Here are our publications, grouped according to fields. Many of the publications appear in more than one class, reflecting the fact that our work is quite often interdisciplinar.
Photocatalysis
* Y. Paz, Z. Luo, L. Rabenberg, and A. Heller, “Photo-oxidative Self-cleaning Transparent Titanium Dioxide Films on Glass”, J. Mater. Res., 10, 2842–2848 (1995).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1995.2842
* Paz, Yaron; Luo, Zhenghao; Heller, Adam. On the feasibility of forming photooxidatively self-cleaning transparent titanium dioxide films on automotive windshields. Book of Abstracts, 210th ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 20-24 (1995), (Pt. 1).
* Y. Paz and A. Heller, “Photo-oxidatively Self-Cleaning Transparent Titanium Dioxide Films on Soda Lime Glass: The Deleterious Effect of Sodium Contamination and its Prevention”, J. Mater. Res., 12, 2759-2766 (1997).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1997.0367
* H. Heller, Y. Paz, Y. Haruvi, “Manufacture of Self-Cleaning Glass, and the Glass Obtained”, International patent (PCT) WO9707069 (1997).
* H. Heller, Y. Paz, Y. Haruvi, “Self-cleaning glass and method of making thereof”, European patent No.: EP0844985A1, (1998).
* Y. Paz, “Self-Cleaning Glass”, “Chemistry” (a magazine of popular science in Hebrew), 44th issue, p. 20-24 (1998).
* H. Haick, and Y. Paz, “Remote Photocatalytic Activity as Probed by Measuring the Degradation of Self- Assembled Monolayers Anchored Near Micro-Domains of Titanium Dioxide”, J. Phys. Chem., B, 105, 3045-3051 (2001).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp0037807
* Sudeshna Ghosh-Mukerji, Hossam Haick, Mark Schvartzman and Yaron Paz, “Selective Photocatalysis by Means of Molecular Recognition”, “Journal of the American Chemical Society”, 123, 10776-10777, (2001).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja0117635
* E. Zemel, H. Haick, and Y. Paz, “Photocatalytic Destruction of Organized Organic Monolayers Chemisorbed at the Vicinity of Titanium Dioxide Surfaces”, J.Ad.Ox.Tech. , 5, 27-32 (2002).
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/stn/jaots/2002/00000005/00000001/art00005
* H. Haick and Y. Paz, “Long –Range Effects of Noble Metals on the Photocatalytic Properties of Titanium Dioxide”, “Journal of Physical Chemistry”, B, 107, 2319-2326 (2003).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp026940i
* H. Haick, Y. Paz, “”Dark” Photocatalysis: The Degradation of OTS Anchored to Titanium Dioxide Dark Domains”, ChemPhysChem, 4, 617-620 (2003).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cphc.200200622/abstract
* S. Ghosh- Mukerji, H. Haick and Y. Paz, “Controlled Mass Transport as a Means for Obtaining Selective Photocatalysis”, J. Photochem. Photobiol. 160, 77-85 (2003).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603003002247
* S. Kedem, Y. Cohen, E. Zussman, A. Yarin, Y. Paz “Composite Photocatalyst Based on Nanofibers Containing Titanium Dioxide and Carbon Nanotubes”, Proceedings of the TiO2-9 meeting, San- Diego, 2004. Editors: D. Ollis and H. Al-Ekabi, ISBN 0-9738746-0-0, Redox Technologies Inc., London, Ontario, 2005.”
* S. Kedem, Y. Schmidt, Y. Paz, Y. Cohen, “Composite Polymer Nanofibers with Carbon Nanotubes and Titanium Dioxide Particles”, “Langmuir” , 21, 5600-5604 (2005).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la0502443
* Yelena Sagatelian, Dovrat Sharabi and Yaron Paz “Enhanced Photodegradation of Diisopropyl Methyl Phosphonate by the “Adsorb & Shuttle” Approach”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology :A 174, 253-260 (2005).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603005001450
* Yaron Paz, “Preferential Photodegradation- Why and How?”, “Comptes Rendus Chimie”, 9, 774-787 (2006).
http://www.em-consulte.com/en/article/70289
* Arit Avraham- Shinman, Yaron Paz, “Photocatalysis by Composite Particles Containing Inert Domains”, “Israel Journal of Chemistry”, 46, 33-43 (2006).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1560/2JYG-77TJ-ADLM-5G4P/abstract
* Eran Avnon, Yaron Paz, Nir Tessler, “Photopatternable self-assembled monolayers as micron scale templates for polymer-based field effect transistors,” Applied Physics Letters, 94, 13502, (2009).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/94/1/10.1063/1.3064158
* Y. Paz, “Photocatalytic Treatment of Air: From Basic Aspects to Reactors“, a chapter in “Advances in Chemical Engineering”, Vol 36: Photocatalytic Technologies, Eds: H. I. de-Lasa and B.S. Rosales, pp 289-336, Elsevier (2009).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065237709004086
* Jingfei Luan, Bingcai Pan, Yaron Paz, Yongmei Li, Xiaoshan Wu, Zhigang Zou, “Structural, photophysical and photocatalytic properties of Bi2SbVO7 under visible light irradiation”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), 11, 6289-6298 (2009).
