Professor Dr. Marwan S. Mousa Mu'tah University, P.O Box 7, Al-Karak, Jordan. Tel: : 962-3-2386105, Mobile: 962-79-5659761, Fax: 962-3-2386789, C. Phys. & M. inst. P., Surface Physics Dept. of Physics Faculty of Science Tel: : 962-3-2372380 Extn. 4711, Mobile: 962-79-5659761, Fax: 962-3-2375540, E-mail: mmousa@mutah.edu.jo

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Personal  Data:
 

Career Resume:

1st Feb - 30th August 1977;	Lecturer of Physics at the "Technical School of the Royal Jordanian Airforce".
Sept 1985 - May 1990;	Assistant professor of Physics, Dept. of Natural Sciences, Mu'tah University, Jordan. Responsible for formulation of educational plans in physics, setting up physics laboratories, developing new undergraduate courses in applied physics. Particular attention is being paid to establish a surface physics research facility.
May 1990 - May 1996;	Associate professor of physics.
Sept 1994 - Sept 1995;	Head of the Dept. of Physics.
9 May 1996;	Full professor of Physics in the Dept. of Physics, Mu'tah University.
8 June 1996 - 1 July 1997;	appointed as the University President's  Advisor for International Affairs.
14 October 1996;	appointed on the pre-selection committee of the candidates for postgraduate scholarships to Germany, by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
2 Jan 1997;	elected as the president of the "Jordanian Club of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellows (HCJ)".
1996/7;	appointed at the Editorial Board of the "Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies".
17 Sept 1998;	elected as the General Secretary of the Steering Committee of the International Field Emission Society.
Sept, 1999	the Senior Guest Editor of the Proceedings of the 45th I.F.E.S. published by Elsevier, North Holland, as two parts in Ultramicroscopy and Mat. Sci. Eng. A and bound in one volume.
1999	chosen by The American Biographical Institute for distinguished standing and conferred with an honorary appointment to the "Research Board of Advisors".
28 July 2000	elected as the Secretary of the International Steering Committee (ISC) of the International Field Emission Society (IFES).
29 July - 3 August 2001.	Appointed as a member of the Advisory Board to organize IFES'2001 to be held in Berlin
31 July, 2001	Chairman of the workshop: Low-Macroscopic-field electron emission held during IFES'2001.
2 August 2001	elected as the Secretary of the International Steering Committee (ISC) of the International Field Emission Society (IFES).
2001/2	appointed at the Editorial Board of the "Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies".
October 2001	appointed on the pre-selection committee of the candidates for postgraduate scholarships to Germany, by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
12 Jan 2002	elected as the president of the "Jordanian Club of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellows (HCJ)".
18 Feb 2002	appointed as the University President's Assistant for Scientific External and International Affairs.
1 Sept. 2002	appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing for two years.
15 Sept. 2002	appointed as a member of the committee for appointments and promotions in Mu’tah University.
October 2003	appointed on the pre-selection committee of the candidates for postgraduate scholarships to Germany, by the DAAD.
1 Sept. 2004	re-appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing for two more years.
October 2004	appointed on the pre-selection committee of the candidates for postgraduate scholarships to Germany, by the DAAD.
18 July 2006	elected as a member of the International Steering Committee (ISC) of the International Field Emission Society (IFES) for six years.
2006/2007	appointed on the Scientific Research Council of the Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
4 November 2006	appointed on the pre-selection committee of the candidates for postgraduate scholarships to Germany, by the DAAD.
Jan 2007	appointed by the Higher Education Ministry at the Editorial Board of the "Jordanian Journal of Physics".

Membership in Scientific Institutions:

• Member of the Institute of Physics (UK).
• Member of the European Physical Society (Switzerland).
• Member of the International Field Emission Society.
• Member of the Association of Jordanian Physicists.
• Senior member in IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; USA)

Academic Qualifications:

• B.Sc., General Physics, four years course, degree awarded 1976, University of Sulaimanieh, Iraq.
• M.Sc., Physical Methods of Analysis, University of Aston in Birmingham, U.K. Dissertation title :"Energy spectra of field emitted electrons".
• Ph.D., University of Aston in Birmingham, Doctorate awarded 1984, title of thesis :"A study of field electron emission from composite micro-regimes".

