Renata Reisfeld was born in Poland. She came to Israel in 1950 and graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her husband name is Lazar Eliezer Reisfeld; her children are Danny, Gideon.
Renata Reisfeld is the head of the science research team at The Institute of Chemistry of Hebrew University of Jerusalem now.
Since 2007 Professor Renata Reisfeld is working at GreenSun Energy Ltd as Chief Scientist. Renata Reisfeld's research interests at GreenSun Energy Ltd are luminescence solar concentrators for decreasing the price of Photovoltaic electricity, interaction of Nanoparticles with luminescent species, antireflecting coating, Sol-Gel glasses.
Professor Renata Reisfeld is co-organizer with Professor Georges Boulon (Lyon, France) 6 Israeli-French Science Conferences on Solid State Lasers and related. Professor Renata Reisfeld also is co-organizer of number of Israeli-Polish Science Conferences with Professor W. Strek, Professor J. Legendziewicz, Professor A. Suchocki, Professor M. Pietraszkiewicz, Professor E. Rysiakiewicz-Pasek.
International science research cooperation of Renata Reisfeld is with Professor A. Vaseashta (USA), Professor G. Boulon (France), Professor G. Baldacchini(Italy), Professor M. Casalboni(Italy) , Professor C. Klingshorn (Germany) 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), Professor J. Daniel (Spain), Professor I. N. Mihailescu (Romania), Professor O. Malta (Brazil), Professor A. Patra (India), Professor J.-C. G. Bunzli (Switzerland), Professor Jurijs Dehtjars (Latvia), Professor B. Orel (Slovenia).
Honors and awards
1993Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Lyon, France
1998Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Bucharest, Romania
2005Professor Honoris Causa from the Polish Academy of Science, Wrocaw, Poland
Books
R. Reisfeld and C.K. Jorgensen, Lasers and Excited States of Rare Earths, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, New-York 1977.
M.Gaft, R. Reisfeld and G. Panczer, Luminiscence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, Springer-Verlag, 2004.
List of selected publications
R. Reisfeld, Spectra and energy transfer of rare earths in inorganic glasses, Structure and Bonding, 13 (1973) 53-98.
R. Reisfeld, Radiative and nonradiative transition of rare earths in glasses, Structure and Bonding, 22 (1975) 123-175.
R. Reisfeld, Excited states and energy transfer from donor cations to rare earthsin the condensed phase, Structure and Bonding, 30 (1976) 65-97.
R. Reisfeld and S. Neuman, Planar solar energy convertor and concentrator based on uranyl doped glass. Nature, 274 (1978) 144-145.
R. Reisfeld, Possibilities of solar energy utilization. Naturwissenschaften,66 (1979) 1-8.
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.
R. Reisfeld and Y. Kalisky, Improved solar convertor based on uranyl neodymium and holmium glasses. Nature, 283 (1980) 281-282.
C.K. Jorgensen and R. Reisfeld, Chemistry and spectroscopy of rare earths. Topics in Current Chemistry, 100 (1982) 126-166.
R. Reisfeld and C.K. Jorgensen, Luminescent solar concentrators for energy conversion. Structure and Bonding, 49 (1982) 1-36.
C.K. Jorgensen and R. Reisfeld, Uranyl photophysics. Structure and Bonding, 50 (1982) 121-171.
R. Reisfeld, Energy transfer between dyes on glass surfaces and ions in glasses. Chem. Phys. Lett., 95(1983) 95-96.
R. Reisfeld, Energy transfer between inorganic ions in glasses. Energy Transfer Processes in Condensed Matter, Ed. B. DiBartolo, Plenum, 114 (1984) 521-535.
R. Reisfeld, Future technological application of rare earth doped materials. J. Less-Common Met, 93 (1983) 243-251.
R. Reisfeld, Spectroscopy and nonradiative phenomena of rare earths in glasses: Future applications. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 95 (1984) 69-74.
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.
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.
R. Reisfeld, Potential uses of chromium (III) doped transparent glass ceramics in luminescent solar concentrators. Rep. Ser. Swedish Acad. Engineering Sciences in Finland. 40. Proc. Advanced Summer School on Electronic Structure of New Materials, Loviisa, Finland, 1984, Part I (1984) 7-34.5
R. Reisfeld, Applications of rare earths in glasses for lasers and luminescent solar concentrators. Proc. Int. Conf. on Rare Earth Development and Applications, Science Press, China, Vol. II (1985) 1452-1458.
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.
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.
