Nanotechnology Research and

Education in Turkey
Dr. Volkan zgz
Director
Sabanc University
Nanotechnology Research and Application
Center
vozguz@sabanciuniv.edu

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 Turkeys Potential at a Glance
Economic Profile

Dynamic economy, characterized by a complex mix
of modern industry and commerce and a traditional
agriculture sector

16th largest economy in the world and 6th largest
in Europe

Member of G20 and in the top 10 emerging
markets

Impressive 8% growth rate in GDP in the recent
years

Expected to be in the fastest growing countries in
the world by after China and India
Turkeys Industrial Landscape

Industrial production growth of 9.1% in 2010

Service, industrial and agriculture represents
respectively 60%, 30% and 10 % of the GDP

Major exporter of textiles, electronics,
automobiles and agricultural products

The automotive and electronics industries
are growing in importance and have
surpassed textiles in Turkeys export
composition

Largest producer of TV, DVD and appliances
in Europe

2nd largest producer of commercial vehicles
and cement in Europe

3rd largest producer of steel and ceramic
products in Europe

Largest producer of boron in the world

2nd largest producer of glass in the world

4th largest producer of motoryachts in the
world
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 R&D in Turkey

While Turkeys science and innovation indicators lag those
of most OECD countries, there has been some strong
performance in recent years

Public funds allocated to R&D investments:

195M USD in 2004

1B USD in 2010

Goal for 2023 is to reach 2% of the GDP of 500B USD

Thematic support programs

Large scale R&D infrastructure

Aiming to bring together academic and industrial R&D

Full scale participation to EU FP 6 and FP 7

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 R&D in Turkey

While Turkeys science and innovation indicators lag those of most
OECD countries, there has been some strong performance in recent
years

Public funds allocated to R&D investments:

195M USD in 2004

1B USD in 2010

Goal for 2023 is to reach 2% of the GDP of 1T USD

29,000 FTE researcher in 2002 > 73,500 FTE in 2009

Thematic support programs

Large scale R&D infrastructure

Shift to private industry R&D: up to 50% of total from %30 in 2002

Aiming to bring together academic and industrial R&D

Full scale participation to EU FP 6 and FP 7

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R&D and Innovation in Turkey

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 R&D Infrastructure in Turkey
First central laboratories projects in 1998 at METU
61 universities have central laboratories at the end of
2010
The average investment to central laboratories is 3M
USD at emerging universities and 7M USD at
established universities
New investement strategy in 2010 for centers of
excellences with maximum investment of 15 M USD
Vision 2023 strategy document prepared in 2003
highlighted nanotechnology as a critical area

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 Nanotechnology Education in Turkey

Anadolu University: multidisciplinary
Nanotechnology Graduate Degree program
consisting of 8 core and 22 elective (M.Sc)

Bilkent University: Material Science and
Nanotechnology graduate program (M.Sc. And
Ph.D) in collaboration with the Universitys
National Nanotechnology Center.

Middle East Technical University: Micro and
Nanotechnology M.Sc. And Ph.D Programs
joint interdisciplinary programs with biological
sciences, physics, chemistry, chemical,
electrical and electronics e, metalurgical and
materials, mining and mechanical engineering
departments

Hacettepe University: Nanotechnology and
Nanomedicine undergraduate and graduate
program with contributions from about 50
faculty members from various departments
including the School of Medicine

Istanbul Technical University: M.Sc., Ph.D.
(Nanoscience and Nanoengineering)

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Nanotechnology Centers in Turkey
Cost of R&D centers in various disciplines (M TL)

Nanotechnology centers have the largest share of government funding

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 Nanotechnology Centers in Turkey
Middle East Technical University- METU-CENTER : 15M USD investement, first
central lab in Turkey
Bilkent National Nanotechnology Center: 70M USD investment, first and largest
multi-purpose nanotechnology center
Anadolu University Ceramic Research Center: 10 M USD investment, transformed
to a corporation recently by strong interest from participating companies
Bilkent NanoTechnology Research Center: 25 M USD investment
Sabanc niversitesi Nanotechnology Research and Application Center: 35M USD
investment, focus on applications
TUBTAK MAM Materials Institute: 10M USD investment, focus on materials
Koc University Surface Technologies Research Center: 10M USD investment
Gazi University Nanomedicine and Advanced Technologies Research Center
Hacettepe University Nanotechnology and ve Nanomedicine Science Center
ITU Advance Research Institute for Nanoscience ve Nanotechnologies
ITU Nano-Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Laboratories
Gebze High Technologiy Institute Nanotechnology Research Center
Marmara University Nanotechnology and Biomaterials Research Center
Zirve University Nanotechnology Research Center
Fatih University Bio-Nano Technology Research Center
anakkale Onsekiz Mart University Nanoscience and Technology Research Center

