Faculty Profile
Dr. Caner DURUCAN
Assistant Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Eng.
D-Block, Room 104
(+90)312 210 5840 (room)
(+90)312 210 2521 (lab)
(+90)312 210 2518 (fax)
E-mail: cdurucan@metu.edu.tr
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Research Interests:
  • Biomedical Materials, Bioceramics, Calcium Phosphates
  • Glass Surfaces, Interfaces and Coatings
  • Sol-Gel Chemistry (silicates, organic-inorganic hybrid systems)
Journal Articles and Publications:
  1. C. Durucan and C.G. Pantano, Sol/Gel coated glass substrates for DNA microarrays, submitted to Lab Chip, 2006.
  2. N.P Mellott, C. Durucan, C.G. Pantano, M. Guglielmi M, Commercial and laboratory prepared titanium dioxide thin films for self-cleaning glasses: Photocatalytic performance and chemical durability, Thin Solid Films 502 (1-2): 112-120, 2006
  3. Durucan C, CG Pantano, Hybrid sol/gel coatings for DNA arrays and other lab-on-a-chip applications in Handbook for Sol-Gel Science Vol III: Applications of Sol-Gel Technology, Chapter 26, pp. 551-575, S. Sakka, R.M. Almeida, H. Kozuka (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, NY, 2004.
  4. Durucan C, Brown PW, Kinetic model for alpha-tricalcium phosphate hydrolysis, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 85 (8): 2013-2018, 2002.
  5. Durucan C, Brown PW, Reactivity of alpha-tricalcium phosphate, Journal of Materials Science 37 (5): 963-969, 2002.
  6. Durucan C, Brown PW, Biodegradable hydroxyapatite - Polymer composites, Advanced Engineering Materials 3 (4): 227-231, 2001.
  7. Durucan C, Brown PW, Low temperature formation of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite-PLA/PLGA composites, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 51 (4): 717-725, 2000.
  8. Durucan C, Brown PW, Calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite-PLGA composites: Mechanical and microstructural investigation, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 51 (4): 726-734, 2000.
  9. Durucan C, Brown PW, Alpha-Tricalcium phosphate hydrolysis to hydroxyapatite at and near physiological temperature, Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine 11 (6): 365-371, 2000.