Publications:

1.                   Onuralp Karatum, Guncem Ozgun Eren, Rustamzhon Melikov, Asim Onal, Cleva W Ow-Yang, Mehmet Sahin, Sedat Nizamoglu, “Quantum dot and electron acceptor nano‑heterojunction for photo‑induced capacitive charge‑transfer,” Scientific Reports (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82081-y

2.                   Houman Bahmani Jalali, Sadra Sadeghi, Isinsu Baylam, Mertcan Han, Cleva W Ow-Yang, Alphan Sennaroglu, Sedat Nizamoglu, “Exciton recycling via InP quantum dot funnels for luminescent solar concentrators” Nano Research (2020). DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-3207-9

3.                   Özge Çavuşlar, Emre Nakay, Umut Kazakoglu, Sirous Khabbaz Abkenar, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Hava Yağcı Acar, “Synthesis of stable gold nanoparticles using linear polyethyleneimines and catalysis of both anionic and cationic azo dye degradation,” Materials Advances (2020). DOI: 10.1039/D0MA00404A

4.                   Adrian Ionut Nicoara, Alexandra Elena Stoica, Mirijam Vrabec, Nastja Šmuc Rogan, Saso Sturm, Cleva Ow-Yang, Mehmet Ali Gulgun, Zeynep Basaran Bundur, Ion Ciuca, Bogdan Stefan Vasile, “End-of-Life Materials Used as Supplementary Cementitious Materials in the Concrete Industry,” Materials 13(8) 1954 (2020). DOI: 10.3390/ma13081954

5.                   Atif Ijaz, M.Barış Yagci, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, A.Levent Demirel, Annamaria Mikó, “Formation of mesoporous silica particles with hierarchical morphology,” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2020) 110240. DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110240

6.                   Vahid Mahdikhah, Abolghasem Ataie, Alireza Babaei, Saeed Sheibani, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Sirous Khabbaz Abkenar, “CoFe2O4/Fe magnetic nanocomposite: Exchange coupling behavior and microwave absorbing property,” Ceramics International 46 (11A) 17903–17916 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.04.099.

7.                   Sirous Khabbaz Abkenar, Andraž Kocjan, Zoran Samardžija, Mattia Fanetti, Arzu Coşgun Ergene, Sašo Šturm, Meltem Sezen, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, “Effect of Sintering and Boron Content on Rare Earth Dopant Distribution in Long Afterglow Strontium Aluminate,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2020) DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.04.048

8.                   Tomáš Roch, Lukáš Šimurka, Cleva W. Ow‐Yang, Meltem Sezen, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Tuncay Turutoğlu, “Periodic density fluctuations in sputtered aluminum‐doped silicon oxynitride layers,” International Journal of Applied Glass Science 11 (1), 207-214 (2020). DOI: 10.1111/ijag.13616

9.                   Tüğçe Akkaş, Anastassia Zakhariouta, Alpay Taralp, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, “Cross-linked Enzyme Lyophilisates (CLELs) of Urease: A New Method to Immobilize Ureases.” Enzyme and Microbial Technology 132, 109390 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2019.109390

10.               Aycan Eksioglu, Leyla Colakerol Arslan, Meltem Sezen, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Aligul Buyukaksoy, “Formation of Nanocomposite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes by Preferential Clustering of Cations from a Single Polymeric Precursor,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (51), 47904-47916 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b15383

11.               Zeki Semih Pehlivan, Milad Torabfam, Hasan Kurt, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Niko Hildebrandt, Meral Yüce, “Aptamer and nanomaterial based FRET biosensors: a review on recent advances (2014–2019).” Microchimica Acta 186 (8), 563 (2019). DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3659-3

12.               Guliz İnan Akmehmet, Sašo Sturm, Matej Komelj, Zoran Samardzija, Bojan Ambrozic, Meltem Sezen, Miran Čeh, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, “Origin of long afterglow in strontium aluminate phosphors: Atomic scale imaging of rare earth dopant clustering” Ceramics International 45(16), 20073-20077 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.06.271

13.               Sadra Sadeghi, Sirous Khabbaz Abkenar, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Sedat Nizamoğlu, "Efficient White LEDs Using Liquid-state Magic-sized CdSe Quantum Dots," Scientific Reports 9 (1), 10061 (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46581-2

