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

63 Prof. Aharon Gedanken Department of Chemistry Presidant of Givat Washington Academic College of Education Member of BINA, Nano-Materials Center Research Areas • Developing new methods (sonochemistry, microwave dielectric heating, sonoelectrochemistry, and RAPET) for the fabrication of nano materials • Developing nano materials for various applications Abstract Nanochemistry The following topics are currently studied by Gedanken’s group: 1) metal@C-dots their synthesis and applications 2) a new polymerization method using carbon dots as initiators 3) solar aided conversion of algae to ethanol 4) nanoparticles fighting sensitive and resistance bacteria 5) antiviral nanoparticles. • Sharon Yunger, Pinhas Kafri, Liat Rosenfeld, Eliraz Greenberg, Yuval Garini and Yaron Shav-Tal, “S-phase transcriptional buffering quantified on two different promoters”, Life Science Alliance 1, e201800086, 2018 . • Fabio Contu, Aline Rangel-Pozzo, Peter Trokajlo, Landon Wark, Ludger Klewes, Nathalie A. Johnson, Tina Petrogiannis- Haliotis, John G. Gartner, Yuval Garini, Roberta Vanni, Hans Knecht and Sabine Mai, “Distinct 3D structural patterns of lamin A/C expression in Hodgkin and Reed- Sternberg cells”, Cancers 10, 286, 2018 . • Guy Nir, Einat Chetrit, Anat Vivante, Yuval Garini and Ronen Berkovich, “The role of near-wall drag effects in the dynamics of tethered DNA under shear flow”, Soft Matter 14, 2197–2430, 2018 . [Journal Cover]. (Top image) Ultrafine and Stable Fluorescent N@C-dots: A-0h; B-24h (Bottom image) Ultrafine and Stable Fluorescent N@C-dots: A-0h; B-24h Publications 2018 and 2019 • M Maruthapandi, JHT Luong, A Gedanken “Kinetic, isotherm and mechanism studies of organic dye adsorption on poly (4, 4 ў -oxybisbenzenamine) and copolymer of poly (4, 4 ў -oxybisbenzenamine-pyrrole) macro nanoparticles synthesized by multifunctional carbon dots”, New Journal of Chemistry 43 (4), 1926-1935, 2019 . • X Li, H Xu, C Li, G Qiao, AA Farooqi, A Gedanken, X Liu, X Lin, “Zinc-Doped Copper Oxide Nanocomposites Inhibit the Growth of Pancreatic Cancer by Inducing Autophagy Through AMPK/mTOR Pathway”, Frontiers in pharmacology 10, 319, 2019 . • P Sivakumar, M Jana, MG Jung, A Gedanken, HS Park, “Hexagonal plate-like Ni–Co–Mn hydroxide nanostructures to achieve high energy density of hybrid supercapacitors”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (18), 11362-11369, 2019 . • Y Nahum, R Israeli, G Mircus, I Perelshtein, M Ehrenberg, S Gutfreund, A Gedanken, I Bahar, “Antibacterial and physical properties of a novel sonochemical- assisted Zn-CuO contact lens nanocoating”, Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 257 (1), 95-100, 2019 . • HK Sadhanala, VK Harika, TR Penki, D Aurbach, A Gedanken, “Ultrafine Ruthenium Oxide Nanoparticles Supported on Molybdenum Oxide Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution in Acidic Medium”, ChemCatChem 11 (5), 1495-1502, 2019 . • VB Kumar, R Kumar, A Gedanken, O Shefi, “Fluorescent metal-doped carbon dots for neuronal manipulations”, Ultrasonics sonochemistry 52, 205-213, 2019 . • VB Kumar, Y Harel, R Ben-Ishay, JP Lellouche, A Gedanken, “Functionalization of WS2 Nanotubes with Fluorescent C ѧ dots and Conductive Polythiophenes”, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 220 (7), 1800476, 2019 . • H Xu, R Yuan, X Liu, A Gedanken, X Lin, “Zn- doped CuO nanocomposites inhibit tumor growth in vitro and in vivo: Involvement of reactive oxygen species-dependent autophagy and apoptosis cross-linked by NF-kappaB pathway”, The FASEB Journal 33 (1_supplement), 811.7-811.7, 2019 . • AM Tomala, VB Kumar, Z Porat, R Michalczewski, A Gedanken, “Tribological Anti-Wear and Extreme-Pressure Performance of Multifunctional Metal and Nonmetal Doped C-based Nanodots”, Lubricants 7 (4), 36, 2019 . • RK Mishra, VB Kumar, L Monteran, B Sredni, A Gedanken, “AS101-Loaded PLGA–PEG Nanoparticles for Autoimmune Regulation and Chemosensitization”, ACS Applied Bio Materials 2 (5), 2246-2251, 2019 . • VB Kumar, R Kumar, O Friedman, Y Golan, A Gedanken, O Shefi, “One ѧ Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of Elements (B, N, P) -Doped Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Cell Labelling, Differentiation and Outgrowth of Neuronal Cells”, ChemistrySelect 4 (14), 4222- 4232, 2019 . • G Colombo, C Cortinovis, E Moschini, N Bellitto, MC Perego, M Albonico, E Astori, I Dalle-Donne, A Bertero, A Gedanken, I Perelsthein, P Mantecca, F Caloni, “Cytotoxic and proinflammatory responses induced by ZnO nanoparticles in in vitro intestinal barrier”, Journal of Applied Toxicology, 39:1155–1163, 2019 . • M Maruthapandi, AP Nagvenkar, I Perelshtein, A Gedanken, “Carbon-Dot Initiated Synthesis of Polypyrrole and Polypyrrole@ CuO Micro/Nanoparticles with Enhanced Antibacterial Activity”, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 1, 5, 1181-1186, 2019 . • P Sivakumar, P Subramanian, T Maiyalagan, A Gedanken, A Schechter, “Ternary nickelcobaltmanganese spinel oxide nanoparticles as heterogeneous electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reaction”, Materials Chemistry and Physics 229, 190-196, 2019 . • J Rogowska-Tylman, J Locs, I Salma, B Wo ť niak, M Pilmane, V Zalite, J Wojnarowicz, A K ĕ dzierska-Sar, T Chudoba, K Szl ć zak, A Chlanda, W Ŋ wi ĕ szkowski,