The Minnes Lab - Bioelectromagnetism laboratory

Articles

• Hani Porat, Aneena Lal, Asmita Dutta, Manish K. Yadav, Divya C. Sesu, Refael Minnes and Arie Borenstein, 2025, "Nickel-oxide embedded laser-induced graphene for high-performance supercapacitors" Nanoscale

• Chandradip D. Jadhav, Girish P. Patil, Svetlana Lyssenko and Refael Minnes, 2025, "Hot-Injected Ligand-Free SnTe Nanoparticles: A Cost-Effective Route to Flexible Symmetric Supercapacitors" Journal of Materials Chemistry A

• Girish P. Patil, Chandradip D. Jadhav, Michal Amar, Svetlana Lyssenko and Refael Minnes, 2024, "Unveiling potential of SnS nanoflakes: a flexible solid-state symmetric supercapacitive device" Journal of Power Sources, 623, 235496

• Girish P. Patil, Chandradip D. Jadhav, Svetlana Lyssenko and Refael Minnes, 2024, "Hydrothermally synthesized copper telluride nanoparticles: First approach to flexible solid-state symmetric supercapacitor" Chemical Engineering Journal, 498, 155284

• Girish P. Patil, Chandradip D. Jadhav, Svetlana Lyssenko, Arie Borenstein and Refael Minnes, 2024, "Exploring one-pot colloidal synthesis of klockmannite CuSe nanosheet electrode for symmetric solid-state supercapacitor device" Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(36), 14404-14420

• Chandradip D. Jadhav, Girish P. Patil, Svetlana Lyssenko, Arie Borenstein and Refael Minnes, 2024, "Electrolyte-dependent performance of SnSe nanosheets electrode for supercapacitors" Journal of Energy Storage, 94, 112364.

• Efrat Hochma, Paul Ben Ishai, Michael A. Firer and Refael Minnes, 2024, "Phyto-Photodynamic Therapy of Prostate Cancer Cells Mediated by Yemenite ‘Etrog’ Leave Extracts" Nutrients, 16(12), 1820.

• Samuel Onuh Abuh, Ayan Barbora and Refael Minnes, 2024, "Metastasis diagnosis using attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infra-red (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy" PLoS One, 19(5), e0304071.

• Ayan Barbora, Sirish Karri, Michael A. Firer and Refael Minnes, 2023, "Multifractal analysis of cellular ATR-FTIR spectrum as a method for identifying and quantifying cancer cell metastatic levels" Scientific Reports, 13(1), 18935.

• Roni Mina Hendler, Orly Eva Weiss, Tzachy Morad, Guy Sion, Michael Kirby, Zvy Dubinsky, Ayan Barbora, Refael Minnes and Danny Baranes, 2023, "A Poly-D-lysine-Coated Coralline Matrix Promotes Hippocampal Neural Precursor Cells’ Differentiation into GFAP-Positive Astrocytes" Polymers, 15(20), 4054.

• Asmita Dutta, Ortal Breuer, Manjunath Krishnappa, Refael Minnes, Alla Zak and Arie Borenstein, 2023, "1D transition-metal dichalcogenides/carbon core–shell composites for the hydrogen evolution reaction" Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11(40), 21806.

• Ayan Barbora, Svetlana Lyssenko, Michal Amar, Vadim Nave, Vered Zivan, Lital Argaev Frenkel, Ariel Nause, Raichel Cohen-Harazi and Refael Minnes, 2023, "Optimizing the average distance between a blue light photosensitizer and a harmonic nanoparticle for effective infrared photodynamic therapy" Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 303, 123195.

• Ayan Barbora, Fares Yazbak, Svetlana Lyssenko, Vadim Nave, Faina Nakonechny, Paul Ben Ishai and Refael Minnes, 2022, "Second ‏harmonic generation nanoparticles enables Near-Infrared Photodynamic Therapy from visible light reactive photosensitizer conjugates" PLoS One, 17(9).

• Zhanxiong Feng, Chandradip D. Jadhav, Girish P. Patil, Yun Wang, Zhiyong Jia, Vijay S. Baviskar, Refael Minnes and Chuang Zhang, 2022 “Solution processed 2D SnSe nanosheets catalysts: Temperature dependent Oxygen Reduction Reaction performance in alkaline media” Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 916, 116381.

• Inbar Dahari, Danny Baranes and Refael Minnes, 2021 “Automatic identification of dendritic branches and their orientation” Journal of Visualized Experiments, 175.

• Ayan Barbora and Refael Minnes, 2021, "Targeted antiviral treatment using Non-ionizing Radiation Therapy for SARS-CoV-2 and viral pandemics preparedness: Technique, methods and practical notes for Clinical Application‏" PLoS One, 16(5).

• Ayan Barbora, Oryan Bohar, Ariel Alexander Sivan, Eyal Magory, Ariel Nause and Refael Minnes, 2021, "Higher Pulse Frequency of Near-Infrared Laser irradiation increases penetration depth for novel biomedical applications" PLoS One, 16(1).