14.               Houman Bahmani Jalali, Sadra Sadeghi, Mehmet Sahin, Hande Ozturk, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Sedat Nizamoğlu, “Colloidal Aluminum Antimonide Quantum Dots,” Chemistry of Materials 31 (13), 4743-4747 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00905

15.               Vahid Mahdikhah, Abolghasem Ataie, Alireza Babaei, Saeed Sheibani, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Sirous Khabbaz Abkenar, “Control of structural and magnetic characteristics of cobalt ferrite by post-calcination mechanical milling” J. Phys. Chem. Solids 134, 286-294 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2019.06.018

16.               Meltem Sezen, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Özlem Karahan, Burak Kıtıkı, “Micro and Nanostructural Analysis of a Human Tooth Using Correlated Focused Ion Beam (FIB) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Investigations,” Micron 115, 17-24 (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2018.08.004.

17.               Houman Bahmani Jalali, Mohammad Mohammadi Aria, Ugur Meric Dikbas, Sadra Sadeghi, Baskaran Ganesh Kumar, Mehmet Sahin, Ibrahim Halil Kavakli, Cleva W. Ow-Yang and Sedat Nizamoglu, “Effective Neural Photostimulation Using Indium-Based Type-II Quantum Dots,” ACS Nano 12 (8), 8104-8114 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b02976

18.               Baskaran Ganesh Kumar, Sadra Sadeghi, Rustamzhon Melikov, Mohammad Mohammadi Aria, Houman Bahmani Jalali, Cleva W. Ow-Yang and Sedat Nizamoglu, “Structural control of InP/ZnS core/shell quantum dots enables high-quality white LEDs,” Nanotechnology 29 (34), 345605 (2018). DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aac8c9

19.               Meral Yüce, Hasan Kurt, Babar Hussain, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Hikmet Budak, “Exploiting Stokes and anti-Stokes type emission profiles of aptamer-functionalized luminescent nanoprobes for multiplex sensing applications,” Chemistry Select 3, 5814 –5823 (2018). DOI: 10.1002/slct.201801008.

20.               Erdem Ogut, Cenk Yanik, Ismet Inonu Kaya, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Kurşat Şendur, “Focusing short-wavelength surface plasmons by a plasmonic mirror,” Optics Lett. 43 (9), 2208-2211 (2018). DOI: 10.1364/OL.43.002208

21.               Elda B. Adatoz, Saman Hendessi, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, A. Levent Demirel, “Restructuring of Poly (2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)/Tannic Acid Multilayers into Fibers,” Soft Matter 14, 3849-3857 (2018). DOI: 10.1039/C8SM00381E

22.               Sadra Sadeghi, Houman Bahmani Jalali, Rustamzhon Melikov, Baskaran Ganesh Kumar, Mohammad Mohammadi Aria, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Sedat Nizamoglu, “Stokes-shift-engineered Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots for Efficient Luminescent Solar Concentrators,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10 (15), 12975-12982 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b19144

23.               O. Unal, R. Khodadust, E.G. Durmusoglu, E. Erdem, M.B. Yagci, C.W. Ow-Yang, E. Yurtsever, H. Yagci Acar, “Discovery of an Exceptionally Strong Luminescence of Polyethyleneimine-Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles,” Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 219 (9), 1700563 (2018). DOI: 10.1002/macp.201700563

24.               M. Kosir, M. Ceh, C.W. Ow-Yang, E. Gilmeau, S. Bernik, “Structural features and thermoelectric properties of Al-doped (ZnO)5In2O3 homologous phases,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 100 (8), 3712-3721 (2017). DOI: 10.1111/jace.14878

25.               S. Khabbaz Abkenar, A. Tufani, G. Ozaydin Ince, H. Kurt, A. Turak, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Transfer Printing Gold Nanoparticle Arrays by Tuning the Surface Hydrophilicity of Thermo-Responsive Poly N-isopropylacrylamide (pNIPAAm),” Nanoscale 9, 2969 – 2973 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C6NR09396E.

26.               Miran Čeh, Marija Jerič, Sašo Šturm, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Mehmet Ali Gülgün, “TEM and STEM investigations of Sr(Ti,Nb)O3-δ thermoelectric with the addition of CaO and SrO.” European Microscopy Congress 2016: Proceedings. 818–819 (2016).

