Materials Science and Engineering / Malzeme Bilimi ve Mühendisliği
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Article Citation - WoS: 11Citation - Scopus: 13Effect of Cnt Incorporation on Pan/Ppy Nanofibers Synthesized by Electrospinning Method(TÜBİTAK, 2020) İnce Yardımcı, Atike; Tanoğlu, Metin; Yılmaz, Selahattin; Selamet, YusufIn this study, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) added polyacrylonitrile/polypyrrole (PAN/PPy) electrospun nanofibers were produced. Average diameters of the nanofibers were measured as 268 and 153 nm for 10 and 25 wt% of PPy contents, respectively. A relatively higher strain to failure values (23.3%) were observed for the low PPy content. When as-grown CNTs (1 and 4 wt%) were added into the PAN/PPy blends, disordered nanofibers were observed to form within the microstructure. To improve the interfacial properties of CNTs/PAN/PPy composites, CNTs were functionalized with H2SO4/HNO3/HCl solution. The functionalized CNTs were well dispersed within the nanofibers and aligned along the direction of nanofibers. Therefore, beads formation on nanofibers decreased. The impedance of the nanofibers was found to decrease with the PPy content and CNT addition. These nanofibers had a great potential to be used as an electrochemical actuator or a tissue engineering scaffold.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 13Anticorrosion Coating for Magnesium Alloys: Electrospun Superhydrophobic Polystyrene/Sio2 Composite Fibers(TUBITAK, 2018) Horzum Polat, Nesrin; Kap, Özlem; Farzaneh, AmirSuperhydrophobic nanocomposite coatings for magnesium surfaces with remarkable corrosion resistance were fabricated by electrospinning in the presence of fluorosilane-functionalized silica (SiO2) nanoparticles. The effects of surface-modified silica (mod-SiO2) nanoparticles on the superhydrophobicity and corrosion resistance of polystyrene (PS)/mod-SiO2 fiber coatings were evaluated. The incorporation of the SiO2 nanoparticles endows PS fibers with rough surfaces exhibiting a water contact angle (WCA) of 165◦. The surface wettability, corrosion resistance, and their relation to the inorganic content in the PS fibers and the contact angle of the composite coatings were explored. Analysis of the corrosion results confirmed that the PS/mod-SiO2 coating protected the Mg surface from corrosion. In addition, PS fibers containing mod-SiO2 nanoparticles showed improved hydrophobicity, and excellent corrosion resistance was achieved with PS fibers containing 4 wt% SiO2 nanoparticles.Article Citation - WoS: 12Citation - Scopus: 15Morphological and Molecular Identification of Pennate Diatoms Isolated From Urla, Izmir, Coast of the Aegean Sea(TUBITAK, 2013) Kesici, Kutsal; Tüney, İnci; Sukatar, Atakan; Zeren, Doğuş; Güden, MustafaDiatoms represent an important class of aquatic phototrophs. They are not only one of the major contributors to global carbon fixation, but also play a key role in the biogeochemical cycling of silica. Molecular identification methods based on conserved DNA sequences, such as ITS (Internal Transcribed Spacer) have revolutionized our knowledge and understanding of conventional taxonomy. In this study, we aimed to compare the conventional identification methods with molecular identification methods. To do so, we isolated four diatom samples from Coast of Urla and characterized them using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) according to morphological features. Then, we amplified ITS regions using conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR), sequenced the PCR products and analyzed the sequences using bioinformatic tools. Bioinformatic analysis indicated that the isolated species had high sequence similarity to Pseudo-nitzschia sp., Achnanthes sp., Amphora sp. and Cylindrotheca sp. We believe that molecular identification methods enable rapid and more reliable identification of diatom species and are crucial for monitoring harmful algal blooms.