Metallurgical and 
Materials Engineering  
 
Nihat Ali Işıtman

Nihat Ali Işıtman

Room: D-307

Tel: +90 (312) 210-5904
Fax: +90 (312) 210-2518

E-mail: aisitman@metu.edu.tr

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Research Interests:

  • Polymers, Polymer Nanocomposites
  • Short Fiber Reinforced Plastics
  • Solution Based Synthesis of Polymer Nanocomposites
  • Thermally Stable and Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites


Courses and Laboratories:

Materials Engineering Design Lab, Materials Characterization Lab, Composite Materials, Engineering with Polymers, Material Science and Engineering

Education Info:

B.S.; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept, METU
Ph.D.; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept, METU (On-going)

Polymer/Carbon-Nanotube and Nanoclay Composites: Solution Based Synthesis, Characterization, Thermal Stability and Flame Retardancy

Supervisor(s): Dr. Cevdet KAYNAK

Polymer Nanocomposites have proved to possess superior properties in comparison to microscale composites at such lower loading rates as 1wt%. Generally, the enhancements take place in mechanical properties, thermal stability and flame retardancy. Because of the facts that, higher strength and modulus is attained by a nanoscale material, nanofillers possess very high aspect ratios, and matrix-reinforcement surface area is very large permitting effective stress transmittance, the mechanical properties are enhanced significantly. Controlling the chemistry of the matrix-filler interface has crucial importance in nanocomposites due to interface/interphase controlled mechanical properties. Studies based on flame retardancy of polymer nanocomposites have proved significant decreases in the peak heat release rate in cone calorimeter measurements.