Journal Papers

* denotes the corresponding author.

2022

• DeepCAN: A Modular Deep Learning System for Automated Cell Counting and Viability Analysis

  Furkan Eren, Mete Aslan, Dilek Kanarya, Yigit Uysalli, Musa Aydin, Berna Kiraz, Omer Aydin, and Alper Kiraz
  IEEE J. Biomed. Health. Inform., to appear (2022)
  DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2022.3203893 (PDF)

• An LED-Based Structured Illumination Microscope Using a Digital Micromirror Device and GPU Accelerated Image Reconstruction

  Musa Aydın, Yiğit Uysallı, Ekin Özgönül, Berna Morova, Fatmanur Tiryaki, Elif Nur Firat-Karalar, Buket Doğan, and Alper Kiraz
  PLOS ONE, to appear (2022)
  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273990 (PDF)

• Understanding the link between inflammasome and apoptosis through the response of THP-1 cells against drugs using droplet-based microfluidics

  Elif Gencturk, Müge Kasım, Berna Morova, Alper Kiraz, and Kutlu Ulgen
  ACS Omega 7 (19), 16323–16332 (2022)
  DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06569 (PDF)

• A Deep Learning Model for Automated Segmentation of Fluorescence Cell images

  Musa Aydın, Berna Kiraz, Furkan Eren, Yigit Uysalli, Berna Morova, Selahattin Can Ozcan, Ceyda Acilan, and Alper Kiraz
  J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2191, 012003 (2022)
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2191/1/012003 (PDF)

• An easy-to-fabricate microfluidic shallow trench induced three-dimensional cell culturing and imaging (STICI3D) platform

  Umut Coskun, Funda Kus, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Berna Morova, Merve Gulle, Hatice Baser, Demet Kul, Alper Kiraz, Kemal Baysal, and Ahmet Erten
  ACS Omega 7 (10), 8281−8293 (2022)
  DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05118 (PDF)

  

• Use of an Elastic Buffer Layer for Improved Performance of a Polymer Microcylinder Ring Resonator Hydrogen Sensor

  N. Bavili, B. Ali, B. Morova, B. E. Alaca, and A. Kiraz
  Sensor. Actuat. B-Chem. 358, 131431 (2022)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.131431 (PDF)

  

• ZDHHC5 directs Protocadherin 7 to the mitotic cell surface and cleavage furrow by a palmitoylation-dependent mechanism for a successful cell division

  Nazlı Ezgi Özkan-Küçük, Berfu Nur Yiğit, Beste Senem Değirmenci, Mohammad Haroon Qureshi, Altuğ Kamacıoğlu, Nima Bavili, Alper Kiraz, and Nurhan Özlü
  bioRxiv preprint DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.24.111831 (PDF)

2021

• Optically Transportable Optofluidic Microlasers with Liquid Crystal Cavities Tuned by the Electric Field

  Alexandr Jonáš, Zdenek Pilat, Jan Jezek, Silvie Bernatov, Petr Jedlika, Mehdi Aas, Alper Kiraz, Pavel Zemanek
  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 3 (43), 50657-50667 (2021) 
  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11936 (PDF)

  

• Linear Cavity Tapered Fiber Sensor Using Amplified Phase-Shift Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

  R. M. A. Ayaz, Y. Uysalli, B. Morova, and A. Kiraz
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 38 (6), 1756-1762 (2021) 
  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.419768 (PDF)

  

• Detection of aflatoxin M1 by fiber cavity attenuated phase shift spectroscopy

  M. Daniyal Ghauri, Syed Zajif Hussain, Ubaid Ullah, Rana M. Armaghan Ayaz, Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem, Alper Kiraz, and M. Imran Cheema
  Opt. Express 29 (3), 3873-3881 (2021)
  DOI: 10.1364/OE.408975 (PDF)

• Microfluidics for Microalgal Biotechnology

  B. Ozdalgic, M. Ustun, A. Kiraz, B. Z. Haznedaroglu, and S. Tasoglu
  Biotechnol. Bioeng. 118 (4), 1545-1563 (2021)
  DOI: 10.1002/bit.27669 (PDF)

