Journal Publications
O.B. Zusman, A. Perez and Y.G. Mishael (2021). Multi-site nanocomposite sorbent for simultaneous removal of diverse micropollutants from treated wastewater. Applied Clay Science 215:106300
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I.A. Shabtai, L.M. Lynch and Y.G. Mishael (2021). Designing clay-polymer nanocomposite sorbents for water treatment: A review and meta-analysis of the past decade. Water Research 188:116571
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D. Hochman, M. Dor, and Y.G. Mishael (2021). Diverse effects of wetting and drying cycles on soil aggregation: Implications on pesticide leaching. Chemosphere 263:127910
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O.B. Zusman, M.L. Kummel, J.M. De la Rosa and Y.G. Mishael (2020). Dissolved Organic Matter Adsorption from Surface Waters by Granular Composites versus Granular Activated Carbon Columns: an Applicable Approach. Water Research 181:115920
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R. Osovsky, L. Aviram, S. Cherf, S. Karagach and Y.G. Mishael (2020). Catalytic Degradation of Sarin by Designed Oxime-Clay Composites. Appl. Clay Sci. 192:105620
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M. Dor, Y. Levi-Kalisman, R.J. Day-Stirrat, Y.G. Mishael and S. Emmanuel (2020). Assembly of Clay Mineral Platelets, Tactoids, and Aggregates: Effect of Mineral Structure and Solution Salinity. Journal of Colloid and Interface Sci. 566:163-170
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L. Levy, A. Izbitski and Y.G. Mishael (2019). Designing Polymer-Clay Sorbents for the Removal of Gemfibrozil from Treated Wastewater: Effect of Diclofenac Competition. Appl. Clay Sci. 182:105278
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H. Kohay, I. Bilkis and Y.G. Mishael (2019). Effect of Polycation Charge Density on Polymer Conformation at the Clay Surface and Consequently on Pharmaceutical Binding. Journal of Colloid and Interface Sci. 552:517-527
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J.R. Ray, M.T. Planes, I.A. Shabtai, Y.G. Mishael and D.L. Sedlak (2019). Polymeric-clay composite geomedia for trace metal and trace organic contaminant adsorption during storm water treatment. Water Research 157:454-462
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​M. Dor, S. Emmanuel, V. Brumfeld, G. Levy and Y.G. Mishael (2019). Micro-Structural Changes in Soils Induced by Wetting and Drying: Effects on Atrazine Mobility. Land Degradation & Development 30:746-755
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I.A. Shabtai and Y.G. Mishael (2018). Selectively regenerable polymeric cyclodextrin-clay composites for simultaneous removal of bisphenol A and effluent organic matter. ACS Applied Materials and Surfaces 10:27088-27097
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I. Gardi and Y.G. Mishael (2018). Designing a Regenerable Stimuli Responsive Grafted Polymer-Clay Sorbent for Filtration of Water Pollutants. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 19:588-598
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A. Berezniak, A. Ben-Gal, Y.G. Mishael, U. Nachshon (2017). Manipulation of soil texture to remove salts from a drip irrigated root zone. Vadose Zone J. Soil Sci. 17,1,1-11
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F. Lelario, I. Gardi, Y.G. Mishael, N. Dolev, T. Undabeytia, S. Nir, L. Scrano and S.A. Bufo (2017). Pairing micropollutants and clay-composite sorbents for efficient water treatment: Filtration and modeling at a pilot scale. Appl. Clay Sci. 137,225-232
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Y. Gerchman, B. Vasker, M. Tavasi, Y.G. Mishael, T. Kinel-Tahan, and Y. Yehoshua (2017). Effective harvesting of microalgae: Comparison of different polymeric flocculants. Bioresource Technology 228,141-146
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H. Kohay, C. Sarisozen, R. Sawant, A. Jhaveri, V. Torchilin and Y.G. Mishael (2017). PEG-PE/Clay Composite Carriers for Doxorubicin: Effect of Composite Structure on Release, Cell Interaction and Cytotoxicity. Acta Biomaterialia
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I.A. Shabtai and Y.G. Mishael (2017). Catalytic polymer-clay composite for enhanced removal and degradation of diazinon. J. Hazard Mater. 335,135-142
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I.A. Shabtai, and Y.G. Mishael (2016). Efficient Filtration of Effluent Organic Matter by Polycation-Clay Composite Sorbents: Effect of Polycation Configuration on Pharmaceutical Removal. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50,8246-8254
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R. Chotzen, T. Polubesova, B. Chefetz and Y.G. Mishael (2016). Adsorption of Soil-Derived Humic Acid by Seven Clay Minerals: A Systematic Study. Clay and Clay Minerals 64,628-638
