WHO I AM
Research activities: Nano-chemistry and nano-mineralogy; Structures of clay minerals; Thermal reactions of clay minerals; Organo-clay interactions, organo-clay complexes and the study of their fine structure by infrared and visible spectroscopy; Thermal-analysis and thermal reactions of organo-clay complexes; The formation of intercalated charcoal-clay complexes; The use of organo-clay complexes in the purification of waste water; Mechanochemical adsorption of organic compounds by clay minerals; Surface acidity of clay minerals; Wettability of clay minerals; Various topics in surface and colloid properties of clay minerals; Synthesis of organo-clay pigments; Synthesis of double halide salts by mechanochemical techniques.
Principal methods of research: IR- and visible-spectroscopy; Thermo-IR and thermo-visible-spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction and thermo-XRD; TG, DTA, EGA and DSC.
CV Highlights
1JUN
1934
Born
Tel Aviv, Israel
1964
JUN
1979
Phd in "Organometallic clay complexes”
under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Kirson from the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry and Dr. Wolf Bodenheimer from the Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem.
OCT
1990
OCT
2002
Associate Professor
Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Full Professor
The Institute of Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Professor Emeritus
The Institute of Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