27.               Hasan Kurt, Ece Alpaslan, Burçin Yildiz, Alpay Taralp, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, “Conformation-mediated Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in blue-emitting polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)-passivated zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles,” J. Colloid Interface Sci. 488, 348-355 (2017); DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.11.017

28.               Hasan Kurt, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, “Impedance Spectroscopy Analysis of the Photophysical Dynamics due to the Nanostructuring of Anode Interlayers in Organic Photovoltaics," physica status solidi A: Applications and Materials Science 213 (12), 3165-3177 (2016); DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201600314.

29.               Junjun Jia, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, Güliz Inan Akmehmet, Shin-Ichi Nakamura, Kunihisa Kato, Yuzo Shigesato, “Formation of Homologous In2O3(ZnO)m Thin Films and Its Thermoelectric Properties,” J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A34, 041507 (2016). DOI:10.1116/1.4953032.

30.               Güliz Inan Akmehmet, Sašo Šturm, Laura Bocher, Mathieu Kociak, Bojan Ambrožič, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, “Structure and Luminescence in Long Persistence Eu and Dy Co-doped Strontium Aluminate Phosphors: the Boron Effect,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 99 [6], 2175–2180 (2016). DOI:10.1111/jace.14188.

31.               Hasan Kurt, Junjun Jia, Yuzo Shigesato, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, “Tuning Hole Charge Collection Efficiency in Polymer Photovoltaics by Optimizing the Work Function of Indium Tin Oxide Electrodes with Solution-Processed LiF Nanoparticles,” J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 26, 9205-9212 (2015). DOI: 10.1007/s10854-015-3613-z

32.               Güliz Inan, Miran Čeh, Sašo Sturm, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, “Determination of structure and chemistry of long-persistence strontium aluminate phosphor compounds in aberration-corrected TEM/STEM,” Proceedings of the 18th International Microscopy Congress 2014, International Federation of Microscopy Societies, Prague, Czech Republic; Meeting abstract: MS-5-O-3068; 2976-2977 (2014)

33.               M. Čeh, M. Jerič, C.W. Ow-Yang, M.A. Gülgün, “TEM and STEM Investigations of SrO-doped Sr(Ti,Nb)O3-δ Thermoelectrics,” Proceedings of the 18th International Microscopy Congress 2014, International Federation of Microscopy Societies, Prague, Czech Republic; Meeting abstract: MS-5-O-2601; 2966-2967 (2014)

34.               C.W. Ow-Yang, J. Jia, T. Aytun, M. Zamboni, A. Turak, K. Saritas, Y. Shigesato, “Work Function Tuning of Tin-doped Indium Oxide Electrodes with Solution-Processed Lithium Fluoride,” Thin Solid Films 559, 58–63 (2014).  DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.11.035

35.               E. Alpaslan, H. Kurt, B. Yildiz, C.W. Ow-Yang, “H1-NMR relaxation study of poly-vinyl pyrrolidone adsorption in zinc oxide colloidal dispersions”, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 243; Meeting Abstract: 102-COLL (2012).

36.               A. Solmaz, T. Aytun, J.K. Deuschle, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Nanoscale Elastic Modulus Variation in Loaded Polymeric Micelle Reactors,” Langmuir 28, 10592−10596 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/la3017722

37.               A. Turak, T. Aytun, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Solution processed LiF anode modification for polymer solar cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 253303 (2012).  DOI: 10.1021/la3017722

38.               T. Aytun, A. Turak, I.D. Baikie, G. Halek, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Solution-Processed LiF for Work Function Tuning in Electrode Bilayers,” Nano Lett. 12 (1), 39–44 (2012).  DOI: 10.1021/nl202838a

39.               R.U. Tok, C.W. Ow-Yang, K. Şendur, “Unidirectional broadband radiation of honeycomb plasmonic antenna array with broken symmetry,” Optics Express 19 (23), 22731-22742 (2011).  DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022731

40.               M.G. Eskin, H. Kurt, M.A. Gulgun, C. W. Ow-Yang, “The Effect of Boron on Processing and Phosphorescence Behavior of SrAl4O7 (SA2) Co-doped with Eu2+ and Dy3+,” in Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials VIII, edited by K-S. Choi, S. Clarke, P.S. Halasyamani, D.G. Mandrus (MRS Proceedings 1309, 2011), mrsf10-1309-ee03-28.  DOI: 10.1557/opl.2011.260

41.               O.J. el-Atwani, T. Aytun, O.F. Mutaf, V. Srot, P.A. van Aken, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Determining the Morphology of Polystyrene-block-Poly(2-vinylpyridine) Micellar Reactors for ZnO Nanoparticle Synthesis,” Langmuir 26 (10) 7431-7436 (2010).  DOI: 10.1021/la904143f

