Welcome to Yoav Tsori's group
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Frankel Family Chain in Energy and Chemical
Engineering and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology Address: Prof. Yoav Tsori Department of Chemical Engineering Ben Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel |
Phone: +972-8-6477794 Fax: +972-8-6472916 E-mail: tsori at bgu.ac.il |
Research interests
• 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" | |
| • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |  |
| • Israel Science Foundation (ISF) |  |