Publications

Publications

2025

R. Yahya, S. Alfawaz, A. El-Ghazaly, “Compact Optically Transparent UWB Antenna with Dual Polarization for Diverse Applications,” IEEE Microwave Antennas and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Kochi, Kerala, India, 2025.

Y. Chen, A. Ray, H. Yin, E. Adebi, D. Muller, A. El-Ghazaly, “Finite-Element Simulations and Experimental Study of Single Domain Behavior in Fe65Co35 Nanocubes: Implications for Bioimaging and MEMS Actuators,” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c03514

H. W. Htet, A. El-Ghazaly, “Scaling Effects in Soft Magnetic Actuators Using Electropermanent Magnet Control,” IEEE World Haptics Conference, Suwon, South Korea, 2025.

H. W. Htet, A. El-Ghazaly, “Magnetic Soft Actuator Using Composite Elastomer and Electropermanent Magnet for Haptic Displays,” 2025 23rd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers), Orlando, FL, USA, 2025, pp. 1161-1164. DOI: 10.1109/Transducers61432.2025.11109554

H. Yin, A. El-Ghazaly, “Investigation of Element Mutual Interaction in Nanopatterned Ferromagnetic Thin Film Array,” Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)/Intermag Conference, New Orleans, 2025.

L. Cestarollo, N. Utomo, Y. Chen, L. A. Archer, and A. El-Ghazaly, “Amplifying Magneto-Mechanical Performance of Magnetorheological Elastomers through Surface Functionalization of Iron Nanoparticles,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 17, 10, 15849–15858, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c21502

2024

Yulan Chen, A. El-Ghazaly, “Investigating the Magnetization Behavior and Interactions in Magnetic Nanoparticles and Nanochains,” African Materials Research Society (AMRS) Conference, Kigali, Rwanda, 2024.

K. Srinivasan, A. El-Ghazaly, “A Design Methodology for a Dual-Mode Coplanar Waveguide Junction Circulator,” International Microwave and Antenna Symposium (IMAS), Marrakesh, Morocco, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/IMAS61316.2024.10818141

Rabia Yahya, Haosen Yin, David Bertuch, A. El-Ghazaly, “Optically Transparent 4-port UWB Antenna for MIMO Applications,” International Microwave and Antenna Symposium (IMAS), Marrakesh, Morocco, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/IMAS61316.2024.10818046

Y. Chen, H. Zhang, A. El-Ghazaly, “Bridging Simulation and Experiment: Tuning Dimensional Order in FeCo Magnetic Nanostructures,” Intermag Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2024.

L. Cestarollo, A. El-Ghazaly, “Harnessing Magnetic-Field Driven Actuation for Microscale Motion in MEMS-Inspired Device,” Intermag Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2024.

H. Htet, L. Cestarollo, A. El-Ghazaly, “Comparison of Torque Generated by In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Anisotropic Magnetorheological Elastomers,” Intermag Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2024.

A. El-Ghazaly, Y. Chen, L. Cestarollo, “Increasing Magnetic Anisotropy at The Nanoscale for Micromagnetic Actuators,” Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Seattle, 2024.

Y. Chen, K. Srinivasan, M. Choates, L. Cestarollo, A. El-Ghazaly, “Understanding Magnetic Nanochain Interactions for Reconfigurable Soft Actuators,” Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Seattle, 2024.

A. El-Ghazaly, Y. Chen, L. Cestarollo, “High-Remanence Magnetic Nanostructures for Microactuators,” The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2024.

Y. Chen, H. A. Zhang, A. El-Ghazaly, “Tuning Dimensional Order in Self-Assembled Magnetic Nanostructures: Theory, Simulations, and Experiments,” Nanoscale, 16, 8868-8879, 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D3NR06299F

2023

Y. Chen, K. Srinivasan, M. Choates, L. Cestarollo, A. El-Ghazaly, “Enhanced Magnetic Anisotropy for Reprogrammable High-Force-Density Microactuators,” Advanced Functional Materials, 2023. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202305502

A. El-Ghazaly, Y. Chen, L. Cestarollo, “From Nano to Macro – Increasing Actuator Performance Starting with High-Remanence Magnetic Nanostructures,” Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, Dallas, Texas, 2023.