42.               T. Aytun, O.F. Mutaf, O.J. el-Atwani, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Nanoscale Composition Mapping of Segregation in Micelles with Tapping Mode AFM,” Langmuir 24 (24), 14183-14187 (2008).  DOI: 10.1021/la802384x

43.               C.W. Ow-Yang, H.Y. Yeom, D.C. Paine, “Fabrication of Transparent Conducting Amorphous Zn-Sn-In-O Thin Films by Direct Current Magnetron Sputtering,” Thin Solid Films 516, 3103-3109 (2007).  DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.07.205

44.               C.W. Ow-Yang, G. Toral, Z. Saraç, M.A. Gülgün, “Processing and Characterization of Phosphorescent Strontium Aluminate Powders”, Advances in Science and Technology 45, 2627-2632 (2006).  DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.45.2627

45.               C.W. Ow-Yang, H.Y. Yeom, B. Yaglioglu, D.C. Paine, “ZITO (ZnO-SnO2-In2­O3) Transparent Conducting Oxides: Electrical and Optical Properties of DC Magnetron Sputtered Films,” Materials for Transparent Electronics,  edited by Hiromichi Ohta, Cleva W. Ow-Yang, David C. Paine, John D. Perkins, Janet Tate (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 905E, Warrendale, PA, 2006), 0905-DD01-07.   DOI: 10.1557/PROC-0905-DD01-07

46.               K Acatay, E. Simsek, C.W. Ow-Yang, and Y. Menceloglu, “Generation of superhydrophobic surfaces by electrospinning process”, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 229, Part 2; Meeting 504-POLY; U980 (2005).

47.               K Acatay, E. Simsek, C.W. Ow-Yang, and Y. Menceloglu, “Tunable, Superhydrophobically Stable Polymeric Surfaces by Electrospinning”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43, 5210-5213 (2004). DOI: 10.1002/anie.200461092

48.               C.W. Ow-Yang, Y. Shigesato, and D.C. Paine, ”Interfacial stability of an indium tin oxide thin film deposited on Si and Si0.85Ge0.15”, J. Appl. Phys. 88 (6), 3717-3724 (2000).  DOI: 10.1063/1.1288694

49.               D.C. Paine, T. Whitson, D. Janiac, R. Beresford, C.W. Ow-Yang, and B. Lewis, ”A Study of Low Temperature Crystallization of Amorphous Thin Film Indium Tin Oxide”, J. Appl. Phys. 85 (12), 8445-8450 (1999).  DOI: 10.1063/1.370695

50.               G. Leo, V. Berger, C. W. Ow-Yang, J. Nagle, "Parametric Fluorescence in oxidized AlGaAs waveguides," J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B-Optical Physics. 16 (9), 1597-1602 (1999).  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001597

51.               P.K. Song, Y. Shigesato, I. Yasui, C.W. Ow-Yang, and D.C. Paine, “Study on Crystallinity of Indium Oxide Films Deposited by DC Magnetron Sputtering,” Japan. J. Appl. Phys. 37, 1870-1876 (1998).  DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.37.1870

52.               C.W. Ow-Yang, D. Spinner, D.C. Paine, ”A TRR Study of the Kinetics of the a/c-transformation in DC Magnetron Sputtered Indium Tin Oxide,” J. Appl. Phys. 83 (1), 145-154 (1998).  DOI: 10.1063/1.366731

53.               C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, B.L. Walden, J.M. Blaser, C.W. Ow Yang, and D.C. Paine, “Low Temperature-High Pressure Oxidation of 3C-SiC”, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 357, (Pittsburgh, Materials Research Society), 213-218 (1995). DOI: 10.1557/PROC-357-213

54.               C.W. Ow-Yang, Y. Shigesato, D.C. Paine, ”Interfacial Solid-State Oxidation Reactions in the Sn-doped In2O3 on Si and Si0.85Ge0.15 Alloy Systems”, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 345, (Pittsburgh, Materials Research Society), 191-196 (1994).  DOI: 10.1557/PROC-345-191

55.               C. W. Ow-Yang, Y. Shigesato, D.C. Paine, ”Oxidation of Si via Solid State Interfacial Reaction with Deposited Sn-doped In2O3”, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 318, (Pittsburgh, Materials Research Society), 109-114 (1993).  DOI: 10.1557/PROC-318-109