• An Aerogel-Based Photocatalytic Microreactor Driven by Light Guiding for Degradation of Toxic Pollutants

  Yaprak Özbakır, Alexandr Jonáš, Alper Kiraz, and Can Erkey
  Chem. Eng. J. 409, 128108 (2021)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.128108 (PDF)

   

  

2020

• A micropillar-based microfluidic viscometer for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids

  Adil Mustafa, Aysenur Eser, Ali Cenk Aksu, Alper Kiraz, Melikhan Tanyeri, Ahmet Erten, and Ozlem Yalcin*
  Anal. Chim. Acta 1135, 107-115 (2020) 
  DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.07.039 (PDF)

  

• Linear Cavity Tapered Fiber Sensor Using Mode Tracking Phase Shift Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy

  R. M. A. Ayaz, Y. Uysalli, B. Morova, N. Bavili, U. Ullah, M. D. Ghauri, M. I. Cheema*, and A. Kiraz*
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(6), 1707-1713 (2020) 
  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.390837 (PDF)

• Highly Sensitive Optical Sensor for Hydrogen Gas Based on a Polymer Microcylinder Ring Resonator

  Nima Bavili, Timuçin Balkan, Berna Morova, Mustafa Eryürek, Yiğit Uysallı, Sarp Kaya, and Alper Kiraz*
  Sensor. Actuat. B-Chem. 310, 127806 (2020)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.127806 (PDF)

  

• Size–based sorting of emulsion droplets in microfluidic channels patterned with laser–ablated guiding tracks

  Ateeq Ur Rehman, Umut C. Coskun, Zeeshan Rashid, Berna Morova, Alexandr Jonáš, Ahmet Erten, and Alper Kiraz*
  Anal. Chem. 92 (3), 2597-2604 (2020)
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04308 (PDF)

  

2019

• Bypassing pro-survival and resistance mechanisms of autophagy in EGFR-positive lung cancer cells by targeted delivery of 5FU using theranostic Ag2S quantum dots

  Fatma Demir Duman, Yunus Akkoc, Gozde Demirci, Nima Bavili, Alper Kiraz, Devrim Gozuacik, and Havva Yagci Acar*
  J. Mater. Chem. B 7, 7363-7376 (2019)
  DOI: 10.1039/C9TB01602C (PDF)

  

• Digital Sensor Based on Multicavity Fiber Interferometers

  U. Ullah, M. Yasin, A. Kiraz, and I. Cheema*
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36 (9), 2587-2592 (2019)
  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.36.002587 (PDF)

• Passive sorting of emulsion droplets with different interfacial properties using laser-patterned surfaces

  Zeeshan Rashid, Ahmet Erten, Berna Morova, Metin Muradoglu, Alexandr Jonáš, and Alper Kiraz*
  Microfluid. Nanofluid. 23, 65 (2019)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10404-019-2236-8 (PDF)

• Fabrication and characterization of large numerical aperture, high-resolution optical fiber bundles based on high-contrast pairs of soft glasses for fluorescence imaging

  B. Morova, N. Bavili, O. Yaman, B. Yigit, M. Zeybel, M. Aydin, B. Dogan, R. Kasztelanic, D. Pysz, R. Buczynski*, and A. Kiraz*
  Opt. Express 27 (7), 9502-9515 (2019)
  DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.009502 (PDF)

  

2018

• Reconfigurable and Permanent Wetting Patterns on Polymer Surfaces Obtained Using Plasma Oxidation and Laser Ablation

  Z. Rashid, B. Morova, Ö. Yaman, S. Soydan, Ö. Birer, I. Yilgor, and A. Kiraz*
  Opt. Data Process. Storage 4, 22–29 (2018)
  DOI: 10.1515/odps-2018-0004 (PDF)

• A New Type of Microphotoreactor with Integrated Optofluidic Waveguide Based on Solid-Air Nanoporous Aerogels

  Yaprak Özbakır, Alexandr Jonáš, Alper Kiraz, and Can Erkey*
  R. Soc. Open Sci. 5, 180802 (2018)
  DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180802 (PDF)
  

