Mehmet Önder Pekcan

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Pekcan, Mehmet Önder

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Prof. Dr.

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pekcan@khas.edu.tr

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0000-0002-0082-8209

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Citation Count: 6
The WS(2)dependence on the elasticity and optical band gap energies of swollen PAAm composites
(Sage Publications, 2020) Özuğur Uysal, Bengü; Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Çimen, Büşra; Uysal, Bengü Özuğur; Pekcan, Önder
New generation nano-filler polymer composites have many applications including biomedical, electronic and maritime related applications because of their mechanical, electronic and optical properties. The properties of composites were investigated as a function of nano-filler content. Among these, tungsten disulfide (WS2) has the potential to be used as a component in electronic devices owing to its high electron mobility and easily tunable optical band gap energy. Tungsten disulfide (WS2)- Polyacrylamide (PAAm) composite was prepared using free radical co-polymerization and wet laboratory methods with WS(2)content. Composites were characterized for mechanical and optical properties using an Elasticity Instrument and UV-vis Spectrophotometer, respectively. Elastic modulus was modeled by a statistical thermodynamics model. Tauc's and Urbach's Tail model for direct transition were used to model for the optical band gap. In this study, the swelling and WS(2)effect on the optical band gap and elasticity of WS2- PAAm composites were investigated. It was observed that the elasticity presented a reversed behavior of optical band gap energies with respect to WS(2)content. For the applications of nano-filler doped polymer composites in flexible electronic devices, WS(2)content strongly influences the mechanical and optical properties.
Citation Count: 81
Electrical and optical percolations of polystyrene latex-multiwalled carbon nanotube composites
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2010) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Arda, Ertan; Dolastir, Fahrettin; Pekcan, Önder
Electrical conductivity and optical transmittance properties of polystyrene (PS)-multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite films were investigated. Composite films were prepared by mixing of various mass fractions of MWCNT in PS-water dispersions. After water evaporates powder composite films were annealed at 175 degrees C above the glass transition of PS for 20 min. Photon transmission and two point probe resistivity techniques were employed to determine the variations of the optical and the electrical properties of composites. Transmitted light intensity I(tr) and surface resistivity R(s) were monitored as a function of MWCNT mass fraction (M). It was observed that both the surface resistivity and the optical transparency were decreased by increasing the amount of MWCNT added to the polymeric system. Conductivity and optical results were interpreted according to the classical and site percolation theory respectively. The electrical (sigma) and the optical (op) percolation threshold values and critical exponents were calculated as M(sigma) = 1.8 wt.% M(op) = 0-0.13 wt.% and beta(sigma) = 2.25 beta(op) = 0.32 respectively. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Citation Count: 2
Fluorescence and photon transmission techniques for studying film formation from PS/GO nanocomposites
(SPRINGER, 2020) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Şaziye, Uğur; Pekcan, Önder
Steady-state fluorescence and UV-Vis techniques were used to study the film formation behavior of composites consisting of pyrene (P)-labeled polystyrene (PS) latex and graphene oxide (GO) in terms of PS latex/GO volume fraction. PS/GO composite films were prepared on glass substrates with different volume fractions of PS and GO using the drop casting method at room temperature. The film formation behavior of these composites was studied by annealing them at a temperature range of 100-300 degrees C and monitoring the scattered light intensity (I-sc), fluorescence intensity (I-P) from P and transmitted light intensity (I-tr) through the films after each annealing step. The optical results indicate that PS/GO composites showed complete film formation independent of GO volume fraction. The morphological changes in the films were also found to be in consistent with these results.
Citation Count: 9
Film Formation of Nano-Sized Hard Latex (PS) in Soft Polymer Matrix (PBA): An Excimer Study
(John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Sunay, Selin; Pekcan, Önder
