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    Electrochemical Copolymerization of 2-Substituted Thiophene Derivative Linked by Polyether Bridge With Thiophene
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2005) Cihaner, A; Önal, AM
    New conducting copolymers have been synthesized via electrochemical oxidation of thiophene (Th) in the presence of monomer bis(2-thienyl)ethyl (1). Cyclic voltammetry (CV) studies showed that the presence of monomer I in the electrolytic solution greatly changes the CV behaviour of the formation of the polythiophene films. It is found that the increasing ratio of I was found to decrease electroactivity of copoly(I-Th). Electrochemical synthesis of copolymer films was achieved via constant potential electrolysis (CPE) in an electrolytic solution containing 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate (TBAPF(6)) dissolved in CH3CN. Spectroelectrochemical (SPEL) properties of the films were investigated using UV-vis spectroscopic technique. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 29
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    Composition-tuned band gap energy and refractive index in GaSxSe1-x layered mixed crystals
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2017) Isik, Mehmet; Gasanly, Nizami
    Transmission and reflection measurements on GaSxSe1-x mixed crystals (0 <= x <= 1) were carried out in the 400-1000 nm spectral range. Band gap energies of the studied crystals were obtained using the derivative spectra of transmittance and reflectance. The compositional dependence of band gap energy revealed that as sulfur (selenium) composition is increased (decreased) in the mixed crystals, band gap energy increases quadratically from 1.99 eV (GaSe) to 2.55 eV (GaS). Spectral dependencies of refractive indices of the mixed crystals were plotted using the reflectance spectra. It was observed that refractive index decreases nearly in a linear behavior with increasing band gap energy for GaSxSe1-x mixed crystals. Moreover, the composition ratio of the mixed crystals was obtained from the energy dispersive spectroscopy measurements. The atomic compositions of the studied crystals are well-matched with composition x increasing from 0 to 1 by intervals of 0.25. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 49
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    Synthesis of Α-fe2o3< Heterogeneous Composites by the Sol-Gel Process and Their Photocatalytic Activity
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2020) Bouziani, Asmae; Park, Jongee; Ozturk, Abdullah
    alpha-Fe2O3/TiO2 heterogeneous composites were synthesized by the sol-gel process to increase the photocatalytic activity of TiO2. The structural, morphological, and optical characteristics of the composites were determined by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Results revealed that the incorporation of alpha-Fe2O3 to TiO2 widened the visible light absorption ability of TiO2. It was realized that the calcination temperature plays a crucial role in morphology development hence photocatalytic activity of the alpha-Fe2O3/TiO2 heterogeneous composites. The photocatalytic activity of the composites calcined at various temperatures was evaluated for the degradation of Methylene Blue (MB) and Phenol (Ph) in aqueous medium under UV and sun-like illuminations. The alpha-Fe2O3-TiO2 composites exhibits superior photocatalytic efficiency to degrade both MB and Ph as compared to both pristine TiO2 and pristine alpha-Fe2O3 under sun-like illumination. The alpha-Fe2O3/TiO2 composite degraded approximately 90 % of MB and 50 % of Ph in 180 min sun-like illumination. Improvement in photocatalytic activity is attributed to the separation of photogenerated electron/hole pairs through the interaction of alpha-Fe(2)O(3 )and TiO2.
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    Citation - WoS: 10
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    Characterization of Properties of Vanadium, Boron and Strontium Addition on Hpdc of A360 Alloy
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2021) Gursoy, Ozen; Colak, Murat; Tur, Kazim; Dispinar, Derya
    The demand for lighter weight decreased thickness and higher strength has become the focal point in the automotive industry. In order to meet such requirements, the addition of several alloying elements has been started to be investigated. In this work, the additions of V, B, and Sr on feedability and tensile properties of A360 has been studied. A mold design that consisted of test bars has been produced. Initially, a simulation was carried out to optimize the runners, filling, and solidification parameters. Following the tests, it was found that V addition revealed the highest UTS but low elongation at fracture, while B addition exhibited visa verse. On the other hand, impact energy was higher with B additions.
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    Citation - WoS: 5
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    An Electrochromic Polymer Based on Cyclopenta[2,1-B;3,4 Effect of a Single Atom Alteration on the Electrochemical and Optical Properties of the Polymer Backbone
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2020) Tutuncu, Esra; Varlik, Bengisu; Kesimal, Busra; Cihaner, Atilla; Ozkut, Merve Icli; Icli Ozkut, Merve
    An electrochromic polymer, namely "poly(2,6-(3,3-didecyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno [3,4-b] [1,4]dioxepin-6-yl)-4,4-dioctyl-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b']dithiophene)" (P1), was electrochemically synthesized successfully, and its electrochemical and optical properties were investigated. The band gap of the polymer P1 was calculated as 1.77 eV with -5.45 eV Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) and -3.68 eV Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) energy levels. The polymer P1 is bluish purple when neutralized and highly transparent greenish purple when oxidized. This color change was observed around 1.4 s between its redox states and optical contrast ratio was found to be as 49 % and 53 % with 234 cm(2)/C and 239 cm(2)/C coloration efficiencies at 590 nm and 634 nm, respectively. Moreover, the properties of this polymer were compared to its analogues and also during this comparison the effect of alteration of a single atom in the pendant unit was tried to be understood.