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H. Kohay, A. Izbitski and Y.G. Mishael (2015). Developing Polycation-Clay Sorbents for Efficient Filtration of Diclofenac: Effect of Dissolved Organic Matter and Comparison to Activated Carbon. Environ. Sci. Technol. 49, 9820-9288
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A. Radian, M. Fichman and Y.G. Mishael (2015). Modeling Binding of Organic Pollutants to a Polycation-Clay Sorbent Using Quantitative Structural-Activity Relationships (QSAR) Applied Clay Science 116-117,241-247
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I. Gardi , S. Nir and Y.G. Mishael (2015). Filtration of triazine herbicides by polymer-clay sorbents: coupling an experimental mechanistic approach with empirical modeling. Water Research 70,64-73
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M. Pentrák, L. Pentráková, A. Radian, Y.G. Mishael, and. J.W. Stucki (2015). Nitrate reduction by redox-modified smectites exchanged with chitosan. Clay and Clay Minerals
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Y. Zait, D. Segev, A. Schweitzer, Y. Goldwasser, B. Rubin and Y.G. Mishael (2015). Development and employment of slow release pendimethalin formulations for the reduction of root penetration into drip-irrigation. J. Agri. Food Chem.
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D. Zadaka-Amir, N. Bleiman and Y.G. Mishael (2013). Sepiolite as an effective natural porous adsorbent for surface oil-spill. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 169,153-159
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M. Benor, G.J. Levy, Y.G. Mishael and A. Nadler (2013). Salinity effects on the Fieldscout TDR 300 soil moisture meter readings. Soil Science Society of America Journal 2,412-416
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M.C. Galán-Jiménez, Y.G. Mishael, S. Nir, E. Morillo and T. Undabeytia (2013). Factors affecting the design of slow release formulations of herbicides based on clay-surfactant systems. A methodological approach PLOS ONE 8, e59060
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H. Katz and Y.G. Mishael (2013). Reduce Herbicide Leaching by in situ Adsorption of Herbicide-Micelle Formulations to Soils. J. Agri. Food Chem. 8,50-57
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K. Su, A. Radian, Y.G. Mishael, L. Yang, and J.W. Stucki (2012). Nitrate reduction by polymer-exchanged, redox-activated ferruginous smectite composites. Clay and Clay Minerals 60,464–472
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D. Zadaka-Amir, N. Bleiman and Y.G. Mishael (2012). Sepiolite as an effective natural porous adsorbent for surface oil-spill. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 169,153-159
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A. Radian and Y.G. Mishael (2012). Effect of humic acid on pyrene removal from water by polycation-clay mineral composites and activated carbon. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46,6228-6235
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D. Zadaka-Amir, A. Nasser, S. Nir and Y.G. Mishael (2012). Removal of Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from Water by Polymer-Zeolite Composites. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 15,216-222
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A. Radian, M. Carmeli, D. Zadaka-Amir, S. Nir, E. Wakshal and Y.G. Mishael (2011). Enhanced removal of humic acid from water by micelle-montmorillonite composites: Comparison to granulated activated carbon. Appl. Clay Sci. 54,258-263
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O. Goldreich, Y. Goldwasser and Y.G. Mishael (2011). Effect of soil wetting and drying cycles on metolachlor fate applied as a commercial or as a controlled release formulation. J. Agri. Food Chem. 59,645-653
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D. Zadaka, A. Radian and Y.G. Mishael (2010). Applying zeta potential measurements to characterize the adsorption of organic, micelle-forming and polymeric cations on montmorillonite. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 352,171-177
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N. Bleiman and Y.G. Mishael (2010). Selenium removal from drinking water by filtration: Development and employment of chitosan-montmorillonite clay composites and oxides. J. Hazard Mater. 183,590-595
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R. Ganigar, G. Rytwo, Y. Gonen, A. Radian and Y.G. Mishael (2010). Developing polymer-clay nanocomposites for the removal of trichloro- and trinitro-phenol from water. Appl. Clay Sci. 49,311-316
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A. Radian, D. Michaeli, C. Serban, R. Nechushtai and Y.G. Mishael (2010). Bioactive apo-ferredoxin-polycation-clay composites for iron binding. J. Mater. Chem. 20,4361-4365