Prizes and Awards:

• 1984 "Aston Graduates Association Prize" for "exceptional contribution to the social life of the University " .
• Honoury life membership of the Aston University Guild of Students, conferred in recognition for the organization of Aston students International Cultural Weeks.
• "Fulbright Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship" during the academic year 1991 / 1992.
• "Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Fellowship" starting from June 1992 until Sept. 1993.
• Resumption of the "Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Fellowship" starting from 1st June until 30th  Sept. 1994.
• DAAD Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, June - August 1997.
• HRH Crown Prince Hassan Medal, awarded on 17th Sept 1998 to distinguished scientists attending the 45th International Field Emission Symposium (I.F.E.S.).
• King Hussein Medal, awarded on 8th October 1998 in recognition of the distinguished scientific efforts in preparation and organization of the 45th I.F.E.S. held in Jordan 12 - 18th Sept 1998.
• "Fulbright Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship" during the academic year 1999 / 2000

Donations of Equipment:

• - 1993/4 the"Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung" donated a LEED AUGER instrument upon the success of the research project carried out at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin.
• - 1994/5 a Philips Transmission Electron Microscope TEM 300 was donated, installed and operated in Mu'tah University as a result of the collaboration existing with Philips and the Fritz-Haber-Institut.
• - Similar donated microscopes were obtained for the Hashemieh University (Zarqa) and the University of Jordan (Amman).
• -1996/7 Donations, worth hundreds of thousands of D.M., of Periodicals and Books were obtained, for the library of Mu’tah University, from the German DFG and the Ministry of International Communication.

International Activity:

• - West Berlin (Germany), 6th – 11th July 1986: I attended the 33rd "International Field Emission Symposium" (I.F.E.S.) and presented a paper titled "Hot electron emission from composite metal-insulator microemitters ".
• - Trieste (Italy), 17th June – 8th July 1987: a study visit to the "International Center for Theoretical Physics", where a paper was accepted and published as Internal Report IC/87/161, with the title "Study of field induced hot-electron emission using the composite microemitters with varying dielectric layer thickness".  This paper was also published in J. Phys. (Paris).
• - Osaka (Japan), 12th – 19th July 1987: I attended the 34th "I.F.E.S." and presented two papers titled "Field emission from a new type of electron source" and "Study of field induced hot-electron emission using the composite microemitters with varying dielectric layer thickness".
• - Birmingham (UK), 30th July – 27th Sept. 1987: post-doctoral research in Aston University in Birmingham.
• -Crowly (UK), 14th –18th Sept. 1987, I attended a vacuum technology course at "Edwards High Vacuum PLC".
• - Manchester (UK), 11th – 14th April 1988: I attended the First "European Vacuum Conference" and presented a paper titled "Characteristics of tungsten substrate with Al2O3 coatings under U.H.V. conditions".
• - Piechowice (Poland), 9th – 14th May 1988: I attended the 12th "International Seminar on Surface Physics" (I.S.S.P.) and presented a paper titled  "Cold cathode field emission using both Al-resin and Au-resin coatings on tungsten substrate".
• - Oak Ridge (U.S.A.), 17th – 23rd July 1988: I attended the 35th "I.F.E.S." and presented a paper titled "Effect of lacomit films on cold-cathode hot-electron emission".
• - West Berlin (Germany), 24th July – 24th Sept. 1988: post-doctorate research in the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. The title of the investigation was "The kinetics of adsorption and thermal desorption of NO on stepped Pt & Rh single crystal surfaces".
• - Piechowice (Poland), 22nd – 27th May 1989: I attended the 13th "I.S.S.P."  and presented a paper titled "A new perspective on the hot electron emission from metal-insulator microstructures".
• - Birmingham (U.K.), 3rd July – 18th August 1989: post-doctoral research at Aston University, Birmingham.  The second stage of the research project started during the summer of 1987 was completed.
• - Oxford (U.K.), 30th July – 4th August 1989: I attended the 36th "I.F.E.S." and presented a joint paper titled "Factors influencing the stability of cold-cathodes formed by coating a planar electrode with a metal-insulator composite".
• -  (U.S.S.R.), 16th – 30th Jan. 1990: to give lectures and investigate the possibility for joint investigations, upon the invitation of: Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. in Moscow and Leningrad, Academy of the Ukranian SSR in Kiev, Electro-Technical Institute of Communications in Leningrad, and Bashkir State University in Ufa.
• - Albaquerque (U.S.A.), 29th July – 3rd August 1990: I attended the 37th "I.F.E.S." and presented a paper titled "Effect of an internally conductive coating on the electron emission from glass tips".
• - Viena (Austria), 5th – 9th August 1991: I attended the 38th "I.F.E.S." and presented a paper titled "Field electron emission studies on zinc oxide coated tungsten microemitters".  Another joint paper was presented (by Madenach and Abend) that was titled "Influence of electrostatic fields on binding energy (NO on Rh)".
• -  SRI Int. (Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.), 10th August 1991 – 1st June 1992, on sabbatical leave from Mu'tah Univ., as an "SRI International Fellow".   This research program was carried out after being awarded a  "Fulbright Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship" during the academic year1991/1992.
• -  Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Berlin, Germany), 1st June 1992- Sept. 1993, on leave from Mu'tah Univ. This post-doctoral research program was carried out after being awarded an "Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung" fellowship for 16 months.
• -  Halifax (Canada), 10th – 14th August 1992: I attended the 39th "I.F.E.S." and presented three papers titled "Observations of work function changes in field-emitter arrays", "Hydrogen and acetylene adsorption on micro-fabricated field emitter arrays" and "Analysis of some properties of metal-glass microemitters subjected to strong electric fields ".
• - Kudowa (Poland), 5th – 10th Oct. 1992: I attended the 16th "I.S.S.P" and presented four papers titled "Investigation of in situ carbon coating on field emitter arrays", "Observations on field forming process of ZnO-W cold cathodes", "Study of hydrogen plasma on microfabricated field-emitter arrays", and " 'Switch-on' phenomena in field electron and field ion microscopy".
• - Nagoya (Japan), 2nd – 6th August 1993: I attended the 40th "I.F.E.S." and presented two papers titled "Analysis of the switch-on phenomenon associated with emission characteristics." and "Surface Analysis of the PdCu(110) single crystal alloy at different segregation rates."
• - Warwick (U.K.), 30th August – 4th Sept. 1993: I attended the 13th European Conference on Surface Science and presented a paper titled "Adsorption and desorption of oxygen and nitrogen on PdCu(110) single crystal alloy surfaces."
• - Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Berlin, Germany),7th -  27th Jan. 1994, post-doctoral research.
• - Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Berlin, Germany), 1st June – Sept. 1994, post-doctoral research program was carried out after being awarded a resumption to the "Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung" fellowship for four months.
• -  Kudowa (Poland), 6th – 11th June 1994 : I attended the 17th "I.S.S.P" and presented two papers titled "Oxidation of CO on PdCu(110) single crystal alloy catalyst: steady state, hysteresis and related surface phenomena" and "Cold-cathode emission from Cu-broad area electrodes overlayed by resin-ZnO composite".
• - Rouen (France), 11th – 15th July 1994: I attended the 41st "I.F.E.S" and presented a paper titled "Field electron emission properties of the MgO/W system."
• - Koln (Germany), 11th –16th June 1995: Scientific visit to educational establishment.
• - (Germany), 24th July – 11th August 1995: Scientific visits to investigate the possibility for joint collaboration and to establish academic exchange program, upon the invitation of: Bonn Univ., Alexander-Von-Humboldt Stiftung, Erlangen Univ., VSI, Free Univ. of Berlin, Fritz-Haber Institut and BESSY.
• - Madison (U.S.A.), 7th July – 11th August 1995: I attended the 42nd "I.F.E.S." and presented a paper titled "Electron emission from carbon fibre tips".
  
• -  Polanica Zdroj (Poland), 10th – 14th June 1996: I attended the 18th "I.S.S.P." and presented two papers titled "CO chemisorption on PdCu(110) : a work function study" and "Thermal desorption spectroscopy analysis of oxygen from Pd-rich surfaces of PdCu(110) single crystal".
  
• -  St. Petersburg (Russia), 7th – 12th July 1996: I attended the 9th Int. Vacuum Microelectronics Conference (9th IVMC) and presented a paper titled "The influence of the applied electric field on the energy spectra of electrons emitted from carbon fibre microemitters".
  
• -  Moscow (Russia), 14th – 19th July 1996: I attended the 43rd "I.F.E.S.".
  
• -  Bonn (Germany), 16th – 23rd Feb. 1997: attending the international meeting for the presidents of the Alexander von Humboldt clubs around the world.
  
• -  (Germany), 18th – 26th April 1997: visiting various scientific institutions in Berlin, Leipzik, Hannover and Bonn upon the invitation of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  
• -  Bonn (Germany), 10th June – Sept. 1997: Post-doctoral research at the Physical Chemistry Dept. of Bonn Universitat on a DAAD fellowship.
  
