Burak Guzelturk

I am a scientist working at Advanced Photon Source, part of the Time-resolved research (TRR) group within the X-ray Science Division.

My research interests focus on developing pump-probe X-ray tools and microscopy to study non-equilibrium structural and electronic processes in materials following photo- and/or electrical-excitation.

Examples of such processes include light-induced phase changes, transient heating/disordering, transient strain and polaronic effects in addition to transient domain/defect generation/annihilation in complex materials.

Understanding such dynamic processes are critical to develop high efficiency devices such as photovoltaic devices  and quantum light emitters.

Select Publications

B. Guzelturk, J. Portner, J. Ondry, S. Ghanbarzadeh, M. Tarantola, A. Jeong, T. Field, A. M. Chandler, E. Wieman, T. R. Hopper, N. E. Watkins, J. Yue, X. Cheng, M.-F. Lin, D. Luo, P. L. Kramer, X. Shen, A. H. Reid, O. Borkiewicz, U. Ruett, X. Zhang, A. M. Lindenberg, J. Ma, R. Schaller, D. V. Talapin, B. L. Cotts, Ultrafast symmetry control in photoexcited quantum dots, Advanced Materials (Accepted, upcoming 2024)

B. Guzelturk, B.T. Diroll, J.P. Cassidy, D. Harankahage, M. Hua, X.-M. Lin, V. Iyer, R. Schaller, B. Lawrie, M. Zamkov, Bright and Durable Scintillation from Colloidal Quantum Shells, Nature Communications 15, 4274 (2024)

B. Guzelturk, T. Yang, Y.-C. Liu, C.-C. Wei, G. Orenstein, M. Trigo, T. Zhou, B. T. Diroll, M. V. Holt, H. Wen, L.-Q. Chen, J.-C. Yang, A. M. Lindenberg, Subnanosecond reconfiguration of ferroelectric domains in bismuth ferrite, Advanced Materials 35, 2306029 (2023) 

B. Guzelturk, V. Kamysbayev, D. Wang, H. Hu, R. Li, S. B. King, A. H. Reid, M.-F. Lin, X. Wang, D. A. Walko, X. Zhang, A. M. Lindenberg, D. V. Talapin,  Understanding and controlling photothermal responses in MXenes, Nano Letters 23, 2677 (2023)

B. Guzelturk, T. Winkler, T. Van de Goor, M. D. Smith, S. A. Bourelle, S. Feldmann, M. Trigo, S. Teitelbaum, H-G. Steinrück, G. A. de la Pena, R. Alonso-Mori, D. Zhu, T. Sato, H. I. Karunadasa, M. F. Toney, F. Deschler, A. M. Lindenberg, Visualization of Dynamic Polaronic Strain Fields in Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskites, Nature Materials 20, 618 (2021)

B. Guzelturk, B. L. Cotts, D. Jasrasaria, J. P. Philbin, D. A. Hanifi, B. A. Koscher, A. D. Balan, E. Curling, M. Zajac, S. Park, N. Yazdani, C. Nyby, V. Kamysbayev, S. Fischer, Z. Nett, X. Shen, M. E. Kozina, M.-F. Lin, A. H. Reid, S. P. Weathersby, R. D. Schaller, V. Wood, X. Wang, J. A. Dionne, D. V. Talapin, A. P. Alivisatos, A. Salleo, E. Rabani, A. M. Lindenberg, Dynamic lattice distortions driven by surface trapping in semiconductor nanocrystals, Nature Communications 12, 1860 (2021)

B. Guzelturk, J. K. Utterback, I. Coropceanu, V. Kamysbayev, E. M. Janke, M. Zajac, N. Yazdani, B. L. Cotts, S. Park, A. Sood, M.-F. Lin, A. H. Reid, M. E. Kozina, X. Shen, S. P Weathersby, V. Wood, A. Salleo, X. Wang, D. V. Talapin, N. S. Ginsberg, A. M. Lindenberg, Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Colloidal Gold Nanocrystals Monitored by Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Optical Scattering Microscopy, ACS Nano 14, 4792 (2020)

B. Guzelturk, A. B. Mei, L. Zhang, L. Z. Tan, P. Donahue, A. G. Singh, D. G. Schlom, L. W. Martin, A. M. Lindenberg, Light-Induced Currents at Domain Walls in Multiferroic BiFeO₃, Nano Letters 20, 145 - 151 (2020)

B. Guzelturk, M. Pelton, M. Olutas, H. V. Demir, Giant Modal Gain Coefficients in II-VI Nanoplatelets, Nano Lett.19, 277-282 (2019)

B. Guzelturk, R. A. Belisle, M. D. Smith, K. Bruening, R. Prasanna, Y. Yuan, V. Gopalan, C. J. Tassone, H. I. Karunadasa, M. D. McGehee, A. M. Lindenberg, Terahertz Emission from Hybrid Perovskites Driven by Ultrafast Charge Separation and Strong Electron-Phonon Coupling, Advanced Materials 30, 1704737 (2018)

B. Guzelturk, H. V. Demir, Near-Field Energy Transfer Using Nanoemitters For Optoelectronics, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 8158 – 8177 (2016)

B. Guzelturk, Y. Kelestemur, K. Gungor, A. Yeltik, M. Z. Akgul, W. Yue, R. Chen, H. D. Sun, C. Dang, H. V. Demir, Stable and Low Threshold Optical Gain in CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots: All-Colloidal Frequency Up-Converted Laser, Advanced Materials27, 2741 (2015)

B. Guzelturk, Y. Kelestemur, M. Olutas, S. Delikanli, H. V. Demir, Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Lasing in Colloidal Nanoplatelets, ACS Nano8, 6599 (2014)

B. Guzelturk, O. Erdem, M. Olutas, Y. Kelestemur, H. V. Demir, Stacking in Colloidal Nanoplatelets: Excitonic Properties, ACS Nano 8, 12524 (2014)