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  • Kitap BölümüYalnız künye2024
    Possible Interaction of PVC with Micro-and Nano-fillers

    Guler, Seval Hale; Simsek, Tuncay; Guler, Omer; Dikici, Burak

    Undoubtedly, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is one of the most produced synthetic polymers globally and is used in all areas of life. Its general structure consists of hydrocarbon and chloride as well known. The main reasons for its widespread use in our life are low production cost, high mechanical strength, and chemical stability. The PVCs have significant problems such as low thermal resistance or weak impact strength. Thus, nowadays, the current studies are noteworthy on the PVC-matrix composites reinforced with micro-/nano-based fillers. The primary purpose of this studies improves the mechanical, physical, or chemical properties of PVC. Of course, the essential feature of a composite structure is the matrix/reinforcement interface and its interactions. In addition to the production method, the selection of matric and reinforcement fillers is the main factor affecting the adhesion and interactions between the interface. In this chapter, an overview of the possible interaction of PVC with micro- and nano-fillers is presented.

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  • MakaleYalnız künye2024Scopus SJRQ2
    Recycling Ti1.0Nb0.3Ta0.07Zr0.05 Conventional Alloys: Production of Non-equimolar TiZrCrNb0.3Ta0.07 Medium Entropy Alloys with the Addition of Cr for Improved In Vitro Corrosion Resistance

    Guler, Omer; Say, Yakup; Dikici, Burak; Ozkul, Iskender; Niinomi, Mitsuo

    A non-equimolar TiZrCrNb0.3Ta0.07 medium entropy alloy (MEA) was successfully designed as theoretical and produced by arc-melting method from Ti1.0Nb0.3Ta0.07Zr0.05 (TNTZ) scraps for possible usage in biomedical applications in this study. The main aim of this study is to find an alternative way to recycle with a reduced carbon footprint the available TNTZ conventional alloy and convert it to a value-added product during this recycling such as medium entropy alloys (MEAs) via using less energy. To examine the microstructural changes induced by the annealing process, scanning electron microscopy was employed. The chemical composition of the HEAs was assessed using energy-dispersive spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Additionally, x-ray diffraction analysis was used to determine the crystallographic structure and phase composition of HEAs. Furthermore, in order to evaluate the electrochemical corrosion performance of the alloys, comprehensive in vitro corrosion tests were conducted in a simulated body fluid solution, specifically Hanks's Balanced Salt Solution. Some elemental segregation has been observed after the annealing process. A big migration of Zr and Cr elements was observed in the samples from the interdendritic region to the dendritic area during the annealing process. This segregation resulted in approximately 1.4 times increase in the hardness of the MEA. The electrochemical corrosion results showed that the in vitro resistance of the MEAs was higher than that of its conventional scraps.

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  • MakaleYalnız künye2024Scopus SJRQ2
    Production of CoCrFeNi(Al/Ti) High-Entropy Alloys by Mechanical Alloying: Optimization of Milling Time and Comparison of Corrosion Susceptibilities

    Say, Yakup; Dikici, Burak; Kaseem, Mosab; Özkul, İskender; Güler, Ömer

    CoCrFeNi alloy is the most well-known four-component equiatomic alloy. In addition, it has a low-cost composition among HEAs. Four-component alloys are considered semi-HEAs. Therefore, a five-component HEA design was made by adding another metal to the main composition of CoCrFeNi. As the fifth metal, two metals such as Al and Ti, which are relatively low in cost and have the potential to improve properties, were chosen. For this purpose, in this study, the effect of Al and Ti on CoCrFeNi main alloy was investigated by producing three different samples as CoCrFeNi, CoCrFeNiAl, and CoCrFeNiTi. The alloys with three different compositions (used three different samples) were successfully produced by the mechanical alloying method. Although Al and Ti have the possibility of intermetallic with other metals in the alloy, such a formation was not observed during mechanical alloying, and it was observed that all metals were homogeneously distributed in the alloy. The microhardness results indicated that CoCrFeNiAl and CoCrFeNiTi samples had similar hardness values. While the hardness of the CoCrFeNi sample was 136 HV, the hardness of the CoCrFeNiAl sample was 262 HV. However, the hardness of the CoCrFeNiTi sample decreased significantly. The hardness of the CoCrFeNiTi sample was measured as 269 HV. It was observed that the addition of Ti and Al to the base alloy was increased a significant change in hardness. It has been observed that Ti supplementation has a more positive effect on improving corrosion properties. It is seen that the corrosion potentials shift toward more negative potentials with the addition of Al and Ti to the CoCrFeNi (−194 mV) alloy (−306 and −224 mV for CoCrFeNiAl and CoCrFeNiTi, respectively). When the surface morphologies of the alloys are compared after corrosion; the damage to the alloy surfaces increases due to the negative Ecorr value in CoCrFeNiAl and CoCrFeNiTi alloys compared to the master alloy. However, the high corrosion current density (12.69 µA/cm2) in the CoCrFeNiTi sample caused much more damage to this alloy. Graphical Abstract: (Figure presented.)

