Dr. Alexander Tesler

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

        2019 – Postdoctoral fellow,  Institute of Corrosion and Surface Science, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Patrik Schmuki. Title: “  Development of a multistage strategy for anti-biofouling coatings by combining non-toxic antifouling photocatalytic TiO2 and TiO2/WO3 nanostructured films with fouling release slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLISP) approaches  ”, and “  Metallic Nanoparticle-on-Mirror Approach Enabling Multiple-Band Light Harvesting to Enhance Photoelectrochemical Activity in the Visible Spectral Range”.

                

        2018 – 2019 - Visiting Scientist in the group of Prof. Xu Hou,  College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.  Title: “A Development of Electrochemical Methods to Create  Metallic Liquid-Gating Membranes with High-Pressure and Temperature Stability, Controllable Gas/Liquid Selectivity, Enhanced Energy Efficiency, and Anti-Fouling Properties”.

                

        2015 – 2017 - Project Leader,  Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.  In collaboration with Chemical Division, Nuclear Research Center Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. Title:  “Ultrasensitive Colorimetric Detection of Earlier Stages of Aluminum Corrosion Using Plasmonic Gold Nano Particles”.

                

        2013 – 2015 - Postdoctoral Fellow,  School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), WYSS Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, USA. Advisor: Prof. Joanna Aizenberg. Title:  “Formation of Mechanically Durable Omniphobic Surfaces as a Uniform Platform for Anti-icing, Anti-corrosive, Antibacterial, and Marine Anti-Biofouling Applications”.

                

        2007 – 2008 - Research Fellow,  Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.  Advisor: Prof. Israel Rubinstein. Title: “  Solid-State Dewetting of Ultrathin Gold Films on Ceramic Substrates”.

        

EDUCATION

        2008 – 2013 Doctor of Philosophy  (Ph.D.), Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Supervisor: Prof. Israel Rubinstein. Thesis title:  “Plasmonic Nanostructures Obtained by Thermal Annealing of Percolated Metal Films and Their Application in Bio-Sensing”.

        

        2004 – 2006Master of Science (M.Sc.), Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Supervisors: Prof. Yoed Tsur and Prof. Daniel R. Lewin. Thesis title:  “Analysis of Impedance Spectroscopy Data by Using Genetic Programming Methods”.

        

        2000 – 2004Bachelor of Science (B.Sc., Cum Laude), Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.


FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

        2020 - The Emerging Talents Initiative ( ETI-2020) of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.

        2017 - Winner of the Soft Matter poster prize contest on the 31st European conference for Colloid and Interface Society, (ECIS-31), Madrid, Spain. “  Mimicking a lotus leaf ultra-hydrophobicity at home: a facile method to prepare mechanically durable superhydrophobic titanium  ”.

        2013 – 2015 - Postdoctoral research fellowship, WYSS Institute for Bioinspired Engineering and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA.

        2008 – 2012 - Weizmann Institute Ph.D. scholarship, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

        2003 -     Prize of “Tosaf Group” Company for Excellence in Polymer Sciences, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.

        2002, 2003 - Chemical Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.

        2001, 2003 - Technion President Award for Excellence, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.

        

PATENTS

        2021 - Shimanovich, U., Solomonov, A.V., Tesler, A.B., Vogt, C., Eliaz, D. “  Reusable Optical Transducers Based on NanoStar Au Films Grown Directly on Solid Substrate for Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopies  ”, Israel Patent Office, Application Number: P6055999IL (Priority date: 08 June 2021).

        2021 - Tesler, A.B., Goldmann, W.H., Prado, L., Khusniyarov, M.M., Thievessen, I., Mazare, A., Virtanen, S., Fischer, L., “  Silicone- or fluorosilicone-coated solid substrates and process for their preparation  ”, European Patent Office, Application number: EP21166558 (Priority date: 01 April 2021).

        2015 - Aizenberg, J., Hou, X., Khan, M., Tesler, A.B.  “Fluid-based Gating Mechanism with Tunable Multiphase Selectivity and Antifouling Behavior”,  Worldwide patent: WO2016130558 A1 (18 August 2016), US Patent: US10330218 B2 (25 June 2019).

        

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

        38. Solomonov, A.V.; Kozell, A.; Eliaz, D.; Tesler, A.B.; Pinkas, I.; Brookstein, O.; Miali1, M.; Walensky, S.; Shimanovich U. “Soft-Printing of Gold Nanoislands on Self-Assembled Silk Films”, submitted.         


        37. Nasir, A.; Mazare, A.; Tesler, A.B.; Schmuki, P. Yasin, T. “Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Generation by Light-Induced Carbon Modification of TiO2 Nanotubes”, submitted.