L. Cestarollo, R. Cantu, K. Srinivasan, A. El-Ghazaly, “Design of Microscale Magnetic Controls for Magnetic-Field Driven Actuation,” Intermag Conference, Sendai, Japan, 2023.

L. Cestarollo, R. Cantu, S. Smolenski, K. Srinivasan, A. El-Ghazaly, “Integrating Nanoparticle-Based Magnetorheological Elastomers and Micro-magnetic Controls for Haptics,” International Symposium on Integrated Magnetics (ISIM), Sendai, Japan, 2023.

K. Srinivasan, E. Oghenekaro, A. El-Ghazaly, “Integrated Ferrites for Widely-Tunable Non-Reciprocal Devices,” International Symposium on Integrated Magnetics (ISIM), Sendai, Japan, 2023.

K. Srinivasan, Y. Chen, L. Cestarollo, J. G. Wright, D. K. Dare, A. El-Ghazaly, “Engineering Large Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Amorphous Ferrimagnetic Gadolinium Cobalt Alloys,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11, 4820-4829, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D3TC00332A

K. Srinivasan and A. El-Ghazaly, “Tunable Non-Reciprocal Phase Shifter and Spin-Coated Ferrites for Adaptive Microwave Circuits,” International Microwave and Antenna Symposium (IMAS), Cairo, Egypt, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/IMAS55807.2023.10066899

Y. Chen, A. El-Ghazaly, “Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanochains in an Intrinsic Magnetic Dipole Force-Dominated Regime,” Small, 19, 2205079, 2023. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205079

2022

A. El-Ghazaly and K. Srinivasan, “Exploring the Limits of RKKY Coupling for Synthetic Antiferromagnets,” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, 2022.

K. Srinivasan, Y. Chen, L. Cestarollo, A. El-Ghazaly, “Tunable Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Amorphous GdxCo1-x Alloys,” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, 2022.

Y. Chen, A. El-Ghazaly, “Spontaneous Assembly of Magnetic Nanochains Induced by Magnetic Dipole Interactions,” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, 2022.

K. Srinivasan, Y. Chen, L. Cestarollo, A. El-Ghazaly, “Role of Composition and Oxygen in Ferrimagnetic GdxCo1-x Alloys for Microwave/mm-Wave Non-Reciprocal Devices,” Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, Minneapolis, 2022.

Y. Chen, A. El-Ghazaly, “Exploring Magnetic Nanochain Anisotropy for Flexible Composite Micro-Actuators,” Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, Minneapolis, 2022.

L. Cestarollo, K. Srinivasan, A. El-Ghazaly, “Investigation of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Pt/Co20Fe60B20/Pt multi-layer structures,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 562, no. 169825, 2022. DOI:10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.169825

L. Cestarollo, S. Smolenski, A. El-Ghazaly, “Nanoparticle-Based Magnetorheological Elastomers with Enhanced Mechanical Deflection for Haptic Displays,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 14, no. 16, 19002-19011, 2022. DOI:10.1021/acsami.2c05471

Y. Chen, C. E. Adebi, A. El-Ghazaly, “Exploring the Single Domain Limit of High Magnetization Nanoparticles: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study,” Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)/Intermag Conference, New Orleans, 2022.

L. Cestarollo, S. Smolenski, A. El-Ghazaly, “Enhanced Magnetic Actuation of Magnetorheological Elastomers Using Nano-Magnetic Particles,” Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)/Intermag Conference, New Orleans, 2022.

