حمد بن عبدالعزيز بن حمد البريثن Hamad A. H. Albrithen

Name: HAMAD ABDULAZIZ HAMAD ALBRITHEN
Nationality: Saudi
Professor since 2023
Associate Professor (2019- 2023)
Assistant Professor (2005-2018)
Director General of King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University Since 2018

Earned Degrees:
- PhD in physics (Surface Science) from Ohio University (USA) 2004
- Bachelor Degree in Physics from King Saud University (Saudi Arabia) 1995

Teaching Experience:
- Coordinator of 104 Physics (General Physics) from summer 2005 till winter 2013.
- Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy Dept. King Saud University since 2005.
Undergraduate Courses:
General Physics, Modern Physics, Thermal Physics.
Graduate Courses:
Materials Science(M) , Solid State Theory(M), Introduction to Nanoscale Systems(M), Physics of Low Dimensional Structure (PhD)
- Teaching Assistant, Physics and Astronomy Dept., Ohio University (1999-2000).
- Teaching Assistant, Physics Dept., King Saud University (1995-1997).
Graduate Student Supervision:
Masters Students:
1- Essa Alfaifi-Finished, working on BaZnO semiconductor alloys thin films
2- Anwar Alanazi- Finished, working on SrZnO semiconductor alloys thin films
3- Muna Alanazi -Finished, working on MgO-ScN semiconductor alloys thin films
4- Sarah Alyemni- Finished, working on ZrTiO2 alloys
5- Hadba Alqahtani- Finished, working on MgZnO alloys
6- Bushra Alsa’ab- Finished, working on In-doped perovskite solar cells
7- Mohammed Alhamdan- Finished, working on DFT of halide perovskite

PhD Supervision:
Khalid Shamma: Finished, working on development of radiation detectors

Selected Masters and PhD Co-supervision:

1- Hassan Alshumrani: Finished, working on CaZnO semiconductor alloys thin films
2- Ahmed Alasmari: Finished, working on Ga-doped perovskite solar cells
3- Aysha Almushawah, Finished, working on Mg doping of ZnSnN2
4- Nahid Alarifi, Finished, working on Cu-Zr Characterization
5- Hassna Alhajri, Finished, working on hole transport layer in halide perovskite Solar Cells
6- Tajweed Neairat (PhD), Working on PDL1 detection by Vibrating Sensors.
7- Abdullah Alshahrani (PhD), Working on Enhancing Adobe Building for Traditional Architecture.

PhD Co-supervision-international Universities:
1- Bandar Alanazi (University of Wurzburg): working on surface magnetism
Under Prof. Matthias Bode
2- Mohammed Aboalreesh- (University of California-Santa Barbara): working on Na-flux GaN
Under Prof. James Speck and Prof. Shuji Nakamura (Nobel Prize Laureate)

Research:
- Member of KAIN-KSU Initiative for Research Collaboration with HRH Mohammad Bin Salman Center for Future Science and Technology (MBSC2030) at the University of Tokyo in the Field of Cancer Early Detection (2025).
- Group leader of a development project regarding "Porous Aerogel on Silicon" approved by Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) (2024).
- Principal Investigator of the project entitled " Label-free detection of PD-L1 expression on Breast Cancer cells using Micromechanical sensors " funded by Institutional Funding at Ministry of Education (2023).
- Group Leader of KSU team for the Research Project between KSU and Forensic Evidence Department at the Ministry of Interior in Developing Nanotechnology Detection for: Finger Prints, DNA, and Explosives (Started 2020).
- Principle investigator in the collaboration with University of Wuerzburg (Germany)-Prof. Matthias Bode in the field of development of an Atomic Magnetic Probe 2014-2018.
- Principle Investigator of the Calculation group in Collaboration with Ecole Polytechnique Ferale de Lousanne (EPFL, Switzerland), 2017-2020.
- KSU Investigator of the Sensing Project with University of Manchester, 2017-2020.
- Principle Investigator of ZnO Alloy project funded by NPST-KACST(2013-2015).
- Principle Investigator of Bulk GaN Saudi Group in Collaboration with SSLEC Group, University of California (Santa Barbara), 2013-2019.
- Consultant at the Center for Higher Education Research and Studies at the ministry of Higher Education and Mistry of Education, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia (2014-2015).
- Visiting Scientists at the Nano Scale and Quantum Phenomena Institute (NQPI), Ohio University, Summer 2011, Athens Ohio, USA.
- Visiting Scientists at the Nano Scale and Quantum Phenomena Institute (NQPI), Ohio University, Summer 2010, Athens Ohio, USA.
- Work in THALES Group Lab, Energy Storage: Supercapacitor, Summer 2010, Palaiseau, France.
- Visiting Scientist at Research Lab of Electronics (rle), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), July 2009 – August 2009, Cambridge, USA.
- Visiting Scientist at Research Lab of Electronics (rle), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), June 2008 – March 2009, Cambridge, USA.
- Visiting Scientists at the Nano Scale and Quantum Phenomena Institute (NQPI), Ohio University, Summer 2007, Athens Ohio, USA.
- Visiting Scientists at the Nano Scale and Quantum Phenomena Institute (NQPI), Ohio University, Summer 2006, Athens Ohio, USA.

Training:

- Online Courses: 1) Spent Fuel Management; 2) The Uranium Production Cycle; 3) Control of Radioactive Material Inadvertently Incorporated Into Scrap Metal; 4) Nuclear Fuel Engineering, Fabrication and Operation Behaviour; 5) Fundamental of Environmental Remediation; 6) Planning for Environmental Remediation, E-learning International Atomic Energy Agency, 2025.
- Tribology: Friction, Wear, and Lubrication, Professional Education (Short Program), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, United State, Jun, 2018
- Nuclear Plant Safety, Professional Education (Short Program), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, United State, Jun, 2017.
- Technology, Organizations, and Innovation: Putting Ideas to work, Professional Education (Short Program), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, United State, Jun, 2015.
- Quantum Espresso Workshop Penn State University, State College, PA, USA, 2014.
- Application oriented Woollam Variable Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometer (WVASE) Trainings Course, LOT-QuantumDesign GmbH, J.A. Woollam Co., Darmstadt, Germany, 2013.
- Impedance Spectroscopy School (ISSchool ASIA 12), Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2012.
- Hands on Workshop on the WIEN2K Package, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA, 2011.
- Synthesis of Carbon nanotubes by PECVD, University of Nantes, France, 2007.
- Recent Advances in Vacuum Technology, American Vacuum Society, 2004.
- Vacuum System Design, American Vacuum Society, 2004.
- Analysis of Gamma Radiation Using high purity Germanium Detectors, KACST, 1993, 1994.

