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Michael S. Silverstein is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a significant emphasis on materials chemistry and organic chemistry. The work spans several interconnected areas including polymers and plastics, surfaces, coatings and films, as well as biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Advanced polymer synthesis and characterization
  • Covalent organic framework applications
  • Surfactants and colloidal systems
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Polymer surface interaction studies

Frequent co-authors associated with Michael S. Silverstein are:

  • Orit Cohen
  • Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
  • Hila Toledo
  • Shulamit Levenberg
  • Inna Berezovska

The scientist has contributed to a number of research papers published in notable journals. Select recent papers include:

  • Interpenetrating polymer networks: So happy together?, 2020, Polymer
  • Hierarchical Porosity in Emulsion-Templated, Porogen-Containing Interpenetrating Polymer Networks: Hyper-Cross-Linking and Carbonization, 2022, Macromolecules
  • RAFT polymerization within high internal phase emulsions: Porous structures, mechanical behaviors, and uptakes, 2020, Polymer
  • The Chemistry of Porous Polymers: The Holey Grail, 2020, Israel Journal of Chemistry
  • Cellulose-based, highly porous polyurethanes templated within non-aqueous high internal phase emulsions, 2020, Cellulose

The majority of publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • Polymer
  • Macromolecules
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Israel Journal of Chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry

Michael S. Silverstein's work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach combining synthesis, characterization, and application of advanced polymer materials with specific interest in porous polymers, emulsion-templated networks, and polymer interfaces. This reflects their broader engagement within materials chemistry and polymer science domains.

Best Publications

  • PolyHIPEs: Recent advances in emulsion-templated porous polymers

    Michael S. Silverstein

  • Emulsion Templating: Porous Polymers and Beyond

    Tao Zhang;Tao Zhang;Rajashekharayya A. Sanguramath;Sima Israel;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Emulsion-templated porous polymers: A retrospective perspective

    Michael S. Silverstein

  • Thermal degradation of poly(acrylic acid) containing copper nitrate

    Stanislav Dubinsky;Gideon S. Grader;Gennady E. Shter;Michael S. Silverstein

  • PolyHIPE: IPNs, hybrids, nanoscale porosity, silica monoliths and ICP-based sensors

    Michael S. Silverstein;Huiwen Tai;Anatoly Sergienko;Yulia Lumelsky

  • Organic-inorganic networks in foams from high internal phase emulsion polymerizations

    H Tai;A Sergienko;Silverstein

  • Polymerized pickering HIPEs: Effects of synthesis parameters on porous structure

    Inna Gurevitch;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Porous poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels synthesized within high internal phase emulsions.

    Olga Kulygin;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Emulsion-templated polymers: Contemporary contemplations

    Michael S. Silverstein

  • Interpenetrating polymer networks: So happy together?

    Michael S. Silverstein

  • Plasma polymerized thiophene: molecular structure and electrical properties

    M.S Silverstein;I Visoly-Fisher

  • Bicontinuous hydrogel–hydrophobic polymer systems through emulsion templated simultaneous polymerizations

    Tamar Gitli;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Porous polyurethanes synthesized within high internal phase emulsions

    Dganit David;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Nanoparticle-Based and Organic-Phase-Based AGET ATRP PolyHIPE Synthesis within Pickering HIPEs and Surfactant-Stabilized HIPEs

    Inna Gurevitch;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Porous Polycaprolactone-Polystyrene Semi-interpenetrating Polymer Networks Synthesized within High Internal Phase Emulsions

    Yulia Lumelsky;Janeta Zoldan;Shulamit Levenberg;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Polymerized high internal-phase emulsions: Properties and interaction with water

    Anatoly Y. Sergienko;Huiwen Tai;Moshe Narkis;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Superabsorbent, High Porosity, PAMPS-Based Hydrogels through Emulsion Templating.

    Sebastijan Kovačič;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Synthesis of emulsion-templated porous polyacrylonitrile and its pyrolysis to porous carbon monoliths

    Noa Cohen;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Crystallinity and Cross-Linking in Porous Polymers Synthesized from Long Side Chain Monomers through Emulsion Templating

    Shulamit Livshin;Michael S. Silverstein

  • Biodegradable Porous Polymers through Emulsion Templating

    Yulia Lumelsky;Michael S. Silverstein

  • High internal phase emulsion foams: Copolymers and interpenetrating polymer networks

    Huiwen Tai;Anatoly Sergienko;Michael S. Silverstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Narkis
Moshe Narkis Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Yeshayahu Talmon
Yeshayahu Talmon Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Eric Baer
Eric Baer Case Western Reserve University
Edward Sacher
Edward Sacher Polytechnique Montréal
A. Hiltner
A. Hiltner Case Western Reserve University
Neil R. Cameron
Neil R. Cameron Monash University
Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Wei Wu
Wei Wu Wuhan University
Robert D. Tilton
Robert D. Tilton Carnegie Mellon University

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