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2009/cp/b815260h
* S. Kedem, D. Rozen, Y. Cohen, Y. Paz, “Enhanced Stability Effect in Composite Polymeric Nanofibers Containing Titanium Dioxide and Carbon Nanotubes”, “J. Phys. Chem.” C., 113, 14893-14899 (2009).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp9007366
* Y. Paz, “Composite titanium dioxide photocatalysts and the “Adsorb & Shuttle” approach: A review” Editor: J. Nowotny, “Solid- State Phenomena Vol. 162 pp. 135-162, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland (2010).
http://www.scientific.net/SSP.162.135
* Dovrat Sharabi and Yaron Paz, “Preferential Photodegradation of Contaminants by Molecular Imprinting on Titanium Dioxide”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 95 169-178 (2010).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337309004925
* Yaron Paz, “Application of TiO2 Photocatalysis for Air Treatment: Patents’ Overview “, Applied Catalysis B: environmental, 99, 448-460 (2010).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337310002109
* Nurit Shaham Waldmann and Yaron Paz, “Photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) by titanium dioxide coupled to functionalized CNTs: an example of counter – productive charge separation”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 18946-18952 (2010).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp105925g
* Guy Shemer and Yaron Paz, “Interdigitated Electro- Photocatalytic Cell for Water Purification”, “International Journal of Photoenergy”, 596710 (2011).
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/2011/596710/
* Y. Paz, “Nanoscale structures in photocatalysis: dense films, molecular imprinting and composites”, proceedings of the IEEE-INEC2011 international nanoelectronics conference, Taoyuan, Taiwan, June 2011, ISBN 978-1-4577-0379-9. DOI: 10.1109/INEC.2011.5991622.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5991622
* Yaron Paz, “Self- assembled monolayers and titanium dioxide: from surface patterning to potential applications”. “Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology”, 2, 845-861 (2011).
http://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/single/articleFullText.htm?publicId=2190-4286-2-94
* Milka Nussbaum and Yaron Paz, “Environmental Approaches by Molecular Imprinting on Titanium Dioxide” a chapter in “Handbook of Molecular Imprinting: Advanced Sensor Applications” Eds: S.W.Lee and T. Kunitake, Pan Stanford Publishing, ISBN-10: 9814316652, ISBN-13: 978-9814316651 (2012).
* Y. Paz and M. Nussbaum, “Ultra-thin SiO2 layers on TiO2: improved photocatalysis by enhancing products’ desorption” in Book of Proceedings, 7th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications- SPEA7, June 2012, Porto, Portugal, ISBN: 978-989-97667-4-7.
* Milka Nussbaum and Yaron Paz, “Ultra-thin SiO2 layers on TiO2: improved photocatalysis by enhancing products’ desorption”, “Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics”, 14, 3392-3399 (2012).
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2012/cp/c2cp23202b
* Ethan D. Holt, Nurit Shaham- Waldmann, Yaron Paz, “Highly efficient photo-assisted reduction of Cr(VI) by heat-treated polyacrylonitrile nanofibers”, 23rd Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, CO, US, October 2012, RMRM-250.
* Nurit Shaham- Waldmann and Yaron Paz, “Modified photocatalysts”, A chapter (pp. 103-143) in “Photocatalysis and Water Purification” Edited by P. Pichat, Wiley, Weinheim, Germany, ISBN 978-3-527-33187-1 (print), 978-3-527-64542-8 (ePDF), (2013).
* Ethan D. Holt, Nurit Shaham-Waldman and Yaron Paz “Heat-treated polyacrylonitrile nanofibers: a new material for efficient photo-assisted reduction of Cr(VI)”, J. Photochem. Photobiol., 257, 26-33 (2013).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603013000488
* Sagi Pasternak and Yaron Paz, “On the Similarity and Dissimilarity between Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Photocatalytic Degradation of Pollutants”, ChemPhysChem,14, 2059-2070 (2013).