Conferences and Workshops Organizing Committees:
- Member of the Scientific Committee for International Conference and Exhibition for Science 2023.
-Member of Chemindex conference Scientific Committee, organized by Saudi Aramco, Oct 2019.
- Member of the Organizing Committee for the Saudi Nanotechnology Meeting, 2016.
- Member of the Organizing Committee for the Saudi Nanotechnology Meeting, 2014.
- Coordinating the Workshop on Nanomaterials for Energy Storage, Riyadh (2011).
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 3rd Saudi Physical Society, Riyadh (2006).
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 3rd Saudi Conference of Science, Riyadh (2007).
- Organizing the Workshop of Condensed Matter: “Silicon Properties and Applications”, National Center of Mathematics and Physics, KACST, Riyadh (2007).
- Organizing the Workshop of Condensed Matter: “Characterization Tools”, National Center of Mathematics and Physics, KACST, Riyadh (2008).

Services and Committees:
I- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Member of the Department Graduate Committee
- Member of the Labs Committee
- Establishing the Nano-group at the Physics and Astronomy Department (2006).
- Member of the Recruitment Committee for the Physics Department, Kharj -University (2007).
- Head of the Materials Group (2009-2013).
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II- College of Science
- Member of the Examination Committee (2007-2008).
III- King Saud University
- Member of the Institutional Funding Higher Committee at KSU
- Head of King Saud University Delegation to Raytheon Company in the US
- Coordinating the negotiation between KSU and ROSATOM company in Russia
-Member of the Establishing Committee of King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology (KAIN).
- Director of the clean room facility and surface science lab at King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology (KAIN), (2009- 2012)
-Director of the research committee of the joint program with THALES GROUP (France) in the field of Energy Storage: Supercapacitor (2010- 2012).
- Member of KSU Nano Technology delegation to KOREA
IV- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
Working and collaborating with (since 2006):
a – National Center for Nanotechnology
b – National Center for Mathematics and Physics
V- National Center for Assessment in Higher Education
- writing questions in Physics (since 2005).
- evaluating questions in Math (2006).
- training physics teachers how to construct Multiple-choice exams (2008).
- evaluating the exams dedicated for hiring and evaluating science and physics teachers in public schools (since 2009)

Patents:

1- METAL OXIDE BASED RADIATION SENSOR, US 10,871,580 B1, Dec. 22 , 2020.

2- Sensitive detection of low doses of beta particles using quartz crystal oscillators, US Patent 12,239,474, 2025.

List of Publications:

Year 2025:

1- Synthesis, crystal structure, DFT calculations, detection limit, solvent effect on nonlinear optical properties, and molecular docking of new Schiff-base Cu (II) complex, Md Murshidul Islam, Md Sagor Hossain, Shofiur Rahman, Abdullah N Alodhay, Hamad Albrithen, Md Chanmiya Sheikh, Ryuta Miyatake, Ennio Zangrando, Md Mohon Sheikh, Md Waliullah, Hasan Ahmad, Md Rabiul Karim, Journal of Molecular Structure 1327, 141178 (2025).

2- Development of a novel latent deoxyribonucleic acid detection technique for crime scene investigation using quartz tuning fork-based biosensor technology,
Khalid Y Alzahrani, Yasmin A Alfifi, Hazem Ghneim, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Mahmoud Al-Gawati, Hamad Albrithen, Yazeed Alsheikh, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Forensic Science International 367, 112360 (2025).

3- Carboxymethyl Chitosan‐based Biodegradable Films Preparation and Prospects for Food Preservation, Md Elius Hosen Pk, Md Monarul Islam, Rabeya Akter, Fajilatun Nesa, Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Trisha Paul, Sonjida Mustafi, Md Rezaul Karim, Shofiur Rahman, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Erick S Vasquez‐Guardado, Hamad Albrithen, ChemistrySelect 10 (1), e202404675 (2025).

Year 2024:

4- Enhanced electrocatalytic activity of hafnium doped tungsten oxide (Hf-WO3) for ultrasensitive detection of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Mahesh M Shanbhag, Davalasab Ilager, Shankara S Kalanur, Nagaraj P Shetti, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Hamad Albrithen, Khalid Alhussaini, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Materials Chemistry and Physics 328, 129975 (2024).

5- Fe-doped WO3-Modified sensor for the improved electrochemical detection of curcumin, Shweta J Malode, Nisha Navada, Mahesh M Shanbhag, Nagaraj P Shetti, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Khalid E Alzahrani, Hamad Albrithen, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Microchemical Journal 207, 111655 (2024).

6- Evaluating the Anticancer Properties of Novel Piscidinol A Derivatives: Insights from DFT, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Studies, Humaera Noor Suha, Syed Ahmed Tasnim, Shofiur Rahman, Abdullah Alodhayb, Hamad Albrithen, Raymond A Poirier, Kabir M Uddin, ACS omega 9 (50), 49639-49661 (2024).

7- Simulating New Fusidic Acid Derivatives to Target Gram‐Positive Bacteria by Using Computational Methods, Md Shamim Hossain, Mohiuddin Sakib, Shofiur Rahman, Mahmoud A Al‐Gawati, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Hamad Albrithen, Md Mainul Hossain, Raymond A Poirier, Kabir M Uddin, ChemistrySelect 9 (44), e202404142 (2024).

8- Synthesis of Sn-ZnO nanostructures on MgO< 0001> by hybrid pulsed laser ablation and RF magnetron sputtering tandem system for CO gas-sensing application, Joselito P Labis, Hamad A Albrithen, Muhammad Ali Shar, Abdulaziz Alhazaa, Ahmed Algarni, Mohammad A Alduraibi, Ahamad Imran, Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 28 (6), 101941 (2024).

9- Nickel-doped tungsten fabricated electrode for electrochemical sensing of amoxicillin, Shweta J Malode, Pranita V Ullagaddimath, Mahesh S Shanbhag, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Khalid E Alzahrani, Hamad Albrithen, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Nagaraj P Shetti, Inorganic Chemistry Communications 169, 112970 (2024).

10- Exploration of the synthesis, crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis, binding properties, antibacterial activities, and molecular docking of a Schiff base nickel (II) Complex, ABM Nazmul Isalm, Md Ahsan Habib, Md Mahadi Hasan, Md Rafid Hasan, Kaykobad Md Rezaul Karim, Md Mahiuudin, Takefumi Yoshida, Md Rabiul Karim, Shofiur Rahman, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Paris E Georghiou, Journal of Molecular Structure, 140294 (2024).

11- In Silico Prediction of Antibacterial Activity of Quinolone Derivatives, Tafsir Karim, Mansour H Almatarneh, Shofiur Rahman, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Hamad Albrithen, Md Mainul Hossain, Sarkar MA Kawsar, Raymond A Poirier, Kabir M Uddin, ChemistrySelect 9 (36), e202402780 (2024).

12- Sensitive detection of low doses beta particles using quartz crystal oscillators, Nadyah Alanazi, Saja Alshareef, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Khaled Shamma, Ghadah Alsowygh, Saad Aldawood, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 17 (3), 100921 (2024).

13- Investigating the potential of 6-substituted 3-formyl chromone derivatives as anti-diabetic agents using in silico methods, Minhaz Zabin Saif, Nusrat Jahan Ikbal Esha, Syeda Tasnim Quayum, Shofiur Rahman, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Ghadah Alsowygh, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Raymond A Poirier, Kabir M Uddin, Scientific Reports 14 (1), 13221 (2024).

