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    Citation - WoS: 70
    Citation - Scopus: 76
    Humidity-Sensing Properties of a Zno Nanowire Film as Measured With a Qcm
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2011) Erol, Ayşe; Okur, Salih; Yağmurcukardeş, Nesli; Arıkan, M. Çetin
    The humidity-sensing properties of ZnO nanowires synthesized by carbothermal catalyst-free vapor solid (VS) technique were studied. The morphology and the crystal structure were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. The humidity adsorption and desorption kinetics of the synthesized ZnO nanowires were investigated via quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements. The observed positive frequency shift of ZnO nanowires when loaded on the QCM crystal under varying relative humidity conditions can be explained in terms of visco-elastic variations in their mechanical stiffness.
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    Citation - WoS: 138
    Citation - Scopus: 146
    Humidity Sensing Properties of Zno Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sol-Gel Process
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2010) Erol, Ayşe; Okur, Salih; Comba, B.; Mermer, Ömer; Arıkan, M. Ç.
    ZnO nanoparticles have been synthesized by the sol-gel method with approximately 10 nm diameter and the humidity adsorption and desorption kinetics of ZnO nanoparticles were investigated by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique. The morphology and crystal structure of the ZnO nanoparticles have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. The roughness of the surface has been investigated using atomic force microscope (AFM). The dynamic Langmuir adsorption model was used to determine the kinetic parameters such as adsorption and desorption rates and Gibbs free energy under relative humidity between 45% and 88%. The relative sensitivity of the ZnO nanoparticles-based humidity sensor was determined by electrical resistance measurements. Our reproducible experimental results show that ZnO nanoparticles have a great potential for humidity sensing applications at room temperature operations. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 41
    Citation - Scopus: 42
    Characterization of Materials Used in the Execution of Historic Oil Paintings by Xrd, Sem-Eds, Tga and Libs Analysis
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2009) Şerifaki, Kerem; Böke, Hasan; Yalçın, Şerife; İpekoğlu, Başak
    In this study, material characteristics of historic oil paintings in a 19th century church in Ayvali{dotless}k/Turkey were investigated to propose the treatments to be used in their conservation and protection. For this purpose, physical, chemical and mineralogical compositions and the microstructure of the paintings were determined by X-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscope, Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer, Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Infrared Spectroscopy and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. Analysis results showed that the paintings were composed of very thin binding and white priming layers on which the pigments were applied. Binding layers were composed of polymerized vegetable oil with Zinc Oxide. Priming layers were composed of anglesite mineral in polymerized vegetable oil. Pigments used in paintings were mainly green earth, red chrome and iron oxide.
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    Citation - WoS: 3
    Citation - Scopus: 4
    Isothermal Corrosion Testing of Frit Furnace Refractories
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2009) Balıkoğlu, Fatih; Akkurt, Sedat
    In this paper, the corrosion behaviour of aluminosilicate type refractories in frit melts is studied in an isothermal corrosion test setup. A refractory brick of largely andalusite and sillimanite composition was compared to another refractory brick of mullite and sillimanite composition, both of which were made by different manufacturers for use in different frit furnaces. The industrial frit used for corrosion tests was a commercial product used in a wall tile glaze formulation. Corrosion tests conducted under isothermal conditions provide quantitative and reproducible data about the corrosion performance of refractories. In this study, tests were performed by partially immersing a 15 mm × 15 mm × 115 mm refractory specimen into a frit melt at temperatures between 1404 and 1504 °C. The effects of temperature, duration of exposure and the refractory brick type were investigated using a statistically designed set of experiments. The ANOVA (analysis of variance) table indicated that temperature and test duration were the most important factor effects, as expected. Increasing both temperature and exposure duration led to an increased amount of corrosion as measured by the cross-sectional area loss of the corroded refractory specimen. Postmortem microstructural analysis was also done on the specimens, with extensive amount of ZnO·Al2O3 precipitation observed along the frit-refractory interface, where crystals of mullite and alumina were also found to precipitate. Increasing the amount of exposure time and temperature produced more ZnO·Al2O3 precipitation. As identified by SEM-EDS analysis, mullite crystals were in the needle-like morphology, while alumina crystals were generally cubic. Additional experiments were conducted by rotating the specimens in the melt at 50 rpm of rotational speed. Due to the reduction of boundary layer thickness, more dissolution was observed from the rotated specimens. In all specimens, corrosion was more pronounced in the bond phase than through the large filler grains of mullite and andalusite.
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    Citation - WoS: 20
    Citation - Scopus: 19
    The Catalytic Reforming of Bio-Ethanol Over Sio2 Supported Zno Catalysts: The Role of Zno Loading and the Steam Reforming of Acetaldehyde
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2008) Şeker, Erol
    In this study, the activity and the product distributions of sol-gel made SiO2 supported ZnO catalysts in the steam reforming of ethanol and acetaldehyde is presented as a function of ZnO loading and temperature. We show that although highly dispersed ZnO in SiO2 (upto 50% ZnO loading) can be prepared using a single step sol-gel method, a precise control of crystallite size could not be achieved. From CO2 TPD measurements, we found that the basic site densities of ZnO/SiO2 catalysts stays < 0.05 μ mol / m2 and do not increase linearly with ZnO loading. The highest basic site density among the catalysts occurs on pure ZnO. All ZnO/SiO2 catalysts are active at 350 °C whereas pure ZnO catalyst is active at 450 °C. Iso-conversion activity tests show that ethanol steam reforming activities of the catalysts seem to be dependent on the ZnO crystallite size rather than the basic site density of the catalysts when the surface coverage of the basic site density is < 0.32 % but acetone is not formed only on catalysts with ZnO crystallite size < 5 nm regardless of their basic site densities. Interestingly, we found that ethanol was mostly dehydrogenated to acetaldehyde and hydrogen although H2O/C2H5OH molar ratio in the feed was 12. CO was not also produced in the steam reforming of ethanol over all the catalysts. Acetone and propene are produced from acetaldehyde as observed in the steam reforming of acetaldehyde. The steam reforming of acetaldehyde as compared to its decomposition was found to be more favorable over the catalysts with small ZnO crystals, such as 30% and 50% ZnO catalysts.
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    Citation - WoS: 74
    Humidity Sensing Properties of Zno-Based Fibers by Electrospinning
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2011) Horzum Polat, Nesrin; Taşçıoğlu, Didem; Okur, Salih; Demir, Mustafa Muammer
    Zinc oxide (ZnO) based fibers with a diameter of 80-100 nm were prepared by electrospinning. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and zinc acetate dihydrate were dissolved in water and the polymer/salt solution was electrospun at 2.5 kV cm-1. The resulting electrospun fibers were subjected to calcination at 500 °C for 2 h to obtain ZnO-based fibers. Humidity sensing properties of the fiber mats were investigated by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) method and electrical measurements. The adsorption kinetics under constant relative humidity (RH) between 10% and 90% were explained using Langmuir adsorption model. Results of the measurements showed that ZnO-based fibers were found to be promising candidate for humidity sensing applications at room temperature.