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Kuhrts L, Shaked H, Sklar J, Sulam A, Polishchuk I, Prudnikov E, Manna G, Sztucki M, Prevost S, Katsman A, and Pokroy B*. The Effect of Amino Acids on the Formation of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles. Adv Funct Mater, 2025, DOI:10.1002/adfm.202520547. |
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Polishchuk I, Prudnikov E, Abu Hamad H, Ben-Arie N, Sklar J, Kellermeier M, Schneider C, Rueckel M, Tauber F, Ibanez Revert M, Brannetti A, Filippetti I, Fermani S, Chantelot E, Dreze V, Segal E, Baraldi E, Falini G, Ratti C, and Pokroy B*. SafeWax: A Bio-Inspired Multifunctional Coating for Sustainable Crop Protection. Small, 2025, DOI:10.1002/smll.202505360. |
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Shmueli Z, Polishchuk I, Katsman A, Pokroy B*. Controlling Cristobalite Formation in Fused Silica via Particle Size and Treatment Atmosphere Adjustment during Ceramic Processing. Ceram Int, 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.08.124. |
Current EU Projects
SafeWax is an EU-funded project, which joins an international research network with 5 organizations from 3 different EU countries, coordinated by the Technion. Prof. Boaz Pokroy, a principal investigator and a project manager, will spearhead the development of the SafeWax technology. SafeWax will develop bio-derived non-toxic fatty acid-based formulations to create a protective multifunctional coating for plants with anti-adhesive, self-cleaning and antifungal properties. SafeWax technology will be demonstrated on grapevines and will pave the way to protect other commodity crops. Follow the project's progress on Twitter and via LinkedIn.
PataFEST project aims to provide a powerful European initiative, focusing on sustainable Integrated Pest Management strategies to treat and control the presence of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum pest and its vector in plant, and address the incidence of soil-borne pathogens during potato postharvest storage. Technion, and our Lab, in particular, is a leader of the WP3 related to the development of sustainable solutions to prevent pest spread in potato plants. Follow the project here.
News
It was an honor to give a keynote talk at the Biomineralization GRC 2024! Grateful for the opportunity to share our latest research and engage with such an inspiring community of scientists.
Congratulations to our Master students Almog Sulam and Johanna Sklar for receiving a prestigious KLA Award in honor of academic excellence. Well done on this outstanding achievement!
Two PhD students from our lab, Arad Lang and Nuphar Bianco-Stein are the winners of the RBNI Scholarship 2021! We congratulate them on receiving this scholarship award! We are proud of you!
Congratulations to Arad Lang, a Ph.D. student from our lab, on receiving the prestigious 2021 Jacobs Award for publishing an Outstanding Paper in the field of Engineering! The Technion prize was awarded for a recent scientific paper of… Continue Reading The 2021 JACOBS AWARD goes to…..Arad Lang!!
Indeed! Our lab, and in particular a PhD student Nuphar Bianco-Stein, has shown for the first time that the structure of Jania alga, the specie of coralline red algae, has helical structure. This helical arrangement of the structure… Continue Reading Helix…Algae…See connection?
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