14- Functionalization of quartz tuning fork sensor with a thin layer of dopamine for enhanced sensitivity, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Khalid E Alzahrani, Hamad Albrithen, Danielle Dias, Matthew Schiiler, S Mugo, Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research 44, 100647 (2024).

15- Development of a microcantilever-based biosensor for detecting Programmed Death Ligand 1, Tajweed Neairat, Mahmoud Al-Gawati, Qura Tul Ain, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Aws Alshamsan, Abdulaziz Alarifi, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Khalid E Alzahrani, Hamad Albrithen, Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 32 (6), 102051 (2024).
16- Design, synthesis, and bioevaluation of novel unsaturated cyanoacetamide derivatives: In vitro and in silico exploration, Kabir M Uddin, Mehnaz Hossain Meem, Mokseda Akter, Shofiur Rahman, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Nahed Alarifi, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah Alodhayb, Raymond A Poirier, Md Mosharef H Bhuiyan, MethodsX 12, 102691 (2024).

17- Modeling the mechanical response of microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based sensors to volatile alcohol vapors: A finite element analysis, Haya Alrashed, Abdulfattah Obeid, Hamad Albrithen, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Shofiur Rahman, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Abdullah N Alodhayb
AIP Advances 14 (3) (2024).

18- Effect of Applied AC Voltage on the Performance of Non-Faradaic Impedimetric Biosensors, Khalid Alzahrani, Meshael J Almansour, Shahad M Qurayshan, Hamad Albrithen, Abdulaziz S Fakhouri, Khalid Alhussaini, Abdulaziz Assaifan, Abdullah Alodhayb, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, DOI 10.1149/1945-7111/ad2d8c (2024).

19- Exploring the anticancer and antibacterial potential of naphthoquinone derivatives: a comprehensive computational investigation, Mehnaz Hossain Meem, Sumaiya Binte Yusuf, Sanaa S Al Abbad, Shofiur Rahman, Mahmoud Al-Gawati, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Kabir M Uddin, Frontiers in Chemistry, 12, Page 1351669 (2024).

20- Interfacial Modulation through Mixed‐Dimensional Heterostructures for Efficient and Hole Conductor‐Free Perovskite Solar Cells, Masaud Almalki, Mohammad Hayal Alotaibi, Anwar Q Alanazi, Felix T Eickemeyer, Sultan M Alenzi, Yahya A Alzahrani, Laura Piveteau, Ahmed Y Alymani, Abdulrahman Albadri, Hamad Albrithen, Jovana V Milić, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Hong Zhang, Michael Grätzel, Advanced Functional Materials, 34(6), Pages 2309789 (2024).

21- Nickel nanoparticles supported on carbon surface as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction, Kannan Gothandapani, R Sofia Jeniffer, Gopal Tamil Selvi, Venugopal Velmurugan, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Khalid E Alzahrani, Hamad Albrithen, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Saravanan Pandiaraj, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Andrews Nirmala Grace, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 52, Pages1137-1146 (2024).

22- Optical characteristics and solar cell performance of (MAPbBr3)x ((MACl)0.28FA0.98Cs0.02PbI3)1−x with various composition ratios, AM El-naggar, MM Osman, Anwar Q Alanazi, Mohamed Bakr Mohamed, AM Aldhafiri, Zein K Heiba, HA Albrithen, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Volume 35, 3-page 251 (2024). (Resubmitted after correction of the paper with the same title published in 2022)

Year 2023:

23- Label Free Detection of Programmed Death Ligand 1 Protein Biomarker by Quartz Tuning Fork-Based Biosensor, Mahmoud Algwati, Qura Tul Ain, Khalid Alzahrani, Abdulaziz Assaifan, Tajweed Neairat, Nahed Alarifi, Abdulaziz Alarifi, Aws Alshamsan, Abdullah Alodhayb, Hamad Albrithen, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Volume 170, Number 12 (2023).

24- Label free detection of vitamin D by microcantilever-based aptasensor, Khalid E Alzahrani, Mahmoud Al-Gawati, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Abdullah Alodhayb, Khalid Alotaibi, Abdullah Alswieleh, Hamad Albrithen, Amal F Alanazi, Journal of King Saud University-Science, 35 (10), 102951 (2023).

25- Extracting mechanical and microstructural properties of Cu–Zr thin film alloys by MEMS, AFM and Ellipsometer, Nahed Alarifi, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Fahad Alnjiman, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Materials Research Express 10 (11) 116401 (2023).

26- Detection of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Aqueous Solutions Using Quartz Tuning Fork Sensors Modified with Calix[4]arene Methoxy Ester Self-Assembled Monolayers: Experimental and Density Functional Theory Study, Shofiur Rahman, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Fatimah S Alfaifi, Wadha Khalaf Alenazi, Nahed Alarifi, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Paris E Georghiou, Molecule 28 (19) 6808 (2023).

27- Nickel nanoparticles supported on carbon surface as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction, Kannan Gothandapani, R Sofia Jeniffer, Gopal Tamil Selvi, Venugopal Velmurugan, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Khalid E Alzahrani, Hamad Albrithen, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Saravanan Pandiaraj, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Andrews Nirmala Grace, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 52, Part D, 2 January 2024, Pages 1137-1146.

28- Making exciton physics easy and affordable, Yong Xie, Gulsum Ersu, Thomas Pucher, Sruthi Kuriakose, Wenliang Zhang, Abdullah M Al-Enizi, Hamad AH Albrithen, Ayman Nafady, Rudolf Bratschitsch, Joshua O Island, Andres Castellanos-Gomez, European Journal of Physics, 44 (5) 055501 (2023).

29- Quartz tuning fork-based biosensor for the direct detection of human cytomegalovirus, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Khalid E Alzahrani, Sultana F Alqahtani, Shatha M Aldakhil, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Shofiur Rahman, Hamad Albrithen, Journal of King Saud University-Science 35-5 page 102703 (2023).

30- Toward the Real-Time and Rapid Quantification of Bacterial Cells Utilizing a Quartz Tuning Fork Sensor, Abeer Alshammari, Sabaa T Abdulmawla, Reem Alsaigh, Khaloud Mohammed Alarjani, Norah Salim Aldosari, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Hamad Albrithen, Khalid E Alzahrani, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Micromachines 14-6 page 1114 (2023).

31- Optimization of Pulsed Laser Ablation and Radio-Frequency Sputtering Tandem System for Synthesis of 2D/3D Al2O3-ZnO Nanostructures: A Hybrid Approach to Synthesis of Nanostructures for Gas Sensing Applications, Joselito Puzon Labis, Hamad A Albrithen, Mahmoud Hezam, Muhammad Ali Shar, Ahmad Algarni, Abdulaziz N Alhazaa, Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni, Mohammad Abdulaziz Alduraibi, Nanomaterials 13-8 page 1345 (2023).

32- Microelectromechanical system‐based biosensor for label‐free detection of human cytomegalovirus, Khalid E Alzahrani, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Mahmoud Al‐Gawati, Abdullah M Alswieleh, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah Alodhayb, IET nanobiotechnology 17-1 Page 32 (2023).

