Research Team

• Assis. Prof. Ali ZERENTURK

MS- Students:

Two MS students with basic knowledge of computational methods and quantum mechanics will be accepted to the Computational Nanomaterials Research Group.

Collobaration:

• Prof. Dr. Savaş BERBER Gebze Institute of Technology, Physics Department, Gebze, Kocaeli

 

Research

Ongoing Studies:

• Ab-initio Functional Materials Design

Fullerenes, nanotubes and monolayers of Boron and III-V binary compounds.

• Reaction Kinetics

          Reaction mechanisms and energy barriers of hydrogenation of C60 fullerenes.

• Thermodynamical Stability of Nanostructures

          Determination of temperature dependent lifetimes of fullerenes and nanotubes by a QM/MM hybrid method

• Defect engineering on nanotubes

          Physical and chemical properties of mono and di-vacancies on nanotubes.

• Fullerene Growth Mechanism

          Molecular Dynamics simulation of ring stacking mechanism of carbon fullerenes

 

Publications:

• Zerentürk, A. & Berber, S. (2013). Stability of GaN nanocages. EPL. Sayı 1. Cilt 103 Article No: 16003
• Zerentürk, A. & Berber, S. (2012). Hydrogen migration on the C-60 fullerene. Solid State Communications. Sayı 16. Cilt 152 sf 1522-1525