El-Zahab, Bilal
- Associate Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering , College of Engineering and Computing

Overview
research interests
- Lithium-ion batteries, electrolyte and electrolyte additives, gel-polymer electrolytes, electrolytes fillers, solid-state electrolyte glasses, reaction battery catalysis, lithium-air batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, all-solid-state batteries, and development of in situ analytical tools for the determination of the source of capacity fade and the capacity fade mechanism in various battery systems.
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2019Thermally Assisted Acoustofluidic Separation Based on Membrane Protein ContentFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03485 Web of Science: 000495469100083
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2019Poly(Ionic Liquid)-Based Composite Gel Electrolyte for Lithium BatteriesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/celc.201900504 Web of Science: 000475512500013
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2018Stabilizing effect of ion complex formation in lithium-oxygen battery electrolytesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.03.012 Web of Science: 000431158000019
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2017Capacity Fading Mechanism in Lithium-Sulfur Battery using Poly(ionic liquid) Gel ElectrolyteFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.11.185 Web of Science: 000418324800141
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2017Composite Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Improved Cyclability in Lithium-Oxygen BatteriesFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08448 Web of Science: 000412717600053
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2017One-Dimensional Glass Micro-Fillers in Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Li-O-2 Battery ApplicationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.064 Web of Science: 000398330200006
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2017Thermo-acoustofluidic separation of vesicles based on cholesterol contentFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/c7lc00161d Web of Science: 000398955800013
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2017Palladium-Filled Carbon Nanotubes Cathode for Improved Electrolyte Stability and Cyclability Performance of Li-O-2 BatteriesFull Text via DOI: 10.1149/2.0491701jes Web of Science: 000394508400048
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2016Polymeric Ionic Liquid Gel Electrolyte for Room Temperature Lithium Battery ApplicationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.07.118 Web of Science: 000382251900073
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2016Anisotropic Electronically Conductive Films Templated Using Ultrasonic FocusingFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13391-015-5057-2 Web of Science: 000368043700016
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2016Thermally-assisted ultrasonic separation of giant vesiclesFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/c6lc00765a Web of Science: 000382683600004
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2015Controllable optical transparency using an acoustic standing-wave deviceFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2015.06.011 Web of Science: 000359166500091
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2015Strategies for controlled synthesis of nanoparticles derived from a group of uniform materials based on organic saltsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.01.023 Web of Science: 000355336100019
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2015Polymeric Ionic Liquid Electrolytes: Effect of Inorganic FillersFull Text via DOI: 10.1149/ma2015-01/1/106
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2014Soft- and hard-templated organic salt nanoparticles with the Midas touch: gold-shelled nanoGUMBOSFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/c4tc01006j Web of Science: 000343755800022
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2014Perspectives on Moving Ionic Liquid Chemistry into the Solid PhaseFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/ac501529m Web of Science: 000340081100004
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2014Electro-Optical Characterization of nanoGUMBOSFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13391-013-3284-y Web of Science: 000339642600015
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2014Photothermal Response of Near-Infrared-Absorbing NanoGUMBOSFull Text via DOI: 10.1366/13-07268 Web of Science: 000332141500010
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2014In vitro activity studies of hyperthermal near-infrared nanoGUMBOS in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cellsFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/c4pp00030g Web of Science: 000341296900005
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2014Molecular weight sensing properties of ionic liquid-polymer composite films: theory and experimentFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/c3tc32528h Web of Science: 000337096300019
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2013Minimizing human infection from Escherichia coli O157:H7 using GUMBOSFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt010 Web of Science: 000319468900015
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2012Irradiation Induced Fluorescence Enhancement in PEGylated Cyanine-Based NIR Nano- and Mesoscale GUMBOSFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/la302428a Web of Science: 000309505000034
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2012Ionically Self-Assembled, Multi-Luminophore One-Dimensional Micro- and Nanoscale Aggregates of Thiacarbocyanine GUMBOSFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/jp3007848 Web of Science: 000302591300083
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2012Lipophilic phosphonium-lanthanide compounds with magnetic, luminescent, and tumor targeting propertiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.09.035 Web of Science: 000299361900006
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2012Tunable Size and Spectral Properties of Fluorescent NanoGUMBOS in Modified Sodium Deoxycholate HydrogelsFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/la2027016 Web of Science: 000298904900096
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2012A novel composite film for detection and molecular weight determination of organic vaporsFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/c2jm31623d Web of Science: 000305419900043
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2012Anion-controlled morphologies and spectral features of cyanine-based nanoGUMBOS - an improved photosensitizerFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/c2nr30432e Web of Science: 000306855500027
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2011Development of LbL Coated Separator Membrane for Semi-Solid Flow cellFull Text via DOI: 10.1149/ma2011-02/17/1457
