Cancer is one of the most important global health problem. In the last decade, researchers have focused on the development of novel sensitive diagnostic agents and potential therapeutic molecules to further contribute to ...

This thesis presents a variety of new two dimensional honeycomb-like structures and heterostructures; the main objective being to determine their fundamental electronic, magnetic, mechanical and optical properties for ...

Just a year after the invention of the LASER in 1960, it was demonstrated that lasers could be used for the treatment of certain skin abnormalities. At present, lasers are extensively used in a broad range of medical ...

A closer look into the fundamental challenges of the modern world reveals that the increasing demand for energy threatens the evolution of science and technology. Energy-efficiency is thus a fundamental issue in engineering ...

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 ...

Articular cartilage is a tissue that is continuously exposed to cyclical compressive stresses, but exhibits no capacity for self-healing following trauma. Cartilage has a dense extracellular matrix that is sparsely ...

Thesis (Ph. D.): Bilkent University, Materials Science and Nanotechnology Program, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2016.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising and emerging noninvasive treatment modality for the treatment of a great number of malignant and non-malignant diseases. Therapeutic strategy in PDT is performed by combining a ...

Nonlinear effects easily and unavoidably arise in ultrafast optics, often acting as sources of limitation to performance. However, many fascinating phenomena, from generation to utilization of ultrashort laser pulses ...