R. Reisfeld and M. Eyal, Energy transfer between inorganic ions in amorphous solids. Acta Physica Polonica, A71 (1987) 799-807.
R. Reisfeld, Industrial applications of rare earths in fiber optics, luminescent solar concentrators and lasers. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 140 (1987) 345-350.
R. Reisfeld, Criteria and prospects of new lasers based on fluorescent dyes in glasses. J. Physique, Colloque, 48 (1987) C7 423-426.
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.
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 Technology, 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.
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.
R. Reisfeld, V. Chernyak and M. Eyal, Development of Greenhouse Sheets, Final Report to the Kibbutz Genigar, 1988-1991.
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.
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.
R. Reisfeld, D. Shamrakov and C.K. Jorgensen, hotostable Solar Concentrators based on fluorescent glass films. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 33 (1994) 417-427.
R. Reisfeld, anoparticles in Amorphous Solids, in Advanced Materials in Optics, Electro-Optics and Communication Technologies, Eds. P. Vincenzini and R.G. Righini. Proceedings of Topical Symposium VII on Advanced Materials in Optics, Electro-Optics and Communication Technologies, pp. 3-13. Techna Publisher, Faenza 1995.
R Reisfeld, ewly 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.
R. Reisfeld, Stable Visible Lasers Based on Sol Gel Technology, Ceramic Transactions, 55 Sol-Gel Science and Technlogy (1995) 317-329.
R. Reisfeld, ew 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.
R. Reisfeld, Advanced materials based on sol gel technology, Platinum Jubelee Lectures, Part III, Engineering & Earth Sciences, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta (1997) 123-136.
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.
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.
R. Reisfeld, T. Saraidarov, M. Pietraszkiewicz S. Lis, Luminescence of Europium(III) Compounds in Zirconia Xelogels, Chem. Phys. Letters, 349 (2001) 266-270.
R. Reisfeld, Rare earths complexes in sol gel glasses, Material Science, 20 (2002) 5-18.
R. Reisfeld, Fluorescent dyes in sol-gel glasses, J. of Fluorescence, 12 (314) (2002) 317-325.
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.
Renata Reisfeld, Sol gel processed lasers, Sol-Gel Technology (Handbook) Vol. 3, Chap.12, (2004) 239-261.
R. Reisfeld, Spectroscopy of rare earth ions, proceedings of Advanced NATO Institute on Nanostructure and Advanced Materials for application in sensors optoelectronic and photovoltaic technology NATO Science Series, 204 (2005) 77-100.
R. Reisfeld and T. Saraidarov, Innovative Materials Based on Sol-Gel Technology, Optical Materials 28 (2006) 64-70.
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.
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.
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.
R. Reisfeld, Ts. Saraidarov, V. Levchenko, Strong emitting solel material based on interaction of luminescence dyes and lanthanide complexes with Silver Nanoparticles, J Sol-Gel Sci Technol, 50 (2009) 127-129.
Renata Reisfeld, Marek Pietraszkiewicz, Tsiala Saraidarov, Viktoria Levchenko, Luminescence intensification of lanthanide complexes by silver nanoparticles incorporated in sol-gel matrix, Journal of Rare Earth, vol. 27, Aug. 2009, p. 544.
See also
GreenSun Energy
External links
http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=2186 Unated Nations CC Conference site
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255204764378&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter Jerusalem Post Article
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090914-solar-video-ap.html National Geographic AP Story
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14082027 "The Economist" article
http://audiovideo.economist.com/?fr_story=7f8b0d5b6ee20f7f5ab080e25d0372559c43bb37&rf=bm/ Professor R. Reisfeld's interview for "The Economist"
http://www.themarker.com/tmc/article.jhtml?ElementId=skira20090730_1103824 article at "The Marker"
http://download.omroep.nl/rnw/smac/cms/cheaper_solar_technology_developed_in_israel_20090803_44_1kHz.mp3 Professor Reisfeld's interview for Radio Netherlands Worldwide
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1104003.html Haaretz English article
http://www.solar-israel.co.il/solar-cover-for-walls Solar Israel
http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~rena/ The Renata Reisfeld's Homepage
http://www.solgel.com/articles/Sept01/ren_intro.asp The Sol-Gel Gateway
http://nanoscience.huji.ac.il/researchers/reisfeld.htm The Harvey M. Krueger Family Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
http://chemistry.huji.ac.il/eng/ The Institute of Chemistry of Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
http://www.greensun.biz/Home-page/ GreenSun Energy Ltd
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