• Optofluidic Dye Lasers Based on Holey Fibers: Modeling and Performance Analysis

  Zeeshan Rashid, Alexandr Jonáš, Ryszard Buczyński, and Alper Kiraz
  Journal of Lightwave Technology 36 (18), 4114-4122 (2018)
  DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2018.2860684 (PDF)

• Sensitivity of Compositional Measurement of High-pressure Fluid Mixtures Using Microcantilever Frequency Response

  Shadi Khan Baloch, Alexandr Jonáš, Alper Kiraz, B. Erdem Alaca, and Can Erkey*
  Sensor. Actuat. A-Phys. 278, 111-126 (2018)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2018.05.025 (PDF)

• Reversible switching of wetting properties and erasable patterning of polymer surfaces using plasma oxidation and thermal treatment

  Zeeshan Rashid, İpek Atay, Seren Soydan, M. Baris Yagci, Alexandr Jonáš, Emel Yilgor, Alper Kiraz*, and İskender Yilgor*
  Applied Surface Science 441, 841-851 (2018)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.02.089 (PDF)

  

• Determination of composition of ethanol-CO2 mixtures at high pressures using frequency response of microcantilevers

  Shadi Khan Baloch, Alexandr Jonáš, B. Erdem Alaca, Alper Kiraz, Can Erkey*
  J. Suprcrit. Fluids 132, 65-70 (2018)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2017.03.027 (PDF)

2017

• Guiding of emulsion droplets in microfluidic chips along shallow tracks defined by laser ablation

  Z. Rashid, U. C. Coşkun, Y. Morova, B. Morova, A. Aşıkoğlu Bozkurt, A. Erten, A. Jonáš, S. Aktürk, and A. Kiraz*
  Microfluid. Nanofluid. 21, 160 (2017)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10404-017-1997-1 (PDF)

• Liquid Refractometric Sensors Based on Optical Fiber Resonators

  M. Eryürek, Y. Karadag, M. Ghafoor, N. Bavili, K. Cicek, and A. Kiraz*
  Sensor. Actuat. A-Phys. 265, 161-167 (2017)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2017.08.019 (PDF)

• Thermal tuning of spectral emission from optically trapped liquid-crystal droplet resonators

  A. Jonáš*, Z. Pilát, S. Bernatová, T. Fořt, P. Zemánek, M. Aas, and A. Kiraz
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 34 (9), 1855-1864 (2017)
  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.34.001855 (PDF)
  

• Single-slot hybrid microring resonator hydrogen sensor

  K. Cicek*, M. Eryürek, and A. Kiraz
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 34 (7), 1465-1470 (2017)
  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.34.001465 (PDF)
  

• Total internal reflection-based optofluidic waveguides fabricated in aerogels

  Yaprak Özbakır, Alexandr Jonáš, Alper Kiraz, and Can Erkey*
  Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 84 (3), 522-534 (2017)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10971-017-4426-8 (PDF)
  

• Characterization of fluid mixtures at high pressures using frequency response of microcantilevers

  Gamze Eris, Shadi Khan Baloch, Asuman Aşıkoğlu Bozkurt, Alexandr Jonáš, Alper Kiraz, B. Erdem Alaca, and Can Erkey*
  Sensor. Actuat. A-Phys. 261, 202-209 (2017)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2017.04.044 (PDF)

• Aerogels for Optofluidic Waveguides

  Yaprak Özbakır, Alexandr Jonáš*, Alper Kiraz*, and Can Erkey*
  Micromachines 8 (4), 98 (2017)
  DOI: 10.3390/mi8040098 (PDF)
  

• Integrated humidity sensor based on SU-8 polymer microdisk microresonator

  M. Eryürek, Z. Tasdemir, Y. Karadag, S. Anand. N. Kılınç, B. E. Alaca, and A. Kiraz*
  Sensor. Actuat. B-Chem. 242, 1115-1120 (2017)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.09.136 (PDF)
  

2016

• Enhanced Dissolution of Liquid Microdroplets in the Extensional Creeping Flow of a Hydrodynamic Trap

