Browsing by Author "Aytac Z."

Antibacterial electrospun zein nanofibrous web encapsulating thymol/cyclodextrin-inclusion complex for food packaging

Aytac Z.; Ipek, S.; Durgun, Engin; Tekinay, T.; Uyar, Tamer (Elsevier, 2017-10)

Thymol (THY)/γ-Cyclodextrin(γ-CD) inclusion complex (IC) encapsulated electrospun zein nanofibrous webs (zein-THY/γ-CD-IC-NF) were fabricated as a food packaging material. The formation of THY/γ-CD-IC (1:1 and 2:1) was ...

Design and fabrication of auxetic PCL nanofiber membranes for biomedical applications

Bhullar, S. K.; Rana, D.; Lekesiz, H.; Bedeloglu, A. C.; Ko, J.; Cho, Y.; Aytac Z.; Uyar, Tamer; Jun, M.; Ramalingam, M. (Elsevier, 2017-12)

The main objective of this study was to fabricate poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL)-based auxetic nanofiber membranes and characterize them for their mechanical and physicochemical properties. As a first step, the PCL nanofibers ...

Electrospinning of cyclodextrin/linalool-inclusion complex nanofibers: fast-dissolving nanofibrous web with prolonged release and antibacterial activity

Aytac Z.; Yildiz, Z. I.; Kayaci-Senirmak, F.; Tekinay, T.; Uyar, Tamer (Elsevier, 2017-09)

The volatility and limited water solubility of linalool is a critical issue to be solved. Here, we demonstrated the electrospinning of polymer-free nanofibrous webs of cyclodextrin/linalool-inclusion complex (CD/linalool-IC-NFs). ...

Electrospinning of polymer-free cyclodextrin/geraniol-inclusion complex nanofibers: enhanced shelf-life of geraniol with antibacterial and antioxidant properties

Aytac Z.; Yildiz, Z. I.; Kayaci-Senirmak, F.; Keskin, S. N. O.; Tekinay, T.; Uyar, Tamer (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016)

Free-standing nanofibrous webs of cyclodextrin/geraniol-inclusion complex (CD/geraniol-IC-NF) showing antibacterial, antioxidant activity and slow release of geraniol were developed as flavour/fragrance releasing materials ...

Encapsulation of gallic acid/cyclodextrin inclusion complex in electrospun polylactic acid nanofibers: release behavior and antioxidant activity of gallic acid

Aytac Z.; Kusku S. I.; Durgun, Engin; Uyar, Tamer (Elsevier, 2016-06)

Cyclodextrin-inclusion complexes (CD-ICs) possess great prominence in food and pharmaceutical industries due to their enhanced ability for stabilization of active compounds during processing, storage and usage. Here, CD-IC ...

Fast-dissolving, prolonged release, and antibacterial cyclodextrin/limonene-inclusion complex nanofibrous webs via polymer-free electrospinning

Aytac Z.; Yildiz, Z. I.; Kayaci-Senirmak, F.; S. Keskin, N. O.; Kusku, S. I.; Durgun, Engin; Tekinay, T.; Uyar, Tamer (American Chemical Society, 2016)

We have proposed a new strategy for preparing free-standing nanofibrous webs from an inclusion complex (IC) of a well-known flavor/fragrance compound (limonene) with three modified cyclodextrins (HPβCD, MβCD, and HPγCD) ...

Fluorescent Si QD decoration onto a flexible polymeric electrospun nanofibrous mat for the colorimetric sensing of TNT

Arslan, O.; Aytac Z.; Uyar, Tamer (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017)

UV range light was used for the facile, effective and large-scale synthesis of visible light emitting, surface-protected silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) starting from an amine-functionalized alkoxy silane precursor. Within ...

Grain boundary engineering in electrospun ZnO nanostructures as promising photocatalysts

Senthamizhan A.; Balusamy, B.; Aytac Z.; Uyar, Tamer (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016)

Electrospun ZnO nanofibers (ZNF) have received increased attention as photocatalysts owing to their potential for incredible performance. However, uncertainty still exists in determining the correlation between grain ...

One-step synthesis of size-tunable Ag nanoparticles incorporated in electrospun PVA/cyclodextrin nanofibers

Celebioglu A.; Aytac Z.; Umu, O. C. O.; Dana, A.; Tekinay, T.; Uyar, Tamer (Pergamon Press, 2014)

One-step synthesis of size-tunable silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP) incorporated into electrospun nanofibers was achieved. Initially, in situ reduction of silver salt (AgNO3) to Ag-NP was carried out in aqueous solution of ...

Quercetin/β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex embedded nanofibres: slow release and high solubility

Aytac Z.; Kusku, S. I.; Durgun, Engin; Uyar, Tamer (Elsevier, 2016-04)

Electrospinning of polyacrylic acid (PAA) nanofibres (NF) incorporating β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex (β-CD-IC) of quercetin (QU) was performed. Here, β-CD was used as not only the crosslinking agent for PAA nanofibres ...

Release and antibacterial activity of allyl isothiocyanate/β-cyclodextrin complex encapsulated in electrospun nanofibers

Aytac Z.; Dogan, S.Y.; Tekinay, T.; Uyar, Tamer (Elsevier, 2014)

Allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) is known as an efficient antibacterial agent but it has a very high volatility. Herein, AITC and AITC/β-cyclodextrin (CD)-inclusion complex (IC) incorporated in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers ...

Superhydrophobic, hybrid, electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibrous mats for oil/water separation by tailored surface modification

Arslan, O.; Aytac Z.; Uyar, Tamer (American Chemical Society, 2016)

Electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibers (CA-NF) have been modified with perfluoro alkoxysilanes (FS/CA-NF) for tailoring their chemical and physical features aiming oil-water separation purposes. Strikingly, hybrid FS/CA-NF ...

Ultrasensitive electrospun fluorescent nanofibrous membrane for rapid visual colorimetric detection of H2O2

Senthamizhan A.; Balusamy, B.; Aytac Z.; Uyar, Tamer (Springer Verlag, 2016-02)

We report herein a flexible fluorescent nanofibrous membrane (FNFM) prepared by decorating the gold nanocluster (AuNC) on electrospun polysulfone nanofibrous membrane for rapid visual colorimetric detection of H2O2. The ...