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Overview

Sidney R. Cohen is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of Materials Science, with a focus on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Frequent collaborators include Irit Rosenhek-Goldian, Linda J. W. Shimon, Lothar Houben, Michal Lahav, and Milko E. van der Boom.

Cohen has published numerous articles in a range of venues. The most common venues for their work are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Recent publications reflect a diversity of topics and journals, including:

  • 20S proteasomes secreted by the malaria parasite promote its growth, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Micro and nano-scale compartments guide the structural transition of silk protein monomers into silk fibers, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Laboratory Insights into the Diel Cycle of Optical and Chemical Transformations of Biomass Burning Brown Carbon Aerosols, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Chiral and SHG-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks Formed in Solution and on Surfaces: Uniformity, Morphology Control, Oriented Growth, and Postassembly Functionalization, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Protein nanofibril design via manipulation of hydrogen bonds, 2021, Communications Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Hollow nanoparticles of WS2 as potential solid-state lubricants

    L. Rapoport;Yu. Bilik;Y. Feldman;M. Homyonfer

  • Measurement of carbon nanotube-polymer interfacial strength

    Asa H. Barber;Sidney R. Cohen;H. Daniel Wagner

  • Detachment of nanotubes from a polymer matrix

    Carole A. Cooper;Sidney R. Cohen;Asa H. Barber;H. Daniel Wagner

  • Spin Specific Electron Conduction through DNA Oligomers

    Zouti Xie;Tal Z. Markus;Sidney R. Cohen;Zeev Vager

  • Helicenes—A New Class of Organic Spin Filter

    Vankayala Kiran;Shinto P. Mathew;Sidney R. Cohen;Irene Hernández Delgado

  • Mechanical properties of APbX3 (A = Cs or CH3NH3; X= I or Br) perovskite single crystals

    Yevgeny Rakita;Sidney R. Cohen;Nir Klein Kedem;Gary Hodes

  • Nanoelectrochemical Patterning of Monolayer Surfaces: Toward Spatially Defined Self-Assembly of Nanostructures

    Rivka Maoz;Sidney R. Cohen;Jacob Sagiv

  • Static and dynamic wetting measurements of single carbon nanotubes.

    Asa H. Barber;Sidney R. Cohen;H. Daniel Wagner

  • Interfacial fracture energy measurements for multi-walled carbon nanotubes pulled from a polymer matrix

    Asa H. Barber;Sidney R. Cohen;Shmuel Kenig;H.Daniel Wagner

  • “Constructive Nanolithography”: Inert Monolayers as Patternable Templates for In‐Situ Nanofabrication of Metal–Semiconductor–Organic Surface Structures—A Generic Approach

    R. Maoz;E. Frydman;S. R. Cohen;J. Sagiv

  • On the mechanical behavior of WS2 nanotubes under axial tension and compression.

    Ifat Kaplan-Ashiri;Sidney R. Cohen;Konstantin Gartsman;Viktoria Ivanovskaya

  • Constructive Nanolithography: Site‐Defined Silver Self‐Assembly on Nanoelectrochemically Patterned Monolayer Templates

    R. Maoz;E. Frydman;S. R. Cohen;J. Sagiv

  • Force microscopy with a bidirectional capacitance sensor

    Gabi Neubauer;Sidney R. Cohen;Gary M. McClelland;Don Horne

  • Thermally induced disorder in organized organic monolayers on solid substrates

    Sidney R. Cohen;Ron Naaman;Jacob Sagiv

  • Metal Nanoparticles, Nanowires, and Contact Electrodes Self‐Assembled on Patterned Monolayer Templates—A Bottom‐up Chemical Approach

    Stephanie Hoeppener;Rivka Maoz;Sidney R. Cohen;Lifeng Chi

  • How Polycrystalline Devices Can Outperform Single‐Crystal Ones: Thin Film CdTe/CdS Solar Cells

    Iris Visoly-Fisher;Sidney R. Cohen;Arie Ruzin;David Cahen

  • Understanding the Beneficial Role of Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline Solar Cells from Single-Grain-Boundary Scanning Probe Microscopy

    Iris Visoly-Fisher;Iris Visoly-Fisher;Sidney R. Cohen;Konstantin Gartsman;Arie Ruzin

  • Fracture Transitions at a Carbon‐Nanotube/Polymer Interface

    A. H. Barber;S. R. Cohen;A. Eitan;L. S. Schadler

  • Atomic scale friction of a diamond tip on diamond (100) and (111) surfaces

    Geoffrey J. Germann;Sidney R. Cohen;Gabi Neubauer;Gary M. McClelland

  • A Secreted Disulfide Catalyst Controls Extracellular Matrix Composition and Function

    Tal Ilani;Assaf Alon;Iris Grossman;Ben Horowitz

  • Torsional electromechanical quantum oscillations in carbon nanotubes

    Tzahi Cohen-Karni;Lior Segev;Onit Srur-Lavi;Sidney R. Cohen

  • Preparation and Reactions of Derivatives of Squaric Acid. Alkoxy-, Hydroxy-, and Aminocyclobutenediones1

    Sidney Cohen;Saul G. Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Reshef Tenne
Reshef Tenne Weizmann Institute of Science
Hagai Cohen
Hagai Cohen Weizmann Institute of Science
Ronit Popovitz-Biro
Ronit Popovitz-Biro Weizmann Institute of Science
David Cahen
David Cahen Weizmann Institute of Science
Yishay Feldman
Yishay Feldman Weizmann Institute of Science
H. Daniel Wagner
H. Daniel Wagner Weizmann Institute of Science
Michal Lahav
Michal Lahav Weizmann Institute of Science
Ron Naaman
Ron Naaman Weizmann Institute of Science
Lev Rapoport
Lev Rapoport Holon Institute of Technology
Meir Lahav
Meir Lahav Weizmann Institute of Science

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