• -  Tsukuba (Japan), 6th – 11th July 1997: I attended the 44th I.F.E.S. and presented a paper titled "Influence of the applied electric field and gas adsorption on the energy spectra of electrons emitted from carbon fibre microemitters"
  
• -  Erlangen (Germany), 23rd July 1997, gave an invited talk at Erlangen University.
  
• -  Irbid (Jordan), 12th – 18th Sept. 1998, I attended the 45th I.F.E.S. and presented 5 papers titled "In-situ transition mechanism from cold to hot electron emission", "The effect of anode voltage temperature on the molybdenum field-emitter arrays", "Dependence of NFI of Tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) on the structure of the cathode coating, formed by TCNE exposition under various conditions", "Field electron emission properties of the MgO/W system" and "Stability considerations of metal-diamond-vacuum microemission regimes".
  
• - FIU (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng., Florida Int. University, Miami, USA), 1st Sept. 1999 – 31st May 2000, on sabbatical leave from Mu’tah Univ., as a visiting professor. This research program was carried out after being awarded a "Fulbright Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship" during the academic year 99/2000.
  
• - Miami (USA), 1st – 3rd Nov. 1999: I attended the TECH EAST 1999 – 2009 Conference.
  
• - Orlando, Univ. of Central Florida, USA, 12th – 17th March 2000, I attended the 3rd joint meeting of the Microscopy Society of America and the American Vacuum Society and presented three papers titled "Prototypes using composite field emission sources for generating microwave radiation by laser-assisted field emission",  "Experimental measurements of current enhancement and modulation due to laser-assisted field electron emission" and "Simulations of devices generating microwave and THz radiation by resonant laser-assisted field emission".
  
• -  Washington, D.C., USA, 12th – 15th April 2000, I attended the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Conference "Modern democracy in a Changing World".
  
• - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee (USA), June 2000 – Feb. 2001, fellowship doing research at the Microscopy & Microanalytical Sciences / Metals and Ceramics Division working on a novel approach to gaseous field ion sources for focused ion beam applications. 
  
•    Feb. – May. 2001 fellowship doing research on developing electropolishing and ion milling techniques to fabricate Atom Probe Field Ion Microscopy (APFIM) specimens of bulk molybdenum-based alloys.
  
• - Pittsburgh (USA), 23rd – 28th July 2000, I attended the 46th I.F.E.S. and presented 5 papers titled "Precipitate-hardened NiAl alloys as innovative gaseous field ion sources", "Comparison between experimental and computer simulations of current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of dielectric-coated photon-stimulated field emitters", "Prototypes using metal, carbon fiber and composite field emission sources modulated by a laser beam", "Measurement of field emission current variations by an amplitude modulated laser beam" and "Simulations of photon-assisted tunneling using the Fokker-Planck equation to model the scattering of electrons within the emitting metal tip".
  
• - Madison (USA), 4th – 7th Feb. 2001, participating in a scientific workshop at the University of Madison in Wisconsin.
  
• - Madison (USA), June – 20th August 2001, participating in a scientific research program on the deployment of electron sources in technology with the University of Madison in Wisconsin and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  
• - Berlin (Germany), 29th July – 3rd August 2001, I attended the 47th I.F.E.S. and presented 8 papers titled "I-V characteristics of a neon focused field ion source", "Grain boundary segregation in high ductility Zr-, B- and C-doped molybdenum weldments", "Effects of hot electron emission on a low conductivity TCNE-polymer layer with FIM surface corrugation study", "Design of field emitter devices for microwave and terahertz applications", "Measurement of bandwidth for generation of radiofrequency signals with carbon fiber field emitters", "Field-Forming process and emission current switch-on of carbon fiber field microemitters", "Stabilization of carbon fiber cold field emission cathodes with a dielectric coating" and "Lifetime and emission stability of carbon cathodes."
  
• - Alicante (Spain), 12th – 16th Nov. 2001, I was invited to attend the 3rd European Field Emission Workshop and presented a keynote lecture titled "Field electron emission from composite microemitters".
  
• - Bonn (Germany), 8th – 12th May 2002, I attended the conference for the presidents of the Humboldt Clubs around the world.
  
