Rate My Professor Tanju Yildirim

Yildirim's academic interests center on nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS), nonlinear mechanics, sensors and actuators, acoustics, and olfaction. His research explores 2D semiconductors, van der Waals heterostructures, energy harvesters, olfactory sensors, gas sensing at low-ppm concentrations, and nanoscale engineering of non-uniform biaxially strained domes in transition metal dichalcogenides. He has published extensively in prestigious journals, with key works including 'Many-body complexes in 2D semiconductors' (Advanced Materials, 2019), 'A review on performance enhancement techniques for ambient vibration energy harvesters' (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017), 'Evidence of the direct-to-indirect band gap transition in strained two-dimensional WSe2, MoSe2, and MoS2' (Physical Review Research, 2020), 'Optical harmonic generation in 2D materials' (Advanced Functional Materials, 2022), 'Enhanced interactions of interlayer excitons in free-standing heterobilayers' (Nature, 2022), and recent publications such as 'Audible sensing of low-ppm concentration gases' (2024), 'Sensing signal augmentation by flow rate modulation of olfactory sensors' (2024), 'Enhancing 2D Photonics and Optoelectronics with Artificial Metastructures' (2024), and 'Nanoscale engineering of non-uniform biaxially strained domes' (2025). His scholarship has garnered over 2,600 citations, underscoring his contributions to nanotechnology, photonics, optoelectronics, and advanced chemical sensing technologies.