1. Interactions of organic molecules with inorganic surfaces and their effect on colloidal nanocrystal synthesis – shape, size and phase control. Ordering of nanocrystals into 2D and 3D ordered arrays. Experimental studies of new metastable cubic phases of group IV chalcogenides (coupled with computational studies in collaboration with G. Makov). Nanoparticles as additives to liquid lubricants for control of friction and wear.

2. Solution deposited semiconductor thin films. Microstructure, morphology evolution and physical properties. Chemical epitaxy and orientation relations with the substrate. Applications for SWIR absorber layers and photovoltaic devices. Continuous flow reactors for solution deposition (in collaboration with L. Vradman). Effect of substrate surface treatments and surfactant additives in solution. Electroless deposition of metal thin films. Radiation damage in semiconductor and metal thin films (in collaboration with E. Yahel and M. Shandalov).

:1985-1988
B.Sc., School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

:1988-1991
M.Sc., Feinberg Graduate School, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Advisors: Prof. I. Rubinstein, Dr. G. Hodes, Department of Materials and Interfaces.
Dissertation Title: "Epitaxial Electrodeposition of CdSe Nanocrystals on Gold".

:1991-1996
Ph.D., Feinberg Graduate School, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Advisors: Prof. I. Rubinstein, Dr. G. Hodes, Department of Materials and Interfaces.
Dissertation Title: "Electrodeposited Quantum Dots".