Dr. Sultan B Sengel
Eskisehir Osmangazi University,
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture,
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Eskisehir, Turkey.
Short Bio: Dr. Sultan B. Şengel worked on “polymer and latex synthesis characterizations” and “synthesis of monomers with different hetero atom content and synthesis, characterization and applications of their nano and microparticles”. Her research work is focused on hydrogels, cryogels, aerogels, composites, macro systems, polymeric ionic liquids and their applications in environmental, energy and biomedical fields. She has more than 40 publications, more than 900 citations and 20 h-index points.
Keynote Topic: Polymeric Materials and Their Use in The Biomedical, Environmental, and Energy Field
Scientific research is progressing rapidly on a global scale in line with increasing needs. The increasing number of people day by day brings with it the need for new devices, new methods or new materials. At this point, versatile materials come to the fore. For this purpose, scientists want the materials they will use in their research to be easily accessible and affordable.
It is meaningless to discuss the importance of water for the continuation of life on earth. For this reason, it is vital that all living things have access to clean water resources. However, today, water pollution is increasing due to the increase in industrial activities. Scientists are also looking for various solutions to this problem.
The rapidly increasing world population and developing industry cause an increase in energy consumption. This situation triggers the dependence on non-renewable energy sources and as a result, there is a serious increase in environmental problems. With these increasing problems and decreasing fossil fuels, it is necessary to find alternative energy sources. In this context, sustainable, low-cost, environmentally friendly, clean energy sources have become important for all countries. In recent years, hydrogen, which has been the subject of scientific news as the fuel of the future, has attracted the attention of researchers as a green energy carrier.
Polymeric structures prepared from natural or synthetic materials are indispensable structures for the biomedical, environmental and energy applications. Especially with its 3D structure, its ability to be prepared in different morphologies, and its application-specific modification, polymers are in the focus of study of scientists with increasing interest day by day. Commercial or synthetic monomers, natural polymers were used as starting materials, and polymers of different sizes and morphologies in the new 3D structure were prepared with different polymerization techniques. Additionally, the prepared polymeric structures were subjected to modification reactions to introduce new functional groups via protonization, quaternization, and ion exchange reaction to prepare new structures with different characteristics and functional groups.
It has been demonstrated that the synthesized polymers are suitable for use in biomedical field as a carrier in controlled drug/biomolecule transport and release, biocompatible and antimicrobial materials, use in the environmental field as an adsorbent to remove toxic metals, dyes and organic pollutants from aqueous environments and in energy field as a metal free catalysts for H2 productions from the methanolysis of sodium borohydride (NaBH4) and template for metal catalyst preparation use in hydrolysis of NaBH4.