Research profile sections
Muhammet Kürşat Kazmanlı
Research lead working on surface engineering, tribology, corrosion resistance, biomaterial surfaces and functional coatings.
Cem Örnek
Works on corrosion electrochemistry, material degradation, SKPFM measurements and computational materials.
Selim Ertürk
Works on metallurgy, rotary kiln processes, celestite reduction, strontium compounds and alloy production routes.
Burçak Avcı
Focuses on materials characterization, protective coatings, hybrid steel behavior and thin film system performance.
İbrahim Göksel Hızlı
Works on thin film filter design, metamaterial development and the transfer of laboratory-scale production processes into applications.
Utku Orçun Gezici
Works on modeling, nanostructured magnetic materials and sustainable extraction processes.
Deniz Nalcı
Contributes to Surface Lab studies on materials and surface-related processes.
This section brings together the academic collaborators contributing to Surface Lab's research agenda through shared expertise and joint projects.
Prof. Dr. Ali Fuat Çakır
Academic collaborator contributing to the laboratory's development in coating, corrosion and surface engineering at ITU.
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ürgen
Contributes to surface technologies and coating systems with experience spanning ITU and Diasol R&D.
Prof. Dr. Ali Erdemir
Collaborative work is carried out with Texas A&M University on tribology, wear and low-friction surface systems.
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tuğrul Alpas
The collaboration with the University of Windsor focuses on high-temperature behavior, tribology and advanced engineering coatings.
Prof. Dr. Servet Timur
Academic collaboration continues on boriding processes and application-oriented surface treatment development lines.
Prof. Dr. Murat Baydoğan
Joint work continues around engineering materials, mechanical performance and advanced manufacturing.
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nuri Solak
Close collaboration continues on thin film design and PVD processes within military technologies and defense industry projects.
Selected publications
- Comparative tribological behaviors of TiN, CrN and MoNCu nanocomposite coatings.
- Effect of nitrogen pressure, bias voltage and substrate temperature on the phase structure of Mo-N coatings produced by cathodic arc PVD.
- XPS investigations of tribolayers formed on TiN and (Ti, Re) N coatings.
- SKPFM measured Volta potential correlated with strain localisation in microstructure to understand corrosion susceptibility of cold-rolled grade 2205 duplex stainless steel.
- On the Volta potential measured by SKPFM-fundamental and practical aspects with relevance to corrosion science.
- Correlative Tomography.
- Calcination of Strontium Carbonate in Rotary Kiln Furnace.
- Effects of furnace slope and rotational speed on the carbothermic reduction of celestite in a laboratory-scale rotary kiln furnace.
- Metallothermic Production of Aluminum-Strontium Master Alloy for Modification of Silicon in Laboratory Scale Rotary Furnace.
- Understanding the passive behaviour of low-chromium high-strength Hybrid steel in corrosive environments.
- Contribution of galvanic coupling with TiN, TiAlN, and CrN to the corrosion of steel in neutral and acidic chloride solutions.
- Investigation of performance losses in microbial fuel cells with low platinum loadings on air-cathodes.
- Challenging the frontiers of superparamagnetism through strain engineering: DFT investigation and co-precipitation synthesis of large aggregated Fe3O4 powder.
- Eco-Friendly Leaching of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Black Mass Using a Ternary Deep Eutectic Solvent System Based on Choline Chloride, Glycolic Acid, and Ascorbic Acid.
- Synthesis and Investigation of Superparamagnetic Nano-structured Fe3O4 Powder Using Co-Precipitation Method.
Projects
- Production and Characterization of Diamond-Like Carbon Films.
- Thermal Barrier Coating.
- The Development of Surgical Implant Materials with High Biocompatibility and Enhanced Mechanical Properties.
- Laser activated electroless copper deposition on silicon substrate.
- Design and fabrication of metamaterials for military applications.
- Investigation of hydrolytic durability of low-e thin film layers to improve solar reflectors.
- Engineering the tensile properties of cold spray additive manufactured Ti6Al4V alloys through post-spray heat treatment.
- Investigation of the effect of mold temperature and strip thickness on squeeze cast 2024 aluminum alloy strip.
- Simulation and fabrication of thin film notch filter.
- Design and fabrication of metamaterials for military applications.
- Laser activated electroless copper deposition on silicon substrate.
Patents
- Friction stir spot welding tool and its production method.
- Anodic aluminum oxide coating defect detection method.
- Plasma electrolytic oxidation based pretreatment method for obtaining metallic coating on polymeric materials.