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D. Zadaka, S. Nir, A. Radian and Y.G. Mishael (2009). Atrazine removal from water by polycation-clay composites: effect of dissolved organic matter and comparison to activated carbon. Water Research 42,1511-1516
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D. Ziv and Y.G. Mishael (2008). Herbicide solubilization in micelle-clay composites as a basis for controlled release sulfentrazone and metolachlor formulations. J. Agri. Food Chem. 56,9159-9165
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A. Radian and Y.G. Mishael (2008). Characterizing and designing polycation-clay nano-composites as a basis for imazapyr controlled release formulations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42,1511-1516
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Y.G. Mishael, P.L. Dubin, R. deVries and A.B. Kayitmazer (2007). Effect of pore size on adsorption of polyelectrolyte to porous glass. Langmuir 23,2510-2516
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D. Zadaka, Y.G. Mishael, T. Polubesova, C. Serban and S. Nir (2007). Modified silicates and porous glass as adsorbents for removal of organic pollutants from water and comparison with activated carbons. Appl. Clay Sci. 36,174-181
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Y.G. Mishael and P.L. Dubin (2005).Uptake of organic pollutants by silica-polycation immobilized micelles for water remediation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39,8475-8480
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Y.G. Mishael and P.L. Dubin (2005). Toluene solubilization induces different modes of mixed micelle growth. Langmuir 21, 9803-9808
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D. Zadaka, T. Polubesova, Y.G. Mishael, A. Spitzy, H. Koehler, O. Rabinovitz and S. Nir (2005). Determination of release of organic cations from micelle-clay complexes and their re-adsorption in sand/clay columns. Appl. Clay Sci. 29,282-286
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T. Undabeytia, Y.G. Mishael, S. Nir, B. Rubin, B. Papahadjpoulos-Sternberg, E. Morillo and C. Maqueda (2003). A novel system for reducing leaching from formulations of anionic herbicides: clay-liposomes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37,4475-4480
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Y.G. Mishael, T. Undabeytia, O. Rabinovitz, B. Rubin and S. Nir (2003). Sulfosulfuron incorporation in micelles adsorbed on montmorillonite for slow release formulations. J. Agri. Food Chem. 51,2253-2259
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Y.G. Mishael, T. Undabeytia, O. Rabinovitz, B. Rubin and S. Nir (2002). Slow release formulations of sulfometuron incorporated in micelles adsorbed on montmorillonite. J. Agri. Food Chem. 50,2864-2869
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Y.G. Mishael, T. Undabeytia, G. Rytwo, B. Papahadjopoulos-Sternberg, B. Rubin and S. Nir (2002). Sulfometuron incorporation in cationic micelles adsorbed on montmorillonite. J. Agri. Food Chem. 50,2856-2863
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A. Nennemann, Y.G. Mishael, S. Nir, B. Rubin, T. Polubesova, F. Bergaya, H. Van Damme and G. Lagaly (2001). Clay-based formulations of metolachlor with reduced leaching. Appl. Clay Sci. 18,265-275
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Y. El-Nahhal, T. Undabeytia, T. Polubesova, Y.G. Mishael, S. Nir and B. Rubin (2001). Organo-clay formulations of pesticides: reduced leaching and photodegradation. Appl. Clay Sci. 18,309-326
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Y.G. Mishael, G. Rytwo, S. Nir, M. Crespin, F. Annabi-Bergaya, H. Van Damme(1999). Interactions of monovalent organic cations with pillared clays. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 209:123-128.
Book
S. Nir, Y. El-Nahhal, T. Undabeytia, G. Rytwo, T. Polubesova, Y.G. Mishael, O. Rabinovitz and B. Rubin (2006). Clays and Pesticides In: Handbook of Clay Science. Bergaya F., Theng B.K.G. and Lagaly G. (eds.) pp. 677-691. Elsevier Science Publisher.
Patents
Hybrid Sorbent Composites Comprising Mineral Clay for Removal of Organic Based Materials U.S. Y.G. Mishael, A. Izbitzki, H. Kohay, I. Shabtai, L. Levi. Provisional US Patent Application No. 62/137,896
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Removal of organic pollutants from contaminated water. S. Nir, B. Rubin, Y.G. Mishael, D. Zadaka, T. Polubesov, E. Wakshal, O. Rabinovitz. US Patent Application 11/814171
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Controlled release formulations of anionic herbicides. S. Nir, B. Rubin, Y.G. Mishael, T. Undabeytia, O. Rabinovitch, T. Polubesova. WO Patent Application 07030062