Renata Reisfeld
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Renata Reisfeld is an Israeli Professor of Chemistry and D.H.C. Enrique Berman Professor of Solar Energy at Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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, Israel
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Biography

Renata Reisfeld was born in Poland
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. She came to Israel
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 in 1950 and graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Her husband is Lazar Eliezer Reisfeld; her children are Danny and Gideon.

Reisfeld became the head of the science research team at The Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

 in 1975. Reisfeld's research interests are luminescent solar concentrators
Luminescent solar concentrators
A luminescent solar concentrator is a device to generate solar power.It uses luminescent plates either impregnated by luminescent substances or fluorescent thin films on transparent plates. The plates absorb solar light which is converted to fluorescence guided to plate edges where it emerges in a...

 for decreasing the price of photovoltaic electricity, interaction of nanoparticles with luminescent species, anti-reflecting coating, and Sol-Gel glasses.
She began developing solar concentrators with her research team in 1978.

From 2007 until 2009, Reisfeld acted at GreenSun Energy
GreenSun Energy
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 Ltd as Chief Scientist.

Reisfeld co-organized (with Professor Georges Boulon of Lyon
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, France
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) 6 Israeli-French science conferences on Solid State
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 Lasers and related subjects.
Reisfeld also co-organized Israeli-Polish Science Conferences with Professor W. Strek, Professor J. Legendziewicz, Professor A. Suchocki, Professor M. Pietraszkiewicz, and Professor E. Rysiakiewicz-Pasek.

International science research cooperation by Reisfeld includes Professor A. Vaseashta (USA), Professor G. Boulon (France
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), Professor G. Baldacchini(Italy
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), Professor M. Casalboni(Italy
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) , Professor C. Klingshorn (Germany
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) Professor W. Strek, Professor J. Legendziewicz, Professor M. Pietraszkiewicz, Professor B. Jasinska, Professor A. Grabowska, Professor E. Rysiakiewicz-Pasek, Professor M. Grinberg, Dr. K. Wodnicka (Poland
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), Professor J. Daniel (Spain
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), Professor I. N. Mihailescu (Romania
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), Professor O. Malta (Brazil
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), Professor A. Patra (India
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), Professor J.-C. G. Bunzli (Switzerland
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), Professor Jurijs Dehtjars (Latvia
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), Professor B. Orel (Slovenia
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).

Honors and awards

In 1993 she received an Honorary degree
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 - Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Lyon
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, France
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In 1993 she was awarded the Medal for scientific achievement of Mayor
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 Lyon
Lyon
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, France.
In 1998 she received an Honorary degree - Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Bucharest
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, Romania
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In 2005 she received an Honorary degree - Professor Honoris Causa from the Polish Academy of Science, Wrocław, Poland
Poland
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In 2010 she was awarded the Gold Medal of the University of Wrocław, Poland.

Books

  • R. Reisfeld and C.K. Jorgensen, Lasers and Excited States of Rare Earths, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
    Berlin
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     Heidelberg
    Heidelberg
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    , New-York 1977.

  • M.Gaft, R. Reisfeld and G. Panczer, Luminiscence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, Springer-Verlag, 2004.

Keynote and invited lectures 2009-2011


June 13-15, 2011
December 8–9, 2010
September 4–9, 2010
July 12–13, 2010
July 12–13, 2010
28–30 April 2010
11–14 October
September 27–30, 2009
1–5 September 2009

List of selected publications

  • R. Reisfeld, Spectra and energy transfer of rare earths in inorganic glasses, Structure and Bonding, 13 (1973) 53-98. [50]

  • R. Reisfeld, Radiative and nonradiative transition of rare earths in glasses, Structure and Bonding, 22 (1975) 123-175. [81]

  • R. Reisfeld, Excited states and energy transfer from donor cations to rare earthsin the condensed phase, Structure and Bonding, 30 (1976) 65-97. [98]

