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  • Master Thesis
    Development and Characterization of Surface-Modified Emulsion Templated Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2024) Kocagöz, Mehmet; Dikici, Betül Aldemir; Zareıe, Esma Volga Bulmuş
    Emülsiyon şablonlama, yüksek ve açık gözeneklilik sağlayan avantajlı bir iskele üretim yöntemidir. Bu yöntemde hidrofobik polimerlerin su ile karıştırılmasıyla yağ içerisinde su (w/o) emülsiyonları elde edilir. İç faz hacmi %74'ün üzerinde olan polimerize emülsiyonlar, yüksek iç fazlı emülsiyonlar (PolyHIPE'ler) olarak adlandırılır. Polikaprolakton, doku mühendisliğinde yaygın olarak kullanılan sentetik, biyolojik olarak bozunabilen ve biyouyumlu bir polimerdir, ancak malzemenin hidrofobik karakteri hücre-materyal etkileşimlerini sınırlamaktadır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma kapsamında, emülsiyon şablonlama yöntemi ile üretilmiş, polikaprolakton tetrametakrilat (4PCLMA) esaslı iskelelerin biyolojik performanslarını artırmak için iskelelerin alkali muamelesi ve elde edilen iskelelerin karakterize edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. İlk olarak halka açma polimerizasyonu ile 4PCLMA pre-polimeri sentezlenmiş ve metakrilat grupları ile fonksiyon kazandırılmıştır. 4PCLMA ~%97 metakrilasyon derecesi ile başarıyla sentezlenmiş, 4PCLMA esaslı PolyHIPE'ler emülsiyon şablonlama yöntemi ile üretilmiş, üç farklı konsantrasyonda ve inkübasyon süresinde sodyum hidroksit (NaOH) ile muamele edilmiştir. NaOH işleminin iskelelerin morfolojileri, kütle kaybı, su tutma kapasitesi, mekanik özellikleri, yüzey alanı, hidrofilisitesi ve biyolojik performansı üzerindeki etkileri araştırılmıştır. NaOH uygulamasının iskelelerin ağırlığını ve mekanik mukavemetini azalttığı ancak aynı zamanda iskelelerin su tutma kapasitesini, hidrofilisitesini, yüzey alanını ve protein adsorpsiyon kapasitesini artırdığı görülmüştür. NaOH işleminden sonra PolyHIPE'lerdeki kimyasal değişiklikler spektroskopi ile doğrulanmıştır. In vitro sonuçlar, NaOH uygulamasının L929 hücreleri üzerinde sitotoksisiteye neden olmadığını ve Saos-2 hücrelerinin tutunma ve çoğalma davranışını olumlu yönde etkilediğini göstermiştir. Bu çalışma sonucunda NaOH muamelesinin, emülsiyon şablonlama ile üretilmiş doku iskelelerinin hidrofilisitesini ve biyolojik performansını artırmak adına alternatif bir yüzey modifikasyon yöntemi olarak kullanılabileceği gösterilmiştir.
