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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.
Amini S , Zaslansky P, Pokroy B, and Fratzl P. Elastic Energy Storage in Biological Materials: Internal Stresses and Their FunctionalityAdv Mater, 2025, DOI:10.1002/adma.202508442.
Li SLiu X, Zheng ZOshima KZhu LKato YNegishi LKurumizaka HOkumura TNagata KPokroy B, and Michio Suzuki. The Gln-rich protein twip1 promotes high-density {110} twins formation in the shell of the limpet Cellana rota. PNAS2025, DOI:10.1073/pnas.250333612.

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

Published in Science: The study on brittlestar lenses

By rmayer | 10/12/2017

December 2017 – We are happy to share with you our recent findings that have been published in the December 8 issue of Science.  Click here for FREE download. Our group in collaboration with University of Trento, University… Continue Reading Published in Science: The study on brittlestar lenses

Faculty excellence award & New paper

By rmayer | 01/06/2017

June 2017- Congratulations to Yael Etinger for her new paper in CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS & for getting  Faculty excellence award for spring semester

ITN- NanoHeal Meeting

By rmayer | 29/11/2016

at the Dead Sea, November 2016

ITN- NanoHeal Meeting

By rmayer | 29/11/2016

at the Dead sea, November 2016

Farewell Lunch at Hunta pub

By rmayer | 28/07/2016

Farewell Lunch to Quentin Micard, July 2016

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