  • R. Reisfeld and S. Neuman, Planar solar energy converter and concentrator based on uranyl doped glass. Nature, 274 (1978) 144-145. [127]

  • R. Reisfeld, Possibilities of solar energy utilization. Naturwissenschaften,66 (1979) 1-8. [129]

  • R. Reisfeld, Multiphonon relaxation in glasses. Intl. School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Nato Advanced Study Institute on Radiationless Processes, Erice, Italy (1979). Radiationless Processes, Eds. B. DiBartolo and V. Goldberg, Plenum (1980) 489-498. [136]

  • R. Reisfeld and Y. Kalisky, Improved solar converter based on uranyl neodymium and holmium glasses. Nature, 283 (1980) 281-282. [145]

  • C.K. Jorgensen and R. Reisfeld, Chemistry and spectroscopy of rare earths. Topics in Current Chemistry, 100 (1982) 126-166. [155]

  • R. Reisfeld and C.K. Jorgensen, Luminescent solar concentrators for energy conversion. Structure and Bonding, 49 (1982) 1-36. [158]

  • C.K. Jorgensen and R. Reisfeld, Uranyl photophysics. Structure and Bonding, 50 (1982) 121-171. [159]

  • R. Reisfeld, Energy transfer between dyes on glass surfaces and ions in glasses. Chem. Phys. Lett., 95(1983) 95-96. [174]

  • R. Reisfeld, Energy transfer between inorganic ions in glasses. Energy Transfer Processes in Condensed Matter, Ed. B. DiBartolo, Plenum, 114 (1984) 521-535. [175]

  • R. Reisfeld, Future technological application of rare earth doped materials. J. Less-Common Met, 93 (1983) 243-251. [179]

  • R. Reisfeld, Spectroscopy and nonradiative phenomena of rare earths in glasses: Future applications. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 95 (1984) 69-74. [186]

  • D. Avnir, D. Levy and R. Reisfeld, The nature of silica glass cage as reflected by spectral changes and enhanced photostability of trapped rhodamine 6G. J. Phys. Chem., 55(1984) 5956-5959. [193]

  • D. Levy, R. Reisfeld and D. Avnir, Fluorescence of europium(III) trapped in silica gel-glass as a probe for cation binding and for changes in cage symmetry during gel dehydration. Chem. Phys. Lett., 109 (1984) 593-597. [195]

  • R. Reisfeld, Potential uses of chromium (III) doped transparent glass ceramics in luminescent solar concentrators. Rep. Ser. Swedish Acad. Sciences in Finland. 40. Proc. Advanced Summer School on Electronic Structure of New Materials, Loviisa, Finland, 1984, Part I (1984) 7-34.5 [201]

  • R. Reisfeld, Applications of rare earths in glasses for lasers and luminescent solar concentrators. Proc. Int’l. Conf. on Rare Earth Development and Applications, Science Press, China, Vol. II (1985) 1452-1458. [213]

  • R. Reisfeld and C.K. Jorgensen, Excited state phenomena in vitreous materials. In: K.A. Gschneidner and L. Eyring (eds) Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, 9, chapter 58, North-Holland, Amsterdam, (1987) 1-90. [221]

  • R. Reisfeld, Optical properties of rare-earths and transition metal ions in fluoride glass, in: Halide Glasses for Infrared Fiberoptics. (NATO ASI Series E no. 123). Ed. Rui M. Almeida, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, (1987) 237-252. [229]

  • R. Reisfeld and M. Eyal, Energy transfer between inorganic ions in amorphous solids. Acta Physica Polonica, A71 (1987) 799-807. [236]

  • R. Reisfeld, Industrial applications of rare earths in fiber optics, luminescent solar concentrators and lasers. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 140 (1987) 345-350. [246]

  • R. Reisfeld, Criteria and prospects of new lasers based on fluorescent dyes in glasses. J. Physique, Colloque, 48 (1987) C7 423-426. [252]

