Prof. Duygu AvcÄ - Polymer Research Center

Prof. Duygu AvcÄ - Polymer Research Center

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Prof. Duygu Avcı
Contact Information:
Department of Chemistry,
BoÄŸaziçi University
34342 Bebek, Ä°stanbul,
Turkey
Tel: 0212-359 6816
Fax: 0212-287 24 67
E-mail: [email protected]
Education:
B.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
Chemistry Department, BoÄŸaziçi University
Institute of Environmental Sciences, BoÄŸaziçi University
Chemistry Department, BoÄŸaziçi University
July 1984
June 1988
July 1993
Research Interests
Synthesis and polymerizations of new functional acrylate monomers, water soluble monomers and polymers, dental
materials, biocompatible materials, cyclopolymerization, photopolymerization of multifunctional monomers
Academic Positions:
Research Assistant
Post-doctoral scientist
Assistant Prof.
Associate Prof.
Prof.
BoÄŸaziçi University
School of Polymers and High
Performance Materials,
University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
BoÄŸaziçi University
BoÄŸaziçi University
BoÄŸaziçi University
1986-1993
1993-1996
1996-1998
1998-2004
2004-
Other related experience:
Visiting Scholar
School of Polymers and High
1996-2004
Performance Materials, University
3 months/year
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, USA
Courses taught:
Chem 442 Qualitative Organic Analysis
Chem 538 Polymer Applications
Chem 482 ResearchTechniques in Chemistry
Chem 103-Chem104 General Chemistry
Chem 241 Organic Chemistry for Engineers
Chem 201 Organic Chemistry
Chem 435 Introduction to Polymer Science and Technology
Research Activities:
Master and Ph.D. Thesis Direction:
- N. Osanyan, ‘Property Modifications of Amine-Linked Diacrylates and Water-Soluble Polymers’, M.S.
Thesis, 1999.
- K. Lemopulo, ‘Cyclocopolymerization of Allyl-Acrylate Quaternary Ammonium Monomers with
Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride’, M.S. Thesis, 2001.
- B. Ayfer, ‘Synthesis and Antibacterial Activities of New Quaternary Ammonium Monomers’, M.S. Thesis,
2003.
- B. YaÄŸcı, ‘Synthesis and Photopolymerizations of Novel Alkyl-a-hydroxymethyl Acrylate Based Dental
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Crosslinking Monomers’, M.S. Thesis, 2005.
- A. Ziylan Albayrak, ‘Synthesis and Polymerization of New Phosphorus Containing Acrylates’, Ph.D.
Thesis, 2002-.
Principal funded projects:
• Project title: “Cyclopolymerization of Amine-Linked Diacrylates”, 1996 (24 m). NATO (CRG-960570).
Primary investigator
• Project title: “Cyclopolymerization of Amine Derivatives of Alkyl a- Hydroxymethyl Acrylates”, 1996
(24 m). BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (96HB0514). Primary investigator
• Project title: “Synthesis of New Amphiphilic Acrylate Monomers and Polymers”, 1999 (12 m).
BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (99B503).
Primary investigator
• Project title: “Water Soluble Polymers: Copolymers of Amphiphilic Allyl-acrylate Quaternary Ammonium
Monomers and Diallyldimethyl Ammonium Chloride”, 2000 (12 m). BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (00HB502).
Primary investigator
• Project title: “Synthesis of Copolymers of Allyl-Acrylate Quaternary Ammonium Monomers with Acrylamide
and N,N-Isopropyl Acrylamide”, 2001 (18 m). BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (01HB501).
Primary investigator
• Project title: “Synthesis and Polymerizations of New Phosphorus-containing Acrylate Monomers”,
2002 (12 m). BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (02HB501). Primary investigator
• Project title: “Structure-reactivity Relationships in the Photopolymerizations of Multifunctional
Methacrylates”, 2002 (24 m). BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (02M104). Primary investigator
• Project title: “Structure-reactivity Relationships in the Photopolymerization of Multifunctional
Acrylates”, 2002 (36 m). TUBITAK (TBAG U/49 102T115).