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    Citation - WoS: 62
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    Molecularly Imprinted Biocompatible Magnetic Nanoparticles for Specific Recognition of Ochratoxin a
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2016) Turan, Eylem; Sahin, Ferat
    In this paper, we synthesized highly selective oligo(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether methacrylate (OEGMA) based molecularly imprinted polymers for carcinogenic mycotoxin Ochratoxin A (OTA) on the surface of magnetic nanoparticles (MIP MNPs) via surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). Functional monomer OEGMA, crosslinker 1,2-ethyleneglycoldimethacrylate (EGDMA), template molecule OTA, initiator 3-bromopropyltrimethoxysilane (BPTS), Cu(I)Br and 2,2'-bipyridyl(2,2'-bpy) were selected for synthesis the MIP layer onto the surface of MNPs. After removing the template, the molecularly imprinted magnetic nanoparticles was used to detect OTA using UV-vis spectrophotometer. According to results, MIP MNPs showed fast adsorption, large adsorption capacity and highly selectivity toward to OTA. Also, the recovery of OTA in the spiked grape juice samples ranged from 97.1% to 97.4% with the relative standard deviation changed from 4.13% to 6.25%. As a result, MIP MNPs demonstrate high affinity to OTA targets have significant potential for clean-up applications in food samples (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 65
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    An Electrochromic and Fluorescent Polymer Based on 1-(1
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2008) Cihaner, Atilla; Algi, Fatih
    A novel polymer was synthesized by electrochemical polymerization of 1-(1-naphthyl)-2,5-di-2-thienyl-1H-pyrrole (SNS-1-NAPH). The corresponding polymer (PSNS-1-NAPH) was characterized by cyclic voltammetry, FT-IR and UV-vis spectroscopy. The polymer has a very well-defined and reversible redox process in both organic and aqueous solutions. Furthermore, it shows stable electrochromic behavior; yellow in the neutral state, green in the intermediate state and violet in the oxidized state. PSNS-1-NAPH is soluble in common solvents. Although SNS-1-NAPH is almost nonfluorescent, its polymer is a yellow and/or green light emitter. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 12
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    Energy Band Gap and Dispersive Optical Parameters in Bi1.5zn0.92< Pyrochlore Ceramics
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2010) Qasrawi, A. F.; Mergen, A.
    The compositional and optical properties of Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5O6.92 Pyrochlore ceramics have been investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and UV-vis spectroscopy, respectively. The SEM spectroscopy revealed that the pyrochlore exhibits a very dense microstructure with single-phase appearance. The absorption spectral analysis in the sharp absorption region revealed an indirect forbidden transitions band gap of 3.30 eV. The room temperature refractive index, which was calculated from the reflectance and transmittance data, allowed the identification of the dispersion and oscillator energies, static and lattice dielectric constants and static refractive index as 26.69 and 3.37 eV, 8.92 and 15.95 and 2.98, respectively. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 9
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    Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Cds/Y Thin Films
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2019) Qasrawi, A. F.; Abed, Tamara Y.
    In the current study, the structural, optical, photoelectrical and electrical properties of CdS/Y/CdS thin films are investigated. The current design include the evaporation of a layer of 70 nm thick yttrium between two layers of CdS. Each CdS layer is of thickness of 500 nm. It is observed that the yttrium slab increased the microstrain, defect density, stacking faults and decreased the grain size and redshifts the indirect allowed transitions energy band gap of CdS. In addition an enhancement by similar to 5 times in the light absorbability is detected at 1.74 eV. The enhanced absorbance results in increasing the photocurrent by similar to 21 times and changed the recombination mechanism from a trap assisted recombination to supralinear recombination mechanisms. Moreover, the ac signal analysis in the frequency domain of 10-1800 MHz has shown that the yttrium forces the CdS to exhibit negative capacitance effect and make it behave as band stop filter with notch frequency of 1520 MHz. The quality of the CdS/Y/CdS films as microwave cavities are screened by the evaluation of the return loss which revealed good features of the nanostructured films as microwave receivers.
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    Citation - WoS: 8
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    Electronic, Optical and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Bi12sio20 Sillenite: First Principle Calculations
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2021) Isik, M.; Surucu, G.; Gencer, A.; Gasanly, N. M.
    Bi12XO20 (X: Si, Ge, Ti) ternary semiconducting compounds are known as sillenites and take a remarkable attention thanks to their attractive photorefractive properties. The present paper reports electronic, optical and thermodynamic characteristics of Bi12SiO20 by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The crystalline structure of the compound was revealed as cubic with lattice constant of 10.135 angstrom. XRD pattern obtained from DFT calculations were compared with experimental data and there is a good consistency between them. The electronic band structure and density of state plots were presented in detail. The band gap energy of the compound was determined from electronic band structure and spectra of optical constants. The spectral dependencies of real and imaginary components of dielectric function, refractive index, extinction coefficient, absorption coefficient and loss function were plotted in the 0-12 eV spectral range. The revealed structural, electronic and optical characteristics were discussed taking into account the previously reported theoretical and experimental studies on the Bi12SiO20 sillenite.