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2025

Controlling Competing Feedback Mechanisms for Programmable Patterns via Nonlinear Laser Lithography. Ö. Yavuz, I. Pavlov, A. Aamir, S. Galioğlu, P. Deminskyi, Ü.S. Nizam, O. Tokel, S. Ilday, F. Ö. Ilday. arXiv:2503.23474 (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.23474

Ultrafast Laser Synthesis of Zeolites. S. Galioglu, M. Hagverdiyev, M. M. Doğan, Ö. Yavuz, Ü. S. Nizam, G. Makey, A. Şura, M. Laçin, B. A. Kurç, P. Elahi, F. Ö. Ilday, S. Ilday. Adv. Mater. 2415562 (2025). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202415562.

2023

The universality of self-organisation: A path to an atom printer? S. Ilday & F. Ö. Ilday. In: Stoian, R., Bonse, J. (eds). Ultrafast Laser Nanostructuring: The Pursuit of Extreme Scales. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 239. Pages 173-207, Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-14752-4_4.

2022

Mapping Uncharted Territory. S. Ilday. Inference: International Review of Science (2022) DOI: 10.37282/991819.22.10).

2021

Dynamic evolution of hyperuniformity in a driven dissipative colloidal system. Ü. S. Nizam, G. Makey, M. Barbier, S. S. Kahraman, E. Demir, S. Galioglu, D. Vahabli, S. Hüsnügil, M. H. Güneş, E. Yelesti, S. Ilday. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33, 304002 (Emerging Leaders 2020 Special Issue ) (2021) (invited). DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/abf9b8.

• Highlighted in an article by Mathworks.

2020

Universality of dissipative self-assembly from quantum dots to human cells. G. Makey, S. Galioglu, R. Ghaffari, E. D. Engin, G. Yıldırım, Ö. Yavuz, O. Bektaş, Ü. S. Nizam, Ö. Akbulut, Ö. Şahin, K. Güngör, D. Dede, H. V. Demir, F. Ö. Ilday, S. Ilday. Nature Phys. 16, 795-801 (2020). 0.1038/s41567-020-0879-8

• Highlighted in the feature article “15 years of Nature Physics”.
• Featured in the news & views piece “Dissipate your way to self-assembly”.
• Highlighted on the cover of the Nature Physics October issue, “Sweet Fifteen”.
• Listed in Wikipedia’s “2020 in science” selection (April section; 20 April).
• Critiqued in an article written by Dr. Michael Engel in the Inference: International Review of Science “Complexity Far from Equilibrium” (DOI: 10.37282/991819.21.5).
• A response letter is written by Dr. Tanja Schilling “Universality in Self-Assembly Processes” (DOI: 10.37282/991819.21.50).
• Our response letter titled “Mapping Uncharted Territory” is also published (DOI: 10.37282/991819.22.10).
• In the media: “Scientists uncover principles of universal self-assembly” ERC News & Views , Phys.Org , Nanowerk , Science Bulletin , Heritage Daily ; “Desvelan los principios matemáticos universales del ensamblaje de átomos y células” ABC Spain , ABC de Sevilla , La Voz de Cádiz ; “Universal Self-Assembly and a Curious Distribution Model” Steemit ; “Wissenschaftler decken Prinzipien der universellen Selbstorganisation auf” Tekk ; “باحثسورييشاركبكشفأسرارالبناءالذاتيللخلاياالحية” Al Jazeera ; “Effect of Basic Principles of Self-Assembly Process on Quantum Dots” Azo Quantum ; “Türk bilim insanlarından Kovid-19 araştırmalarına katkı verecek yeni keşif” Anadolu Ajansı , TRT Haber , CNN Türk , NTV .

2019

Breaking crosstalk limits to dynamic holography using orthogonality of high-dimensional random vectors. G. Makey, Ö. Yavuz, D. K. Kesim, A. Turnalı, P. Elahi, S. Ilday, O. Tokel, F. Ö. Ilday. Nature Photon. 13, 251-256 (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-019-0393-7

• Highlighted on the cover.
• In the media: “Physicists create Star Trek-style holograms” Phys.Org; “Gli ologrammi di Star Trek sono più vicini” La Repubblica; “Physicists Create Star Wars Style Holograms” Scienmag; “A real step towards the virtual holodeck” The Engineer; “Bilkentli akademisyenlerden ‘Uzay Yolu’ hologramı” Hürriyet.

2018

Improved dental implant drill durability and performance using heat and wear resistant protective coatings. N. Er, A. Alkan, S. Ilday, E. Bengu. J. Oral Implantol. 44, 168-175 (2018). DOI: 10.1563/aaid-joi-D-16-00114.

