Name Abdallah H. Qteish
Title,
Professor
Department: Physics
Yarmouk University 21163
IRBID – JORDAN
phone (962) 2 7211111 ext.
e-mail: aqteish@yu.edu.jo
Education
Ph.D.
1987, SISSA, Trieste University, Italy
Dissertation
Title
Ab-initio study of Si-Ge alloys and ultra-thin superlattices
Emphasis
M.Sc.
A First principles pseudopotential study of
1) structural and thermodynamic (phase diagram) properties of
Si-Ge alloys
2) structural and electronic properties of Si-Ge ultra-thin
superlattice.
Thesis Title
1985, SISSA, Trieste University, Italy
Ab-initio study of the stability of SixGe1-x alloys
Emphasis
1) structural properties and stability of Si-Ge alloys
Grade
Excellent
Major
1980, Jordan University, Jordan
Physics
B.Sc.
Professional Experience
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From 1/11/1987 to 31/9/88, I have worked at the University of Rome II
and the CNR-Istituto di Acustica, Rome (Italy), through the ICTP
programme "Training and research in the Italian laboratories".
From 1/10/1988 to 31/11/91, I have worked as a research associate at the
University of Cambridge, Cavendish Lab.: I was a member of the
Condensed Matter Theory Sector headed by Prof. Volker Heine.
From 1/12/1991 to 26/5/1996, I was an assistant Professor at Yarmouk
University.
From 26/5/1996 to 26/8/2000, I was an associate Professor at Yarmouk
University.
From 15/9/2000 to 15/9/2001, Physics Department, Hashemite University
(Zarka – Jordan), on a sabbatical leave from Yarmouk University.
From 26/8/2000 to date, Professor of Physics at Yarmouk University.
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From 9/9/2007 to 10/9/2008, Physics Department, University of Jordan
(Amman-Jordan), on a sabbatical leave from Yarmouk University.
Research Interests
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Density functional theory and density functional perturbation theory.
Quasi-particle GW calculations
Electronic structure of solids, mainly semiconductors and insulators.
Lattice dynamics and thermal properties of solids.
Structural phase transformations under high pressure and temperature.
Publications
 Journal Articles
[1] Microscopic atomic structure and stability of Si-Ge solid solutions,
A. Qteish and R. Resta, Phys. Rev. B 37. 1308 (1988).
[2] Thermodynamic properties of Si-Ge alloys,
A. Qteish and R. Resta, Phys. Rev. B 37, 6983 (1988).
[3] Ab-initio calculation of the phase-diagram and microscopic structure of
semiconductor
binary alloys,
A. Qteish and R. Resta, J. de chimie physique 86, 889 (1989).
[4] Effect of relaxation of the second-nearest neighbors on the thermodynamic
properties
of semiconducting alloys: Application to GaAsxSb1-x
A. Qteish N. Motta and A. Balzarotti, Phys. Rev. B 39, 5987 (1989)
[5] Interplanar forces and phonon spectra of strained Si and and Ge: Ab initio
calculations and applications to Si/Ge superlattices,
A. Qteish and E. Molinari, Phys. Rev. B 42, 7090 (1990).
[6] Calculations of the electronic structure of highly strained GaAs/GaSb/GaAs
heterostructures,
A. Qteish and R. J. Needs, Phys.Rev. B 42, 3044 (1990).
[7] Tailoring materials for quantum wells: Band offsets at (001)-oriented
GaAs/(AlAs)n(GaAs)m interfaces,
K. Karlsson, R. J. Needs, A. Qteish and R. W. Godby, J. Phys.: condens Matter 2,
5265 (1990).
[8] Pseudopotential calculations of the valence-band offsets at ZnSe/Ge, ZnSe/GaAs and
GaAs/Ge interfaces: Effects of the Ga and Zn 3d electrons.
