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Abraham Shanzer is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on materials science, medicine, and physics and astronomy. Shanzer's work integrates topics related to lanthanide and transition metal complexes, quantum optics and atomic interactions, and advanced fiber laser technologies.

Their research also addresses areas linked to antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications, orthopedic infections and treatments, and antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their published work include Ori Ezrah Mor, Tal Ohana, Adrien Borne, Yael Diskin-Posner, and Barak Dayan.

Shanzer's recent publications illustrate a focus on coordination chemistry, imaging applications, and quantum technologies. Notable papers include:

  • Cyclic Analogs of Desferrioxamine E Siderophore for 68Ga Nuclear Imaging: Coordination Chemistry and Biological Activity in Staphylococcus aureus (2021, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Tapered Optical Fibers Coated with Rare-Earth Complexes for Quantum Applications (2022, ACS Photonics)
  • Biomimetic Analogues of the Desferrioxamine E Siderophore for PET Imaging of Invasive Aspergillosis: Targeting Properties and Species Specificity (2024, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Metal-Mediated Interactions in Homo- and Heterobimetallic Edifices with Lanthanides: A Study in Solution (2022, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Nanofibers coated with Rare-Earth complexes (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))

Their publications appear in journals and venues including Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Photonics, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Best Publications

  • Ionic recognition and selective response in self assembling monolayer membranes on electrodes

    Jacob Sagiv;Israel Rubinstein;Suzi Steinberg;Abraham Shanzer

  • A molecular keypad lock : A photochemical device capable of authorizing password entries

    David Margulies;Clifford E. Felder;Galina Melman;Abraham Shanzer

  • Molecular control over Au/GaAs diodes

    Ayelet Vilan;Abraham Shanzer;David Cahen

  • A molecular full-adder and full-subtractor, an additional step toward a moleculator.

    David Margulies;Galina Melman;Abraham Shanzer

  • Molecular Engineering of Semiconductor Surfaces and Devices

    Gonen Ashkenasy;David Cahen;Rami Cohen;and Abraham Shanzer

  • Iron Uptake by Plants from Microbial Siderophores A Study with 7-Nitrobenz-2 Oxa-1,3-Diazole-Desferrioxamine as Fluorescent Ferrioxamine B Analog

    Eli Bar-Ness;Yitzhak Hadar;Yona Chen;Abraham Shanzer

  • Fluorescein as a model molecular calculator with reset capability.

    David Margulies;Galina Melman;Abraham Shanzer

  • Molecular redox switches based on chemical triggering of iron translocation in triple-stranded helical complexes

    Lior Zelikovich;Jacqueline Libman;Abraham Shanzer

  • Fluorescently-Labeled Ferrichrome Analogs as Probes for Receptor-Mediated, Microbial Iron Uptake

    Haim Weizman;Orly Ardon;Brenda Mester;Jacqueline Libman

  • Molecular Control over Semiconductor Surface Electronic Properties: Dicarboxylic Acids on CdTe, CdSe, GaAs, and InP

    R. Cohen;L. Kronik;A. Shanzer;David Cahen

  • Chemical input multiplicity facilitates arithmetical processing.

    David Margulies;Galina Melman;Clifford E. Felder;Rina Arad-Yellin

  • Controlled surface charging as a depth-profiling probe for mesoscopic layers

    Ilanit Doron-Mor;Anat Hatzor;Alexander Vaskevich;Tamar van der Boom-Moav

  • Antibodies targeting the catalytic zinc complex of activated matrix metalloproteinases show therapeutic potential

    Netta Sela-Passwell;Raghavendra Kikkeri;Orly Dym;Haim Rozenberg

  • The antimalarial action of desferal involves a direct access route to erythrocytic (Plasmodium falciparum) parasites.

    M Loyevsky;S D Lytton;B Mester;J Libman

  • The Ferrichrome Uptake Pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Involves an Iron Release Mechanism with Acylation of the Siderophore and Recycling of the Modified Desferrichrome

    Mélissa Hannauer;Yaniv Barda;Gaëtan L. A. Mislin;Abraham Shanzer

  • Coordination-Controlled Self-Assembled Multilayers on Gold

    Anat Hatzor;Tamar Moav;Hagai Cohen;Sophie Matlis

  • POLAR LIGAND ADSORPTION CONTROLS SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE POTENTIALS

    Merlin Bruening;Ellen Moons;Dana Yaron-Marcovich;David Cahen

  • Differential plasmon spectroscopy as a tool for monitoring molecular binding to ultrathin gold films.

    Gregory Kalyuzhny;Marie Anne Schneeweiss;Abraham Shanzer;and Alexander Vaskevich

  • Modular Fluorescent-Labeled Siderophore Analogues

    Raphael Nudelman;Orly Ardon;Yitzhak Hadar;Yona Chen

  • Simultaneous Control of Surface Potential and Wetting of Solids with Chemisorbed Multifunctional Ligands

    Merlin Bruening;Rami Cohen;Jean François Guillemoles;Tamar Moav

Frequent Co-Authors

Yitzhak Tor
Yitzhak Tor University of California, San Diego
David Cahen
David Cahen Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel Rubinstein
Israel Rubinstein Weizmann Institute of Science
Yitzhak Hadar
Yitzhak Hadar Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ron Naaman
Ron Naaman Weizmann Institute of Science
Felix Frolow
Felix Frolow Tel Aviv University
Yona Chen
Yona Chen Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Irit Sagi
Irit Sagi Weizmann Institute of Science
Z. Ioav Cabantchik
Z. Ioav Cabantchik Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hagai Cohen
Hagai Cohen Weizmann Institute of Science

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