Prof. Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen

Prof. Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen Profile

Professor


Department : Department of Chemical Engineering
Room : 220
בנין הנדסת חומרים והנדסת כימיה ע"ש  פוסטר - 59
Phone : 972-8-6472140
972-8-6472142
972-8-6461272
Email : rachely@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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Education

  • B.Sc.: 1982-1985, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Faculty of Chemistry.
  • M.Sc: 1985-1987, The Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Polymer Research.
  • Ph.D.: 1988 -1994, The Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Materials and Interfaces.

Research Projects

  • Stabilization of thin liquid films by polymer additives; Mechanisms of interactions between polymer assemblies and polymeric solutions; Wetting of cross-linked polymer films by polymeric melts-phenomena of wetting autophobicity, effect of surface texture on wetting; Structure and surface properties of thin films of natural polysaccharides (starch-related materials); Mechanism of hole rupture and dewetting in unstable liquid films (single components films and binary mixtures).

Research Abstract

  • behavior and properties of matter at the meso and nano scale .

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