Primary investigator
• Project title: “Synthesis of New Phosphorus-containing Acrylate Monomers and Polymers”, 2003 (12
m). BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (03HB501). Primary investigator
• Project title: “Synthesis and Polymerizations of Novel Methacrylate Monomers for Dental Materials”,
2004 (12 m). BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (04B504).
Primary investigator
• Project title: “Synthesis and Photopolymerizations of New Dental Crosslinkers”, 2005 (12 m).
BoÄŸaziçi University Research Fund (05B502). Primary investigator
• Project title: “Bilgisayar destekli yöntemlerle sentetik ve biyolojik polimer sistemlerinin tasarımı”,
2005 (36 m). DPT Co-investigator
• Project title: “Towards Excellence in Computational Structural Biology and Biomaterials”, 2005 (36
m). FP6 (SSA). Co-investigator
PUBLICATIONS
1. D. Avcı, S. H. Kusefoglu, "Functionalization and Crosslinking Reactions of Ethyl αHydroxymethylacrylate", J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem. Ed., 31, 2941, 1993.
2. D. Avcı, S. H. Kusefoglu, R. D. Thompson, L. J. Mathias, "Polymerization
Characteristics and Polymer Properties of Ester Derivatives of C-Hydroxymethylacrylates: Itaconate Isomers Giving High
Molecular Weight Polymers", Am. Chem. Soc. Polym. Prepr., 35(2), 655, 1994.
3. D. Avcı, S. H. Kusefoglu, R. D. Thompson, L. J. Mathias, "Ester Derivatives of αHydroxymethylacrylates: Itaconate Isomers Giving High Molecular Weight Homopolymers", Macromolecules, 27, 1981,
1994.
4. D. Avcı, S. H. Kusefoglu, R. D. Thompson, L. J. Mathias, "Ester Derivatives of αhttp://www.prc.boun.edu.tr/cosbiom
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Hydroxymethylacrylates: Itaconate Isomers Giving High Molecular Weight Homopolymers", J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem.
Ed., 32(15), 2937, 1994.
5. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, "Cyclopolymerization of Cinnamate Ester Derivatives of Alkyl "-(Hydroxymethyl)
Acrylates”, Polym. Bull., 35(6), 671, 1995.
6. K. Thigpen, D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Photopolymerization of Ester Derivatives of Ethyl eHydroxymethyl Acrylate”, Am. Chem. Soc. Polym. Prepr., 36(2), 306, 1995.
7. K. Thigpen, D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Superfast Methacrylate Photomonomers: Ester Derivatives of Ethyl KHydroxymethacrylates”, Macromolecules, 28(26), 8872, 1995.
8. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Examples of New Synthetic Routes to Pendant Ester-Ether Derivatives of Ethyl vHydroxymethylacrylate Polymers”, Polym. Bull., 36, 133, 1996.
9. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, K. Thigpen, “Photopolymerization Studies of Alkyl and Aryl Ester Derivatives of Ethyl vHydroxymethylacrylate”, J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem. Ed., 34, 3191, 1996.
10. D. Avcı, K. Thigpen, L. J. Mathias, “Effects of Reduced Gravity on the Molecular Weight of Photopolymerized
Methyl Methacrylate”, Am. Chem. Soc. Polym. Prepr., 37(2), 317, 1996.
11. D. Avcı, C. Haynes, L. J. Mathias, “Cyclopolymerization of Amine-Linked Diacrylate Monomers”, J.
Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem. Ed., 35(10), 2111, 1997.
12. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Water Soluble Cyclopolymers of Allyl-Acrylate Quaternary Ammonium
Monomers”, Am. Chem. Soc. Polym. Prepr., 39(2), 484, 1998.
13. D. Avcı, L.J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Cyclopolymerization of Novel Allyl-Acrylate Quaternary Ammonium
Salts”, J. Polym. Sci: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 37, 901, 1999.
14. D. Avcı, M. Michalovic, L. J. Mathias, “Polymerization of J-(N-vinyl
formamidomethyl)acrylates:
cyclopolymers from non-symmetric monomers”, Des. Mon. Polym., 2(3), 199, 1999.
15. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Polymerization of New Quaternary Ammonium Amphiphilic
Methacrylates”, Am. Chem. Soc. Polym. Prepr., 40(2), 784, 1999.
16. D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Characterization of Quaternized poly-alkyl a-Chloroacetoxymethacrylates”,
Polym. Bull., 44, 469, 2000.
17. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Polymerization of Phosphorus-Containing Acrylates”, Am.
Chem. Soc. Polym. Prepr., 41(2), 1275, 2000.
18. D. Avcı, K. Lemopulo, L. J. Mathias, “Cyclocopolymerization of Allyl-Acrylate Quaternary Ammonium
Monomers and Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride”, J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem. Ed., 39, 640, 2001.
19. N. S. Tuzun, V. Aviyente, D. Avcı, N. Ince, “A Computational Approach to the Polymerizabilities of
Diallylamines”, J. Molec. Model., 7, 257, 2001.
20. D. Avcı, N. Osanyan, “Synthesis and Quaternization of Amine-Linked Diacrylate Monomers”, Am.
Chem. Soc. Polym. Prepr, 42(2), 51.4, 2001.
21. D. Avcı, A. Bayır, “Copolymerization of Acrylamide with Allyl-acrylate Quaternary Ammonium
Monomers”, Macromol. Symp., 181, 17, 2002.
22. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Polymerization of Phosphorus-containing Acrylates”, J. Polym.
Sci. Polym. Chem. Ed., 40, 3221, 2002.
23. D. Avcı, N. Mol, L. Dagasan, “New Cationic Polyelectrolytes for Flocculation Processes of Baker’s
Yeast Waste Water”, Polym. Bull., 48, 353, 2002.
24. D. Avcı, J. Nobles, L. J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Photopolymerization Kinetics of New Flexible Diacrylate and
Dimethacrylate Crosslinkers Based on C18 Diacid”, Polymer, 44, 963, 2003.
25. D. Avcı, A. Ziylan Albayrak, “Synthesis and Copolymerization of New Phosphorus-containing
Acrylates”, J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem. Ed., 41, 2207, 2003.
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26. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Photopolymerizations of New Hydroxyl-containing Dimethacrylate
Crosslinkers”, Polymer, 45, 1763, 2004.
27. A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, “Novel Phosphorus-containing Cyclopolymers from Ether Dimer of tert-Butyl ahydroxymethyl Acrylate”, Des. Mon. Polym., 7(3), 291, 2004.
28. H. Gunaydin, S. Salman, N. Senyurt, D. Avcı, V. Aviyente, “Modelling the Free Radical Polymerization of
Acrylates”, Inter. J. of Quant. Chem., 103, 176, 2005.
29. S. Salman, A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, V. Aviyente, “Synthesis and Modeling of the New Phosphoruscontaining Acrylates”, J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem. Ed., 43, 2574, 2005.
30. B. Ayfer, B. Dizman, M. O. Elasri, L. J. Mathias, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Antibacterial Activities of New
Quaternary Ammonium Monomers”, Des. Mon. Polym., 8(5), 437, 2005.
31. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Photopolymerizations of Phosphate-containing
Acrylate/(di)methacrylate Monomers from 3-(acryloyloxy)-2-hydroxypropyl Methacrylate”, Polym. Bull., 54, 11,
2005.
32. B. YaÄŸcı, B. Ayfer, A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Photopolymerizations of New Crosslinkers
for Dental Applications”, Macromol. Mat. and Eng., accepted.
SYMPOSIUM
1. O. Yenigün, D. Avcı, “Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modelling of Gemlik
Intern. AMSE Confer. Modelling and Simulation, AMSE Press, Vol. 3A, 227, 1988.
Bay”, Proceedings
2. D. Avcı, S. H. KüsefoÄŸlu, “Poly-2-Hydroxymethylacrylates: Esterification and Crosslinking Reactions”,
VIII. National Symposium on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Marmara University Publication No: 518, Vol. 3, 239,
1992.
