UNAM Hosted The First “International Workshop on Cleanroom Training”

UNAM (National Nanotechnology Research Center) hosted the first “International Workshop on Cleanroom Training” program, held between 21 June and 4 July 2010. The two-week program was co-organized by UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and UNAM, and supported by Turkish Ministry of Industry and Trade and TİKA (Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency). In total 48 participants (31 international + 17 Turkish) from 20 countries including researchers and scientists, professionals from governmental and private sector organizations and companies... (Read the rest of this entry)

Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSN) Graduate Program Application Process has Ended.

Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSN) graduate program application process has ended. The upcoming students are coming from different backgrounds from various universities in Turkey and abroad, in accordance with the vision of UNAM as an inter-disciplinary program. New students are graduates of departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Food Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Nuclear Energy Engineering, Textile Engineering and Physics.We welcome all the incoming students and wish them success in their scientific career. (Read the rest of this entry)

UNAM Researcher Selected as a Recipient of the IEEE Electron Devices Society Masters Student Fellowship for 2010

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE is an international non-profit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the highest number of members among all technical professional organizations in the world, with more than 395,000 members in around 150 countries. The Fellowship Program was established to promote, recognize, and support masters level study and research within the Electron Devices Society's field of interest. (Read the rest of this entry)

Materials Science and Nanotechnology graduate programs has started accepting applications

Materials Science and Nanotechnology graduate programs has started accepting applications. Students from departments of materials science, physics, electronics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, biotechnology, genetics, pharmacy, mechatronics, agriculture and textile could apply. Deadline: June 04, 2010

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Tübitak Science Awards go to UNAM scientist and UNAM Science & Technology Committee Member

We are honored to announce Prof. Dr. Engin U. Akkaya received 2009 Tübitak Science Award and Dr. Taner Yildirim received 2009 Tübitak Special Award. Prof. Akkaya got this prestigous award due to his contributions to supramoleculer chemistry. Dr. Yildirim got the award due to his contributions to hydrogen storage in nanomaterials. (Read the rest of this entry)

Molecular Logic Gates Meet Cancer Therapy

Scientists design a molecule that must perform a logic computation before it can go about killing cancer cells via photodynamic therapy

Researchers in Turkey are reporting a first attempt to marry molecular computing with photodynamic cancer therapy (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 48). The idea is to design a molecule that must perform a logic computation before it can help kill cancer cells. In this case, the logic function for the sensitizer molecule (shown) has to recognize two characteristics inherent to cancer cells. (Read the rest of this entry)

UNAM researchers discover a new medium for high-capacity hydrogen storage

Graphene, a single atomic layer of graphite, display several unusual properties originating from its honeycomb structure that can allow physicists to observe strange relativistic effects at a speed much slower than the speed of light. Researchers from UNAM, Bilkent University predicted that graphene flakes with both sides covered by Ca monolayers can also be used for high-capacity hydrogen storage medium. (Read the rest of this entry)