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 Nanotechnology Centers in Turkey
National Nanotechnology Center at Bilkent University

National research facility and a center of excellence in nanotechnology

Established in 2005, complete operational capability in 2010

70 M USD investment, 5-floor building, 8000 m2

More than 300 users

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 Nanotechnology Centers in Turkey
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Anadolu University Ceramic Research Center

16 member companies representing 85% of the ceramic production

2 MTL support from ceramic producers

The capacity of 30 students is always full

8 MTL support to the University for infrastructure and research personnel

Industry access to better infrastructure and technical support for R&D

Large economical value added by generating qualified researchers

First example of successful pre-comptetitive research consortium

Became a university-industry jointly owned corporation in 2009
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Sabanc University
Sabanci University (SU) is a non-profit, private research institution in
Istanbul
Founded in 1999 by Sabanci Holding, one of the two largest
Turkish/international industrial and financial conglomerates in Turkey
Total investment exceeding 300 Million EUR
Guided by the key principle of creating and developing together
Interdisciplinary education to fit the demands of the 21st century
About 300 full time faculty members and instructors academicians
Overseas PhDs constitute 83% of the full time faculty
52% of the fulltime faculty had international careers
Faculty has an average of 12 years of teaching and 4 years of
industrial experience; average age 48
Campus is set within a green landscape of 1,360,000 m2, of which
only about 10% has been allocated for buildings.
The modern architecture, within a state-of-the-art technological
infrastructure, co-exists with nearby forests

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Sabanc University
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS)
School of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
School of Management (FMAN)
A total of 12 undergraduate, 18 graduate, and 3 minor honors programs
3.000 undergraduate and 700 graduate students
The student-to- faculty ratio is a very desirable 10:1 ratio
The School of Engineering and Natural Sciences has an academic staff of 100
members, about 750 undergraduate and 325 graduate students.

NO DEPARTMENTS - NO WALLS

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Sabanc University
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Competitive and dynamic faculty

Student participation to research from
undergraduate level

National and international cooperation

Relations with industry

Interdisciplinary work

Effective collaboration within faculty

Total amount of sponsored research at the
end of 2010 was 37,7 Million EUR, 2nd
highest in Turkey

Per faculty member sponsored research is
highest in Turkey

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SABANCI UNIVERSITY
Research Infrastructure at the School of Engineering and Natural
Sciences
HUMAN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES LABORATORY
COMPUTER GRAPHICS LABORATORY
COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN ANALYSIS LABORATORY
MANUFACTURING RESEARCH LABORATORY
COMMUNICATION AND NETWORK LABORATORY
RF / WIRELESS LABORATORY
SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DESIGN AND TEST LABORATORY
MATERIALS ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORIES
SMART MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY
BIOMETRICS RESEARCH GROUP LABORATORY
SIGNAL PROCESSING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORY
GREENHOUSES AND PLANT GROWTH ROOM
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND OPTIMIZATION LABORATORY
CRYPTOGRAPHY & INFORMATION SECURITY LABORATORY
COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY
GENOME TECHNOLOGIES LABORATORY
POLYMER SYNTHESIS LABORATORY
MECHANICAL AND ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS LABORATORY
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION LABORATORY
QUANTUM TRANSPORT AND NANOELECTRONICS LABORATORY
SOLID STATE MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY
PHOTONICS LABORATORIES

Multidisciplinary research laboratories established with an cumulative investment

exceeding 50 Million EUR

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Nanotechnology at Sabanc University
Micro-Assembly and Miniaturization via Material Design
Self asembly modelling and experiments
Micro and nano wires Microflows- Micropumps Turbines and mixers
Development of Novel Materials for Fuel Cells
Biodegradable Nanocomposite Films
Ultraviolet Curable Nanocomposite Coatings
Flame Retardant Polymers
Nano Composite Materials in structures
Smart Materials
Water Repellent Surfaces
Colloidal Nanoparticle-based Optical Materials
Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Nano structures
Environmentally Safe Chemistry
Nano Bio Chemistry and Medicine
Polymer Chemistry and Electrochemistry
NO FORMAL NANOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