• - Lyon (France), 7th – 11th July 2002: I attended the 48th "I.F.E.S" and presented 5 papers titled "Design, fabrication, and testing of prototypes using Laser-Assisted Field Emission to generate signals from 1 – 10 GHz.", "Fabrication and testing of dielectric coated field emitter tips for devices generating microwave signals by Laser-Assisted Field Emission", "Measurements of low-frequency resonance in Laser-Assisted Field Emission", "Measurements of current modulation in Laser-Assisted Field Emission with carbon fiber tips" and "I-V characteristics of carbon-fiber cold field-emission tips with a dielectric coating."
  
• - Cairo (Egypt), 27th August – 1st Sept. 2002.
  
• - Cairo (Egypt), 1st Feb. – 7th Feb. 2003.
  
• - Graz (Austria), 12th – 16th July 2004: I attended the 49th "I.F.E.S" and presented an invited talk and review paper titled "The influence of the dielectric coating on the field emission mechanism from field emitting electron sources ".
  
• - Mombay (India), 19th – 21st Feb. 2006: I attended the 3rd Western Regional Humboldt Colloqium and presented scientific talk titled: "Transfer mechanism from cold to hot electron emission"
  
• -Penang (Malaysia), 21st - 25th Sept. 2006: I attended the AVH-Kellog on "Biotechnology and scientific advances for socio-economic benefits" and presented a talk titled "Characteristics of carbon fiber cold field-emission tips with a dielectric coating".
  
• - Guilin (China), 17th – 20th July 2006: I attended the 50th "I.F.E.S" and presented 4 papers titled "Evaluation of a neon focused field ion source: fabrication and characteristics", "Measurement of anomalous high-frequency oscillations during field emission and their possible significance in pulsed field emission", "Time-dependent response of field emission by single carbon nanotubes", and                  " Simulation of sub-femtosecond response in laser-assisted field emission".

National Activity:

• -  Amman (Jordan), Sept 1985: I attended the 3rd Petra school of physics.
  
• - Amman, 24th – 26th March 1986: I attended an Int. conference about remote sensing.
• Amman, 24th August – 3rd Sept 1986: I attended " Int. Seminar on appropriate technology in the fields of solar and wind energy applications ".
  
• - 1987; initiating the federation agreement between the Int. Centre for theoretical physics (I.C.T.P.; Trieste, Italy) and the Physics Dept. of Mu'tah University.
  
• - Amman, 28th – 31st Oct. 1987: I attended the "1st Int. Conference for condensed matter".
  
• - Amman, 20th – 24th March 1989: I attended the 2nd Int. Conference for condensed matter.
  
• - Irbid, June 1991: I attended one-week computer course on some computer applications in physics at the " Center for theoretical Physics, Yarmouk University ".
  
• - 1990 - 1991: I supervised the process of maintaining some vacuum equipment of the faxenes center that belong to the Ministry of Agriculture and provided a vacuum technology intensive course to the operators of the equipment.
  
• -  Amman, 18th – 21st April 1994: I attended the 3rd Int. Conference for condensed matter.
  
• - Jordan, 1st – 3rd Nov. 1997, Director of the First Conference on Materials Science CMS1, Mu'tah University.
  
• -  Jordan, 10th Sept. 1998, organized the International Introductory School about Field Electron, Field Ion Emission, Atom probe and Vacuum Microelectronics that was held at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST).
  
• - Jordan, 12th – 18th Sept. 1998, Chairman of the 45th International Field Emission Symposium, held at JUST.
  
• - Jordan, 13th Oct. 2001, elected as an executive committee member for the national team of the Synchrotron project in Jordan (SESAME)
  
• - Jordan, 23rd – 25th Sept 2001, attended the Jordanian 9th Scientific Week organized by the Higher Council for Science and Technology.
  
• - Jordan, 21st – 23rd Sept 2003, attended the Jordanian 10th Scientific Week organized by the Higher Council for Science and Technology.
  
• - Jordan, 18th – 20th Sept 2005, attended the Jordanian 11th Scientific Week organized by the Higher Council for Science and Technology.
  
• - Jordan, 27th – 28th Sept 2006, attended the Jordanian 12th Scientific Week organized by the Higher Council for Science and Technology.
  
• - Jordan, 3rd Sept 2006, spending sabbatical year at the dept. of Physics, Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq.