  A. Mustafa, A. Erten*, R. A. Ayaz, O. Kayıllığlu, A. Eser, M. Eryürek, M. Irfan, M. Muradoglu*, M. Tanyeri*, and A. Kiraz*
  Langmuir 32 (37), 9460–9467 (2016)
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02411 (PDF)
  

• Observation of Whispering Gallery Modes in Elastic Light Scattering from Microdroplets Optically Trapped in a Microfluidic Channel

  S. Anand, M. Eryürek, Y. Karadağ, A. Erten, A. Serpengüzel, A. Jonáš, and A. Kiraz*
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 33 (7), 1349-1354 (2016)
  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.33.001349 (PDF)
  

• Optofluidic FRET lasers using aqueous quantum dots as donors

  Q. Chen, A. Kiraz*, and X Fan*
  Lab on a Chip 16, 353-359 (2016)
  DOI: 10.1039/C5LC01004G (PDF)

  

• Optofluidic FRET Lasers and Their Applications in Novel Photonic Devices and Biochemical Sensing

  M. Aas, Q. Chen, A. Jonáš, A. Kiraz*, and X. Fan*
  IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quan. 22 (4), 7000215 (2016)
  DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2477397 (PDF)

2015

• Versatile liquid-core optofluidic waveguides fabricated in hydrophobic silica aerogels by femtosecond-laser ablation

  B. Yalizay, Y. Morova, K. Dincer, Y. Ozbakir, A. Jonáš, C. Erkey, A. Kiraz, and S. Akturk*
  Opt. Mater. 47, 478-483 (2015)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2015.06.024 (PDF)

• Optofluidic Lasers with Aqueous Quantum Dots

  A. Kiraz*, Q. Chen, and X. Fan*
  ACS Photonics 2 (6), 707–713 (2015)
  DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00211 (PDF)
  

• Highly Luminescent and Cytocompatable Cationic Ag2S NIR-emitting Quantum Dots for Gene Transfection and Optical Imaging

  F. Demir Duman, I. Hocaoglu, D. G. Ozturk, A. Kiraz, D. Gozuacik, and H. Yagci Acar*
  Nanoscale 7, 11352-11362 (2015)
  DOI: 10.1039/C5NR00189G (PDF)
  

• Cyto/hemocompatible magnetic hybrid nanoparticles (Ag2S-Fe3O4) with luminescence in the near-infrared region as promising theranostic materials

  I. Hocaoglu, D. Asik, G. Ulusoy, I. Ojea-Jimenez, F. Rossi, A. Kiraz, N. Doğan, and H. Yagci Acar*
  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 133, 198-207 (2015)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.05.051 (PDF)
  

• Determination of viscosity and density of fluids using frequency response of microcantilevers

  G. Eris, A. Aşıkoğlu Bozkurt, A. Sunol, A. Jonas, A. Kiraz, E. Alaca, and C. Erkey*
  J. Supercrit. Fluids  105, 179-185 (2015)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2015.04.012 (PDF)
  

• Fluorescent Molecules as Transceiver Nanoantennas: The First Practical and High-Rate Information Transfer over a Nanoscale Communication Channel based on FRET

  M. Kuscu*, A. Kiraz*, and O. B. Akan*
  Sci. Rep. 5, 7831 (2015)
  DOI: 10.1038/srep07831 (PDF)

• Optical Sensor for Hydrogen Gas Based on a Palladium-Coated Polymer Microresonator

  M. Eryürek, Y. Karadag, N. Taşaltın, N. Kılınç, and A. Kiraz*
  Sensor. Actuat. B-Chem. 212, 78-83 (2015)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.01.097 (PDF)
  

2014

• Direct Conversion of Cytochrome c Spectral shifts to Fluorescence Using Photochromic FRET

  S. Manioglu, M. Atis, M. Aas, A. Kiraz, and H. Bayraktar*
  Chem. Commun.  50, 12333-12336 (2014)
  DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06146B (PDF)
  

• Emission Tunable, Cyto/Hemocompatible, Near-IR-Emitting Ag2S Quantum Dots by Aqueous Decomposition of DMSA

