- TUBITAK-1001 Program (15/10/2022-15/10/2025)
Project no: 122Z515
Project Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Determination of dependence of lyotropic uniaxial and biaxial nematic liquid crystal phase formations on modifications in the intermicellar region by optical and non-optical methods
- TUBITAK-1001 Program (01/10/2020-01/10/2023-Completed)
Project no: 120Z209
Project Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Searching the phase biaxiality in lyotropic nematic phases and investigating the interaction of nematic phase director field with active colloids via polarising optical microscopy, laser conoscopy, and small-angle x-ray scattering
- TUBITAK-1002 Program (12/04/2021-12/04/2022-Completed)
Project no: 121Z084
Project Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Investigation of the role of the surfactant head group size on micelle surfaces in binary surfactant systems for obtaining different types of lyotropic nematic phase by polarized optical microscopy, laser conoscopy, electrical conductivity, surface tension, and UV-VIS spectroscopy techniques.
- TUBITAK-1002 Program (01/12/2020-01/12/2021-Completed)
Project no: 120Z721
Project Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Investigation of the role of surfactant/dye interactions in obtaining different types of lyotropic nematic phases by polarized optical microscopy, laser conoscopy, and electrical conductivity techniques.
- TUBITAK-1001 Program (01/06/2018-01/03/2021-Completed)
Project no: 217Z079
Project Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Investigation of physical properties of biaxial-chromonic nematic phases in lyotropic liquid crystals via polarising light microscopy, laser conoscopy, small-angle x-ray scattering and nuclear magnetic resonance
- TUBITAK-1002 Program (01/07/2018-01/07/2019-Completed)
Project no: 117Z783
Project Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Investigation of the effect of surfactant alkyl chain length on the formation of lyotropic biaxial cholesteric phases and biaxial phase domain
- TUBITAK-2219 Program (01/06/2017-01/10/2017-Completed)
Project no: 1059B191600277/Kent State University/Liquid Crystal Institute/OH/USA
Project Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Observation of micellar shapes in lyotropic nematic phases via cryo-transmission electron microscopy
- TUBITAK-1001 Program (15/07/2014-15/01/2017-Completed)
Project no: 113Z469
Project Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Determination of optical properties of new lyotropic liquid crystal mixtures presenting biaxial nematic phases and the factors that affect the formation of these phases
- TUBITAK-1002 Program (15/03/2014-15/03/2015-Completed)
Project no: 114Z031
Project Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Localization effect of guest molecules with different polarity at the micelle surfaces on the formation of lyotropic biaxial nematic phases and biaxial phase domain
- TUBITAK-2219 Program (15/07/2011-15/07/2012-Completed)
Project no: 1059B191000393/University of Sao Paulo/Institute of Physics/SP/Brasil
Project Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR
Title: Optical and structural investigations of new lyotropic nematic mixtures presenting the biaxial phase properties and determination of their potential applications