Prof. Benny Chefetz

Recent Publications

Deshmukh, A., B. Chefetz and P.G. Hatcher. 2001, Characterization of organic matter in pristine and contaminated coastal marine sediments using solid-state 13C NMR, pyrolytic and thermochemolytic methods: a case study in the San Diego harbor area. Chemosphere, 45:1007-1022. [View Paper]

Chefetz B., M.J. Salloum, A.P. Deshmukh and P.G. Hatcher. 2002, Structural components of humic acids as determined by chemical modifications and 13C NMR, pyrolysis- and thermochemolysis-GC/MS. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 66:1159-1171. [View Paper]

Salloum, M., B. Chefetz and P.G. Hatcher. 2002, Phenanthrene sorption by aliphatic-rich natural organic matter. Environmental Science & Technology, 36:1953-1958. [View Paper]

Simpson, M.J., B. Chefetz and P.G. Hatcher. 2003, Phenanthrene sorption to structurally modified humic acids. J. Environ. Qual., 32:1750-1758.

Chefetz, B. 2003, Sorption of phenanthrene and atrazine by plant cuticular fractions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 22:2492-2498. [View Paper]

Sachleben, J.R., B. Chefetz, A. Deshmukh and P.G. Hatcher. 2004, Solid-state NMR characterization of pyrene-cuticular matter interactions. Environmental Sci. Technology, 38:4369-4376. [View Paper]

Chefetz, B., Y.I. Bilkes and T. Polubesova. 2004, Sorption-desorption behavior of triazine and phenylurea herbicides in Kishon river sediments. Water Res., 38:4383-4394. [View Paper]

Ilani, T., E. Schulz and B. Chefetz. 2005, Interactions of organic compounds with wastewater dissolved organic matter: role of the hydrophobic fractions. J. Environ. Qual., 34:552-562. [View Paper]

Oren, A. and B. Chefetz. 2005, Sorption-desorption behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in upstream and downstream river sediments. Chemosphere, 61:19-29. [View Paper]

Drori, Y., Z. Aizenshtat and B.Chefetz. 2005, Sorption kinetics of atrazine: non-equilibrium process in wastewater irrigated soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 69:1703-1710. [View Paper]

Chefetz, B., Sominski, L. M. Pinhas, T. Ginsburg, E. Tel-Or and A. Gedanken. 2005, A new approach for removal of metallic ions from water: adsorption onto aquatic plants and microwave radiation for the fabrication of nanometals. J. Phys. Chem. B, 109:15179-15181. [View Paper]

Chen, B.L., E.J. Johnson, B. Chefetz, L. Zhu and B. Xing. 2005, Sorption of polar and nonpolar aromatic organic contaminants by plant cuticular materials: the role of polarity and accessibility. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39:6138-1641. [View Paper]

Simpson, M.J., B. Chefetz, A.P. Deshmukh, and P.G. Hatcher. 2005. Comparison of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon distribution and sedimentary organic matter structure in near-shore contaminated sediments from Pensacola Bay, Florida. Marine Environmental Research, 59:139-163. [View Paper]

Oren, A., Z. Aizenshtat and B. Chefetz.2006, Persistent organic pollutants and sedimentary organic matter properties: a case study in the Kishon River, Israel. Environ. Pollution, 141:265-274. [View Paper]

Chefetz, B., T. Ilani, E. Schulz and J. Chorover.2006, Wastewater dissolved organic matter: characteristics and sorptive capabilities. Water Sci. Technol., 53:51-57. [View Paper]

Chefetz, B., K. Stimler, M. Shechter and. Y. Drori.2006, Interactions of sodium azide with triazine herbicides: effect on sorption to soils. Chemosphere, 65:352-357. [View Paper]

Stimler, K., B. Xing and B. Chefetz. 2006, Transformation of plant cuticles in soil: effect on their sorptive capabilities. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 70:1101-1109. [View Paper]

Drori, Y., B. Lam, A. Simpson, Z. Aizenshtat and B. Chefetz. 2006, The role of lipids on sorption characteristics of freshwater- and wastewater-irrigated soils. J. Environ. Qual., 35:2154-2161. [View Paper]

Shechter, M., B. Xing, F.-D. Kopinke and B. Chefetz. 2006, Competitive sorption of triazine herbicides by plant cuticular fractions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 54:67761-7768. [View Paper]

Johnson, E.J., O. Dorot, J. Liu, B. Chefetz and B. Xing. 2007, Spectroscopic characterization of aliphatic moieties in four plant cuticles. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 38:2461-2478. [View Paper]

Chefetz, B. 2007, Decomposition and sorption characterization of plant cuticles in soil. Plant and Soil Plant Soil, 298:21-30. [View Paper]

Polubesova, T., M. Sherman-Nakache and B. Chefetz. 2007, Binding of pyrene to hydrophobic fractions of dissolved organic matter: effect of polyvalent metal complexation. Environmental Science and Technology, 41:5389-5394. [View Paper]

Shechter, M. and B. Chefetz. 2008, Insights into the sorption properties of cutin and cutan biopolymers. Environmental Science and Technology, 42:1165-1171. [View Paper]

Polubesova, T., Y. Chen, R. Navon and B. Chefetz. 2008, Interactions of hydrophobic fractions of dissolved organic matter with Fe3+- and Cu2+-montmorillonite. Environmental Science and Technolology, 42:4797-4803. [View Paper]

Polubesova, T and B. Chefetz. 2008, Sorption of herbicides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Kishon River sediment. In: C. Dazzi and E. Costantini (eds.) The Soils of Tomorrow - Soils Changing in a Changing World. Advances in GeoEcology 39, Catena Verlag GMBH, pp. 443-455.

Chefetz, B., T. Mualem and J. Ben-Ari. 2008, Sorption and mobility of pharmaceutical compounds in soil irrigated with reclaimed wastewater. Chemosphere, 73:1335-1343. [View Paper]

Drori, Y., Z. Aizenshtat and B. Chefetz. 2008, Sorption of organic compounds to humin from soils irrigated with reclaimed wastewater. Geoderma, 145:98-106. [View Paper]

Marciano, A., B. Chefetz and A. Gedanken. 2008, Differential adsorption of silver nanoparticles to the inner and outer surfaces of the Agave americana cuticle. J. Phys. Chem. C.,112:18082-18086. [View Paper]

Chefetz, B. and B. Xing. 2009, Relative role of aliphatic and aromatic moieties as sorption domains for organic compounds: A review. Environmental Science and Technology, 43:1680-1688. [View Paper]

Polubesova, T., Y. Chen, C. Stefan, M. Selle, P. Werner and B. Chefetz. 2009, Sorption of polyaromatic compounds by organic matter-coated Ca2+- and Fe3+-montmorillonite. Geoderma,154:36-41.

Maoz, A. and B. Chefetz. 2010, Sorption of the pharmaceuticals carbamazepine and naproxen to dissolved organic matter: Role of structural fractions. Water Research,44:981-989. [View Paper]

Polubesova, T., S. Eldad and B. Chefetz. 2010, Adsorption and oxidative transformation of phenolic acids by Fe(III)-montmorillonite. Environ. Sci. Technol., 44:4203-4209.

Chefetz B., S. Eldad and T. Polubesova. 2011, Interactions of aromatic acids with montmorillonite: Ca2+- and Fe 3+ -saturated clays versus Fe3+ - Ca2+-clay system. Geoderma 160:608-613.

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