  • Master Thesis
    Synthesis of Quinone-Based Porous Organic Polymers and Their Usage in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2024) Erözen, Yaren Naz; Büyükçakır, Onur
    Sulu çinko iyon piller (SÇİP'ler) güncel olarak enerji depolama alanında potansiyeli yüksek ve gelişime açık piller arasında yer almaktadır. Özellikle şebeke ölçekli uygulamalar için, diğer metal-iyon bataryalara göre SÇİP'lerin potansiyeli yüksek enerji yoğunluğuna sahip olmaları, doğadaki çinko metalinin bolluğu, güvenlikli yapıları ve uygun fiyatlı olmaları gibi birçok parametreye bağlıdır. Sulu çinko-iyon pillerin yüksek ölçekli uygulamalarda kullanılamamalarının en önemli sebebi yüksek performans gösteren katot malzemelerinin tasarımının kısıtlı olmasıdır. Gözenekli organik polimerler (GOP'lar), ayarlanabilir gözenek yapıları, yüksek yüzey alanlarına sahip olmaları ve işlevselleştirilebilir olmalarıyla, son yıllarda SÇİP'ler için katot malzemesi olarak geliştirilen bir polimer sınıfıdır. Bu çalışmada sulu çinko iyon pillerde katot malzemesi olarak elektrokimyasal performansı incelenmek için redoks aktif özellik gösteren kinon bazlı iki farklı polimer tasarlanmış ve sentezlenmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, polimerlere redoks aktif özellik katan kinon gruplarının polimer üzerinde konumlanma pozisyonlarının elektrokimyasal performanslarına nasıl etki ettiğinin incelenmesidir. Bu bağlamda redoks-aktif kinon gruplarının para ve orto pozisyonlarında bağlandığı iki farklı polimer tasarlanıp sentezlenmiştir. Bu polimerlerin karakterizasyonları gerçekleştirilmiş ve temel elektrokimyasal testleri yapılmıştır. Her iki polimerin de geri dönüşümlü Zn2+ difüzyon mekanizmasını incelemek için farklı tarama hızlarında döngüsel voltametre (CV) analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Polimerlerin yük depolama kapasitelerini ölçmek için farklı akım yoğunluklarında Galvanostatik şarj/deşarj döngüleri incelendi. p-rGOP 0.1 A g-1 da 1.7 mAh g-1 deşarj kapasitesi göstermiş olup, o-rGOP ise aynı akım yoğunluğunda 1.2 mAh g-1 deşarj kapasitesi göstermiştir. Bu sonuçlar her iki polimerin de SÇİP'lerde kullanılmak için uygun katot malzemeleri olmadığı göstermektedir. Bu nedenle sentezlenen polimerlerin ileriki çalışmalarda diğer metal-iyon pillerde katot malzemesi olarak test edilmesi planlanmaktadır.
  • Master Thesis
    Enhancement of Ultraviolet Resistance of Polyaspartics
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2024) Karabacak, Bahar Demirtaş; Demir, Mustafa Muammer
    The degradation of polyaspartic ester (PAE) resins under ultraviolet (UV) exposure poses significant challenges for their long-term use in outdoor applications. This study investigates the enhancement of UV resistance of PAE resins through the incorporation of metal oxide particles as UV absorbers. The research aims to determine the efficacy of metal oxide particles in improving the UV protective properties of PAE resins. Experimental results demonstrate that the UV absorption values of resin dispersions containing metal oxide particles significantly increased compared to pure PAE resin. This enhancement may be attributed to the metal oxides' ability to absorb and scatter UV light, thereby reducing the transmission of harmful UV rays through the resin matrix. Various concentrations of metal oxide particles were tested, and the findings underscore the importance of achieving a homogeneous dispersion within the resin for optimal UV protection. The study concludes that the incorporation of metal oxide particles into PAE resins can remarkably enhance the UV resistance of PAE. The improved UV absorption characteristics make these modified resins more suitable for applications exposed to prolonged UV radiation. This research provides a foundation for further exploration into optimizing particle concentrations and dispersion techniques to maximize the UV resistance of polyaspartic ester resins while maintaining their transparency over visible region of the optical spectrum.
