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Article Electrochemical and Optical Properties of an Azo Dye Based Conducting Copolymer(2009) Cihaner, Atilla; Algı, FatihThe electrochemical and optical properties of a novel conducting copolymer called poly(2,5' -dimethyl-[4- (2,5-di-thiophen-2-yl-pyrrol-1-yl)-phenyl]azobenzene-co-(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)) (poly(1-co-EDOT)) are reported. Electrochemically synthesized poly(1-co-EDOT) based on the azo dye has a well-defined and reversible redox couple (0.37 V vs. Ag/AgCl) with good cycle stability. The copolymer film exhibits high conductivity (13 S/cm) as well as electrochromic behavior (magenta when neutralized and transmissive sky blue when oxidized). Furthermore, electro-optically active copolymer film has a low band gap of 1.79 eV with a π − π* transition at 555 nm.Article Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 9Ann-Assisted Forecasting of Adsorption Efficiency To Remove Heavy Metals(Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey, 2019) Buaısha, Magdi; Balku, Şaziye; Yaman, Şeniz ÖzalpIn wastewater treatment, scientific and practical models utilizing numerical computational techniques suchas artificial neural networks (ANNs) can significantly help to improve the process as a whole through adsorption systems.In the modeling of the adsorption efficiency for heavy metals from wastewater, some kinetic models have been used such as pseudo first-order and second-order. The present work develops an ANN model to forecast the adsorption efficiency of heavy metals such as zinc, nickel, and copper by extracting experimental data from three case studies. To do this, we apply trial-and-error to find the most ideal ANN settings, the efficiency of which is determined by mean square error (MSE) and coefficient of determination (R2). According to the results, the model can forecast adsorption efficiency percent (AE%) with a tangent sigmoid transfer function (tansig) in the hidden layer with 10 neurons and a linear transferfunction (purelin) in the output layer. Furthermore, the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm is seen to be most ideal for training the algorithm for the case studies, with the lowest MSE and high R2 . In addition, the experimental results and the results predicted by the model with the ANN were found to be highly compatible with each other.Article Synthesis, Properties, and Electrochemistry of a Photochromic Compound Based on Dithienylethene and Prodot(2015) Algı, Melek Pamuk; Cihaner, Atilla; Algı, FatihAbstract: The synthesis, photochromic features, and electrochemistry of a novel material based on dithienylethene (DTE) and 3,3-didecyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine (didecyl-ProDOT) units are described. It is noteworthy that 1,2-bis(5-(3,3-didecyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepin-6-yl)-2-methylthiophen-3-yl)cyclopent-1-ene can be efficiently switched between open and closed states by light in both solution and in the solid poly(methyl metacrylate) (PMMA) matrix. It is also found that the emission of this novel compound can be switched on and off upon irradiation.Article The Synthesis, Characterization and Energy Transfer Efficiency of a Dithienylpyrrole and Bodipy Based Donor-Acceptor System(2009) Atalar, Taner; Cihaner, Atilla; Algı, FatihA dithienylpyrrole-BODIPY based donor-acceptor system with 1,4-phenylene spacer as a model system for energy transfer was designed and synthesized. Absorption and emission spectra have revealed an efficient resonance energy transfer from dithienylpyrrole as donor to BODIPY as acceptor.Article Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Reaction Between Co2andcarbon Dioxide Binding Organic Liquids(2016) Tankal, Hilal; Orhan, Özge Yüksel; Alper, Erdoğan; Özdoğan, Telhat; Kayı, HakanThe reaction kinetics of CO2absorption into new carbon dioxide binding organic liquids (CO2BOLs) was com-prehensively studied to evaluate their potential for CO2removal. A stopped- ow apparatus with conductivity detectionwas used to determine the CO2absorption kinetics of novel CO2BOLs composed of DBN (1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene)/1-propanol and TBD (1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene)/1-butanol. A modi ed termolecular reaction mechanismfor the reaction of CO2with CO2BOLs was used to calculate the observed pseudo- rst{order rate constant k0(s1)and second-order reaction rate constant k2(m3/kmol.s). Experiments were performed by varying organic base (DBN orTBD) weight percentage in alcohol medium for a temperature range of 288{308 K. It was found that k0increased withincreasing amine concentration and temperature. By comparing using two different CO2BOL systems, it was observedthat the TBD/1-butanol system has faster reaction kinetics than the DBN/1-propanol system. Finally, experimentaland theoretical activation energies of these CO2BOL systems were obtained and compared. Quantum chemical calcula-tions using spin restricted B3LYP and MP2 methods were utilized to reveal the structural and energetic details of thesingle-step termolecular reaction mechanism.Article Gold-Assembled Silica-Coated Cobalt Nanoparticles as Efficient Magnetic Separation Units and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate Lütfiye Sezen Yildirim1,, Murat Kaya2,∗,, Mürvet Volkan(Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey, 2019) Yıldırım, Lütfiye Sezen; Kaya, Murat; Volkan, MürvetMagnetic and optical bifunctional nanoparticles that combine easy separation, preconcentration, and efficientSERS capabilities have been fabricated with high sensitivity and reproducibility through a low-cost method. Thesegold nanoparticles attached on magnetic silica-coated cobalt nanospheres (Co@SiO2 /AuNPs) display the advantageof strong resonance absorption due to gaps at nanoscale between neighboring metal nanoparticles bringing large fieldenhancements, known as “hot spots”. The prepared particles can be controlled by using an external magnetic field,which makes them very promising candidates in biological applications and Raman spectroscopic analysis of dissolvedorganic species. The magnetic property of the prepared particles lowers the detection limits through preconcentrationwith solid-phase extraction in SERS analysis. The performance of the prepared nanostructures was evaluated as a SERSsubstrate using brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) and rhodamine 6G (R6G) as model compounds. The solid-phase affinityextraction of 4-mercapto benzoic acid (4-MBA) using bifunctional Co@SiO2 /AuNPs nanoparticles followed by magneticseparation and the measurement of the SERS signal on the same magnetic particles without elution were investigated.Approximately 50-fold increase in SERS intensity was achieved through solid-phase extraction of 8.3 × 10 −6 M 4-MBAin 10 min.
