Spring ’24 Department Seminars with Dr. Berkant Yetişkin
Spring ’24 Department Seminars with Dr. Berkant Yetişkin Speaker: Dr. Berkant Yetişkin Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts, United States Date: March 26, Tuesday Time: 17:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Polymeric gels are 3-dimensional (3D), soft, semisolid materials comprising crosslinked polymer chains swollen by a solvent. By changing the synthesis conditions, different polymeric gels […]
Spring ’24 Department Seminars with Dr. Denis S. Tikhonov
Spring ’24 Department Seminars with Dr. Denis S. Tikhonov Speaker: Dr. Denis S. Tikhonov German Electron Synchotron (DESY) Hamburg, Germany Date: March 5, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Chirality is an essential property of the molecules, in which they can exist in one of two forms, non-superimposable by only rotations, called enantiomers. Obtaining the enantioenriched […]
Spring ’24 Department Seminars with Dr. Ahmet Uysal
Spring ’24 Department Seminars with Dr. Ahmet Uysal Speaker: Dr. Ahmet Uysal Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory Illinois, United States Date: February 20, Tuesday Time: 17:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Chemical separations are crucial in refinery and reprocessing critical materials, such as platinum group metals, rare earths, and actinides. Typically, in these processes, the […]
Fall ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Miran Gaberšček
Fall ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Dr. Miran Gaberšček Speaker: Prof. Dr. Miran Gaberšček Department for Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana, Slovenia Date: October 10, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is a widely used electrcochemical technique for investigation of batteries, fuel cells but also solar cells and similar […]
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Müfit Akınç
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Müfit Akınç Speaker: Prof. Müfit Akınç Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University Ames, IA, United States of America Date: June 5, 2023, Monday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Over the years the author carried out research ranging from synthesis and characterization of powders to processing ceramics and intermetallics […]
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Engin Umut Akkaya
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Engin Umut Akkaya Speaker: Prof. Engin Umut Akkaya Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Dalian University of Technology Dalian, China Date: May 31, 2023, Wednesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Singlet oxygen is known to be involved in a large number of biological processes, both in healthy and diseased states […]
ChemIndustry Talks with Tuğhan Akbaşak
ChemIndustry Talks with Tuğhan Akbaşak Speaker: Tuğhan Akbaşak Research and Development Manager, Akkim Kimya Date: June 1, 2023, Thursday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Akkim Kimya, the leading chemicals producer of Turkey, was established in Yalova in 1977. Conducting manufacturing operations at 5 different locations with over 1000 employees, Akkim is a chemicals company that has been serving […]
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Ünal Şen
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Ünal Şen Title: Designing Advanced Metal-Organic Frameworks for Tailored Functionalities Speaker: Prof. Ünal Şen Department of Material Science and Engineering, Eskişehir Technical University Eskişehir, Türkiye Date: May 30, 2023, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline porous materials with high surface areas, low […]
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Seymur Jahangirov
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Seymur Jahangirov Title: Variations on a Theme in B Flat Speaker: Dr. Seymur Jahangirov, Assistant Professor Institute of Material Science and Technology, Bilkent University Ankara, Türkiye Date: May 2, 2023, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: The synthesis of graphene sparked a “gold rush” to find other […]
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Orkide Coskuner-Weber
Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Orkide Coskuner-Weber Title: The Universe of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins & Bio-Inspired Intrinsically Disordered Synthetic Polymers Speaker: Dr. Orkide Coskuner-Weber, Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Turkish-German University Istanbul, Türkiye Date: April 25, 2023, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: The importance of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) was […]