SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Major Graduate Level Research Activities

• Amorphous silicon thin films, their optical and electronic properties.
• Growth and characterization of thin semiconductor films.
• Band theory.
• Superlattices, Multi-quantum wells, Heterojunctions.
• Chemisorption on metal-oxide surfaces.
• Low dimensional electronic systems and their field theoretical models.
• Solar cells.
• E.S.R. studies of travertines in caves and marine fossils,
• age determination.
• Exciton motion in molecular crystals.
• Pressure effects on semiconductors.
• Theory of scanning tunneling microscopy.
• Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Ceramics.

Sub-groups

• Semiconductor Materials and Devices

Group Members and Field of Interest

Husnu Ozkan

Elastic properties of solids, Investigation of phase transitions and radiation damage in solids using ultrasound and x-ray methods, Ceramics

Sinasi Ellialtioglu

Surface Physics, Theory of Chemisorption, HTC Superconductivity

Mehmet Tomak

Band theory of solids, quantum wells and superlattices.

Bayram Katircioglu

Semiconductor devices, amorphous silicon thin films, their electronic properties and characterization.

Senay Katircioglu

 

Cigdem Ercelebi

 

Ibrahim Gunal

 

Demet Gulen

 

Rasit Turan

 

Nizami Gasanly

 

Selahattin Ozdemir

 

Esen Ozsan

 

Ali Tatli

 

Ay Melek Ozer

 

Ugur Ozdincer

 

Caglar Tuncay

NG semiconductors, pressure effects on solids.

Gulay Dereli

Molecular dynamics simulations of metal alloys.

Sadi Turgut