The Division for Development and Public Relations     YAIR  AVNY,  PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY  Status : DECEASED Birth place : JERUSALEM Office Phone: 02-658-5541 Fax: E-Mail: yar@vms.huji.ac.il U.R.L: http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/employee/avny/iavny.htm   Department Faculty   ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FACULTY OF SCIENCE Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year Ph.D. HEBREW UNIV. 1965   Academic Position   Year EMERITUS 2005 PROFESSOR 1999 ASSOC. PROFESSOR 1980 SENIOR LECTURER 1972 LECTURER 1968   Administrative Position   From To Chairperson, Chemistry Studies Program. 1999 2001   External Academic Positions Postdoc. Fellow, 1966-67, Visiting Sr. Scientist, 1975, Tex- textile Research Inst., N.J.   Research Interests Chemical modification of polymers, block and graft polymerization. Anionic polymerization. Ring opening polymerization of episulfides and epoxides. Polymeric reagents. Borane supported polymers. Chemical modification of polyethylene tephthalate (PET) by in situ polymerization of vinyl monomers using conventional and plasma polymerization techniques. Chemical modification of cellulosic fibers and films. Polymers for electronic devices, synthesis and application of electroluminescence and photoluminescence polymers.   Research Projects Synthesis and application of electroluminescence and photoluminescence   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year Blue-green LEDs from poly (phenylenevinylene) grafted with 1999 Conjugated polymeric composites for holographic storage. 1999 Holographic storage in conjugated polymer composites. 1998 Rotaxane-forming monomers as crosslinking agents for vinyl 1998 Neutron and X-ray reflectivity studies of self-assembled 1998 Poly(phenylene-vinylene)analogs with ring substituted polar side 1998 Transient and AC electroluminescence in pyridylene copolymer of 1997 Microfabrication of an electroluminescent polymer light emitting 1997 Degradation of non-encapsulated polymer-based light emitting 1997 PPV-based copolymers for light emitting diodes. 1997 Space-charged limited current and electroluminescence in 1997 Blue luminescence induced by confinement in self-assembled 1997 Newly synthesized conjugated copolymers for light emitting 1997 Blue to red electroluminescence from self-assembled films. 1997 New type of crosslinking agents for vinyl polymers. 1997 Spectral tuning of electroluminescence in conjugated copolymers 1996 Possible evidence for quantum-size effects in self-assembled 1996 Microfabrication of an organic electroluminescent polymer LED 1996 New conjugated polymer/sol-gel glass composites: Luminescence 1996 Syntheses and polymerization of large macrocyclic monomers. 1996 Fluorinated poly(p-phenylenevinylene) copolymers: Preparation 1996 Electroluminescence, photoluminescence and x-ray reflectivity 1995 Tunable electroluminescence and photoluminescence in 1995 Graft copolymers as emulsifiers. 1993 Catalysts for the reaction of isocyanates with carboxylic acids. 1992 Polymers containing pyrrolidone backbone derived from itaconic 1992   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem