Our paper titled “Computational investigation of electronic, vibrational, and transport properties of silicon phosphide nanoribbons” published in the Phys. Rev. Materials (October 2025).

Our paper titled “Nonlinear Optical Response in Layer-Stacked Gallenene with Ferroelectric Polarization” published in the Advanced Materials (August 2025).

Our paper titled “Electronic transport properties of Janus Ge2PAs monolayer: A prototype 2D metal–semiconductor–metal device” published in the Journal of Applied Physics (August 2025).

Our paper titled “Engineering of the High-Power Laser-Induced Synthesis of Ni-Based Metal-Organic Framework” published in the Advanced Materials Technologies (February 2025).

Our paper titled “Two-dimensional 2γ-In2Se3 in bilayer-like coloring triangle lattice” published in the Physical Review Materials (November 2024).

I participated in the Artificial Intelligence in Advanced Materials (AI4AM 2025) event in San Sebastián. It was inspiring to see the growing potential of AI in materials science and its wide-ranging applications.

I visited the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM) and gave a seminar on our recent results. It was a great experience to share our work and to witness the impressive achievements in the field of 2D materials

Bilkent University’s National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) has had recent success with the “REPAINT” project led by Dr. Selma Mayda ve Assoc. Prof. Engin Durgun and supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program. Titled “Computational Investigation of Degradation Processes in Historical Paintings Using DFT and AI (REPAINT),” the project has secured funding from MSCA, one of the European Union’s most prestigious grants supporting doctoral and postdoctoral researchers.

The Nanotechnology Workshop was held on October 2-3, 2024, with the support of the Netherlands Innovation Network Turkey, in collaboration with Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), and the University of Twente’s MESA+ Institute. The two-day workshop brought together leading researchers from the Netherlands and Turkey, featuring presentations, panels, and lab tours in fields including metamaterials, nanoelectronics, photonics, and nanobiotechnology.

Dr. Engin Durgun, project investigator at Bilkent UNAM and faculty member of the Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSN) Program, has been honored with his election as an Associate Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA).

Dr. Taylan Görkan has joined our group. Welcome! (September 2023)

Our paper titled “Antibacterial nanofibers of pullulan/tetracycline-cyclodextrin inclusion” published in the Journal of colloid and interface science (January 2022).

Our paper titled “Investigation of  transport properties of germanium-pnictogen monolayers.” published in the Journal of Physics D (January 2022).

Our paper titled “Design of nanoscale capacitors based on borophene and boron nitride” published in the Physical Review Materials (December 2021).

Doğukan Hazar Özbey has received the best poster award at the 26th YMF Ankara meeting, with his work entitled “Two dimensional Janus GePAs monolayer: Direct bandgap semiconductor with high and anisotropic mobility for efficient photocatalytic water splitting”. Congrats Doğukan.

Our paper titled “Strain-induced structural phase transition in GeN monolayer” published in the Applied Surface Science (November 2021).

Our paper titled “Tuning thermoelectric efficiency of monolayer indium nitride by mechanical strain” published in the Journal of Applied Physics (June 2021).

Our paper titled “Building an Iron Chromophore Incorporating Prussian Blue Analogue” published in the Chemistry–A European Journal (April 2021).

Our paper titled “Janus two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide oxides ” published in the Physical Review B (May 2021).