Nanomaterials: In the Service of Mankind Prof. Uriel Levy Director Nano materials, March, 2014.
Transcript of 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
Functional Materials11
Functional CoatingPaints & Coating
Thermo solar collectors
Greenhouse Plastic Sheets
Food Packaging
Composite films for LED light tuning
Anti Bio-fouling films
Functional Materials12
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.”
Functional Materials13
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.”
Functional Materials14
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”
Functional Materials16
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.”
Functional Materials17
Dr. Liraz Chai
“ We research protein aggregation within bacteria to understand similar processes that occur in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients”.
Functional Materials
Curing Alzheimer’s with Bacterial Materials
Dr. Liraz Chai
“ We research the prevention of the growth of detrimental bacteria in hospitals ”.
Functional Materials
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.
Functional Materials
Photonics metamaterials
Light in Light outLight in Light out
Using nanoscience and nanotechnology we develop new metamaterials for cloacking applications
Functional Materials
Photonics metamaterials for cloacking
Functional Materials
Metamaterials for photonic chips
Google data center, comprising racks filled with computing hardware and optical fiber connectivity.
Functional Materials
Metamaterials for photonic chips
Thank You!