Professor

Ph.D.: Technion 1974

M.Sc.: Aeronautical Engineering, Technion 1970

B.Sc.: Aeronautical Engineering, Technion 1964

 

Main Nano field

Friction wear and lubrication on the nanoscale.

 

Research Interestes

MEMS/NEMS interfacial phenomena

Micro/Nano Tribology

Nano-Bio Tribology

Ph.D.: Technion 1993

M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Technion 1989

B.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Ben Gurion U., 1986

 

Main nano field:

MEMS, tensile test systems.

 

Research Interestes

Developing Modeling Tools for Simulating the Static and Dynamic Response of Micro and Nano-Actuators

Electrostatic, Piezoelectric and Thermoelastic Actuation in MEMS and NEMS

Electromechanical Buckling and Application in MEMS and NEMS

Ph.D.: Technion 1977

B.Sc.: Physics, Technion 1969

 

Main nano field

Silicon technology at the nanoscale.

 

Research Interestes

Self Assembled Diffusion Barriers for Copper Metallization in Advanced Microelectronic Devices.

Properties of HfO2 based high-k dielectrics.

Tuning of Fermi Level Position at Metal/High-k Dielectric Interfaces.

Metal / Crystalline Lanthanide Oxides – A New Gate Stack for Advanced Si Devices.

 

Ph.D.: Electrical Engineering University of Minnesota 1980

M.Sc.: Electrical Engineering University of Minnesota 1977 1980

B.Sc.: Electrical Engineering, University of Santa Clara 1975

 

Main nano field

Fabrication of self-assembled quantum dots using metaloorganic molecular beam epitaxy.

Research Interestes

Semiconductor active nano structures

Miniature atomic clocks

Nano photonics for slow light

Ph.D.: Stanford Univ., CA, USA 1980

M.Sc.: Stanford Univ., CA, USA 1978

B.Sc.: Civil Eng., Technion 1977

 

Main nano field

Mechanical behavior of nanotubes

Research Interestes

Buckling and Post-buckling of SWNT and MWNT

Vibrations of SWNT and MWNT

Thermal effects

The effect of defects.

Conical nano tubes mechanics.

Multi layer graphene sheets - resonance analysis

Ph.D.: Hebrew University 1990

M.Sc.: Chemistry, Hebrew University 1985

B.Sc.: Chemistry, Hebrew University 1983

 

Main nano field

Synthesis of nanomembranes for wastewater treatment, elastomeric polymers encapsulating nanoparticles.

Research Interestes

Nanopolymers

Nanofiltration membranes

Nanoclusters on dendritic biopolymers for MRI analysis

Ph.D: Hebrew University, 1993 

B.Sc: Hebrew University, 1986

 

Main nano field

Preparation and characterization of junctions and networks of oligonucleotide-conjugated polymer and polypeptide-conjugate polymer hybrids for nanoelectronics 

 

 

Main Nano field

 Lasers and high spatial resolution optics, for low light level spectroscopy and sub picosecond time resolved spectroscopy

 

Research Interestes

Physics and applications of conjugated conducting polymers

Spectroscopy of nano-size semiconducting quantum dots

Organic spintronics

Effects of magnetic fields on organic devices such as organic light emitting diodes, organic photovoltaic cells and organic transistors

 

 

D.Sc.: Technion 1997

M.Sc.: Chemical Engineering, Technion, 1991

B.Sc.: Chemical Engineering, Technion, 1989

 

Main Nano Field: Nanostructured polymers for biomedical applications.

 

Research interests: 

*Nano-materials for biomedical applications: tissue adhesives, biosynthetic scaffolds for tissue engineering

*Self-assembly of biomimetic amphiphiles

D.Sc.: Technion, 1983

MD: Tel Aviv University, 1976

President and CEO, Rambam health Care Campus

 

Main Nano Field: Application of nanotechnology to cardiac stents.

 

Research Interestes:

*Coronary and vascular stents

*Nanotechnology in stent applications

*Cardiovascular dynamics and function

*Coronary navigation and remote control catheterization

*Coronary flow