Can Ataca joins Physics Department of University of Maryland Baltimore County starting August 2017. Dr. Ataca conducted his PhD study with Prof. Salim Ciraci at the Department of Physics, Bilkent University. He was a postdoctoral associate in the group of Prof…. Read More ›
Month: August 2017
First look at new, extremely rare galaxy
Approximately 359 million light-years away from Earth, there is a galaxy with an innocuous name (PGC 1000714) that doesn’t look quite like anything astronomers have observed before. New research provides a first description of a well-defined elliptical-like core surrounded by… Read More ›
Organic semiconductor film enhances Raman signals
Since its discovery in the 1970s, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been used to boost the signal obtained from molecules sitting on rough or finely structured metal surfaces, typically made of either silver or gold. Now, Gokhan Demirel of Gazi… Read More ›