Courses taught at Mu'tah University:

Publications:

1.         G.L.Mair, D.C.Grindrod, M.S.Mousa and R.V.Latham,
"Beam-energy distribution measurements of liquid gallium field-ion sources."
            J. Phys. D. : Appl. Phys., 16, L 209 - L213, (1983).
2.         R.V.Latham and M.S.Mousa,
"Hot electron emission from composite metal-insulator micro-point cathodes."
            J. Phys. D : Appl. Phys., 19, 699 - 713, (1986).
3.         M.S.Mousa and R.V.Latham,
            "Hot-electron emission from composite metal-insulator microemitters."
            J. Phys. (Paris), 47, C7, 139 - 144, (1986).
4.         M.S.Mousa,
            "Field emission from a new type of electron source."
            J. Phys. (Paris), 48, C6, 109 - 114, (1987).
5.         M.S.Mousa,
"Study of field induced hot-electron emission using the composite             microemitters with varying dielectric layer thickness."
            J. Phys. (Paris), 48, C6, 115 - 120, (1987).
6.         M.S.Mousa,
"Characteristics of tungsten substrate with Al2O3 coatings under U.H.V. conditions."
            Vacuum, 38, 835 - 838, (1988).
7.         M.S.Mousa,
            "Effect of lacomit films on cold-cathode hot-electron emission."
            J. Phys. (Paris), 49, C6, 237 - 242, (1988).
8.         S.Bajic, M.S.Mousa and R.V.Latham,
"Factors influencing the stability of cold-cathodes formed by coating a planar electrode with a metal-insulator composite."
            J. Phys. (Paris), 50, C8, 79 - 84, (1989).
9.         M.S.Mousa,
"Cold cathode field emission using both Al-resin and Au-resin  coatings on tungsten substrate."
            Surface Science, 231, 142 - 148, (1990).
10.       M.S.Mousa,
"A new perspective on the hot electron emission from metal-insulator microstructures."
            Surface Science, 231, 149 - 159, (1990).
11.       M.S.Mousa,
"Effect of an internally conductive coating on the electron emission from glass tips."
            Surface Science, 246, 79 - 86 (1991).
12.       M.S.Mousa,
"Field electron emission studies on zinc oxide coated tungsten micro- emitters."
            Surface Science, 266, 110 - 120 (1992).
13.       R.Madenach, G.Abend, M.S.Mousa, H.J.Kreuzer and J.H.Block,
            "Influence of electrostatic fields on binding energy ( NO on Rh )."
            Surface Science, 266, 56 - 61 (1992).
14.       M.S.Mousa and D.B.Hibbert,
"Field emission of electrons from glass tips with internal conducting coats."
            J. Phys. D : Appl. Phys., 26, 697-703 (1993).
15.       M.S.Mousa and D.B.Hibbert,
"Analysis of some properties of metal-glass microemitters subjected  to strong electric fields."      
            Applied Surface Science, 67, 59-65 (1993).
16.       M.S.Mousa, P.R.Schwoebel, I.Brodie and C.A.Spindt,
            "Observations of work function changes in field-emitter arrays."
            Applied Surface Science, 67, 56-58 (1993).
17.       M.S.Mousa, C.E.Holland, I.Brodie and C.A.Spindt,
"The effect of hydrogen and acetylene processing on microfabricated field-emitter arrays."
            Applied Surface Science, 67, 218-221 (1993).
18.       M.S.Mousa, A.Karpowicz and S.Surma,
            "'Switch-on' phenomena in field electron and field ion microscopy."
            Vacuum, 45, 2/3, 249-254 (1994).
19.       M.S.Mousa,
            "Observations of a field forming process for ZnO-W cold cathodes."
            Vacuum, 45, 2/3, 245-248 (1994).
20.       M.S.Mousa,
"A study of the effect of hydrogen plasma on microfabricated field-emitter arrays"
            Vacuum, 45, 2/3, 235-239 (1994).
21.       M.S.Mousa,
            "Investigations of in situ carbon coating on field emitter arrays."
            Vacuum, 45, 2/3, 241-244 (1994).
22.       M.S.Mousa, J.Loboda-Cackovic, S.Jaenicke and J.H.Block,
