Students

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Yotam Amshalom

MSc Students

Academic History
 B.Sc. In materials engineering from Azrielli - college of engineering in Jerusalem (2021)

Final project: controlling and tailoring the surface area properties of “Daika” wood through laser etching.

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Eden Bright Bazak

Undergraduate Students

Academic History
 2022 - 2025: Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 2022 - 2026: Bachelor's Degree in Materials Engineering College of Engineering in Jerusalem (present)

Tal Navon

Tal Navon

MSc Students

Academic History:

2019-2022: BSc Chemistry 
2019-2023: BSc Material Engineering

Reasearch area:

Soft robotic actuators based on 2D materials

Keren nir

Keren Nir

Undergraduate Students
Academic History
2022-present: BSc in chemistry at the Hebrew university

Research area
Synthesis and characterization of Iron Oxide nanoparticles

 
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Ohav Turgeman

Undergraduate Students

Academic History
 2022-present: BSc in Chemistry and Biology in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Research area
 Research Area: Synthesis and characterization of nanofertilizer by phosphate NPs

Yotam Amshalom

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Yotam
Amshalom
MSc Students

Academic History
 B.Sc. In materials engineering from Azrielli - college of engineering in Jerusalem (2021)

Final project: controlling and tailoring the surface area properties of “Daika” wood through laser etching.

 M.Sc student in chemistry in the hebrew university of Jerusalem (present)
Research area
 Cold sintering process of salt and the effects on its mechanical properties

Eden Bright Bazak

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Eden
Bright Bazak
Undergraduate Students

Academic History
 2022 - 2025: Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 2022 - 2026: Bachelor's Degree in Materials Engineering College of Engineering in Jerusalem (present)


Research area
 Development of sustainable building bricks using high-compression Dead Sea salt as a primary material 

KVG Ravi Kumar

Academic History:
Ph.D. (2020): Nano biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil nadu, INDIA.
M.Sc (2014): Nano technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

 

Research Area:
Nanoparticle Synthesis; Characterization of Nanoparticles; synthesis of core-shell nanoparticles; Bacterial Biofilm; Chromium reduction; Microbial Isolation; Environmental Nano remediation; Nano fertilizers

