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Distinguished Professor Fayetteville

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-23

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35 h-index 227 pubs 5,690 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Mourad Benamara is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His research interests include materials science, with a focus on nanoscale materials and their applications in areas such as energy storage and catalysis. He has explored molecular layer deposition for lithium metal anodes and the use of nanoscale lithium sulfide coatings for high-performance cathode materials in batteries.

Benamara's work also extends to the development and application of covalent organic frameworks (COFs). He has investigated COFs decorated with platinum(II) for photocatalytic reactions, including difluoroalkylation and oxidative cyclization. His research has also delved into understanding metal binding modes in imine COFs for applications in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and catalyst-enabled linkage reduction within COFs.

Additionally, his research encompasses the tuning of optical properties of nanomaterials, such as the surface plasmon resonance of gold dumbbell nanorods. He has also investigated semiconductor materials, including quantitative correlation studies of dislocation generation and strain relief in thermally annealed GeSn epilayers, and the development of electrically injected mid-infrared GeSn lasers on silicon.

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  • h-index: 35
  • Publications: 227
  • Citations: 5,690

Selected Publications

  • Determination of composition, strain, and layer thickness of germanium-tin superlattices using x-ray diffraction (2026)
  • Phase-Coherent Transport in Two-Dimensional Tellurium Flakes (2026)
  • GeSn alloys with ∼21% Sn grown by effusion cell molecular beam epitaxy (2026)
  • Effects of short- and long-range disorder in the photoluminescence of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>GaAs</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Sb</mml:mi> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>GaAs</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> quantum wells (2025)
  • Durable Low-Friction Graphite Coatings Enabled by a Polydopamine Adhesive Underlayer (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Dislocation-Related Photoluminescence Emission in MBE-Grown GeSn (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Leveraging oxygen mobility with zirconia in low-temperature plasma for enhanced methane reforming to syngas (2025)
  • MBE growth and characterization of strained GeSn/Ge multiple quantum well structures (2025)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Optical spectroscopy of excitons in ReS2 monolayers grown by chemical vapor deposition (2025)
  • Medium‐Entropy Engineering of Magnetism in Layered Antiferromagnet Cu<i><sub>x</sub></i>Ni<sub>2(1‐</sub><i><sub>x</sub></i><sub>)</sub>Cr<i><sub>x</sub></i>P<sub>2</sub>S<sub>6</sub> (2024)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Electrically Injected Mid-Infrared GeSn Laser on Si Operating at 140 K (2024)
    15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Epitaxial growth and characterization of GaAs (111) on 4H-SiC (2024)
  • On the Structural and Molecular Properties of PEO and PEO-PPG Functionalized Chitosan Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Comprehensive material study of Ge grown by aspect ratio trapping on Si substrate (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • On the Structural and Molecular Properties of PEO and PEO-PPG Functionalized Chitosan Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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