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Yitzhak Mastai

Yitzhak Mastai

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Chemistry

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42
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6816
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17497
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Overview

Yitzhak Mastai is a researcher affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Their work chiefly spans the disciplines of chemistry and materials science, with particular emphasis on materials chemistry and spectroscopy.

Their research covers several subfields within these disciplines, including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist has engaged extensively with topics such as surface chemistry and catalysis, molecular spectroscopy and chirality, and analytical chemistry and chromatography. Additional research topics of focus include covalent organic framework applications, adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, mesoporous materials and catalysis, as well as spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies.

Mastai's frequent collaborators include Gil Otis, Sharon Ruthstein, Matan Oliel, Sapir Shekef Aloni, and Akmaral Rakhym. This network reflects a multidisciplinary approach across chemistry and materials science.

The researcher has published regularly in several journals, notably:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (5 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (3 publications)
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B (3 publications)
  • Polymers for Advanced Technologies (2 publications)
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces (2 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Solvent-Free Mechanochemical Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles by High-Energy Ball Milling of ε-Zn(OH)2 Crystals" (2021, Nanomaterials)
  • "Heteroatom co-doping (N, NS, NB) on carbon dots and their antibacterial and antioxidant properties" (2024, Surfaces and Interfaces)
  • "Physicochemical evaluation of the effect of natural zeolite modification with didodecyldimethylammonium bromide on the adsorption of Bisphenol-A and Propranolol Hydrochloride" (2021, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials)
  • "Mesoporous carbon materials with enantioselective surface obtained by nanocasting for selective adsorption of chiral molecules from solution and the gas phase" (2020, Carbon)
  • "Enantioselective Crystallization of Chiral Inorganic Crystals of ϵ-Zn(OH)2 with Amino Acids" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Best Publications

  • Sonochemical synthesis of amorphous Cu andnanocrystalline Cu2O embedded in a polyaniline matrix

    R. Vijaya Kumar;Y. Mastai;Y. Diamant;A. Gedanken

  • Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskites (HOIPs): Opportunities and Challenges

    Joseph Berry;Tonio Buonassisi;David A. Egger;Gary Hodes

  • The Effect of the Preparation Condition of TiO2 Colloids on Their Surface Structures

    A. Zaban;S. T. Aruna;S. Tirosh;B. A. Gregg

  • Acoustic cavitation leading to the morphosynthesis of mesoporous silica vesicles

    Rohit Kumar Rana;Yitzhak Mastai;Aharon Gedanken

  • Silica-carbon nanocomposites: A new concept for the design of solar absorbers

    Yitzhak Mastai;Sebastian Polarz;Markus Antonietti

  • Crystallization in miniemulsion droplets

    Rivelino Montenegro;Markus Antonietti;Yitzhak Mastai;Katharina Landfester

  • Sonochemical Hydrolysis of Ga3+ Ions: Synthesis of Scroll-like Cylindrical Nanoparticles of Gallium Oxide Hydroxide

    S. Avivi;Y. Mastai;G. Hodes;A. Gedanken

  • Controlling Chemical Selectivity in Electrocatalysis with Chiral CuO-Coated Electrodes

    K. B. Ghosh;Wenyan Zhang;F. Tassinari;Y. Mastai;Y. Mastai

  • Sonochemical Deposition of Air-Stable Iron Nanoparticles on Monodispersed Carbon Spherules

    V. G. Pol;M. Motiei;A. Gedanken;J. Calderon-Moreno

  • PULSED SONOELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF CADMIUM SELENIDE NANOPARTICLES

    Y. Mastai;R. Polsky;Yu. Koltypin;A. Gedanken

  • Sonohydrolysis of In3+ Ions: Formation of Needlelike Particles of Indium Hydroxide

    S. Avivi;Y. Mastai;A. Gedanken

  • Amino‐Acid‐Based Chiral Nanoparticles for Enantioselective Crystallization

    Laura C. Preiss;Liora Werber;Viktor Fischer;Sadaf Hanif

  • Room Temperature Sonoelectrochemical Synthesis of Molybdenum Sulfide Fullerene-Like Nanoparticles

    Yitzhak Mastai;Moshe Homyonfer;Aharon Gedanken;Gary Hodes

  • Chiral silicate zeolites

    Chaim Dryzun;Yitzhak Mastai;Ayelet Shvalb;David Avnir

  • Enantioselective Crystallization on Chiral Polymeric Microspheres

    Dana D. Medina;Jenny Goldshtein;Shlomo Margel;Yitzhak Mastai

  • Size Quantization in Electrodeposited CdTe Nanocrystalline Films

    Yitzhak Mastai;Gary Hodes

  • Mesoporous Structures from Supramolecular Assembly of in situ Generated ZnS Nanoparticles

    Rohit Kumar Rana;Lizhi Zhang;Jimmy C. Yu;Yitzhak Mastai

  • Enantioselective crystallization on nanochiral surfaces

    Yitzhak Mastai

  • Non-magnetic organic/inorganic spin injector at room temperature

    Shinto P. Mathew;Prakash Chandra Mondal;Hagay Moshe;Yitzhak Mastai

  • Synthesis of α-cobalt(II) hydroxide using ultrasound radiation

    P. Jeevanandam;Yu. Koltypin;A. Gedanken;Y. Mastai

  • Templating mesoporous silica with chiral block copolymers and its application for enantioselective separation.

    A. Gabashvili;Dana D. Medina;A. Gedanken;Y. Mastai

  • Sonochemical Coating of Nanosized Nickel on Alumina Submicrospheres and the Interaction between the Nickel and Nickel Oxide with the Substrate

    Ziyi Zhong;Yitzhak Mastai;Yuri Koltypin;Yanming Zhao

  • Advances in Crystallization Processes

    Yitzhak Mastai

Frequent Co-Authors

Aharon Gedanken
Aharon Gedanken Bar-Ilan University
Gary Hodes
Gary Hodes Weizmann Institute of Science
Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Katharina Landfester
Katharina Landfester Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Helmut Cölfen
Helmut Cölfen University of Konstanz
Martin Oschatz
Martin Oschatz Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Arie Zaban
Arie Zaban Bar-Ilan University
Ron Naaman
Ron Naaman Weizmann Institute of Science
Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Moshe Deutsch
Moshe Deutsch Bar-Ilan University

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