        36. Prado, L; Hayek, S.; Lohbauer, L.; Goldmann, W.; Schmuki, P.; Virtanen, S.; Tesler, A.B.* “Wetting-Repellency of Superhydrophobic Surfaces Immersed Underwater Depends Strongly on Air Plastron Properties”, submitted. *Corresponding author.        


        35. Nasir, A.; Mazare, A.; Mohajernia, S.; Tesler, A.B.; Schmuki, P.; Yasin, T. "Influence of Carbon Enrichment in TiO2 Nanotubes", Proceedings of 2023 20th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), 2023, accepted.

        34. Solomonov, A.V.; Kozell, A.; Eliaz, D.; Tesler, A.B.; Pinkas, I.; Brookstein, O.; Miali1, M.; Walensky, S.; Shimanovich U. “Flexible Soft-Printed Polymer Films with Tunable Plasmonic Properties”, ACS Mater. Au, 2023, accepted. DOI:10.1021/acsmaterialsau.3c00023

        

        33. Tesler, A.B.;* Kolle, S.; Prado, L.H.; Thievessen, I.; Böhringer, D.; Backholm, M.; Bhuvaneshwari, K.; Nurmi, H.A.; Latikka, M.; Fischer, L.; Stafslien, S.; Cenev, Z.; Timmonen, J.I.V.; Bruns, M.; Lohbauer, U.; Virtanen S.; Fabry, B.; Schmuki, P.; Ras, R.H.A.; Aizenberg. J.; Goldmann, W.H. “Long-Term Stable Aerophilic Metallic Surfaces Underwater”, Nature Materials 2023, accepted. Published online: 18 September 2023. *Corresponding author. DOI:10.1038/s41563-023-01670-6. Highlighted in the FAU press release: https://www.fau.de/2023/09/news/ein-duenner-film-aus-luft-schuetzt-werkstoffe-vor-fluessigkeiten-und-erregern

        

        32. Prado, L.H.; Böhringer, D.; Mazare, A.; Sotelo, L.; Sarau, G.; Christiansen, S.; Fabry, B.; Schmuki, P.; Virtanen, S.; Goldmann, W.H.; Tesler, A.B.* “Nontoxic Liquid-Infused Slippery Coating Covalently Bonded to Aluminum Substrates for Underwater Applications”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 26, 31776. *Corresponding author. DOI: /10.1021/acsami.3c04508

            

        31. Raza, W.; Tesler, A.B.; Mazare, A.; Tomane, O.; Kment, S.; Schmuki, P. “Pt Single Atoms as Co-Catalysts on CdS-Sensitized Single-Crystalline TiO2 Nanoflakes for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic H2 Generation”, ChemCatChem, 2023, e202300327. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202300327.

        

        30. Nasir, A.; Mazare, A.; Tesler, A.B.; Mohajernia, S.; Schmuki, P.; Yasin, T. “Graphite-decorated TiO2 nanotubes for enhanced H2 evolution”, 19th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), 2022, 19-25, DOI: 10.1109/IBCAST54850.2022.9990187.

            

        29. Kerketta, U.;# Tesler, A.B.;# Schmuki, P. “Single-Atom Co-Catalysts Employed in Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis”, Catalysts, 2022, 12, 1223. Special Issue: "Towards Single-Site and Single-Atom Photo- and Electrocatalysis".  #Equal contribution. DOI: 10.3390/catal12101223.

            

        28. Solomonov, A.; Marfin, Y.S.; Tesler, A.B.; Merkushev, D.A.; Bogatyreva, E.A.; Antina, E.V.; Rumyantsev, E.V.; Shimanovich, U. “Dataset for the Synthesis of Boron-Dipyrrin Dyes, their Fluorescent Properties, their Interaction with Proteins, Triton-X-Based Surfactants, and Micellar Clusterization Approaches to Validation based on Fluorescent Dyes”, Data Brief 2022, 108464. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108464.


        27. Tesler, A.B.;* Prado. L.; Thievessen, I.; Mazare, A.; Schmuki, P.; Virtanen, S.; Goldmann, W. “Non-toxic liquid-infused slippery coating prepared on flat steel substrates inhibits corrosion and biofouling adhesion”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 29386. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c04960. *Corresponding author.

            

        26. Qin, S.; Sui, L.; Osuagwu, B.; Denisov, N.; Tesler, A.B.; Schmuki, P. “Facet-Controlled Photocatalytic H2 Evolution Occurs Solely on Co-Catalyst-Free Anatase TiO 2 Nanocrystals”,  ChemistryOpen 2022, e202200010. DOI:10.1002/open.202200010.

