31^st Materials Science and Engineering Conference: Advancement & Innovations

Meral Karakisla Sahin is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ankara University since 2009. She has her expertise in the area of conducting polymer composites, the synthesis of conducting polymers and applications, the preparation of graft copolymers, the synthesis of Schiff base polymers, the preparation of composite by improving their conductivity of textile and clay materials by using conducting polymers. In addition, she has made studies on the investigation of antibacterial and catalytic properties after deposition of silver nanoparticles to these composites and to prepare shielding material against to electromagnetic waves.