* Nurit Shaham-Waldmann and Yaron Paz, “Beyond charge separation: the effect of coupling between titanium dioxide and CNTs on the adsorption and photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI)”. Chemical Engineering Journal, 231,49-58 (2013).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894713009285
* Milka Nussbaum, Nurit Shaham-Waldmann and Yaron Paz, “Synergistic photocatalytic effect in Fe,Nb-doped BiOCl”. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 290 (2014) 11–21.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603014002160
* Malka Rochkind, Sagi Pasternak, Yaron Paz, “Using Dyes for Evaluating Photocatalytic Properties: a Critical Review”, Molecules, 20, 88-110 (2015).
http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/1/88
* Nurit Shaham-Waldmann and Yaron Paz, “Away from TiO2: a critical minireview on the developing of new photocatalysts for degradation of contaminants in water”, “Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing”, 42, 72-80 (2016).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369800115300214
* Sagi Pasternak and Yaron Paz, “BiYWO6: Novel synthetic routes and their effect on visible-Light photocatalysis”, “Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology: A”, 318, 14-24 (2016).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603015301246
*Yaron Paz, “Specificity in Photocatalysis” a chapter in “Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Perspectives” Edited by J. Schneider, D. Bahnemann, J. Ye, G. Li Puma and D. Dionysiou, RSC Press, Cambridge, UK, (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1039/9781782622338
*Attila Kormányos, Mohammad S. Hossain, Ghazaleh Ghadimkhani, Joe J. Johnson, Csaba Janáky, Norma R. de Tacconi, Frank W. Foss Jr, Yaron Paz and Krishnan Rajeshwar,”Flavin Derivatives with Tailored Redox Properties: Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Behavior”, Chem. Eur. J. 22, 1-10 (2016).
https://doi:org/10.1002/chem.201600207
*Manjula Pandiri, Frank Foss, Krishnan Rajeshwar and Yaron Paz,” Enhanced photocatalytic activity of a self-stabilized synthetic flavin anchored on a TiO2 surface”, “Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics”, 18, 18575-18583 (2016), doi: 10.1039/C6CP02060G.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/cp/c6cp02060g#!divAbstract
*Nijmeh Abbas and Yaron Paz, “On the difference between air-cleaning and self-cleaning”, J. Ad. Ox. Techn. 19, 218-226 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2016-0205
*Malka Rochkind, Mohammad S. Hossain, Frank W. Foss Jr., Krishnan Rajeshwar and Yaron Paz, “Enhancement of photoinduced visible light degradation of salicylic acid by covalently-attached synthetic flavins on BiOCl semiconductor particle surfaces”, “Journal of Physical Chemistry: C, 120. 16069-16079 (2016), doi.org: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12768.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12768
*Jingfei Luan, Yue Shen, Yanyan Li and Yaron Paz, “The Structural, Photocatalytic Property Characterization and Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities of Novel Photocatalysts Bi2GaSbO7 and Bi2InSbO7 during Visible Light Irradiation”, “Materials”, 9, 801-818 (2016), doi:10.3390/ma9100801
http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/10/801
*Laura Bergamonti, Giovanni Predieri, Laura Fornasini, Yaron Paz, Pier Paolo Lottici, Federica Bondioli,”Enhanced self-cleaning properties of N-doped TiO2 coating for Cultural Heritage” Microchemical Journal. 133, 1-12 (2017), doi:10.1016/j.microc.2017.03.003.
https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.elsevier-1ee009bc-7f24-3ec1-bf18-7524f6a67d02
*Zach Shidlovsky, Sima Yaron and Yaron Paz, “A combined photocatalytic-biological wastewater treatment approach: a steady state model”, “J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol”, 92, 2606-2615 (2017). doi 10.1002/jctb.5276.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jctb.5276
*Itamar Benisti and Yaron Paz, “Transient FTIR measurements at nanoseconds resolution: correlating between faceting and photocatalytic activity in BiOCl”, J. Electrochemical Society, 166, H3257-H3264, (2019).
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.0351905jes/pdf
*Yaron Paz, “Transient IR spectroscopy as a tool for studying photocatalytic materials”. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 503004 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ab3eda
*Fornasini, L. Bergamonti, F. Bondioli, G. Predieri, L. Lazzarini, Y. Paz and P.P. Lottici, “Photocatalytic N-doped TiO2 for self-cleaning of limestones”, Eur. Pys. J. Plus, 134 539 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2019-12981-6
*Alon Ben-refael, Itamar Benisti, Yaron Paz, “Transient photoinduced phenomena in graphitic carbon nitride as measured at nanoseconds resolution by step-scan FTIR”, “Catalysis Today”, 340 97-105 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2018.11.010
*Itamar Benisti, Ramesh Nandi, Nadav Amdursky and Yaron Paz, “The photocatalytic behavior of various types of bismuth vanadate as studied by nanoseconds-resolved transient FTIR spectroscopy”, submitted to “Applied Catalysis: B: Environmental, 278 (2020) 119351.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119351
*Alexander Vorontsov, Héctor Valdés, Panagiotis G. Smirniotis, Yaron Paz, “Recent advancements in the understanding of the surface chemistry in TiO2 photocatalysis” “Surfaces” 3, 72-92 (2020). doi:10.3390/surfaces3010008.
