Dr. Tansel Karabacak

Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator, Applied Science

Contact Information

• Office: ETAS 300B
• Phone: (501) 569-8045
• Fax: (501) 569-8020
• Email: txkarabacak@ualr.edu
• Web Site URL: http://ualr.edu/txkarabacak

Education

• BS, Physics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (1996)
• MS, Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic University, NY (1999)
• PhD, Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic University, NY (2003)

Teaching and Research Interests

• Development of novel thin film and nanostructured materials for alternative energy technologies including fuel-cell electrodes, hydrogen storage, solar cells, and batteries.
• Sensor applications of thin films and nanostructures such as photodetectors and gas sensors
• Interaction of biological organisms with nanostructured surfaces
• Physical, chemical, and optical properties of 3D nanostructures produced by Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD; also called Oblique Angle Deposition)
• Dynamics of thin film and nanostructure growth
• Growth front morphology of thin films
• Thin films
• Micro/Nano-Fabrication
• Material Science and Characterization