        

        25. Solomonov, A.; Marfin, Y.S.; Tesler, A.B.; Merkushev, D.A.; Bogatyreva, E.A.; Ivanov, S.P.; Ostakhov, S.S.; Antina, E.V.; Rumyantsev, E.V.; Shimanovich, U. “Self-Assembled Micellar Clusters for BODIPY Dyes Encapsulation and Fluorescence Monitoring”, Colloids Surf. B 2022, 216C, 112532. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112532.

        

        24. Cha, G.; Mazare, A.; Hwang, I.; Denisov, N.; Will, J.; Yokosawa, T.; Tesler, A.B.; Spiecker, E.; Schmuki, P. “A facile approach of "dark"-deposition of Pt single-atom trapping on facetted anatase TiO2 nanoflakes for photocatalytic H2 generation”,# Electrochim. Acta 2022, 412, 140129. # Electrochemistry of Electroactive Materials 2020 special issue. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140129.


        23. Will, J.; Wierzbicka, E.; Wu, M.; Götz, K.; Yokosawa, T.; Liu, N.; Tesler, A.B.; Stiller, M.; Unruh, T.; Altomare, M.; Schmuki, P.; Spiecker, E. „Hydrogenated Anatase TiO2 Single Crystals: Defects Formation and Structural Changes as Microscopic Origin of Co-Catalyst Free Photocatalytic H2 Evolution Activity“, J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 24932-24942. DOI: 10.1039/d1ta04809k.


        22. Tesler, A.B.*; Sannomiya, T.; Hejazi, S.; Mohammadi, R.; Vogel, N.; Altomare, M.; Schmuki, P. “Metallic Nanoparticle-on-Mirror: Structure Effects Enable Multiple-Band Light Harvesting and Photo-Electrochemical Activity in the Visible Spectral Range”, Nano Energy 2021, 90, Part B, 106609.  DOI:10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106609  . *Corresponding author.

        

        21. Park, J.; Cimpean, A.; Tesler, A.B.; Mazare, A. “Anodic TiO2 nanotubes: tailoring osteoinduction via drug delivery”, Special Issue: Drug Delivery Applications of Nanomaterials for Bone Diseases and Bone Regeneration, Nanomaterials 2021, 11(9), 2359.  DOI: 10.3390/nano11092359.

        

        20. Osuagwu, B.; Raza, W.; Tesler, A.B.; Schmuki, P. “A facile approach of direct sulfidation of FTO to form vertically aligned SnS 2 nanoflake photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting”, 2021, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 8, 8395–8400.  DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c01615.

        

        19. Osuagwu, B.; Raza, W.; Tesler, A.B.; Schmuki, P. “A drastic improvement in photocatalytic H2 production by TiO 2 nanosheets grown directly on Ta2O5 substrates”, 2021, Nanoscale, 13, 12750–12756.  DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02413b.

        

        18. Tesler, A.B.*; Prado. L.; Khusniyarov, M.; Thievessen, I.; Mazare, A.; Fischer, L.; Virtanen, S.; Goldmann, W.; Schmuki, P. “A One-Pot Universal Approach to Fabricate Lubricant-Infused Slippery Surfaces on Solid Substrates”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2101090.  DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202101090. *Corresponding author.

        

        17. Tesler, A.B.*; Altomare, M.; Schmuki, P. “Morphology and Optical Properties of Highly Ordered TiO2 Nanotubes Grown in NH4F/o-H3PO4 Electrolytes in view of Light Harvesting and Catalytic Applications”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 11, 10646–10658.  DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c01859  *Corresponding author.

        

        16. Tesler, A.B.*; Sheng, Z.; Lv, W.; Fan, Y.; Fricke, D.; Park, K-C.; Alvarenga, J.; Aizenberg, J.; Hou, X.; “Metallic Liquid Gating Membranes”, ACS Nano 2020, 14, 2465-2474.  DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b10063. *Corresponding author.

        

        15. Solomonov, A., Marfin, Y.; Rumyantsev, E.; Ragozin, E.; Zidki, T.; Zahavi, T.S.; Gellerman, G.; Tesler, A.B.; Muench, F; Kumagai, A.; Miyawaki, A. “Data on Peptidyl Platform-based Anticancer Drug Synthesis and Triton-X-based Micellar Clusters (MCs) Self-Assembly Peculiarities for Enhanced Solubilization, Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Compounds and Their Interaction with HeLaCells”, Data Brief  2019, 104052.  DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104052

        

        14. Solomonov, A., Marfin, Y.; Rumyantsev, E.; Ragozin, E.; Zidki, T.; Shekhter Zahavi, T.; Gellerman, G.; Tesler, A.B.; Muench, F; Kumagai, A.; Miyawaki, A. “Self-Assembled Micellar Clusters Based on Triton-X-family Surfactants for Enhanced Solubilization, Encapsulation, Proteins Permeability Control, and Anticancer Drug Delivery”, Mater. Sci. Eng. C 2019, 99, 794-804.  DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.02.016

        

        13. Tesler, A.B.*; Sannomiya, T.; Vaskevich, A.; Sabatani, E.; Rubinstein, I. “Highly Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Early-Stage Aluminum Corrosion in Water Using Plasmonic Gold Nano-Island Films”, Adv.  Opt. Mater. 2018, 1800599.  DOI: 10.1002/adom.201800599. *Corresponding author.

