Recently, there has been a significant progress regarding the biotechnological applications within the field of tissue engineering. One of such applications concerns the preparation of patterned polymeric scaffolds for patterned cell growth. Cell growth systems that make use of surface micro structuring and patterning have been gaining important tr...

By Ayse Zehra Aroguz

 Epoxidized vegetable oils have seen increasing application diversity in chemical and polymer industry. They are mainly used as stabilizer and plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC). However, they are also promising intermediates for the production of other vegetable oil derivatives. Vegetable oils are epoxidized in the industry with in situ...

By Olga Govedarica, Milovan Janković, Snežana Sinadinović-Fišer, Vesna Teofilović, Mirjana Jovičić, Ayse Zehra Aroguz

 In this paper, the influence of thermoplastic segmented polyurethanes on the curing kinetics of epoxy based hybrid materials was assessed. Samples were prepared with diglycidil ester bisphenole A epoxy resin and different content (10, 15 and 20 wt. %) of thermoplastic segmented polyurethanes with different content of hard segments (20, 25 and...

By Vesna Teofilović, Mirjana Jovičić, Jelena Pavličević, Oskar Bera, Snežana Sinadinović-Fišer, Milena Špírková, Ayse Zehra Aroguz

 Aerogels with large surface area, are very light related to the filling of pores with air (99%). Due to these features scientific studies on aerogels have increased at great speed. Aerogels are obtained using many materials as inorganic substances like silica as well as cellulose as biodegradable organic polymers. Bacterial cellulose is eco-f...

By Canan Karakus, Ayse Zehra Aroguz