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  • Master Thesis
    Glucose Biosensor Applicatiın of Electrospun Polyvinyl Alacohol (pva) Fibers
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Berber, Emine; Demir, Mustafa Muammer; Yıldız, Ümit Hakan
    Electrospinning is a simple and versatile technique for the fabrication of polymeric nanofibrous membranes with high surface to volume ratio. Besides the large surface area of the fibrous membranes, their dimensional stability and flexibility allows the immobilization of biomolecules on to the nanofiber surfaces. Therefore, electrospun nanofibers have been extensively used in enzyme electrodes. This thesis examines the glucose biosensor application of electrospun polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers – carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposite membranes. By manipulating the structural design and the composition of the nanocomposite membranes, glucose sensing efficiency of the five different enzyme electrodes a) Glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilized PVA electrospun electrode, b) Glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilized PVA electrospun electrode containing multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT), c) Glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilized PVA electrospun electrode containing Poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) d) Glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilized PVA electrospun electrode containing Poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) functionalized single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT), e) Interfacially cross-linked PVA electrospun electrode containing Poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) were comperatively studied. PVA electrospun nanofibers were fabricated by using electrospinning technique. Morphology and average diameter of the fibers were characterized by using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Average diameter for the neat PVA electrospun fibers were 115 nm. Carbon nanotubes were oxidatively functionalized by acid treatment and addition of functional groups after acid treatment was proved by using Raman Spectroscopy. Glucose sensing activities of the electrodes were amperometrically measured at an applied voltage -0.5 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in 0.1M phosphate buffer solution (PBS pH 7). Glucose detection sensitivies of the electrodes were calculated as 19.6, 27.7, 67.5, 44.4, 4.0 μA mM-1cm-2 respectively.
  • Master Thesis
    Optical Characterization of Dielectric Films on Curved Surfaces Using Diffraction Method
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Ekici, Çağın; Dinleyici, Mehmet Salih
    In this thesis, we aim to characterize optical properties of thin dielectric films coated on curved surfaces. Indeed, optical thin films attract a great deal of attention especially the ones coated on silica based optical waveguides used as sensor system. Therefore, the step index optical fiber is used in the thesis as a substrate due to the fact that the sensor technology tends towards to fiber optic based platforms. In the thesis, a step index optical fiber is coated with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), then its thickness is mathematically estimated exploiting Fresnel scalar diffraction method. Phase front of the laser light wave comes across with a phase object (fiber optic), transmits through of it and diffracts. Whole process is modeled by using numerical analysis methods and compared to experimental results to obtain desired parameters in MATLAB. The conventional least-squares method is used for comparison purpose. Although the emphasis is on optical thin film characterization, we demonstrate the application area of diffraction from fiber optic as sensor. It is used to detect adulteration of olive oil that is big concern for the food industry. The refractive index of various mixture of olive oil and sunflower oil is measured with intend to detect adulteration. This feature makes it a good candidate for fiber optic based refractive index sensor and it may bring practicability and precision to the sensing process. This dissertation gives detailed information about diffraction from fiber optic both theoretically and experimentally. The experiments were realized by using 632.8 nm continuous wave laser. Both of the experimental results demonstrate that phase diffraction method is a powerful technique to characterize optical thin films and to sense refractive index of the surrounding medium.