2021

T.-Y. Hsu, A. El-Ghazaly, “In-Skin Pressure and Curvature Sensors for Soft Robots,” IEEE Sensors Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2021. (Virtual Conference)

M. Goiriena-Goikoetxea, Z. Xiao, A. El-Ghazaly, C. V. Stan, J. Chatterjee, A. Ceballos, A. Pattabi, N. Tamura, R. Lo Conte, F. Hellman, R. Candler, and J. Bokor, “Influence of dislocations and twin walls in BaTiO3 on the voltage-controlled switching of perpendicular magnetization,” Physical Review Materials, vol. 5, no. 024401, 2021 DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.024401

2020

A. Ceballos, A. Pattabi, A. El-Ghazaly, S. Ruta, C. P. Simon, R. F. L. Evans, T. Ostler, R. W. Chantrell, E. Kennedy, M. Scott, J. Bokor, and F. Hellman, “Role of element-specific damping on the ultrafast, helicity- independent all-optical switching dynamics in amorphous (Gd,Tb)Co thin films,” Physical Review B, vol. 103, no. 024438, 2020. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.024438

A. El-Ghazaly, J. Gorchon, R. B. Wilson, A. Pattabi, and J. Bokor, “Progress Towards Ultrafast Spintronics Applications,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 502, no. 166478, 2020. DOI:10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.166478

2019

A. El-Ghazaly, “Smart Agriculture Enabled by Soft Magnetic Versatile Sensors,” The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine – Arab American Frontiers Symposium, Cairo, Egypt, 2019.

A. El-Ghazaly, B. Tran, A. Ceballos, C. H. Lambert, A. Pattabi, S. Salahuddin, F. Hellman, and J. Bokor, “Enhanced Ultrafast Switching Dynamics at the Nanoscale,” Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2019.

A. El-Ghazaly, B. Tran, A. Ceballos, C. H. Lambert, A. Pattabi, S. Salahuddin, F. Hellman, and J. Bokor, “Nanoscale Ultrafast Magnetization Switching,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 114, no. 23, 2019. DOI:10.1063/1.5098453

M. Goiriena-Goikoetxea, Z. Xiao, A. El-Ghazaly, C. V. Stan, J. Chatterjee, A. Ceballos, A. Pattabi, R. Lo Conte, F. Hellman, R. Candler, and J. Bokor, “Influence of the BaTiO3 Crystallinity on the Electric-field
Induced Switching of Perpendicular Magnetization,” Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2019.

D. O’Mahoney, J. Bokor, A. El-Ghazaly, “Modeling and Fabrication of a in-Film Magnetorheological Elastomer Composite using Iron (III) Oxide Nanoparticles,” Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2019.

2018

A. El-Ghazaly, C. H. Lambert, B. Tran, A. Pattabi, J. Gorchon, S. Salahuddin, and J. Bokor, “Scaling of All-Optical Switching to Nanometer Dimensions,” Intermag Conference, Singapore, 2018.

R. Lo Conte, J. Gorchon, A. Mougin, C. H. A. Lambert, A. El-Ghazaly, A. Scholl, S. Salahuddin, and J. Bokor, “Electrically controlled switching of the magnetization state in multiferroic BaTiO3/CoFe submicrometer structures,” Physical Review Materials, vol. 2, no. 9, 2018.  DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.091402

R. Lo Conte, Z. Xiao, C. Chen, C. V. Stan, J. Gorchon, A. El-Ghazaly, M. E. Nowakowski, H. Sohn, A. Pattabi, A. Scholl, N. Tamura, A. Sepulveda, G. P. Carman, R. N. Candler, and J. Bokor, “Influence of Nonuniform Micron-Scale Strain Distributions on the Electrical Reorientation of Magnetic Microstructures in a Composite Multiferroic Heterostructure,” Nano Letters, vol. 18, no. 3, 2018.  DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05342

2017

A. El-Ghazaly, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Gigahertz-band Integrated Magnetic Inductors,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, no. 12, 2017. DOI:10.1109/TMTT.2017.2728040

A. El-Ghazaly, J. T. Evans, N. Sato, N. Montross, H. Ohldag, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Electrically-Tunable Integrated Thin-Film Magnetoelectric Resonators,” Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 2, no. 8, 2017. DOI:10.1002/admt.201700062

A. El-Ghazaly, N. Sato, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Closed-loop Model: An Optimization of Integrated Thin Film Magnetic Inductors,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 432, 2017.  DOI:10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.01.089

A. El-Ghazaly, C. H. Lambert, J. Gorchon, A. Pattabi, H. S. P. Wong and J. Bokor, “Ultrafast Electrical Switching for Magnetic Random Access Memory,” International Electron Devices Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2017.

