Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Kurban

Ankara University

Mustafa Kurban is an Associate Professor in the Department of Prosthetics & Orthotics at Ankara University. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Middle East Technical University in 2016 and pursued a postdoctoral position in Materials Science & Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, from 2018 to 2019. His diverse research portfolio encompasses energy storage, sensors, bulk heterojunction solar cells, the application of machine learning in materials science, optics, drug delivery systems, nanomaterials, 2D materials, organic molecules, and crystal structures.

Education

Ph.D., Physics, 2016

Middle East Technical University
Post-doc, Material Science, 2019

University of California, Riverside

Interests

Nanomaterials
Energy Storage
Molecular dynamics
TD-DFT(B)

Projects

Featured Publications

New donor materials for bulk-heterojunction solar cells

DFT and TD-DFT studies of new pentacene-based organic molecules as a donor material for bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Improving drug delivery systems for healthy cells

Theoretical investigation of the adsorption behaviors of fluorouracil as an anticancer drug on pristine and B-, Al-, Ga-doped C36 nanotube

Hexathiopentacene (HTP) Nanorings

Electronic Transport and Non-linear Optical Properties of Hexathiopentacene (HTP) Nanorings A DFT Study

A comprehensive study on carbon nanotubes

A comprehensive study on electronic structure and optical properties of carbon nanotubes with doped B, Al, Ga, Si, Ge, N, P and As and different diameters

Suppression of the Shuttle Effect in Li–S Batteries

Suppression of the Shuttle Effect in Li–S Batteries via Magnetron Sputtered TiO2 Thin Film at the Electrode–Electrolyte Interface

Nanowires under uniaxial stretching and compression

Mechanical properties of CdZnTe nanowires under uniaxial stretching and compression