Dr. Alexander I. Shames,
Senior Researcher (KAMEA Fellowship, grade Aleph),
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance,
Department of Physics,
Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Born : June 27, 1959, Kishinev, Moldova Republic
M. Sc. in Theoretical Physics : 1981, Kishinev State University, Moldova
Ph. D. in Solid State Physics : 1987, Sverdlovsk, Ural State University, Russia
Research Interests : Experimental and Theoretical studies in Solid State Physics, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science using following techniques :
Electron Magnetic Resonance (EMR), which includes
Electron Paramagnetic/Spin Resonance (EPR/ESR),
Ferromagnetic/Ferrimagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Resonances (FMR, AFR);
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR);
Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR)
Application Fields : High Temperature Superconductors, Fullerenes, Magnetic Materials, Biophysical and Biochemical Labeling, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry of Radicals, EPR Dosimetry.
Current Address:
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance,
Department of Physics,
Faculty of Natural Science,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
P. O. Box 653, 84 105 Be'er-Sheva
Israel
Phone : 972-7-647 25 81
Fax : 972-7-647 29 03
E-mail :
List of publications (1999 – March 2002)
[1]E. Lozinsky,V.V. Martin, T.A. Berezina, A.I. Shames, A.L. Weiss
and G.I. Likhtenshtein,
Dual Fluorophore-Nitroxide Probes in Ananlysis of Vitamin C
in Biological Liquids,
Journ. Biochem. and Biophys. Methods, V. 38 (1999) 29 – 42.
[2]E. Rozenberg, G. Gorodetsky, J. Pelleg, A. I. Shames and I. Felner,
Magnetic and Magnetoresistive Properties of Nanostructured Au-NiFe Films,
Journ. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,V. 203 (1999) 102 –104.
[3]A. I. Shames, E. Rozenberg, G. Gorodetsky, J. Pelleg and I. Felner,
Experimental ESR studies of nano-size magnetic heterogeneities in
polycrystalline La0.5Pb0.5MnO3 and La1.34Sn0.66Mn2O7,
Journ. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,V. 203 (1999) 259 – 261.
[4]W. Bensch, B. Sander, O. Helmer, C. Nether, F. Tuczek,
A. I. Shames and A.M. Panich,
Evidences for the formation of chromium in the unusual oxidation
state Cr(IV): II. Magnetic properties and low temperature X-ray investigations of the nonstoichiometric channel compounds
TlxCr5Se8 (0 x 1),
Journ. of Solid State Chem., V. 145 (1999) 235 – 246.
[5]E. Tsiperman, T. Regev, J. Y. Becker, J. Bernstein, A. Ellern,
V. Khodorkovsky, A. Shames and L. Shapiro,
Synthesis of a Novel Rigid Tetrathiafulvalene--p-benzoquinone diad (TTF-Q) with Inherent Structural Configuration Suitable for Intramolecular
Charge-transfer,
Chem. Commun., V. 12 (1999) 1125 – 1126.
[6]G.I. Likhtenshtein, I. Adin, A. Novoselsky, A. Shames, I. Vaisbuch
and R. Glaser,
NMR Studies of Electrostatic Potential Distribution around Biologically
Important Molecules,
Biophys. Journ., V. 77 (1999) 443 – 453.
[7]A. I. Shames, R. Nucci, S. D’Auria, F. Febbraio, C. Vaccaro , E. Lozinsky,
M. Rossi and G.I. Likhtenshtein,
EPR Spin Labeling Study of Conformational Transitions of -glycosidase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus Solfataricus
Expressed in Escherichia Coli, Appl. Magn. Res., V. 18(4) (2000)515 – 526.
[8]Y. Apeloig, D. Bravo-Zhivotovskii, M. Yuzefovich, M. Bendikov
and A. I. Shames,
Polysilyl radicals. EPR study of the Formation and Decomposition
of Star Polysilanes,
Appl. Magn. Res., V. 18(3) (2000) 425 – 434.
[9]W. Kempinski, L. Piekara-Sady, E.A. Katz, A. I. Shames and S. Shtutina,
C60+ Defect Centers : Effect of Rubidium Intercalation into C60 studied by EPR,
Solid State Commun., 114(3) (2000) 173 - 176.
[10]B. Pass and A. I. Shames,
Signal Processing for Radiation Dosymetry Using EPR in Dental Enamel:
Comparison of Three Methods,
Radiation Measurements, V. 32(3)(2000) 163 - 167.
