Office: SA229
Phone: +90 312 290 1216
eMail: ciraci[at]fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Professor, Ph.D.: Condensed Matter Physics, Stanford University, 1974
Nanomaterials, nanodevices, Hydrogen storage, Surface physics, electronic structures of solids, electron systems of lower dimensionality, mesoscopic physics, scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy, chemisorption theory, metalization, strained semiconductor superlattices.
Selected Publications
- Stable, single-layer MX2 transition-metal oxides and dichalcogenides in a honeycomb-like structure, C. Ataca, H. Sahin and S. Ciraci, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 8982 , (2012).
- Frictional figure of merits for layered nanostructures: S. Cahangirov, C. Ataca. M. Topsakal, H. Sahin and S. Ciraci, Physical Review Letters, 108, 126103 (2012).
- Effects of static charging and exfoliation of layered crystals: M. Topsakal, S. Ciraci, Physical Review B 85, 4, 045121 ( 2012)
- Perpendicular growth of carbon chains on graphene from first-principles: C. Ataca, S. Ciraci, Physical Review B 83, 23, 235417 (Jun. 14, 2011)
- Two and One Dimensional Honeycomb Structures of Silicon and Germanium: S. Cahangirov, M. Topsakal, E. Akturk, S.Ciraci, Physical Review Letters 102, 236804 (Jun. 2009)
- Half-metallic silicon nanowires: First-principles calculations, E. Durgun, D. Cakır, N. Akman, S. Ciraci, Physical Review Letters 99 (25): Art. No. 256806 (2007).
- Transition-metal-ethylene complexes as high-capacity hydrogen-storage media; E.Durgun, S.Ciraci, W.Zhou, T. Yildirim, Physical Review Letters 97 (22): Art.No.226102 (2006) (COVER STORY).
- Titanium-decorated carbon nanotubes as a potential high-capacity hydrogen storage medium; T.Yildirim, S.Ciraci, Physical Review Letters 94 (17): Art.No.175501 (2005).
- Chiral single-wall gold nanotubes; RT. Senger, S.Dag, S.Ciraci, Physical Review Letters 93 (19) Art.No.196807 (2004).
- Ab-initio electron transport calculations of carbon based string structures; S.Tongay, RT.Senger, S.Dag, S. Ciraci., Physical Review Letters 93(13): Art.No.136404 (2004).