Synthetic Organic and Polymer Research (SOPR) Lab
21 December 2015
Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSN) Research Center
Coordinator
Asst. Prof. and Department Chair M. Mustafa Çetin
Project Team
- Sümeyye Berfin Gül (Master’s Student)
Nergiz Calhan (Master’s Student)
Area of Research
We use the tools of synthetic, polymer and supramolecular chemistry to develop structurally precise organic materials and polymers. Projects in the Cetin Research Group (Synthetic Organic and Polymer Research (SOPR) Lab) will involve synthetic organic, supramolecular and polymer chemistry, catalysis, photo-redox chemistry, ionic liquids, anti-cancer agents, small molecules, characterization via applied spectroscopic techniques, materials science and nanotechnology, nanofabrication, and the comprehensive testing of newly discovered materials. Current application areas of interest include but not limited to materials for electric vehicle batteries, toxic gas capture, metal ion removal/separation, fuel cells, energy harvesting and storage, drug delivery platforms, polymers (polycatenanes, polyrotaxanes, polypseudorotaxanes, etc.), molecular electronics, nano cells, separations technology, hydrogels, self-healing materials, the rational design of 2D/3D polymers, and the interaction of nanostructured materials with biological systems. Some selected and published studies are presented below (Figure 1).
Some of the current and future SOPR Lab projects are in the field of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Polyrotaxanes, Ionic Liquids and Graphene Chemistry, Green Synthesis of Nano-sized Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for various end uses, Carbon Materials, Novel Anti-Cancer Agents, etc.
Figure 1. (a) Post-synthetically elaborated BODIPY-based porous organic polymers (POPs) for the photochemical detoxification of a sulfur mustard simulant, (b) combining intra-and intermolecular charge transfer with polycationic cyclophanes to design 2D tessellations, (c) a supramolecular approach for modulated photoprotection, lysosomal delivery, and photodynamic activity of a photosensitizer, (d) supramolecular tessellations by a rigid naphthalene diimide triangle, (e) mechanical-bond-Induced exciplex fluorescence in an anthracene-based homo [2] catenane, (f) integration of enzymes and photosensitizers in a hierarchical mesoporous metal–organic framework for light-driven CO2 reduction, (g) synthesis of metalated pseudorotaxane polymers with full control over the average linear density of threaded macrocycles | synthesis and characterization of copper(I) complexes for study of dynamic supramolecular ring-chain equilibria and application as photoredox catalysts.
