Faculty of Science

Dr. Mahmoud Rabie Abdel-Hafiz

Contact Information
Phone number: 084 6338462 - 084 6344264
Fax number: 084 6370025
E-mail Address: mra08@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: Faculty of Science
Postal Address: Fayoum - Fayoum University - Faculty of Science - Physics Department - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
September 1998 - December 2002: Student of Bachelor in Physics at Fayoum / Cairo University, Egypt.
September 2004 - September 2006: Student of Master in Physics Fayoum / Cairo University, Egypt.
November 2006 - September 2007: Visiting Master student at German University in Cairo (GUC), Egypt.
October 2007 - July 2009: Visiting Ph. D. Student at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.
July 2009 - October 2012: Ph. D. Student at Dresden University of Technology, Germany
November 2012 - April 2013: Post-Doc Research Fellow at Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) Dresden, Germany
April 2013 - Today: Post-Doc Research Fellow at EPNM, Physics department University of Liége, Belgium.
Academic Positions
Demonstrator: 2002 - 2006
Assistant Lecturer: 2006 To 2012
Lecturer: 2014 To 2020
Assistant Professor: 2020 Up Till Now
APPLICANT’S PUBLICATION LIST
Temperature dependence of lower critical field Hc1(T) shows nodeless superconductivity in FeSe. M. Abdel-Hafiez et al, Phys. Rev. B 88, 174512 (2013).
Evidence for Line Nodes in the Superconducting Gap of K1-xNaxFe2As2 (x = 0, 0.1) Single Crystals from Low-Temperature Specific-Heat Measurements. M. Abdel-Hafiez et al, Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communication 87, 180507(R) (2013).
The heat capacity and entropy of lithium silicides in the temperature range from 2 to 873 K. D. Thomas, M. Abdel-Hafiez et al., Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 64, 205 (2013).
Thermodynamic properties of the anisotropic frustrated spin-chain compound linarite M. Schäpers, A. U. B. Wolter, S.-L. Drechsler, S. Nishimoto, K.-H. Müller, M. Abdel-Hafiez et al., l, Phys. Rev. B 88, 184410 (2013).
Disordered magnetism in superconducting KFe2As2 single crystals. V. Grinenko, S. Drechsler, M. Abdel-Hafiez, et al., phys. stat. sol. B 1–6 (2013).
A new layered triangular antiferromagnet Li4FeSbO6: spin order, field-induced transitions E. A. Zvereva, O. A. Savelieva, Y. Titov, M. A. Evstigneeva, V. B. Nalbandyan, C. N. Kao, J.-Y. Lin, I. A. Presniakov, A. Sobolev, S. A. Ibragimov, M. Abdel-Hafiez, Yu. Krupskaya, C. Jähne, G. Tan, R. Klingeler, B. Büchner and A. N. Vasiliev, Dalton Trans. Advance Article 42(5), 1550 (2013).
Spin-state transition and local structure in Eu1-xCaxCoO3. T. M. Vasilchikova, O.S. Volkova, T.G. Kuzmova, A. A. Kamenev, A. R. Kaul, D. M. Tsymbarenko, K. Lomachenko, A. V. Soldatov, J.-Y. Lin, Z. Hu, L. H. Tjeng, R. Klingeler, M. Abdel-Hafiez, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, and A. N. Vasiliev. journal of Physical Society of Japan 82, 044714 (2013).
Evidence for a vortex-glass transition in superconducting Ba(Fe0.9Co0.1)2As2. G. Prando, R. Giraud. S. Aswartham, M. Abdel-Hafiez et al., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 505701 (2013).
Specific heat of Ca0.32Na0.68Fe2As2 single crystals: unconventional s± multi-band superconductivity with intermediate repulsive interband coupling and sizable attractive intraband couplings. S. Johnston, M. Abdel-Hafiez et al., ArXiv:1311.3516 (2013).
Specific heat and upper critical field in KFe2As2 single crystals. M. Abdel-Hafiez et al., Phys. Rev. B 85, 134533 (2012).
Calorimetric study of the superconducting and normal state properties of Ca(Fe1-xCox)2As2. M. Abdel-Hafiez et al., J of Physics: conference series, Cambridge - England (2012), 391, 012120.
Hole-doping in BaFe2As2: The case of Ba1-xNaxFe2As2 single crystals. S. Aswartham, M. Abdel-Hafiez, D. Bombor, M. Kumar, A. U. B. Wolter, C. Hess, B. Büchner, S. Wurmehl, Phys. Rev. B 85, 224520 (2012).
