RESEARCH
Our research programs lays in the interface between polymer chemistry, catalysis and material science
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Development of advanced material characterization methods based on fluorescence microscopy methods (FLIM, FRAP, FRET-FLIM)
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Investigating microenvironments of functional microscale materials for improved applications
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Development of functional photopolymerizable resists for 3D-printing

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS
TBA
PUBLICATIONS
Early work (MSc and PhD)
1. Eivgi, O; Levin, E.; Lemcoff, N. G.; Modulation of Photodeprotection by the Sunscreen Protocol, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 740–743. [Link]
2. Levin, E; Mavila S.; Eivgi, O.; Tzur, E.; Lemcoff, N. G., Regioselective Chromatic Orthogonality with Light-Activated Metathesis Catalysts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 12384–12388. [Link]
3. Mavila, S; Eivgi, O.; Berkovich I; Lemcoff, N. G., Intramolecular Cross-linking Methodologies for the Synthesis of Polymer Nanoparticles, Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 878–961.[Link]
4. Eivgi, O.; Sutar, R. L.; Reany, O.; Lemcoff, N.G., Bichromatic Photosynthesis of Coumarins by UV Filter Enabled Olefin Metathesis, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2017, 359, 2352–2357. [Link]
5. Eivgi, O.; Lemcoff N.G. Turning the Light On: Recent Developments in Photoinduced Olefin Metathesis, Synthesis, 2018, 50, 49-63.[Link]
6. Sutar, R.L; S. Sen; Eivgi, O; Segalovich; G, Schapiro, I.; Reany, O. and Lemcoff, N.G, Guiding a divergent reaction by photochemical control: Bichromatic selective access to levulinates and butenolides, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9,1368–1374. [Link]
7. Eivgi, O.; Guidone, S.; Frenklah, A.; Kozuch, S.; Goldberg, I.; Lemcoff N.G. Photoactivation of Ruthenium Phosphite Complexes for Olefin Metathesis, ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 6413–6418. [Link]
8. Rozenberg, I.; Eivgi, O.; Frenklah, A.; Butilkov, D.; Kozuch, S.; Goldberg, I.; Lemcoff, N. G. Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Sulfur-Chelated Ruthenium Benzylidenes Bearing a CAAC Ligands, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 8182–8191. [Link]
9. Eivgi, O. , Vaisman, A. , Nechmad, N. B., Baranov, M. and Lemcoff, N. G., Latent Ruthenium Benzylidene Phosphite Complexes for Visible Light Induced Olefin Metathesis, ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 2033-2038. [Link]
10. Eivgi, O.* and Lemcoff, N. G., Sunscreen-Assisted Selective Photochemical Transformations, Molecules, 2020, 25, 2125 *corresponding author [Link]
11. Eivgi, O.; Phatake, R.; Nechmad, N. B.; Lemcoff, N. G., Light Activated Olefin Metathesis – Catalyst Development, Synthesis and Applications, Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 2456–2471. [Link]
12. Eivgi, O.; Vaisman, A.; Lemcoff, N. G., Latent Yet, Highly Active Photoswitchable Metathesis Catalysts Bearing Cyclic Alkyl Amino Carbene (CAAC) /phosphite ligands. ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 703–709. [Link]
13. Nechmad, N.B.; Kobernik, V.; Tarannam, N.; Phatake, R.S.; Eivgi, O.; Kozuch, S.; Lemcoff, N.G. Reactivity and Selectivity in Sulfur Chelated Diiodo Catalysts Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021,60, 6372–6376. [Link]
Post PhD work
14. Eivgi, O.; Blum, S. A. Exploring chemistry with single-molecule and -particle fluorescence microscopy, Trends Chem. 2022, 4, 5–14 [Link]
15. Eivgi, O.; Blum S. A. Real Time Viscosity-Catalytic activity Relationships in the Microscale J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13574–13585. [Link]
16. Lemcoff, N.; Nechmad, N. B.; Eivgi, O.; Yehezkel, E.; Shelonchik O.; Phatake, R. S.; Yesodi, D.; Vaisman A.; Biswas, A.; Lemcoff, N. G.; Weizmann, Y. Plasmonic visible–near infrared photothermal activation of olefin metathesis enabling photoresponsive materials Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 475-482 [Link].
17. Eivgi, O.; Ravenscroft, A. C.; Blum, S. A.; Imaging Block-Selective Copolymer Solvation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2058–2063. [Link]
18. Lopez, P.; Eivgi, O.; Idris, N. S.; Patterson, J.P.; Blum, S. A. Self-Assembly Methods Induce Different Individual-Polymer-Block Solvation Responses, Chem.- Eur. J., 2025, e202501617 [Link]
19. Eivgi, O.; Vazquez-Martel, C.; Lukeš, J.; Blasco. E; Benchmarking Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Elastomeric Microstructures, Small Methods, 2025, 2500432 [Link]
TEAM
Dr. Or Eivgi
email: or.eivgi@biu.ac.il
PhD (2020, Ben-Gurion University)
MSc (2015, Ben-Gurion University)
BSc (2013, Ben-Gurion University)

CONTACT US
We have open positions and are looking for talented MSc and PhD students!
For more information - or.eivgi@biu.ac.il