  I. Hocaoglu, F. Demir, O. Birer, A. Kiraz, C. Sevrin, C. Grandfils, and H. Yagci Acar*
  Nanoscale 6, 11921-11931, (2014)
  DOI: 10.1039/C4NR02935F (PDF)
  

• FRET lasing from self-assembled DNA tetrahedral nanostructures suspended in optofluidic droplet resonators

  M. Aas, E. Özelci, A. Jonáš, A. Kiraz*, H. Liu, C. Fan, Q. Chen, and X. Fan
  Eur. Phys. J.-Spec. Top. 223, 2057-2062 (2014)
  DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02280-1 (PDF)

• In vitro and in vivo biolasing of fluorescent proteins suspended in liquid microdroplet cavities

  A. Jonáš*, M. Aas, Y. Karadag, S. Manioğlu, S. Anand, D. McGloin, H. Bayraktar, and A. Kiraz*
  Lab on a Chip 14 (16), 3093 – 3100 (2014)
  DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00485J (PDF)
  

• Free-standing optofluidic waveguides formed on patterned superhydrophobic surfaces

  A. Jonáš*, B. Yalizay, S. Akturk, and A. Kiraz
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 091123 (2014)
  DOI:  10.1063/1.4867887 (PDF)

• Investigation of the Spontaneous Emission Rate of Perylene Dye Molecules Encapsulated into Three-dimensional Nanofibers via FLIM Method

  S. Acikgoz*, M. M. Demir, A. A. Unal, E. Yapasan, A. Kiraz, and M. N. Inci
  Appl. Phys. A 115 (4), 1867-1875 (2014)
  DOI:  10.1007/s00339-014-8346-y (PDF)

• Optofluidic FRET microlasers based on surface-supported liquid microdroplets

  E. Özelci, M. Aas, A. Jonáš, and A. Kiraz*
  Laser Phys. Lett. 11, 045802 (2014)
  DOI:  10.1088/1612-2011/11/4/045802 (PDF)

2013

• Spectral tuning of lasing emission from optofluidic droplet microlasers using optical stretching

  M. Aas, A. Jonáš*, A. Kiraz*, O. Brzobohatý, J. Ježek, Z. Pilát, and P. Zemánek*
  Opt. Express  21 (18), 21380–21394 (2013)
  DOI:  10.1364/OE.21.021380 (PDF)
  Editorially selected for the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Volume 8, Issue 10.
  

• Frequency Response of Microcantilevers Immersed in Gaseous, Liquid, and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

  E. Uzunlar, B. Beykal, K. Ehrlich, D. Sanli, A. Jonáš, E. Alaca, A. Kiraz, H. Ürey, and C. Erkey*
  J. Supercrit. Fluids 81, 254-264 (2013)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2013.06.013 (PDF)
  

• Dye lasing in optically manipulated liquid aerosols

  Y. Karadag, M. Aas, A. Jonáš*, S. Anand, D. McGloin*, and A. Kiraz*
  Opt. Lett. 38 (10), 1669-1671 (2013)
  DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.001669 (PDF)
  Editorially selected for the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Volume 8, Issue 6.
  

• Size-stabilization of surface-supported liquid aerosols using tapered optical fiber coupling

  Y. Karadag , A. Jonáš*, I. Kucukkara, and A. Kiraz*
  Opt. Lett. 38 (5), 793-795 (2013)
  DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.000793 (PDF)
  

• Three-dimensional optofluidic waveguides in hydrophobic silica aerogels via supercritical fluid processing

  G. Eriş, D. Şanlı, Z. Ülker, S. E. Bozbağ, A. Jonáš, A. Kiraz*, and C. Erkey*
  J. Supercrit. Fluids 73, 28-33 (2013)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2012.11.001 (PDF)
  

• Lasing in Optically Manipulated, Dye-doped Emulsion Microdroplets

  M. Aas, A. Jonáš*, and A. Kiraz*
  Opt. Commun. 290, 183-187 (2013)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2012.10.036 (PDF)

2012

• Probing of ultrahigh optical Q-factors of individual liquid microdroplets in air using tapered optical fiber waveguides

  A. Jonáš*, Y. Karadağ, M. Mestre, and A. Kiraz*
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 29 (12), 3240-3247 (2012)
  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.003240 (PDF)
  

