Publications by Tugba Bilgiç Tune

Polymer-Brush-Templated Three-Dimensional Molybdenum Sulfide Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution

Harm-Anton Klok, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Xile Hu, Heron Vrubel, Piotr Mocny, Tugba Bilgiç Tune

Earth-abundant hydrogen evolution catalysts are essential for high-efficiency solar-driven water splitting. Although a significant amount of studies have been dedicated to the development of new catalytic materials, the microscopic assembly of these materi ...

2018

Oligonucleotide Immobilization and Hybridization on Aldehyde-Functionalized Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Brushes

Harm-Anton Klok, Tugba Bilgiç Tune

DNA biosensing requires high oligonudeotide binding capacity interface chemistries that can be tuned to maximize probe presentation as well as hybridization efficiency. This contribution investigates the feasibility of aldehyde-functionalized poly(2-hydrox ...

American Chemical Society2015

Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization enhanced DNA biosensing

Harm-Anton Klok, Tugba Bilgiç Tune

The surface chemistry at the DNA recognition and binding interface plays an important role in determining the performance of DNA microarrays and DNA biosensors. Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-CRP) reactions represent a powerful too ...

2015

Polymer Brushes - Engineered Model Interfaces and Functional Surface Coatings for DNA Biosensing and Electrocatalysis

Tugba Bilgiç Tune

Surface modification by functional coatings has become very attractive to develop and produce platforms with improved chemical and physical properties for various applications. The preparation of functional surface coatings in a well-controlled fashion pla ...

EPFL2015

Polymer Brush Gradients Grafted from Plasma-Polymerized Surfaces

Harm-Anton Klok, Tugba Bilgiç Tune

A new method for generating a surface density gradient of polymer chains is presented. A substrate-independent polymer deposition technique was used to coat materials with a chemical gradient based on plasma copolymerization of 1,7-octadiene and allylamine ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Maleimide-Functionalized Thiol Reactive Copolymer Brushes: Fabrication and Post-Polymerization Modification

Harm-Anton Klok, Tugba Bilgiç Tune

Polymer brushes that present side chain functional reactive groups are attractive platforms for the development of functional surface coatings. From the wide spectrum of possible postpolymerization modification reactions, thiol-based conjugation chemistrie ...

American Chemical Society2014