56.               W. Gao, J. Chen, C.W. Ow-Yang, D. McNabb, J.B. Vander Sande, “The stability of high Tc BSCCO-Ag superconducting microcomposites in water, some in organic solutions and organic solvents”, Physica C 193 (3-4), 455-462 (1992).  DOI: 10.1016/0921-4534(92)90970-N

 

 

Book Chapters:

1.                  C.W. Ow-Yang and D.C. Paine, “Microstructural Evolution during Crystallization in Amorphous Indium Tin Oxide Thin Films” in Interface Controlled Materials, edited by Manfred Rühle and Herbert Gleiter (Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG, 1999), Vol. 9, pp. 106-111.  DOI: 10.1002/352760622X.ch18

 

Selected Presentations:

1.                 H. Kurt, J. Jia, Y. Shigesato, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Tuning Charge Collection Efficiency at the Transparent Conductive Electrode in Polymer Photovoltaics with Solution-Processed LiF,” at the 20th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-20) in Keystone, Colorado, USA, 15th June, 2015.

2.                 C.W. Ow-Yang, G. Inan Akmehmet, F.E. Demirer, M. Sezen, S. Sturm, B. Ambrozic, M. Gec, L. Bocher, M. Kociak, “Elucidating the Role of Boron in Extending Persistence in Eu2+, Dy3+ co-doped Sr4Al14O25 by Cathodoluminescence, STEM-EDXS, and Electron Diffraction,” at the 1st Slovene Microscopy Symposium (SDM 2015) in Piran, Slovenia, 18th May, 2015.

3.                 C.W. Ow-Yang, G. Inan Akmehmet, L. Bocher, M. Kociak, S. Sturm, “Nanoscale Spatially Resolved Cathodoluminescence for Investigating Eu2+ and Dy3+ Co-doped with Boron in Strontium Aluminate Long Persistence Phosphors,” Materials Research Society 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, CA, 8th April, 2015.

4.                    G. Ince, A. Tufani, H. Kurt, H.E. Baysal, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Transfer Printing Arrays of Gold Plasmonic Nanoparticles by Thermo-Sensitive pNIPAAm for Integration into Organic Photovoltaics,” at the Materials Research Society 2016 Spring Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA on 1st April, 2016.

5.                 C.W. Ow-Yang, G. Inan Akmehmet, S. Šturm, L. Bocher, M. Kociak, B. Ambrožič, “Elucidating Origins of Extended Persistence in Strontium Aluminate Phosphors for the Energy-Efficient Materials Toolbox,” at The 5th International Symposium on Advanced Oxide Thin Films for Information and Environmental Technologies, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Japan, October 22nd, 2015

6.                 C.W. Ow-Yang, “Engineering the ITO Anode Interlayers in Air-processed Organic Photovoltaics,” at The 9th International Symposium on Transparent Oxide and Related Materials for Electronics and Optics (TOEO-9) in Tskubua, Japan, October 20th, 2015

7.                 C.W. Ow-Yang, “Work Function Engineering of Transparent Conductive Electrodes at the Nanoscale,” invited talk at MolChem, an International Symposium on Molecular Chemistry, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, December 19th, 2014

8.                 C.W. Ow-Yang, "Work Function Engineering of Transparent Conductive Electrodes at the Nanoscale," the 5th International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Materials (TCM 2014) on October 12th-17th, 2014 in Chania, Crete, Greece.

9.                 G. Inan, S. Sturm, M. Čeh, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Determination of Structure and Chemistry of Long-Persistence Strontium Aluminate Phosphor Compounds in Aberration-Corrected TEM/STEM,” at the International Microscopy Congress 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, 8-12th September, 2014.

10.              M. Čeh, M. Jerič, C.W. Ow-Yang, M.A. Gülgün, “TEM and STEM Investigations of SrO-doped Sr(Ti,Nb)O3-δ Thermoelectrics,” at the International Microscopy Congress 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, 8-12th September, 2014.

11.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Introduction to Transmission Electron Microscopy” tutorial at the 2nd International Surface Treatment Symposium (ISTS 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, 25-27th June, 2014.

12.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Nanoscale investigations of work function engineering in polymer solar cells with solution-processed LiF,” a seminar at the Stuttgart Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy, Stuttgart, Germany on 20th March 2014.

