2022 ANNUAL REPORT

63 We study the electric properties of different nanosystems in which the electrons feel a random potential and exhibit unique quantum behavior. Publications 2021 and 2022 · X Wang, M Laav, I Volotsenko, A Frydman, B Kalisky. Visualizing Current in Superconducting Networks”. Physical Review Applied, 2022. · R Cohen, M Nikolaevsky, R Salem, A Frydman. “Setup for pressurizing thin films through the superconductor– insulator transition”. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2021. Prof. Gedanken Aharon Department of Chemistry President of Givat Washington Academic College of Education Member of BINA Nano & Advanced 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 TZ. 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. Ultrafine and Stable Fluorescent N@C-dots: A-0h; B-24h Publications 2021 and 2022 · Akanksha Gupta, Moorthy Maruthapandi, Poushali Das, Arumugam Saravanan, Gila Jacobi, Michal Natan, Ehud Banin, John HT Luong, Aharon Gedanken. “Cuprous Oxide Nanoparticles Decorated Fabric Materials with Anti-biofilm Properties”. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2022. · Amudhavalli Victor, Pankaj Sharma, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Aharon Gedanken. “Levulinic Acid Is a Key Strategic Chemical from Biomass”. Catalysts 12 (8), 909, 2022. · Arulppan Durairaj, Moorthy Maruthapandi, Arumugam Saravanan, John HT Luong, Aharon Gedanken. “Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC)-Based Functional Materials for Supercapacitor Applications”. Nanomaterials 12 (11), 1828, 2022. · Bibhudatta Malik, Hari Krishna Sadhanala, Rong Sun, Francis Leonard Deepak, Aharon Gedanken, Gilbert Daniel Nessim. “Co3O4|CoP Core–Shell Nanoparticles with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation Performance”. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022. · Bibhudatta Malik, Hari Krishna Sadhanala, SK Tarik Aziz, Sumit Majumder, Rajashree Konar, Aharon Gedanken, Gilbert Daniel Nessim. “Synergy between Cobalt– Chromium-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets and Oxidized Carbon Nanotubes for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution”. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022. · Guido Ennas, Aharon Gedanken, Giada Mannias, Vijay B Kumar, Alessandra Scano, Ze’ev Porat, Martina Pilloni. “Formation of Iron (III) Trimesate Xerogel by Ultrasonic Irradiation”. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022. · Hari Krishna Sadhanala, Saurav Aryal, Kusha Sharma, Ziv Orpaz, Shulamit Michaeli, Aharon Gedanken. “Nitrogendoped carbon dots as a highly selective and sensitive fluorescent probe for sensing Mg2+ ions in aqueous solution, and their application in the detection and imaging of intracellular Mg2+ ions”. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2022. · Hari Krishna Sadhanala, Sudhakar Pagidi, Suhas Yadav, Marianna Beiderman, Ilya Grinberg, Dror Fixler, Aharon Gedanken. “Boron-doped Carbon Dots with Surface Oxygen Functional Groups as a Highly Sensitive and Labelfree Photoluminescence Probe for the Enhanced Detection of Mg2+ Ions”. ChemistrySelect, 2022. · Ilana Perelshtein, Itsik Levi, Nina Perkas, Avi Pollak, Aharon Gedanken. “CuOCoated Antibacterial and Antiviral Car Air-Conditioning Filters”. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022. · Indra Neel Pulidindi, Aharon Gedanken. “Solar intervention in bioenergy”. Handbook of Biofuels, 621-642, 2022. · Kamal Dabbah, Ilana Perelshtein, Aharon Gedanken, Yael Houri-Haddad,

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