PUBLICATIONS (M.Y. El-Naggar)

H.W. Harris, M.Y. El-Naggar, O. Bretschger, M. Ward, D. Saffarini, M. Romine, A. Obraztsova, and K.H. Nealson. Electrokinesis: A microbial behavior that requires extracellular electron transport, submitted, 2009

G.K. Surya Prakash, F.A. Viva, O. Bretschger, B. Yang, M. El-Naggar, and K.H. Nealson. Inoculation procedures and characterization of membrane electrode assemblies for microbial fuel cells, Journal of Power Sources 195 (1), 111-117, 2009 doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.06.081 [Preprint]

M.S. Waters, M.Y. El-Naggar, L. Hsu, C.A. Sturm, A. Luttge, F.E. Udwadia, D.G. Cvitkovitch, S.D. Goodman, and K.H. Nealson. Simultaneous interferometric measurement of corrosive/demineralizing bacteria and their mineral interface, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75, 1445-1449, 2009 doi:10.1128/AEM.02039-08 [Reprint]

M.Y. El-Naggar, Y.A. Gorby, W. Xia, and K.H. Nealson. The molecular density of states in bacterial nanowires, Biophysical Journal 95 (1), L10-L12, 2008 doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.134411 [Reprint]

Y.A. Gorby, J. McLean, A. Korenevsky, K. Rosso, M.Y. El-Naggar, and T.J. Beveridge. Redox-reactive membrane vesicles produced by Shewanella, Geobiology 6 (3), 232-241, 2008 doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00158.x [Reprint]

M.S. Waters, C.A. Sturm, M.Y. El-Naggar, A. Luttge, F.E. Udwadia, D.G. Cvitkovitch, S.D. Goodman, and K.H. Nealson. In search of the microbe/mineral interface: quantitative analysis of bacteria on metal surfaces using vertical scanning interferometry, Geobiology 6 (3), 254-262, 2008 doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00161.x [Reprint]

Previous Work (at Caltech) on Oxides and Ferroelectric Thin Films:

M.Y. El-Naggar, K. Dayal, D.G. Goodwin, and K. Bhattacharya. Graded ferroelectric capacitors with robust temperature characteristics, Journal of Applied Physics 100, 114115, 2006 doi:10.1063/1.2369650

D.A. Boyd, L. Greengard, M. Brongersma, M.Y. El-Naggar, and D.G. Goodwin. Plasmon Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition, Nano Letters 6 (11), 2592-2597, 2006 doi:10.1021/nl062061m

D.A. Boyd, M.Y. El-Naggar, and D.G. Goodwin. In situ measurements of stress with temperature in thin film PbxBa1-xTiO3, Integrated Ferroelectrics 83, 155+, 2006 doi:10.1080/10584580600950822

M.Y. El-Naggar, D.A. Boyd, and D.G. Goodwin. Characterization of highly-oriented ferroelectric PbxBa1-xTiO3 thin films grown by MOCVD, Journal of Materials Research 20 (11), 2969-2976, 2005 doi:10.1557/JMR.2005.0374

D.A. Boyd, M.Y. El-Naggar, and D.G. Goodwin. In situ measurements of macroscopic film stress during growth, cooling, and thermal cycling of thin film PbTiO3, Integrated Ferroelectrics 71, 21+, 2005 doi:10.1080/10584580590965023

R.T. Brewer, D.A. Boyd, M.Y. El-Naggar, S. Boland, Y.-B. Park, S.M. Haile, D.G. Goodwin and H.A. Atwater. Growth of biaxially textured BaxPb1-xTiO3 ferroelectric thin films on amorphous Si3N4, Journal of Applied Physics 97 (3), 034103, 2005 doi:10.1063/1.1806994

M.Y. El-Naggar, J.T. Klamo, M.-H. Tan, and H.G. Hornung. Experimental verification of the mach-number field in a supersonic ludwieg tube, AIAA Journal 42 (8), 1721-1724, 2004 doi:10.2514/1.3416

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

M.Y. El-Naggar, Y.A. Gorby, and K.H. Nealson. The Physics of Conduction in Bacterial Nanowires: A Quantitative Scanning Probe Study of the Electronic Structure, invited talk at the American Society for Microbiology 108th General Meeting, Boston, June 2008

M.Y. El-Naggar, Y.A. Gorby, and K.H. Nealson. Electrical Transport in Bacterial Nanowires: Implications for the Microbial-Inorganic Interface in Microbial Fuel Cells, Electrochemical Society 213th Meeting, Phoenix, May 2008

M.Y. El-Naggar, Y.A. Gorby, and K.H. Nealson. On the nature of electrical transport in bacterial nanowires, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, November 2007

M.Y. El-Naggar, K. Dayal, D.G. Goodwin, and K. Bhattacharya. Dielectric behavior of compositionally graded ferroelectrics, American Physical Society Meeting, Baltimore, March 2006