        

        12. Hou, X.; Li, J.; Tesler, A.B.; Yao, Y.; Wang, M.; Min, L.; Sheng, Z.; Aizenberg, J. “Dynamic Air/Liquid Pockets for Regulating Microscale Flows”, Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 733.  DIO: 10.1038/s41467-018-03194-z

        

        11. Tesler, A.B.*; Kim, P.; Kolle, S.; Howell, C.; Ahanotu, O.; Aizenberg, J. “Highly durable, biofouling-resistant metallic materials based on electrodeposition of nanoporous tungstite films on steels”, Nature Commun., 2015, 6:8649  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9649.  *Corresponding author. Featured in the BBC podcast Science in Action and press-released at  SEAS, Harvard University. Highlighted in Materials News of the MRS Bulletin 2016, 41, 9  DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2015.318  and in  Materials360online magazine  (MRS publisher).

        

        10. Tesler, A.B.; Maoz, B.M.; Feldman, Y.; Vaskevich, A.; Rubinstein, I. “Solid-State Thermal Dewetting of Just-Percolated Gold Films Evaporated on Glass: Development of the Morphology and Optical Properties”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 11337-11346.  DOI: 10.1021/jp400895z.

        

        9. Karakouz, T.; Tesler, A.B.; Sannomiya, T.; Feldman, Y.; Vaskevich, A.; Rubinstein, I.; “Kinetics of Thermal Embedding of Gold Island Films in Glass”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 4656-4665.  DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50198A.

        

        8. Maoz, B.M.; Chaikin, Y.; Tesler, A.B. Bar Elli, O.; Fan, Z.; Govorov, A.O.; Markovich, G. “Amplification of chiroptical activity of chiral molecules by its induction on surface plasmons”, Nano Lett. 2013, 13 (3), 1203–1209.  DOI: 10.1021/nl304638a.

        

        7. Frolov, L.; Dix, A.; Tor, Y., Tesler, A.B.; Vaskevich, A.; Rubinstein, I.; “Direct Observation of Aminoglycoside–RNA Binding by Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) Spectroscopy”, Anal. Chem. 2013, 85, 2200-2207. DOI: 10.1021/ac3029079.

        

        6. Bellapadrona, G.;* Tesler, A.B.;* Grünstein, D.;* Hossain, L. H.; Kikkeri, R.; Seeberger, P.H.; Vaskevich, A.; Rubinstein, I. “Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) Transducers for Studying Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions”, Anal. Chem. 2012, 84 (1), 232–240, *Equal contribution.  DOI: 10.1021/ac202363t  .

        

        5. Tesler, A.B.; Chuntonov, L.; Karakouz, T.; Bendikov, T.A.; Haran, G.; Vaskevich, A.; Rubinstein. I. “Tunable Localized Plasmon Transducers Prepared by Thermal Dewetting of Percolated Evaporated Gold Films”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115 (50), 24642–24652.  DOI: 10.1021/jp209114j.

        

        4. Kedem, O.; Tesler, A.B.; Vaskevich, A.; Rubinstein I. “Sensitivity and Optimization of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) Transducers”, ACS Nano 2011, 5 (2), 748–760.  DOI: 10.1021/nn102617d.

        

        3. Cohavi, O.; Reichmann, D.; Abramovich, R.; Tesler, A.B.; Bellapadrona, G.; Kokh, D. B.; Wade, R. C.; Vaskevich, A.; Rubinstein, I.; Schreiber, G.; “A Quantitative, Real-Time Assessment of Binding of Peptides and Proteins to Gold Surfaces”, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 17 (4), 1327–1336.  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001781.

        

        2. Tesler, A.B.; Lewin, D.R.; Baltianski, S.; Tsur, Y.; “Analyzing results of impedance spectroscopy using novel evolutionary programming techniques”, J. Electroceramics  2009, 1385-3449.  DOI: 10.1007/s10832-009-9565-z.

        

        1. Karakouz, T.; Tesler, A.B.; Bendikov, T.A.; Vaskevich, A.; Rubinstein, I.; “Highly Stable Localized Plasmon Transducers Obtained by Thermal Embedding of Gold Island Films on Glass”, Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 3893 – 3899.  DOI: 10.1002/adma.200703092.