A. Qteish and R. J. Needs, Phys. Rev. B 43, 4229 (1991).
[9] On the valence band offset controversy in HgTe/CdTe superlattices,
A. Qteish and R. J. Needs, J. Phys.: Condens Matter 3, 617 (1991).
[10] Polarization, band lineups, and stability of SiC polytypes,
A. Qteish, V. Heine and R. J. Needs, Phys. Rev. B 45, 6534 (1992).
[11] Improved model-solid-theory calculations for valence-band offsets at semiconductorsemiconductor interfaces,
A. Qteish and R. J. Needs, Phys. Rev. B 45, 1317 (1992).
[12] Electronic-charge displacement around a stacking boundary in SiC polytypes,
A. Qteish, V. Heine and R. J. Needs, Phys. Rev. B 45, 6376 (1992).
[13] First-principles calculations of the electronic properties of silicon quantum wires,
A. J. Read, R. J. Needs, K. J. Nash, L. T. Canham, P. D. J. Calcott, and A. Qteish,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 1232 (1992); Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2050 (1993)
(errata).
[14] Optimized and transferable nonlocal separable ab initio pseudopotentials,
J. S. Lin, A. Qteish, M. C. Payne and V. Heine, Phys. Rev. B 47, 4174 (1993).
[15] Valence-band-offset transitivity at HgTe/CdTe, HgTe/InSb and CdTe/InSb
interfaces,
A. Qteish and R. J. Needs, Phys. Rev. B 47, 3714 (1993).
[16] Structural and electronic properties of SiC polytypes,
A. Qteish, V. Heine and R. J. Needs, Physica B 185, 366 (1993).
[17] Ab-initio pseudopotential calculations of the valence band offset at HgTe/CdTe,
HgTe/InSb and CdTe/InSb interfaces: transitivity and orientation dependence,
A. Qteish and R. J. Needs, Computational Materials Science 2, 395 (1994).
[18] Polarization, structural and electronic properties of SiC polytypes,
A. Qteish, R. J. Needs and V. Heine, Computational Materials Science 2,
389 (1994).
[19] A first-principles study of the electronic properties of silicon quantum wires,
R. J. Needs, A. J. Read, K. J. Nash, S. Bhattarcharjee, A. Qteish, L. T. Canham
and P. D. J. Calcott, Physica A 207, 411 (1994).
[20] First-principles calculations of band-edge electronic states of silicon quantum wires,
J. Needs, S. Bhattacharjee, K. J. Nash, A. Qteish, A. J. Read, and L. T. Canham,
Phy. Rev. B 50, 14223 (1994)
[21] Ab-initio pseudopotential calculations of the band lineups at strained ZnS/ZnSe
interfaces: including the 3d electrons of Zn as valence states,
A. Qteish, R. Said, N. Meskini, and A. Nazzal, Phys. Rev. B 52, 1830 (1995).
[22] Conjugate gradient methods for metallic systems and band structure calculations,
A. Qteish, Phy. Rev. B 52, 14497 (1995)
[23] Transverse interplanar forces and phonon spectra of strained Si, Ge and Si/Ge
superlattices,
A. Ben Amar, A. Qteish and N. Meskini, Phys. Rev. B 53, 5372 (1996).
[24] First-principles pseudopotential study of the structural phase transformations of ZnS
under high pressure,
Amjad Nazzal and A. Qteish, Phys. Rev. B 53, 8262 (1996).
[25] The band lineups at the highly strained ZnS/CdS and ZnSe/ZnTe interfaces:
Effects of the quadratic deformation potentials and the relaxation of the
semicore d-electrons
R. Said, A. Qteish and N. Meskini, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 10, 8703 (1998).
[26] A first-principles pseudopotential study of the compressibility of -FeSi,
A. Qteish, N. Shawagfeh, Solid State Communications 108, 11 (1998).
[27] The instability of the cinnabar phase in ZnS under high pressure
A. Qteish, M. Abu-Jafar and A. Nazzal, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 10,
5069 (1998).
