Publications

• "The genetic basis for the adaptation of E. coli to sugar synthesis from CO2"

  E. Herz, N.Antonovsky, Y. Bar-On, D. Davidi, S. Gleizer, N. Prywes, L. Noda-Garcia, K. Lyn Frisch, Y. Zohar, D. G. Wernick, A. Savidor, U. Barenholz & R. Milo, Nature communications 8 (1), 1705 (2017).

• "Engineering carbon fixation in E. coil: from heterologous RuBisCO expression to the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle: from heterologous RuBisCO expression to the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle".
  N. Antonovsky, S. Gleizer, R. Milo, Current Opinion in Biotechnology 47, 83 (2017).
• “The Effect of Ionic Composition on Acoustic Phonon Speeds in Hybrid Perovskites from Brillouin Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory”
  V. Kabakova, I. Azuri, Z. Chen, P. K. Nayak, H. J. Snaith, L. Kronik, C. Paterson, A. A. Bakulin, and D. A. Egger, J. Mater. Chem. C 6, 3861 (2018).
• “What remains unexplained about the optoelectronic properties of halide perovskites?”
  D. A. Egger, A. Bera, D. Cahen, G. Hodes, T. Kirchartz, L. Kronik, R. Lovrincic, A. M. Rappe, D. R. Reichman, and O. Yaffe, Adv. Mater. 30, 1800691 (2018).
• “Local polar fluctuations in lead halide perovskite crystals”
  O. Yaffe, Y. Guo, L. Z. Tan, D. A. Egger, T. Hull, C. C. Stoumpos, F. Zheng, T. F. Heinz, L. Kronik, M. G. Kanatzidis, J. S Owen, A. M. Rappe, M. A. Pimenta, and L. E. Brus, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 136001 (2017).
• "Quantum engine efficiency bound beyond the second law of thermodynamics"

   W. Niedenzu, V. Mukherjee, A. Ghosh, A. G. Kofman, G. Kurizki, Nature Communications 9, 165 (2018).

• "Speed and efficiency limits of multilevel incoherent heat engines"
  V. Mukherjee; W. Niedenzu; A. G. Kofman; G. Kurizki, Phys. Rev. E 94, 062109 (2016).
• "Analysis of wheat straw biodiversity for use as a feedstock for biofuel production"
  Tishler Y, Samach A, Rogachev I, Elbaum R, and Levy AA (2015)
• "Crystallization of Methyl Ammonium Lead Halide Perovskites: Implications for Photovoltaic Applications"
  In Journal of the American Chemical Society, (August 2014)
• "The role of photosynthesis and amino acid metabolism in the energy status during seed development"
  In Front Plant Science, (September 2014)
• "Thiophene-modified perylenediimide as hole transporting material in hybrid lead bromide perovskite solar cells"
  In Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (August 2015)
• "Role of the Electron Spin Polarization in Water Splitting"
  In The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, (November 2015)
• "A novel liquid organic hydrogen carrier system based on catalytic peptide formation and hydrogenation"
  In Nature Communications, (April 2015)
• "Rechargeable Hydrogen Storage System Based on the Dehydrogenative Coupling of Ethylenediamine with Ethanol"
  In Angewandte Chemie, (2015)
• "Chloroplast degradation: one organelle, multiple degradation pathways"
  In Spotlight, (May 2015)
• "Broadband Near-Infrared to Visible Upconversion in Quantum Dot−Quantum Well Heterostructures"
  In ACS Nano, (November 2015)
• "Solar Synthesis of PbS-SnS₂ Superstructure Nanoparticles" 
  In ACS Nano, (July 2015)
• "Power Merger"
  Weizmann Wonder Wander, (October 2013).
• "Energy limitations on materials availability"
  In MRS Bulletin special issue, Materials for Energy and Sustainable Development, (April 2012)
• Articles on Alternative Energy
  in Weizmann Wonder Wander, (1994 - 2011).
• "Looking forward to improvements on natural photosynthesis"
  Weizmann Wonder Wander, (November 2009).
• "A Unique Approach for Splitting Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen"
  Weizmann Wonder Wander, (April 2009).
• "Energy, the global challenge, and materials"
  Materials Today, Vol. 11:12 (December 2008).
• MRS Bulletin special issue on Harnessing Materials for Energy, (April 2008)
• "Materials Research and the Energy Crisis"
  Materials Today, Vol. 11:3 (March 2008).
• "Human Resources for Future Alternative-energy Research"
  Nature Materials, Vol. 7 (February 2008).
• Sustainable Energy -- without the hot air, and Extensions to this volume.
  David MacKay, (2008 and 2010-12).
• "Alternative Energy: The Stone Age did not end from Lack of Stone"
  Address delivered at the Schonbraun McCann Group Breakfast Forum, (December 2007).
• "Research as Key to Harnessing Energy Reserves"
  In & Around Montreal, (November 2007).
• "Alternative Energy Research - Green Economics"
  Ha'aretz, The Marker, (October 2007). (In Hebrew)

Press Releases on Alternative Energy

• October 24, 2012
  New Grant to Fuel Solar Energy Research
• June 7, 2012
  Weizmann Institute Solar Technology to Convert Greenhouse Gas into Fuel
• New Book by David S. Ginley and David Cahen, March 5, 2012
  Fundamentals of Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability
  All the figures in the book are available on the web as PPT slides.
  To get access, go to the webpage for the book on the Cambridge website and click on the Resources Available button just to the right of the book's title.
  You'll then see all the downloadable files listed toward the bottom of the page - one PPT file per chapter.
• June 13, 2011
  A Place in the Sun