A. El-Ghazaly, C. H. Lambert, J. Gorchon, A. Pattabi, H. S. P. Wong and J. Bokor, “Ultrafast Magnetic Memory for Higher Data Rates and Smarter Cities,” Arab American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium, Rabat, Morocco, 2017.

A. El-Ghazaly, D. O’Mahoney, C. H. Lambert, J. Gorchon, P. N. Brown, A. Pattabi, H. S. P. Wong and J. Bokor, “Ultrafast Magnetic Memory Bits Using All-Optical Magnetic Switching,” Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems/Steep Transistors Workshop, Berkeley, CA, 2017.

2016

A. El-Ghazaly, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Optimization of Integrated Closed-Loop Magnetic Inductors,” Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)/Intermag Conference, San Diego, CA, 2016.

2015

A. El-Ghazaly, N. Sato, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Achieving Isotropic Permeability for Integrated Inductors,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 51, no. 11, 2015. DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2015.2441091

N. Sato, A. El-Ghazaly, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “45-Degree Induced Magnetic Anisotropy for Isotropic High-Frequency Permeability,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 51, no. 11, 2015. DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2015.2440292

A. El-Ghazaly, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Increasing Ferromagnetic Resonance Frequency Using Lamination and Shape,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 117, no. 17, 2015. DOI:10.1063/1.4913509

A. El-Ghazaly, N. Sato, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Material Optimization with Perpendicular Anisotropy for Closed-Loop Magnetic Inductors,” Intermag Conference, Beijing, China, 2015.

N. Sato, A. El-Ghazaly, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Domain Structure of Micro-Patterned CoZrTa with 45 Degree Induced Anisotropy for Isotropic High Permeability,” Intermag Conference, Beijing, China, 2015.

A. El-Ghazaly and S. X. Wang, “Integrated Magnetic Devices with Multi-Axial Magnetic Anisotropy,” U. S. Patent US20150206657 A1, July 23, 2015. Patent US20150206657

2014

J. Mullenix, A. El-Ghazaly, D. W. Lee, S. X. Wang, and R. M. White, “Spin Wave Resonances in the Presence of a Bloch Wall,” Physical Review B, vol. 89, no. 22, 2014. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.224406

A. El-Ghazaly and S. X. Wang, “Exploiting Lamination and Shape for Increasing Ferromagnetic Resonance Frequency in Gigahertz Magnetic Devices,” MMM Conference, Honolulu, HI, 2014.

2013

A. El-Ghazaly, J. Mullenix, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Kerr-Imaged Edge-Curling Wall Effects of Narrow Magnetic Cores,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 49, no. 7, 2013. DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2013.2237759

J. Mullenix, A. El-Ghazaly, and S. X. Wang, “Integrated Transformers with Sputtered Laminated Magnetic Core,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 49, no. 7, 2013. DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2013.2242865

A. El-Ghazaly, J. Mullenix, R. M. White, and S. X. Wang, “Kerr-Imaged Edge-Curling Wall Effects of Narrow Magnetic Cores,” Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Chicago, IL, 2013.

J. Mullenix, A. El-Ghazaly, and S. X. Wang, “Integrated Transformers with Sputtered Laminated Magnetic Core,” Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Chicago, IL, 2013.

2010

J. A. Bain, A. El-Ghazaly, D. M. Bromberg, G. K. Fedder, and W. C. Messner, “Electrothermal actuators for hard disk drive applications,” Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference, Singapore, 2010.