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I am happy to announce that a new article has been published in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science titled “The effect of reinforcement aspect ratio on the performance of PA66 composites with recycled carbon fiber and upcycled graphene nanoplatelets: An interface characterization from process to modeling“. In this paper, we investigated the effect of reinforcement aspect ratio and the synergistic effect of waste-tire driven GNP and recycled carbon fiber on the PA66 matrix experimentally and supported by numerical simulations. The modeling studies were carried out by Salman Zafar and Dr. Hatice Sinem Şaş, while the experimental work was led by myself and Assoc. Prof. Burcu Saner Okan.

I am excited to announce that a new article has been published in Applied Composite Materials titled “Effect of Interleaved Electrolyte Forms on Macro-scaled Structural Hybrid Supercapacitors with Asymmetric Configurations of Graphene-coated Carbon Fabric Electrodes”. With an international collaboration from the University of Delaware, we investigated the electrochemical charge storage and delivery properties of coated carbon fabric electrodes in an asymmetric supercapacitor setup with different electrolyte types. I thank my co-authors Dr. Marjan Hezarkhani, Dr. Isa Emami Tabrizi, Dr. Semih Dogan, Ilayda Berktas, Assoc. Prof. Emre Erdem, Prof. Suresh G. Advani, Prof. Mehmet Yildiz, Assist. Prof. Hatice S. Sas & my supervisor Assoc. Prof. Burcu Saner Okan

I am delighted to announce that a new article has been published in Materials Today Communications titled “Combining tensile test results with atomistic predictions of elastic modulus of graphene/polyamide-6,6 nanocomposites“. The fruit of our collaboration with Ozyegin University describes atomistic models and tensile test results for predicting the elastic modulus of GNP/PA66 composites. The modeling studies were carried out by Merdan Batyrow, Busra Akkoca Palabiyik, Dr. Hande Öztürk, and Assoc. Prof. Ilknur Erucar, while the experimental work was led by myself and Assoc. Prof. Burcu Saner Okan.

I am happy to announce that a new article has been published in Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery titled “Upcycling process of transforming waste coffee into spherical graphene by flash pyrolysis for sustainable supercapacitor manufacturing with virgin graphene electrodes and its comparative life cycle assessment”. We love coffee, but give some attention to waste coffee as well! In our recent work, waste coffee is upcycled to spherical graphene and utilized in sustainable supercapacitors. Many thanks to Assoc. Prof. Emre Erdem and his Ph.D. student Merve Buldu-Aktürk, my supervisor Assoc. Prof. Burcu Saner Okan, and my fellow co-author Atakan Koçanalı.

I am proud to announce that a new article has been published by the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) – Polymers journal (open access) titled “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Flow and Alignment Behavior of Waste Tire-Derived Graphene Nanoplatelets in PA66 Matrix during Melt-Mixing and Injection”. I would like to thank my supervisor Assoc. Prof. Burcu Saner Okan, and my co-authors.