In the summer of 2025, four faculty members from the Department of Chemistry\u2014Prof. \u015eefik S\u00fczer, Prof. \u00d6mer Da\u011f, Asst. Prof. Fahri Alkan and Asst. Prof. Halil I. Okur\u2014published four studies in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (JPCL), covering a wide range of topics in physical chemistry from gold nanoparticles to charge behavior at interfaces, from self-assembly to stabilization of proteins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first study, Prof. S\u00fczer and coworkers demonstrated that electrical and ionic components of local electrical potentials can be faithfully separated within a supercapacitor-like device. The study is titled \u201cUnveiling Ionic\/Electronic Contributions to the Potential Development of Electrical Double Layer Using XPS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second study, titled \u201cFrom Salt-in-Water to Water-in-Salt: How Ion Identity Governs Surfactant Self-Assembly in Salt\u2013Water\u2013Nonionic Surfactant Mixtures,\u201d by Prof. Da\u011f and coworkers, demonstrates that self-assembly and phase behaviour can be strategically tuned across a wide range of salt hydration levels, offering a new approach to controlling the properties of salt\u2013surfactant lyotropic liquid crystals. It also highlights ion identity as a critical design parameter for engineering mesostructured materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the third study, Dr. Alkan and coworkers demonstrate the use of approximate density-functional-theory methods to investigate the excited state properties of gold nanoclusters in the article titled \u201cUnderstanding Excited States in Magic Series Au8n+4(SR)4n+8 Nanoclusters: Role of Size, Ligands, and Theory Level.\u201d
In the final study, Dr. Okur and coworkers demonstrated the unique stabilizing action of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) on neutral macromolecules during biomacromolecular coacervate formation. Their study is titled \u201cATP can Act as a Stabilizer on Neutral Macromolecules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (American Chemical Society) is a Nature Index Journal. The full articles can be found via the below links; In the summer of 2025, four faculty members from the Department of Chemistry\u2014Prof. \u015eefik S\u00fczer, Prof. \u00d6mer Da\u011f, Asst. Prof. Fahri Alkan and Asst. Prof. Halil I. Okur\u2014published four studies in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (JPCL), covering a wide range of topics in physical chemistry from gold nanoparticles[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[203,12,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9667,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions\/9667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.5c01855<\/a>
https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.5c02158<\/a>
https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.5c02436<\/a>
https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.5c02467<\/a>
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