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Welcome to Yoav Tsori's group


yoav pic Department of Chemical Engineering
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel



Member of:
Reimund Stadler Minerva Center
Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Phone: +972-8-6477794
Fax:     +972-8-6472916
E-mail: tsori at bgu.ac.il

Research interests


We are interested in the following topics:

Theoretical understanding of interfacial phenomena at the micron
   and sub-micron scales.
 
Phase-transitions in liquid mixtures under external spatially nonuniform electric
   or gravitational fields. Phase-separation in ion-containing mixtures.
 
Theoretical study of phase-transitions and structural changes in ordered
   phases of block-copolymers, as a result of confinement, elastic forces,
   or external electric field. Orientation of ordered phases confined to thin-films.
 
Conformations of curved objects (i.e. micelles) near solid surfaces.
   Competition between entropic, elastic and enthalpic forces.
 
Non-trivial polymer brush conformations when the end-groups are charged.
 
"Bacteria optics" : E. Coli bacteria sometimes behave in wave-like fashion.
  The similarity and dissimilarity with optics is explored in these complex systems.


We are funded by:


European Research Council "Starting Grant" erc logo
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) DFG logo
Israel Science Foundation (ISF) DFG logo