Spring’ 19 Department Seminars with Dr. Bilge Baytekin

Spring’ 19 Department Seminars with Dr. Bilge Baytekin Title: Light Controlled Static Charging and Static Charge Controlled Friction Speaker: Dr. Bilge Baytekin Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University Ankara, Türkiye Date: February 12, 2019, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: The mechanism of generation of static electricity on insulator surfaces upon rubbing/contact is […]

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Doğan Kaya

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Doğan Kaya Title: Beyond Imaging Surfaces and Molecules with Scanning Tunelling Microscopy Speaker: Dr. Doğan Kaya Department of Electronics and Automation, Çukurova University Adana, Türkiye Date: December 18, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Direct observation of individual surface atoms and molecules has been great […]

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Umut Aydemir

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Umut Aydemir Title: Enhancement in Efficiency of Thermoelectric Materials by “Phase Boundary Mapping” and “Melt-Centrifugation” Speaker: Dr. Umut Aydemir Department of Chemistry, Koc University Istanbul, Türkiye Date: November 27, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Since the discovery of the thermoelectric effects by Seebeck, Peltier […]

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Seymur Jahangirov

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Seymur Jahangirov Title: Periodic Table Guided Discovery and Understanding of 2D Materials Speaker: Dr. Seymur Jahangirov Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University Ankara, Türkiye Date: November 13, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Finding the contender of graphene in the field of 2D […]

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Antoine Marion

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Antoine Marion Title: Semiempirical Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics (SEBOMD) Speaker: Dr. Antoine Marion Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University Ankara, Türkiye Date: November 6, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Accounting for the quantum mechanical (QM) behavior of large molecular systems together with their bulk […]

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. İlke Uğur Marion

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. İlke Uğur Marion Title: Combination and Transferability of Modern Computational Chemistry Approaches Speaker: Dr. İlke Uğur Marion Ashwin-Ushas Corporation Marlboro, New Jersey, United States Date: April 3, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Computational chemists make use of a great variety of different methodologies in […]

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Serap Aksu

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Serap Aksu Title: “Seeing” the Proteins in the Infrared by Plasmo-Fluidics Speaker: Dr. Serap Aksu Department of Physics, Bilkent University Ankara, Türkiye Date: April 10, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Plasmonics enables us to detect biological molecules even in extremely minute amounts using subwavelength […]

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. M. Selim Hanay

Fall ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. M. Selim Hanay Title: Neutral Molecula and Mega-Dalton Mass Spectrometry with Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) Speaker: Dr. M. Selim Hanay Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bilkent University Ankara, Türkiye Date: March 27, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Mass spectrometry is one of the most critical chemical technique […]

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. H. Funda Yağcı Acar

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. H. Funda Yağcı Acar Title: Nano-Theranostics Speaker: Dr. H. Funda Yağcı Acar, Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, Koç University Istanbul, Türkiye Date: March 13, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Quantum dots are promising optical imaging agents which may be rendered as theranostic materials. Despite […]

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Aligül Büyükaksoy

Spring ’18 Department Seminars with Dr. Aligül Büyükaksoy Title: Nanostructuring Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes for Enhanced Performance and Durability Speaker: Dr. Aligül Büyükaksoy Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gebze Technical University Kocaeli, Türkiye Date: March 6, 2018, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Conventional energy conversion schemes based on the […]