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baercan@metu.edu.tr |
| Last update: 25/02/2022 | |
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Institution: |
Middle East Technical University |
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University |
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ORCID number: |
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-1142
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Google Scholar: |
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VhqlTKoAAAAJ&hl=en
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Publons: |
https://publons.com/researcher/2323659/batur-ercan
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Research Gate: |
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Batur-Ercan
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Country: |
Turkey
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WEB address: |
https://sites.google.com/view/ercanbiomaterials/members/principal-investigator?authuser=0 |
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Working groups of interest |
| - | WG1 - Advances in Porous Materials and Technologies | | - | WG2 - Health |
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| Keywords |
| - | | Health | | - | | Mesopores | | - | | Nanopores | | - | | Oxides |
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Research field (Free keywords) |
Biomaterials, antibacterial surfaces, surface coatings, oxides |
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Scientific expertise |
- Controlling the size and morphology of oxide structures (nanotubes, nanocoral, nanodimples) via anodization on various metals (titanium, tantalum, zinc, iron, steel, aluminum, zirconium, niobium, hafnium)
- Mesoporous nanoparticle synthesis (silica, bioactive glass, hydroxyapatite, calcium carbonate, etc)
- Polymeric scaffold fabrication with controlled pore size (silk fibroin)
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Capabilities |
- Biological tests: in vitro cell and bacteria culture
- Material characrterization: TEM, SEM, XRD, XPS, AFM, FTIR, BET
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Relevant publications
(3 max.) |
| E. Uslu, D. Mimiroğlu and B. Ercan, “Nanofeature size and morphology of tantalum oxide surfaces control osteoblast functions”, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 4, 1, 780-794, (2021). |
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| Y. Tufan, H. Öztatlı, B. Garipcan and B. Ercan, “Development of electrically conductive porous silk fibroin/CNF scaffolds”, Biomedical Materials, 16, 2, 025027, (2021). |
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| C. Gardin, L. Ferroni, Y.K. Erdoğan, F. Zanotti, F. de Francesco, M. Trentini, G. Brunello, B. Ercan and B. Zavan, “Nanostructured modifications of titanium surfaces improve vascular regenerative properties of exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells: preliminary in vitro results”, Nanomaterials, 11, 12, 3452, (2021) |
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Projects
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| The use of tantalum oxide nanostructures fabricated in different morphologies and sizes in orthopedics |
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| Fabrication of a Silk/Carbon Nanofiber Based Cardiac Patch and its Biological Properties |
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