• Single-Molecule Fluorescence of Terrylene Embedded in Anthracene Matrix: A Room Temperature Study

  M. Y. Yüce*, and A. Kiraz
  Chem. Phys. Lett. 547, 47-51 (2012)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.08.014 (PDF)
  

• Video-Based Tracking of Single Molecules Exhibiting Directed In-frame Motion

  M. Y. Yüce*, A. Jonáš, A. Kiraz, and A. T. Erdoğan
  Microsc. Microanal. 18, 781-792 (2012)
  DOI: 10.1017/S1431927612000451 (PDF)

2011

• Preparation and Characterization of Superhydrophobic Surfaces Based on Hexamethyldisilazane-Modified Nanoporous Alumina

  N. Tasaltin*, D. Sanli, A.  Jonáš, A. Kiraz*, and C. Erkey
  Nanoscale Res. Lett. 6, 487 (2011)
  DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-487 (PDF)

• Determination of Microdroplet Contact Angles Using Electrically Driven Droplet Oscillations

  Y. Karadag, A.  Jonáš*, N. Tasaltin, and A. Kiraz*
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 194101 (2011)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.3588034 (PDF)

• Probing Microscopic Wetting Properties of Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Vibrated Micrometer-Sized Droplets

  A.  Jonáš*, Y. Karadag, N. Tasaltin, I. Kucukkara, and A. Kiraz*
  Langmuir 27 (6), 2150-2154 (2011)
  DOI: 10.1021/la1049925 (PDF)

  

2010

• Prolonged Raman lasing in size-stabilized salt-water microdroplets on a superhydrophobic surface

  Y. Karadag, M. Gundogan, M. Y. Yuce, H. Cankaya, A. Sennaroglu, and A. Kiraz*
  Opt. Lett. 35 (12), 1995-1997 (2010)
  DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.001995 (PDF)

2009

• Photothermal Tuning and Size Locking of Salt-Water Microdroplets on a Superhydrophobic Surface

  M. Mestre, Y. Karadag, S. C. Yorulmaz, M. Gundogan, and A. Kiraz*
  Int. J. Optomechatronics 3 (4), 303-318 (2009)
  DOI: 10.1080/15599610903391176 (PDF)

• Motion of Single Terrylene Molecules in Confined Channels of Poly(butadiene)-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymer

  M. Yorulmaz, A. Kiraz*, and A. L. Demirel*
  J. Phys. Chem. B 113 (29), 9640-9643 (2009)
  DOI: 10.1021/jp9045269 (PDF)
  

• Photothermal self-stability and optical bistability of single NaCl-water microdroplets on a superhydrophobic surface

  Y. Karadag, M. Mestre, and A. Kiraz*
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11, 7145-7151 (2009)
  DOI: 10.1039/b903800k (PDF)
  

• Controlled observation of nondegenerate cavity modes in a microdroplet on a superhydrophobic surface

  S. C. Yorulmaz, M. Mestre, M. Muradoglu, B. E. Alaca, and A. Kiraz*
  Opt. Commun. 282, 3024-3027 (2009)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2009.04.016 (PDF)

• Raman lasing near 650 nm from pure water microdroplets on a superhydrophobic surface

  A. Kiraz*, S. C. Yorulmaz, M. Yorulmaz, and A. Sennaroglu*
  Photon. Nanostruct.: Fundam. Appl. 7, 186-189 (2009)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2009.03.002 (PDF)

• Reversible photothermal tuning of a salty water microdroplet

  A. Kiraz*, Y. Karadag, S. C. Yorulmaz, and M. Muradoglu
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11, 2597-2600 (2009)
  DOI: 10.1039/b816784b (PDF)
  Highlighted inside the front cover of the journal.

