Ahmed Shahin

Contact
University of Waterloo, Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)
200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 (DWE 2535 / 3507 B)
Mail: a3shahin@uwaterloo.ca
Web: https://uwaterloo.ca/functional-nanomaterials-sustainability-health/
Educational Background
- MASc in Mechanincal and Mechatronics Engineering (Nanotechnology), University of Waterloo
- BSc of Nanotechnology Engineering, Zewail City, Giza, Egypt
Publications
Shahin, A., Saini, A., Kim, N.Y. and Musselman K.P., 2025. Tailoring CuOx Films via Open-Air Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition and Their Application in Room-Temperature Humidity Sensing, Small, e06835. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202506835
Asgarimoghaddam, H.. Chen, Q., Ye, F., Shahin, A., Marchione, O.A.C., Song, B., and Musselman, K.P., 2024. Spatial atomic layer deposition of nitrogen-doped alumina thin films for high-performance perovskite solar cell encapsulation, Nano Energy, 127, 10978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.109782
Asgarimoghaddam, H., Chen, Q., Ye, F., Shahin, A., Song, B., and Musselman, K.P., 2024. Zinc Aluminum Oxide Encapsulation Layers for Perovskite Solar Cells Deposited Using Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition, Small Methods 8, 2300995. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300995
Ullah, F., Ibrahim, K., Mistry, K., Samad, S., Shahin, A., Sanderson, J. and Musselman, K.P., 2023. WS2 and WS2-ZnO Chemiresistive Gas Sensors: Role of Analyte Charge Asymmetry and Molecular Size, ACS Sensors, 8(4), 1630-1638. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.2c02762
Asgarimoghaddam, H., Chen, Q., Ye, F., Shahin, A., Song, B., and Musselman, K.P., 2023. Effect of different oxygen precursors on alumina deposited using a spatial atomic layer deposition system for thin-film encapsulation of perovskite solar cells, Nanotechnology, 35, 095401. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad1059
Ozyigit, D., Ullah, F., Gulsaran, A., Bastug Azer, B., Shahin, A., Musselman, K., Bajcsy, M. and Yavuz, M., 2023. Manufacturing of quantum-tunneling MIM nanodiodes via rapid atmospheric CVD in terahertz band, Scientific Reports, 13, 20733. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47775-5
Ullah, F., Ibrahim, K., Mistry, K., Samad, A., Shahin, A., Sanderson, J. and Musselman, K., 2023. WS2 and WS2-ZnO Chemiresistive Gas Sensors: The Role of Analyte Charge Asymmetry and Molecular Size, ACS Sens, 8, 1630-1638. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.2c02762
Shahin, A., Ibrahim, K., Ye, F., Karimi, R., Sanderson, J. and Musselman, K.P., 2022. Selective sensing of heavy metal ions via fluorescence quenching of femtosecond-laser-synthesized 2D nanoparticles, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 359, 131576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2022.131576
Alshehri, A.H., Shahin, A., Mistry, K., Ibrahim, K.H., Yavuz, M., and Musselman, K.P., 2021. Metal-Insulator-Insulator-Metal Diodes with Responsivities Greater Than 30 A W−1 Based on Nitrogen-Doped TiOx and AlOx Insulator Layers, Adv Electron Mater, 7, 2100467. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202100467
Ibrahim, K., Shahin, A., Jones, A., Alshehri, A.H., Mistry, K., Singh, M.D., Ye, F., Sanderson, J., Yavuz, M. and Musselman, K.P., 2021. Humidity-resistant perovskite solar cells via the incorporation of halogenated graphene particles, Solar Energy, 224, 787-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.06.016
Alshehri, A.H., Loke, J.Y., Nguyen, V.H., Jones, A., Asgarimoghaddam, H., Delumeau, L.V., Shahin, A., Ibrahim, K.H., Mistry, K., Yavuz, M., Muñoz-Rojas, D. and Musselman, K.P., 2021. Nanoscale Film Thickness Gradients Printed in Open Air by Spatially Varying Chemical Vapor Deposition, Adv Funct Mater, 31, 2103271. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202103271
Ye, F., Chang, D., Ayub, A., Ibrahim, K., Shahin, A., Karimi, R., Wettig, S., Sanderson, J. and Musselman, K.P., 2021. Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Plasmonic Molybdenum Oxide Nanomaterials by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation, Chemistry of Materials, 33(12), 4510-4521. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00732
Jones, A., Mistry, K., Kao, M., Shahin, A.,Yavuz, M. and Musselman, K.P., 2020. In-situ spatial and temporal electrical characterization of ZnO thin films deposited by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition on flexible polymer substrates, Scientific Reports, 10, 19947. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76993-4
Yeow, T.W.-K., Mistry, K., Shahin, A., Yavuz, M. and Musselman, K.P., 2020. Atmospheric-pressure spatial chemical vapor deposition of tungsten oxide, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, J. Vac. Sci. Technol., 38(5), 052411. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000347


