BAR-ILAN INSTITUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY & ADVANCED MATERIALS | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

A DECADE OF RESEARCH Nano-Materials · Innovative methods for nanoparticle fabrication & characterization · Self-assembled monolayer films · Nanoscale organic and inorganic coatings · Functional and chiral self-assembly monolayers · Carbon nanotubes growth mechanisms & functionalization · Phase transition in nano-scale systems · Theoretical properties of nanoparticles, layers & devices · Graphene, 2-D materials & metamaterials Clean-tech · Development of new approaches for breaking down hazardous biofilms · Micro-porous, double-layer carbon electrodes for water de-ionization and desalination Biomedicine · Nano-based methods for targeted drug delivery · Nanoparticles for diagnostics · Nano chemistry & biochemistry for liposomes & membranes · Microfluidic-based studies of virus-host interaction · Nanoparticles for gene silencing · Structure and function of ion channels · Nanoparticles for improved CT imaging · mRNA dynamics in living cell systems · Neuronal nano-engineering · Protein-DNA interaction on the single-molecule level · Nanoparticles for imaging and treatment of brain tumors · Rapid and highly sensitive detection of biomarkers · Label-free photoacoustic (PA) tomography · Nanoscale sensors for medical applications · BioMEMS & ‘Lab on a Chip’ devices · Bio-imaging & Plasmonic nanoparticles · Neural Prosthetic devices · Neurobiological systems development · Nano-based methods for skin grafts · Devices for reagents delivery into live tissue · Neuroprosthetic devices · Artificial vision · Developing CRISPR technology as a method of gene therapy · Exploring the cellular and viral pathways of KSHV infection cycle and pathogenesis, clinical and epidemiological studies · Nano-mechanisms in cell cycles & growth 32