[28] First-principles pseudopotential study of the zinc-blende phase of SiC,
S. Ait Abderrahmane, N. Bouarissa, A. Qteish, M. Certier, and H. Aourag, Algerian
J. of advanced materials 3, 81 (1999).
[29] Effects of the strain and the relaxation of the semicore d electrons on the band
lineups
at highly strained ZnS/CdS and ZnSe/ZnTe interfaces,
R. Said, A. Qteish and N. Meskini, Algerian J. of advanced materials 3, 119 (1999).
[30] Ab-initio calculations of the transverse and longitudinal phonon spectra of Ge, -Sn
and -Sn/Ge superlattices,
A. Ben Amar, A. Qteish and N. Meskini, Phys. Rev. B 60, 6452 (1999).
[31] Simple method for constructing accurate Kohn-Sham atomic potentials,
A. I. Al-Sharif, A. Qteish and R. Resta, Phys. Rev. A 60, 3541 (1999).
[32] A first-principles pseudopotential study of the stability of the SC16 phase in ZnS
under high pressure,
A. Qteish and M. Parrinello, Phys. Rev. B 61, 6521 (2000).
[33] Structural phase transformations of ZnSe under high-pressure: stability of the
cinnabar and SC16 phases.
A. Qteish and A. Muñoz, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, 1705 (2000).
[34] Self-interaction-corrected local density approximation pseudopotential calculations
of the structural phase transformations of ZnO and ZnS under high-pressure.
A. Qteish, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, 5639 (2000).
[35] FP-LAPW and pseudopotential calculations of the structural phase transformations
of GaN under high-pressure
M. Abu-Jafar A. I. Al-Sharif and A. Qteish, Solid State Communications 116, 389
(2000).
[36] Structural and electronic structure properties of FeSi: driving force behind the
stability of the -FeSi,
A. I. Al-Sharif M. Abu-Jafar and A. Qteish, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 13,
2087 (2001).
[37] Stability and structural properties of ZnS and ZnSe under high pressuer,
A. Qteish and A. Muñoz, Solid Stati Solidi. (b) 223, 417 (2001).
[38] Optical properties of high pressure phases in ZnTe1-xSex,
A. Sotto, H. S. Güder, A. Pérez-Pastor, A. Segura, V. Muñoz, A. Muñoz and A.
Qteish, High Pressure Research 22, 315 (2002).
[39] Exact-exchange calculations of the electronic structure of AlN, GaN and InN,
A. Qteish, A. I. Al-Sharif, S. Boeck, N. Neugebauer, M. Fuchs and M. Scheffler,
Computer Physics Comm. 169, 28 (2005).
[40] Role of semicore states in the bandgaps of group-III nitrides: An exact exchange
study,
A. Qteish, A. I. Al-Sharif, S. Boeck, N. Neugebauer, M. Fuchs and M. Scheffler,
Phys. Rev. B 72, 155317 (2005)
[41] Combining GW calculations with exact-exchange density-functional theory: An
analysis of valence-band photoemission for compound semiconductors,
P. Rinke, A. Qteish, J. Nuegebauer, C. Froysoldt and M. Scheffler, New
Journal of Physics 7, 126 (2005).
[42] Ab-initio calculations of vibrational, dielectric and thermal properties of ZnSe under
high pressure,
I. Hamdi, M. Aouissi, A. Qteish, and N. Meskini, Phys. Rev. B 73, 174114 (2006).
[43] Phonon spectra of diamond, Si, Ge and α-Sn: Calculations with real-space
interatomic force constants,
M. Aouissi, I. Hamdi, N. Meskini, and A. Qteish, Phys. Rev. B 74, 054302 (2006).
[44] Band gap and band parameters of InN and GaN from quasiparticle energy
calculations based on exact-exchange density functional theory,
P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, A. Qteish, M. Winkelnkemper, D. Bimberg and J.