33- The Effect of Counterions on the Detection of Cu2+ Ions in Aqueous Solutions Using Quartz Tuning Fork (QTF) Sensors Modified with L-Cysteine Self-Assembled Monolayers: Experimental and Quantum Chemical DFT Study, Shofiur Rahman, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Fatimah S Alfaifi, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Amal F Alanazi, Hamad Albrithen, Khalid E Alzahrani, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Paris E Georghiou, Chemosensors, 11020088 (2023).

Year 2022:

34- Reduced graphene oxide supported MXene based metal oxide ternary composite electrodes for non-enzymatic glucose sensor applications, Tamil Selvi Gopal, Khalid E Alzahrani, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah Alodhayb, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Saravanan Pandiaraj, Andrews Nirmala Grace, Scientific Reports 12 (1), 1-15 (2022).

35- Quality Factor of a Microchannel Microresonator as a Function of Viscosity and its Vibrational Mode: An Experimental and Computational Analysis, Abeer Alshammri, Reem Alsaigh, Khalid E Alzahrani, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Hamad Albrithen, Mona Braim, Saravanan Pandiaraj, Asokan Vimala Juliet, Ganesan Sanchana, Fatemah H Alkallas, Amira Ben Gouider Trabelsi, Tahani A Alrebdi, Nadiyah Alanazi, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Shofiur Rahman, Abdullah N Alodhayb, IEEE Sensors Journal (2022). DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3223383.

36- Probing the Influence of Crosslinking Layer Incubation Time on the Performance of Non-Faradaic Impedimetric Biosensors, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Abdulrahman S Aljdidalmri, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah Alodhayb, Khalid E Alzahrani, Abeer Alshammari, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Saleh Husam Aldeligan, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 169 (11), 117511 (2022).

37- Detection of Volatile Alcohol Vapors Using PMMA-Coated Micromechanical Sensors: Experimental and Quantum Chemical DFT Analysis, Reem A Alsaigh, Shofiur Rahman, Fatimah S Alfaifi, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Raghad Shallaa, Fatimah Alzaid, Amal F Alanazi, Hamad Albrithen, Khalid E Alzahrani, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Paris E Georghiou, Chemosensors 10 (11), 452 (2022).

38- Optical characteristics and solar cell performance of (MAPbBr3)x ((MACl)0.28FA0.98Cs0.02PbI3)1−x with various composition ratios, AM El-naggar, MM Osman, Anwar Q Alanazi, Mohamed Bakr Mohamed, AM Aldhafiri, Zein K Heiba, HA Albrithen, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 1-11 (2022). (Retracted for Correction and Resubmission)

39- Coffee-ring effect-driven TiO2 microstructures as sensing layer for redox-free impedimetric detection of Hg (II) in tap water, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Fatimah A Alqahtani, Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni, Hamad Albrithen, Naif Ahmed Alshehri, Surfaces and Interfaces 33 (2022).

40- Sensitivity enhancement of microelectromechanical sensors using femtosecond laser for biological and chemical applications, Mahmoud A Al‐Gawati, Hamad Albrithen, Abdulaziz N Alhazaa, Abdullah N Alodhayb, Surface and Interface Analysis 54 (10), 1060-1069 (2022).

41- Diffusion Bonding of Al7075 to Ti-6Al-4V by Spark Plasma Sintering and Using a Copper Interlayer, Abdulaziz Alhazaa, Hamad Albrithen, Mahmoud Hezam, Muhammad Ali Shar, Ibrahim Alhwaimel, Yasser Alharbi, Claude Estournes, Crystals 12 (9), 1293 (2022).

42- Theoretical and experimental approaches for the determination of functional properties of MgSnN2 thin films, Fahad Alnjiman, Agathe Virfeu, David Pilloud, Sébastien Diliberto, Emile Haye, Alaa E Giba, Sylvie Migot, Jaafar Ghanbaja, Pascal Boulet, Hamad Albrithen, Jean-François Pierson, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 244, 111797 (2022).

43- Recent progress of fluorescent materials for fingermarks detection in forensic science and anti-counterfeiting, Anees A Ansari, Khalid M Aldajani, Abdulaziz N AlHazaa, Hamad A Albrithen, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 462, 214523 (2022).

44- Ultrasensitive detection of low-dose gamma radiation using polymeric thin films on microelectromechanical system-based sensors, Khaled Shamma, Hamad Albrithen, Bander S AlOtaibi, Abdullah Alodhayb, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 1-9 (2022).

45- Utilizing photothermally induced oscillation damping parameters for the determination of bacterial load suspended in microfluidic resonators, Hamad A. Albrithen, Khalid E. Alzahrani, Abdulaziz Assaifan, Mona Braim, Abeer Alshammari, Abdullah Alodhayb, Journal of King Saud University-Science, 34(1):102090 (2022).

46- Thickness dependence of the response of metal-dioxide-based micromechanical sensors for sensitive gamma-ray detection, Khalid Shamma, Hamad Albrithen, Abdullah Alodhayb, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 186(4): 110225 (2022).
Year 2021:

47- Investigating the potential of using gold nanoparticle-functionalized micromechanical sensors for gamma radiation detection, Abdullah Alodhayb, Khaled Shamma, Nadyah Alanazi, Nouf Alkathran, HamadAlbrithen, Radiation Physcis and Chemistry 189 (2021) 109745.

48- Label-free and simple detection of trace Pb(II) in tap water using non-faradaic impedimetric sensors, Abdulaziz K Assaifan, Mahmoud Hezam, Mahmoud A Al-Gawati, Khalid E Alzahrani, Abdullah Alswieleh, Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Abdullah Al-Mayouf, Abdullah Alodhayb, Hamad Albrithen, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 329, 112833‏ (2021).

49- Benzylammonium-Mediated Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Phase Stabilization for Photovoltaics, Anwar Q Alanazi, Masaud H Almalki, Aditya Mishra, Dominik J Kubicki, Zaiwei Wang, Lena Merten, Felix T Eickemeyer, Hong Zhang, Dan Ren, Ahmed Y Alyamani, Hamad Albrithen, Abdulrahman Albadri, Mohammad Hayal Alotaibi, Alexander Hinderhofer, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Frank Schreiber, Anders Hagfeldt, Lyndon Emsley, Jovana V Milić, Michael Graetzel, Advanced Functional Materials 2101163 (2021).

50- Investigation of magnesium addition in ZnO matrix using group II heptahydrate, Hadba Hussain, Hamad A Albrithen, Abeer Alshammari, Ahmed Alyamani, Nargis Bano, Sarah Nasser Alyemni, Shareefah Ayed AlAhmary, Ali Alanzi, Baderah Awad Almutairy, Materials Research Express, 8 (4), 045011(2021).

51- Formation of High-Performance Multi-Cation Halide Perovskites Photovoltaics by δ-CsPbI3/ δ-RbPbI3 Seed-assisted Heterogeneous Nucleation, Eickemeyer, Olivier Ouellette, Linfeng Pan, Fahad S Alghamdi, Zaiwei Wang, Mohammad Hayal Alotaibi, Bowen Yang, Masaud Almalki, Mounir D Mensi, Hamad Albrithen, Abdulrahman Albadri, Anders Hagfeldt, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Michael Grätzel, Advanced Energy Materials 11 (16), 2003785 (2021).

