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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 ... -
Ultra high quality factor microtoroidal optical resonators in label - free biosensing applications with high sensitivity and selectivity
(Bilkent University, 2016-11)Whispering - Gallery - Mode type microresonators provide great opportunities for label - free biosensing, allowing detections down to single - molecule levels. Microtoroids as optical resonators are quite sensitive and ... -
Peptide-based bioinspired functional materials
(Bilkent University, 2016-12)Ability of nature to build complex systems via step-by-step addition of small building blocks with distinctive qualities and multi-functionalities has garnered massive attention which gave a rise to biomimetic or biologically ... -
Design and synthesis of self-assembling peptides for fabrication of functional nanomaterials
(Bilkent University, 2016-12)Self-assembling peptides are a class of supramolecular polymers, which exploit noncovalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic, electrostatic, charge-transfer complex, π-π, and van der Waals interactions to ... -
Investigation of the effects of bioactive peptide nanofibers on acute muscle injury regeneration
(Bilkent University, 2016-11)Skeletal muscle constitutes a large part of the human body. It is a hierarchically organized heterogeneous tissue and is composed of muscle fiber bundles, muscle fibers, myofibrils and myofilaments. Since muscle cells are ... -
Ultrathin titanium dioxide coatings on carbon nanotubes for stable lithium oxygen battery cathodes
(Bilkent University, 2016-11)Fossil fuels hold the biggest share in energy sources for a very long time, especially in transportation, because of their appealing properties like very high energy efficiency, easy transport to any place in the world, ... -
Functional bacterial amyloid nanomaterials
(Bilkent University, 2016-11)Mis-folded or unfolded proteins tend to aggregate and aggregated structures are called as amyloids. Amyloid formation contributes to some human diseases and resulting in death in some cases. On the other hand, functional ... -
Bioinspired materials for regenerative medicine and drug delivery applications
(Bilkent University, 2016-11)The structural organization and functional capabilities of natural materials have inspired many technological and scientific developments. Biological systems are under constant pressure for innovation due to the constraints ... -
Fabrication of ALN/GAN MIS-Hemt with SIN as gate dielectric and performance enhancement with ALD deposited alumina
(Bilkent University, 2016-11)Silicon based transistors reached a limit, especially for high power and high frequency applications due to their relatively low bandgap and breakdown voltage. With its higher bandgap and breakdown voltage, GaN based ... -
Metal ion release and signaling in molecular logic gate design
(Bilkent University, 2016-11)Mimicking the biological structures is one of the main goals of the natural sciences, because processes are well-organized in nature despite its amazing complexity. On account of this, releasing metal ions at molecular ... -
Innovative hybrid composite nanomaterials
(Bilkent University, 2016-10)Digital lighting and bio-imaging are two emerging crucial research fields. Nanotechnology stands in the center of these applications by providing nano-scale particles possessing large surface-to-volume ratios, high effciency, ... -
Peripheral nerve regeneration by synthetic peptide nanofibers
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)The peripheral nervous system (PNS) has a complex structure that consists of high numbers of nerve cells and communication networks between the central nervous system and the body parts. Unlike the central nervous system, ... -
Mechanism of triboelectricity: a novel perspective for studying contact electrification based on metal-polymer and polymer-polymer interactions
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)The static electricity that is generated when two identical or different materials come in contact with each other and separated is a well known physical phenomenon that has been studied for over 25 centuries. Contact ... -
Structural and electronic properties of monolayer and multilayer gallium nitride crystals
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)Three-dimensional (3D) Gallium Nitride (GaN) is a III-V compound semiconductor with direct band gap. It is widely used in light emitting diodes (LED) and has potential to be used numerous optoelectronic applications. In ...
