Functional Materials & Nanotechnology Workshop 2025

Bilkent University UNAM & Twente’s MESA+ Institute Functional Materials & Nanotechnology Workshop 2025 Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) and the University of Twente’s MESA+ Institute are jointly organizing the “Bilkent University UNAM and University of Twente MESA+: Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Workshop 2025” on March 19-20, 2025. This workshop aims to bring together […]

Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Science at UNAM

Bilkent University' National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) is hosting “Bilkent UNAM – Quantum Day” as part of a global scientific initiative to honor the 100-year legacy of quantum science. During the event held on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Chair of the Department of Physics at Bilkent University Prof. Ceyhun Bulutay, Assoc. Prof. Serkan Ateş from […]

NanoDay 2025

NanoDay 2025: The Light of Science Shines at UNAM on May 23 Bilkent University UNAM will be hosting and organizing its annual NanoDay on Friday, May 23, 2005. The event brings together leading figures from the international scientific community, as well as researchers, students, and industry professionals from Turkey and around the world. As part […]

Smart Self-assembly for Sustainable Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics

Talha Erdem Abdullah Gül University Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions have already been accepted as the straightforward way to limit the environmental effects of the global warming. Toward this aim, significant efforts have been put forward in the field of photonics as well. For example, solar energy became a significant source of energy and light-emitting […]

Smart Biomaterials and Biopreservation to Improve Human Health

 Ayşe Aslıhan Gökaltun Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Advancements in biomaterials and biopreservation technologies are critical to overcoming key bottlenecks in clinical care, from wound management to organ transplantation. To highlight the state-of-the-art in these fields and reflect on current challenges and opportunities, this talk will first present our development of stimuli-responsive supramolecular hydrogels […]

Engineering Tissues Layer by Layer: 3D Bioprinting with Bioinspired Nanomaterials

Ahmad Rashad Elsebahy 1- Center of Translational Oral Research, Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, Norway. 2- Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. 3- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Los Angeles, California, United States. Despite significant advances in science and technology, we are still unable to fully overcome […]

Spatially coherent exciton ensembles in two-dimensional heterostructures

Alexander Holleitner Technical University of Munich Heterostructures made from two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides exhibit a very large light-matter interaction , and they are ideal platforms to explore excitonic phenomena ranging from correlated moiré excitons to degenerate interlayer exciton ensembles with a spatially extended coherence at cryogenic temperatures . I will highlight the experimental signatures of […]

Some exotic properties of 2D quantum materials revealed by quantum mechanical simulations

Biplab Sanyal Uppsala University Two-dimensional (2D) materials have gained a dominating position in the world of quantum materials due to their high potential for advanced applications in flexible electronics, optoelectronics, energy storage, catalysis, spintronics, etc. An enormous playground exists in developing 2D van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures by combining a variety of 2D materials for […]

Electrospun Nanofibers and Advanced Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

Begüm Yarar Kaplan Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Turkey Padova University, Italy Electrospinning is a highly versatile and powerful technique for producing nanostructured materials, particularly suited to energy storage and conversion applications . It enables the fabrication of nanofibrous electrodes and membranes with exceptionally high surface area, uniformly distributed ionically conductive phases, […]

Quantum Dots: Fundamentals to Quantum Networks

Yusuf Karlı University of Cambridge Quantum networks promise fundamentally new ways to communicate and process information by harnessing the laws of quantum mechanics. Semiconductor quantum dots offer a practical and scalable platform for realizing many of the key components required for such networks. Because quantum dots confine charge carriers in all three spatial dimensions, they […]

Talk on Gender Equality and Violence Against Women

Dear Members of the Bilkent Community, Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) embraces scientific excellence alongside the principles of equality, inclusivity, and a safe academic environment, and considers gender equality an integral part of its institutional culture. UNAM actively supports initiatives that promote gender equality and contribute to the fight against violence against women. […]