Current projects



Photoinduced phase transformations in quantum materials

Photoinduced manipulation of ferroelectrics

Polarons and short-range structural deformations in semiconductors

Nanocrystal X-ray  scintillators 

Past projects

Optical gain and lasing in nanocrystals

Exciton transfer for light-generation and harvesting 

THz emission from photoinduced charge separation at surfaces & junctions 

Selected work

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, 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)


E. Y. Ma*, B. Guzelturk*, G. Li, L. Cao, Z.-X. Shen, A. M. Lindenberg, T. F. Heinz,

Recording Interfacial Currents on the Sub-Nanometer Length and Femtosecond Time Scale by Terahertz Emission

Science Advances 5, eaau0073 (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, 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, M. Pelton, M. Olutas, H. V. Demir,

Giant Modal Gain Coefficients in II-VI Nanoplatelets

Nano Lett. 19, 277-282 (2019)


B. Guzelturk, H. V. Demir,

Near-Field Energy Transfer Using Nanoemitters For Optoelectronics

Advanced Functional Materials 26, 8158 – 8177 (2016)


B. Guzelturk, O. Erdem, M. Olutas, Y. Kelestemur, H. V. Demir,

Stacking in Colloidal Nanoplatelets: Excitonic Properties

ACS Nano 8, 12524 (2014)


B. Guzelturk, Y. Kelestemur, M. Olutas, S. Delikanli, H. V. Demir

Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Lasing in Colloidal Nanoplatelets

ACS Nano 8, 6599 (2014)