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Selmiye Alkan Gürsel Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty Member (216) 483 9573 selmiyegurselsabanciunivedu

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http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/selmiye/

Jobs

Faculty Member

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Middle East Technical University (METU), 2002 M.Sc. in Chemistry, METU, 1997 B.Sc. in Chemisry Education, METU, 1994

Areas of Interest

Hydrogen technologies & electrochemical energy conversion (fuel cells, water electrolysis); advanced proton-exchange and anion-exchange membranes (PEM & AEM), radiation-induced grafting; electrospinning; electrocatalysts; next-generation batteries (Li-ion, Li–air, Li–S); graphene-based energy materials; functional polymers (conducting polymers, electrochromic systems, artificial muscles)

Memberships

SHURA Energy Transition Center, Advisory Council Member; Asian Polymer Association (APA), Executive Committee Member; Carbon Association, Board Member; Electrochemical Society (ECS); American Chemical Society (ACS); Hydrogen Europe Research (HER); Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA); Turkish Chemical Society; Hydrogen Technologies Association

Selected Publications S. Alkan Gürsel, Z. Yang, B. Choudhury, M. Roelofs, G. G. Scherer ‘Radiation grafted membranes using a trifluorostyrene derivative’ J. Electrochem. Soc. 153(10), A1964 (2006) L. Gubler, S. Alkan Gürsel, G. G. Scherer ‘Radiation grafted membranes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells’ Review Article, Fuel Cells 5(3), 317 (2005) H. P. Brack, C. Padeste, M. Slaski, S. Alkan, H. H. Solak ‘Preparation of micro- and nanopatterns of polymer chains grafted onto flexible polymer substrates’ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 1004 (2004) S. Alkan, C. A. Cutler, J. R. Reynolds, ‘High quality electrochromic polythiophenes via BF3.Et2O electropolymerization’ Adv. Funct. Mater. 13(4), 331 (2003) S. Alkan, L. Toppare, U. Bakır, Y. Yağcı ‘Immobilization of urease in conducting thiophene-capped poly (methyl methacrylate)/ pyrrole matrices’ Synth. Met. 123, 95 (2001) S. Alkan, L. Toppare, Y. Hepuzer, Y. Yağcı ‘Block copolymers of thiophene-capped poly(methyl methacrylate) with pyrrole’ J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 37, 4218 (1999)