Publications:
1.    Ravikumar, K. V. G., Kubendiran, H., Gupta, R., Gupta, A., Sharma, P., Alex, S. A., ... & Mukherjee, A. (2020). In-situ coating of Fe/Pd nanoparticles on sand and its application for removal of tetracycline from aqueous solution. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 36, 101400.
2.    Ravikumar, K., Debayan, G., Mrudula, P., Chandrasekaran, N. and Amitava, M. (2020), 'In situ formation of bimetallic FeNi nanoparticles on sand through green technology: Application for tetracycline removal', Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 14 (1), 16.
3.    Giri, R. K.V.G, Raju, L. S., Nancharaiah, Y. V., Pulimi, M., Chandrasekaran, N. and Mukherjee, A. (2019), 'Anaerobic nano zero-valent iron granules for hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solution', Environmental Technology & Innovation 100495.
4.    Kvg, R., Das, S., Osborne, J. W., Natarajan, C. and Mukherjee, A. (2019), 'Novel nano-bio (Nano Zerovalent Iron and Klebsiella sp.) composite beads for congo red removal using response surface methodology', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 103413.
5.    Ravikumar, K., Argulwar, S., Sudakaran, S. V., Pulimi, M., Chandrasekaran, N. and Mukherjee, A. (2018), 'Nano-Bio sequential removal of hexavalent chromium using polymer- nZVI composite film and sulfate reducing bacteria under anaerobic condition', Environmental Technology & Innovation 9 122-133.
6.    Ravikumar, K., Kubendiran, H., Ramesh, K., Rani, S., Mandal, T. K., Pulimi, M., Natarajan, C. and Mukherjee, A. (2019), 'Batch and column study on tetracycline removal using green synthesized NiFe nanoparticles immobilized alginate beads', Environmental Technology & Innovation, 17, 100520.
7.    Ravikumar, K., Singh, A. S., Sikarwar, D., Gopal, G., Das, B., Mrudula, P., Natarajan, C. and Mukherjee, A. (2019), 'Enhanced tetracycline removal by in-situ NiFe nanoparticles coated sand in column reactor', Journal of environmental management 236, 93-99.
8.    Ravikumar, K., Sudakaran, S. V., Ravichandran, K., Pulimi, M., Natarajan, C. and Mukherjee, A. (2019), 'Green synthesis of NiFe nano particles using Punica granatum peel extract for tetracycline removal', Journal of Cleaner Production 210, 767-776.
9.    Ravikumar, K., Santhosh, S., Sudakaran, S. V., Nancharaiah, Y. V., Mrudula, P., Chandrasekaran, N. and Mukherjee, A. (2018), 'Biogenic nano zero valent iron (Bio-nZVI) anaerobic granules for textile dye removal', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 6 (2), 1683-1689.
10.   Ravikumar, K., Sudakaran, S. V., Pulimi, M., Natarajan, C. and Mukherjee, A. (2018), 'Removal of hexavalent chromium using nano zero valent iron and bacterial consortium immobilized alginate beads in a continuous flow reactor', Environmental Technology & Innovation 12, 104-114.
11.   Ravikumar, K., Dubey, S., Chandrasekaran, N. and Mukherjee, A. (2016), 'Scale-up synthesis of zero-valent iron nanoparticles and their applications for synergistic degradation of pollutants with sodium borohydride', Journal of Molecular Liquids 224, 589-598.
12.   Ravikumar, K., Kumar, D., Kumar, G., Mrudula, P., Natarajan, C. and Mukherjee, A. (2016), 'Enhanced Cr (VI) Removal by Nanozerovalent Iron-Immobilized Alginate Beads in the Presence of a Biofilm in a Continuous-Flow Reactor', Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 55 (20), 5973-5982.
13.   Ravikumar, K., Kumar, D., Rajeshwari, A., Madhu, G., Mrudula, P., Chandrasekaran, N. and Mukherjee, A. (2016), 'A comparative study with biologically and chemically synthesized nZVI: applications in Cr (VI) removal and ecotoxicity assessment using indigenous microorganisms from chromium-contaminated site', Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23 (3), 2613-2627.
14.   Gopal, G., Ravikumar, K. V. G., Salma, M., Chandrasekaran, N., & Mukherjee, A. (2020). Green synthesized Fe/Pd and in-situ Bentonite-Fe/Pd composite for efficient tetracycline removal. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 104126.
15.   Guha, T., Ravikumar, K., Mukherjee, A., Mukherjee, A. and Kundu, R. (2018), 'Nanopriming with zero valent iron (nZVI) enhances germination and growth in aromatic rice cultivar (Oryza sativa cv. Gobindabhog L.)', Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 127 403-413.

 

Lakshya Kumar

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Kumar
Postdoc student

Academic history: 
B.Sc (2014): B.Sc. honours in Chemistry from Ramjas College, University of Delhi, India.
M.Sc. (2016): Master's degree in Chemistry with an Inorganic specialization from the University of Delhi, India. 
Ph.D. (2022): Ph.D. in Chemistry (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) from the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India.

Research area:
Material synthesis (Hydrothermal, Colloidal and Sol-gel), Characterization ( XRD, FTIR, Raman, TGA-DTA, TEM-STEM-HAADF, XPS, AFM, SEM-EDAX), Application (Energy storage, and Conversion).

Publications: 
1. L. Kumar, H. Chauhan, N. Yadav, N. Yadav, S. A Hashmi, S. Deka, Faster Ion Switching NiCo2O4Nanoparticle Electrode-Based Supercapacitor Device with High Performances and Long Cycling Stability. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 6999-7006. Impact factor (2021): 6.959.

2. B. Antil, L. Kumar, K. P. Reddy, C. S. Gopinath, S. Deka, Direct Thermal Polymerization Approach toN-Rich Holey Carbon Nitride Nanosheets and Their Promising Photocatalytic H2 Evolution and Charge-Storage Activities, ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 9428-9438. Impact factor (2021): 9.224.

3. L. Kumar, P. K. Boruah, M. R. Das, S. Deka, Superbending (0–180°) and High-Voltage OperatingMetal-Oxide-Based Flexible Supercapacitor. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 37665-37674. Impact factor (2021): 10.383.

4. L. Kumar, M. Chauhan, P. K. Boruah, M. R. Das, S.A. Hashmi, S. Deka, Coral-Shaped BifunctionalNiCo2O4 Nanostructure: A Material for Highly Efficient Electrochemical Charge Storage and Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 6793-6804. Impact factor (2021): 6.959.

