Reshef Tenne
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Reshef Tenne is an Israel
i scientist.
Tenne is most notable for his prediction in 1992, following the discovery of carbon nanotubes that nanoparticles of inorganic compounds with layered structures, such as MoS2, would not be stable against folding and would also form inorganic nanotube
s and fullerene
-like structures.
Born in Kibbutz Usha, Tenne received his BSc in Chemistry and Physics from Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1969, where he also received his MSc (1971) and PhD (1976). He then spent three years at the Battelle Institute in Geneva
, Switzerland
, before joining the Weizmann Institute on 1979. He was promoted to full professor in 1995.
Tenne is currently the Drake Family Professor and Head of the Department of Materials and Interfaces at the Weizmann Institute of Science
, and Director of the Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Sciences, director of the G.Schmidt Minerva Center for Supramolecular Architectures and holds the
Drake Family Chair in Nanotechnology.
In 2005, Tenne received the Materials Research Society (MRS) Medal for his work on inorganic fullerenes.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i scientist.
Tenne is most notable for his prediction in 1992, following the discovery of carbon nanotubes that nanoparticles of inorganic compounds with layered structures, such as MoS2, would not be stable against folding and would also form inorganic nanotube
Inorganic nanotube
An inorganic nanotube is a cylindrical molecule often composed of metal oxides, and morphologically similar to a carbon nanotube. Inorganic nanotubes have been observed to occur naturally in some mineral deposits....
s and fullerene
Fullerene
A fullerene is any molecule composed entirely of carbon, in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, or tube. Spherical fullerenes are also called buckyballs, and they resemble the balls used in association football. Cylindrical ones are called carbon nanotubes or buckytubes...
-like structures.
Born in Kibbutz Usha, Tenne received his BSc in Chemistry and Physics from Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1969, where he also received his MSc (1971) and PhD (1976). He then spent three years at the Battelle Institute in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, before joining the Weizmann Institute on 1979. He was promoted to full professor in 1995.
Tenne is currently the Drake Family Professor and Head of the Department of Materials and Interfaces at the Weizmann Institute of Science
Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science , known as Machon Weizmann, is a university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel. It differs from other Israeli universities in that it offers only graduate and post-graduate studies in the sciences....
, and Director of the Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Sciences, director of the G.Schmidt Minerva Center for Supramolecular Architectures and holds the
Drake Family Chair in Nanotechnology.
In 2005, Tenne received the Materials Research Society (MRS) Medal for his work on inorganic fullerenes.
External links
- Reshef Tenne home page at the Weizmann Institute of Science.