  

2008

• Large spectral tuning of a water-glycerol microdroplet by a focused laser: characterization and modeling

  A. Kiraz*, Y. Karadağ, and M. Muradoğlu
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 6446-6454 (2008)
  DOI: 10.1039/b808772e (PDF)
  

• Haptic Manipulation of Microspheres Using Optical Tweezers Under the Guidance of Artificial Force Fields

  I. Bukusoglu, C. Basdogan*, A. Kiraz, and A. Kurt
  Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 17, No. 4, 344-364 (2008).
  DOI: 10.1162/pres.17.4.344 (arXiv:0707.3325) (PDF)

• Spectral tuning of liquid microdroplets standing on a superhydrophobic surface using electrowetting

  A. Kiraz*, Y. Karadağ, and A. F. Coskun
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 191104 (2008)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.2927373 (PDF)

2007

• Large spectral tuning of liquid microdroplets standing on a superhydrophobic surface using optical scattering force

  A. Kiraz*, S. Ç. Yavuz, Y. Karadağ, A. Kurt, A. Sennaroglu, and H. Çankaya
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 231102 (2007)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.2821145 (PDF)
  See also the Erratum to this article (PDF)
  Highlighted in Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, February 2008

• Single glycerol/water microdroplets standing on a superhydrophobic surface: Optical microcavities promising original applications

  A. Kiraz*, M. A. Dündar, A. L. Demirel, S. Doğanay, A. Kurt, A. Sennaroglu, and M. Y. Yüce
  J. Nanophoton. 1, 011655 (2007)
  DOI: 10.1117/1.2805365 (PDF)

• Haptic guidance for improved task performance in steering microparticles with optical tweezers

  C. Basdogan*, A. Kiraz*, I. Bukusoglu, A. Varol, and S. Doganay
  Opt. Express 15, 11616-11621 (2007)
  DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011616 (PDF)

• Raman lasing near 630 nm from stationary glycerol-water microdroplets on a superhyrophobic surface

  A. Sennaroglu*, A. Kiraz*, M. A. Dündar, A. Kurt, and A. L. Demirel
  Opt. Lett. 32, 2197-2199 (2007)
  DOI: 10.1364/OL.32.002197 (PDF)
  Highlighted in Nature Photonics, Vol. 1, August 2007

• Enhanced energy transfer in single glycerol/water microdroplets standing on a superhydrophobic surface

  A. Kiraz*, S. Doğanay, A. Kurt, and A. L. Demirel
  Chem. Phys. Lett. 444, 181-185 (2007)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.06.136 (PDF)

  

• Volume stabilization of single, dye-doped water microdroplets with femtoliter resolution

  A. Kiraz*, A. Kurt, M. A. Dündar, M. Y. Yüce, and A. L. Demirel
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 1824-1828 (2007)
  DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001824 (arXiv:0705.2637) (PDF)

• Lasing from single, stationary, dye-doped glycerol/water microdroplets located on a superhydrophobic surface

  A. Kiraz*, A. Sennaroglu, S. Doğanay, M. A. Dündar, A. Kurt, H. Kalaycıoğlu, and A. L. Demirel
  Opt. Commun. 276, 145-148 (2007)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2007.04.026 (arXiv:0705.2482) (PDF)
  See also the Corrigendum to this article.

2006

• Simple largely tunable optical microcavity

  A. Kiraz*, A. Kurt*, M. A. Dündar, and A. L. Demirel*
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 081118 (2006)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.2335371 (PDF)
  See also the Erratum to this article (PDF)

• Observation of Two-Photon Interference Using the Zero-Phonon-Line Emission of a Single Molecule

  A. Kiraz*, M. Ehrl, Th. Hellerer, Ö. E. Müstecaplioglu, C. Bräuchle, and A. Zumbusch
  Jounal of Physics: Conference Series 36, 67-71 (2006)
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/36/1/013 (PDF)

2005

• Indistinguishable Photons from a Single Molecule

  A. Kiraz, M. Ehrl, Th. Hellerer, Ö. E. Müstecaplioğlu, C. Bräuchle, and A. Zumbusch*
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 223602 (2005)
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.223602 (PDF)

• Vibronic excitation of single molecules: A new technique for studying low temperature dynamics

  A. Kiraz, M. Ehrl, C. Hellriegel, C. Bräuchle, and A. Zumbusch*
  ChemPhysChem 6, 919-925 (2005)
  DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200400579 (PDF)

2004

• Ultralong coherence times in the purely electronic zero-phonon line emission of single molecules

