Aysen Akturk

Istanbul Technical University · Department of Chemical Engineering

In this study, nanocomposite scaffolds were obtained by incorporating 58S bioactive glass (58S) and 58S bioactive glass particles, which contain copper and zinc (CuZn 58S) into the gelatin-chitosan electrospun nanofibers for bone tissue engineering applications. Bioactive glasses were obtained by using the sol–gel process. The obtained nanocomposit...

Antibacterial composite membranes were fabricated in this study through the utilization of the electrospinning technique, with the intention of employing it as a skin mask. The membranes, comprising polycaprolactone and gelatin, were used to provide mechanical support with bioactivity for the membranes. Salicylic acid was used in combination with a...

Recent studies in wound dressing applications offer new therapies to promote the wound healing process. The main strategy of this study is to combine the traditional perspective of using medicinal oils with polymeric scaffolds manufactured by an engineering approach to fabricate a potential tissue engineering product that provides both new tissue f...

The use of biocompatible materials and fabrication methods is of particular importance in the development of wound dressings. Cellulose acetate (CA) has excellent properties for wound dressing applications, but it is insufficient for the wound healing process due to its lack of bioactive and antibacterial properties. In this study, CA was electrosp...

The development of highly efficient and stable photocatalysts for wastewater treatment has been identified as one of the most important environmental challenges facing the world. In this study, titanium dioxide (TiO2) fibrous nanocomposites doped with novel silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were synthesized by combining sol–gel and electrospinning meth...

In this study, bioactive glass (BG) and copper metal nanoparticles (Cu NPs)-doped poly(Ɛ-caprolactone) (PCL) nanofiber membranes were produced by electrospinning method. Box–Behnken design was used to evaluate the effect of formulation variables including PCL concentration, Cu NPs ratio and BG ratio on nanofiber diameter, and cytotoxicity studies o...

The current research focuses on the findings of an investigation on optimizing of an electrospun antibacterial gelatin nanocomposite membrane for bone tissue engineering applications. For this reason, soluble starch coated silver nanoparticles (Ag‐NPs) and bioactive glass particles (BG) were incorporated in to gelatin (Gt) to fabricate Gt/Ag‐NPs/BG...

In this work copper nanoparticles (Cu NPs) were prepared by using biopolymers soluble starch and sodium alginate (NaAlg) with its abundance of hydroxyl groups and its biocompatibility as the capping agents. Soluble starch capped Cu NPs (CuS NPs) and sodium alginate capped Cu NPs (CuA NPs) were first prepared by microwave assisted chemical reduction...

In this study silver nanoparticles were synthesized by microwave irradiation method using soluble starch as a green capping and reducing agent. The as-prepared soluble starch coated silver nanoparticles (S-Ag NPs) were incorporated in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix to fabricate nanofibers through electrospinning process. Two different types of cros...

This study presents the findings of a research on fabricating composite nanofibrous mats including silver and copper nanoparticles for tissue engineering applications. For this purpose, two different types of silver nanoparticles (soluble starch capped silver nanoparticles, sodium alginate capped silver nanoparticles) and two different types of cop...

The current research was conducted to propose a nanocomposite material, which could be suitable to be used as a scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications. For this purpose, nanocomposite fibers of gelatin, poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), and bioactive glass were successfully fabricated via electrospinning process. In this context, response surf...