13.              C.W. Ow-Yang, M. Ceh, G. Inan, S. Sturm, “Aberration-corrected probe determination of structure and chemistry of long-persistence strontium aluminate phosphors,” at PICO 2013, the 2nd Conference on Frontiers of Aberration Corrected Electron Microscopy, Vaals, Netherlands, 9-12th October, 2013.

14.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Nanoscale engineering the work function of transparent oxides,” an invited talk at the Advanced Materials World Congress 2013 meeting; Çeşme-Izmir, Turkey, 16-19th September, 2013.

15.              G. Inan, M.G. Eskin, S. Sturm, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Engineering the Optical Properties of Phosphors from the Bottom Up,” the International Workshop on Solid State Lighting Technologies and Research 2013: LEDs and OLEDs, SSL-TR2013; Sile, Turkey; 20-21 August 2013.

16.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Engineering the work function of polymer solar cells with solution-processed LiF,” an invited talk at the Toyota Central Research Lab, Nagoya, Japan on 17th May 2013.

17.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Work function tuning of ITO films using LiF nanoparticles,” an invited talk at the 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Oxide Thin Films for Information and Environmental Technologies at Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Japan on 16th May 2013.

18.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Work Function Tuning of Tin-doped Indium Oxide Electrodes,” an invited talk at TOEO-8, the 8th International Symposium on Transparent Oxides and Related Materials for Electronics and Optics; Tokyo, Japan; 13-15 May 2013.

19.              E. Alpaslan, H. Kurt, B. Yildiz, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Deducing the Role of Functionalizing Macromolecules in the Nucleation of Colloidal Nanoparticles,” MACAN CapStone meeting; Kibbutz HaGoshrim, Israel; 24-26 March, 2013.

20.              K. Saritas, T. Aytun, A. Turak, I.D. Baikie, C.W. Ow-Yang, “A Solution-processed Alternative for the Electrode Bilayer in Organic Electronics,” Materials Research Society 2012 Fall Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 25-30 November, 2012.

21.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Elucidating the Camouflage of Functionalized Colloidal Nanoparticles”, an invited talk at SLONANO 2012; Ljubljana, Slovenia; 23-25 October 2012.

22.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Work Function Engineering of Transparent Conductive Electrodes”, an invited talk at the 4th International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Materials, TCM 2012; in Hersonissos (Crete), Greece; 21-26 October 2012.

23.              H. Kurt, E. Alpaslan, C.W. Ow-Yang, “PVP as the Director of PVP-Functionalized ZnO Colloidal Nanoparticle Formation,” Nano-TR8 Conference; Ankara, Turkey; 25-29 June 2012.

24.              E. Alpaslan, H. Kurt, B. Yildiz, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Deducing Polymer Functionalization of ZnO Colloidal Nanoparticles by Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy”, Nano-TR8 Conference; Ankara, Turkey; 25-29 June, 2012.

25.              C.W. Ow-Yang, T. Aytun, A. Turak, “Engineering the Work Function of Polymer Solar Cells with Solution-processed LiF”, European Materials Research Society 2012 Spring Meeting; Strasbourg, France; 13th-18th May, 2012.

26.              R.U. Tok, C.W. Ow-Yang, K. Sendur, “Unidirectional broadband radiation of honeycomb plasmonic antenna array,” Materials Research Society 2012 Spring Meeting; San Francisco, California, USA; 9-13 April, 2012.

27.              E. Alpaslan, H. Kurt, B. Yildiz, C.W. Ow-Yang, “1H NMR relaxation study of poly-vinyl pyrrolidone adsorption in zinc oxide colloidal dispersions”, American Chemical Society 2012 Spring Meeting; San Diego, California, USA; 25th-29th March, 2012.

28.              C.W. Ow-Yang, T. Aytun, A. Turak, “Solution-processed LiF for Engineering the Work Function of Organic Photovoltaics”, invited seminar, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey; 1st December, 2011.

29.              G. Inan, M.G. Eskin, V. Srot, P.A. van Aken, S. Sturm, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Characterizing the Local Environment in Strontium Aluminate
Phosphor Compounds”, 20th National Electron Microscopy Congress; Antalya, Turkey; 25th-28th October 2011. 

30.              T. Aytun, A. Turak, G. Halek, I. Baikie, C. W. Ow-Yang, "A Solution-processed Alternative for the Electrode Bilayer in Organic Electronics", Materials Research Society 2010 Fall Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 29th November-2nd December 2010.

