Yitzhak Mastai

Yitzhak Mastai
Prof. Yitzhak Mastai, Bar-Ilan University
Born (1966-08-25) August 25, 1966 (age 58)
Tel Aviv, Israel
CitizenshipIsraeli
Alma mater
Known forChirality at the nanoscale
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, nanomaterials
InstitutionsBar-Ilan University
Doctoral advisorGary Hodes
Other academic advisors

Yitzhak Mastai (Hebrew: יצחק מסתאי) is a Chemistry Professor at Bar Ilan University specializing in chirality at the nanoscale and in nanotechnology.

Biography

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Mastai[1] was born in 1966 in Tel Aviv-Yafo. He obtained his B.Sc. in physical chemistry from Bar-Ilan University in 1989, and in 1999, received his PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science under the supervision of Prof. Gary Hodes on Nanomaterial Synthesis. He then spent three years as a post-doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, working with both Prof. Markus Antonietti and Prof. Helmut Cölfen on Biomimetic Chemistry and Chiral Polymers. In 2003 he joined the staff of the Chemistry Department at Bar Ilan, where he currently holds the position of a Professor of Nanotechnology and Chemistry, leading the Chirality Nanoscale laboratory.[2]

Mastai is married to Dina von Schwarze-Mastai, a senior clinical psychologist and a distinguished translator of German-Hebrew poetry.[3] Dina and Yitzhak have three children.

Scientific interests and publications

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Mastai's earlier interests included nanomaterial synthesis[4] especially Sono (electro),[5] the Chemical Synthesis of Semiconductors and Fullerene-like Nanoparticles,[6] and Nanomaterial characterization.[7][8][9] His current research focuses on Nanoscale Chirality,[10][11][12] Synthesis and Analysis of Chiral Nanosurfaces, Chiral self-assembled Monolayers (SAM), and Polymeric Chiral Nanoparticles.[13][14] Mastai and his colleagues, have gained international reputation in these fields, and have pioneered several new concepts and techniques in the following areas: (1) SAM's for the preparation of Chiral Nanosurfaces for Chiral resolution by crystallization. (2) Chiral ordered Mesoporous silica by Chiral polymer -Templated Synthesis. (3) An innovative new Carbon Chiral Mesoporous, based on the Carbonization of Chiral Ionic liquids.[15] (4) The development of Optical Scanning Microscopy (NSOM).[16] (5) Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC)[17] for the determination of Nanoscale Chirality.

He has over 200 peer-reviewed articles in print, which were cited nearly 9,000 times. Mastai has published many book chapters and edited 3 books[18][19][20] on various aspects of nanomaterials and materials science.

Among his previous awards were the Minerva Postdoctoral Fellowship[21] which he received in 2000 and the Yigal Alon fellowship in 2003, for outstanding young researchers of the Israel Academy for higher education. Prof. Mastai served as Chairman of the Chemistry Department at Bar-Ilan University,[22] between 2014 and 2017. He also served as an executive board member of the Israel Chemical Society (ICS),[23] The Israel Vacuum Society (IVS),[24] the editorial board of the Journal of Nanomaterials[25] and the Israel Journal of Chemistry (IJC).[26]

References

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  1. ^ Prof. Mastai, Bar-Ilan University Research Authority
  2. ^ Prof. Mastai's Lab - Chemistry Department, Bar-Ilan University
  3. ^ Dina von Schwarze-Mastai; Aurélie Maurin; Tziona Shamay, eds. (2016). "Beyond border: Hebrew-German poetry".
  4. ^ Avivi, S.; Mastai, Y.; Hodes, G.; Gedanken, A., Sonochemical hydrolysis of Ga3+ ions: Synthesis of scroll-like cylindrical nanoparticles of gallium oxide hydroxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121, (17), 4196-4199.
  5. ^ Mastai, Y.; Polsky, R.; Koltypin, Y.; Gedanken, A.; Hodes, G., Pulsed sonoelectrochemical synthesis of cadmium selenide nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121, (43), 10047-10052.
  6. ^ Avivi, S.; Mastai, Y.; Gedanken, A., A new fullerene-like inorganic compound fabricated by the sonolysis of an aqueous solution of TlCl3. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000, 122, (18), 4331-4334.
  7. ^ Antonietti, M.; Landfester, K.; Mastai, Y., The vision of "Nanochemistry", or is there a promise for specific chemical reactions in nano-restricted environments? Israel Journal of Chemistry 2001, 41, (1), 1-5
  8. ^ Homyonfer, M.; Mastai, Y.; Hershfinkel, M.; Volterra, V.; Hutchison, J. L.; Tenne, R., Scanning tunneling microscope induced crystallization of fullerene-like MoS2. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1996, 118, (33), 7804-7808.
  9. ^ Mastai, Y.; Polarz, S.; Antonietti, M., Silica-carbon nanocomposites: A new concept for the design of solar absorbers. Advanced Functional Materials 2002, 12, (3), 197-202.
  10. ^ Mastai, Y., Enantioselective crystallization on nanochiral surfaces. Chemical Society Reviews 2009, 38, (3), 772-780.
  11. ^ Mastai, Y.; Volkel, A.; Colfen, H., Separation of racemate from excess enantiomer of chiral nonracemic compounds via density gradient ultracentrifugation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, (8), 2426-2427.
  12. ^ Lidor-Shalev, O.; Pliatsikas, N.; Carmiel, Y.; Patsalas, P.; Mastai, Y., Chiral Metal-Oxide Nanofilms by Cellulose Template Using Atomic Layer Deposition Process. ACS Nano 11, (5), 4753-4759.
  13. ^ Medina, D. D.; Goldshtein, J.; Margel, S.; Mastai, Y., Enantioselective crystallization on chiral polymeric microspheres. Advanced Functional Materials 2007, 17, (6), 944-950.
  14. ^ Preiss, L. C.; Werber, L.; Fischer, V.; Hanif, S.; Landfester, K.; Mastai, Y.; Munoz-Espi, R., Amino-Acid-Based Chiral Nanoparticles for Enantioselective Crystallization. Advanced Materials 27, (17), 2728.
  15. ^ Fuchs, I.; Fechler, N.; Antonietti, M.; Mastai, Y., Enantioselective Nanoporous Carbon Based on Chiral Ionic Liquids. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 55, (1), 408-412.
  16. ^ Dressler, D. H.; Landau, A.; Zaban, A.; Mastai, Y., Sub-micrometer polarimetry of chiral surfaces using near-field scanning optical microscopy. Chemical Communications 2007, (9), 945-947.
  17. ^ Shval, A.; Mastai, Y., Isothermal titration calorimetry as a new tool to investigate chiral interactions at crystal surfaces. Chemical Communications 47, (20), 5735-5737.
  18. ^ "Advances in Crystallization Processes", Editor Yitzhak Mastai, ISBN 978-953-51-0581-7, Publisher: InTech, August 2012.
  19. ^ Materials Science - Advanced Topics”, Editor Yitzhak Mastai, ISBN 978-953-51-1140-5, 560 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published June 2013.
  20. ^ “Advanced Topics in Crystallization” ”, Editor Yitzhak Mastai, ISBN 978-953-51-2125-1, 370 pages Publisher: InTech, Chapters published May 2015.
  21. ^ The Minerva Fellowship Program
  22. ^ Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University
  23. ^ Israel Chemical Society (ICS)
  24. ^ The Israel Vacuum Society (IVS)
  25. ^ Journal of Nanomaterials
  26. ^ Israel Journal of Chemistry (IJC)
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