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2011Ratiometric Coumarin-Neutral Red (CONER) Nanoprobe for Detection of Hydroxyl RadicalsFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/ac102874x Web of Science: 000288887700026
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2011Enzymatic Synthesis of L-Lactic Acid From Carbon Dioxide and Ethanol With an Inherent Cofactor Regeneration CycleFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/bit.22938 Web of Science: 000285393000023
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2011Ephedrinium-Based Protic Chiral Ionic Liquids for Enantiomeric RecognitionFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/chir.20920 Web of Science: 000285262400006
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2011Fluorescent one-dimensional nanostructures from a group of uniform materials based on organic saltsFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/c1cc12478a Web of Science: 000293086400054
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2010Lanthanide-Based Luminescent NanoGUMBOSFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/la102354h Web of Science: 000282142700073
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2010Nontemplated Approach to Tuning the Spectral Properties of Cyanine-Based Fluorescent NanoGUMBOSFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/la101463r Web of Science: 000280353800057
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2010Syntheses of Applications of Frozen Ionic Liquid NanomaterialsFull Text via DOI: 10.1149/ma2010-02/37/2142
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2009Near-Infrared Fluorescent NanoGUMBOS for Biomedical ImagingFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/nn9010126 Web of Science: 000272846000015
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2009Combinatorial Approach to Enantiomeric Discrimination: Synthesis and F-19 NMR Screening of a Chiral Ionic Liquid-Modified Silane LibraryFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/cc900113p Web of Science: 000271428500021
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2009Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Nanoparticles from a Group of Uniform Materials Based on Organic SaltsFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/nn900781g Web of Science: 000271106100050
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2009Mechanistic Investigation of N-Homocysteinylation-Mediated Protein-Gold Nanoconjugate AssemblyFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/la900798q Web of Science: 000268719900072
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2009Magnetic chiral ionic liquids derived from amino acidsFull Text via DOI: 10.1039/b917683g Web of Science: 000271647200004
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2008Controllable formation of ionic liquid micro- and nanoparticles via a melt-emulsion-quench approachFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/nl073184p Web of Science: 000253947400024
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2008Particle-tethered NADH for production of methanol from CO2 catalyzed by coimmobilized enzymesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/bit.21584 Web of Science: 000252511800003
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2007An organic soluble lipase for water-free synthesis of biodieselFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12010-007-8043-9 Web of Science: 000250922000004
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2004Enabling multienzyme biocatalysis using nanoporous materialsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/bit.20131 Web of Science: 000222449700006
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2004Enzymatic degradation of trichloroethylene using enzyme extracts isolated from a bacterial consortiumFull Text via DOI: 10.1385/ABAB:117:3:165 Web of Science: 000223321000004
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2003Aerobic biodegradation of trichloroethylene using a consortium of five bacterial strainsFull Text via DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000003988.70824.ef Web of Science: 000186608900009
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Conference
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2018Thermally-assisted acoustofluidic separation of extracellular vesicles from cellsFull Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.2291112 Web of Science: 000454729200019
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2017Thermally-assisted acoustophoresis as a new stiffness-based separation methodFull Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.2253481 Web of Science: 000405953000026
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2013
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2010Highly Efficient Extraction of Phenols from Aqueous Solution Using Magnetic Room Temperature Ionic Liquids. 73-77.Full Text via DOI: 10.1149/1.3484763 Web of Science: 000313618000007
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2009
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2004Dendrimer-supported multienzymatic biocatalysts with in situ cofactor regeneration.. U421-U421.Web of Science: 000223713802197
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Other Scholarly Work
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2012Polysaccharide Ecocomposite Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Application for Removal of Pollutants and Bacteria. 573-594.Full Text via DOI: 10.1149/05011.0573ecst Web of Science: 000338019200060
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Review
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2016Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Chemiluminescence. 170-202.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b04109 Web of Science: 000367866100010
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2012Molecular Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Chemiluminescence Spectrometry. 597-625.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/ac202904n Web of Science: 000299134400006
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2010Molecular Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Chemiluminescence Spectrometry. 4865-4894.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/ac101131p Web of Science: 000278616100012
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Chawla, Neha, The Catalytic Performance of Lithium Oxygen Battery Cathodes 2018
- Safa, Meer N, Poly (Ionic Liquid) Based Electrolyte for Lithium Battery Application 2018
- Chamaani, Amir, Hybrid Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium-Oxygen Battery Application 2017
- Dolatmoradi, Ata, Thermally-Assisted Acoustofluidic Separation for Bioanalytical Applications 2017
- MORADI, KAMRAN, Acoustic Manipulation and Alignment of Particles for Applications in Separation, Micro-Templating, and Device Fabrication 2015
- Vazquez, Kalty, Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes Using High Voltage and High Frequency Induction Field 2013
Research
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- Bilal El-Zahab
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- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4348-807X (confirmed)
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