nanomaterials: in the service of mankind prof. uriel levy director nano materials, march, 2014

Nanomaterials: In the Service of MankindProf. Uriel Levy

Director

Nano materials, March, 2014

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What Is Nano Science?

1 Meter 1 Nano Meter

: 1,000,000,000

Small isDifferent!

Nano size yields new properties & functions

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Why Nano?Nano is the only multi-discipline directly

addressing every one of humanity’s challenges

Energy Consumption

Communication & Computation

Health Homeland Security

Environment

Human CapitalBrain Gain Vs. Brain Drain

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What will our researchers discover next?

36 recruits, 430 Students, 14 Staff

64 Research Groups:

Chemistry (24)

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Earth Sciences (3)

Biology & Medicine (16)

Engineering (8)

Physics (13)

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Excellence

Awards:

PM prize for Innovation 2012Prof. Oded Shoseyov

ICS Tenne prize for Nano 2013Prof. Uri Banin

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First Class Infrastructure

Key to Excellence!

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How Are We Solving Humanity’s Challenges?

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EnergyMedicine

Focal AreasFor Research & Industrial Applications

OptronicsFunctional Materials

Printed Electronics

Displays Plastic Solar Cells

SignageSmart Bandage

Touch Screens

Sensors SmartPackaging

Disposable Bio-sensors

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Functional CoatingPaints & Coating

Thermo solar collectors

Greenhouse Plastic Sheets

Food Packaging

Composite films for LED light tuning

Anti Bio-fouling films

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Prof. Uri Banin

Quantum Dots Solution for Better Lighting

“ We are able to filter light and extract only the desired colors to save energy in TV screens and lighting.”

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Profs. Dani Mandler, Joseph Almog

Smart Fingerprints Discovery

“Through work on nanoparticles, fingerprints will be easier to visualize and extract from the most challenging surfaces.”

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Super Slippery Surfaces

With coating

Without coating

Dr. Roie Yerushalmi

“We have developed a special coating that makes surfaces extremely slippery, for self cleaning and energy efficiency”

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Prof. David Avnir

Hybrid non- rusting nanomaterials

“We are merging the worlds of ceramics, organics and metals on the Nanometric level giving rise to new non-rusting materials.”

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Dr. Liraz Chai

“ We research protein aggregation within bacteria to understand similar processes that occur in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients”.

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Curing Alzheimer’s with Bacterial Materials

Dr. Liraz Chai

“ We research the prevention of the growth of detrimental bacteria in hospitals ”.

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Developing new antibiotics to fight bacteria in hospitals

Using nanoscience and nanotechnology we create new photonic materials coined “metamaterials” with properties that are not available in natural materials.

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Photonics metamaterials

Light in Light outLight in Light out

Using nanoscience and nanotechnology we develop new metamaterials for cloacking applications

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Photonics metamaterials for cloacking

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Metamaterials for photonic chips

Google data center, comprising racks filled with computing hardware and optical fiber connectivity.

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Metamaterials for photonic chips

Thank You!