  • R. Reisfeld, Luminescence and nonradiative processes in porous glasses, Proceedings of Advanced Study Institute on Advances in Nonradiative Processes in Solids, Ed. B. Di Bartolo and Xuesheng Chen Plenum, NATO ASI Series B Physics, 249 (1991) 397-423. [287]

  • R. Reisfeld, Optical behaviour of molecules in glasses prepared by the sol-gel method. Proc. Winter School on Glasses and Ceramics fromGels, SOL-GEL Science and , Brazil, August 1989. Eds. M.A. Aegerter, M. Jafelicci Jr., D.F. Souza and E.D. Zanotto, World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong-Kong. 323-345. [288]

  • R. Reisfeld and C.K. Jorgensen, Optical properties of colorants or luminescent species in sol-gel glasses, Structure and Bonding, Springer-Verlag, R. Reisfeld and C.K. Jorgensen eds., 77 (1992) 207-256. [318]

  • R. Reisfeld, V. Chernyak and M. Eyal, “ Development of Greenhouse Sheets”, Final Report to the Kibbutz Genigar, 1988-1991. [329]

  • R. Reisfeld, Semiconductor quantum dots in amorphous materials, Optical Properties of Excited States in Solids”, Ed. B. Di Bartolo, Plenum, NATO ASI Series B, 301 (1992)601-621. [348]

  • Renata Reisfeld, Nanoparticles in Amorphous Solids and their Nonlinear Properties, Presented at the Eleventh Course of Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Solids; Advances and Appplications, Ed. B. Di Bartolo, Plenum, NATO ASI Series B Physics, 399 (1994) 491-529. [352]

  • R. Reisfeld, D. Shamrakov and C.K. Jorgensen, “Photostable Solar Concentrators based on fluorescent glass films”. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 33 (1994) 417-427. [364]

  • R. Reisfeld, “Nanoparticles in Amorphous Solids”, in in Optics, Electro-Optics and Communication Technologies, Eds. P. Vincenzini and R.G. Righini. Proceedings of Topical Symposium VII on in Optics, Electro-Optics and Communication Technologies, pp. 3–13. Techna Publisher, Faenza 1995. [367]

  • R Reisfeld, “Newly Developed Solid State Lasers”, in Spectroscopic and Dynamics of Collective Excitations in Solids, ed. B. Di Bartolo, NATO ASI Series, 356, Plenum Press (1997) 519-535. [376]

  • R. Reisfeld, Stable Visible Lasers Based on Sol Gel , Ceramic Transactions, 55 Sol-Gel Science and Technlogy (1995) 317-329. [380]

  • R. Reisfeld, “New Materials for Nonlinear Optics”, Optical and Electronic Phenomena in Sol-Gel Glasses and Modern Applications, Eds. R. Reisfeld, C.K. Jorgensen, Structure and Bonding, 85, Springer- Verlag (1996) 99-147. [383]

  • R. Reisfeld, based on sol gel technology, Platinum Jubelee Lectures, Part III, & Earth Sciences, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta (1997) 123-136. [403]

  • R. Reisfeld, T. Saraidarov, M. Zelner and Harry Minti, Semiconductor quantum size particles and rare earths ions (Eu+3, Tb+3) In amorphous sol-gel films, World Scientific, Eds. B. Di Bartolo and Xuesheng Chen (2000) 341-358. [427]

  • R. Reisfeld and Eli Yariv, Porous glasses as a host for solid state tunable lasers in the visible as a means for fluorescence diagnostics and photodynamic therapy, Optica Applicata 30 (4) (2000) 481-490. [431]

  • R. Reisfeld, T. Saraidarov, M. Pietraszkiewicz S. Lis, Luminescence of Europium(III) Compounds in Zirconia Xelogels, Chem. Phys. Letters, 349 (2001) 266-270. [448]

  • R. Reisfeld, Rare earths complexes in sol gel glasses, Material Science, 20 (2002) 5-18. [455]

  • R. Reisfeld, Fluorescent dyes in sol-gel glasses, J. of Fluorescence, 12 (314) (2002) 317-325. [459]