"Adsorption and desorption of oxygen and nitrogen on PdCu(110) single crystal alloy surfaces."
            Surface Science, 307-309, 401-406 (1994).
23.       M.S.Mousa, J.Loboda-Cackovic and J.H.Block,
"Characterization of PdCu(110) single crystal surface compositions during CO chemisorption."
            Vacuum, 46, 2, 117-125 (1995).
24.       J.Loboda-Cackovic, M.S.Mousa and J.H.Block,
"Surface analysis of the PdCu(110) single crystal alloy at different segregation rates."
            Vacuum, 46, 2, 89-96 (1995).
25.       M.S.Mousa, A. Hammoudeh, J.Loboda-Cackovic and J.H.Block,
"The CO-oxidation on Pd-rich surfaces of PdCu(110) : hysteresis in  reaction rates."
            Journal of Molecular Catalysis, A : Chemical 96, 271-276 (1995).
26.       J.Loboda-Cackovic,A.Hammoudeh, M.S.Mousa and J.H.Block,
"Oxidation of CO on PdCu(110) single crystal alloy catalyst: steady state, hysteresis and related surface phenomena."
            Vacuum, 46, 5/6, 411-415 (1995).
27.       M.S.Mousa and Yu Suckorski,
"Cold-cathode emission from Cu-broad area electrodes overlayed by resin-ZnO composite."
            Vacuum, 46, 5/6, 569-573 (1995).
28.       M.S.Mousa,
            "Electron emission from carbon fibre tips."
            Applied Surface Science,  94, 94/95, 129-135 (1996).
29.       M.S.Mousa, J.Loboda-Cackovic and J.H.Block,
"Thermal desorption spectroscopy analysis of oxygen from Pd-rich surfaces of PdCu(110) single crystal."
            Vacuum, 48, 3/4, 375-381 (1997).
30.       A.Hammoudeh J.Loboda-Cackovic, M.S.Mousa and J.H.Block,
"CO chemisorption on Pd-rich surfaces of PdCu(110) : A work function change study."
            Vacuum, 48, 3/4, 187-190 (1997).
31.       M.S.Mousa,
"The influence of the applied electric field and gas on the energy spectra of electrons emitted from carbon fibre microemitters."
            Ultramicroscopy, 73, 23-30 (1998).
32.       A.Hammoudeh, M.S.Mousa and J.Loboda-Cackovic,
"Interaction of CO with clean and oxygen covered PdCu(110) single crystal alloy."
            Vacuum, 54, 239-243 (1999).
33.       M.S.Mousa, A.Hammoudeh and J.Loboda-Cackovic,
"Chemisorption of nitrogen on PdCu(110) single crystal alloy."
            Vacuum, 54, 251-255 (1999).
34.       S.Z.Deng, Z.X.Yu, N.S.Xu, M.S.Mousa and R.V.Latham,
"Stability consideration of metal-diamond-vacuum microemission regimes."
            Ultramicroscopy,79,  95-100 (1999).
35.       M.S.Mousa,
"Effect of anode voltage temperature on molybdenum field emitter arrays."
            Mat. Sci.& Eng. A 270 vii, 97-102 (1999).
36.       M.S.Mousa, M.Al Share’
"Study of the MgO-coated W emitters by field electron emission microscopy."
            Ultramicroscopy, 79, 195-202 (1999).
37.       M.S.Mousa, K.Lorenz and N.S.Xu,
"In-situ observation of the transition process from cold to hot electron emission during field emission assisted vacuum deposition of polymer on W tips."
            Ultramicroscopy, 79, 43-49 (1999).
38.       M.S.Mousa, M.Brugat, M.Hagmann and E.P.Sheshin,
"Prototypes using metal, carbon fiber and composite field emission sources modulated by a laser beam."
Ultramicroscopy, 89, 129-135 (2001).     
39.       M.J. Hagmann, M.S.Mousa and M.Brugat,
"Simulations of photon-assisted tunneling using the Fokker-Planck equation to model the scattering of electrons within the emitting metal tip."
            Ultramicroscopy, 89, 23-38 (2001).
40.       A.Mayer, M.S.Mousa and J.-P.Vigneron,
"Comparison between experimental and computer simulations of current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of dielectric-coated photon-stimulated field emitters."
            Ultramicroscopy, 89, 95-104  (2001).
41.       M.Brugat, M.S.Mousa, E.P.Sheshin and M.Hagmann,
"Measurement of field emission current variations by an amplitude modulated laser beam."
            Mat. Sci. & Eng. A327, 7-15 (2002).