• Tzachy Morad, Roni Mina Hendler, Eyal Canji, Orly Eva Weiss, Guy Sion, Refael Minnes, Ania Hava Grushchenko Polaq, Ido Merfeld, Zvy Dubinsky, Elimelech Nesher, and Danny Baranes, 2020, "Aragonite-Polylysine: Neuro-Regenerative Scaffolds with Diverse Effects on Astrogliosis." Polymers, 12(12).

• Ayala Gancz, Yekaterina Zueva, Orly Eva Weiss, Roni Mina Hendler, Refael Minnes and Danny Baranes, 2020, "Coralline Skeleton Biomaterial Reduces Phagocytosis in Mouse Blood in vitro." Israel Journal of Chemistry, 60(5-6), 586-592.

• Refael Minnes, Tamara Brider, Andrey Goryachev, Anna Grushchenko, Ruth Tor, Amichai Nevo, David Lifshitz, Abraham Katzir and Yosef Raichlin, 2019, "Fiber-optic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy (FEWS) of Crystals from a Urine Sample as a Tool for Evaluating the Chemical Composition of Kidney Stones." Analytical Methods, 11(18), 2404-2409.

• Tzachy I. Morad, Roni Mina Hendler, Orly Eva Weiss, Eyal Aviv Canji, Ido Merfeld, Zvy Dubinsky, Refael Minnes, Yitshak I. Francis and Danny Baranes, 2019, "Gliosis of Astrocytes Cultivated on Coral Skeleton Is Regulated by the Matrix Surface Topography." Biomedical Materials, 14(4).

• Gilad, Y., H. Tuchinsky, G. Ben-David, R. Minnes, A. Gancz, H. Senderowitz, G. Luboshits, M.a. Firer, and G. Gellerman, 2017, "Discovery of Potent Molecular Chimera (CM358) to Treat Human Metastatic Melanoma." European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 138, 602-15.

• Refael Minnes, Mati Nissinmann, Yael Maizels, Gabi Gerlitz, Abraham Katzir, and Yosef Raichlin, 2017, "Using Attenuated Total Reflection–Fourier Transform Infra-Red (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy to Distinguish between Melanoma Cells with a Different Metastatic Potential." Scientific Reports, 7(1), 4381.

• Kathleen Scheffler, Refael Minnes, Vincent Fraisier, Anne Paoletti and Phong T. Tran, 2015, “Microtubule minus end motors kinesin-14 and dynein drive nuclear congression in parallel pathways” Journal of Cell Biology, 209, 47-58, # of citations: 12.

• Hagit Kun, Refael Minnes and Yitzhak Mastai, 2008, “Effects antifreeze peptides on the thermotropic properties of a model membrane”, Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 40 (4), 389-396.

• Refael Minnes, Shany Ytzhak, Hana Weitman and Benjamin Ehrenberg, 2008, “The effect of solution electrolytes on the uptake of photosensitizers by liposomal membranes: a salting-out effect” Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 155 (1), 38-42.

• Refael Minnes, Hana Weitman, Youngjae You, Michael R. Detty and Benjamin Ehrenberg, 2008, “Dithiaporphyrin derivatives as photosensitizers in membranes and cells” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112 (10), 3268-3276.

• Refael Minnes, Hana Weitman, and Benjamin Ehrenberg, 2007, “The effect of lipid composition, bilayer phase and temperature on the uptake of hematoporphyrin by liposomal membranes” Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 11 (08).

• Refael Minnes, Hana Weitman, Hyun-Jin Lee, Sergiu M. Gorun and Benjamin Ehrenberg, 2006, “Enhanced acidity, photophysical properties and liposome binding of perfluoroalkylated phthalocyanines lacking C-H bonds” Photochemistry and Photobiology, 82 (2), 593-599.

Book Chapters

• Lakshmana Kumar Bommineedi, Nakul Upadhyay and Refael Minnes, 2023 "Screen Printing: An Ease Thin Film Technique." In: Babasaheb R. Sankapal, Ahmed Ennaoui, Ram B. Gupta and Chandrakant D. Lokhande, editors. Simple Chemical Methods for Thin Film Deposition: Synthesis and Applications, Springer Nature.

• Tzachy Morad, Roni Mina Hendler, Eyal Canji, Orly Eva Weiss, Guy Sion, Refael Minnes, Ania Hava Grushchenko Polaq, Ido Merfeld, Zvy Dubinsky, Elimelech Nesher, and Danny Baranes, 2021 "Aragonite-Polylysine: Neuro-Regenerative Scaffolds with Diverse Effects on Astrogliosis." In: Monica Trif and Alexandru Vasile Rusu, editors. Prime Archive in Polymer Technology, Hyderabad, India: Vide Leaf.