3. L. J. Mathias, D. Avcı, “Photopolymerization of Ester and Ether Derivatives of Ethyl ,Hydroxymethylacrylate”, III. Intern. Confer. On Polym. Characterization, Texas, 1995.
4. D. Avcı, A. Bayır, “Allil Akrilat Kuvarter Amonyum Monomerlerinin Akrilamid ve N,N-izopropilakrilamid ile
Kopolimerlesmesi”, XV. Ulusal Kimya Kongresi, Bogazici University, 2001.
5. D. Avcı, A. Bayır, “Cyclocopolymerization of Allyl-Acrylate Quaternary Ammonium Salts with
Acrylamide”, 5th Austrian Polymer Meeting, 2001.
6. D. Avcı, L. J. Mathias, “A Novel Phosphorus-containing Polymer from ,-(Chloromethyl) Acryloyl
Chloride”, Polydays 2002, Berlin, 2002.
7. H. Günaydın, V. Aviyente, D. Avcı, “Quantitative Structure-reactivity Relationship of Methacrylate Monomers
for Free Radical Polymerization”, WATOC 02, Switzerland, 2002.
8. D. Avcı, A. Ziylan Albayrak, “Novel Phosphorus-containig Cyclopolymers from Ether Dimer of tert-Butyl rhydroxymethyl Acrylate”, Europolymer Congress EPF03, Stockholm, Sweden, 2003.
9. A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, “New Adhesive Monomers for Dentistry”, 10th Biomedical Science and
Technology Symosium, Kuzey Kıbrıs, 2003.
10. S. Salman, V. Aviyente, D. Avcı, “Modelling the Reactivity of Phosphonic Acid Monomers in Free Radical
Polymerization”, 10th International Conference on the Applications of Density Functional Theory in Chemistry and
Physics, Belgium, 2003.
11. D. Avcı, A. Ziylan Albayrak, L. J. Mathias, “New Adhesive Monomers for Dentistry”, 7th Annual
UNESCO/IUPAC Conference on Macromolecules, Stellenbosh, South Africa, 2004.
12. A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Polymerizations of New Metal Chelating Monomers from Alkyl aHydroxymethyl Acrylates”, International Conference on Functional Acrylates, Ä°stanbul, 2004.
13. B. Ayfer, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Antibacterial Activities of New Quaternary Ammonium Monomers and
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Polymers’, International Conference on Functional Acrylates, Ä°stanbul, 2004.
14. D. Avcı, A. Ziylan Albayrak, L. J. Mathias, “Synthesis and Polymerizations of New Metal Chelating Monomers
from Alkyl a-hydroxymethyl Acrylates International Conference on Functional Acrylates, Ä°stanbul, 2004.
15. A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Polymerizations of New Metal Chelating Monomers from Alkyl ahydroxymethyl Acrylates”, World Polymer Congress, Paris, France, 2004.
16. B. Ayfer, B. Dizman, L. J. Mathias, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Antibacterial Activities of New Quaternary
Ammonium Monomers and Polymers”, World Polymer Congress, Paris, France, 2004.
17. B. YaÄŸcı, B. Ayfer, A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Photopolymerizations of New Crosslinkers
for Dental Applications”, Advanced Polymeric Materials, ITU, Istanbul, 2005.
18. A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Cyclopolymerization of Functional Phosphonate and Phosphonic
Acid Monomers”, Advanced Polymeric Materials, ITU, Istanbul, 2005.
19. B. YaÄŸcı, B. Ayfer, A. Ziylan Albayrak, D. Avcı, “Synthesis and Photopolymerizations of New Monomers for
Dental Applications”, European Polymer Congress, Moskow, 2005.
20. I. DeÄŸirmenci, D. Avcı, V. Aviyente “Akrilat ve Diakrilatların Yapı-reaktivite Ä°liÅŸkisinin Modellenmesi”
XIX Ulusal Kimya Kongresi, Ege Üniversitesi, KuÅŸadası, 2005.
21. I. DeÄŸirmenci, D. Avcı, V. Aviyente “Modeling the Structure-reactivity Relationship of Functional
Acrylates”, DFT-2005, Cenevre, 2005.
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