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Vefa Ahsen is affiliated with Gebze Technical University in Turkey and has an active research profile primarily focused on chemistry, medicine, and materials science. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including organic chemistry, materials chemistry, oncology, renewable energy, sustainability, the environment, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their research topics cover diverse areas related to the synthesis and properties of metal complexes, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, ferrocene chemistry and applications, as well as photodynamic therapy research studies. Additionally, their work involves nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, synthesis and characterization of heterocyclic compounds, and TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells.

Vefa Ahsen has published in multiple academic venues, with articles appearing in journals such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
  • Molecular Physics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vefa Ahsen include:

  • Insight into the effects of the anchoring groups on the photovoltaic performance of unsymmetrical phthalocyanine based dye-sensitized solar cells, 2021, Dalton Transactions
  • Hybrid liquid crystalline zinc phthalocyanine@Cu2O nanowires for NO2 sensor application, 2021, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • BisN,N'-bis(anilino)glioximato platinum(II) complex: synthesis, characterization and biological activity, 2022, Journal of Coordination Chemistry
  • In vivo phototoxic effects of a tetraethyleneglycol-substituted Zn phthalocyanine in tumor bearing rats at an enzymatic level, 2020, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
  • Theoretical investigation of the hydrolysis and DNA binding of platinum (II) complexes of imidazolidine dioximes, 2023, Molecular Physics

Frequent collaborators of Vefa Ahsen include Ayşe Gül Gürek, Emel Önal, Fabienne Dumoulin, Özge Eroğlu Gülümsek, and Cansu Küçükpolat. These partnerships have contributed to the breadth of research topics and publications.

Best Publications

  • Synthetic pathways to water-soluble phthalocyanines and close analogs

    Fabienne Dumoulin;Mahmut Durmuş;Vefa Ahsen;Tebello Nyokong

  • Synthesis and characterization of metal-free and metal derivatives of a novel soluble crown-ether-containing phthalocyanine

    Vefa Ahsen;Emel Yilmazer;Mümtaz Ertas;Özer Bekâroğlu

  • Synthesis, photophysical and photochemical properties of substituted zinc phthalocyanines

    Ilke Gürol;Mahmut Durmuş;Mahmut Durmuş;Vefa Ahsen;Vefa Ahsen;Tebello Nyokong

  • Comparative studies of photophysical and photochemical properties of solketal substituted platinum(II) and zinc(II) phthalocyanine sets

    Yunus Zorlu;Fabienne Dumoulin;Mahmut Durmuş;Vefa Ahsen;Vefa Ahsen

  • A set of highly water-soluble tetraethyleneglycol-substituted Zn(II) phthalocyanines: synthesis, photochemical and photophysical properties, interaction with plasma proteins and in vitro phototoxicity

    Sinem Tuncel;Fabienne Dumoulin;Juergen Gailer;Melani Sooriyaarachchi

  • Preparation of a novel, soluble copper phthalocyanine with crown ether moieties

    Ali R. Koray;Vefa Ahsen;Özer Bekâroǧlu

  • IONOELECTRONICS. CATION-INDUCED NONLINEAR COMPLEXATION : CROWN ETHER- AND POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)-SUBSTITUTED LUTETIUM BISPHTHALOCYANINES

    Thierry Toupance;Vefa Ahsen;Jacques Simon

  • Photosensitizers in Medicine, Environment, and Security

    Tebello Nyokong;Vefa Ahsen

  • Water-soluble cationic gallium(III) and indium(III) phthalocyanines for photodynamic therapy.

    Mahmut Durmuş;Vefa Ahsen;Vefa Ahsen

  • Peripheral and non-peripheral tetrasubstituted aluminium, gallium and indium phthalocyanines: Synthesis, photophysics and photochemistry

    Huelya Yanik;Duygu Aydin;Mahmut Durmus;Vefa Ahsen;Vefa Ahsen

  • Separation and mesogenic properties of tetraalkoxy-substituted phthalocyanine isomers

    Mahmut Durmuş;Serkan Yeşilot;Vefa Ahsen;Vefa Ahsen

  • Light-Triggered Liposomal Release: Membrane Permeabilization by Photodynamic Action

    Alina Pashkovskaya;Elena Kotova;Yunus Zorlu;Fabienne Dumoulin

  • Water-soluble quaternized mercaptopyridine-substituted zinc-phthalocyanines: Synthesis, photophysical, photochemical and bovine serum albumin binding properties

    Mahmut Durmuş;Hanifi Yaman;Cem Göl;Vefa Ahsen;Vefa Ahsen

  • Modulation of the electronic and spectroscopic properties of Zn(II) phthalocyanines by their substitution pattern

    Sevinc Z. Topal;Ümit İşci;Ufuk Kumru;Devrim Atilla

  • Unsymmetrical phthalocyanines with a single macrocyclic substituent

    Emel Musluoglu;Aysegül Gürek;Vefa Ahsen;Ahmet Gül;Ahmet Gül

  • Glycerol and galactose substituted zinc phthalocyanines. Synthesis and photodynamic activity.

    Yunus Zorlu;Mahmut Ali Ermeydan;Fabienne Dumoulin;Vefa Ahsen

  • Synthesis and photodynamic potential of tetra- and octa-triethyleneoxysulfonyl substituted zinc phthalocyanines

    Devrim Atilla;Nil Saydan;Mahmut Durmuş;Mahmut Durmuş;Ayşe Gül Gürek

  • Water-Soluble Phtalocyanines Containing Aza-Crown Ether Substituents†

    Emel Musluǧlu;Vefa Ahsen;Ahmet Gül;Ö. Bekâroǧlu

  • Synthesis, photophysical and photochemical studies on long chain zinc phthalocyanine derivatives

    Abimbola Ogunsipe;Abimbola Ogunsipe;Mahmut Durmuş;Mahmut Durmuş;Devrim Atilla;Ayşe Gül Gürek

  • Monoglycoconjugated water-soluble phthalocyanines. Design and synthesis of potential selectively targeting PDT photosensitisers

    Yunus Zorlu;Fabienne Dumoulin;Denis Bouchu;Vefa Ahsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahmut Durmuş
Mahmut Durmuş Gebze Technical University
Dominique Luneau
Dominique Luneau Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Tebello Nyokong
Tebello Nyokong Rhodes University
Jacques Pécaut
Jacques Pécaut Grenoble Alpes University
Jacques Simon
Jacques Simon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ahmet Gül
Ahmet Gül Istanbul University
Fahrettin Yakuphanoglu
Fahrettin Yakuphanoglu Fırat University
Thierry Toupance
Thierry Toupance University of Bordeaux
Mustafa O. Guler
Mustafa O. Guler University of Chicago
Joseph Zyss
Joseph Zyss École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay

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