This work reports steady state fluorescence (SSF) technique for studying film formation from pyrene (P)labeled nano-sized polystyrene (PS) and poly(n-butyl acrylate) (PBA) hard/soft latex blends. Blend films were prepared from mixtures of PS and PBA in dispersion. Eight different blend films were prepared in various hard/soft latex compositions at room temperature and annealed at elevated temperatures above glass transition temperature (T(g)) of polystyerene. Monomer (I(P)) and excimer (I(E)) intensities from P was measured after each annealing step to monitor the stages of film formation. The evolution of transparency of latex films was monitored using photon transmission intensity I(tr). Film morphologies were examined by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results showed that as the amount of hard component (PS) in the blend is decreased a significant change occurred in both I(E)/I(P) and I(tr) curves at a certain critical weight fraction (50 wt%) of PS hard latex. Two distinct film formation stages which are named as void closure and interdiffusion were seen in (I(E)/I(P)) data above this fraction. However below 50 wt% PS no film formation was observed. AFM pictures also confirmed these findings. Void closure and interdiffusion stages for (50-100) wt% range of PS were modeled and related activation energies were determined. There was no observable change in activation energies confirming that film formation behavior is not affected by varying the blend composition in this range. POLYM. COMPOS. 31:16111619 2010. (C) 2009 Society of Plastics Engineers
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Fluorescence Study of Film Formation from PS Latex-TiO2 Composites: Effects of TiO2 Content Film Thickness and Particle Size
(Amer Scientific Publishers, 2015) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Sunay, M. Selin; Pekcan, Önder
Steady-state fluorescence (SSF) technique in conjunction with UV-visible (UVV) technique atomic force microscope (AFM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) is used for studying film formation from TiO2 covered polystyrene (PS) latex particles. The effects of TiO2 content film thickness and PS particle size on film formation and structure properties of PS/TiO2 composites are studied. For this purpose in the first part two different sets of PS films with thicknesses of 5 and 20 mu m were prepared from pyrene-(P-) labeled PS particles (320 nm) and covered with various layers of TiO2 with the use of dip-coating method. These films were then annealed at elevated temperatures above glass transition temperature (T-g) of PS in the range of 100-280 degrees C. Fluorescence emission intensity I-p from P and transmitted light intensity I-tr were measured after each annealing step to monitor the stages of film formation. The results show that film formation from PS latexes occurs on the top surface of PS/TiO2 composites and thus develop independent from TiO2 content for both film sets. However the surface morphology of the films was found to vary with both TiO2 content and film thickness. After removal of PS thin films provide a quite ordered porous structure while thick films show nonporous structure. In the second Part two film series were prepared from PS particles with diameters of 203 nm (SmPS) and 382 nm (LgPS) covered with different layers of TiO2 and annealed at elevated temperatures. Results reveal that SmPS/TiO2 films undergo complete film formation independent of the TiO2 content. However no film formation occurs above a certain TiO2 content in LgPS/TiO2 films. SEM images demonstrate that SmPS/TiO2 films have highly well-ordered microporous structures with increasing TiO2 content after extraction of PS polymer whereas LgPS/TiO2 composites show no porous structure for high TiO2 content. Our experiments also show that porous TiO2 films with different sizes could successfully be prepared with this technique.
Citation Count: 6
Effect of Calcium Ion Concentration on Small Molecule Desorption from Alginate Beads
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2014) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Kaygusuz, Hakan; Erim, F. Bedia; Pekcan, Önder
Spherical alginate beads were prepared by ionotropic gelation of sodium alginate through the use of calcium ions. Pyranine (Py) was added to the alginate solution as a small molecule probe for fluorescence studies. Desorption of Py in water from the alginate beads cross-linked with calcium ions was studied by using the steady state fluorescence technique. The fluorescence emission intensity (I) from Py was monitored during the desorption process at 512 nm using the time drive mode of the spectrofluorometer. The increase in I was attributed to Py release from the beads. The Fickian diffusion model was used to calculate the desorption coefficients D which were found to be increased up to 3% (w/v) CaCl2 concentration in the beads and then decreased with a further increase of CaCl2 content. On the other hand the encapsulation efficiency of Py in the calcium alginate beads presented the reverse behavior compared to D. It was observed that when the content of CaCl2 was increased the incubation time t(0) for the start of desorption increased.