52- Exploiting the properties of TiO2 thin films as a sensing layer on (MEMS)-based sensors for radiation dosimetry applications, Khaled Shamma, Abdullah Aldwayyan, Hamad Albrithen, and Abdullah Alodhayb, AIP Advances 11, 025209 (2021).
53- Controlling the fabrication of sub-microgrooves on a silicon surface using a femtosecond laser, Mahmoud A. Al-Gawatia, Abdulaziz N. Alhazaa, Abdullah N. Alodhayb, Hamad A. Albrithen, Muhammad Ali Shar, Zeyad A. Almutairi, Journal of King Saud University - Science 33(1) (2021)101251.
Year 2020:
54- Effect of surface patterning using femtosecond laser on micromechanical and structural properties of micromechanical sensors, Mahmoud A. Al-Gawati, Abdulaziz Alhazaa, Hamad Albrithen, Jamal Alnofiay and Abdullah Alodhayb, Materials Research Express 7(8), August (2020).

55- Graphene oxide integrated silicon photonics for detection of vapour phase volatile organic compounds. Tsui, H.L., Alsalman, O., Mao, B., Alodhayb, A., Albrithen, H., Knights, A.P., Halsall, M.P. and Crowe, I.F., (2020) Scientific Reports, 10(1), pp.1-11.

56- Femtosecond laser microfabrication of micro-channels on (1 0 0) silicon surfaces. Al-Gawati, M.A., Alhazaa, A.N., Alodhayb, A.N., Almutairi, Z.A. and Albrithen, H.A., Materials Today: Proceedings (2020) Jun 11(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.05.395).

57- Measuring anisotropic thermal conductivity of aluminum nitride films with the ultra-fast hot strip technique, B.E. Belkerk, J. Camus, B. Garnier, H. AlBrithen, S. Sahli, M.-A. Djouadi, International Journal of Thermal 151, May 2020, 106259.

58- Vanadium oxide thin films for optical readout-based thermal imager, AA Odebowale, M Abdel-Rahman, H Albrithen, Optik 202 (2020) 163580.

59- Characterization and electrochemical deposition of natural melanin thin films, Nawal Madkhali, Hadi R Alqahtani, Seham Alterary, Hamad A Albrithen, Amel Laref, Adel Hassib, Arabian Journal of Chemistry (2020) 13, 4987–4993.

Year 2019:

60- Atomic-Level Microstructure of Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Stabilized by 5-Ammonium Valeric Acid Iodide Revealed by Multinuclear and Two-Dimensional Solid-State NMR, Anwar Q Alanazi, Dominik J Kubicki, Daniel Prochowicz, Essa A Alharbi, Marine EF Bouduban, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Marko Mladenovic, Jovana V Milić, Fabrizio Giordano, Dan Ren, Ahmed Y Alyamani, Hamad Albrithen, Abdulrahman Albadri, Mohammad Hayal Alotaibi, Jacques-E Moser, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Ursula Rothlisberger, Lyndon Emsley, Michael Grätzel, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 17659−17669.

61- Halide Versus Nonhalide Salts: The Effects of Guanidinium Salts on the Structural, Morphological,and Photovoltaic Performances of Perovskite Solar Cells, Mohammad Hayal Alotaibi, Yahya A. Alzahrani, Neha Arora, Ahmed Alyamani,Abdulrahman Albadri, Hamad Albrithen, Ibrahim H. Al-Lehyani, Sultan M. Alenzi,Ali Z. Alanzi, Fahad S. Alghamdi, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Simone Meloni,M. Ibrahim Dar, and Michael Graetzel, Solar RRL 1900234-1 of 8, (2019).

62- Systematic Investigation of the Electrochemical Properties of Natural Melanin for Various Electrode Cells, Nawal Makhali, Adil Hassib, Hadi Alqahtani, Hamad Albrithen, Seham Alterary, and Amel Larf, Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy 13(4) 429-437 (2019).

63- Atomic-level passivation mechanism of ammonium salts enabling highly efficient perovskite solar cells, Essa Alharbi, Ahmed Alyamani, Dominik Kubicki, Alexander Uhl, Brennan Walder, Anwar Alanazi, Jingshan Luo, Andrés Burgos-Caminal, Abdulrahman Albadri, Hamad Albrithen, Mohammad Alotaibi, Jacques-E. Moser, Shaik Zakeeruddin, Fabrizio Giordano, Lyndon Emsley, and Michael Graetzel, NATURE COMUNICATION (2019) 10, 3008.

64- Influence of composition on the external quantum efficiency of reduced graphene oxide/carbon nanoparticle based photodetector used for human body IR detection, Mohammad Sahabul Alam, Monny Akter Boby, Farzana Aktar Chowdhury, Hamad Albrithen and Mohammad Abul Hossain, Royale Society of Chemistry Advances (2019) 9.18996.

65- Designing zinc oxide nanostructures (nanoworms, nanoflowers, nanowalls, and nanorods) by pulsed laser ablation technique for gas‐sensing application. Labis, J.P., Al‐Anazi, A.Q., Al‐Brithen, H.A., Hezam, M., Alduraibi, M.A., Algarni, A., Alharbi, A.A., Al‐Awadi, A.S., Khan, A. and El‐Toni, A.M., 2019. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 102(7), pp.4367-4375.,

66- Altering the Optical Properties of GaAsSb Capped InAs Quantum Dots by Means of InAlAs Interlayers, A. Salhi, S. Alshaibani, Y. Alaskar, H. Albrithen, A. Albadri, A. Alyamani and M. Missous, Nanoscale Research Letters (2019) 14:40.

67- Strain effects on structural, electronic, and optical properties of BeO by DFT. Aloufi, A.A., Alahmed, Z.A., Laref, A. and Albrithen, H.A., 2019. Materials Research Bulletin, 114, pp.52-60.

68- Investigation of oxygen and other impurities and their effect on thetransparency of a Na-flux grown GaN crystal, Mohammed Abo Alreesh, Paul Von Dollen, Thomas F. Malkowski, Tom Mates, Hamad Albrithen, Steven DenBaarsa, Shuji Nakamura, James S. Speck, Journal of Crystal Growth 508 (2019) 50-57.

69- Structural and optical investigation of brookite TiO2 thin films grown by
atomic layer deposition on Si (111) substrate, Saif M.H. Qaid, Mukhtar Hussaina, Mahmoud Hezam, M.A. Majeed Khan, Hamad Albrithen, Hamid M. Ghaithana, Abdullah S. Aldwayyan, Materials Chemistry and Physics 225 (2019) 55–59.