  • Master Thesis
    Synthesis and Characterization of Polycaprolactone-Polyvalerolactone Copolymer and Its Use in Melt Electrowriting Applications
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2024) Dinçkal, Sanem; Yıldız, Ümit Hakan
    This thesis focuses on the synthesis and characterization of Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and its block copolymers, Poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-Poly(4-hydroxyvalerate) (PCL-b-P4HV) and Poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-Poly(δ-valerolactone) (PCL-b-PVL). These polymers were synthesized through ring-opening polymerization of various lactones (ε-caprolactone, γ-valerolactone, and δ-valerolactone) using biocatalysts such as citric acid, glycolic acid, salicylic acid, boric acid and acetic acid. Detailed analytical and thermoanalytical characterizations were performed. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) showed that most homopolymers and copolymers exhibited crystallization (Tc) and melting temperatures (Tm) varying between 5-25°C and 50-65°C respectively, confirming successful polymerization. DSC thermograms of block copolymers revealed that solvent choice for precipitation affected crystallinity and thermal properties, with a small second melting point observed due to different crystalline forms. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy-Attenuated Total Reflectance (FTIR-ATR) confirmed the homopolymerization of Poly(ε-caprolactone) using citric, glycolic, and salicylic acids. Mass spectrometry further revealed characteristic peaks corresponding to expected molecular weights and compositions of the copolymers. The presence of these peaks corroborated the formation of block copolymers with distinct blocks of PCL, P4HV, and PVL confirmed the molecular integrity of the synthesized block copolymers. This thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of the synthesis and characterization of block copolymers, offering insights into their structural properties and potential applications. The findings contribute to the understanding of the polymerization process and the properties of the resulting materials, which are significant for industrial and biomedical applications. The resultant copolymers were utilized in Melt Electrowriting process to provide tissue scaffold. Despite their brittleness, all copolymers were electrowritten without issues, indicating their potential interest in tissue engineering applications.
  • Master Thesis
    Manufacturing of Starch-Based Bioplastic From Waste Potato Starch by Extrusion and Energy Analysis of the Production
    (2023) Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda; Gökyıldız, Yasemin; Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide; Altınkaya, Sacide; Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda
    Plastic materials are an essential part of our daily lives and annual plastic production is higher than 380 million tons with a 4% annual increasing rate. Since the 1950s, 8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced, 9% of these plastics have been recycled, 12% have been incinerated and the rest 79% have been dumped to landfills. Therefore, the development of biodegradable polymers obtained from renewable raw materials has become a priority to reduce the environmental impact and dependency on fossil resources. Thermoplastic starch (TPS) is a starch-based bioplastic obtained by the disruption of the starch granules with thermal and mechanical forces in the presence of plasticizer. In this thesis, production of TPS from residual potato starch by extrusion was investigated. The extrusion trials were conducted in a single-screw extruder. Glycerol was selected as plasticizer and added to starch with 20, 30 and 40 wt.%. Extrusion temperature profiles were 50-90oC, 60-90oC and 70-90oC. The pretreatment conditions for the residual starch were drying to 10 wt.% moisture content and sieving with 131μm mesh size. Specific mechanical energy values ranged between 7.89 kWhkg-1 and 43.27 kWhkg-1. The optimum product formation was selected according to processability with lower energy consumption and mechanical properties as TPS303 which has 30 wt.% glycerol content and processed between 70-90oC. Specific mechanical energy consumption for TPS303 was found to be 23.78 kWhkg-1. The mechanical properties of TPS303 were 4.48 MPa tensile strength, 59.74 MPa Young's modulus and 57.33% elongation at break. Consequently, residual potato starch was found to be a promising raw material for thermoplastic starch production with proper pretreatment.
