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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David Avnir is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.

Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Materials Science and Chemistry. Within these domains, they have contributed notably to the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their main research topics include:

  • Aerogels and thermal insulation
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

They have published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Applied Materials Today
  • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • New Astronomy Reviews
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Their recent publications include:

  • Critical review of chirality indicators of extraterrestrial life, 2020, New Astronomy Reviews
  • 3D-printing of ceramic aerogels by spatial photopolymerization, 2021, Applied Materials Today
  • Dynamic Spin-Controlled Enantioselective Catalytic Chiral Reactions, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Affecting an Ultra-High Work Function of Silver, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Gradual hydrophobization of silica aerogel for controlled drug release, 2021, RSC Advances

Their frequent collaborators include Barak Menagen, Peixi Cong, Andrew M. Beale, Nir Ganonyan, and Raed Abu-Reziq.

David Avnir was recognized by professional societies with awards such as Member of Academia Europaea in 2009 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for the characterization of porous solids (Technical Report)

    J. Rouquerol;D. Avnir;C. W. Fairbridge;D. H. Everett

  • Chemistry in noninteger dimensions between two and three. I. Fractal theory of heterogeneous surfaces

    Peter Pfeifer;David Avnir

  • The nature of the silica cage as reflected by spectral changes and enhanced photostability of trapped Rhodamine 6G

    David Avnir;David Levy;Renata Reisfeld

  • Shape maps and polyhedral interconversion paths in transition metal chemistry

    Santiago Alvarez;Pere Alemany;David Casanova;Jordi Cirera

  • Enzymes and Other Proteins Entrapped in Sol-Gel Materials

    David Avnir;Sergei Braun;Ovadia Lev;Michael Ottolenghi

  • The Fractal approach to heterogeneous chemistry : surfaces, colloids, polymers

    D. Avnir

  • Molecular fractal surfaces

    David Avnir;Dina Farin;Peter Pfeifer

  • Recent bio-applications of sol–gel materials

    David Avnir;Thibaud Coradin;Ovadia Lev;Jacques Livage

  • Continuous Symmetry Measures. 5. The Classical Polyhedra.

    Mark Pinsky;David Avnir

  • Organic Chemistry within Ceramic Matrixes: Doped Sol-Gel Materials

    David Avnir

  • Continuous symmetry measures

    Hagit Zabrodsky;Shmuel Peleg;David Avnir

  • Biochemically active sol-gel glasses: The trapping of enzymes ☆

    Sergei Braun;Sara Rappoport;Rivka Zusman;David Avnir

  • An isotherm equation for adsorption on fractal surfaces of heterogeneous porous materials

    David Avnir;Mieczyslaw Jaroniec

  • Chemistry in noninteger dimensions between two and three. II: Fractal surfaces of adsorbents

    David Avnir;Dina Farin;Peter Pfeifer

  • Organic fluorescent dyes trapped in silica and silica-titania thin films by the sol-gel method. Photophysical, film and cage properties

    David Avnir;Vered R. Kaufman;Renata Reisfeld

  • Continuous symmetry maps and shape classification. The case of six-coordinated metal compounds

    Santiago Alvarez;David Avnir;Miquel Llunell;Mark Pinsky

  • Minimal Distortion Pathways in Polyhedral Rearrangements

    David Casanova;Jordi Cirera;Miquel Llunell;Pere Alemany

  • Surface geometric irregularity of particulate materials: the fractal approach

    David Avnir;Dina Farin;Peter Pfeifer

  • Continuous Symmetry Measures. 4. Chirality

    Hagit Zabrodsky;David Avnir

  • Electrodeposition of Methylated Sol‐Gel Films on Conducting Surfaces

    Ronen Shacham;David Avnir;Daniel Mandler

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Ottolenghi
Michael Ottolenghi Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jochanan Blum
Jochanan Blum Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shlomo Magdassi
Shlomo Magdassi Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shmuel Peleg
Shmuel Peleg Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ovadia Lev
Ovadia Lev Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Santiago Alvarez
Santiago Alvarez University of Barcelona
Herbert Schumann
Herbert Schumann Technical University of Berlin
Pere Alemany
Pere Alemany University of Barcelona
Dan Huppert
Dan Huppert Tel Aviv University
Daniel Mandler
Daniel Mandler Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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