*Alexander Vorontsov, Héctor Valdés, Panagiotis G. Smirniotis, Yaron Paz, “Computational models of (001)-Faceted Anatase TiO2 Nanoparticles” , Journal of Chemical and Biochemical Technology (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.6401
Photolysis
*Yizhak Tzvi and Yaron Paz, “Highly efficient method for oxidation of dissolved hydrogen sulfide in water, utilizing a combination of UV-C light and dissolved oxygen”. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 372, 63-70 (2019). doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.12.005
Photoinduced water splitting
* Sagi Pasternak and Yaron Paz, “On the Similarity and Dissimilarity between Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Photocatalytic Degradation of Pollutants”, ChemPhysChem. 14, 2059-2070 (2013).
Photovoltaics and photoimaging
* Yelena Kaminski, Eitan Shauly, Yaron Paz, “Enhancement of carrier collection efficiency in photodiodes by introducing a salicided polysilicon contact”, Journal of Applied Physics, 117, 234504, (2015).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/117/23/10.1063/1.4922784
* David Cahen, David Ginley, Joseph Berry, Tonio Buonassisi, David A. Egger, Gary Hodes, Leeor Kronik, Yueh-Lin Loo, Igor Lubomirsky, Seth R. Marder, Yitzhak Mastai, Joel S. Miller, David B. Mitzi, Yaron Paz, Andrew M. Rappe, Ilan Riess, Boris Rybtchinski, Oscar Stafsudd, Vladan Stevanovic, Michael Toney, David Zitoun, Antoine Kahn, “Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites (HOIPs): Opportunities and Challenges”, “Advanced Materials”. 27, 5102-5112, (2015).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201502294/abstract
* Yelena Kaminski, Eitan Shauly, Yaron Paz, “Novel vertical silicon photodiodes based on salicided polysilicon trenched contacts”, “Journal of Applied Physics”, 118, 214502-214507 (2015).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/118/21/10.1063/1.4936550
*Limor Pasternak and Yaron Paz, “Low-Temperature Direct Bonding of Silicon Nitride to Glass”, RSC Advances, 8, 2161-2172 (2018). doi: 10.1039/c7ra08854j
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/ra/c7ra08854j#!divAbstract
*Omry Dinner, Yaron Paz and Gideon S. Grader, “Orthogonal fractal growth of CsI domains forming a ladder-like structure”, Thin Solid Films, 661, 108-115 (2018). doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2018.07.003
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040609018304589
Semiconductor Devices
* V. Sidorov, Y. Paz, and D. Ritter, “New Method for Observation of Polyimide Adhesion on Non-Planar Surfaces”, The 3rd International Conference on Adhesive Joining & Coating Technology in Electronics Manufacturing”, Binghamton, NY, September 1998, Published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers”, NY, pp 202-205.
* V. Sidorov, A. Shai, D. Ritter, and Y. Paz, “Polyimide Coating on Non-Planar Microelectronic Devices: Characterization of Vacuum Drying Effects by a new “Flip-Paste” Back Etching Method”, Surface and Coating Technology”, 122, 214-218 (1999).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0257897299001735
* M. Schvartzman, V. Sidorov, D. Ritter, and Y. Paz “ Surface Passivation of (100) InP by Organic Thiols and Polyimide as Characterized by Steady-State Photoluminescence”, “Semiconductor Science and Technology”, 16, L68-71, (2001).
* E. Harush, S. Brandon, J. Salzman and Y. Paz “The effect of mass transfer on the photoelectrochemical etching of GaN”, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 17, 510 (2002).
* M. Schvartzman, V. Sidorov, D. Ritter and Y. Paz, “Passivation of InP Surfaces of Electronic Devices by Organothiolated Self-Assembled Monolayers”, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 21, 148 (2003).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/avs/journal/jvstb/21/1/10.1116/1.1532026
* Oded Dassa, Victor Sidorov, Yaron Paz, Dan Ritter, “Coating and Passivation of Inp-InGaAs Devices by Organic Self- Assembled Monolayers”, “Journal of Electrochemical Society”, 153, G91-G97 (2006).