  • Master Thesis
    Fabrication and Characterization of Perylene Diimide Doped Polyfluorene Based Solution Processed Blue Organic Light Emitting Diodes
    (2023) Varlıklı, Canan; Utlu, Sevde Nur; Demir, Mustafa Muammer; Varlıklı, Canan; Demir, Mustafa Muammer
    Blue is considered as the major component in many applications of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Most of the polymeric blue emitters including poli[9,9-di-(2-diethylhexyl)-fluorenyl-2,7-diyl] (ADS231BE) attract attention with their solubility and potential in reducing the application costs, but also suffer from wide electroluminescence resulting in color purity issues. Annealing temperature and solvent choice have great influence on morphology and electronic properties. A typical OLED is fabricated by using ADS231BE as the emitter material and effect of annealing temperature on EL properties is investigated between 60C and 150C. OLEDs produced using toluene have shown better efficiency compared to those using chlorobenzene. Regardless of the solvent used, the efficiencies gradually decreased, but the stability and color purity of the devices increased with increasing annealing temperatures. Surface morphologies were examined, and suitable coating conditions were determined. Small molecule orange-red-emitting N,N'-bis(2-ethylhexyl)perylene-3,4,9,10-dicarboxylic diimide (PDI) derivatives were introduced into the blue-emitting conjugated polymer ADS231BE at a concentration of 0.1 wt.%. Electroluminescence, morphology, photoluminescence and Raman analysis of the developed devices were completed to determine the type of aggregation and conformational change caused by PDI doping. Subsequently, to balance charge and improve the electroluminescent character of the devices, a hole transfer layer (HTL) consisting of Poly (N-vinyl carbazole) (PVK) and PVK:1,3-Bis(N-carbazolyl) benzene (mCP) was added to the device structure. Similar morphological and Raman analyses were performed. Compared to the bare ADS231BE containing devices, without changing the CIE coordinate values, approximately, 10 folds of luminance and more than 5 folds of EQE increments were obtained.
  • Master Thesis
    Investigation of Different Uv Stabilizer Effects on Hdpe Grades
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Germen, Oktay; Şeker, Erol
    In this study, a performance Hindered Amin Light Stabilizer (HALS), used to prevent the structure of polymeric materials from UV and thermal degradation, was investigated using High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) injection grade. The primary goal of this study is to understand the effects of different HALS types, that consist of low molecular mass and high molecular mass, on mechanical and physical properties of HDPE using a design of experiment method. In addition, Minitab program was used to analyze the data, obtained with the experimental design, with ANOVA analyses to estimate the OIT and Loss Elongation% responses of the samples made with varying HALS amounts and types. Briefly, Elongation Lost% which is the ratio of Elongation% Before Aging to Elongation % After Aging and OIT(Oxidative Induction Time) were studied in different recipes of HDPE Injection Molding Plaque specimens in order to measure the effect of HALS1 (Tin770), HALS2(Tin622) and HALS3(Chim944) on aging. One-year of aging was simulated using a standard aging chamber. It was observed that synergetic effect of HALS1 with HALS3 was much more effective than thatof HALS2 with HALS3. Moreover, it was determined that the samples containing antioxidant which did not contain any HALS additive were completely degraded at the end of the same aging process. This study showed that OIT results of samples were affected directly by the amount of HALS3 which protected the polymer against long-term exposure to UV radiation and high temperature whereas neither HALS1 nor HALS2 showed the same protection.
  • Master Thesis
    Growth and Characterization of Znsno Thin Films on Polymers for Oleds
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Ekmekçioğlu, Merve; Aygün Özyüzer, Gülnur
    The use of flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) in smartphones and televisions with inclined screen shows significant improvements in commercial applications. Recently, flexible OLEDs have been used in lightweight, portable, wearable and even deformable screens, sensors as well as solid-state lighting applications. Under favour of these applications, remarkable developments are observed in the production of flexible electronics. The advantages of OLEDs according to the existing liquid crystal display (LCD) technology are self-emission capability, wide viewing angle, fast response time, simple structure, and low driving voltage. Highly conductive and transparent anodes are required for efficiency and uniform light emission in OLEDs. Indium tin oxide (ITO) which is one of the most promising anodes among transparent conductive oxides (TCO), has superior electrical and optical properties such as ~85% high transmittance at the visible region and ~104 Ω−1 cm−1good conductivity. The reason is due to the bandgap range of about 3.70 eV. Zinc tin oxide (ZnSnO or ZTO) is another TCO commonly used for many applications in the literature. Alternative anodes eliminate the use of ITO due to the absence of indium element so that highly desirable. In this thesis, ZTO is used as anode instead of ITO thin film and the eligibility of ZTO as an anode in OLED production is explored. The advantages of the optimized ZTO thin film according to the ITO are that is abundant on earth, has better performance, has low surface resistance, has less surface roughness, is capable of being produced as an anode in OLEDs. In this thesis to be successful, at the first stage ZTO thin films have grown on soda lime glass by magnetron sputtering, then ZTO and ZTO/Ag/ZTO multilayer thin films respectively have been deposited on flexible Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and Polyimide (PI) substrates by magnetron sputtering method. In this way, the best coated thin films have been investigated using spectrophotometry, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Xray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy.
