Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM)

ysimsek@sabanciuniv.edu

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Ph.D. in Physics

2008-2013 Ph.D. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany Department of Physics

2004-2008 M.S. Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey Department of Physics

2004-2006 M.S.E. Ege University, Izmir, Turkey Nat. and Appl. Sci.

1997-2002 B.S. Ege University, Izmir, Turkey Department of Physics

2019- Principal Investigator SUNUM

2016-2019 Postdoctoral Appointee Argonne Uluslararası Lab., ABD

2015 Visiting Researcher Department of Physics, Stockholm Uni. Sweden

2008-2013 Doctoral Researcher Department of Physics, Erlangen-Nürnberg University

2004-2008 Graduate Researcher Department of Physics, IZTECH, İzmir, Turkey

Superconducting materials and superconducting devices
High-temperature superconductors
Josephson junction devices (THz EM components, SQUID, s-qubits, and quantum device components
Temperature-dependent electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of materials and their correlation
Thin-film coatings for development of advanced devices development using techniques: evaporation, magnetron sputtering, PECVD, and liquid-phase epitaxy and their characteristics depending on the fabrication conditions
Tuning of electronic structures within materials through doping, electric/magnetic fields, and electron trapping
Development of micro/nanofabricated structures for material electronics applications Development of sensor components and sensors for life science applications

Willa, M. P. Smylie, Y. Simsek, J. -K. Bao, D. Y. Chung, M. G. Kanatzidis, W. -. Kwok & U. Welp Magnetic and superconducting anisotropy in Ni-doped RbEuFe4As4 single crystals Physical Review B (2020) 101, 064508 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.064508
Tsujimoto, Y. Kaneko, G. Kuwano, K. Nagayama, T. Imai, Y. Ono, S. Kusunose, T. Kashiwagi, H. Minami, K. Kadowaki, Y. Simsek, U. Welp & W. Kwok Design and characterization of microstrip patch antennas for high-T-c superconducting terahertz emitters OPTICS EXPRESS (2021) 29 16980-16990 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.420417
Simsek & P. Müller Restoring the surface layer of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δsingle crystals by current injection Surface and Interfaces (2022) 33 2468-0230 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2022.102240
Tsujimoto, Y. Wen, Y. Maeda, A. Elarabi, Y. Simsek, U. Welp, W-K. Kwok, S. Adachi, T. Watanabe, I. Kakeya Terahertz emission from intrinsic Josephson junctions in trilayer cuprate superconductor Bi₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_10+δ Appl. Phys. Express, (2025) 18 073001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/adda8e
Rahimpour, T. Alpa, Y. Simsek Crystalline texture quality of epitaxially grown Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ superconducting films for THz-on-a-chip applications Submitted to ACS Crystal Growth and Design, 2025

Patent application: Chemically Resistant Nanosensors (2024/012917) Turkish Patent and Trademark (pending)

American Physics Society (2010-2012, 2016-Present),

The Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V. (2008-2013

TÜBİTAK-2232 - A International Leading Researchers Fellowship (2020-2023)

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