31.              M.G. Eskin, H. Kurt, M.A. Gulgun, C. W. Ow-Yang, “The Effect of Boron on Processing and Phosphorescence Behavior of SrAl4O7 (SA2) Co-doped with Eu2+ and Dy3+”, Materials Research Society 2010 Fall Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 29th November-2nd December 2010.

32.              T. Aytun, A. Solmaz, C. W. Ow-Yang, "Mapping the Chemical Composition Variation in Metal-loaded Diblock Copolymer Micelle Monolayers via Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscope", Materials Research Society 2010 Fall Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 29th November-2nd December 2010.

33.              A. Solmaz, T. Aytun, O. Mutaf, C.W. Ow-Yang,” Relating the Nanoscale Compositional and Mechanical Property Variation in Micelle Reactors by TM-AFM,” International Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference; Madrid, Spain; 17th-19th June, 2009.

34.              C.W. Ow-Yang, "Toward Nanoscale Composition Mapping", invited seminar, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany, 27th April, 2009.

35.              C.W. Ow-Yang, " Investigating the Mechanisms of Extended Phosphorescence in Rare Earth Co-doped Strontium Aluminates ", invited seminar, Institute Josef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 4th February, 2009.

36.              A. V. Uluc, G. Tutuncuoglu, M. Tosun, V. Srot, P. A. van Aken, M. A. Gulgun, C. W. Ow-Yang, "Boron as the Key Instigator in Extending Phosphorescence in Eu2+ and Dy3+ co-doped Strontium Aluminate Compounds", Materials Research Society 2008 Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1st-5th December 2008.

37.              T. Aytun, O. F. Mutaf, O. el-Atwani, V. Srot, P. A. van Aken, C. W. Ow-Yang, "Reverse Diblock Copolymer Micelles used for the Synthesis of Inorganic Nanoparticles: Monitoring the Reaction Progress via Electron Microscopy and AFM", Materials Research Society 2008 Fall Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 1st-5th December 2008.

38.              C.W. Ow-Yang, "Polymer Micelles as Nano-sized Reaction Chambers," invited talk at the 4th National Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-13th June 2008.

39.              V. Uluç, V. Srot, A. Yurt, M. Tosun,  G. Tutuncuoglu, M.A. Gulgun, P.A. van Aken and C.W. Ow-Yang, “Use of ELNES for Nanoscale Characterization of Phosphorescent Strontium Aluminate Compounds”, 4th National Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-13th June 2008.

40.              O. Mutaf, T. Aytun, A. Solmaz, O. El Atwani, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Towards Nanoscale Composition Mapping: Phase Imaging from Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy,” 4th National Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-13th June 2008.

41.              I. Inanç,  M. Balkan, A. Taralp, and  C.W. Ow-Yang, “Directing the Bottom-Up Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles with a Structured Polymer Template,” 4th National Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-13th June 2008.

42.              H. Kurt, Y. Fatoğlu, H. Cıngıl, C. Öztürk, and C.W. Ow-Yang, “Synthesis and Characterization of PVP-capped ZnO nanocrystals,” 4th National Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-13th June 2008.

43.              O. El-Atwani, T. Aytun, O. F. Mutaf, C.W. Ow-Yang, "Phase Contrast Imaging of Loaded Diblock Copolymer Micelles by Tapping Mode AFM", 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 26-30th November 2007.

44.              O. El-Atwani, O. F. Mutaf, T. Aytun, C.W. Ow-Yang, "Diblock Copolymer Reverse Micelle Nanoreactors", 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 26-30th November 2007.

45.              I. Aydın, C. Benel, M. Akşit, A. Yurt, V. Uluç, M.A. Gülgün, C.W. Ow-Yang, "Low-Cost Synthesis of the Scintillator Compound, Eu- and Dy-Doped SrAl12O19 (SA6), as a Model Material for Electronic Structure Characterization", 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 26-30th November 2007.

46.              V. Uluç, Z.Beiley, A. Yurt, M.A. Gulgun, V.Srot, P.A. van Aken, C.W. Ow-Yang, "Al L2,3- and O K-edge ELNES of Strontium Aluminate", 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 26-30th November 2007.

47.              C.W. Ow-Yang, O.J. El-Atwani, T. Aytun, O. Mutaf, V. Srot, P.A. van Aken, “STEM Analysis of Micellar Reactors”, 18th National Electron Microscopy Congress at Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, August 26th-29th, 2007.

48.              V. Uluç, Z. Beiley, O.I. Aydın, C. Benel, M. A. Gülgün, V.Srot, P.A. van Aken, C. W. Ow-Yang, “Al L2,3- and O K-edge ELNES of Strontium Aluminate”, 18th National Electron Microscopy Congress at Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, August 26th-29th, 2007.

