Themed collection Celebrating recent achievements in chemical science in Turkey

Thiophene-based conjugated polymers are important conjugated polymers due to their exceptional optical and conductive properties, over the past few decades many researchers have designed novel strategies to reach more efficient materials for electronic applications.

In this review, we discuss the recent advances in green synthesis of silver nanoparticles, their application as antimicrobial agents and mechanism of antimicrobial mode of action.

The discovery of functional organic–inorganic hybrid nanoflowers (FNFs) consisting of proteins/enzymes as the organic components and Cu(II) ion as the inorganic component has made an enormous impact on enzyme immobilization studies.

Nanofibers with inorganic nanoparticles are novel hybrid nanocomposites that have great potential in various areas.

It is the aim to develop optimization techniques to separate platelets from Red Blood Cells (RBCs) after designing and analyzing a microfluidic chip in this study.

A universal hybrid modeling approach is developed to model VO₂ in transition, revealing dynamic behavior of metallic inclusions and grain shapes.

Flower-like hierarchical Au structures, composed of micro- and nanoscale features, lead to higher number of filopodia formation on TiO₂ thin films.

A schematic illustration of the strategy used to create a microenvironment consisting of micropatterns and CNT tracks. The new microenvironment allowed roughly positioning of PC12 cells and guidance of neural extensions.

Flame retardancy properties of paraffin-based microcapsules were enhanced using halogen-free fire retardants. The reducing on the heat of combustion, and improving on noncombustibility properties and microencapsulation ratio were achieved.

Fluorene-benzotriazole based polymers with double bound subunits were prepared for white light electroluminescence applications.

Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are the most promising energy storage systems owing to their high energy density.

Polyanion–nisin multilayer films exhibit antimicrobial activity by controlled release of nisin or as stable biofilm inhibiting coatings depending on polyanion.

Controlled generation of singlet oxygen is very important due to its involvement in scheduled cellular maintenance processes and therapeutic potential.

A facile synthetic route was applied to generate Au@COPN-1 hybrids via in situ reduction of Au³⁺ with no additional reducing agent. Au@COPN-1 is a promising catalyst platform and good biocompatibility confirmed by dynamic real-time cell analysis.

Four step synthesis of 3-alkylthieno[3,2-b]thiophenes in the literature was reduced to two steps in good yields, through the preparation of the mono ketone, i.e. 1-(thiophene-3-ylthio)alkan-2-one, from 3-bromothiophene and ring formation reaction.

Use of a newly synthesized Si-CPTS-AHAP adsorbent in the removal of Cr(VI) ions in wastewater treatment systems may potentially lead to low cost and highly efficient heavy metal removal.

Carbendazim doped and aptamer-gate functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles targeted nucleolin on HeLa cell surface for specific delivery. This delivery system improved antitumor activity of carbendazim by about 3 folds increase of EC₅₀ values.

Fabrication and characterisation studies of nanotextured polycaprolactone surfaces, and an investigation of their influence on human ovarian carcinoma cells.

A highly enantioselective Michael addition reaction of anthrone with nitroalkenes by chiral tetraoxacalix[2]arene[2]triazine catalysts was investigated as a novel topic.

An ultrafast and convenient method for PEGylation of chitosan nanoparticles has been established through a photopolymerization reaction between the acrylate groups of PEG and methacrylated-chitosan nanoparticles.

Evaluation of dual-purpose zinc and silicon phthalocyanine complexes on photophysical, singlet oxygen generation, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties.

The highly porous polymers with interconnected windows (polyHIPE) are functionalised with tertiary amine and carboxyl groups to form basic and Brønsted acidic heterogeneous catalysts.

An investigation of the structure–property relationship between reorganization energy and molecular structure.

Herein, we carried out first-principles calculations based on density functional theory to investigate the effects of surface functionalization with hydrogen atoms on structural, dynamical and electronic properties of Cu₂Si monolayer.

A magnetic-propelled carrier comprising chitosan-coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles was prepared to enhance the catalytic activity of immobilized L-asparaginase in a weak magnetic field.

Our computational results rationalize the factors that affect the molecular self-assembly of bisamides and its role on gelation.

A low cost, robust approach for the production of glucose biosensors was achieved via simple electrospinning and chemical vapor polymerization techniques.

We report here a method for the synthesis of a unique hybrid gel system for the sustained delivery of P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) antagonist.

Cold isopropanol coagulation bath and use of acetic acid/hydriodic acid reduction resulted in better tensile strength for wet-spun graphene filaments.

In this study a novel silicon(IV) phthalocyanine bearing [(2E)-3-[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]-1-(4-phenoxy)prop-2-en-1-one] group and its quaternized derivative at their axial positions were synthesized for the first time.

The bending properties of four types of nanostitched and nanoprepreg three dimensional (3D) para-aramid/phenolic composite were studied. Stitched or stitched/nano p-aramid/phenolic composites could be considered as damage tolerant materials.

In this work, LaCrO₃ and Ir doped LaCrO₃ compounds were synthesized and their frequency dependent electrical properties were studied.

Chitosan films blended with stem, leaf and seed extracts of Pistacia terebinthus for active food packaging.