Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Department of Physical Chemistry and the Parkas Center for Light Induced Processes, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel... 

The research work described here was carried out by an able group of students of Yamaguchi University and Ube Techinical College, and in collaboration with our laboratory staffs and industrial colleagues. In particular, Dr. S. Fujisaki and Dr. T. Okamoto made significant contributions. We thank them all, and also Dr. H. Tsuzuki of Central Analytical Center of Kyushu University undertook X-ray crystal structure analysis of BTMA Br3. Furthermore, we wish to thank Professor M. Tashiro of Kyushu University for useful discussions. Finally, we are grateful to Professor Y. Sasson of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Orgabrom 93, for the invitation to present this work in Jerusalem. 

We wish to thank the Dead Sea Bromine Group and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem for the Organization of Orgabrom 93. Particular thanks are due to Doctor Meir Englert, President of the organizing committee, Professor Yoel Sasson, President of the scientific committee, and to Mrs Rickie Raz for her valuable work in organizing the secretariat. 

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Chairman) Great Lakes Chemical Konstanz GmbH, Germany Rhone-Poulenc Recherches, S.A., France Rhone-Poulenc Recherches, S.A., France... 

G. Zambon" Chemistry Research Institute, Italy Dead Sea Bromine Group, Israel Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel University de Paris VII - C.N.R.S., France Tel Aviv University, Israel University College of Swansea, UK Concordia University, Canada University de Louvain, Belgium The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel... 

R. Kosloef, The Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics and Department of Physical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jemsalem, Israel Rudolph A. Marcus, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A. 

Years ago, the author and Dr. Amos Banin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel started to plan such a timely book to meet the current needs of the world s arid environments. Much research on biogeochemistry of trace elements in arid soils was done by the author and Dr. Banin during the period from 1992 to 1997 when the author was at the Hebrew University. Therefore, a majority of the chapters of this book were formed at that time. Of course, many materials and first-hand data are from the previous publications by the author and Dr. Banin s laboratory. Unfortunately, due to the health problems of Dr. Banin, he was unable to get this project finished. Thus this book is a product that resulted from the collaborative efforts and coauthoring between the author and Dr. Banin. 

Banin A., Han F.X., Carina C. Total contents and solid-phase distribution of trace elements in 45 Israeli soils. Unpublished data. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehonot, 76100. Israel. 1997a. 

Han F.X., Binding, distribution and transformations of polluting trace elements in soils of arid and semi-arid regions receiving waste inputs. Ph.D. Dissertation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1998. 

G. A. Olah University of Southern California, Los Angeles Z. Rappoport The Hebrew University of Jerusalem P. von R. Schleyer Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg G. B. Schuster University of Illinois at Urbana-Chompaign... 

Casali Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Organic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax 972-2-6528-250 e-mail ZEEV VMS.HUJI.AC.IL... 

On-line STN International. The author wishes to thank Dr. Y. Wolman of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his contribution and expert advice. 

We are grateful to our coworkers for their work described herein, and to the National Science Foundation for financial support of our research. We thank Dr. Lauren Johnson for preparation of the manuscript. R.A.M. thanks The Hebrew University of Jerusalem for its hospitality during the composition of a portion of this chapter. 

He has held several adjunct professor appointments and was especially active at the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island the Department of Oceanography and Marine Biology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Department of Biology, American University, Washington, D.C. 

Z. Rappoport The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel H. Schwarz Technical University, Berlin, Germany C. Wentrup University of Queensland, Australia... 

When in 1994 the US and European patent offices recognized that the doped sol-gel technology had been invented by David Avnir and colleagues, granting the Hebrew University of Jerusalem a series of patents covering the generic methodology for the preparation of sol-gel materials, and their use in various applications, the time was ripe for the foundation of the first sol-gel chemical companies. 

Information available on the history of chemical instrumentation website maintained by Prof. Euginii Katz, Dept of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. See http //chem.ch.huji.ac.il/ eugeniik/history/nollet.htm. 

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