Atef Adel Sheekhoon .
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Peer-reviewed research

Publications

Research articles on high-precision nanoparticle photoionization, melting transitions, and lithium isotope effects.

2026 · Editors’ Suggestion

Temperature-dependent photoionization thresholds of alkali-metal nanoparticles reveal thermal expansion and the melting transition

A. O. Haridy, A. A. Sheekhoon, and V. V. Kresin

Physical Review B 113, L041404 (2026)

2025

Photoionization of temperature-controlled nanoparticles in a beam: Accurate and efficient determination of ionization energies and work functions

A. A. Sheekhoon, A. O. Haridy, S. Pedalino, and V. V. Kresin

Review of Scientific Instruments 96, 123705 (2025)

Thesis

Doctoral dissertation

Temperature-Dependent Photoionization of Metal Nanoparticles: Phase Transition, Isotope, and Quantum Effects. PhD dissertation, University of Southern California, August 2026.

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