{"id":12,"date":"2025-01-07T10:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dagresearchgroup.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:36:47","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dagresearchgroup.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the Da\u011f Research Group at Bilkent University&#8217;s Department of Chemistry. We are a dynamic research team focused on the design, synthesis, characterization, and spectroscopy of advanced solid-state materials. Our laboratory specializes in understanding the fundamental self-assembly processes of surfactants and utilizing these principles to engineer novel nanostructured and mesoporous materials for next-generation applications in energy, catalysis, and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our group bridges the gap between fundamental physical chemistry and applied materials science. By manipulating self-assembly mechanisms, we engineer high-surface-area materials optimized for specific electrochemical and structural performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our core research pillars include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lyotropic Liquid Crystals:<\/strong> Investigating surfactant self-assembly in various solvent environments, mapping phase behaviors from salt-in-water to water-in-salt regimes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mesoporous Materials Synthesis:<\/strong> Developing scalable nanoarchitectonics for producing highly ordered, mesoporous transition-metal oxides and phosphates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Electrocatalysis &amp; Energy Materials:<\/strong> Exploring the synthesis and rigorous characterization (using techniques like XRD, FTIR, SEM, and BET) of targeted mesoporous structures\u2014such as mesoporous magnesium metal oxides and nickel pyrophosphates\u2014specifically tailored for enhanced electrocatalytic applications and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) performance in alkaline media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Recent Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our team frequently publishes in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals, driving forward the conversation in inorganic and physical chemistry. Some of our recent and notable scientific articles include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dalton Transactions (2026):<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Alcohol-mediated self-assembly of mesoporous transition-metal pyrophosphates and phosphates: transformation to metal hydroxides and alkaline OER performance&#8221;<\/em> * <strong>Inorganic Chemistry (2026):<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Scalable Solvent-Mediated Nanoarchitectonics of High-Surface-Area Mesoporous Ni2P2O7 for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance in Alkaline Media&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Soft Matter (2025):<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Non-ionic surfactant self-assembly in calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and related salts&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2025):<\/strong> <em>&#8220;From Salt-in-Water to Water-in-Salt: How Ion Identity Governs Surfactant Self-Assembly in Salt\u2013Water\u2013Nonionic Surfactant Mixtures&#8221;<\/em> \u2013 A key study demonstrating how ion identity serves as a critical design parameter for engineering mesostructured materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Da\u011f Research Group at Bilkent University&#8217;s Department of Chemistry. 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