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Nanotechnology at Sabanc University
Nanotechnology is not new in Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS)
From the start FENS faculty have been involved in Nanotechnology
About half of projects were in related areas:
Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry, Electronics, Mechatronics and Biology
with multidisciplinary aspects
To increase these efforts, and keep up with new developments we needed more
sophisticated equipment
The DPT (State Planning Organization) infrastructure project provided the needed
funding and forced us to integrate our previous efforts around a focused
multidisciplinary entity
More than 30 faculty members from diverse disciplines and with various backgrounds
contributed to a 2-year planning process
DPT provided 15M for equipment funding
Sabanc Foundation provided 12M for a new lab building and initial operation

Sabanc University Nanotechnology

Research and Application Center
(SUNUM)

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 Sabanc University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center

Creating and Developing Together

Synergy between a critical mass of scientists from a diverse

scientific and engineering disciplines and industry
participants: team science

Focused R&D with personal ingenuity

Multi and Interdisciplinary, Paradigm shifting R&D, focused
on selected application areas

Open to SU and national users as a central lab and/or for
fee based services

Developments for bridging-the-gap (or crossing the valley
of death)

Developments to address the needs of local and global
industry

Developments to yield technology leaders and technology
leading start-ups

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 Sabanc University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center
Multi and Interdisciplinary, Paradigm shifting
R&D, focused on selected application areas
Open to national users as a central lab
Official Status gained on June 4th, 2010
Strategic collaborations with many national and
international universities, research centers,
companies and professional unions underway
Ground Breaking : 10 June 2010
Inauguration : 9 July 2011
Dedicated Personnel : Currently 14, planned 32- ICP-MS
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About 30 faculty members and 100 students will
be using the facilities
10 M of equipment ordered (62 pcs), 3M (6
pcs) in source selection and purchasing
Overal completion in Dec 2011
Confocal Convolaria root

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Center Infrastucture - Building

High technology research buiiding contructed

using new techniques and approaches

Architecture inspired by human cell and C-60

fullerenes

7,368 m2 total enclosed area

800 m2 clean room (Class 100-1000 ) 1,500 m2

multi-disciplinary labs and 2400 m2 office and
common use

Energy efficient, enviromentally friendly Green

building conforming international LEED and
BREEAM standards

A trend setting research facility in Turkey

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Center Infrastructure - Equipment Multidisciplinary Laboratories
Micro-Nano Fabrication
Molecular Biology

15 M worth of state-of-art equipment to complement Electron Microscopy
existing infrastructure Materials Characterization
Nanoelectronic

Selected equipment reflects interdisciplinary nature of Energy Systems
nanotechnologies Micro/Nano-fluidics
Advanced Microscopy

Selected equipment the best or among the bests in Turkey
Testing & Characterization
3D Micro-Nano Prototyping
Tissue and Regenerative Eng.

MultiBeam SEM-FIB Gas and Mass spectrometer High Resolution TEM Genome Sequencer Optical Lithography

ICP-MS
Electron Beam Lithography Plasma Deposition Confocal Microscope Wet processing

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Application Areas and Approaches

Close interactions with the representatives of several industrial sectors to address their needs:
companies, societies, groups, associations

Member of the voluntary industry-wide initiative to promote nanotechnologies

Selection of key human-centric, highest added value areas based on national priorities, and merging
the academic and industrial strengths of our partners

Strategic research alliances, pre-comptetitive consortiums and collaborations with many national
and international universities, research centers, companies and professional unions

Materials and modules Sectoral Applications

Food and agriculture
Structural materials
 Health : Nano-bio tech
Energy
Environment Water
Defense
Calendar to meet the needs of the industry low hanging fruits

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Sabanc University
From Research to Technology Transfer

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 Nanotechnologies are shaping up our future
The transiton from R&D to applications in nanotechnoogies have lots of unknowns
and uncertainties
Need to pay close attention to safety in nanotechnology applications
Developed countries reached a stage where emphasis is now on innovation along
with conventional R&D
EU is promoting the Innovating Union theme
Common Strategic Framework for Research and Innovation instead of Frame
Program starting in 2013 Horizon 2020
Besides the R&D and application opportunities, there are many other areas waiting
for innovation:
equipment development, clinical studies, risk management, technology
management, intellectual property capture and management , regulatory and
technology policies

MANY COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFE TECHNOLOGY

DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION WITH HIGH SOCIETAL AND COMMERCIAL
IMPACT IN NANOTECHNOLOGIES

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