Fundamental and applied research related to fabrication, characterization and testing of membranes for gas and liquid separations

• Purification of natural gas (CO₂/CH₄ separation) 

• Separation of CO₂ from combustion gases

• Air separation (O₂/N₂)

• Olefin-paraffin separation (e.g. propane/propylene)

• Separation of linear and branched alkanes (e.g butane/i-butane, pentane/i-pentane)

• Boron removal from seawater by reverse osmosis

• Water softening by nanofiltration

Design of high performance polymers and polymer based composite/nanocomposite membranes

• Synthesis of novel polyimide and copolyimides

• Mixed-matrix membranes (zeolites, MOFs, CNTs in polymers)

• Peformance evaluations

• TR-polymers

Structure/property relationships via molecular simulation methods

• Sorption induced plasticization

• CO₂/CH₄ separation in MOFs

• Removal and/or remediation of volatile organics in water by zeolites

• Ion exchange in zeolite membranes 

Current and past projects

• Fabrication of novel thin film nanocomposite desalination membranes with improved boron rejection, TUBITAK

• Innovative  materials for  waste water purification systems to be installed in tourist and other small polluting objectives on the Black Sea coast (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania), 7th Frame BS-Era.Net

• Design of Antibacterial Silver Zeolite-Polymer Composites via Molecular Modeling and Simulation Methods, TUBITAK

• Molecular Modelling of Adsorption of Organic Compounds in Organic and Inorganic Nanoporous Membranes, TUBITAK

• Zeolite-Polymer Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Natural Gas Purification, TUBITAK

• Development of Copolyimide Gas Separation Membranes, İTÜ-BAP

• Development of Hemodialysis Membranes, State Planning Organization of Turkey