5. L. Kumar, P. K. Boruah, S. Borthakur, L. Saikia, M. R. Das, S. Deka, Cuco-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheet-Based Polyhedrons for Flexible Supercapacitor Cells. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 5250-5262. Impact factor (2021): 6.140.

6. B. Antil, L. Kumar, R. Ranjan, S. Shenoy, K. Tarafder, C.S. Gopinath, S. Deka, One-Dimensional Multichannel g-C3N4.7 Nanostructure Realizing an Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Its Theoretical Investigations, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 3118-3129. Impact factor (2021): 6.959.

7. J. Muhommad, L. Kumar, P. K. Baruah, M. R. Das, S. Deka, All‐Solid‐State Flexible Symmetric Supercapacitor Based on Morphology Oriented Amorphous Cu−Co−B Alloy Nanosheets for Energy Storage. Batteries & Supercaps, 2022, 5. Impact factor (2021): 6.043.

8. L. Kumar, B. Antil, A. Kumar, M. R. Das, S. Deka, An Insight into Superior and Stable Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction by One-Dimensional FeCoP colloidal nanostructure, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 4, 5468-5477. Impact factor (2021): 10.383.

9. L. Kumar, B. Antil, M. R. Das, S. Deka, N-Doped Graphene Modulated N-Rich Carbon Nitride Realizing a Promising All-Solid-State Flexible Supercapacitor, J. Energy Storage 2022, 54, 104731. Impact factor (2021): 8.9.

10. B. Antil, L. Kumar, S. Deka, Incorporating NiCoP into Hollow Rings of ZnCo-Metal-Organic Frameworks to Deliver Platinum Co-Catalyst Like Visible-Light Driven Hydrogen Evolution Activity, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 11113. Impact factor (2021): 6.959.

 

Guy Naim


Research area
1.  3D printed antibacterial implants


 Publications

1.  Naim, G., Bruchiel-Spanier, N., Betsis, S., Eliaz, N., & Mandler, D. (2023). Vat Polymerization by Three-Dimensional Printing and Curing of Antibacterial Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Embedded in Poly (ethylene glycol) Diacrylate for Biomedical Applications. Polymers15, 3586,‏ 2023.
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15173586

2. Bruchiel-Spanier, N., Betsis, S., Naim, G., & Mandler, D. (2022). Electrochemical and electrophoretic coatings of medical implants by nanomaterials. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, (2022) 26;1871-1896.‏
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-022-05235-6

3. Guy Naim, Magdassi, Shlomo , and Mandler, Daniel . (2024). “Continuous Material Deposition On Filaments In Fused Deposition Modeling”. Polymers, 16, 20, Pp. 2904. 
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/16/20/2904

 

Dror Peleg Recanati

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Peleg Recanati
Undergraduate Students

Academic History
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2024).

Bachelor's Degree in Materials Engineering College of Engineering in Jerusalem (present).

Research area
Detection of silica nanoparticles in the gas phase using particle imprinting techniques.

Atanu Roy

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Atanu
Roy
Postdoc student

Academic History:

Ph.D. (2019), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

M. Sc (2013), Department of Physics, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India

 

 

Research Area:

Application of metal-oxides and carbonaceous materials in supercapacitor and other electrochemical energy storages

Book chapters:

  1. A. Roy, S. Saha, A. Ray, S. Das, Ni-based electrocatalyst for full water splitting, (In book- Electrochemical Water Splitting: Materials and Applications) Materials Research Forum LLC. USA, DOI: 10.21741/9781644900451- 5.
  2. A. Ray, A. Roy, S. Saha, S. Das, Transition Metal Oxide-Based Nano-materials for Energy Storage Application, (In book- Science, Technology and Advanced Application of Supercapacitors) InTechOpen, 2018, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.80298.
  3. D. K. Tiwari, A. Ray, A. Roy, S. Das, Water splitting by using electrochemical properties of material, (In book- Water Remediation. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability), Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018, Online ISBN978-981-10-7551-3

Journal Publications:

  1. Roy, A. Ray, S. Saha, M. Ghosh, T. Das, B. Satpati, M. Nandi, S. Das, NiO-CNT composite for high performance supercapacitor electrode and oxygen evolution reaction, Electrochimica Acta, 283 (2018) 327-337.
  2. A. Roy, A. Ray, S. Saha, S. Das, Investigation on energy storage and conversion properties of multifunctional PANIMWCNT composite, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43 (2018) 7128-7139.
  3. A. Roy, A. Ray, P. Sadhukhan, S. Saha, S. Das, Morphological behaviour, electronic bond formation and electrochemical performance study of V2O5-Polyaniline composite and its application in asymmetric supercapacitor, Materials Research Bulletin 107 (2018) 379-390.
  4. A. Roy, A. Ray, P. Sadhukhan, K. Naskar, G. Lal, R. Bhar, C. Sinha, S. Das, Polyaniline-Multiwalled Carbon nanotube (PANI-MWCNT): Room temperature chemiresistive carbon monoxide (CO) sensor, Synthetic Metals 245 (2018) 182-189.
  5. S Saha, A Roy, A Ray, T Das, M Nandi, B Ghosh, S Das , Effect of particle morphology on the electrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesized NiMn2O4, Electrochimica Acta, 353 (2020) 1365152.
  6. A. Ray, A. Roy, S. Saha, M. Ghosh, S. Roy Chowdhury, T. Maiyalagan, S. K. Bhattacharya, S. Das, Electrochemical Energy Storage Properties of Ni-Mn-Oxide Electrodes for Advance Asymmetric Supercapacitor Application, Langmuir 35 (2019) 8257−8267.
  7. A. Ray, A. Roy, M. Ghosh, J. A. Ramos-Ramon, S. Saha, U. Pal, S. K. Bhattacharya, S. Das, Study on charge storage mechanism and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of NiMn2O4 nanoparticles for supercapacitor application, Applied Surface Science 463 (2019) 513-525.
  8. A. Ray, A. Roy, S. Bhattacharjee, S. Jana, C. K. Ghosh, C. Sinha, S. Das, Correlation between the dielectric and electrochemical properties of TiO2-V2O5 nanocomposite for energy storage application, Electrochimica Acta, 26 6 (2018) 404-413.
  9. M. R. Das, A. Roy, S. Mpelane, A. Mukherjee, P. Mitra, S. Das, Influence of dipping cycle on SILAR synthesized NiO thin film for improved electrochemical performance, Electrochimica Acta, 273 (2018) 105-114.
  10. A. Ray, A. Roy, P.Sadhukhan, S. Roy Chowdhury, P.Maji, S. K. Bhattacharya, S. Das, Electrochemical properties of TiO2-V2O5 nanocomposites as a high performance Supercapacitors electrode material, Applied Surface Science, 443 (2018) 581–591.
  11. A. Ray, A. Roy, S. De, S. Chatterjee, S.Das, Frequency and temperature dependent dielectric properties of TiO2-V2O5 nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Physics, 123(2018), 104102.
  12. D. A. Islam, A. Chakraborty, A. Roy, S. Das, H. Acharya, Fabrication of Graphene‐Oxide (GO)‐Supported Sheet‐Like CuO Nanostructures Derived from a Metal‐Organic‐Framework Template for High‐Performance Hybrid Supercapacitors, Chemistry Select 3, 42 (2018), 11816-11823.
  13. P. Sadhukhan, S. Kundu, A. Roy, A. Ray, P. Maji, H. Dutta, S. K. Pradhan, S.Das, Solvent free Solid state Synthesis of High Yield Mixed Halide Perovskites for Easily Tunable Composition and Band gap, Crystal Growth & Design, 18 (2018) 3428 −3432.
  14. S. Saha, P. Maji, D. A Pethsangave; A. Roy, A. Ray, S. Some, S. Das, Effect of morphological ordering on the electrochemical performance of MnO2-Graphene oxide composite Electrochimica Acta, 317 (2019) 199- 210.

 

Hila Sagi-Cohen

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Sagi-Cohen
PhD Students

Academic History
2013-2017: BSc in chemistry at the Hebrew University.
2018 - 2020: MSc in chemistry at the Hebrew University.
2020 – present: PhD student in chemistry at the Hebrew University.

Research area

1. Investigating the selectivity of anisotropic nanoparticle shapes, such as Au nanorods (GNRs), through imprinted polymer matrices.

