Ilker Calgeris's research while affiliated with Marmara University and other places

... For concentrations between 5 and 10 %, a balance between the film concentration and the hydrophilic properties of the starch can be generated and therefore the swelling does not decrease further. Additionally, due to the hydroxyl groups in starch, the starch molecules could interact with the lignosulfonate molecules through the potential hydrogen bond, limiting the interactions between hydrophilic groups in the matrix and the water molecules [6,44,45]. Therefore, fewer water molecules would interact with the matrix's hydrophilic groups, resulting in a lower amount of absorbed water [44]. At the end of the water uptake experiments, the films retained their structure, remaining intact even after their maximum swelling, indicating the formation of stable networks at equilibrium. ...

... To date, the LbL assembly technology has been mostly widely employed to produce electrostatic-driven supramolecular multilayered assemblies by exploiting the attractive electrostatic interactions between oppositely charged polymeric materials. 21,26,30,[59][60][61] Among them, polysaccharides are very appealing building blocks for assembling multilayered devices for biomedical applications owing to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-cytotoxicity, and non-immunogenic properties, as well as high chemical diversity and versatility, and structural similarity to the native extracellular matrices of living tissues. 62 Polysaccharides extracted from marineorigin organisms, widely discarded as waste by the food industry, are particularly attractive renewable natural biopolymers for enabling high added-value sustainable multifunctional biomaterials owing to their wide and ready bioavailability, biocompatibility and physicochemical properties. ...