10 Aug 2025
New TÜBİTAK 1001 project awarded.
The lab has been awarded a new TÜBİTAK 1001 grant to extend our work on ion-transport-driven phase transitions in 2D oxides and chalcogenides.
News
Group news & announcements.
Awards, publications, talks, and personnel changes — in reverse chronological order.
25 Jun 2025
New paper · AFM-based thermal conductivity.
An extensive thermal-conductivity measurement method based on atomic force microscopy — with Berke Köker — appears in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
16 Apr 2025
PL enhancement via metallic screening — in npj 2D Materials & Applications.
Shakir et al. demonstrate substantial photoluminescence enhancement in 2D semiconductors using a spacer-free metallic screening approach.
28 Mar 2025
Sodium-intercalated MnO₂ paper out in Nanoscale.
Parsi et al. report the synthesis of intrinsically sodium-intercalated ultra-thin layered MnO₂ and its ionic charge transport.
31 Dec 2024
Nonlinear optics of CuS — APL Materials.
Suleiman et al. publish the nonlinear-optical characterization of CVD-grown CuS crystals.
2 Oct 2024
Group welcomes new MSc students.
Emine Yegin and Doruk Pehlivanoğlu join the group as MSc researchers in the MSN program.
4 Sep 2024
Insulator–metal transition in Cu₂Se — Nanoscale Horizons.
Suleiman et al. report ion-transport-induced room-temperature IMT in single-crystalline Cu₂Se.
11 Jun 2024
Conditional-CVD MoS₂ in J. Phys.: Materials.
Aras et al. publish on molten-glass-mediated conditional growth of MoS₂ monolayers.
28 May 2024
Group photo — spring 2024.
Annual lab photo with current students, postdocs, and visiting collaborators.
14 Feb 2024
Talk at the APS March Meeting.
Dr. Kasırga presents the group’s work on substrate-engineered thermovoltage generation in 2D materials at the APS March Meeting.