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Publication Metadata only Reversible switching of wetting properties and erasable patterning of polymer surfaces using plasma oxidation and thermal treatment(Elsevier Science Bv, 2018) Soydan, Seren; Jonas, Alexander; N/A; Department of Chemistry; N/A; Department of Chemistry; Department of Physics; Department of Chemistry; Rashid, Muhammed Zeeshan; Atay, İpek; Yağcı, Mustafa Barış; Yılgör, Emel; Kiraz, Alper; Yılgör, İskender; PhD Student; Post Doctorate Student; Researcher; Researcher; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; Department of Chemistry; Koç University Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM) / Koç Üniversitesi Yüzey Teknolojileri Araştırmaları Merkezi (KUYTAM); Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; N/A; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; 40527; 22542; 24181Polymer surfaces reversibly switchable from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic by exposure to oxygen plasma and subsequent thermal treatment are demonstrated. Two inherently different polymers, hydrophobic segmented polydimethylsiloxane-urea copolymer (TPSC) and hydrophilic poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) are modified with fumed silica nanoparticles to prepare superhydrophobic surfaces with roughness on nanometer to micrometer scale. Smooth TPSC and PMMA surfaces are also used as control samples. Regardless of their chemical structure and surface topography, all surfaces display completely reversible wetting behavior changing from hydrophobic to hydrophilic and back for many cycles upon plasma oxidation followed by thermal annealing. Influence of plasma power, plasma exposure time, annealing temperature and annealing time on the wetting behavior of polymeric surfaces are investigated. Surface compositions, textures and topographies are characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and white light interferometry (WLI), before and after oxidation and thermal annealing. Wetting properties of the surfaces are determined by measuring their static, advancing and receding water contact angle. We conclude that the chemical structure and surface topography of the polymers play a relatively minor role in reversible wetting behavior, where the essential factors are surface oxidation and migration of polymer molecules to the surface upon thermal annealing. Reconfigurable water channels on polymer surfaces are produced by plasma treatment using a mask and thermal annealing cycles. Such patterned reconfigurable hydrophilic regions can find use in surface microfluidics and optofluidics applications. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Publication Metadata only The first alkaline-earth azidoaurate(III), Ba[Au(N-3)(4)](2) center dot 4 H2O(Wiley, 2023) Prots, Yurii; Jach, Franziska; Afyon, Semih; Höhn, Peter; Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemistry; Subaşı, Yaprak; Tekin, Elif Sena; Somer, Mehmet Suat; Researcher; Undergraduate Student; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; N/A; N/A; 178882Transparent, dark orange Ba[Au(N-3)(4)](2) center dot 4 H2O was synthesized by reaction of Ba(N-3)(2) and AuCl3 or HAuCl4 in aqueous solution. The novel barium tetraazidoaurate(III) tetrahydrate crystallizes in the monoclinic space group Cc (no. 9) with a=1813.68(17) pm, b=1737.95(11) pm, c=682.04(8) pm and beta=108.849(4)degrees. The predominant structural features of Ba[Au(N-3)(4)](2) center dot 4 H2O are two crystallographically independent discrete anions [Au(N-3)(4)](-) with gold in a tetragonal planar coordination by nitrogen. Vibrational spectra show good agreement with those of other azidoaurates(III). Upon drying, this salt was shown to be a highly explosive material.Publication Metadata only Mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride-supported binary MPt (M: Co, Ni, Cu) nanoalloys as electrocatalysts for borohydride oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction(Elsevier, 2020) Oliveira, Raisa C. P.; Sevim, Melike; Sljukic, Biljana; Sequeira, Cesar A. C.; Santos, Diogo M. F.; Department of Chemistry; Metin, Önder; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; 46962In this work, binary MPt (M = Co, Ni, Cu) nanoalloys and mesoporous carbon nitride (mpg-C3N4) as support material are prepared, and then gathered together by liquid phase self-assembly in order to produce MPt/mpg-C3N4 electrocatalysts. The yielded electrocatalysts are characterized by TEM, ICP-MS and XRD techniques in order to determine their morphology, composition and textural properties. Evaluation of MPt/mpg-C3N4 (<3 wt.