  A. Kiraz, M. Ehrl, C. Bräuchle, and A. Zumbusch*
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 920-922 (2004)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.1779351 (PDF)

• Quantum-dot single photon sources: Prospects for applications in linear optics quantum information processing

  A. Kiraz*, M. Atatüre, and A. Imamoglu
  Phys. Rev. A 69, 032305 (2004)
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.032305 (PDF)
  See also the Erratum to this article (PDF)

2003

• Low temperature single molecule spectroscopy using vibronic excitation and dispersed fluorescence detection

  A. Kiraz, M. Ehrl, C. Bräuchle, and A. Zumbusch*
  J. Chem. Phys. 118, 10821-10824 (2003)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.1582845 (PDF)

• Cavity-quantum electrodynamics with quantum dots

  A. Kiraz*, P. Michler, C. Becher, B. Gayral, A. İmamoğlu, Lidong Zhang, E. Hu, W. V. Schoenfeld, and P. M. Petroff
  J. Opt. B : Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 5, 129-137 (2003)
  DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/5/2/303 (PDF)

2002

• Photon correlation spectroscopy of a single quantum dot

  A. Kiraz*, S. Fälth, C. Becher, B. Gayral, Lidong Zhang, E. Hu, W. V. Schoenfeld, P. M. Petroff, and A. İmamoğlu
  Phys. Rev. B 65, 161303(R) (2002)
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.161303 (PDF)

• A quantum dot single-photon source

  C. Becher*, A. Kiraz, P. Michler, W. V. Schoenfeld, P. M. Petroff, Lidong Zhang, E. Hu, and A. İmamoğlu
  Physica E 13 (2-4), 412-417 (2002)
  DOI: 10.1016/S1386-9477(02)00156-X (PDF)

• Nonclassical radiation from a single quantum dot

  P. Michler*, A. İmamoğlu, A. Kiraz, C. Becher, M. D. Mason, P. J. Strouse, S. K. Buratto, W. V. Schoenfeld, P. M. Petroff
  Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 229, 399-405 (2002)
  DOI: 10.1002/1521-3951(200201)229:1<399::AID-PSSB399>3.0.CO;2-P (PDF)

2001

• Cavity-quantum electrodynamics using a single InAs quantum dot in a microdisk structure

  A. Kiraz*, P. Michler, C. Becher, B. Gayral, A. İmamoğlu, Lidong Zhang, E. Hu, W. V. Schoenfeld, and P. M. Petroff
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 3932-3934 (2001)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.1379987 (PDF)

• Nonclassical radiation from a single self-assembled InAs quantum dot

  C. Becher*, A. Kiraz, P. Michler, A. İmamoğlu, W. V. Schoenfeld, P. M. Petroff, Lidong Zhang, and E. Hu
  Phys. Rev. B 63, 121312(R) (2001)
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.121312 (PDF)

• Parallel atomic force microscopy with optical interferometric detection

  T. Sulchek*, R. J. Grow, G. G. Yaralioglu, S. C. Minne, C. F. Quate, S. R. Manalis, A. Kiraz, A. Aydiner, A. Atalar
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 1787-1789 (2001)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.1352697 (PDF)

• Quantum dot lasers using high-Q microdisk cavities

  P. Michler*, A. Kiraz, C. Becher, Lidong Zhang, E. Hu, A. İmamoğlu, W. V. Schoenfeld, and P. M. Petroff
  Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 224, 797-801 (2001)
  DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3951(200104)224:3<797::AID-PSSB797>3.0.CO;2-I (PDF)

2000

• A quantum dot single photon turnstile device

  P. Michler, A. Kiraz, C. Becher, W. V. Schoenfeld, P. M. Petroff, Lidong Zhang, E. Hu, and A. İmamoğlu*
  Science 290, 2282-2285 (2000)
  DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5500.2282 (PDF)

• Laser emission from quantum dots in microdisk structures

  P. Michler*, A. Kiraz, Lidong Zhang, C. Becher, E. Hu, and A. İmamoğlu
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 184-186 (2000)
  DOI: 10.1063/1.126918 (PDF)