http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/153/1/G91
* Eran Avnon, Yaron Paz, Nir Tessler, “Photopatternable self-assembled monolayers as micron scale templates for polymer-based field effect transistors,” Applied Physics Letters, 94 13502, (2009).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/94/1/10.1063/1.3064158
* Yelena Kaminski, Eitan Shauly, Yaron Paz, “Improving Light Collection Efficiency by Introducing a Thin Doped Polysilicon Layer into the Salicided Contact”, Journal of Applied Physics, 117, 234504, (2015).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/117/23/10.1063/1.4922784
* Yelena Kaminski, Eitan Shauly, Yaron Paz, “Novel vertical silicon photodiodes based on salicided polysilicon trenched contacts”, “Journal of Applied Physics”, 118, 214502-214507 (2015).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/118/21/10.1063/1.4936550
Yelena Kaminski, Eitan Shauly, Yaron Paz, “The use of interface-sensitive devices comprising of shallow trench isolation as a tool for analyzing the quality of wafer cleaning and for optimizing cleaning sequence”, “Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing”, 44, 64-70 (2016).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369800116300063
Limor Pasternak and Yaron Paz, “Low-Temperature Direct Bonding of Silicon Nitride to Glass”, RSC Advances, 8, 2161-2172 (2018). DOI: 10.1039/c7ra08854j
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/ra/c7ra08854j#!divAbstract
Self-Assembled Monolayers
* Y. Paz and R. Naaman, “Vibrational Energy Distribution in Aniline Scattered from Surfaces Covered with Organized Organic Monolayers”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 172, 120-124 (1990).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/000926149087283W
* Y. Paz and R. Naaman, “Energy Distribution in Aniline Scattered from Various Low Energy Surfaces”, J. Chem. Phys., 94, 4921-4927 (1991).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jcp/94/7/10.1063/1.460577
* Y. Paz and R. Naaman, “Mode Specifity in Collisions of Aniline with Surfaces Covered with Organized Organic Monolayers”, Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry, edited by J. Jortner, R.D. Levine and B. Pullman, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 24, 429-441 (1991).
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “Destruction of Organized Organic Monolayers by Oxygen Atoms, J. Phys. Chem. 96, 10964-10967 (1992).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100205a066
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “Phase Transitions in Organized Organic Thin Films as Detected by their Reactivity”, J. Phys. Chem. 97, 9075-9077 (1993).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100138a001
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “New Evidences for Surface Non-Specific Catalysis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 10344-10345 (1994).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00101a082
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “The Reaction between O(3P) and Organized Organic Thin Films”, J. Phys. Chem. 98, 13517-13523 (1994).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100102a015
* H. Haick, and Y. Paz, “Remote Photocatalytic Activity as Probed by Measuring the Degradation of Self- Assembled Monolayers Anchored Near Micro-Domains of Titanium Dioxide”, J. Phys. Chem., B, 105, 3045-3051 (2001).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp0037807
* M. Schvartzman, V. Sidorov, D. Ritter, and Y. Paz “ Surface Passivation of (100) InP by Organic Thiols and Polyimide as Characterized by Steady-State Photoluminescence”, “Semiconductor Science and Technology”, 16, L68-71, (2001).
* E. Zemel, H. Haick, and Y. Paz, “Photocatalytic Destruction of Organized Organic Monolayers Chemisorbed at the Vicinity of Titanium Dioxide Surfaces”, J.Ad.Ox.Tech. , 5, 27-32 (2002).
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/stn/jaots/2002/00000005/00000001/art00005
* M. Schvartzman, V. Sidorov, D. Ritter and Y. Paz, “Passivation of InP Surfaces of Electronic Devices by Organothiolated Self-Assembled Monolayers”, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 21, 148 (2003).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/avs/journal/jvstb/21/1/10.1116/1.1532026
* H. Haick, Y. Sagatelian, Y. Paz, “The Effect of Metallic Micro-Domains on the Chemisorption of OTS onto Titanium Dioxide”, Langmuir, 19, 2540-2544 (2003).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la020452k
* H. Haick, Y. Paz, “”Dark” Photocatalysis: The Degradation of OTS Anchored to Titanium Dioxide Dark Domains”, ChemPhysChem, 4, 617-620 (2003).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cphc.200200622/abstract
* S. Ghosh- Mukerji, H. Haick and Y. Paz, “Controlled Mass Transport as a Means for Obtaining Selective Photocatalysis”, J. Photochem. Photobiol. 160, 77-85 (2003).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603003002247
* Yelena Sagatelian, Dovrat Sharabi and Yaron Paz “Enhanced Photodegradation of Diisopropyl Methyl Phosphonate by the “Adsorb & Shuttle” Approach”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology :A 174, 253-260 (2005).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603005001450
* Oded Dassa, Victor Sidorov, Yaron Paz, Dan Ritter, “Coating and Passivation of Inp-InGaAs Devices by Organic Self- Assembled Monolayers”, “Journal of Electrochemical Society”, 153, G91-G97 (2006).
http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/153/1/G91
* Eran Avnon, Yaron Paz, Nir Tessler, “Photopatternable self-assembled monolayers as micron scale templates for polymer-based field effect transistors,” Applied Physics Letters, 94, 13502, (2009).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/94/1/10.1063/1.3064158
* Guy Shemer and Yaron Paz, “Interdigitated Electro- Photocatalytic Cell for Water Purification”, “International Journal of Photoenergy”, 596710 (2011).
