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Overview

Rafal Klajn is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research expertise lies primarily in the field of Materials Science, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several subfields, including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Klajn's scholarly work spans a range of topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

The scientist has published in various venues, including recurrent contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (23 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (6 publications)
  • Chem (3 publications)
  • Nature Nanotechnology (2 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2 publications)

Among recent published papers are:

  • "Chemical reactivity under nanoconfinement," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures," 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • "Dissipative Self-Assembly: Fueling with Chemicals versus Light," 2021, Chem
  • "Polarization-sensitive optoionic membranes from chiral plasmonic nanoparticles," 2022, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Disequilibrating azobenzenes by visible-light sensitization under confinement," 2023, Science

Frequent collaborators in Klajn's work include:

  • Julius Gemen
  • Michał J. Białek
  • Yael Diskin-Posner
  • Linda J. W. Shimon
  • Oksana Yanshyna

Best Publications

  • Spiropyran-based dynamic materials

    Rafal Klajn

  • Chemical reactivity under nanoconfinement

    Angela B. Grommet;Moran Feller;Rafal Klajn

  • Nanoparticles functionalised with reversible molecular and supramolecular switches

    Rafal Klajn;J. Fraser Stoddart;Bartosz A. Grzybowski

  • Self-assembly of magnetite nanocubes into helical superstructures

    Gurvinder Singh;Henry Chan;Artem Baskin;Elijah Gelman

  • Light-controlled self-assembly of non-photoresponsive nanoparticles

    Pintu K. Kundu;Dipak Samanta;Ron Leizrowice;Baruch Margulis

  • Light-controlled self-assembly of reversible and irreversible nanoparticle suprastructures.

    Rafal Klajn;Kyle J. M. Bishop;Bartosz A. Grzybowski

  • Stimuli-responsive self-assembly of nanoparticles

    Marek Grzelczak;Marek Grzelczak;Luis M. Liz-Marzán;Rafal Klajn

  • Writing Self‐Erasing Images using Metastable Nanoparticle “Inks”

    Rafal Klajn;Paul J. Wesson;Kyle J. M. Bishop;Bartosz A. Grzybowski

  • Principles and implementations of dissipative (dynamic) self-assembly.

    Marcin Fialkowski;Kyle J. M. Bishop;Rafal Klajn;Stoyan K. Smoukov

  • Reversible trapping and reaction acceleration within dynamically self-assembling nanoflasks

    Hui Zhao;Soumyo Sen;T. Udayabhaskararao;Michal Sawczyk

  • Plastic and Moldable Metals by Self-Assembly of Sticky Nanoparticle Aggregates

    Rafal Klajn;Kyle J. M. Bishop;Marcin Fialkowski;Maciej Paszewski

  • Photoconductance and inverse photoconductance in films of functionalized metal nanoparticles

    Hideyuki Nakanishi;Kyle J. M. Bishop;Bartlomiej Kowalczyk;Abraham Nitzan;Abraham Nitzan

  • Immobilized azobenzenes for the construction of photoresponsive materials

    Rafal Klajn

  • Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures.

    Tong Bian;Andrea Gardin;Andrea Gardin;Julius Gemen;Lothar Houben

  • Applications, Properties and Synthesis of ω-Functionalized n-Alkanethiols and Disulfides - the Building Blocks of Self-Assembled Monolayers

    Dariusz Witt;Rafal Klajn;Piotr Barski;Bartosz A. Grzybowski

  • Dissipative Self-Assembly Driven by the Consumption of Chemical Fuels

    Soumen De;Rafal Klajn

  • Dissipative Self-Assembly: Fueling with Chemicals versus Light

    Maren Weißenfels;Julius Gemen;Rafal Klajn

  • Reversible chromism of spiropyran in the cavity of a flexible coordination cage.

    Dipak Samanta;Daria Galaktionova;Julius Gemen;Linda J. W. Shimon

  • Synthesis, Shape Control, and Optical Properties of Hybrid Au/Fe3O4 “Nanoflowers”

    Yanhu Wei;Rafal Klajn;Anatoliy O. Pinchuk;Bartosz A. Grzybowski

  • Chemical systems out of equilibrium

    Jan H. van Esch;Rafal Klajn;Sijbren Otto

  • Nanoporous frameworks exhibiting multiple stimuli responsiveness

    Pintu K. Kundu;Gregory L. Olsen;Vladimir Kiss;Rafal Klajn

Frequent Co-Authors

Bartosz A. Grzybowski
Bartosz A. Grzybowski Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Kyle J. M. Bishop
Kyle J. M. Bishop Columbia University
Petr Král
Petr Král University of Illinois at Chicago
J. Fraser Stoddart
J. Fraser Stoddart Northwestern University
Stoyan K. Smoukov
Stoyan K. Smoukov Queen Mary University of London
Lei Fang
Lei Fang Texas A&M University
Yael Diskin-Posner
Yael Diskin-Posner Weizmann Institute of Science
Linda J. W. Shimon
Linda J. W. Shimon Weizmann Institute of Science
Ali Coskun
Ali Coskun University of Fribourg
Hui Zhao
Hui Zhao Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

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