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Engin Durgun

Engin Durgun

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Materials Science

D-Index
55
Citations
9304
World Ranking
8700
National Ranking
16

Overview

Engin Durgun is a researcher affiliated with Bilkent University in Turkey. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a considerable emphasis on Materials Chemistry. Their work also spans subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Durgun's research frequently covers topics including 2D Materials and Applications, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, Perovskite Materials and Applications, and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices.

The researcher has been published in a variety of scientific venues, with notable frequent publication sites including:

  • Physical Review Materials
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Physical Review B
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • ACS Food Science & Technology

Durgun has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, the most frequent being Mehmet Emin Kılıç, Mirali Jahangirzadeh Varjovi, Tamer Uyar, Doğukan Hazar Özbey, and Merve Demirtaş.

Some recent scientific papers by Engin Durgun include:

  • Janus two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide oxides: First-principles investigation of WXO monolayers with X = S, Se, and Te, 2021, Physical Review B
  • Fast-dissolving antibacterial nanofibers of cyclodextrin/antibiotic inclusion complexes for oral drug delivery, 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Antibacterial nanofibers of pullulan/tetracycline-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes for Fast-Disintegrating oral drug delivery, 2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Low-Temperature and High-Quality Growth of Bi2O2Se Layered Semiconductors via Cracking Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Oxygenation of monolayer gallium monochalcogenides: Design of two-dimensional ternary Ga2XO structures (X = S, Se, Te), 2020, Physical Review B

Best Publications

  • ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF 3D TRANSITION-METAL ATOM ADSORBED GRAPHENE AND GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS

    H. Sevinçli;M. Topsakal;E. Durgun;S. Ciraci

  • Functionalization of carbon-based nanostructures with light transition-metal atoms for hydrogen storage

    E. Durgun;Salim Çıracı;T. Yildirim;T. Yildirim

  • Systematic study of adsorption of single atoms on a carbon nanotube

    Engin Durgun;S. Dag;V. M. K. Bagci;O. Gülseren

  • Structural and electronic properties of monolayer group III monochalcogenides

    S. Demirci;S. Demirci;N. Avazlı;E. Durgun;S. Cahangirov

  • Transition Metal-Ethylene Complexes as High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage Media

    E. Durgun;S. Ciraci;W. Zhou;Taner Yildirim

  • Silicon and III-V compound nanotubes: Structural and electronic properties

    Engin Durgun;Sefaattin Tongay;Salim Ciraci

  • Antibacterial electrospun zein nanofibrous web encapsulating thymol/cyclodextrin-inclusion complex for food packaging

    Zeynep Aytac;Semran Ipek;Engin Durgun;Turgay Tekinay

  • Encapsulation of gallic acid/cyclodextrin inclusion complex in electrospun polylactic acid nanofibers: Release behavior and antioxidant activity of gallic acid.

    Zeynep Aytac;Semran Ipek Kusku;Engin Durgun;Tamer Uyar

  • GaN: From three- to two-dimensional single-layer crystal and its multilayer van der Waals solids

    A. Onen;D. Kecik;E. Durgun;S. Ciraci

  • Two-dimensional pnictogens: A review of recent progresses and future research directions

    F. Ersan;F. Ersan;D. Kecik;V. O. Özçelik;Y. Kadioglu;Y. Kadioglu

  • Functional electrospun polymeric nanofibers incorporating geraniol–cyclodextrin inclusion complexes: High thermal stability and enhanced durability of geraniol

    Fatma Kayaci;H. Sener Sen;Engin Durgun;Tamer Uyar

  • Energetics and Electronic Structures of Individual Atoms Adsorbed on Carbon Nanotubes

    E. Durgun;S. Dag;S. Ciraci;O. GüLSEREN

  • Understanding and Controlling the Reactivity of the Calcium Silicate phases from First Principles

    E. Durgun;H. Manzano;R. J. M. Pellenq;Jeffrey C. Grossman

  • Quercetin/β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex embedded nanofibres: Slow release and high solubility.

    Zeynep Aytac;Semran Ipek Kusku;Engin Durgun;Tamer Uyar

  • Spontaneous high piezoelectricity in poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanoribbons produced by iterative thermal size reduction technique.

    Mehmet Kanik;Ozan Aktas;Huseyin Sener Sen;Engin Durgun

  • Stability of single-layer and multilayer arsenene and their mechanical and electronic properties

    D. Kecik;E. Durgun;S. Ciraci

  • Realization of a p-n junction in a single layer boron-phosphide.

    Deniz Çakır;Deniz Kecik;Hasan Sahin;Engin Durgun

  • Structural lubricity under ambient conditions

    Ebru Cihan;Semran İpek;Engin Durgun;Mehmet Z. Baykara

  • Prediction of a two-dimensional crystalline structure of nitrogen atoms

    V. Ongun Özçelik;O. Üzengi Aktürk;E. Durgun;S. Ciraci

  • Impact of Chemical Impurities on the Crystalline Cement Clinker Phases Determined by Atomistic Simulations

    Hegoi Manzano;Engin Durgun;Mohammed Javad Abdolhosseine Qomi;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • Functionalization of Carbon-based Nanostructures with Light Transition-metal Atoms

    Engin Durgun;Salim Çıracı;Tanner Yildirim

Frequent Co-Authors

Salim Ciraci
Salim Ciraci Bilkent University
Tamer Uyar
Tamer Uyar Cornell University
Taner Yildirim
Taner Yildirim National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sefaattin Tongay
Sefaattin Tongay Arizona State University
Asli Celebioglu
Asli Celebioglu Cornell University
François M. Peeters
François M. Peeters University of Antwerp
Wei Zhou
Wei Zhou National Institute of Standards and Technology
Philippe Ghosez
Philippe Ghosez University of Liège

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