49.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “PVP Nanoreactors for Colloidal ZnO Nanoparticles”, invited talk at the 13th Istanbul Statistical Physics Days at Boğazıçı University, İstanbul, Turkey, July 6th, 2006.

50.              C.W. Ow-Yang, G. Toral, Z. Saraç, M.A. Gülgün, “Processing and Characterization of Phosphorescent Strontium Aluminate Powders”, CIMTEC 11th International Ceramics Congress, Sicily, Italy, June 4th-9th, 2006.

51.              F. Uyar, A. Kamer, E.B. Gülsöy, H. Kurt, C. Öztürk, C.W. Ow-Yang, “Morphology of Colloidal ZnO Nanoparticles,” Materials Research Society 2006 Spring Meeting, in San Francisco, California, USA, April 2006.

52.              C.W. Ow-Yang, “Morphology of Colloidal ZnO Nanoparticles“ talk presented at the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation Istanbul Meeting, April 7th, 2006.

53.              C.W. Ow-Yang, H.Y. Yeom, B. Yağlıoğlu, D.C. Paine, “ZITO (ZnO-SnO2-In2­O3) Transparent Conducting Oxides: Electrical and Optical Properties of DC Magnetron Sputtered Films,” Material Research Society 2005 Fall Meeting, November 28th-December 3rd, 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

54.              K Acatay, E. Simsek, C.W. Ow-Yang, and Y. Menceloglu, “Generation of superhydrophobic surfaces by electrospinning process”, 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 13th-17th, 2005 in San Diego, California.

55.              I. Ozen, M.A. Gülgün, M. Ozcan, and C.W. Ow-Yang, “Optical Properties and Microstructure in RF Magnetron Sputtered ZnO Thin Films,” Spring 2004 Materials Research Society Meeting in San Francisco.

56.              C.W. Ow-Yang and D.C. Paine, ”Microstructural Evolution During Crystallization in Amorphous Indium Tin Oxide Thin Films,” EUROMAT 99 Conference in München, Germany, September 1999.

57.              C.W. Ow-Yang, "Real-time investigation of crystallization in amorphous tin-doped indium oxide thin films", invited talk presented at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, July 1999.

58.              D.C. Paine, T. Whitson, D. Janiac, R. Beresford, C.W. Ow-Yang, B. Lewis, ”Low temperature preparation of thin film indium tin oxide via controlled crystallization of as-deposited amorphous thin films,” Fall 1998 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston.

59.              V. Berger, P. Bravetti, A. Fiore, C.W. Ow-Yang, E. Rosencher, J. Nagle, "Mid-IR difference-frequency generation in GaAs/oxidized AlAs waveguides," May 1998 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics in San Francisco.

60.              L. Lee, F. Amaro, G. Crawford, C.W. Ow-Yang, D.C. Paine, C.C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, "In-situ Van der Pauw and Hall analysis of the amorphous-to-crystalline transformation in thin film indium tin oxide," Fall 1997 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston.

61.              C.W. Ow-Yang, D. Spinner, Y. Shigesato, D.C. Paine, ”Crystallization Kinetics of Amorphous Sn-doped Indium Oxide (ITO) Thin Films Studied Using Time-resolved Reflectivity and In-situ TEM Techniques”, Spring 1996 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston.

62.              C.W. Ow-Yang, D. Spinner, Y. Shigesato, D.C. Paine, ”A Study of the Kinetics of the Amorphous to Crystalline transformation in dc-magnetron sputter-deposited indium tin oxide (ITO)”, Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston.

63.              C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, B.L. Walden, J.M. Blaser, C.W. Ow Yang, and D.C. Paine, “Low Temperature-High Pressure Oxidation of 3C-SiC”, Fall 1995 Materials Research Society Meeting.

64.              C.W. Ow-Yang, Y. Shigesato, D.C. Paine, ”Interfacial Solid-State Oxidation Reactions in the Sn-doped In2O3 on Si and Si0.85Ge0.15 Alloy Systems”, Spring 1994 Materials Research Society Meeting in San Francisco.

65.              C.W. Ow-Yang, Y. Shigesato, D.C. Paine,”Oxidation of Si via Solid State Interfacial Reaction with Deposited Sn-doped In2O3”, Fall 1993 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston.