Publications

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34. Investigation of the relation between surfactant head group size and formation of different types of lyotropic structures in two surfactants/dye systems

Erol Akpinar*, Baris Okuyan, Dennys Reis, Nazli Uygur, Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Journal of Molecular Liquids, under minor revision, 2024.

33. Properties of the uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases of the dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide/1-dodecanol/water lyotropic mixture including azo dye and drug molecules

Erol Akpinar*, Merve Tabak, Dennys Reis, Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Phase Transitions, 97(1-2), 66-86, 2024.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01411594.2023.2284162

32. A new approach to the textural interpretation of magnetically aligned nematic and cholesteric lyotropic mesophases by using plate-lambda accessory

Danilo D. Luders, Erol Akpinar, M. L. G. Pereira and N. G. C. Astrath

Phase Transitions, 97(3), 171-191, 2024.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01411594.2023.2301469

31. A new interpretation of the optical interference figures observed in a lyotropic biaxial nematic phase for a ternary mixture of DTMABr, 1-DDeOH and H2O

Danilo D. Luders, Erol Akpinar, Newller M. Kimura

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 366, 120108, 2022.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120108

30. Gemini surfactant behavior of conventional surfactant dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide with anionic azo dye Sunset Yellow in aqueous solutions

Erol Akpinar*, Nazli Uygur, Gokhan Topcu, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 360, 119556, 2022.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119556

29. Effect of the surfactant head-group size dependence of the dye-surfactant interactions on the lyotropic uniaxial to biaxial nematic phase transitions

Erol Akpinar*, Nazli Uygur, Oznur Demir Ordu, Dennys Reis, Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 332, 115842, 2021.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732221005675

28. Effect of the anionic azo dye Sunset Yellow in lyotropic mixtures with uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases

Erol Akpinar*, Gokhan Topcu, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 318, 114010, 2020.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732220335844

27. Effect of surfactant alkyl chain length on lyotropic uniaxial to biaxial cholesteric phase transitions

Erol Akpinar*, Nazli Uygur, Seda Uyanik and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

European Physical Journal E, 42(9), 128:1-6, 2019.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epje/i2019-11893-8

26. Effect of head-group size of some tetradecylalkylammonium bromide surfactants on obtaining the lyotropic biaxial nematic phase

Erol Akpinar*, Emre Guner, Oznur Demir Ordu and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

European Physical Journal E, 42(4), 44:1-8, 2019.

https://epje.epj.org/articles/epje/abs/2019/04/10189_2019_Article_11806/10189_2019_Article_11806.html

25. Experimental conditions for the stabilization of the lyotropic biaxial nematic mesophase

Erol Akpinar and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Crystals, 9(3), 158(1-17), 2019.

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/9/3/158

24. Comparison between lyotropic cholesteric phase behavior with partly fluorinated surfactants and their exact hydrogenated counterparts

Erol Akpinar*, Sinan Yurdakul and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 259, 239-248, 2018.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732217362190

23. A survey on the phase diagram of the system sodium dodecyl sulphate/1-decanol /D2O concerning an eventual coexistence of uniaxial nematic phases

Arnaldo Oliveira-Filho, Erol Akpinar, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Liquid Crystals, 45 (4), 475-484, 2018.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678292.2017.1347292

22. Effect of the surfactant alkyl chain length on the stabilization of lyotropic nematic phases

Erol Akpinar*, Cihan Canioz, Meric Turkmen, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Liquid Crystals, 45 (2), 219-229, 2018.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678292.2017.1309698

21. Effect of dopant structure on birefringences and symmetric tensor invariants of lyotropic nematic phases

Erol Akpinar

CBU Journal of Science, 14 (2), 229-235, 2018.

http://dergipark.gov.tr/cbayarfbe/issue/37847/403800

20. Comments on the stabilization of the biaxial nematic phase in lyotropic liquid crystals

Dennys Reis, Erol Akpinar and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Molecular Crystals Liquid Crystals, 657, 6-10, 2017.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15421406.2017.1402584

19. On the coexistence of uniaxial nematic phases in the lyotropic mixture sodium dodecyl sulphate/1-decanol/D2O

Arnaldo Oliveira-Filho, Erol Akpinar, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Molecular Crystals Liquid Crystals, 657, 1-5, 2017.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15421406.2017.1402579

18. Role of kosmotrope-chaotrope interactions at micelle surfaces on the stabilization of lyotropic nematic phases

Erol Akpinar*, Meric Turkmen, Cihan Canioz and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter and Biological Physics, 39 (11), 107 (1-16), 2016

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epje/i2016-16107-5

17. Effect of the presence of strong and weak electrolytes on the existence of uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases in lyotropic mixtures

Erol Akpinar*, Kemal Otluoglu, Meric Turkmen, Cihan Canioz, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Liquid Crystals, 43 (11), 1693-1708, 2016

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678292.2016.1194491

16. Effect of Hofmeister anions on the existence of the biaxial nematic phase in lyotropic mixtures of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide/sodium salt/1-dodecanol/water

Erol Akpinar*, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Liquid Crystals, 42 (7), 973-981, 2015

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678292.2015.1011717#.VW1Cac_tmko

15. Shear viscosity measurements and rheological properties of ternary and quaternary lyotropic liquid crystals in the discotic and the calamitic nematic phases

Celso L.S. Risi, Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto, P.R.G. Fernandes, A.R. Sampaio, Erol Akpinar and Marcus B.L. Santos

Rheologica Acta, 54 (6), 529-543, 2015

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00397-015-0850-2

14. Interpretation of different molecular packing in the micelles of lyotropic nematic and cholesteric phases via mass density measurements

Erol Akpinar*, Frank Giesselmann and Mahmut Acimis

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 200, 354-360, 2014

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732214005236

13. New lyotropic mixtures with non-chiral N-acylamino acid surfactants presenting the biaxial nematic phase investigated by laser conoscopy, polarized optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction

Erol Akpinar*, Dennys Reis, Muhammet Yildirim and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Materials, 7(6),4132-4147, 2014

http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/7/6/4132

12. Anomalous behavior in the crossover between the negative and positive biaxial nematic mesophases in a lyotropic liquid crystal

Erol Akpinar*, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

ChemPhysChem, 15 (7), 1463-1469, 2014

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cphc.201301003/abstract

11. Contributions of intermicellar distance, micelle volume and screw angle to the temperature dependence of helical pitch in the intrinsic lyotropic cholesteric phases

Erol Akpinar*, Frank Giesselmann and Mahmut Acimis

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 191, 20-28, 2014

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732213003966

10. Dynamic light scattering and viscosity measurements in a ternary and quaternary discotic lyotropic nematic liquid crystal: tuning the backflow with salt

Celso L.S. Risi, Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto,Erol Akpinarand Marcus B.L. Santos

Physical Review E, 88 (2), 022506, 1-10, 2013

http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v88/i2/e022506

9. Effect of micelle size and intermicellar distance on the chirality transfer in the intrinsic lyotropic cholesteric phases

Erol Akpinar*, Frank Giesselmann and Mahmut Acimis

Liquid Crystals, 40 (9), 1183-1194, 2013

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678292.2013.807941#.UgDoTpLZbCk

8. Effect of Alkyl Chain Length of Alcohols on Cholesteric Uniaxial-to-Cholesteric Biaxial Phase Transitions in a Potassium laurate/alcohol/K2SO4/water/brucine Lyotropic Mixture: Evidence of a First-Order Phase Transition

Dennys Reis, Erol Akpinar and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117 (3), 942-948, 2013

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp310981d

7. Study of the Cholesteric-to-Cholesteric Phase Transitions on the Lyotropic Mixture of KL/K2SO4/1-undecanol/water/brucine Presenting the Cholesteric Biaxial Phase

Erol Akpinar*, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Molecular Crystals Liquid Crystals, 576 (1), 98-105, 2013

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15421406.2013.789708

6. Investigation of the Interaction of Alkali Ions with Surfactant Head Groups for the Formation of Lyotropic Biaxial Nematic Phase via Optical Birefringence Measurements

Erol Akpinar,Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Proc. of Soc. Photo-Opt. Inst. Eng. (SPIE), 8642, art. no. 864203, 2013

http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1661620

5. Lyotropic Mixture Made of Potassium Laurate/1-undecanol/K2SO4/water Presenting High Birefringences and Large Biaxial Nematic Phase Domain: A Laser Conoscopy Study

Erol Akpinar,Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter and Biological Physics, 35, 50 (1-9), 2012

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepje%2Fi2012-12050-9

4. Effect of Alkyl Chain Length of Alcohols on Nematic Uniaxial-to-Biaxial Phase Transitions in a Potassium laurate/alcohol/K2SO4/water Lyotropic Mixture

Erol Akpinar, Dennys Reis and Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto

Liquid Crystals, 39 (7), 881-888, 2012

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678292.2012.686637

3. Mass Density Measurements as a Tool to Distinguish Between Micelle Size and Shape in Nematic and Chiral Nematic Phases

Mahmut Acimis and Erol Akpinar

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5, 4197-4203, 2003

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2003/cp/b304693a

2. Strange Mass Density Behaviour of a Micellar Chiral Nematic Phase Composed of an Amphiphilic Racemic Mixture and its L-enantiomer

Erol Akpinar, Mahmut Acimis and Cigdem Ocak

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 3, 645-646, 2001

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2001/cp/b100373i

1. Effects of Salts and Structure of Chiral Dopants on the Induced Pitch from Micellar Nematic Phases

Cigdem Ocak, Mahmut Acimis, Erol Akpinar and Ayse Gok

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2, 5703-5707, 2000

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2000/cp/b006589g