Nuegebauer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 161919 (2006)
[45] Exact-exchange based quasiparticle energy calculations for the band gap, effective
masses, and deformation potentials of ScN,
A. Qteish, P. Rinke, J. Neugebauer and M. Scheffler, Phys. Rev. B 74, 245208
(2006).
[46] Ionicity scale based on the centers of maximally-localized Wannier functions,
H. Abu-Farsakh and A. Qteish, Phys. Rev. B 75, 085201 (2007).
[47] Exciting prospects for solids: Exact-exchange based functionals meet quasiparticle
energy calculations:
P. Rinke, A. Qteish, J. Nuegebauer, and M. Scheffler,
Psi-k Newsletter 79, Scientific highlight of the month, 163 (2007);
Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 245, 929 (2008) [editors choice]
[48] Consistent set of band-parameters of group-III nitrides extracted from accurate
quasiparticle energy calculations based on exact-exchange density functional theory
calculations,
P. Rinke, M. Winkelnkemper, A. Qteish, D. Bimberg, J. Nuegebauer, M. Scheffler,
Phys. Rev. B 77, 075202 (2008).
[49] Computational Condensed Matter Physics: excellent progress and exciting prospects
(review article), A. Qteish, accepted by the Jordanian Journal of Physics.
 Conference Articles
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[1] First-principle calculation of the Structural and thermodynamic properties of
GaAs xSb1-x alloys,
A. Qteish, N. Motta and A. Balzarotti,
Proc. 19th Inter. Conf. on the physics of semiconductors, Warsaw, 1988,
edited by W. Zawadzki (Institute of physics, Polish Academy of Science,
Warsaw, 1988), Vol. 2, p. 865.
[2] Thermodynamic properties of InxGa1-xAs alloy from total energy calculations,
N. Motta, A. Shaukat, A. Qteish and A. Balzarotti,
Proc. 20th Int. Conf. on the physics of semiconductors, Thessaloniki, 1990, edited
by E. M. Anastassakis and and J. D. Joannopoulos (World Scientific, 1990), Vol. 3,
p. 2625.
[3] Photoluminescence mechanisms in porous silicon
K.J. Nash, P.D.J. Calcott, L.T. Canham, A.G. Cullis, M.J. Kane, R.J. Needs,
S. Bhattacharjee, A.J. Read, and A. Qteish
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on the Physics of
Semiconductors, Vancouver (1994)
[4] Computer experiments to study from a microscopic point of view the various
properties of Solids,
A. Qteish,
Proc. of the IASTED international conference on computer systems and
applications, Irbid-Jordan. 30 March to 2 April 1998 (ACTA press,
Anaheim,
1998). P 243.
[5] A simplified self-interaction corrected pseudopotential plane-wave method: theory
and applications,
A. Qteish,
Proc. of Inter. Conf. on Scientific computing, Beirut, 15-17 March 1999.
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Other Publications: Chapter in a book
[1] Combined effect of strain and confinement on the phonon spectra of IV/IV
superlattices: towards a quantitative description,
A Fasolino, E. Molinari and A. Qteish,
in Condensed systems of low dimensionality, Edited by J. L. Beeby et al.,
(Plenum Press, New York, 1991) p. 495
Postgraduate Supervision
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Amjad Nazzal (M.Sc., Yarmouk University), graduated in 1995.
Manal Abd Alsalam (M.Sc., Yarmouk University), graduated in 1996.
Naseem Shawagefeh (M.Sc., Yarmouk University), graduated in 1996.
Aref Ben Amar (Ph.D, Tunis University), in collaboration with Prof.
N. Meskini, graduated in April 2000.
Radhouan Said (Ph.D, Tunis University), in collaboration with Prof.
N. Meskini, graduated in April 2000.
Rukaya Gomma'h (M.Sc., Yarmouk University), graduated in 2002.