[11]I. Zilbermann, J. Hayon, T. Katchalski, R.Ydgar; J. Rishpon, A. I.Shames,
E. Korin and A. Bettelheim,
Spectroscopic and electrochemical characterization of the interaction of nitrogen monoxide and cobalt tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine in aqueous solutions and surfactant films,
Inorg. Chim. Acta, V. 305(1) (2000) 53 - 60.
[12]Wieser, A.; Mehta, K.; Amira, S.; Aragno, D.; Bercea, S.; Brik, A.; Bugai,
A.; Callens, F.; Chumak, V.; Ciesielski, B.; Debuyst, R.; Dubovsky,
S.; Duliu, O. G.; Fattibene, P.; Haskell, E. H.; Hayes, R. B.; Ignatiev, E. A.; Ivannikov, A.; Kirillov, V.; Kleschenko, E.; Nakamura, N.; Nather, M.; Nowak, J.; Onori, S.; Pass, B.; Pivovarov, S.; Romanyukha, A.; Scherbina, O.; Shames, A. I.; Sholom, S.; Skvortsov, V.; Stepanenko, V.; Tikounov, D. D.; Toyoda, S.
The second international intercomparison on EPR tooth dosimetry,
Radiation Measurements, V. 32(5-6) (2000) 549 – 557.
[13]Z. Trybula, S. Los, W. Kempinski, M. Trybula, S. Shtutina, A. I. Shames,
and E.A. Katz,
EPR and Dielectric study of a C70 thin film,
Karbo, V. 45(4-5) (2000) 139 – 140.
[14]W. Kempinski, S. Los, Z. Trybula, L. Piekara-Sady, A. I. Shames,
S. Shtutina and E.A. Katz,
EPR and Dielectric study of a C70 thin film,
Karbo, V. 45(4-5) (2000) 141 – 143.
[15]S. Bittner, S. Gorohovsky, E. Lozinsky and A. I. Shames,
EPR study of anion radicals of various N-quinonyl amino acids.
Amino Acids, V. 19(2) (2000) 439 – 449.
[16]R. Glaser, A. Novoselsky, A. I. Shames and G. I. Likhtenshtein,
NMR studies of electrostatic fields around charged monosaccharides
and related molecules.
Isr. Journ. Chem., 40(3-4) (2000) 263-269
[17]A.J. Moore, A.S. Batsanov, M.R. Bryce, J. Howard, V. Khodorkovsky,
L. Shapiro and A. Shames,
Trimethyltetrathiafulvalene bearing an N-methylpyridinium substituent: synthesis, crystal structures, and charge transfer properties.
Eur. Journ. Org. Chem., V. 1 (2001) 73 – 78.
[18]A.M. Panich, A.I. Shames and T. Nakajima,
On paramagnetism in fluorinated graphite: EPR and solid state NMR study,
Journ. Phys. Chem. Solids, V. 62(5) (2001) 959 – 964.
[19]A.I. Shames, V.A. Gritsenko, R.L. Samoilova, Y.D. Tzvetkov,
L.S. Braginsky and M. Roger,
EPR-study of nitrogen implanted silicon nitride,
Solid State Commun., V. 118(3) (2001) 129 –134.
[20]E. Lozinsky, A. Novoselsky, A.I. Shames, O. Saphier, G.I. Likhtenshtein
and D. Meyerstein,
Effect of albumin on the kinetics of ascorbate oxidation,
Biochim. Biophys. Acta V. 1526(1) (2001) 53 – 60.
[21]E. Maimon, I. Zilberman, G. Golub, A. Ellern, H. Cohen,
A.I. Shames and D. Meyerstein,
Comproportionation and Redox Catalysed Isomerisation of
Cu(II)(1R, 4S, 8R, 11S-1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacylotetradecane)2+
in Aqueous Solutions
Inorg. Chemica Acta, 324(1,2) (2001) 65 – 72.
[22]A. I. Shames, E. Rozenberg, G. Gorodetsky, W. H. McCarroll
and M. Greenblatt,
Electron magnetic resonance in doped colossal magnetoresistive manganites,
Indian Journ. Phys., A (2001), 75A(4), 313 - 316.
[23]A. I. Shames,E. Rozenberg,W. H. McCarroll,M. Greenblatt
and G. Gorodetsky,
Observation of magnetic inhomogeneities in crystalline doped manganites by electron magnetic resonance,
Phys. Rev. B, 64 (2001) 172401.
