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Application of triboelectric charging effect for engine lubricating oil degradation monitoring
(Bilkent University, 2019-01)Lubrication of machine parts is necessary to prevent friction and wear in machine operation. Even the slightest reduction of friction and wear cause a huge positive impact in the economy since almost all machines in our ... -
Bio-inspired paper plant robots: artificial heliotropism and nyctinasty through transpiration
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Self-regulation is a fundamental feature of all living systems, which maintains their metabolic activities through biochemical feedback loops. Those feedback loops respond to environmental stimuli, and therefore the ... -
Charge dissipation mechanism of low-cost antistatic additive lignin in contact charged polymers
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)Contact electrification (C.E.), a phenomenon studied for millennia, develops contact charges on material surfaces, when two materials are contacted and then separated. Accumulation of contact charges and their uncontrolled ... -
Chemical and mechanical control of liesegang patterns in polyacrylamide hydrogels
(Bilkent University, 2018-07)Self-assembly of molecular components have attracted attention of scientific community in the past decades because of their great potential in designing functional devices in material science. Formed by simultaneous diffusion ... -
Control of contact charging on polymers with organic charge-transfer complexes and quantum dots
(Bilkent University, 2022-08)Contact charging, also known as triboelectrification, occurs when two insulator materials are contacted and separated. The mechanism of polymer triboelectrification and the following charge dissipation are still ‘mysteries’ ... -
The effect of temperature on the formation of liesegang patterns of copper(II) chromate in polyacrylamide gels
(Bilkent University, 2020-09)Liesegang patterns (LPs) are a subclass of periodic precipitation patterns that result in a reaction-diffusion (RD) without convection. Since their discovery, LPs have been studied to understand the effect of different ... -
The formation of Liesegang patterns of cobalt hexacyanoferaate Prussian blue analogue in polyacrylamide gels
(Bilkent University, 2022-01)The formation of patterns in nature has always fascinated scientists who try to understand the mechanism behind this complex phenomenon. Liesegang patterns (LPs) are one category of periodic precipitations patterns ... -
Lignin as an antistatic additive for common polymers
(Bilkent University, 2018-01)Static electricity is a common phenomenon that can causes million-dollar loses in industries such as polymer, air and space, and drug manufacture due to the detrimental effects of electrostatic discharge of the accumulated ... -
Mechanically controlled liesegang pattern formation in stretchable polyacrylamide gels for elastic deformation tracking
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)Pattern formation in nature has been intellectually appealing for many scientists since antiquity. Simultaneous diffusion and reaction of chemicals in gel media may lead to precipitation and complex pattern formation through ... -
Mechanochemical radical formation in cellulose ball milling and production of cellulose-metal nanoparticles composites
(Bilkent University, 2017-12)Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer in nature, which contains linear chains of repeating D-glucose molecules connected by 𝛽-1,4-glycosidic linkages. Over the past decades, due to growing interest in sustainability ... -
Spongy polydimethylsiloxane preparation and its applications for soft robotics
(Bilkent University, 2022-09)Soft Robotics has come to the fore in the last decade as a new way of conceptualizing, designing, and fabricating robots. Soft materials empower robots with locomotion, manipulation, and adaptability capabilities ...