Year 2018:

70- Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2 thin films, Faisal S. Al mashary, Suelen de Castro, Arlon Fernando da Silva, Jorlandio Francisco Felix, Marcelo Rizzo Piton, Helder Vinícius Avanço Galeti, Ariano De Giovanni Rodrigues, Yara Galvao Gobato, Noor Al Saqri , Mohamed Henini, Maryam M. Al huwayz, Abdulrahman M. Albadri, Ahmed Y. Alyamani, Hamad A. Albrithen , Sami A. Alhusaini, Khalid M. Aljaber, Ali Z. Alanazi, Fahad S. Alghamdi, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 766 (2018) 194-203.

71- Magnetic ground state stabilized by three-site interactions: Fe/Rh(111), Andreas Krönlein, Martin Schmitt, Markus Hoffmann, Jeannette Kemmer, Nicolai Seubert, Matthias Vogt, Julia Küspert, Markus Böhme, Bandar Alonazi, Jens Kügel, Hamad A. Albrithen, Matthias Bode, Gustav Bihlmayer, and Stefan Blügel, Physical Review Letters, 120, 207202 (2018).

72- Strain-engineering of GaInAsSb overgrown layers and its effects on the optical properties of InAs/GaAs quantum dots, A Salhi, S Alshaibani, Y Alaskar, H Albrithen, A Albedri, A Alyamani, Optical Materials, 79 (2018) 200-205.

Year 2017:

73- Morphology control, electronic properties and evolution of light emission in faceted indium oxide structures, Hassan Ouacha, Ulf Kleineberg and Hamad Albrithen, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 (2017) 455102 (9pp).

74- SrZnO nanostructures grown on templated Al2O3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition, Joselito P. Labis, Anwar Q. Alanazi, Hamad A. Albrithen, Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni, Mahmoud Hezam, Hussein Elsayed Elafifi, and Osama M. Abaza, AIP Advances 7, 095220 (2017); doi: 10.1063/1.4996812.

75- Unraveling the Impact of Rubidium Incorporation on the Transport-Recombination Mechanisms in Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cell by Small-perturbation Techniques, Abdulrahman Albadri, Pankaj Yadav, Mohammad Hayal Alotaibi, Neha Arora, Ahmed Y. Alyamani, Hamad A. H. Albrithen, M. Ibrahim Dar, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, and Michael Grätzel, J. Phys. Chem. C, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04766 • Publication Date (Web): 21 Aug 2017.

76- Controlled Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of In2O3 Rods with Dodecahedron In2O3 Microcrystals on Top, Hassan Ouacha, Ali Hendaoui, Ulf Kleineberg, Hamad Albrithen, and Abdallah Azzeer, Physica Status Solidi A, 1700050 (2017) / DOI 10.1002/pssa.201700050.

77- Tailoring the Optical Properties of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots by means of GaAsSb, InGaAs and InGaAsSb Strain , A Salhi, S. Alshaibani, B. Ilahi, M. Alhamdan, A. Alyamani, H. Albrithen, and M. El-Desouki , Journal of Alloys and Compounds 714 (15) 331 (2017).

78- STRUCTURAL TRANSITION IN SrZnO LASER PULSE DEPOSITED ALLOY,
H.A. ALBRITHEN, M. ELNAGGAR, K. OZGA, M. SZOTA, Z.A. ALAHMED,
A.Q. ALANAZI, H. ALSHAHRANI, E.ALFAIFI, M.A. DJOUADI, J.P. LABIS, Arch. Metall. Mater. 62 (2017), 1, 211-216.

79- Effects of Sb incorporation in GaAsSb-capping layer on the optical properties of InAs/GaAs QDs grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, A. Salhi, S. Alshaibani, M. Alhamdan, H. Albrithen, A. Alyamani, M. El-Desouki, Superlattices and Microstructures 101 (2017) 138-143.

Year 2016:

80- Structural, morphological and optical characterizations of ZnO:Al thin films grown on silicon substrates by pulsed laser deposition, A. Alyamani, A. Sayari, A. Albadri, H. Albrithen, and L. El Mir, Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2016) 131: 328.

81- A new system for sodium flux growth of bulk GaN. PartI:System development, Paul Von Dollen, Siddha Pimputkar, Mohammed AboAlreesh, Hamad Albrithen, Sami Suihkonen, Shuji Nakamura, James S. Speck, J. Crys. Growth Volume 456, 15 December (2016), Pages 58–66.

82- Giant increase of optical transparency for Zn-rich CaxZn1-xO on Al2O3(0 0 0 1) grown by pulsed laser deposition, H.A. Albrithen, A.M. El-Naggar, K. Ozga, H. Alshahrani, A. Alanazi, E. Alfaifi, J. Labis, A. Alyamani, A. Albadri, M.H. Alkahtani, Z.A. Alahmed, J. Jedryka, A.O. Fedorchuk, Optical Materials 52 (2016) 1–5.

Year 2015:

83- Pulsed laser deposition growth of 3D ZnO nanowall network in nest-like structures by two-step approach, Joselito P.Labis, MahmoudHezam, AnwarAl-Anazi, HamadAl-Brithen, Anees A.Ansari, Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni, Ronaldo Enriquez, Gwénolé Jacopin, Mansour Al-Hoshan, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 143 (2015) 539–545.

84- Optical band gap controlling of nanostructure Mn doped CdO thinfilms prepared by sol–gel spin coating method, Zayed A. Alahmed, H.A. Albrithen, Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi, F. Yakuphanoglu, Optik 126 (2015) 575–577.

Year 2014:

85- Substrate-dependent thermal conductivity of aluminum nitride thin-films processed at low temperature, B. E. Belkerk, S. Bensalem, A. Soussou, M. Carette, H. Al Brithen, M. A. Djouadi, and Y. Scudeller, Applied Physics Letters 105, 221905 (2014).

86- Iron on GaN(0001) Pseudo-1×1-1+ 1/12 Investigated by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and First-Principles Theory, Wenzhi Lin, Andrada-Oana Mandru, Arthur R. Smith, Noboru Takeuchi, Hamad A. H. Al-Brithen, Applied Physics Letters 104, 171607 (2014).

87- Photoresponse and electrical properties of Al/nanostructure NiFe2O4/p-Si/Al photodiode, M. Cavas, Z. Alahmed, H. Albrithen, and F. Yakuphangulo, (2014) J. Electroceram, 10.1007/s10832-013-9862-4.

Year 2012:

88- Tailoring of CdS Nano Films Through CBD-Isochronal Synthesis For PV Applications, Amanullah Fatehmulla, Abdullah M Aldhafiri, Hamad Albrithen, Omar Al-Dossari, Adil M Hassib, Mohammad L Hussein, Jalinder D Ambekar, Dinesh P Amalnerkar and Mohammed Aslam (2012). MRS Proceedings, 1396 , mrsf11-1396-o03-08 doi:10.1557/opl.2012.815

89- Investigating GaSb(001) Dry Etching by Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion Etcher Using silicon Free Sample Holder, Hamad A. Albrithen, Gale S. Petrich, Leslie A. Kolodziejski, Abdelmajid Salhi and Abdulrahman A. Almuhanna (2012). MRS Proceedings, 1396 , mrsf11-1396-o07-33 doi:10.1557/opl.2012.775

Year 2011:

90- Optical and Spectroscopic ellipsometric Study of Indium Boron Nitride Sputtered Thin Film with Low Boron Concentration, M. A. Ebdah, M. E. Kordesch, D. C. Ingram, H. A. Albrithen, A. A. Ibdah, and K. Cooper. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceeding, 1307 (2011).

