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Article Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Keratin Hydrogels Prepared Via Thiol-Maleimide Reaction(Polymer Soc Korea, 2025) Yalcin, Damla; Top, AybenThe mechanical properties of hydrogels have a profound effect on cellular responses in tissue engineering applications. In this study, poly(ethylene glycol)-keratin (PEG-KRTN) hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties were prepared by varying molar mass of the maleimide functionalized PEG in the thiol-maleimide chemistry. Reduced keratins were reacted with PEG-maleimides having 2000 Da and 6000 Da molar masses. Viscoelastic and physiochemical properties and cytocompatibility of these hydrogels were tested. Storage modulus values were obtained as 2613 +/- 254 Pa and 1313 +/- 345 Pa for PEG2000-KRTN and PEG6000-KRTN hydrogels, respectively. Strain sweep data indicate that the linear viscoelastic region (LVER) of the PEG6000-KRTN hydrogel spans up to 40% strain value, whereas it is limited to 10% critical strain for the PEG2000-KRTN hydrogel. PEG6000-KRTN hydrogel presented higher swelling ratios and porosity. CCK-8 test showed that both hydrogels promoted the proliferation of L929 mouse fibroblast cells and, hence, can be applied in soft tissue engineering.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 4Photocatalytic and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Structures Prepared at Different Urea Concentrations(Serban Solacolu Foundation, 2020) Uysal, Berk; Şen, Selin; Top, AybenIn this study, ZnO samples were synthesized using zinc acetate and urea with a method containing sonication, sol-gel transition and calcination steps. Urea to zinc acetate mole ratio values were changed as 0, 0.5, 1, and 2 and corresponding calcined samples were denoted as UZ-0, UZ-0.5, UZ-1, and UZ-2, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images indicated globular and rod-like structures. Aspect ratios of the nanorods increased as urea to zinc acetate ratio increased from 0 to 1 whereas nanoparticles with sizes of 70 +/- 20 nm were observed for UZ-2 sample. Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) surface area values of the samples varied between 9 and 25 m(2)/g and increased as initial urea amount increased. Band gap energies of the samples ranged between 3.24 and 3.29 eV. Four major peaks at about 400, 420, 480 and 530 nm with different intensities were observed in the photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the samples. All the samples removed rhodamine B by both adsorption and photodegradation. The highest visible light induced photodegradation rate was exhibited by UZ-2 sample having the highest surface area and it is attributed to superior charge separation properties of this sample under visible light.