% of Pt) electrocatalysts performance for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and borohydride oxidation reaction (BOR) is carried out. Pt/mpg-C3N4 is also studied to better understand the alloying effect on the electrocatalysts' performance, being concluded that it clearly increases the catalytic activity while decreasing the necessary Pt metal amount. For HER, CoPt/mpg-C3N4 was found to be the best catalyst, presenting a Tafel slope of 109 mV dec(-1) at 65 degrees C. Regarding BOR, CuPt/mpg-C3N4 demonstrated the best catalytic activity with average activation energy and reaction order with respect to BH4- of 29.4 kJ mol(-1) and 0.87, respectively.Publication Metadata only Chaos in rotating triatomic clusters(Editions Physique, 1997) Department of Chemistry; Yurtsever, İsmail Ersin; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; 7129Lyapunov exponent distributions of rotating triatomic Lennard-Jones clusters are calculated to analyze the effects of the vibrational and rotational motion on the extent of chaotic behavior. Initial momentum components are assigned to atoms either to rotate the clusters around symmetry axes or to generate random angular momenta. In both cases, it is seen that the initial kinetic energy assigned to vibrational modes is the dominant factor which determines the degree of chaos.Publication Metadata only A novel magnetomechanical pump to actuate ferrofluids in minichannels(Begell House, Inc, 2011) Bilgin, Alp; Kurtoglu, Evrim; Erk, Hadi Cagdas; Sesen, Muhsincan; Kosar, Ali; Department of Chemistry; Acar, Havva Funda Yağcı; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; 178902An improvement in the current methods of ferrofluid actuation was presented in this paper. A novel magnetomechanical microfluidic pump design was implemented with a ferrofluid as the active working fluid. Obtained flow rates were comparable to previous results in this research line. It was also seen that the basic pump architecture, which the subject pump is based on, enables much more room for further development.Publication Metadata only An experimental study on heat transfer performance of iron oxide based ferrofluids(ASME, 2012) Kaya, Alihan; Kurtoglu, Evrim; Kosar, Ali; Department of Chemistry; Acar, Havva Funda Yağcı; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; 178902Nanofluids are colloidal compounds, where the solid phase material is composed of nano sized particles, and the liquid phase can potentially be any fluid but aqueous media are common. As a common nanofluid type, ferrofluids are formed by holding solid nanoparticles in suspension by weak intermolecular forces and may be produced from materials with different magnetic properties. Magnetite is one of the materials used for its natural ferromagnetic properties. Heat transfer performance of ferrofluids is one of the crucial properties among many others that should be analyzed and considered for their wide range of applications. For this purpose, experiments were conducted in order to characterize heat transfer properties of ironoxide based ferrofluids flowing through a microchannel. Promising results were obtained from this study, which are suggesting the use of ferrofluids for heat transfer applications can be advantageous.Publication Metadata only Structures and properties of NbOF3 and TaOF3 - with a remark to the O/F ordering in the SnF4 type structure(Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh, 2002) Köhler, J; Simon, A; van Wullen, L; Cordier, S; Roisnel, T; Poulain, M; Department of Chemistry; Somer, Mehmet Suat; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; 178882Powder samples of NbOF3 und TaOF3 were prepared by heating mixtures of NbO2F and NbF5 or TaO2F and TaF5, respectively, in the corresponding stoichiometric ratio in platinum crucibles under argon atmosphere (180-220degreesC). Both oxide fluorides are coulourless with a slight greyish tinge. They are sensitive to moisture and decompose in air at room temperature within hours. Both, NbOF3 and TaOF3 crystallize as a variant of the SnF4 type structure, space group 14/mmm. The structures have been refined from X-ray powder diffraction data using the Rietveld method (a = 3.9675(1) Angstrom, c = 8.4033(1) Angstrom, R-B = 3.60%, R-p = 4.58% for NbOF3 and a = 3.9448(1) Angstrom, c = 8.4860(1) Angstrom, R-a = 2.07%, R-p = 2.44% for TaOF3). Characteristic building units are sheets of corner sharing MX6 octahedra which are stacked via van der Waals interactions to a three dimensional framework. The occupancy of the two crystallographic sites for