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    Investigation of Few-Layer Graphene-Ubiquitin Interactions with Optical Spectroscopy Techniques
    (MDPI, 2025) Gencay, Burcu; Guler, Gunnur
    Understanding the molecular mechanisms of protein-nanoparticle interactions is crucial for enabling the development of new applications in biomedicine and nanotechnology. Ubiquitin, an important and structurally small functional protein, plays a central role in numerous cellular processes. Therefore, in the current study, we focused on the few-layer graphene (FLG)-Ubiquitin complexes formed by exfoliating FLG structures using only water. Optical spectroscopic techniques (Raman, FT-IR, UV-Vis and circular dichroism) were employed to investigate these complexes on the molecular level. Overall, both CD and FT-IR data reveal that the formation of the FLG-Ubiquitin complexes occurred without inducing disordered structures in the protein. Based on the existence of a blue shift (hypsochromic shift) in the UV-Vis data, the presence of a single tyrosine and two phenylalanine residues in ubiquitin enables the detection of FLG-induced micro-environmental changes, particularly influencing the protein's beta-sheet and alpha-helix structures. The CD spectral results and CDPro quantitative estimations are in line with ATR FT-IR results, confirming the absence of disordered structure formation while altering the protein's chirality. UV-Vis and CD spectroscopy results revealed concentration-dependent trends consistent with FLG-protein interactions that preserve the overall protein structure. This study has potential applications in both academic research and practical usage, particularly in biomedicine and nanotechnology specifically for FLG.
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    Variation of Structural and Optical Properties of Tio2 Films Prepared by Dc Magnetron Sputtering Method With Annealing Temperature
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2020) Gürakar, Sibel; Ot, Hakan; Horzum, Şeyda; Serin, Tülay
    TiO2 thin films are deposited by direct current magnetron sputtering method on the silicon and quartz substrates. The effect of annealing temperature on the film properties are analysed by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman scattering, atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical spectroscopy measurements. Raman and XRD results reveal that the crystal structure of the TiO2 film is strongly affected by the annealing temperature. The crystal structure of the coated film is changed from amorphous to anatase structure after annealing at 500 degrees C. Anatase and rutile phases of TiO2 start to coexist after annealing at 800 degrees C. Rutile phases of TiO2 become dominant for film annealed at 900 degrees C. SEM and AFM images uncover that the morphology, grain size and surface roughness of TiO2 films vary with the annealing temperature. The optical band gap decreases from 3.35 to 2.90 eV as the phase transforms from amorphous to rutile.