Year 2009:

91- Microorganism Inactivation by Microwaves Irradiation in Riyadh Sewage Treatment Water Plant, Fahad N.Almajhdi, Hamad Albrithen, Hisham Alhadlaq, Mohammed Farrage, and Ahmed Abdel-Mageed, World Applied Sciences Journal 6 (5), 600-607 (2009).

Year 2006:

92- Surface Reconstructions of Cubic GaN(001) Grown by rf N-Plasma MBE under Ga-rich Conditions, Muhammad B. Haider, Rong Yang, Costel Constantin, Erdong Lu, Arthur R. Smith, and Hamad A. H. Al-Brithen, Journal of Applied Physics 100, 083516 (2006).

93- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Cr-doped GaN Surface Grown by RF Plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Muhammad B. Haider, Rong Yang,
Hamad Al-Brithen, Costel Constantin, Arthur R.Smith , Gabriel Caruntu, and Charles J. O’Connor, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceeding 892, 0892-FF04-03.1 (2006).

Year 2005:

94- Dependence of Magnetic Properties on the Growth Conditions of MnGaN Grown by rf N-plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Muhammad B. Haider, Costel Constantin, Hamad Al-Brithen, Gabriel Caruntu, Charles J. O'Conner, and Arthur R. Smith, Physica Status Solidi (a) 202:6, 1135 (2005).

95- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Structural Phase Transformation in Manganese Nitride: θ-MnN→ η-Mn¬3N2¬, R. Yang, M. B. Haider, H. A. AL-Brithen, and A. R. Smith, Applied Physics A 81, 695 (2005).

96- Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in CrGaN: Dependence on Growth Conditions in rf N-plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Muhammad B. Haider, Rong Yang, Hamad Al-Brithen, Costel Constantin, David C. Ingram, Arthur R. Smith, Gabriel Caruntu, and Charles J. O’Connor, Journal of Crystal Growth 285, 300 (2005).

97- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Surface Simulation of Zinc-Blende GaN(001)
Intrinsic 4x Reconstruction: Linear Gallium Tetramers?, Hamad AL-Brithen, Muhammed Haider, Rong Yang, Costel Constantin, Erdong Lu, Nancy Sandler, Arthur Smith, and Pablo Ordejon, Physical Review Letters 95, 146102 (2005).

Year 2004:

98- ScGaN Alloy Growth by Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Evidence for a Metastable Layered Hexagonal Phase, Costel Constantin, Hamad Al-Brithen, Muhammad B. Haider, David Ingram, and Arthur R. Smith, Physical Review B 70, 193309 (2004).

99- Incorporation of Manganese into Semiconducting ScN Using Radio Frequency Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Hamad A. AL-Brithen, Haiqiang Yang, and Arthur R. Smith, Journal of Applied. Physics 96(7), 3787 (2004).

100- Surface and Bulk Electronic Structure of ScN(001) Investigated by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy and Optical Absorption Spectroscopy, Hamad A. Al-Brithen, Arthur R. Smith, and Daniel Gall, Physical Review B 70(4), 045303 (2004).

101- Mixing Rocksalt and Wurtzite Structure Binary Nitrides to Form Novel Ternary Alloys: ScGaN and MnGaN, Costel Constantin, Hamad Al-Brithen, Muhammad B. Haider, David Ingram, and Arthur R. Smith, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceeding 799, Z9.5 (2004).

Year 2003:

102- Ga/N Flux Ratio Influence on Mn Incorporation, Surface Morphology, and Lattice Polarity During Radio Frequency Molecular Beam Epitaxy of (Ga,Mn)N, Muhammad B. Haider, Costel Constantin, Hamad Al-Brithen, Haiqiang Yang, Eugen Trifan, David Ingram, Arthur R. Smith, C. V. Kelly and Y. Ijiri, Journal of Applied Physics 93(9), 5274 (2003).

Year 2002:

103- Phase Stability, Nitrogen Vacancies, Growth Mode, and Surface Structure of ScN(001) Under Sc-rich Conditions, Hamad A. H. Al-Brithen, Eugen M. Trifan, David C. Ingram, Arthur R. Smith, and Daniel Gall, Journal of Crystal Growth 242, 345 (2002).

104- Crystalline Phase and Orientation Control of Manganese Nitride Grown on MgO(001) by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Haiqiang Yang, Hamad Al-Brithen, Arthur R. Smith, Eugen Trifan, and David C. Ingram, Journal of Applied Physics 91(3), 1053 (2002).

Year 2001:

105- Molecular Beam Epitaxy Control of the Structural, Optical, and Electronic Properties of ScN(001), Arthur R. Smith, Hamad A.H. AL-Brithen, David C. Ingram, and Daniel Gall, Journal of Applied Physics 90(4), 1809 (2001).

106- Structural and Magnetic Properties of - phase Manganese Nitride Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Haiqiang Yang, Hamad Al-Brithen, Arthur R. Smith, J.A. Borchers, R.L. Cappelletti, and M.D. Vaudin, Applied Physics Letters 78, 3860 (2001).

Year 2000:

107- Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of Atomically Smooth Scandium Nitride Films, Hamad Al-Brithen and Arthur R. Smith, Applied Physics Letters 77, 2485 (2000).

Invited Talks:
Exploiting Semiconductors' Properties in Diverse Sensing Methods, Presented at Saudi Semiconductor Forum, KACST, Riyadh (2024).

King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology at King Saud University: Potentials and Scientific Activities, Presented at Tabuk University, Saudi Arabia (2021).
Environmental Activities at King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, Presented at IIT Chennai, India (2019).

Nanotechnology for Public, Presented in Jazan Public School Conference in Science and Technolgy, Saudi Arabia (2019).

ZnO Unusual Alloys CaZnO, SrZnO, and BaZnO: Experimental and Calculation Investigation, Collaborative Conference on Materials Research, Songdo Convesia, Incheon/Seoul, South Korea (2014).

Investigating Wide Band Gap Materials (Nitride and Oxide): Achieved Results and Potential Experiments, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology, Thwal (2012).

Applications of Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology+ Ministry of Education, Riyadh (2011).

Surface Reconstruction of Cubic GaN Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy on MgO(001), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah (2008).

Selected Contributed Conference Talks:

Detection of Programmed Death Ligand 1 Protein as a Breast Cancer Biomarker by Quartz Tuning Forks, European Materials Research Society-Fall Meeting (2023)

The Sodium Flux Technique for Bulk Gallium Nitride Crystal Growth, Paul Von Dollen, Mohammed Abo Alreesh, Siddha Pimputkar, Hamad Albrithen, Shuji Nakamura, and James Speck, American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy 21 (2017).

ScN Alloys for Structural and Electronic Engineering, Saudi Nano Conference and Workshop 2016.

