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Triboelectric nanogenerators : biomechanical energy harvesting, self powered sensor and wearable applications
(Bilkent University, 2017-09)One of the biggest challenges ahead massive advancement of electronic tech-nology is increasing energy consumption. A closer consideration on draining of fossil reserves and rapid development of wearable and portable ... -
Boronic acid conjugated peptide amphiphile systems for controlled drug release
(Bilkent University, 2017-09)Targeted cancer drug delivery is still under investigation and scientists have been focusing on major differences between healthy and cancer tissue to develop novel effective therapies. The cancer microenvironment has ... -
Atomic layer deposition of III-nitrides and metal oxides : their application in area selective ALD
(Bilkent University, 2017-09)III-nitride compound semiconductor materials (GaN, AlN, and InN) and their alloys have generated significant interest in both basic research and commercial applications mainly in the field of photonics, energy storage, ... -
Mesenchymal stem cell mechanics on osteoinductive peptide nanofibers
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)In this thesis, changes in Young's modulus of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were investigated during their osteogenic differentiation on bioactive peptide nanofibers that bear triple glutamic acid sequence (EEE), a ... -
Design and development of ecm-inspired peptidebased nanostructures for bioengineering and biomedicine
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Advances in understanding of cell-matrix interactions and the regulation of cellular behaviors through nanobiotechnological tools have presented new perspectives for regenerative medicine. Peptide amphiphiles have been ... -
Investigation of the effects of thickness on the metal-insulator transition in vanadium dioxide nanocrystals, and development of a novel vanadium dioxide mott field-effect transistor
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a material that has attracted a lot of attention for its prospective potential to be utilized in the eld of electrical and ultrafast optical switching in one hand, and for the fundamental physics ... -
Development of peptide based materials as a synthetic scaffold to mimic extracellular matrix
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)Biomaterials obtained through self-assembling process of peptide amphiphile (PA) molecules provide great potential to introduce new therapeutic approaches in regenerative medicine through mimicking the natural environments ... -
Bioactive peptide nanofibers for bone tissue regeneration
(Bilkent University, 2017-06)Replacement and repair of bone tissue that is lost due to fractures, tumor resection, degenerative diseases and infections still remain major clinical challenges. Autografting, allografting and xenografting are the current ... -
Development and investigation of high power ytterbium-doped fiber lasers operating At 1018 nm
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)The development of ytterbium-doped ber lasers (YDFL) operating around 1018 nm with two major pumping schemes are reported. The study on the developed all ber lasers were characterized based on parameters such as ... -
Reclamation of used lubricating oils using magnetic nanoparticles and caustic soda
(Bilkent University, 2017-06)Oils are one of the mostly used lubricants in industry. Chemical oxidation, however, causes depletion of additive materials i.e. antioxidants in lubricants and their usage life time shortens. This causes varnish and sludge ... -
Colloidal heterostructures of semiconductor quantum wells : synthesis, characterization and applications
(Bilkent University, 2017-06)Colloidal semiconductor quantum wells, also known as nanoplatelets (NPLs), have recently emerged as a new class of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals enabling fascinating excitonic properties. With their quasi two-dimensional ... -
Investigation of the effects of supramolecular structures of cationic peptides on antibacterial activity
(Bilkent University, 2017-05)Many organisms including mammalians use Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) which are also called Host Defense Peptides against microbial organisms. AMPs are among one of the ancient and successful strategies for both plant and ... -
Bioactive peptide nanofibers for acceleration of burn wound healing
(2017-05)Burn injuries are one of the most typical types of trauma worldwide, and the unique physiology of burn injuries requires the use of specialized therapeutic materials for treatment and makes the development of such materials ... -
Investigation of molybdenum oxide as a catalyst for non-aqueous lithium oxygen batteries
(Bilkent University, 2017-03)Today, one of the biggest problem which the world have to get over is the global warming and the main reason of global warming is the greenhause gasses which are released due to usage of fossil fuels in transportation ... -
Biological applications of nanoparticles produced by laser ablation method
(Bilkent University, 2017-03)Pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL) is a promising top-down approach for nanoparticle production and it allows production of wide variety of nanoparticles such as metal, metal oxide, nitride and semiconductor nanocrystals. ... -
High capacity anode materials for lithium - ion batteries
(Bilkent University, 2017-02)Huge energy demand in the world has caused depletion in non - renewable energy sources, and global climate change due to the consumed fuel exhausts. Renewable energy sources are eco - friendly alternatives. Electrochemical ... -
RF-sputtering of doped zinc oxides thin films, the effect of low substrate heating deposition
(Bilkent University, 2017-02)Zinc Oxide (ZnO) has been studied since 1930’s as a candidate for the electronic applications, as it possesses a wide bandgap of 3.4 eV. While in the last 3 decades the technology of thin films were more interested in Doped ... -
Fourier transform plasmon resonance spectrometer
(Bilkent University, 2017-02)Nanophotonics is an emerging field of research aiming to control interaction of light with matter in nanometer scale. Electrons localized on metallic nanoparticles generate localized plasmon oscillations with interesting ... -
Development of multicore and tapered chalcogenide fibers for supercontinuum generation
(Bilkent University, 2016-12)The dramatic spectral broadening of an electromagnetic radiation as it propagates through a nonlinear medium is called Supercontinuum generation. Supercontinuum generation is indeed regarded as one of the prominent phenomenon ... -
Artificial nose : identification of volatile organic molecules with optofluidic photonic Bragg fibers
(Bilkent University, 2016-12)Artificial nose system, comprising of a bundle of photonic Bragg fibers used for identification of industrial toxic gases is reported. The system, otherwise known as optoelectronic nose, harvests the unique infrared spectrum ...