  • Master Thesis
    Sericin-Polymer Conjugates: Preparation and Physicochemical Characterization
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2017) Gül, Abdulkadir; Bulmuş Zareie, Esma Volga
    Sericin is a protein derived from silkworm, Bombyx mori, and has several useful properties as a natural biomaterial such as antioxidant character, moisturizing ability, hydrogel forming property and most importantly immunogenic inertness. The aim of this thesis is to prepare and physicochemically characterize sericin-polymer conjugates as potential natural-synthetic hybrid biomaterials with enhanced properties for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. For this purpose, three polymers having the same degree of polymerization (n~42) and varying chemical nature, i.e. poly(oligoethylene glycol methacrylate), P(OEGMA) hydrophilic and neutral, poly(hydroxyethylmethacrylate) P(HEMA) less hydrophilic and neutral, and poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) P(DMAEMA) hydrophilic and cationic after quaternization, were first synthesized via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Each polymer was characterized via nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Separately, molecular weight and isoelectric point of sericin were characterized using various techniques including Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and High-Resolution Two-Dimensional Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (2D-PAGE). Polymers were then covalently conjugated to sericin using NHS/EDC chemistry. The conjugates were characterized using SDS-PAGE, GPC and DLS (Dynamic Light Scattering). The SDS-PAGE and GPC results showed the successful preparation of the conjugates. DLS revealed that the hydrodynamic size of P(OEGMA) and P(DMAEMA) polymers and their conjugates were between 1 and 10 nm as they are soluble in PBS and do not form aggregates. Unlike the other two polymers, although the size of P(HEMA) polymer was observed to be 3.24 ± 0.62 nm, the DLS measurements of P(HEMA) conjugates indicated the presence of self-organization and aggregation of Sericin-P(HEMA) conjugates in aqeuous solution. Consequently, the size of sericin-P(HEMA) conjugates were found to be 530 ± 60.83 and 223.3 ± 25.2, respectively.
  • Master Thesis
    Integration of Red & Blue Tl Materials To Different Polymer End-Use
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) İncel, Anıl; Demir, Mustafa Muammer
    Triboluminescence (TL) is known as the emission of light upon the application of any mechanical force. In this master thesis, two organometallic-based TL crystals, which are EuD4TEA and Cu(NCS)(py)2(PPh3) were obtained and they were integrated in the transparent polymers: poly (methylmetacrylate) (PMMA), poly (styrene) (PS), poly (urethane) (PU) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) for different end-use. In the development of composites, two different processes were carried out: i) embedding (or blending) and ii) surface impregnation. The different end-use polymers were used as transparent polymer film, electrospun nanofibers, and nanobeads. TL performance of composites were investigated by using drop tower system which was specficically designed for this research. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the topographic and morphologic properties of both polymers and composites. Additionally, fluorescence microscopy helped to understand the signal of emitted light by composites. Lastly, piezoelectric properties of composite materials were invetigated by oscilloscope. According to results, type of process, particle size of crystal, surface property and form of host material (polymer), the concentration of crystalline particles in composites were determined as the main parameters and the results were estimated with respect to these parameters. PU-based composite film and fiber show better stability towards mechnical stress rather than PMMA, PS, and PVDF due to the roughness surface of thin-film surface for film-based composites, smallest wickerwork formation of electrospun mats for fiber-based composite, and the chemical affinity of PU with TL crystals.