Master Degree / Yüksek Lisans Tezleri
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Master Thesis Hydrogels and Self-Assemled Nanostructures Based on Wool Keratose(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2017) Pakkaner, Efecan; Top, AybenIn this study, water soluble keratose proteins were extracted from “Ovis aries” wool using peracetic acid oxidation with a yield of 35 ± 5 %. Wool samples and the extracted keratose proteins were characterized by using FT-IR, XRD, SEM and TGA techniques. α-keratose fractions (MW = 43-53 kDa) along with cleaved fragments of α-keratoses with molecular weights between 23 and 33 kDa were identified in the extracted protein mixture using SDS-PAGE analysis. DLS and AFM experiments indicated self-assembled globular nanoparticles with diameters of 20-40 nm formed at 5 and 10 mg/ml keratose concentrations. On the other hand, at 10 % w/v keratose concentration interconnected keratose hydrogels with pore sizes of 6 ± 4 and 7 ± 4 μm were obtained upon incubation at 37 and 50 °C, respectively. Storage moduli (G’) of these physical hydrogels were increased from ~100 to ~1000 Pa, as gelation temperature was increased from 37 to 50 °C. Hydrogels were also obtained at 7.5 % w/v keratose concentration by the addition of a crosslinker, THPC. Amine group:crosslinker ratio was used as 1:1, 1:2 and 1:4. As the amount of crosslinker increased, network transformed from fibrous to more planar structures exhibiting a significant decrease in average pore size from 24 to 11 μm. G’ values of the crosslinked hydrogels were obtained between ~1 and ~5 kPa tuned by the crosslinking amount. Cell interaction properties of a select physical hydrogel prepared at 37 °C was tested using CCK-8 assay. It was observed that the keratose hydrogel supported L929 mouse fibroblast cell proliferation as much as collagen, which suggests that these keratose hydrogels can be promising candidates in soft tissue engineering applications.Master Thesis Grawth and Electrical Characterization of High Purity Carbon Nanotubes(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Kır, Serap; Selamet, YusufThis thesis work is focused on growing high purity vertically aligned Carbon nanotubes by ethylene gas thermal chemical vapor deposition method on very thin Cobalt and Iron catalyst thin films deposited on to Si/SiO2/Al2O3 substrates by DC magnetron sputtering. In this study, the effective parameters were changed to grow aligned CNTs. Hence, the vertically aligned CNTs were performed and also the ideal parameters were determined for this kind of growth mechanism. The effect of support layer was examined for three different hydrocarbon gas ratios. SiO2 and Al2O3 were used as support layers between metal catalyst thin films and Si substrate. Two kinds of samples were compared; one of them had only Al2O3 and the other one includes both Al2O3 and SiO2 layers. As a result, the sample that had both oxide layers gave better results for density of CNTs on the surface of samples. Moreover, types of catalyst material effect also were examined on growth of CNTs for three different temperatures. For this aim, the performance of Fe and Co catalyst thin films was compared. According to our results, Fe was more reactive with ethylene gas than Co catalysts and also, the density of CNTs was increased by using Fe as a catalyst material. Hydrogen pretreatment time was performed for another significant effect. Seven different time parameter which were 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 minutes, were examined. The density and diameters of catalysts particles were compared for these different treatment times. Finally, the electrical characterization of CNTs was performed. The resistance of CNTs was measured by using two point contact technique. Moreover, the interaction between resistance of CNTs and humidity was examined.Master Thesis Synthesis and Characterization of Monodispere Silica Based Functional Nanoparticles for Multi-Purpose Applications(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Altın, Burcu; Özçelik, SerdarThe Stöber method was performed to tune the size of monodisperse silica nanoparticles in the range of 10 to 500 nm. It was observed that increasing amount of reactants favors the formation of larger particles A Stöber method in the presence of L-lysine as a catalyst instead of ammonia was developed to prepare well-ordered, highly monodisperse silica nanoparticles based on the hydrolysis and condensation of TEOS. The effect of medium temperature, amounts of L-lysine, TEOS, octane and dye on the size of particle was investigated. It was found that L-arginine increased the size of particles. The amount of TEOS was determined to be 50.0 mmol to obtain the smallest size of particle. The mole of L-lysine slightly altered the size of particles, however the surface of particles was substantially covered by L-lysine. The presence of octane does not change the size of particles. The amount of dye molecule Rhodamine B isothiocyanate (RBITC) does not alter the size of nanoparticles. We showed that temperature plays important role tuning the particle size from 5.0 nm to 80.0 nm.MTT assay indicates no cytotoxicity of the silica particles against MCF-7 (human breast cancer cell lines) and PC-3 (human prostate cancer cell lines) cancer cell lines. The particles enter to the cells within 5 minutes with a concentration of 0.1.g/mL. We propose that these particles can be used in the field of bioimaging and drug delivery.