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/2011/596710/
* Yaron Paz, “Self- assembled monolayers and titanium dioxide: from surface patterning to potential applications”. “Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology”, 2, 845-861 (2011).
ttp://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/single/articleFullText.htm?publicId=2190-4286-2-94
* Y. Paz and M. Nussbaum, “Ultra-thin SiO2 layers on TiO2: improved photocatalysis by enhancing products’ desorption” in Book of Proceedings, 7th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications- SPEA7, June 2012, Porto, Portugal, ISBN: 978-989-97667-4-7.
* Milka Nussbaum and Yaron Paz, “Ultra-thin SiO2 layers on TiO2: improved photocatalysis by enhancing products’ desorption”, “Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics”. 14, 3392-3399 (2012).
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CP/c2cp23202b#!divAbstract
Dory Cwickel, Yaron Paz, and Abraham Marmur, “Contact angle measurement on rough surfaces: the missing link”. Surface Innovations, 5, 3-8 (2017).
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jsuin.17.00021
CNTs and fullerenes
* Y. Paz, M.S. de Vries, D.J. Elloway and R. Naaman, “Vibrational Population Inversion in Aniline Following Trapping / Desorption from Fullerene Surfaces”, J. Phys. Chem., 96, 3186-3188 (1992).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100187a002
* Y. Paz, M.S. de-Vries, R. Naaman, “Vibrational Population Inversion in Aniline Scattered from Various Organic Surfaces”, The XIVth Symposium on Molecular Beams, 1992. Pp. 371-374.
* S. Kedem, Y. Cohen, E. Zussman, A. Yarin, Y. Paz “Composite Photocatalyst Based on Nanofibers Containing Titanium Dioxide and Carbon Nanotubes”, Proceedings of the TiO2-9 meeting, San- Diego, 2004. Editors: D. Ollis and H. Al-Ekabi, ISBN 0-9738746-0-0, Redox Technologies Inc., London, Ontario, 2005.
* S. Kedem, Y. Schmidt, Y. Paz, Y. Cohen, “Composite Polymer Nanofibers with Carbon Nanotubes and Titanium Dioxide Particles”, “Langmuir” , 21, 5600-5604 (2005).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la0502443
* S. Kedem, D. Rozen, Y. Cohen, Y. Paz, “Enhanced Stability Effect in Composite Polymeric Nanofibers Containing Titanium Dioxide and Carbon Nanotubes”, “J. Phys. Chem.” C., 113, 14893-14899 (2009).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jp9007366
* Nurit Shaham Waldmann and Yaron Paz, “Photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) by titanium dioxide coupled to functionalized CNTs: an example of counter – productive charge separation”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 18946-18952 (2010).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp105925g
* N. Shaham-Waldmann and Y.Paz ,” Beyond charge separation: the effect of coupling between titanium dioxide and CNTs on the adsorption and photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI). Chemical Engineering Journal, 231,49-58 (2013).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894713009285
Molecular recognition and imprinting
* Sudeshna Ghosh-Mukerji, Hossam Haick, Mark Schvartzman and Yaron Paz, “Selective Photocatalysis by Means of Molecular Recognition”, “Journal of the American Chemical Society”, 123, 10776-10777, (2001).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja0117635`
* S. Ghosh- Mukerji, H. Haick and Y. Paz, “Controlled Mass Transport as a Means for Obtaining Selective Photocatalysis”, J. Photochem. Photobiol. 160, 77-85 (2003).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603003002247
* Yelena Sagatelian, Dovrat Sharabi and Yaron Paz “Enhanced Photodegradation of Diisopropyl Methyl Phosphonate by the “Adsorb & Shuttle” Approach”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology :A 174, 253-260 (2005).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010603005001450
* Yaron Paz, “Preferential Photodegradation- Why and How?”, “Comptes Rendus Chimie”, 9, 774-787 (2006).
http://www.em-consulte.com/en/article/70289
* Dovrat Sharabi and Yaron Paz, “Preferential Photodegradation of Contaminants by Molecular Imprinting on Titanium Dioxide”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 95 169-178 (2010).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337309004925
* Y. Paz, “Composite titanium dioxide photocatalysts and the “Adsorb & Shuttle” approach: A review” Editor: J. Nowotny, “Solid- State Phenomena Vol. 162 pp. 135-162, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland (2010).
http://www.scientific.net/SSP.162.135
* Milka Nussbaum and Yaron Paz, “Environmental Approaches by Molecular Imprinting on Titanium Dioxide” a chapter in “Handbook of Molecular Imprinting: Advanced Sensor Applications” Eds: S.W.Lee and T. Kunitake, Pan Stanford Publishing, ISBN-10: 9814316652, ISBN-13: 978-9814316651 (2012).
FTIR
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “Destruction of Organized Organic Monolayers by Oxygen Atoms, J. Phys. Chem., 96, 10964-10967 (1992).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100205a066
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “Phase Transitions in Organized Organic Thin Films as Detected by their Reactivity”, J. Phys. Chem. 97, 9075-9077 (1993).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100138a001
* H. Haick, and Y. Paz, “Remote Photocatalytic Activity as Probed by Measuring the Degradation of Self- Assembled Monolayers Anchored Near Micro-Domains of Titanium Dioxide”, J. Phys. Chem., B, 105, 3045-3051 (2001).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp0037807
* O. Ramon, E. Kesselman, R. Berkovici, Y. Cohen and Y. Paz, “ATR- FTIR Studies on the Phase Separation Process of Aqueous Solutions of Poly N-isoproylacrylamide”, “Journal of Polymer Science: B” 39, 1665-1677 (2001).
* E. Kesselman, O. Ramon, R. Berkovici, and Y. Paz, “ATR- FTIR Studies on the Effect of Strong Salting-out Salts on the Phase Separation Scenario in Aqueous Solutions of Poly N-isoproylacrylamide”, “Polymers for Advanced Technologies”, 13, 982-991 (2002).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pat.279/abstract
* H. Haick, Y. Sagatelian, Y. Paz, “The Effect of Metallic Micro-Domains on the Chemisorption of OTS onto Titanium Dioxide”, Langmuir, 19, 2540-2544 (2003).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la020452k
* Yaron Paz, Ellina Kesselman, Lulu Fahoum, Irina Portnaya and Ory Ramon, “The Interaction Between Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) and Salts in Aqueous Media: The “Salting-Out” Phenomenon as studied by ATR-FTIR”, “Journal of Polymer Science: B, 42 ,33-46 (2004). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/polb.10666/
* A. Shpigelman, Y. Paz, O. Ramon, Y.D. Livney, “Isomeric sugar effects on thermal phase transition of aqueous PNIPA solutions, probed by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy; insights to protein protection by sugars”, Colloid and Polymer Science, 289, 281-290 (2011).
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00396-010-2354-z
*Itamar Benisti and Yaron Paz, “Transient FTIR measurements at nanoseconds resolution: correlating between faceting and photocatalytic activity in BiOCl”, J. Electrochemical Society, 166, H3257-H3264, (2019). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.0351905jes/pdf
*Yaron Paz, “Transient IR spectroscopy as a tool for studying photocatalytic materials”. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 503004 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ab3eda
*Alon Ben-refael, Itamar Benisti, Yaron Paz, “Transient photoinduced phenomena in graphitic carbon nitride as measured at nanoseconds resolution by step-scan FTIR”, “Catalysis Today”, 340 97-105 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2018.11.010
*Itamar Benisti, Ramesh Nandi, Nadav Amdursky and Yaron Paz, “The photocatalytic behavior of various types of bismuth vanadate as studied by nanoseconds-resolved transient FTIR spectroscopy”, submitted to “Applied Catalysis: B: Environmental, 278 (2020) 119351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119351
Phase transitions in Polymers
* O. Ramon, E. Kesselman, R. Berkovici, Y. Cohen and Y. Paz, “ATR- FTIR Studies on the Phase Separation Process of Aqueous Solutions of Poly N-isoproylacrylamide”, “Journal of Polymer Science: B”, 39, 1665-1677 (2001).
* E. Kesselman, O. Ramon, R. Berkovici, and Y. Paz, “ATR- FTIR Studies on the Effect of Strong Salting-out Salts on the Phase Separation Scenario in Aqueous Solutions of Poly N-isoproylacrylamide”, “Polymers for Advanced Technologies”, 13, 982-991 (2002).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pat.279/abstract
* Yaron Paz, Ellina Kesselman, Lulu Fahoum, Irina Portnaya and Ory Ramon, “The Interaction Between Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) and Salts in Aqueous Media: The “Salting-Out” Phenomenon as studied by ATR-FTIR”, “Journal of Polymer Science: B, 42 ,33-46 (2004). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/polb.10666/
* Inna Shechter, Ory Ramon, Irina Portnaya, Yaron Paz and Yoav D. Livney “Microcalorimetric study of the effects of a chaotropic salt, KSCN, on the Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST) of Aqueous Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPA) solutions”, “Macromolecules“, 43, 480-487 (2010). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ma9018312
* A. Shpigelman, Y. Paz, O. Ramon, Y.D. Livney, “Isomeric sugar effects on thermal phase transition of aqueous PNIPA solutions, probed by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy; insights to protein protection by sugars”, Colloid and Polymer Science, 289, 281-290 (2011). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00396-010-2354-z
Characterization Techniques
* Yaron Paz, Sima Yaron, Yana Milyutin, “FRET- based technique for characterization of particles, surfaces and films”, provisional application No. 61/496728, (2011).