  • R. Reisfeld, A. Weiss, T. Saraidarov, E. Yariv, A.A. Ishchenko, Solid state lasers based on inorganic-organic hybrid materials obtained by combined sol-gel polymer technology, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 15 (2004) 291-301. [469]

  • Renata Reisfeld, Sol gel processed lasers, Sol-Gel Technology (Handbook) Vol. 3, Chap.12, (2004) 239-261. [476]

  • R. Reisfeld, Spectroscopy of rare earth ions, proceedings of Advanced NATO Institute on Nanostructure and for application in sensors optoelectronic and photovoltaic technology NATO Science Series, 204 (2005) 77-100. [480]

  • R. Reisfeld and T. Saraidarov, Innovative Materials Based on Sol-Gel Technology, Optical Materials 28,(2006), 64-70. [485]

  • R.Reisfeld, T. Saraidarov and V. Levchenko, Formation and Structural Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles in Ormosil Sol-Gel Films, Optica Applicata, 1,(2008), 83-92. [497]

  • R. Reisfeld, Nanoparticles of Semiconductors in Sol Gel Glasses in Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices and Systems, Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series-B: Physics and Biophysics, Published by Eds. A. Vaseashta and I. N. Mihalescu, XIV (2008) 257-273. [498]

  • T. Saraidarov, V. Levchenko, I. Popov, R. Reisfeld, Shape Control Synthesis of Spheroid and Rod-like Silver Nanostructures in Organic-Inorganic Sol-Gel Composite, Superlattices and Microstructures, 46 (2009) 171-175. [500]

  • R. Reisfeld, Ts. Saraidarov, V. Levchenko, Strong emitting sol–gel material based on interaction of luminescence dyes and lanthanide complexes with Silver Nanoparticles, J Sol-Gel Sci Technol, 50 (2009) 127-129. [504]

  • Renata Reisfeld, Marek Pietraszkiewicz, Tsiala Saraidarov, Viktoria Levchenko, Luminescence intensification of lanthanide complexes by silver nanoparticles incorporated in sol-gel matrix, of Rare Earth, vol. 27, Aug. 2009, p. 544. [508]

  • G. Baldacchini, P. Chiachiaretta, R. Reisfeld, E. Zigansky, The origin of luminescence blueshifts in Alq3 composites, of luminescence, 129 (2009) 1849-1852. [509]

  • T. Saraidarov, V. Levchenko, A. Grabowska, P. Borowicz, and R. Reisfeld, Non-self-absorbing materials for Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSC), Chem. Phys. Lett., 492,(2010), 60–62. [511]

  • Renata Reisfeld, Invited paper, New Developments in Luminescence for Solar Energy Utilization, Optical Materials, 32 (2010) 850-856. [513]

  • Viktoria Levchenko, Michael Grouchko, Shlomo Magdassi, Tsiala Saraidarov and Renata Reisfeld, Enhancement of luminescence of Rhodamine B by gold nanoparticles in thin films on glass for active optical materials applications, Optical materials, 34 (2011) 360-365. [514]

  • M. Gaft, L. Nagli, G. Panczer, G. R. Rossman, R. Reisfeld, Laser-induced time-resolved luminescence of kyanite Al2SiO5, Optical materials, 33 (2011) 1476-1480. [515]

  • Renata Reisfeld, Tsiala Saraidarov, Gerard Panzer, Viktoria Levchenko and Michael Gaft, New Optical Material Europium EDTA complex in polyvinyl pyrrolidone films with fluorescence enhanced by silver plasmons, Optical materials, 34 (2011) 351-355. [516]

See also

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

     - see Notable alumni
  • Luminescent solar concentrators
    Luminescent solar concentrators
    A luminescent solar concentrator is a device to generate solar power.It uses luminescent plates either impregnated by luminescent substances or fluorescent thin films on transparent plates. The plates absorb solar light which is converted to fluorescence guided to plate edges where it emerges in a...


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