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Emel Yilgor

Emel Yilgor

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Materials Science

D-Index
44
Citations
9155
World Ranking
11954
National Ranking
26

Chemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
9120
World Ranking
16693
National Ranking
60

Overview

Emel Yilgor is a researcher affiliated with Koç University in Turkey, specializing in materials science and engineering. Their work spans several subfields, notably polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, organic chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

The primary focus of their research lies in topics such as polymer composites and self-healing, bone tissue engineering materials, polymer nanocomposites and properties, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, 3D printing in biomedical research, and additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include İskender Yılgör, Levent Beker, Nicolas Candau, Yusuf Z. Menceloğlu, and Oğuzhan Oğuz.

Their recent scholarly articles feature a range of investigations published in various journals. Some highlighted publications are:

  • 3D printed poly(lactic acid) scaffolds modified with chitosan and hydroxyapatite for bone repair applications (2020, Materials Today Communications)
  • Miniaturized wireless sensor enables real-time monitoring of food spoilage (2023, Nature Food)
  • Mechanical reinforcement and memory effect of strain-induced soft segment crystals in thermoplastic polyurethane-urea elastomers (2021, Polymer)
  • 3D Printed Biodegradable Polyurethaneurea Elastomer Recapitulates Skeletal Muscle Structure and Function (2021, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering)
  • Influence of soft segment structure, hydrogen bonding, and diisocyanate symmetry on morphology and properties of segmented thermoplastic polyurethanes and polyureas (2023, TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY)

Their frequent publication venues include journals such as Polymer, Macromolecules, Advanced Materials Technologies, Materials Today Communications, and Nature Food.

Best Publications

  • Electrospinning of polyurethane fibers

    Mustafa Muammer Demir;I. Yilgor;E. Yilgor;Burak Erman

  • Critical parameters in designing segmented polyurethanes and their effect on morphology and properties: A comprehensive review

    Iskender Yilgör;Emel Yilgör;Garth L. Wilkes

  • Silicone containing copolymers: Synthesis, properties and applications

    Emel Yilgör;Iskender Yilgör

  • FTIR investigation of the influence of diisocyanate symmetry on the morphology development in model segmented polyurethanes

    Iskender Yilgor;Emel Yilgor;I. Guclu Guler;Thomas C. Ward

  • Hydrogen bonding and polyurethane morphology. I. Quantum mechanical calculations of hydrogen bond energies and vibrational spectroscopy of model compounds

    Emel Yılgör;İskender Yılgör;Ersin Yurtsever

  • Comparison of hydrogen bonding in polydimethylsiloxane and polyether based urethane and urea copolymers

    E. Yilgör;E. Burgaz;E. Yurtsever;İ. Yilgör

  • Influence of system variables on the morphological and dynamic mechanical behavior of polydimethylsiloxane based segmented polyurethane and polyurea copolymers: a comparative perspective

    Jignesh P. Sheth;Ashish Aneja;Garth L. Wilkes;Emel Yilgor

  • Role of chain symmetry and hydrogen bonding in segmented copolymers with monodisperse hard segments

    Jignesh P. Sheth;Derek B. Klinedinst;Garth L. Wilkes;Iskender Yilgor

  • The effect of varying soft and hard segment length on the structure–property relationships of segmented polyurethanes based on a linear symmetric diisocyanate, 1,4-butanediol and PTMO soft segments

    Derek B. Klinedinst;Iskender Yilgör;Emel Yilgör;Mingqiang Zhang

  • Understanding the influence of hydrogen bonding and diisocyanate symmetry on the morphology and properties of segmented polyurethanes and polyureas: Computational and experimental study

    Selim Sami;Erol Yildirim;Mine Yurtsever;Ersin Yurtsever

  • Intercalated chitosan/hydroxyapatite nanocomposites: Promising materials for bone tissue engineering applications

    Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer;Emel Yilgör;Iskender Yilgör

  • Structure‐Morphology‐Property Behavior of Segmented Thermoplastic Polyurethanes and Polyureas Prepared without Chain Extenders

    Iskender Yilgor;Emel Yilgor

  • Hydrogen bonding: a critical parameter in designing silicone copolymers

    Emel Yılgör;İskender Yılgör

  • Structure–property relationships and melt rheology of segmented, non-chain extended polyureas: Effect of soft segment molecular weight

    Sudipto Das;Iskender Yilgor;Emel Yilgor;Bora Inci

  • Effect of Symmetry and H‐bond Strength of Hard Segments on the Structure‐Property Relationships of Segmented, Nonchain Extended Polyurethanes and Polyureas

    Sudipto Das;David F. Cox;Garth L. Wilkes;Derek B. Klinedinst

  • Facile preparation of superhydrophobic polymer surfaces

    Iskender Yilgor;Sevilay Bilgin;Mehmet Isik;Emel Yilgor

  • Hydrogen bonding and polyurethane morphology. II. Spectroscopic, thermal and crystallization behavior of polyether blends with 1,3-dimethylurea and a model urethane compound

    Emel Yilgör;Ersin Yurtsever;Iskender Yilgör

  • Influence of the average surface roughness on the formation of superhydrophobic polymer surfaces through spin-coating with hydrophobic fumed silica

    Cagla Kosak Söz;Emel Yilgör;Iskender Yilgör

  • A New Generation of Highly Branched Polymers: Hyperbranched, Segmented Poly(urethane urea) Elastomers

    S. Unal;I. Yilgor;E. Yilgor;J. P. Sheth

  • Contribution of soft segment entanglement on the tensile properties of silicone–urea copolymers with low hard segment contents

    Iskender Yilgor;Tugba Eynur;Emel Yilgor;Garth L. Wilkes

  • Novel triblock siloxane copolymers: Synthesis, characterization, and their use as surface modifying additives

    Iskender Yilgor;Warren P. Steckle;Emel Yilgor;R. Gary Freelin

Frequent Co-Authors

Iskender Yilgor
Iskender Yilgor Koç University
Garth L. Wilkes
Garth L. Wilkes Virginia Tech
Frederick L. Beyer
Frederick L. Beyer United States Army Research Laboratory
Timothy E. Long
Timothy E. Long Arizona State University
Joseph P. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy University of Akron
James E. McGrath
James E. McGrath Virginia Tech
Dilhan M. Kalyon
Dilhan M. Kalyon Stevens Institute of Technology
Burak Erman
Burak Erman Koç University
Polycarpos Pissis
Polycarpos Pissis National Technical University of Athens

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