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Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 7Cvd-Deposited Oxygen-Selective Fluorinated Siloxane Copolymers as Gas Diffusion Layers(American Chemical Society, 2022) Cihanoğlu, Gizem; Ebil, ÖzgençCopolymer thin films of 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-2,4,6,8-tetravinylcyclotetrasiloxane (V4D4), 2-(perfluorohexylethylacrylate) (PFHEA), and 2-(perfluoroalkylethylmethacrylate) (PFEMA) were synthesized via initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) as potential candidates for gas diffusion layers (GDLs) in gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) for aqueous metal–air batteries. Thin-film GDLs exhibited an average water vapor transmission rate of 7.5 g m–2 day–1 and enhanced oxygen diffusion with oxygen permeabilities as high as 3.53 × 10–15 mol m m–2 s–1 Pa–1 (10.5 Barrer). The electrochemical performance of GDEs fabricated using commercial catalysts, current collectors, and synthesized GDLs was investigated by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and potentiodynamic polarization measurements. The fabricated GDEs exhibited higher oxygen reduction current densities (228.2 mA cm–2) compared to commercial GDEs (132.7 mA cm–2). Copolymer GLDs exhibited an order of magnitude higher oxygen diffusion (39.5 × 10–8 cm2 s–1) in GDEs compared to commercial counterparts (1.84 × 10–8 cm2 s–1). Due to the high oxygen solubility of V4D4 and excellent hydrophobic behavior of PFHEA and PFEMA, their copolymers can effectively promote the diffusion of oxygen and restrict moisture intake, making them ideal materials for GDLs. Combining well-balanced properties of siloxane and fluorinated polymer chemistries, the iCVD process is an excellent low-cost method for the fabrication of GDLs for metal–air battery applications.Article Citation - WoS: 17Citation - Scopus: 22Responsive pentablock copolymers for siRNA delivery(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015) Uz, Metin; Mallapragada, Surya K.; Alsoy Altınkaya, SacideIn this study, temperature and pH responsive cationic and amphiphilic pentablock copolymers, which consist of the temperature responsive triblock Pluronic F127 sandwiched between pH responsive PDEAEM (poly(2-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate)) end blocks, were used for the first time in the development of polyplex and gold nanoparticle (AuNP) based multicomponent siRNA delivery systems (MCSs). Copolymers in both systems protected siRNA from external effects, provided cell entry and endosomal escape. The thermoreversible micellization of the hydrophobic PPO block facilitated the cellular entry while the PDEAEM blocks enhanced the endosomal escape through protonated tertiary amine groups by pH buffering. The synergistic advantages of the different blocks showed an enhanced effect in the MCSs due to attachment and surface configuration reasons. The siRNA transfection efficiency of MCSs against luciferase expressing SKOV3 cells was 15% higher than both the polyplexes alone and the commercial siRNA transfection agent Lipofectamine RNAiMax at the same applied dose, without any toxicity. The results indicated that the multicomponent systems based on the responsive cationic pentablock copolymers and gold nanoparticles have promising potential as an efficient siRNA delivery vector for future applications.Article Citation - WoS: 21Citation - Scopus: 26Solubility and Diffusivity of Solvents and Nonsolvents in Poly(methyl Methacrylate Co Butyl Methacrylate)(Elsevier Ltd., 2005) Eser, Hülya; Tıhmınlıoğlu, FundaLocate full-text(opens in a new window)|Full Text(opens in a new window)|View at Publisher| Export | Download | Add to List | More... Fluid Phase Equilibria Volume 237, Issue 1-2, 25 October 2005, Pages 68-76 Solubility and diffusivity of solvents and nonsolvents in poly(methyl methacrylate co butyl methacrylate) (Article) Eser, H., Tihminlioglu, F. Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Gulbahce Urla- Izmir 35430, Turkey View references (25) Abstract In this study, thermodynamic properties, namely retention volume, infinitely dilute weight fraction activity coefficient, Flory-Huggins interaction parameter, solubility parameter of the polymer, partition coefficient and diffusion coefficients of the various solvents in poly(methyl methacrylate co butyl methacrylate) (PMMA co BMA) at infinite dilution of the solvent have been determined by inverse gas chromatography (IGC). In this technique, a small amount of the solvent was injected into the capillary column and its retention time was measured and used to calculate several polymer-solvent interaction parameters which are mentioned above. The solvents used in this study were methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, dichloromethane, trichloromethane, acetone, methyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate for PMMA co BMA. The thermodynamic results, obtained from the experiments, indicated that trichloromethane and dichloromethane were the most suitable solvents among all the solvents studied for PMMA co BMA. The partition (K) and diffusion coefficients (Dp) of various solvents at infinite dilution of the solvent were calculated by using the model developed by Pawlisch et al. [C.A. Pawlisch, A. Macris, R.L. Laurence, Solute diffusion in polymers.1. The use of capillary column inverse gas chromatography, Macromolecules 20 (1987) 1564-1578]. The optimum K and D p values that best fit the data were found and the model predicted experimental data very well. Vrentas-Duda free volume theory was used to correlate the diffusion data and to investigate the effect of solvent size on diffusion process. The theory has shown to correlate diffusion data above the glass transition temperature very well for the PMMA-co-BMA-solvent system.