2017

Strongly scale-dependent charge transport from interconnections of silicon quantum dots and nanowires. S. Ilday. MRS Commun. 7, 621-625 (2017) (invited). DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2017.83.

In-chip microstructures and photonic devices fabricated by nonlinear laser lithography deep inside silicon. O. Tokel, A. Turnali, G. Makey, P. Elahi, T. Colakoglu, E. Ergeçen, Ö. Yavuz, R. Hübner, M. Zolfaghari, I. Pavlov, A. Bek, R. Turan, D. K. Kesim, S. Tozburun, S. Ilday, F. Ö. Ilday
Nature Photon. 11, 639–645 (2017). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-017-0004-4.

• In the media: “In chip devices enable truly 3D silicon photonics” Laser Focus World; “New laser technique promises photonic devices inside of silicon” IEEE Spectrum; “From on-chip to in-chip” Optics&Photonics News; “Silicon is liberated from Abbot’s Flatland” Nanowerk; “Researchers fabricate 3-D silicon structures with a focused infrared laser” Phys.Org; “Nanotechnologists discover how to carve tunnels beneath the surface of silicon chips” MIT Technology Review.

Rich complex behavior of self-assembled nanoparticles far from equilibrium. S. Ilday, G. Makey, G. B. Akgüç, Ö. Yavuz, O. Tokel, I. Pavlov, O. Gülseren, F. Ö. Ilday. Nature Commun. 8:14942 (2017). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14942.

• Featured in the “Supramolecular Chemistry” collection of Nature Communications.
• Featured in the book titled “Parallel Minds: Discovering the Intelligence of Materials” by Laura Tripaldi.
• In the media: “No, complex is not complicated — it is rather simple!” ScienceDaily; “Identifying the minimum requirements for the emergence of complexity” Phys.Org.

2016

Multiscale self-assembly of silicon quantum dots into an anisotropic three-dimensional random network. S. Ilday, F. Ö. Ilday, R. Hübner, T. J. Prosa, I. Martin, G. Nogay, I. Kabacelik, Z. Mics, M. Bonn, D. Turchinovich, H. Toffoli, D. Toffoli, D. Friedrich, B. Schmidt, K.-H. Heinig, R. Turan. Nano Lett. 16, 1942-1948 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b05158.

Nano patterning of AISI 316L stainless steel with nonlinear laser lithography: Sliding under dry and oil-lubricated conditions. I. Gnilitskyi, F. Rotundo, C. Martini, I. Pavlov, S. Ilday, E. Vovk, F. Ö. Ilday, L. Orazi. Tribol. Int. 99, 67-76 (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2016.03.011.

2015

Nonlinear laser lithography to control surface properties of stainless steel. L. Orazi, I. Gnilitskyi, I. Pavlov, A.P. Serro, S. Ilday, F. Ö. Ilday. CIRP Ann. Manuf. Techn. 64, 193-196 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2015.04.038.

2014

Structural peculiarities and aging effect in hydrogeneted a-Si prepared by inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition system (ICP-CVD). G. Nogay, E. Ozkol, S. Ilday, R. Turan. Vacuum 110, 114-120 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2014.09.006.

Influence of Ge content and annealing conditions on the PL properties of nc-Si_1-xGe_x embedded in SiO₂ matrix in weak quantum confined regime. N.A.P. Mogaddam, S. Ilday, R. Turan, T. G. Finstad. J. Lumin. 155, 170-179 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.06.012.

Spectroscopic ellipsometry study of a magnetron-sputtered nc-Si/SiOx system: Modeling and optical characterization. S. Ilday, G. Nogay, R. Turan. Appl. Surf. Sci. 318, 256-261 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.04.153.

Removal of methylene blue from aqueous media by using cokes obtained from lignite pyrolysis. S. Ilday, Z. Mısırlıoğlu, M. Canel, A. Sınağ. Energ. Source. Part A 36, 2183–2193 (2014). DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2011.565302.

2013

Nonlinear laser lithography for indefinitely large area nanostructuring with femtosecond pulses. B. Öktem, I. Pavlov, S. Ilday, H. Kalaycıoğlu, A.S. Rybak, S. Yavaş, M. Erdoğan, F. Ö. Ilday. Nature Photon. 7, 897-901 (2013). DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.272.

2011

An experimental and theoretical examination of the effect of sulfur on the pyrolytically grown carbon nanotubes from sucrose-based solid state precursors. G. Kucukayan, R. Ovali, S. Ilday, B. Baykal, H. Yurdakul, S. Turan, O. Gulseren, E. Bengu. Carbon 49:2, 508-517 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.09.050.