Hazem Abu-Farsakh (M.Sc., Yarmouk University), graduated in 2003.
Omar Al-Obeidat (M.Sc., Yarmouk University), graduated in 2003.
Manal Abd Alsalam (Ph.D, Jordan University), in collaboration with
Prof. J. Khalifa, graduated in 2005.
Mohammed Aouissi (Ph.D, Tunis University), in collaboration with
Prof. N. Meskini, graduated in January 2008.
Ilyes Hamdi (Ph.D, Tunis University), in collaboration with Prof. N.
Meskini, graduated in January 2008.
Grants and Awards
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A graduate study fellowship from The International School for advanced
Studies (SISSA, Trieste - Italy), 1983, where I got my M.Sc and Ph.D
degrees.
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The Abde-Hameed Shuman award for young Arab scientists for the year
1995, in the field of physics.
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Islamic Development Bank Merit Scholarship for the academic year
1993/1994. I have used this scholarship to spend three months at
Cambridge University (1/6/1994 - 1/9/1994).
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The DAAD fellowship, 1998: I have used this fellowship to spend two
months at the Max-Plank Institute Fur Festkoerperforschung, Stuttgart.
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Regular associate to the International; Center for Theoretical Physics
(ICTP)/Trieste-Italy, in the period between 1/1/1994 to 31/12/2001. I have
made four visits (6 weeks to 2 months, each) to the ICTP (in 1995, 1996,
1997 and 1999) under this scheme.
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Senior associate to the International; Center for Theoretical Physics
(ICTP)/Trieste-Italy, for the period 2009 – 2014
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Visitor to the Max-Planck society (Germany): four times between 2004 –
2007.
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A research grant from the VolkswagenStifung (Germany) of 90.000 DM,
2000: in collaboration with Prof. M. Scheffler and Dr. J. Neugebauer to
work on the exact-exchange approach. A sum of 20.000 DM have be spent
to improve the computational facilities at Yarmouk University.
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Six research grants from deanship of scientific research, Yarmouk University,
over the period 1993 – 2009, ranging between 400 JD and 9000 JD.
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A research grant from ministry of higher education (Jordan) of 21000 JDs,
in collaboration with Dr. Mohammad Hamdan (principal investigator,
Dept.
of Computer Science, Faculty of Information Technology) and Dr.
Mohammad Abderzaq Alzoubi (Dept. of Power Engineering, Hijawi
Faculty of Engineering)
Membership of Committees and Boards
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Member of the council of the Center of Theoretical and Applied Physics Center,
Yarmouk University, four years (1996-1997, 2006-todate).
Member of the qualification exam committee, ministry of higher education, for
the year academic year 2006-2007.
Member of the graduate studies committee, department of physics, several times.
Member of the library and computer committee, department of physics, several
times.
Member of many examination committees for M.Sc and Ph.D theses, inside and
outside Jordan.
Editorship and Refereeing Activities
I act as a referee for the following international and national journals.
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Physical Review B,
Physica B
Computational Materials Science
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Jordanian Journal of Physics.
Jordanian Journal of Chemistry.
Teaching Experience
Course
Level
Methods in Theoretical Physics (791, at
the Dept Phys., Jordan University)
Solid State Physics (671)
Mathematical Physics (601)
Solid State Physics (471)
Physical Optics (481)
Mathematical Physics (401)
Mathematical Physics (301)
Mathematical Physics (201)
Quantum mechanics (351)
Modern Physics (252)
Modern Physics (251)
General Physics (101)
General Physics (102)
Waves and vibrations (207)
Practical Physics (322)
Practical Electronics (311)
Practical Physics (106)
Practical Physics (105).
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References
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Prof. Raffaele.Resta, Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica dell Universita di
Trieste, Strada Costiera 11, I-34014 Trieste, Italy.
Prof. Richard Needs, TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory, J J Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
Prof. Matthias Scheffler, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft,
Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem), Germany.