Citation Count: 1
Gelation electrical conductivity and elasticity of PAM- MWNT
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2011) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Pekcan, Önder
Polyacrylamide- Multiwalled carbonnanotube (PAM- MWNT) composites were prepared via free radical crosslinking copolymerization with different amounts of MWNT varying in the range between 0.1 and 15 wt. %. PAM- MWNT composite gels were characterized by fluorescence dielectric spectroscopy and the tensile testing technique. A small content of doped nanotubes dramatically changed gelation time conductivity and young modulus respectively. The gel fraction exponent ? of PAM- MWNT composite gels were measured for various monomer and MWNT concentrations and observed that the gel fraction exponent ? agrees best with the percolation theory for various amounts of PAM- MWNT. These polymer systems which are initially of an isolator character are doped with carbon nanotubes of nano dimensions and when the amount of this addition exceeds a critical value (0.3 wt. % MWNT) known as the percolation threshold then composite gel systems with carbon nanotubes become electrically conducting structures with a critical exponent around r=2 which is close to the theoretical prediction of this value in 3D percolated system as known random resistor network. The observed elasticities are decreased above 3 wt. %MWNT with critical exponent around y=0.72 which is indicative of a transition from liquid-like to solid-like viscoelastic behavior. © 2011 Materials Research Society.
Citation Count: 1
Evaluation of the fractal dimension of polyacrylamide during gelation and swelling
(Elsevier, 2021) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Kara, Selim; Pekcan, Önder; Gülşen, Akın-Evingür
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Citation Count: 3
Oxygen Diffusion into Polymer-Clay Composite Films as a Function of Clay Content and Temperature
(Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2009) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Yargı, Önder; Elaissari, Abdelhamid; Pekcan, Önder
A simple fluorescence technique is proposed for the measurement of the diffusion coefficient of oxygen into polystyrene-clay composite films as a function of clay content and temperature. The composite films were prepared from a mixture of surfactant-free pyrene-labeled polystyrene latexes and modified Na-montmorillonite clay of various compositions at room temperature. Diffusion measurements were performed with films at room temperature for seven different clay contents (0 5 10 20 30 50 and 60 wt.%). The diffusion coefficients of oxygen increased from 7.4 x 10(-10) to 26.9 x 10(-10) cm(2)s(-1) with increasing clay content. On the other hand diffusion measurements were performed over a temperature range Of 25-70 degrees C for 0 5 and 20 wt.% clay content films. The calculated diffusion activation energies decreased from 2.44 to 0.44 kcal/mol with increasing clay content. No clay content and temperature effects were observed on quenching rate constant and mutual diffusion coefficient values. The results showed that the diffusion coefficients are strongly dependent on both the temperature and clay content in the film.
Citation Count: 6
Drying of Polyacrylamide Composite Gels Formed with Various Kappa- Carrageenan Content
(Springer/Plenum Publishers, 2011) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Pekcan, Önder
Drying of polyacrylamide (PAAm)-kappa-carrageenan (kappa C) composite gels were monitored by using steady-state fluorescence technique. Disc shaped gels were formed from acrylamide (AAm) and N N'- methylenebisacrylamide(Bis) with various kappa- carrageenan (kappa C) contents by free radical crosslinking copolymerization in water. Pyranine (P) was doped as a fluorescence probe and scattered light I (sc) and fluorescence intensities I were monitored during drying of these gels. It is observed that fluorescence intensity of pyranine increased as drying time is increased for all samples. The increase in I was modeled using Stern- Volmer equation and diffusion with moving boundary. It is found that desorption coefficient D decreased as kappa C contents were increased. Supporting gravimetrical and volumetric experiments were also carried out during drying of PAAm- kappa C composite gels.