42.       M.K.Miller, E.A.Kenik, M.S.Mousa, K.F.Russel and A.J.Bryhan,
"Improvement in the ductility of molybdenum alloys due to grain boundary segregation."
Scripta Materialia, 46, 299-303 (2002).   
43.       M.J.Hagmann, M.S.Mousa and M.Brugat,
"Design of field emitter devices for microwave and terahertz applications."
            Mat. Sci. & Eng. A 353, 41 - 46 (2003).
44.       M.S.Mousa and T.F.Kelly,
"Stabilization of carbon-fiber cold field-emission cathodes with a dielectric coating."
            Ultramicroscopy, 95, 125-130 (2003).
45.       K.-L.Lorenz and M.S.Mousa,
"Effects of hot electron emission on a low conductivity Tetracyanoethylene polymer layer including studies of the corrugation of the film surface."
            Ultramicroscopy,  95, 113-117 (2003).
46.       M.S.Mousa, M.J.Hagmann M.Brugat, and E.P.Sheshin,
"Measurements of self-sustained enhancement of Field emission of carbon fiber microemitters."
            Ultramicroscopy,  95, 119-124 (2003).
47.       A.S.Baturin, T.F.Kelly, M.S.Mousa, T.Gribb, R. Martens and E.P.Sheshin,
"Lifetime and emission stability of carbon cathodes."
            Mat. Sci. & Eng. A 353, 22 - 26 (2003).
48.       M.J.Hagmann , M.S.Mousa, M.Brugat, E.P.Sheshin, and A.S.Baturin
Large-signal and small-signal electronic equivalent circuits for a field electron emitter
Surf. Interface Anal., 36, 402-406 (2004).
49.       M.S.Mousa and T.F.Kelly,
"Characteristics of carbon-fiber cold field-emission tips with a dielectric coating."
            Surface Interface and Analysis, 36, 444-448 (2004).
50.       M.S.Mousa
"The influence of the dielectric coating on the field emission mechanism from field emitting electron sources."
            Surface Interface and Analysis, In Press (2006).
51.       M.J.Hagmann, D.A..Christensen, M.S.Mousa, A.S.Baturin and E.P.Sheshin
"Measurements of anomalous high-frequency oscillations ina field emission tube, and their possible significance in pulsed field emission."
Submitted to Ultramicroscopy , July (2006).
52.       M.J.Hagmann  and M.S.Mousa
"Time-dependent response of field emission by single carbon nanotubes."
Submitted to Ultramicroscopy, July (2006).
53.       M.J.Hagmann  and M.S.Mousa
"Simulation of sub-femtosecond response in laser-assisted field emission."
Submitted to Ultramicroscopy , July (2006).
54.       M.S.Mousa
"Evaluation of a neon focused field ion source: fabrication and  characteristics."
Submitted to Ultramicroscopy, July (2006).
55.       M.Brugat, M.S.Mousa, M.J.Hagmann and E.P.Sheshin
"Measurement of bandwidth for generation of radiofrequency signals with carbon fiber field emitters."
             Submitted to Nanotechnology (2006).
56.       M.J.Hagmann , M.S.Mousa, M.Brugat, E.P.Sheshin, and A.S.Baturin
"Design, fabrication, and testing of prototypes using Laser-Assisted Field Emission to generate signals from 1 – 10 GHz."
            Submitted to Ultramicroscopy  (2006).
57.       M.S.Mousa, M.Brugat, M.J.Hagmann, A.S.Baturin, E.P.Sheshin
Fabrication and testing of dielectric coated field emitter tips for devices generating microwave signals by Laser-Assisted Field Emission.
            Submitted to Ultramicroscopy  (2006).
58.       M.Brugat, M.J.Hagmann , M.S.Mousa
"Measurements of low-frequency resonance in Laser-Assisted Field Emission"
Submitted to Mat. Sci. & Eng. A (2006).
59.       M.Brugat, M.S.Mousa, M.J.Hagmann, E.P.Sheshin, and A.S.Baturin
Measurements of current modulation in Laser-Assisted Field Emission with carbon fiber tips.
            Submitted to Mat. Sci. & Eng. A (2006).
60.       M.S.Mousa,
"The effect of ion beam treatment on the electron emission characteristics of composite microemitters."
            In preparation (2007).
61.       M.S.Mousa,
"Adsorption and desorption of hydrogen and deuterium on Pd-rich surfaces of PdCu(110)."
            In preparation (2007).
62.       M.S.Mousa,
"LEED, AES and TDS analysis of nitric oxide on Pd-rich surfaces of PdCu(110) single crystal alloy."
            In preparation (2007).
63.       M.S.Mousa,
"Field electron microscopic study of Pd emitter."
            In preparation (2007).
64.       M.S.Mousa,
"The influence of Sulphur on the PdCu(110)  alloy characteristics."
            In preparation (2007).
65.       K.Lorenz, M.S.Mousa and F.-W.Rollgen,
"Dependence of NFI of Tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) on the structure of the cathode coating, formed by TCNE exposition under various conditions."
            In preparation, (2007).