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Article Citation - WoS: 9Citation - Scopus: 13Local Heat Transfer Control Using Liquid Dielectrophoresis at Graphene/Water Interfaces(Elsevier Ltd., 2021) Yenigün, Onur; Barışık, MuratGraphene-based materials are considered for the solution of the thermal management problem of current and next generation micro/nano-electronics with high heat generation densities. However, the hydrophobic nature of few-layer graphene makes passing heat to a fluid very challenging. We introduced an active and local manipulation of heat transfer between graphene and water using an applied, non-uniform electric field. When water undergoes electric field induced orientation polarization and liquid dielectrophoresis, a substantial increase in heat transfer develops due to a decrease in interfacial thermal resistance and increase in thermal conductivity. By using two locally embedded pin and plate electrodes of different sizes, we demonstrated a two-dimensional heat transfer control between two parallel few-layer graphene slabs. We obtained local heat transfer increase up to nine times at pin electrode region with an ultra-low Kapitza resistance through the studied non-uniform electric field strength range creating highly-ordered compressed water in the experimentally measured density limits. With this technique, heat can be (i) distributed from a smaller location to a larger section and/or (ii) collected to a smaller section from a larger region. Current results are important for hot spot cooling and/or heat focusing applications. © 2020Article Citation - WoS: 23Citation - Scopus: 24Determination of the Material Model and Damage Parameters of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Laminated Epoxy Composite for High Strain Rate Planar Compression(Elsevier Ltd., 2021) Shi, C.; Guo, B.; Sarıkaya, Mustafa; Çelik, Muhammet; Chen, P.; Güden, MustafaThe progressive failure of a 0°/90° laminated carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composite was modeled in LS-DYNA using the MAT_162 material model, including the strain rate, damage progression and anisotropy effects. In addition to conventional standard and non-standard tests, double-shear and Brazilian tests were applied to determine the through-thickness shear modulus and the through-thickness tensile strength of the composite, respectively. The modulus reduction and strain softening for shear and delamination parameters were calibrated by low velocity drop-weight impact tests. The rate sensitivities of the modulus and strength of in-plane and through-thickness direction were determined by the compression tests at quasi-static and high strain rates. The fidelity of the determined model parameters was finally verified in the in-plane and through-thickness direction by the 3D numerical models of the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar compression tests. The numerical bar stresses and damage progressions modes showed acceptable correlations with those of the experiments in both directions. The composite failed both numerically and experimentally by the fiber buckling induced fiber-matrix axial splitting in the in-plane and the matrix shear fracture in the through-thickness direction. © 2020Article Citation - WoS: 171Characteristics of Brick Used as Aggregate in Historic Brick-Lime Mortars and Plasters(Elsevier Ltd., 2006) Böke, Hasan; Akkurt, Sedat; İpekoğlu, Başak; Uğurlu, ElifMortars and plasters composed of a mixture of brick powder and lime have been used since ancient times due to their hydraulic properties. In this study, raw material compositions, basic physical, mineralogical, microstructural and hydraulic properties of some historic Ottoman Bath brick-lime mortars and plasters were determined by XRD, SEM-EDS, AFM, TGA and chemical analyses. The mineralogical and chemical compositions, microstructures, morphologies and pozzolanicities of the brick powders and fragments used as aggregates in the mortars and plasters were examined to find out the relationship between hydraulic properties of the mortars and the bricks. The characteristics of bricks used in the bath domes were also determined to investigate whether the brick aggregates used in mortar and plasters were prepared from these bricks. The results indicated that the mortars and plasters were hydraulic owing to the presence of crushed brick powders that have good pozzolanicity. The brick powders bad high pozzolanicity because they contained high amounts of calcium-poor clay minerals in their raw materials that were fired at low temperatures. On the other hand, bricks used in the domes had poor pozzolanicity with different mineralogical and chemical compositions from bricks used in mortars and plasters. Based on the results of the analysis, it was thought that the bricks manufactured with high amounts of clays were consciously chosen in the preparation of hydraulic mortars and plasters. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 21Citation - Scopus: 24Effect of Nano-Film Thickness on Thermal Resistance at Water/Silicon Interface(Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Yenigün, Onur; Barışık, MuratParallel to the developments in micro/nano manufacturing techniques, component sizes in micro/nano electro mechanical systems have been decreasing to nanometer scales. Decrease in lengths in heat transfer direction below the heat carrier phonon length scales reduces thermal conduction in semiconductors. This study shows that such altered phonon spectrums with the decrease of size also reduce the heat transfer at the solid/liquid interfaces and can be correlated with the thermal conductivity of the slab. Using Molecular Dynamics (MD), we measured heat transfer between water and silicon of different thickness between 5 nm and 60 nm. Silicon slabs exhibit a linear temperature profile through the bulk where thermal conductivities measured based on Fourier law decreased by the decreasing slab thickness. We applied a semi-theoretical formulism on variation of conductivity by slab thickness. At the interface of these slabs and water, heat passage is disturbed due to the phonon mismatch of dissimilar materials, which is mostly considered as solid/liquid couple interface properties by the earlier literature. Resistance for phonon passage characterized as Kapitza length (L-K) is measured for different slab thicknesses at different surface wetting conditions varying between hydrophilic to hydrophobic. Increasing surface wetting decreases the L-K while at a certain wetting, decreasing the slab thickness increases the L-K. Once the L-K of different size slabs normalized by its bulk value (assumed to be the L-K of the thickest slab at the corresponding wetting), L-K variation by silicon thickness shows a universal behavior independent of surface wetting. A mathematical model describing the exponential increase of L-K by decreasing thickness was developed and validated by an earlier model. We further developed a correlation between the corresponding changes of L-K and conductivity with respective to their bulk values by analytically combining two models as (L-K/L-K-(Bulk)) = exp (3.94(k(Bulk) - k)/(k x k(Bulk))), using which L-K can be predicted from available thermal conductivities of a certain material. Results are crucial for thermal management of current and future electronics. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 11Citation - Scopus: 12Electrical Properties of Gadolinia Doped Ceria Electrolytes Fabricated by Infiltration Aided Sintering(Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Sındıraç, Can; Büyükaksoy, Aligül; Akkurt, SedatCommon solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) electrolyte materials (e.g., gadolinia doped ceria - GDC) demand temperatures exceeding 1400 degrees C for densification by conventional solid state sintering. It is very desirable to reduce the densification of the SOFC electroltytes to i) avoid microstructural coarsening of the composite anode layers, which are co-sintered with the electolyte layer in the anode supported SOFC fabrication scheme and ii) reduce energy consumption during SOFC manufacturing. We have recently demostrated a novel infiltration-aided sintering route to densify GDC ceramics at 1200 degrees C. In the present work, we present the electrical properties of GDC ceramics fabricated thusly. Comparison of high density (>= 95%) samples fabricated by conventional or infiltration-aided sintering reveal that at 700 degrees C, similar total electrical conductivities are obtained, while at 300 degrees C, specific grain boundary resistivity is smaller in the latter. Bulk (grain) conductivity is higher in porous GDC ceramics (relative density <= 90%) fabricated by infiltration-aided sintering than the conventionally sintered ones with similar porosities. Finally, open circuit voltage of 0.84 V at 700 degrees C, obtained under dilute hydrogen and stagnant air conditions suggests that GDC ceramics densified by infiltration-aided sintering are suitable for use as SOFC electrolytes.Article Citation - WoS: 9Citation - Scopus: 10Microstructural Investigation of the Effect of Electrospraying Parameters on Lscf Films(Elsevier Ltd., 2020) Sındıraç, Can; Akkurt, SedatIntermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFC) require an effectively functioning cathode layer whose performance depends largely on their microstructures. Improved electrochemical performance of the cathode layer can be possible by tailoring the microstructure to ensure that both the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) occurs fast along the triple-phase boundaries (TPB) and the diffusion pathway is short enough for fast ion diffusion through the cathode layer. Electro spray deposition (ESD) method is a low-cost deposition method which allows the optimization of microstructure by changing the spraying parameters. In this study, gadolinium doped ceria (GDC) electrolyte layer is deposited with La1-xSrxCo1-yFeyO3-? (LSCF) derived from polymeric precursor salts, symmetrically. As a solvent couple, 2-butoxyethanol and ethylene glycol are used instead of the conventional solvent couples frequently employed in the literature. The use of the new type of solvents in the precursor solution leads to promising results on modifying the microstructure of the deposited layer. The effect of electrospraying parameters on the cell performance was also studied. Promising results were obtained as measured by impedance spectroscopy when this new solvent couple was employed. © 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC