LGU Faculty Publications

LGU encourages research among its faculty and students and it aims at recruiting faculty members who combine teaching experience with research records. Research at LGU is listed based on peer reviewed articles in internationally known and classified journals. Below is the list of our faculty members’ research through their academic life.

Publications over the period 2016-2023 

 

YEAR 2023

 

Vladimir L. Solozhenko and Samir F. Matar – Prediction of Novel Ultrahard Phases in the B–C–N System
from First Principles: Progress and Problems (2023) – . https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020886

Samir F Matar. “Novel Ultrahard Carbon Allotrope C5 with Mixed sp2/sp3 Carbon Hybridizations. Crystal chemistry and First Principles Investigations”. Acta Scientific Applied Physics 3.1 (2023): 02-09

Samir F. Matar, Vladimir L. Solozhenko – Novel ultrahard sp2/sp3 hybrid carbon allotrope from crystal chemistry and first principles: Body-centered tetragonal C6 (‘neoglitter’) (2023) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2023.109747

Samir F. Matar, Volker Eyert and Vladimir L. Solozhenko – Novel Ultrahard Extended Hexagonal C10, C14 and C18 Allotropes with Mixed sp2/sp3 Hybridizations: Crystal Chemistry and Ab Initio Investigations (2023) – https://doi.org/10.3390/c9010011

 

 

YEAR 2022

 

Maximilian Kai Reimann, Samir F. Matar and Rainer Pöttgen – Intermetallic compounds RE2Ga2Mg (RE = Tb–Tm, Lu) with Mo2B2Fe-type structure (2022): https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-2022-0101

Samir F Matar. “Three Paradigms in the World of Physics”. Acta Scientific Applied Physics 2.7 (2022): 01-02.
Samir F. Matar. “The Realm of Materials Science: A Playground for Physicists, Chemists, and Engineers”. Acta Scientific Applied Physics 2.2
(2022): 16-18.
Gulay, Nataliya L., Kösters, Jutta, Kalychak, Yaroslav M., Matar, Samir F., Rabenbauer, Alfred, Nilges, Tom and Pöttgen, Rainer.
“Peierls distortion of the cobalt chain in the low-temperature structure of CoIn2 “
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials, vol. , no. , 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2022-0020

Matar S. F. (2022). Novel trigonal BC11 as model structure of heavily-doped diamond: Crystal chemistry rationale and first principles characterizations. Diamond & Related Materials 123 (2022) 108842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2022.108842

Matar S. F. (2022). “The Realm of Materials Science: A Playground for Physicists, Chemists, and Engineers”. Acta Scientific Applied Physics 2.2 (2022):16-18. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5419-358X

Matar S. F.  &  Solozhenko V.  L. (2021). Novel ultra-hard hexacarbon allotropes from first principles. 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-x4p38

 

YEAR 2021

Matar S. F. , Etourneau  J. &  Solozhenko V.  L. (2021). Carbon Trends 5 (2021) 100132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2021.100132

Matar, S. F., & Solozhenko, V. L. (2021). Crystal chemistry and ab initio prediction of ultrahard rhombohedral B2N2 and BC2N. Solid State Sciences, 118(106667), p.11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2021.106667

Landry, D. M., Jesus, T. S., Battle, K., Raman, S. R., & Sassine, S. (2021). Catastrophic Sudden-Onset Disasters Are Followed by a Surge in Rehabilitation Demand. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102(5), p.1031-1033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2020.12.030

Matar, S. F., & Etourneau, J. (2021). Electronic and Magnetic Structures of New Interstitial Boron Sub-Oxides B12O2:X (X = B, C, N, O). Molecules MDPI, 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26010123

Galy, J.; Matar, S.F. (2021). Electron Lone-Pairs Stereochemistry and Drastic van derWaals and Pressure Effects in AsF3 from First Principles. Condens. Matter 2021, 6, 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat6030031

Matar, S. F. and Solozhenko, V. L. (2021). Crystal chemistry rationale and ab initio investigation of ultra-hard dense rhombohedral carbon and boron nitride. Diamond & Related Materials 120 (2021) 108607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2021.108607

 

 

 

YEAR 2020

Landry, D. M., Alameddine, M., Jesus, T. S., Sassine, S., Koueik, E., & Raman, S. R. (2020). The 2020 blast in the Port of Beirut: can the Lebanese health system “build back better”? BMC Health Services Research, 20:1040, p.4.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05906-y

Cammarata, M., Zerdane, S., Balducci, L., Azzolina, G., Mazerat, S., Exertier, C., Levantino, M., Trabuco, M., Alonso-Mori, R., Glownia, J. M., Song, S., Catala, L., Mallah, T., Matar, S. F., & Collet, E. (2020). Charge transfer driven by ultrafast spin transition in a CoFe Prussian blue analogue. Nature Chemistry – Articles, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-00597-8

