Engin Umut Akkaya
Professor in Organic Chemistry
eua@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Ph.D., Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 1989.
Synthesis and study of cyclodextrin-based metalloenzyme mimics
and fluorescence probes of molecular recognition

Molecular and Supramolecular Synthetic Chemistry and Exploration of Emerging Functions

Fluorescent molecular sensors for ions and neutral molecules. Practical applications for molecular logic gates. Design and study of novel dyes for use in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Autonomous molecular machines. Novel 3rd generation photodynamic therapy
reagents, interactive delivery systems

office: SB-120/UNAM 404
phone: +90-312-290-3570; +90-312-290-2450
fax: +90-312-266-4068

Representative Publications:

1) "Designing Excited States: Theory-Guided Access to Efficient Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Action" Yusuf Cakmak, Safacan Kolemen, Selin Duman, Dr. Yavuz Dede, Yusuf Dolen, Bilal Kilic, Ziya Kostereli, Prof. Dr. Leyla Tatar Yildirim, Prof. Dr. A. Lale Dogan, Prof. Dr. Dicle Guc, Prof. Dr. Engin U. Akkaya. Angewandte Chemie- Int. Ed., 2011, 50 (50), pp 11937-11941.

2) "From Virtual to Physical: Integration of Chemical Logic Gates" Ruslan Guliyev, Seyma Ozturk, Ziya Kostereli ,Engin U. Akkaya, Angewandte Chemie- Int. Ed., 2011, 50 (42), pp 9826-9831.

3) "Towards Unimolecular Luminescent Solar Concentrators: Bodipy-Based Dendritic Energy-Transfer Cascade with Panchromatic Absorption and Monochromatized Emission" Ozgur Altan Bozdemir, Sundus Erbas-Cakmak, Oner Ekiz, Aykutlu Dana and Engin U. Akkaya., Angewandte Chemie- Int. Ed., 2011, 50 (46), pp 10907-10912.

4)"Selective Manipulation of ICT and PET Processes in Styryl-Bodipy Derivatives: Applications in Molecular Logic and Fluorescence Sensing of Metal Ions", O. Altan Bozdemir, Ruslan Guliyev, Onur Buyukcakir, Sencer Selcuk, Safacan Kolemen, Gulcihan Gulseren, Tugrul Nalbantoglu, Hande Boyaci and Engin U. Akkaya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2010, 132 (23), pp 8029–8036.  

5) “Thinking Outside the Silicon Box: Molecular AND Logic As an Additional Layer of Selectivity in Singlet Oxygen Generation for Photodynamic Therapy”, Ozlem, S.; Akkaya, E. U., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 48-49. (featured in C & EN News, Science and Technology Concentrates, January 19, 2009)

6) “Design Strategies for Ratiometric Chemosensors: Modlulation of Excitation Energy Transfer at the Energy Donor Site”, Guliyev, R.; Coskun, A.; Akkaya, E. U., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9007-9013.

7) “Signal Ratio Amplification via Modulation of Resonance Energy Transfer: Proof of Principle in a Novel Emission Ratiometric Hg(II) Sensor” Coskun, A; Akkaya, E.U., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14474-14475.

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