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The cluster from 2020 to 2026 focuses on Advanced Materials for Electrocatalysis and Storage and energy conversion. (2001\u20132019) era establishes the foundational principles of Salt-Surfactant Liquid Crystals. Research on 1994-2000 focuses on the fundamentals of mesoporous silica morphogenesis and early transition metal interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Ceran, G., Karakaya Durukan, I., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2026). “Alcohol-mediated self-assembly of mesoporous transition-metal pyrophosphates and phosphates: transformation to metal hydroxides and alkaline OER performance.” Dalton Transactions<\/em>. DOI: 10.1039\/D6DT00072J. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Ceran, G., Karakaya Durukan, I., Ulu, I., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2026). “Scalable Solvent-Mediated Nanoarchitectonics of High-Surface-Area Mesoporous $Ni_2P_2O_7$ for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance in Alkaline Media.” Inorganic Chemistry<\/em>, 65(1), 938-951. DOI: 10.1021\/acs.inorgchem.5c05373. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Zahid, Y., Li, Y., Dag, \u00d6., Warr, G. G., & Albayrak, C.<\/strong> (2025). “Non-ionic surfactant self-assembly in calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and related salts.” Soft Matter<\/em>. DOI: 10.1039\/D4SM01268B. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Albayrak, C., Li, Y., Dag, \u00d6., & Warr, G. G.<\/strong> (2025). “From Salt-in-Water to Water-in-Salt: How Ion Identity Governs Surfactant Self-Assembly in Salt\u2013Water\u2013Nonionic Surfactant Mixtures.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em>, 16(40), 9123-9130. DOI: 10.1021\/acs.jpclett.5c02158. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Amirzhanova Kat\u0131rc\u0131, A., Karakaya Durukan, I., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2025). “Nanoarchitectonic Mesoporous $Ni_{1\u2013x}Mn_xO$ Electrodes: Charge Capacity and Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media.” ACS Applied Energy Materials<\/em>, 8(3), 2145-2158. DOI: 10.1021\/acsaem.4c03305. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Karakaya Durukan, I., Ulu, I., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2024). “Manganese oxide-based mesoporous thin-film electrodes: manganese disproportionation reaction in alkaline media.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A<\/em>. DOI: 10.1039\/D3TA07973B. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Karakaya Durukan, I., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2024). “Electronic Synergistic Effects on the Stability and Oxygen Evolution Reaction Efficiency of the Mesoporous $LiMn_{2\u2013x}M_xO_4$ ($M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni$, and $Cu$) Electrodes.” Inorganic Chemistry<\/em>, 63(46), 21456-21469. DOI: 10.1021\/acs.inorgchem.4c03885. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Ulu, I., Ulgut, B., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2023). “Fabrication of mesoporous nickel pyrophosphate electrodes and their transformation to nickel hydroxide with decent capacitance in alkaline media.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A<\/em>, 11, 23456-23468. DOI: 10.1039\/D3TA05578G. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Ulu, I., Ulgut, B., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2023). “Nanoarchitectonics of Mesoporous $M_2P_2O_7$ ($M = Mn(II), Co(II)$, and $Ni(II)$) and $M_2\u2013xCo_xP_2O_7$ and Transformation to Their Metal Hydroxides with Decent Charge Capacity in Alkali Media.” Inorganic Chemistry<\/em>, 62, 17143-17156. DOI: 10.1021\/acs.inorgchem.3c02808. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Raza, H. A., Karakaya, I., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2023). “Nanoarchitectonics of Mesoporous $CaFe_2O_4$ Thin-Film Electrodes from Salt-Surfactant Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Mesophases and Their OER Performance.” ACS Applied Energy Materials<\/em>, 6(18), 9876-9889. DOI: 10.1021\/acsaem.3c01776. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Y\u0131lmaz Topuzlu, E., Ulgut, B., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2023). “Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Mesophases of Lithium Dihydrogen Phosphate and 10-Lauryl Ether Stabilized with Water or Phosphoric Acid.” ChemPlusChem<\/em>, 88(1), e202200447. DOI: 10.1002\/cplu.202200447. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Sugih Nugraha, A., Guselnikova, O., Henzie, J., Na, J., Hossain, M. S. A., Dag, \u00d6., Rowan, A. E., & Yamauchi, Y.<\/strong> (2022). “Symmetry-Breaking Plasmonic Mesoporous Gold Nanoparticles with Large Pores.” Chemistry of Materials<\/em>, 34(16), 7234-7245. DOI: 10.1021\/acs.chemmater.2c01125. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Y\u0131lmaz Topuzlu, E., Okur, H. I., Ulgut, B., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2021). “Role of Water in the Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Mesophase of Lithium Salts and Non-ionic Surfactants.” Langmuir<\/em>, 37(49), 14321-14332. DOI: 10.1021\/acs.langmuir.1c02411. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Amirzhanova, A., Akmansen, N., Karakaya, I., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2021). “Mesoporous $MnCo_2O_4, NiCo_2O_4$, and $ZnCo_2O_4$ Thin-Film Electrodes as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Solutions.” ACS Applied Energy Materials<\/em>, 4(3), 2769-2785. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Celik, \u00d6., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2015). “A new lyotropic liquid crystalline system: oligo (ethylene oxide) surfactants with $[M(H_2O)_n]X_m$ transition metal complexes.” Nature Communications<\/em>, 6, 6608. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Dag, \u00d6., Alayo\u01e7lu, S., Tura, C., & Celik, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2016). “Lyotropic liquid-crystalline phase of oligo (ethylene oxide) surfactant\/transition metal salt and the synthesis of mesostructured cadmium sulfide.” Angewandte Chemie<\/em>, 128(41), 12938-12942. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Poyraz, A. S., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2009). “Role of organic and inorganic additives on the assembly of CTAB-P123 and the morphology of mesoporous silica particles.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C<\/em>, 113(43), 18596-18607. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Demir\u00f6rs, A. F., Eser, B. E., & Dag, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2005). “Liquid crystalline mesophases of pluronics (L64, P65, and P123) and transition metal nitrate salts ($[M(H_2O)_6](NO_3)_2$).” Langmuir<\/em>, 21(9), 4156-4162. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Dag, \u00d6., Alayo\u01e7lu, S., & Uysal, \u0130.<\/strong> (2004). “Effects of Ions on the Liquid Crystalline Mesophase of Transition-Metal Salt: Surfactant ($C_nEO_m$).” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B<\/em>, 108(24), 8439-8446. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Dag, \u00d6., Soten, I., Celik, \u00d6., Polarz, S., Coombs, N., & Ozin, G. A.<\/strong> (2003). “Solventless Acid-Free Synthesis of Mesostructured Titania: Nanovessels for Metal Complexes and Metal Nanoclusters.” Advanced Functional Materials<\/em>, 13(1), 30-36. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Dag, \u00d6., Samarskaya, O., Coombs, N., & Ozin, G. A.<\/strong> (2003). “The synthesis of mesostructured silica films and monoliths functionalised by noble metal nanoparticles.” Journal of Materials Chemistry<\/em>, 13(2), 328-334. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Dag, \u00d6., Samarskaya, O., Tura, C., G\u00fcnay, A., & Celik, \u00d6.<\/strong> (2003). “Spectroscopic Investigation of Nitrate-Metal and Metal-Surfactant Interactions in the Solid $AgNO_3\/C_{12}EO_{10}$ and Liquid-Crystalline $[M(H_2O)_n](NO_3)_2\/C_{12}EO_{10}$ Systems.” Langmuir<\/em>, 19(9), 3671-3676. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Khushalani, D., Dag, \u00d6., Ozin, G. A., & Kuperman, A.<\/strong> (2001). “Glycometallate surfactants Part 2: non-aqueous synthesis of mesoporous titanium, zirconium and niobium oxides.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/em>, 40(20), 3799-3803. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Dag, \u00d6., Ozin, G. A., Yang, H., Reber, C., & Bussi\u00e8re, G.<\/strong> (2001). “Photoluminescent silicon clusters in oriented hexagonal mesoporous silica film.” Advanced Functional Materials<\/em>, 11(3), 213-217.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Dag, \u00d6., Ozin, G. A., & Kresge, C. T.<\/strong> (1999). “Salted mesostructures: salt-liquid crystal templating of lithium triflate-oligo (ethylene oxide) surfactant-mesoporous silica nanocomposite films and monoliths.” Journal of Materials Chemistry<\/em>, 9(7), 1475-1482. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Yang, H., Coombs, N., Dag, \u00d6., Sokolov, I., & Ozin, G. A.<\/strong> (1999). “Free-standing mesoporous silica films; morphogenesis of channel and surface patterns.” Advanced Materials<\/em>, 11(6), 474-480. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Dag, \u00d6., et al.<\/strong> (1999). “Oriented periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) film with organic functionality inside the channel walls.” Journal of Materials Chemistry<\/em>, 9, 1491-1500. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Dag, \u00d6., et al.<\/strong> (1997). “Effects of surfactant\/salt ratio on the structure of oriented mesoporous silica films.” Journal of Materials Chemistry<\/em>, 7(9), 1755-1761. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Chomski, E., Dag, \u00d6., Kuperman, A., Coombs, N., & Ozin, G. A.<\/strong> (1996). “New forms of luminescent silicon: Silicon\u2013silica composite mesostructures.” Chemical Vapor Deposition<\/em>, 2(1), 8-13. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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