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Abdelkader Kara, born in morocco, is a U.S. physicist who has authored nearly 80 publications in a variety of fields: Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Surface and Nanoscale Physics.

At present he is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Central Florida. kara's web page

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PUBLICATIONS

1. H. Oughaddou, B. Aufray, B. Ealet, G. LeLay, G. Treglia, A. Kara and T.S. Rahman, Self- organization of Ge-tetramers on Ag(001) surfaces: 2D realization of unusual substrate mediated interaction, Surf. Sci. 601, 506 (2008).

2. H. Yildirm, A. Kara and T.S. Rahman, Origin of quasi-constant pre-exponential factors for adatom diffusion on Cu and Ag surfaces, Phys. Rev. B 76, 165421 (2007).

3. A. Deshpande, H. Yildirim, A. Kara, D. P. Acharya, J. Vaughn, T. S. Rahman, and S.- W. Hla, Atom By-Atom Extraction Using the Scanning Tunneling Microscope Tip-Cluster Interaction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 028304 (2007).

4. H. Yildirim, A. Kara, and T.S. Rahman, Tip-induced adatom extraction and cluster manipulation, Phys. Rev. B 75, 205409 (2007).

5. C. Ghosh, A. Kara, and T.S. Rahman, Usage of pattern recognition scheme in kinetic Monte Carlo simulations: Application to cluster diffusion on Cu(1 1 1), Surf. Sci. 601, 3159 (2007).

6. H. Oughaddou, A. Mayne, B. Aufray, J. P. Bibérian, G. Le Lay, B. Ealet, G. Dujardin and A. Kara, Germanium adsorption on Ag(111) : an AES-LEED and STM study, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 7 (2007).

7. A. Kara and T.S. Rahman Structure, Dynamics and Thermodynamics of a metal chiral surface: Cu(532) J. of Phys. Condens. Matter 18, 8883 (2006).

8. F. Mehmood, A. Kara, T.S. Rahman, and K.P. Bohnen Energetics of CO on stepped and kinked Cu surfaces: A comparative theoretical study Phys. Rev. B 74, 155439 (2006).

9. F. Mehmood, A. Kara, and T.S. Rahman Comparative study of multilayer relaxations of Cu(532) using ab initio electronics structure calculations and many body potentials, Surf. Sci. 600, 4501 (2006).

10. H. Yildirim, A. Kara, S. Durukanoglu, and T.S. Rahman Calculated Pre-Exponential Factors and Energetics for Adatom Hopping on Terraces and Steps of Cu(100) and Cu(110), Surf. Sci. 600, 484 (2006).

11. H. Yildirim, A. Kara, T. S. Rahman, E. D. Calisir, S. Erkoc, M. Selvi, F. Erkoc, Theoretical Comparative Study of the Structure, Dynamics and Electronic Properties of Three Ally Molecules: Allicin, Methyl Propyl Disulfide (MPD) and Allyl Methyl Sulfide (AMS), Int. J. Pure Appl. Chem. 2, 171 (2006)

12. E. D. Calisir, S. Erkoc, H. Yildirim, A. Kara, T. S. Rahman, M. Selvi, F. Erkoc Theoretical comparative study of the structure, dynamics, and electronic properties of two ally molecules: S-allyl cysteine (SAC) and S-allyl micocysteine (SAMC), Int. J. Pure Appl. Chem. 1, 47 (2006).

13. A. Karim, A. Al-Rawi, A. Kara, T.S. Rahman, O. Trushin, and T. Ala-Nissila Diffusion of small two dimensional copper islands on Cu(111) studied with a kinetic Monte Carlo method, Phys Rev. B 75, 165411 (2006)

14. C. Ghosh, A. Kara, T. S. Rahman Comparative study of adatom manipulation on several fcc metal surfaces J. of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6, 1068 (2006). 2

15. H. Oughaddou, A. Kara, G. Treglia, B. Ealet, B. Aufray, T.S. Rahman and G. Le Lay Self-organization of Ge tetramers on Ag(001) surface: A 2D realization of unusual substrate mediate interactions, Phys. Rev. Lett., under review.

16. H. Yildirim, A. Kara, and T.S. Rahman Tip induced adatom extraction and cluster manipulation. Phys. Rev. B, under review.

17. H. Oughaddou, A. Kara, B. Ealet, and B. Aufray Germanium adsorption on Ag(111) : an AES-LEED and STM study, J. of Nanosci. and Nanotech., under review.

18. C. Ghosh, A. Kara, and T.S. Rahman Usage of Pattern Recognition Scheme in Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations:Application to Cluster Diffusion on Cu(111)Surf. Sci., under review.

19. A. Kara and T. S. Rahman Vibrational dynamics and thermodynamics of surfaces and nanostructures, Surf. Sci. Rep. 56, 159 (2005).