* Yana Milyutin, Nurit Shaham-Waldmann, Sima Yaron, Yaron Paz, “FRET- based technique for the characterization of contour lines”. “Dyes & Pigments”, 95, 18-22 (2012).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143720812000630
*Yelena Kaminski, Eitan Shauly, Yaron Paz, “The use of interface-sensitive devices comprising of shallow trench isolation as a tool for analyzing the quality of wafer cleaning and for optimizing cleaning sequence”, “Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing”, 44, 64-70 (2016). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369800116300063
*Itamar Benisti and Yaron Paz, “Transient FTIR measurements at nanoseconds resolution: correlating between faceting and photocatalytic activity in BiOCl”, J. Electrochemical Society, 166, H3257-H3264, (2019). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.0351905jes/pdf
*Yaron Paz, “Transient IR spectroscopy as a tool for studying photocatalytic materials”. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 503004 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ab3eda
*Alon Ben-refael, Itamar Benisti, Yaron Paz, “Transient photoinduced phenomena in graphitic carbon nitride as measured at nanoseconds resolution by step-scan FTIR”, “Catalysis Today”, 340 97-105 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2018.11.010
*Itamar Benisti, Ramesh Nandi, Nadav Amdursky and Yaron Paz, “The photocatalytic behavior of various types of bismuth vanadate as studied by nanoseconds-resolved transient FTIR spectroscopy”, submitted to “Applied Catalysis: B: Environmental, 278 (2020) 119351.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119351
Gas-solid Interactions
* Y. Paz and R. Naaman, “Vibrational Energy Distribution in Aniline Scattered from Surfaces Covered with Organized Organic Monolayers”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 172, 120-124 (1990).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/000926149087283W
* Y. Paz and R. Naaman, “Energy Distribution in Aniline Scattered from Various Low Energy Surfaces”, J. Chem. Phys., 94, 4921-4927 (1991).
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jcp/94/7/10.1063/1.460577
* Y. Paz and R. Naaman, “Mode Specifity in Collisions of Aniline with Surfaces Covered with Organized Organic Monolayers”, Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry, edited by J. Jortner, R.D. Levine and B. Pullman, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 24, 429-441 (1991).
* Y. Paz, M.S. de Vries, D.J. Elloway and R. Naaman, “Vibrational Population Inversion in Aniline Following Trapping / Desorption from Fullerene Surfaces”, J. Phys. Chem. 96, 3186-3188 (1992).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100187a002
* Y. Paz, M.S. de-Vries, R. Naaman, “Vibrational Population Inversion in Aniline Scattered from Various Organic Surfaces”, The XIVth Symposium on Molecular Beams, 1992. Pp. 371-374.
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “Destruction of Organized Organic Monolayers by Oxygen Atoms, J. Phys. Chem. 96, 10964-10967 (1992).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100205a066
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “New Evidences for Surface Non-Specific Catalysis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 10344-10345 (1994).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00101a082
* Y. Paz, S. Trakhtenberg, and R. Naaman, “The Reaction between O(3P) and Organized Organic Thin Films”, J. Phys. Chem., 98, 13517-13523 (1994).
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100102a015
Wetting, Crystallization and Film growth
*Sagi Pasternak and Yaron Paz, “BiYWO6: Novel synthetic routes and their effect on visible-light photocatalysis”, “Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology: A”, 318, 14-24 (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.11.024.
https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.elsevier-09fb23f9-239d-3276-a40d-345ac7235726
*Sagi Pasternak, Davide Levy, Yaron Paz, Boaz Pokroy, “Structural Analysis and Optical Properties of the Bi2-xYxWO6 System” CrystEngComm, 18, 6464-6470 (2016), doi: 10.1039/C6CE01094F.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ce/c6ce01094f#!divAbstract
*Dory Cwickel, Yaron Paz, and Abraham Marmur, “Contact angle measurement on rough surfaces: the missing link”, Surface Innovations, 5, 3-8 (2017).
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jsuin.17.00021
*Omry Dinner, Yaron Paz and Gideon S. Grader, “Orthogonal fractal growth of CsI domains forming a ladder-like structure”, Thin Solid Films, 661, 108-115 (2018), doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2018.07.003.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040609018304589