Solar Photovoltaic Engineering Research Center

Ph.D. Applied Physics, Harvard University, USA, 2009

M.S. Applied Physics, Harvard University, USA, 2005

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, 2003

Research Interests

Professor Bakr's research interests are concerned with the physics and chemistry of nanomaterials. His group studies the synthesis and assembly of organic and organic–inorganic hybrid nanomaterials of novel optical, electronic and magnetic properties. The purpose of these studies is to fabricate advanced materials that promise to feature in the future building blocks for solar cells, batteries, photonic and optoelectronic devices.

Selected Publications

  • Liberman, V., Rothschild, M., Bakr, O. M., and Stellacci F. "Optical limiting with complex plasmonic nanoparticles". Journal of Optics, 2010.
  • Amendola, V., Bakr, O. M., and Stellacci, F. "A study of the surface plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles by the discrete dipole approximation method: effect of shape, size, structure, and assembly". Plasmonics, 2010.
  • Bakr, O. M., Amendola, V., Aikens, C. M., Wenseleers, W., Li, R., Dal Negro L., Schatz, G. C., and Stellacci, F. "Silver nanoparticles with broad multi-band Linear optical Absorption". Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009.
  • Nakata, K., Hu, Y., Uzun, O., Bakr, O. M., and Stellacci, F. "Chains of superparamagnetic nanoparticles". Advanced Materials, 2008.
  • Long, B., Bakr, O. M., and Stellacci, F. "Reversible aggregation of porphyrins in the solid state". Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, 2008.
  • Bakr, O. M., Wunsch B. H., and Stellacci, F. "High-yield synthesis of multi-branched urchin-like gold nanoparticles". Chemistry of Materials, 2006.