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most citedBio-inspired Band Gap Engineering of Zinc Oxide by Intracrystalline Incorporation of Amino Acids

92 citations · 397 across the 34 of their papers we have counts for

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35 papers

cond-mat.soft2022★ 2 cited

Self-Assembled Fatty Acid Crystalline Coatings Display Non-Toxic Superhydrophobic Antimicrobial Properties

Elena Prudnikov, Iryna Polishchuk, Andy Sand +4

Superhydrophobcity is a well-known wetting phenomenon found in numerous plants and insects. It is achieved by the combination of the surfaces chemical properties and its surface ro…

q-bio.OT2022

A Comparison Study of the Detection Limit of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid by various Rapid Antigen Tests

Daniela Dobrynin, Iryna Polishchuk, Boaz Pokroy

Since the first case of COVID-19 disease in Wuhan in December 2019, there is a worldwide struggle to reduce the transmission of acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. M…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Tuning the Magnetization of Manganese (II) Carbonate by Intracrystalline Amino Acids

Arad Lang, Iryna Polishchuk, Giorgia Confalonieri +5

Incorporation of organic molecules into the lattice of inorganic crystalline hosts is a common phenomenon in biomineralization, and has been shown to alter various properties of th…

physics.bio-ph2022

Adsorption of SARS CoV-2 Spike Proteins on Various Functionalized Surfaces Correlates with the Strong Infectivity of Delta and Omicron Variants

Daniela Dobrynin, Iryna Polishchuk, Lotan Portal +3

The SARS CoV-2 virus emerged at the end of 2019 and rapidly developed several mutated variants, specifically the Delta and Omicron, which demonstrate higher infectivity and escalat…

physics.bio-ph2021★ 41 cited

High-Mg Calcite Nanoparticles Within a Low-Mg Calcite Matrix via Spinodal Decomposition: A Widespread Phenomenon in Biomineralization

Nuphar Bianco-Stein, Iryna Polishchuk, Arad Lang +3

During the process of biomineralization, organisms utilize various biostrategies to enhance the mechanical durability of their skeletons. In this work, we establish that the presen…

physics.app-ph2020

Modifying Hydrophilic Properties of Polyurethane Acryl Paint Substrates by Atomic Layer Deposition and Self-Assembled Monolayers

Daniel Beitner, Iryna Polishchuk, Eric Asoline +1

A process of atomic layer deposition combined with self assembled monolayers was used to investigate the possible modification of polyurethane paint surfaces. First, we used an ALD…