Department of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Ebru Günister Canbaz Research Assistant Professor Office: Bu Hasa 2010 Phone:+971 2 607 5231 Fax:    +971 2 607 5200 Email: egunister@pi.ac.ae

• Ph.D. Istanbul Technical University , 2008

Dr. Günister Canbaz holds a Ph.D. in synthesis and characterization of biopolymer/clay nanocomposites from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey. She worked for seven years as a research assistant at Physics Department of Istanbul Technical University. She has published 11 journal papers and has published/presented 24 conference papers at various conferences. Her current research activities are in the areas of advanced polymeric composites and mechanical properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites.

EXPERTISE

• Clays, surfactant-clay and polymer-clay interactions
• Rheological and electrokinetic properties of clay dispersions
• Sythesis and characterization of polymer/clay nanocomposites

 

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. İşçi, S., Günister, E., Alemdar, A., Ece, Ö.I., and Güngör, N. (2008). The influence of DTABr surfactant on the electrokinetic and rheological properties of soda-activated bentonite dispersions. Materials Letters, v.62, p.81-84
2. Günister, E., Ünlü, C.H., Atıcı, O., Ece, Ö.I., and Güngör, N. (2007) Interactions of BDTDACl and DTABr Surfactants with Montmorillonite in Aqueous Systems. Journal of Composite Materials, v.41, p.153-164.
3. Günister, E., Peştreli. D., Ünlü, C.H., Atıcı, O., and Güngör, N. (2007) Synthesis and characterization of chitosan-MMT biocomposite systems. Carbohydrate Polymers, v.67,3, p.358-365
4. Günister, E., İşçi, S., Öztekin, N., Erim, F.B., Ece, Ö.I., and Güngör, N. (2006) Effect of cationic surfactant adsorption on the rheological and surface properties of bentonite dispersions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, v.303, Issue 1, p.137-141
5. Güngör, N., İşçi, S., Günister, E., Mista, W., Teteryez, H., and Klimkiewicz, R. (2006) Characterization of sepiolite as a support of silver catalyst in soot combustion. Applied Clay Science v.32, p.291-296
6. Günister, E., Güngör, N., and Ece, Ö.I. (2006) The investigations of influence of BDTDACl and DTABr surfactants on rheologic, electrokinetic and XRD properties of Na-activated bentonite dispersions. Materials Letters, v.60, p.666-673
7. Günister, E., İşçi, S., Alemdar, A., and Güngör, N. (2005) The effect of the molecular weight of a non-ionic polymer on the rheological properties of the Na-Activated bentonitic clay. Revue Roumaine de Chimie v.50 (9-10), p.831-835
8. Günister, E., İşçi, S., Alemdar, A., and Güngör, N. (2004) Effect of sodium dodecyl sulfate on flow and electrokinetic properties of Na-activated bentonite dispersions. Bulletin of Materials Science, v.27 (3), p.317-322
9. Günister, E., İşçi, S., Öztekin, N., Güngör, N., and Erim, F.B. (2004) Influence of cationic polymers on the rheological Behavior of bentonite clay suspensions. Key Eng. Materials, vols.264-268, p.1411
10. İşçi, S., Günister, E., Ece, Ö.I., and Güngör, N. (2004) The modification of rheologic properties of clays with PVA effect. Materials Letters, v.58, Issues 12-13, p.1975-1978
11. Günister, E., İşçi, S., and Güngör, N. (2003) The effect of a cationic surfactant on the rheological properties of the sepiolite dispersion. Powder and handling processing, v.15, 3, p.169-170.