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SUMMARY:IMX Talks - When Nature meets Nanotechnology: Development of no
 vel materials using renewable resources
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Shachar Richter\, Department of Materials Science and En
 gineering\, Tel Aviv University\, Israel.\nThe development of new material
 s from renewable resources represents a win-win for humanity\, allowing us
  to create useful products while also addressing critical ecological and e
 nvironmental challenges. Proteins are particularly promising building bloc
 ks for this purpose. From a material science perspective\, they offer imme
 nse potential for developing novel structures\, composites\, and other adv
 anced materials. In this talk\, I will present our research on the use of 
 proteins and marine biomass to create a wide range of new materials. I'll 
 discuss our bottom-up technologies and demonstrate how we have applied the
 m to develop materials for various applications\, including the controlled
  green syntheses of various nanoparticles and metallic structures\, Light-
 emitting devices\, Photothermal materials\, Smart Wound dressings\, Antiba
 cterial coatings\, and more. I will also highlight the significant role th
 at Jellyfish have played as a renewable resource in many of these applicat
 ions and the unique collaboration of our group with the Israel Electric Co
 rporation\, aiming to collect Jellyfish which is clogging the cooling turb
 ines of the electrical power stations.\n\nBio: Prof. Shachar Richter is a 
 faculty member in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at T
 el Aviv University\, Israel\, and the head of the department. He earned hi
 s PhD in Materials Science and Chemical Physics from the Weizmann Institut
 e of Science\, Israel. After graduation\, he completed a postdoctoral fell
 owship and was later appointed an independent staff member (MTS) at Bell L
 aboratories and Agere Systems in New Jersey\, USA.\nIn 2001\, he joined th
 e School of Chemistry at Tel Aviv University\, and in 2013\, he moved to t
 he newly established Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He w
 as a visiting professor at Monash University in Australia in 2017 and a di
 stinguished visiting scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industri
 al Research Organization (CSIRO).  His diverse research area focuses in d
 eveloping innovative materials from renewable resources\, such as jellyfis
 h-based composites for medical and cosmetic uses\, as well as working in m
 olecular and bioelectronics\, bio-nanocomposites\, and new patterning tech
 nologies.\nProfessor Richter has held several public roles\, including ser
 ving as department head\, chair of the "Advanced Materials" Cathedra\, lea
 ding the MSc program in Materials Science and Engineering at Tel Aviv Univ
 ersity\, acting as President of the Israel Vacuum Society (IVS)\, and chai
 ring the chemistry committee of the Standards Institute of Israel. He also
  serves on the editorial boards of various journals. Some of his patents h
 ave been licensed and are in the process of being commercialized\, and he 
 has co-founded two startups.
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