Oleg Figovsky | |
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Born | Moscow, USSR | February 9, 1940
Occupation(s) | composite materials, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, nanocellulose, material science, adhesion. |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | ACECI |
Website | Professor Oleg Figovsky |
Olég Figóvsky (born April 9, 1940) is an Israeli inventor who has made or overseen over 500 inventions (in USSR invention was an equivalent of a patent in the rest of the world, see Изобретение (право) (in Russian).[1][2][3][4]
In 1982, he developed the first nanostructured anticorrosive composite materials based on LG-matrix, where nanoparticles are forming during technological process by hydrolysis of TFS (Tetra-furfuril-oxy-silane). Several nanotechnologies invented and developed by Figovsky successfully have reached industrial production in the US, Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Israel.[5]
He has served as the chairman of the UNESCO "Green Chemistry," the President of Israeli Association of Inventors (IAI), founder and director of International Nanotechnology Research Center Polymate (1998–2018),[6] Director of R&D at Eurotech, Ltd. (1998–2008).[7][8]