Matar, S. F. (2020). Diiron in extended carbon networks: Magnetic properties of model Fe2C6 and Fe2C12 from first principles. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 514, p.6.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167213

Matar, S. F. (2020). C-2p Spin-Polarizations along with Two Mechanisms in Extended Carbon Multilayers: Insight from First Principles. Condensed Matter, 5(48), 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat5030048

Matar, S. F. (2020). Se2TiO6E2 Ternary Oxide Characteristic of Isolated TiO6 Octahedra with the Shear Efect of SeIVE Electron Lone Pair (E): Combined Crystal Chemistry and ab Initio Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124,123. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02469

Matar, S. F. (2020). Electronic and magnetic properties of new binary uranium-boron compounds with 2D and 3D boron networks: A revisit of the U:B system. Solid State Sciences, p.7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2020.106150

Jiang, Y., Liu, L. C., Sarracini, A., Krawczyk, K., Wentzell, J., Lu, C., Field, R., Matar, S. F., Gawelda, W., Müller-Werkmeister, H., & Dwayne Miller, R. . (2020). Direct Observation of Nuclear Reorganization Driven by Ultrafast Spin Transitions. Nature Journal – NCOMMS, 28.

Matar, S. F. (2020). Electorinic structures of new layered hexaboron Cr-B compounds from first principles. Solid State Sciences, 99, 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2019.106069

 

YEAR 2019

Matar, S. F. (2019). New 3D and 2D Octa Carbon C8 and Isoelectronic B4N4 Having Peculiar Mechanical and Magnetic Properties, from First Principles. ACTA SCIENTIFIC APPLIED PHYSICS, 1(1), p.8.  www.actascientific.com/ASAP-1-1.php

Matar, S. F., & Galy, J. (2019). Joint stereochemical and ab initio overview of SnII electron lone pairs (E) and F−(E) triplets effects on the crystal networks, the bonding and the electronic structures in a family of tin fluorides. Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 56, p.18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2019.100252

Samir F. Matar. First principles investigation of magnetic new carbon-rich layered compounds UCn (n = 2, 6, 12). Computational Condensed Matter in press (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocom.2019.e00397

Matar, S. F., Houari, A.,& Eyert, V. (n.d.). Nitrided FeNi: Chemical versus magnetovolume effects from ab initio. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 491, 1 December 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165555

S.F. Matar. Cr2N2Se covalent ferromagnet proposed from first principles with properties close to CrO2. Solid State Sciences, 92 (2019) 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2019.03.011

M. Radzieowski, F. Stegemann, C. Doerenkamp, S.F. Matar, H. Eckert, C. Dosche, G. Wittstock, O. Janka. Correlations of Crystal and Electronic Structure via NMR and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopies in the RETMAl2 (RE = Sc, Y, La.Nd, Sm, Gd, Tm, Lu; TM = Ni, Pd, Pt) Series\\ Inorg. Chem. In press (2019). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00648

Matar S.F., & Pöttgen R. (2019). Coloring in the ZrBeSi-type structure. Z. Naturforsch.  B 74 (1), 15-25 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-2019-0010

J.N. Ibrahim, E. Eghnatios, A. El Roz, T. Fardoun, G. Ghssein. Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and risk factors for campylobacteriosis in Lebanon. Journal of Infection in Developping Countries. 13:11-20. 2019 https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/10729

Collet E., Azzolina G., Ichii T., Guérin L., Bertoni R., Moreac A., Cammarata M., Daro N., Chastanet G., Kubicki J., Tanaka K., & Matar S.F. (2019).  Lattice phonon modes of the spin crossover crystal [Fe(phen)2(NCS)2] studied by THz, IR, Raman spectroscopies and DFT calculations. Eur. Phys. J. B 92: 12. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2018-90553-2

Houari A., Matar S.F. & Eyert V. (2019). Electronic structure and magnetic ordering of NiN and Ni2N from first principles. Electronic Struct. 1, 015002 (IOP). https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1075/aae7f4

Matar S.F. & Etourneau J. (2019). First principles investigations of Fe, Co, Ni in model honeycomb carbon networks. Solid State Sciences, 87 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2018.11.001

Heletta L., Matar S.F. & Pöttgen R. (2019). ZrNiAl-type gallides with pronounced metal-metal bonding, and the dimorphism of ScPdGa. Z. Naturforsch. 74b 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-2018-0140

Matar S.F. (2019). Magnetization on nitrogen in extended honeycomb carbon layers from first principles: Case studies of CxN (x = 2, 6, 12). J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 469, 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.08.025

 

YEAR 2018

S. Faraj, M. Bahri, S. Fougeray, A. El Roz, J. Fleurence, J. Véziers, M. D. Leclair, E. Thébaud, F. Paris, S. Birklé. Neuroblastoma chemotherapy can be augmented by immunotargeting O-acetyl-GD2 tumor-associated ganglioside. OncoImmunology. 7(1). 2018 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2162402X.2017.1373232

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