Research Interests
Development
of a new class of nanomaterials for optical, electrical
and energy applications
Current projects:
- Studying the toxicity of (CdSe/ZnS) Nanomaterials, Collaboration
with Prof. James Ranville (Colorado School of Mines)
- Synthesis and spectroscopy of semiconductor nanorods (CdS
and CdSe), Collaboration with Prof. Ulrike Woggon FB Physik
Universität Dortmund, Germany
- Synthesis and characterization of binary and ternary nanocrystals
with unique properties
- Synthesis and characterization of 1-dimentional nanostructures
by gas and solution phases for thermoelectric and energy application,
Collaboration with Prof. Peidong Yang (UCB) and Prof. Yi Cui
(Stanford University)
- Studying the physical properties of nanocrystal and nanowires
with metal-semiconductor interface
- Formation of closed packed films of nanostructures using
Langmuir Blodgett technique
Selected publications
- Katz, D; Wizansky, T; Millo, O; Rothenberg, E; Taleb Mokari;
Banin, U
“Size-dependent tunneling and optical spectroscopy of
CdSe quantum rods” Phys.
Rev. Lett., 89, 086801-1,
2002
- S. Kan; Taleb Mokari; E. Rotenberg; U. Banin
“Synthesis and size-dependent properties of zinc-blend
semiconductor quantum rods” Nature Materials, 2,
155, 2003
- Taleb Mokari and Uri Banin
“Synthesis and properties of CdSe/ZnS Rod/shell nanocrystals” Chemistry
of Materials 15, 3955, 2003
- F. Patolsky, R. Gill, Y. Weizmann, Taleb Mokari, U. Banin,
I. Willner
“Lighting –up the Dynamics of Telomerization and
DNA Replication by CdSe-ZnS Quantum Dots” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125;
13918- 2003
- Taleb Mokari, E. Rothenberg, R. Costi, U.
Banin
“Selctive growth of Metal Tips onto Semiconductor Rods
and Tetrapods” Science,
304, 1787, 2004
- Taleb Mokari, H. Sertchook, A. Aharoni,
D. Avnir, U. Banin
“nano@micro – general method for
encapsulation of hydrophobic coated nanocrystals in silica
spheres” Chemistry
of Materials 17, 251, 2005
- D. Stienr, Taleb Mokari, U. Banin, O. Millo
“Electronic Structure of Metal-Semiconductor Nano-junctions
in Gold-CdSe Nano-Dumbbells”
Phys. Rev. Lett.95, 056805, 2005
- Taleb Mokari, C. G. Sztrum, A. Salant, E. Rabani and Uri
Banin
“Formation of one-sided metal tipped semiconductor nanocrystal
dots and rods” Nature Materials, 4,
855, 2005
- Taleb Mokari, R. Costi, Sztrum, C. Rabani,
E, Banin, U.
“Formation of Symmetric and Asymmetric Au-CdSe nanostructures” phys.
stat. sol. (b), 1–7, 2006
- A. Aharoni, Taleb Mokari, I. Popov, U. Banin
“Synthesis of InAs/CdSe/ZnSe CSS (Core/Shell1/Shell2)
with bright and stable near-infrared fluorescence” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128,
257, 2006
- Taleb Mokari, A. Aharoni, I. Popov, U. Banin
“Diffusion of Gold in InAs nanocrystals” Angew. Chemi.
Int. Ed. 45, 8001, 2006
- Taleb Mokari, M. Zhang, PD Yang
“Shape, Size and Assembly Control of PbTe Nanoparticles”
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 9864,
2007
Selected Patents
- U. Banin, Yuval Ebenstein, Taleb Mokari
"Quantum dot functionalized scanning probes for fluorescence
energy transfer based microscopy" Provisional U.S. patent application (first
filing, July 2003)
- U. Banin, Taleb Mokari
"Selective Growth of Metal Contacts Onto Semiconductor
Quantum Rods and Tetrapods" Provisional U.S. patent application (first
filing, February 2004)
Education
Ph.D Chemistry 2006, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; thesis
advisor: Prof. Uri Banin
“Development of a new Composite of Nanocrystals with
Semiconductor-Insulator and Semiconductor-Metal Interfaces”
M.Sc. Chemistry 2002, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; thesis
advisor: Prof. Uri Banin
Synthesis and characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals
quantum rods (CdSe) and rod/shell (CdSe/ZnS)
B.S. Chemistry 2000, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Past Positions
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Chemistry, University
of California, Berkeley
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