Orthogonal spin arrangement as possible ground state of three - dimensional Shastry - Sutherland network in Ba3Cu3In4O12. O. S. Volkova, I.S. Maslova, R. Klingeler, M. Abdel-Hafiez, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, A. N. Vasiliev, Phys. Rev. B 85, 104420 (2012).
Weak ferrimagnetism and multiple magnetization reversal in α-Cr3(PO4)2. A. N. Vasiliev, O. S. Volkova, E. Hammer, R. Glaum, J.-M. Broto, M. Millot, G. Neert, J.-Y. Lin, R. Klingeler, M. Abdel-Hafiez, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, Phys. Rev. B 85, 014415 (2012).
Multi-gap superconductivity in single crystals of Ba0.65Na0.35Fe2As2: A calorimetric investigation. A. K. Pramanik, M. Abdel-Hafiez, S. Aswartham, A. U. B. Wolter, S. Wurmehl, V. Kataev, B. Büchner, Phys. Rev. B 84, 064525 (2011).
The superconducting gaps in LiFeAs: Joint study of specific heat and ARPES. U. Stockert, M. Abdel-Hafiez, D. V. Evtushinsky, V. B. Zabolotnyy, A. U. B. Wolter, S. Wurmehl, I. Morozov, R. Klingeler, S. V. Borisenko, B. Büchner, Phys. Rev. B 83, 224512 (2011).
Magnetic properties of the low-dimensional spin-1/2 magnet α-Cu2As2O7. Y. Arango, E. Vavilova, M. Abdel-Hafiez, O. Janson, A. Tsirlin, H. Rosner, S.-L. Drechsler, M. Weil, G. Nénert, R. Klingeler, O. Volkova, A. Vasiliev, V. Kataev, B. Büchner, Phys. Rev. B 84, 134430 (2011).
Phase diagram of iron-arsenide superconductors Ca(Fe1-xCox)2As2 (0 <= x <= 0.2). L. Harnagea, S. Singh, G. Friemel, N. Leps, D. Bombor, M. Abdel-Hafiez, A. U. B Wolter, C. Hess, R. Klingeler, G. Behr, S. Wurmehl, B. Büchner, Phys. Rev. B 83, 094523 (2011).
KFe2As2: coexistence of superconductivity and local moment derived spin-glass. V. Grinenko, M. Abdel-Hafiez et al., ArXiv: 1203.1585
Single Crystal Growth and Characterization of Superconducting LiFeAs. I. Morozov, A. Boltalin, O. Volkova, A. Vasiliev, O. Kataeva, U. Stockert, M. Abdel-Hafiez, D. Bombor, A. Bachmann, L. Harnagea, M. Fuchs, H.-J Grafe, G. Behr, R. Klingeler, S. Borisenko, C. Hess, S. Wurmehl, B. Büchner, J. Crystal Growth and Design 10, 4428 (2010).
Exploring the F16CoPc/Ag(110) interface using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy. Part1: Template-guided adlayer structure formation. M. Toader, T. G. Gopakumar, M. Abdel-Hafiez, M. Hietschold, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 3537–3543 (2010).
Quantifying and enforcing the two-dimensional symmetry of scanning probe microscopy. P. Moeck, B. Moon, M. Abdel-Hafiez, M. Hietschold: Nanotec Conference and Expo: 1, 314-317 (2009) Conference series, Portland, USA.
Quantifying and enforcing the two-dimensional symmetry of scanning probe microscopy images. P. Moeck, M. Toader, M. Abdel-Hafiez, M. Hietschold: AIP Conference Proceedings: 1173, 294-298 (2009) Portland, USA.
The influence of tilt angle on the CMR in Sm0.6Sr0.4MnO3. I.A. Abdel-Latif, A. Hassen, C. Zybill, M. Abdel-Hafiez, S. Allam, Th. El-Sherbini, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 452, 245–248 (2008).
Polarization inscription in ferroelectric (111) PZT and (100) SBT films. C. E. Zybill, M. Abdel-Hafiez, S. Allam, T. Sherbini, Pro. in Solid State Chem. 35, 469 (2007).
Theses
EFFECT OF USING FIBROLYTIC ENZYMES IN THE RATION ON LACTATING GOATS PERFORMANCE
OPTIMAL PRODUCTION OF PECTINASE AND ITS USE FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF LACTATING BUFFALOES