Welcome to Ince Research Group

The principal investigator of the Functional Surfaces Lab is Prof. Gozde Ozaydin Ince, a faculty member in the Materials Science and Nanoengineering Program at Sabancı University.

In the Functional Surfaces Lab, we use chemical vapor deposition techniques to fabricate ultra-thin films and polymer-based nanostructures that respond to temperature, pH, or light stimuli.

Our research focuses on the design and fabrication of functional thin-film surfaces for biointegrated electronics and biosensing, smart coatings, and materials for extreme environments and space applications. We also study vapor-deposited polymer thin films and electrospun nanofibrous architectures, emphasizing the fundamental condensed-matter physics of disordered soft materials to enable transient implantable devices and flexible electronics.

You can find more information about our research activities here .

News from Our Group

• We are excited to announce that the project titled “SmartSens – Advanced Materials for Sustainable Nucleic Acid Biosensing” has been selected for funding under the M.ERA-NET 2025 call. We will participate as part of a consortium, aiming to develop innovative and sustainable biosensor technologies for cancer diagnosis.
• Congratulations to Elaeh and Ayça for their successful MSc thesis defense.
• We welcome PhD student Sevda and Post-doc Azizeh to our group.
• Prof. Ince has been awarded support by TUBITAK 2247 – A National Outstanding Researchers Program.
• Our research activities within the LignoNANO platform can be found here.