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  • Kitap BölümüAçık Erişim2023
    Production technique–structure relationship in bioceramic-coated scaffold applications

    Aslan, Naim; Topuz, Mehmet; Aksakal, Bunyamin; Dikici, Burak

    It is well known that the surface of metal-based implants is very resistive in aggressive body environments due to the noble oxide layer naturally formed on their surfaces. However, their osseointegration properties are very low. By the way, specific cells attached are desired on the implant surface when the surface of an implant connects with tissue in many circumstances. Thus in parallel with technological developments, biomedical engineering focuses on the growth of new tissue on the implant surface or in the porosities of the implant. The bulk properties of metallic scaffolds, especially Young’s modulus, can be controlled by the porosity ratio of the scaffold but cannot form a bond between the implant and tissue interfaces. Thus the coating of scaffold walls with a bioactive material is required. In this chapter, bioceramic coating techniques of scaffolds, mechanical and corrosion behavior, biocompatibility, and interactions of surface/tissue interface, especially considering the last published reports, were reviewed, in detail.

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  • MakaleAçık Erişim2023Scopus SJRQ1
    A comprehensive study on structural properties, photon and particle attenuation competence of CoNiFeCr-Ti/Al high entropy alloys (HEAs)

    Sakar, Erdem; Guler, Omer; Alım, Bünyamin; Say, Yakup; Dikici, Burak

    It is well known that high entropy alloys (HEAs) have a wide range of potential applications as radiation shielding due to their superior properties. The CoNiFeCr-Ti/Al compositions were chosen for their low cost as HEA in this study. The HEAs were successfully produced using the mechanical alloying (MA) method with equimolar CoNiFeCr, CoNiFeCrAl, and CoNiFeCrTi compositions. The production and structural properties of the alloys were investigated in detail. Besides, the photon and particle radiation shielding properties of the HEAs were calculated with the help of Phy-X/PSD, SRIM (10 keV-20 MeV), and ESTAR (10 keV-20 MeV) programs. The photon-matter interaction parameters were calculated in both specific photon energies emitted from 241Am, 133Ba, 109Cd, 60Co, 137Cs, 131I, and 22Na nuclides and a continuous energy range of 15 keV-15 MeV. The characterization of the alloys was investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopes (SEM) attached to an energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX). It was found that the HEAs have a highly amorphous structure due to the selected production method. The crystal size of the alloys was calculated as 70, 35, and 20 nm for CoNiFeCr, CoNiFeCrAl, and CoNiFeCrTi, respectively. In terms of shielding properties, it has been determined that the produced HEAs have better shielding characteristics for photon and particle radiations than standard shielding concretes. In addition, the results demonstrated that CoNiFeCr alloy, which has the best shielding ability among the HEA alloys, can be used as a shielding material application requiring photon, electron, proton, alpha, and neutron radiations.

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  • BildiriYalnız künye2023
    Investigation of corrosion behavior of ZrN-based PVD coatings on Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr alloy in Hank's solution

    Ali, Leila Ait; Aslan, Naim; Yilmazer, Hakan; Niinomi, Mitsuo; Sen, Anil; Dikici, Burak; Benhala, B.; Raihani, A.; Mansouri, K.; Qbadou, M.

    In this study, the TiNbTaZr (TNTZ) alloys, which do not contain toxic and allergic elements, have been coated with hard ZrN physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings to increase their in-vitro corrosion resistance. In-vitro electrochemical behavior of the ZrN coating and uncoated TNTZ alloy was evaluated using open circuit potential (OCP) and potentiodynamic polarization (PDS) techniques, respectively. The characterizations of the coatings were carried out using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersion spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The SEM examinations showed that ZrN coating is homogeneous. Besides, ZrN coating had a higher corrosion resistance than uncoated TNTZ alloy in Hank's solution.

  • MakaleYalnız künye2020Scopus SJRQ2
    The effect of graphene nano-sheet (GNS) weight percentage on mechanical and corrosion properties of AZ61 and AZ91 based magnesium matrix composites

    Guler, Omer; Say, Yakup; Dikici, Burak

    In this study, the effect of graphene nano-sheets (GNSs) on mechanical and corrosion properties of AZ61 and AZ91 based composites was investigated, detail. GNSs have been successfully produced by the liquid phase exfoliation (LPE) method and then, added AZ61 and AZ91 matrix with 01, 0.2, and 0.5 wt% GNSs for the production of the composites. The composite compacts were produced by powder metallurgy technique and sintered for 2 h at 500 °C under Ar atmosphere. The composite characterizations were carried out by scanning and transmission electron microscopes (SEM, TEM), electron dispersive spectroscope (EDS), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The mechanical properties and corrosion behaviors of the composites have been compared with compression tests and potentiodynamic scanning (PDS) techniques, respectively. The results showed that the compressive strength of the composites increased with increasing GNS amount in both the AZ61 and AZ91 matrix alloys. The most susceptible composites to corrosion for both AZ61 and AZ91 matrix were observed in the 0.5 wt% GNS containing structures. However, there is a certain ratio of GNS in the Mg matrix to achieve good corrosion resistance.

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  • MakaleYalnız künye2020Scopus SJRQ1
    Carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced magnesium matrix composites: The effect of CNT ratio on their mechanical properties and corrosion resistance

    Say, Yakup; Guler, Omer; Dikici, Burak

    In this study, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of AZ61 and AZ91 magnesium matrix composites reinforced with 01, 0.2, and 0.5 wt% carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were investigated, detailly. CNTs have been successfully synthesized with 15–20 nm diameters by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method and then, added to magnesium alloys by using the powder metallurgy (PM) technique. The composite compacts were consolidated by cold-pressing under 500 MPa pressure and sintered for 2 h at 500 °C under Ar atmosphere. The characterization studies of the unreinforced alloys and composites were carried out by scanning and transmission electron microscopes (SEM, TEM), electron dispersive spectroscope (EDS), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The mechanical properties and corrosion behaviors of the composites have been compared with compression tests and potentiodynamic scanning (PDS) techniques, respectively. The results showed that the effect of CNTs reinforcement on strength increase was greater in AZ61 series samples than AZ91-based composites. The corrosion results of the presented study showed that the composites reinforced with lower CNTs (such as 0.1 or 0.2 wt%) and unreinforced alloys had better corrosion resistance than high CNTs (such as 0.5 wt%) containing structures. However, the most resistant structure to the corrosion for both AZ61 and AZ91 alloys were obtained in the composites reinforced with 0.2 wt% CNTs.

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  • MakaleYalnız künye2016Scopus SJRQ1
    Effect of hydroxyapatite/SiO2 hybride coatings on surface morphology and corrosion resistance of REX-734 alloy

    Say, Yakup; Aksakal, Bunyamin; Dikici, Burak

    REX-734 stainless steel alloy was coated with hydroxyapatite (HA)-silicon dioxide (SiO2) composite (hybride) coatings by using the sol-gel method. Surface morphologies, adhesion resistances and corrosion behaviors of the coatings were examined and the characterization of the coatings was performed by using XRD, SEM, and EDS. It was observed that porous and crack-free surface morphology enhanced adhesion strength of the coatings. Through the shear tests, it was found that the adhesion resistance was 25.14 MPa in HA coatings and 25.47 MPa in HA-SiO2 coatings. Corrosion analyses of the coatings were performed by using potentiodynamic polarization (PDS) tests. It was determined that corrosion dimples formed on the coating surface and the corrosion resistance in HA+SiO2 coatings increased with decreasing porosity; however, in the further steps of corrosion, it reached to the base material by causing a pitting effect on the coated surface. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.

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