ZnO Alloys: Can They Substitute Nitride Materials? Saudi Nano Conference and Workshop 2014.

MZnO/ZnO (M=Ca, Sr, and Ba) Alloys as Potential Heterostructures for Two-Dimensional Electron Gas, Hamad A. Albrithen, Zeyad A. Alahmed, Ahmed Elnaggar, Joselito P. Labis, Hassan Ouacha, Ahmed Y. Alyamani, Anwar Q. Alanazi, Essa Alfaifi, Hassan Alshahrani, Mudi Almutairi, Jaber Alshaqiqah, Nano Korea (2014).

Investigating BaxZn1-xO Alloy Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, Essa S. Alsalmani , Anwar Q. Alanazi , Joselito P. Labis , Ahmed M. Elnajjar, Zeyad Alahmed, Hamad Albrithen, 17 European Molecular Beam Epitaxy Workshop 2013.

Tailoring of CdS Nano Films through CBD-Isochronal Synthesis For PV Applications, A. Fatehmulla, A.M. Aldhafiri, H. Albrithen, O. Al-Dossari, A.M. Hassib, M.L. Hussein, M. Aslam, M.L. Hussein, J.D. Ambekar, D.P. Amalnerkar, Materials Research Society-Fall meeting 2011, Boston, USA.

Novel Iron-Induced Structures on Gallium Nitride (0001) and (000-1) Studied Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and First Principles Theory, W. LIN, H.A.H. AL-BRITHEN, K.K. WANG, A.V. CHINCHORE, M. SHI, Y. LIU,N. TAKEUCHI, A.R. SMITH, American Vacuum Society 58th International Symposium 2011, Nashville, USA.

Optical and Spectroscopic ellipsometric Study of Indium Boron Nitride Sputtered Thin Film with Low Boron Concentration, M. A. Ebdah, M. E. Kordesch, D. C. Ingram, H. A. Albrithen, A. A. Ibdah, and K. Cooper. Materials Research Society-Fall meeting 2010, Boston, USA.

Estimating the Surface Diffusion Barrier Difference and the Indirect Gap of ScN(001) by Nano-probing: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy, Hamad A. Albrrithen, David C. Ingram, Daniel Gall, and Arthur R. Smith, European Materials Research Society (EMS) Fall Meeting 2007, Warszawa, Poland.

Investigation of the (Group III)-Nitride, ScN, Grown by Radio Frequency Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Hamad A. Albrithen, Daniel Gall, David Ingram, and Arthur R. Smith, First International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides 2006, Linköping, Sweden.

Investigation of the semiconducting ScN and its alloy ScMnN grown by radio
frequency molecular beam epitaxy, Hamad A. H. Albrithen, H. Yang, D. Gall,
and Arthur R. Smith, 12th International Conference on Narrow Gap
Semiconductors 2005, Toulouse, France.

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Surface Reconstructions of Cubic
GaN Grown by rf MBE on MgO(001), Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, and Arthur
R. Smith, March Meeting of the American Physical Society 2003, Austin, TX.

Electronic Structure of ScN(001) Investigated by Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy/Spectroscopy and Optical Spectroscopy, Arthur R. Smith,
Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, and Daniel Gall, March Meeting of the American
Physical Society 2003, Austin, TX.

The Investigation of MnScN Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy,
Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, H. Yang, and Arthur R. Smith, 48th International
Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 29- Nov. 2, 2001.

Structural and Optical Properties of ScN(001) Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy,
Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, and Arthur R. Smith, 47th International Symposium
of the American Vacuum Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 2-6, 2000.

SIESTA study of c-GaN(001)-4x1 surface reconstruction: Tetramers andtheir STM images. Nancy Sandler, Hamad Al-Brithen, Muhammad Haider, Arthur Smith, and Pablo Ordejon, 2005 American Physical Society, March Meeting
Monday–Friday, March 21–25, 2005; Los Angeles, CA

Surface Structure and Phase/Orientation Control of Manganese Nitride Grown
by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, H. Yang, Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, A. R. Smith,
R. L. Cappelletti, J. A. Borchers, and M. D. Vaudin, 48th International Symposium
of the American Vacuum Society, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 29- Nov. 2, 2001.

The Investigation of ScGaN Alloy Growth by rf-MBE, Costel Constantin,
Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, Muhammad Haider, and Arthur R. Smith, 2003
March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Austin, TX.

Growth Regimes of (Ga,Mn)N during rf MBE and their effects on the Alloy For-
mation, Muhammad B. Haider, Costel Constantin, Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen,
Haiqiang Yang, Arthur R. Smith, Eugen Trifan, David C. Ingram, C. V. Kelly,
and Yumi Ijiri, 2003 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Austin,TX.

Advantage Nitrogen-Rich growth for Incorporation of Manganese into GaN
using RF-Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Muhammad Haider, Costel Constantin,
Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, and Arthur R. Smith, 47th Conference on Magnetism
and Magnetic Materials, Tampa, FL, Nov. 11-15, 2002.

Epitaxial Growth of MnxNy, Arthur Smith, Haiqiang Yang, and
Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, 2002 March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Indianapolis, IN.

Spin-polarized STM Study of the Antiferromagnetic Mn3N2(010) Surface, Haiqiang
Yang, Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, and Arthur R. Smith, 2002 March Meeting of
the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN.

Phase Control of Manganese Nitride., Haiqiang Yang, Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen,
and Arthur R. Smith, 29th Conference of Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductor
Interface, Santa Fe, NM, January 6-10, 2002.

Selected Contributed Conference Posters:

Etching GaSb(001) by Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion Etcher Using silicon Free Sample Holder, Hamad Albrithen, L. Kolodjeski, Gale Petrich, A. Salhi, A. Aluhanna, Materials Research Society-Fall meeting 2011, Boston, USA.

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and surface Simulation of c-GaN(001)-4x1 Ga Tetramer Reconstruction, Hamad A. H. AL-Brithen, M. B. Haider, N. Sandler, P. Ordejon, and A. R. Smith, 2005 Fall Meeting, European Materials Research Society, Warszawa, Poland.

New Reconstruction of Clean c-GaN(001) Studied by Scanning Tunneling Mi-
croscopy, Hamad A. AL-Brithen, Mohammed Maqbool, Arthur Smith, Martin
Kordesch, and Hugh Richardson, 8th Wide-Bandgap III-Nitride Workshop,
Richmond, VA, September 29, 2003.

Structural, Optical, and Electronic Properties of Semiconducting Scandium Ni-
tride Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, H. A. H. AL-Brithen, A. R. Smith,
David C. Ingram, and Daniel Gall, 4th International Conference on Nitride
Semiconductors, Denver, CO, July 16-20, 2001.

Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth and Characterization of the Mn-Ga-N System,
H. Yang, H. AL-Brithen, and A. R. Smith, 4th International Conference on
Nitride Semiconductors, Denver, CO, July 16-20, 2001.

Advantage of Nitrogen-Rich Growth for Incorporation of Manganese into GaN
using RF Plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Costel Constantin, Muhammad
Haider, Hamad AL-Brithen, and Arthur R. Smith, 2002 Fall Meeting of the
Materials Research Society, Boston, MA.