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2026
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Turkey
2022

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Materials Science

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69
Citations
14716
World Ranking
4718
National Ranking
7

Chemistry

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69
Citations
14491
World Ranking
6320
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Turkey Leader Award

Overview

Oguz Okay is affiliated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Medicine, Biomaterials, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

The primary focus of their work involves hydrogels, polymers, and biomaterials, with numerous publications addressing synthesis, properties, and applications. Key research topics include:

  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

Oguz Okay has co-authored work with several frequent collaborators, notably:

  • Esra Su
  • Berkant Yetiskin
  • Turdimuhammad Abdullah
  • ̧Çiğdem Buse Oral
  • Semra İde

Publication venues where Okay has contributed multiple works include:

  • Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
  • European Polymer Journal
  • ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Selected recent papers by Oguz Okay feature topics in polymer and hydrogel research, including:

  • "4D Printing of Body Temperature-Responsive Hydrogels Based on Poly(acrylic acid) with Shape-Memory and Self-Healing Abilities," ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2023
  • "Stretchable silk fibroin hydrogels," International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020
  • "Solvent-Free UV Polymerization of n-Octadecyl Acrylate in Butyl Rubber: A Simple Way to Produce Tough and Smart Polymeric Materials at Ambient Temperature," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021
  • "Mechanically Strong Superabsorbent Terpolymer Hydrogels Based on AMPS via Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions," ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2023
  • "Butyl rubber-based interpenetrating polymer networks with side chain crystallinity: Self-healing and shape-memory polymers with tunable thermal and mechanical properties," European Polymer Journal, 2022

Best Publications

  • Macroporous copolymer networks

    O. Okay;O. Okay

  • Tough and Self-Healing Hydrogels Formed via Hydrophobic Interactions

    Deniz C. Tuncaboylu;Murat Sari;Wilhelm Oppermann;Oguz Okay

  • Polyacrylamide-clay nanocomposite hydrogels : Rheological and light scattering characterization

    Oguz Okay;Wilhelm Oppermann

  • Acrylamide/2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid sodium salt-based hydrogels : synthesis and characterization

    S Durmaz;S Durmaz;O Okay;O Okay

  • Evaluation of Butyl Rubber as Sorbent Material for the Removal of Oil and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Seawater

    Deniz Ceylan;Saadet Dogu;Burak Karacik;Sevil D. Yakan

  • Microgels-Intramolecularly Crossünked Macromolecules with a Globular Structure

    W. Funke;O. Okay;O. Okay;B. Joos-Müller

  • Design of high-toughness polyacrylamide hydrogels by hydrophobic modification

    Suzan Abdurrahmanoglu;Volkan Can;Oguz Okay

  • General Properties of Hydrogels

    O. Okay

  • Self-Healing Poly(acrylic acid) Hydrogels with Shape Memory Behavior of High Mechanical Strength

    Umit Gulyuz;Oguz Okay

  • Dynamics and Large Strain Behavior of Self-Healing Hydrogels with and without Surfactants

    Deniz C. Tuncaboylu;Melahat Sahin;Aslihan Argun;Wilhelm Oppermann

  • Formation and Structure of Polyacrylamide Gels

    Hamid J. Naghash;Oguz Okay;Oguz Okay

  • Structure optimization of self-healing hydrogels formed via hydrophobic interactions

    Deniz C. Tuncaboylu;Aslıhan Argun;Melahat Sahin;Murat Sari

  • Macroporous poly(N-isopropyl)acrylamide networks: formation conditions

    Cigdem Sayil;Oguz Okay;Oguz Okay

  • Macroporous Silk Fibroin Cryogels

    Fatih Ak;Zeynep Oztoprak;Ilknur Karakutuk;Oguz Okay

  • Melt-Processable Shape-Memory Hydrogels with Self-Healing Ability of High Mechanical Strength

    Cigdem Bilici;Volkan Can;Ulrich Nöchel;Marc Behl

  • Charge density dependence of elastic modulus of strong polyelectrolyte hydrogels

    Oguz Okay;Selda Durmaz

  • Kinetics of emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate

    Taner Tanrisever;Oğuz Okay;Inci Çetin Sönmezoğlu

  • Freezing as a path to build macroporous structures: Superfast responsive polyacrylamide hydrogels

    M. Valentina Dinu;M. Murat Ozmen;E. Stela Dragan;Oguz Okay

  • Cyclization and Reduced Pendant Vinyl Group Reactivity during the Free-Radical Crosslinking Polymerization of 1,4-Divinylbenzene

    Oguz Okay;Manfred Kurz;Karin Lutz;Werner Funke

  • Basic Principles of Cryotropic Gelation

    Vladimir I. Lozinsky;Oguz Okay

Frequent Co-Authors

Burak Erman
Burak Erman Koç University
Nurettin Sahiner
Nurettin Sahiner Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Christopher N. Bowman
Christopher N. Bowman University of Colorado Boulder
Vladimir I. Lozinsky
Vladimir I. Lozinsky A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds
Yusuf Yagci
Yusuf Yagci Istanbul Technical University
Brigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Andreas Lendlein
Andreas Lendlein Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
David A. Schiraldi
David A. Schiraldi Case Western Reserve University
Jürgen P. Rabe
Jürgen P. Rabe Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Matthias Ballauff
Matthias Ballauff Freie Universität Berlin

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