2. Conducting a kinetic study of single-entity electrochemistry (SEE) nano-impact using imprinted polymer matrices.

 Publications
1. Imprinting of nanoparticles in thin films: Quo Vadis?
Zelikovich, D., Dery, L., Sagi-Cohen, H., & Mandler, D. (2023). Chemical Sciencehttps://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/sc/d3sc02178e ‏

 

Hannah Sapir

Academic History:

B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (2021).  Final project: Electrochemical assay for kinase inhibition.
B.Sc. in Materials Engineering from Azrielli - College of Engineering in Jerusalem (2023).  
Final project: Electrochemical characterization of galvanic corrosion during chemical-mechanical
planarization.
M.Sc. student in Chemistry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem (present).

Research Area:
Chemical-mechanical planarization, corrosion, galvanic corrosion, electrochemistry

Publications:
1.  O. Solomon, H. Sapir, E. Mervinetsky, Y.-J. Chen, A. Friedler, S. Yitzchaik, Chem. Eur. J. 202228, e202104227 

2.  O. Solomon, Z. Shpilt, H. Sapir, S. Marom, S. Bibas, Y.-J. Chen, E. Y. Tshuva, S. Yitzchaik, A. Friedler, Isr. J. Chem. 202262, e202200041.

 

 

 

Pavel Savchenko

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Savchenko
PhD Students

Academic History: 
2019-present: BSc in chemistry and physics at the Hebrew University.
 

 

Research area:
Studying the recognition of metallic NPs based on Nanoparticles Imprinting matrices (NAIM).


1.  Studying the recognition of chiral NPs and NPs stabilized with structural isomers ligands.
2.  Studying the interaction between matrixes and NPs ligand shells.
3.  Studying numerical simulations of electrochemical processes. 

 

Publications: 
1. Shell–Matrix Interaction in Nanoparticle-Imprinted Matrices: Implications for Selective Nanoparticle Detection and Separation

Zelikovich, D .,Dery, S ., Bruchiel-Spanier, N .,Tal, N .,Savchenko, P.,Gross, E , and Mandler, D . ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021 4 (10), 10819-10827. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c02256.

2.The Effect of the Capping Agents of Nanoparticles on Their Redox Potential. Pavel Savchenko, Din Zelikovich, Hadassah Elgavi Sinai, Roi Baer, and Daniel Mandler. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024 146 (32), 22208-22219. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02524

 

Simulation of one electron reduction of ferricyanide to ferrocyanide on a nanometric electrode:

1.Simulated Cyclic Voltammetry
 

2. Simulation of one electron reduction of ferricyanide to ferrocyanide on a nanometric electrode

Din Zelikovich

Academic History
2016-2019: BSc in chemistry at the Hebrew University.
2019 - 2020: MSc in chemistry at the Hebrew University.
2020 – present: PhD student in chemistry at the Hebrew University.

Research area
1.  Studying the recognition of metallic NPs based on Nanoparticles Imprinting matrices (NAIM) system.
2.  Studying the recognition of chiral NPs and NPs stabilized with structural isomers ligands.
3.  Studying the interaction between matrixes and NPs ligand shells.


 Publications
1.  Shell–Matrix Interaction in Nanoparticle-Imprinted Matrices: Implications for Selective Nanoparticle Detection and Separation
Zelikovich, D., Dery, S ., Bruchiel-Spanier, N .,Tal, N .,Savchenko, P.,Gross, E , and Mandler, D . ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021 4 (10), 10819-10827. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c02256

2.  Electrochemistry of molecular imprinting of large entities. 
Din Zelikovich, Linoy Dery, Daniel Mandler, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2022.100967.

3. High Recognition of Isomer-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles through Matrix Imprinting
Zelikovich, D., Savchenko, P., & Mandler, D. (2023). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaceshttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.3c04311

4. Imprinting of nanoparticles in thin films: Quo Vadis?
Zelikovich, D., Dery, L., Sagi-Cohen, H., & Mandler, D. (2023). Chemical Sciencehttps://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/sc/d3sc02178e 

5. The Effect of the Capping Agents of Nanoparticles on Their Redox Potential. Pavel Savchenko, Din Zelikovich, Hadassah Elgavi Sinai, Roi Baer, and Daniel Mandler. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024 146 (32), 22208-22219. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02524 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.4c02524