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Eric Majzoub
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
University of Missouri, St. Louis

Office: M 305
Phone: (314) 516-5779
E-mail: majzoube -at- umsl.edu

Office hours:
By appointment

Research Web Page

Education
  • Ph.D., Physics, Washington University, 2000
  • B.S., Physics, Washington University, 1993
Professional History
  • Associate professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2010-present
  • Assistant professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2007
  • Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, 2002
Materials Physics

The research focus in our group is on the study and design of new materials for energy storage and conversion, as well as sensing technologies.  We perform our research using the tools of condensed matter physics for the characterization and modeling of bulk and nano-crystalline materials.  We employ a combined experimental and computational approach, utilizing first-principles techniques to understand the electronic, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of the materials we study.

Current research interests: hydrogen storage and energy conversion materials; sensing devices, involving but not limited to, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); quasicrystals and amorphous materials; Monte Carlo techniques for crystal structure prediction; crystal structure determination and characterization; lattice vibrational properties of molecular crystals; nanoporous materials

Selected Publications

  • First-principles study of novel conversion reactions for high-capacity Li-ion battery anodes in the Li-Mg-B-N-H system, T. Mason, X. Liu, J.Hong, J. Graetz, E.H. Majzoub, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 16681 (2011).
  • First-principles calculated phase diagram for nanoclusters in the Na-Al-H system: A single step decomposition pathway for NaAlH4, E.H. Majzoub, Fei Zhou, Vidvuds Ozolins, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 2636 (2011).
  • Systematic pore size effects of nanoconfinement of LiBH4: Elimination of diborane release and tunable behavior for hydrogen storage applications, X. Liu, C. Jost, D. Peaslee, T. Baumann, E.H. Majzoub, Chemistry of Materials, 23, 1331 (2011).
  • Theoretical prediction of different decomposition paths for Ca(BH4)2 and Mg(BH4)2, Yongsheng Zhang, E.H. Majzoub, V. Ozolins, C. Wolverton, Phys. Rev. B., 82, 174107 (2010).
  • Improved synthesis of bis(borano)hypophosphite salts., M.R. Anstey, M.T. Corbett, E.H. Majzoub, and J.G. Cordaro, Inorg Chem. 49(18):8197-9 (2010).
  • Controlling the decomposition pathway of LiBH4 via confinement in highly-ordered nanoporous carbon, Xiangfeng Liu, David Peaslee, C.Z. Jost, and E.H. Majzoub, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 14036-14041 (2010).
  • LiSc(BH4)4 as a Hydrogen Storage Material: Multinuclear High Resolution Solid State NMR and First-Principles Density Functional Theory Studies, S. Hwang,C. Kim, R. Bowman, J. Reiter, J. Zan,J. Kulleck, H. Kabbour, V. Ozolins, E.H. Majzoub. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 9956-9968 (2009).
  • The crystal structures of calcium borohydride: theory and experiment, E.H. Majzoub, E. Ronnebro, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 3352-3358 (2009).
  • First-Principles Prediction of Thermodynamically Reversible Hydrogen Storage Reactions in the Li-Mg-Ca-B-H system, V. Ozolins, E.H. Majzoub, and C. Wolverton, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 230-237 (2009).
  • Metastability and crystal structure of the bialkali complex metal borohydride NaK(BH4)2, L. Seballos, J. Z. Zhang, E. Ronnebro, J.L. Herberg, E.H. Majzoub, J. Al. Comp., 476, 446-450 (2008).
  • First-principles prediction of a ground state crystal structure of magnesium borohydride, V. Ozolins, E.H. Majzoub, C. Wolverton, Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 135501, (2008).
  • Prototype electrostatic ground state approach to predicting crystal structures of ionic compounds: Application to hydrogen storage materials, E.H. Majzoub, V. Ozolins, Phys. Rev. B, 77, 104115, (2008).
  • Computational and spectroscopic studies of dichlorofluoroethane hydrate structure and stability, J.A. Greathouse, R.T. Cygan, R.W. Bradshaw, E.H. Majzoub, B.A. Simmons, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111(45), 16787 (2007).
  • Calcium borohydride for hydrogen storage: Catalysis and reversibility, E. Ronnebro, E.H. Majzoub, J. Phys. Chem. B Lett., 111(42), 12045, (2007).
  • Crystal structure, Raman spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations of a new bialkali alanate K2LiAlH6, E. Ronnebro, E.H. Majzoub, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 25686, (2006).
  • Location and energy of interstitial hydrogen in the 1 / 1 approximant W-TiZrNi of the icosahedral TiZrNi quasicrystal: Rietveld refinement of x-ray and neutron diffraction data and density-functional calculations, R.G. Hennig, E.H. Majzoub, K.F. Kelton, Phys. Rev. B,73, 184205, (2006).
  • 27Al and 1H MAS NMR and 27Al Multiple Quantum Studies of Ti-doped NaAlH4, J.L. Herberg, R.S. Maxwell, E.H. Majzoub, J. Al. Comp., 417, 39-44, (2006).
  • Lattice dynamics of NaAlH4 from high-temperature single-crystal Raman scattering and ab initio calculations: Evidence of highly stable AlH4 anions, E.H. Majzoub, V. Ozolins, K.F. McCarty, Phys. Rev. B, 71, 024118, (2005).
  • XRD and NMR investigation of Ti-compound formation in solution-doping of sodium aluminum hydrides: Solubility of Ti in NaAlH4 crystals grown in THF, E.H. Majzoub, J.L. Herberg, R. Stumpf, S. Spangler, R.S. Maxwell., J. Al. Comp., 394, 265-270, (2005).
  • Electronic structure and Rietveld refinement parameters of Ti-doped sodium alanates, V. Ozolins, E.H. Majzoub, T.J. Udovic, J. Al. Comp., 375, 1-10, (2004).
  • Gaseous Hydrogen Charging of Zr-Cu-Ni-Al Glasses and Quasicyrstals, V.T. Huett, D. Zander, L. Jastrow, E.H. Majzoub, K.F. Kelton, U. Koester, J. Al. Comp., 379, 16-22, (2004).
  • Local structure in hydrogenated Ti-Zr-Ni quasicrystals and approximants, A. Sadoc, E.H. Majzoub, V.T. Huett, K.F. Kelton, J. Al. Comp., 356-357, 96-99, (2003).
  • Titanium-Halide Catalyst-Precursors in Sodium Aluminum Hydrides, E.H. Majzoub, K.J. Gross, J. Al. Comp., 356-357, 363-367, (2003).
  • The effects of titanium precursors on hydriding properties of alanates, K.J. Gross, E.H. Majzoub, S. Spangler, J. Al. Comp., 356-357, 423-428, (2003).
  • Evolution of the local structure with hydrogenation in Ti-Zr-Ni quasicrystals and approximants., A. Sadoc, E.H. Majzoub, V.T. Huett, K.F. Kelton, J. Phys.: Cond. Mat., 14, no. 25, July (2002).
  • Rietveld Refinement and Ab Initio Calculations of a C14-like Laves Phase in Ti-Zr-Ni, E.H. Majzoub, R.G. Hennig, and K.F. Kelton. Phil. Mag. Lett., 83, no. 1, 65-71, (2003).
Last updated: Feb 2011