[24]A. I. Shames, E. Rozenberg, G. Gorodetsky, W. H. McCarroll,
and M. Greenblatt,
EMR Studyof La0.887Na0.013Mn0.984O3 and La0.94Mn0.98O3 Single Crystal,
Materials Science Forum, 373-378 (2001) 63 – 68.
[25]V. Khodorkovsky, L. Shapiro, P. Krief, A. Shames, G. Mabon,
A. Gorgues and M. Giffard,
Do -dimers of tetrathiafulvalene cation radicals really exist at room temperature? Chem. Commun., 24 (2001) 2736-2737.
[26]A. E. Alexenskii, M. V. Baidakova, A. T.Dideikin, V. Yu. Osipov, E. Osawa,
M. Ozawa,; A. I. Shames, V. I. Siklitsky and A. Ya.Vul,
Effect of chemical treatment on the structure of ultradisperse diamond
and onion-like carbon,
AIP Conference Proceedings 590 (Nanonetwork Materials) (2001) 425-428.
[27]A. I. Shames, W. Kempinski, and A. Ya. Vul’,
EPR of nanodiamond,
Molec. Phys. Reports, 34/2 (2001) 141 – 145.
[28]Z. Trybula, W. Kempinski, S. Los, A. I. Shames, S. Shtutina,
and E.A. Katz,
Electric permittivity of C60 thin film near FCC-SC phase transition,
Molec. Phys. Reports, 34/2 (2001) 154 – 156.
[29]A. I. Shames , A. Yakubovsky, V. Amelichev, O. Gorbenko and A. Kaul,
Short-Range Charge Order Correlations in Sm1-xSrxMnO3 Near a Half-Doped Composition Revealed by EPR,
Solid State Commun., 121 (2002) 103 - 106
[30]V. Markovich, E. Rozenberg, A. I. Shames, G. Gorodetsky, I. Fita, K. Suzuki, R. Puzniak, D. A. Shulyatev and Ya. M. Mukovskii,
Magnetic, transport and ferromagnetic resonance properties of
La0.82Ca0.18MnO3 single crystal,
Phys. Rev. B, 65 (2002) 144402.
[31]D. Bravo-Zhivotovskii, M. Yuzefovich, N. Sigal, G. Korogodsky,
K. Klinkhammer, B. Tumanskii, A. Shames, and Y. Apeloig,
The synthesis of the first compound with Li-Si-Hg bonding: [{Li(iPr3Si)2Si}2Hg]-a Source for the [Li(iPr3Si)2Si]radical,
Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed., 41(4) (2002) 649 - 651.
[32]A. M. Panich,. A. I. Shames and H. Selig,
19F NMR and EPR study of fluorinated buckminsterfullerene C60F58,
Journ. Phys. Chem. Solids, 63(3) (2002) 483 - 489.
[33]A. I. Shames, E. Rozenberg, G. Gorodetsky, A.A. Arsenov, D.A. Shulyatev,
Ya.M. Mukovskii, A. Gedanken and G. Pang,
EMR studies of magnetic inhomogeneities in crystalline and
nano-sized powders of La1-xSrxMnO3
Journ. Appl. Phys., 91(10) (2002) - to be published on May, 15-th.
[34]A. I. Shames,*, A.M. Panicha, W. Kempinski, A.E. Alexenskii, M.V. Baidakova, A.T. Dideikin, V.Yu. Osipov, V.I. Siklitski, E. Osawa,
M. Ozawa, A.Ya. Vul',
Defects and impurities in nanodiamonds: EPR, NMR and TEM study,
Journ. Phys. Chem. Solids, (2002) – in press.
[35]A. I. Shames, V. Markovich, E. Rozenberg, G. Gorodetsky, A. Yakubovsky,
C. Martin, A. Maignan, M. Hervieu and B. Raveau,
Electron Magnetic Resonance and Pressure Studies of
Sm0.2Ca0.8Mn1-xRuxO3 Ceramics,
Journ. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2002) - in press
[36] A. I. Shames, E.A. Katz, S. Shtutina, W. Kempiński, S. Łoś
and L. Piekara-Sady,
Oxygen Dependent Evolution of C60+ EPR Signal in Fullerene Thin Films,
Proceedings of APES-2001 – in press
[37]A. I. Shames, A. Yu. Yakubovsky, S. V. Gudenko,
Magnetic Phase Separation in La1-xCaxMnO3 Near Half-Doped Composition
Observed by EMR,
Proceedings of APES-2001 – in press