the anions by O and F is discussed on the basis of structure refinements, bond order summations, IR and NMR data and calculations of the Madelung parts of the lattice energy.Publication Metadata only Synthesis, characterization and properties of naphthoxazine-functional poly(propyleneoxide)s(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006) Yıldırım, Ayfer; Kıskan, Barış; Yağcı, Yusuf; Department of Chemistry; Demirel, Adem Levent; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; 6568Thermally curable naphthoxazine-functionalized polymers were synthesized by the reaction of linear (diamines) and branched (triamines) poly(propyleneoxide)s (Jeffamine series) having various molecular weights, with p-formaldehyde, and 2-naphthol. The structures of the resulting polymers were characterized by using FT-IR and H-1-NMR. In addition, curing behavior of these polymers was studied using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). Hydrophilicity of these polymers, both in cured and non-cured states, was investigated by water contact angle measurements. The surface topographies of the polymers were also examined by atomic force microscope (AFM).Publication Metadata only Controlling oxygen reduction reaction activities of Ag@Pt core-shell nanoparticles via tuning of ag in the surface layer(Wiley-VCH, 2023) Savaci, Umut; Turan, Servet; N/A; N/A; N/A; Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemistry; Aksoy, Dilan; Karakaya, Cüneyt; Balkan, Timuçin; Metin, Önder; Kaya, Sarp; PhD Student; PhD Student; Other; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; Koç University Tüpraş Energy Center (KUTEM) / Koç Üniversitesi Tüpraş Enerji Merkezi (KÜTEM); Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; N/A; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; N/A; N/A; N/A; 46962; 116541Herein, the effect of Pt shell thickness and Ag content in the surface layer on the oxygen reduction reaction activities of Ag@Pt core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) is discussed. Ag@Pt NPs are synthesized via the seeded-growth method, where colloidal Ag NPs are first synthesized and used as seeds for the growth of Pt. Electrochemical activity measurements in alkaline media show a remarkable dependency between the Ag content in the shell and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity, where the overpotentials required for -1.0 mA cm(-2) drop gradually, that is, 0.72, 0.77, and 0.80 V-RHE for Ag@Pt-25, Ag@Pt-35, and Ag@Pt-45, respectively. Tafel analysis also confirms this dependency with 73.5 mV dec(-1) for Ag@Pt-25, 71.3 mV dec(-1) for Ag@Pt-35, and 68.8 mV dec(-1) for Ag@Pt-45. A combination of the high-resolution transmission electron microscope, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-Ray diffraction analysis shows an increase of the Pt shell thickness. It is shown that the absence of Pt-H adsorption/desorption peaks in cyclic voltammetry of Ag@Pt NPs is correlated with Ag in the surface layer, which plays an important role in the ORR activity due to the blockage of Pt(111) terrace sites. Rate-limiting first-electron transfer to oxygen is facilitated by decreasing Ag amount at the surface.Publication Metadata only FT-Raman, FT-IR and NMR spectra, vibrational assignments and density functional studies of 1,3-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)-2-thiapropane ligand and its Zn(II) halide complexes(2008) Aghatabay, Naz Mohammed; Tulu, Metin; Yılmaz, Ayberk; Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemistry; Somer, Mehmet Suat; Haciu, Durata; Faculty Member; Teaching Faculty; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; 178882; N/A1,3-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)-2-thiapropane (L) ligand and its zinc halide ZnX2 (X = Cl, Br, I) complexes have been synthesized. The compounds were characterized using the elemental analysis, molar conductivity, FT-Raman, FT-IR (mid i.r., far i.r.), 1H and 13C NMR spectra, and quantum chemical calculations performed with Gaussian 03 package program set. The optimized geometries and vibrational frequencies of the ligand and [Zn(L)Cl2] complex were calculated using the DFT/B3LYP method with a 6–31g(d) basis set. The geometry optimization of [Zn(L)Cl2] yields a slightly distorted tetrahedral environment around Zn ion, while the molecule clearly reveals the Cs symmetry. The molar conductivity data reveals that the complexes are neutral. The ligand is bidentate, via two of the imine nitrogen atoms in the bis-imidazole ring units, and together with the monodentate coordination of the two halides to the metal centre.