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Israel
2026

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Materials Science

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92
Citations
31439
World Ranking
1525
National Ranking
8

Chemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
28232
World Ranking
2074
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Uri Banin is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and is active in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's major research topics include Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, and Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications.

Recent publications by Uri Banin include:

  • ZnSe/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots with Superior Optical Properties through Thermodynamic Shell Growth, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Nanotechnology for catalysis and solar energy conversion, 2020, Nanotechnology
  • Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems, 2024, ACS Nano
  • Coupled Colloidal Quantum Dot Molecules, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Ligands Mediate Anion Exchange between Colloidal Lead-Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals, 2022, Nano Letters

Uri Banin frequently collaborates with researchers such as Adar Levi, Yossef E. Panfil, Sergei Remennik, Somnath Koley, and Nir Waiskopf.

Publication venues where Uri Banin's work appears most frequently include ACS Nano, arXiv (Cornell University), Nano Letters, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

Best Publications

  • Efficient near-infrared polymer nanocrystal light-emitting diodes.

    Nir Tessler;Vlad Medvedev;Miri Kazes;ShiHai Kan

  • Selective Growth of Metal Tips onto Semiconductor Quantum Rods and Tetrapods

    Taleb Mokari;Eli Rothenberg;Inna Popov;Ronny Costi

  • Heavily doped semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots.

    David Mocatta;Guy Cohen;Jonathan Schattner;Jonathan Schattner;Oded Millo;Oded Millo

  • Colloidal Hybrid Nanostructures: A New Type of Functional Materials

    Ronny Costi;Aaron E. Saunders;Uri Banin

  • Identification of atomic-like electronic states in indium arsenide nanocrystal quantum dots

    Uri Banin;YunWei Cao;David Katz;Oded Millo

  • Synthesis of Size-Selected, Surface-Passivated InP Nanocrystals

    A. A. Guzelian;J. E. B. Katari;A. V. Kadavanich;U. Banin

  • Colloidal chemical synthesis and characterization of InAs nanocrystal quantum dots

    A. A. Guzelian;U. Banin;A. V. Kadavanich;X. Peng

  • Growth and Properties of Semiconductor Core/Shell Nanocrystals with InAs Cores

    YunWei Cao and;Uri Banin

  • Lasing from Semiconductor Quantum Rods in a Cylindrical Microcavity

    Miri Kazes;David Y. Lewis;Yuval Ebenstein;Taleb Mokari

  • Formation of asymmetric one-sided metal-tipped semiconductor nanocrystal dots and rods

    Taleb Mokari;Claudia G. Sztrum;Asaf Salant;Eran Rabani

  • Visible light-induced charge retention and photocatalysis with hybrid CdSe-Au nanodumbbells.

    Ronny Costi;Aaron E. Saunders;Einat Elmalem;and Asaf Salant

  • Synthesis and size-dependent properties of zinc-blende semiconductor quantum rods.

    Shihai Kan;Taleb Mokari;Eli Rothenberg;Uri Banin

  • Particle Size, Surface Coating, and PEGylation Influence the Biodistribution of Quantum Dots in Living Mice

    Meike L. Schipper;Gopal Iyer;Ai Leen Koh;Zhen Cheng

  • Hybrid Semiconductor–Metal Nanoparticles: From Architecture to Function

    Uri Banin;Yuval Ben-Shahar;Kathy Vinokurov

  • Lighting-Up the Dynamics of Telomerization and DNA Replication by CdSe−ZnS Quantum Dots

    Fernando Patolsky;Ron Gill;Yossi Weizmann;Taleb Mokari

  • Structural and spectroscopic investigations of CdS/HgS/CdS quantum-dot quantum wells.

    A. Mews;A. V. Kadavanich;U. Banin;A. P. Alivisatos

  • Synthesis of hybrid CdS-Au colloidal nanostructures.

    Aaron E. Saunders;Inna Popov;Uri Banin

  • Molecular Limit of a Bulk Semiconductor: Size Dependence of the “Band Gap” in CdSe Cluster Molecules

    V. N. Soloviev;A. Eichhöfer;D. Fenske,‡,§ and;U. Banin

  • Size-Dependent Optical Spectroscopy of a Homologous Series of CdSe Cluster Molecules

    Soloviev Vn;Eichhöfer A;Fenske D;Banin U

  • Evidence for a thermal contribution to emission intermittency in single CdSe/CdS core/shell nanocrystals

    U. Banin;M. Bruchez;A. P. Alivisatos;T. Ha

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanford Ruhman
Sanford Ruhman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Giulio Cerullo
Giulio Cerullo Polytechnic University of Milan
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University
Nir Tessler
Nir Tessler Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Shlomo Magdassi
Shlomo Magdassi Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ronnie Kosloff
Ronnie Kosloff Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A. Paul Alivisatos
A. Paul Alivisatos University of Chicago
Dieter Fenske
Dieter Fenske Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
David Avnir
David Avnir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Guohua Jia
Guohua Jia Curtin University

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