SUBÜ Project to Make a Strategic Contribution to Medical Device Technology

Sakarya University of Applied Sciences (SUBÜ) continues to contribute to Türkiye’s domestic and national technology initiative through its academic projects. The project titled “Development of a Covalent Organic Framework-Supported Glucose Sensor Architecture,” led by Prof. Dr. Mustafa Can, a faculty member of the Faculty of Technology, has been accepted under TÜBİTAK’s 1001 – Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program.

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Can

With this project prepared by SUBÜ, it is aimed to eliminate chronic problems encountered by existing sensors used in diabetes management, such as enzyme instability and low signal stability. The sensor architecture to be developed, based on Direct Electron Transfer (DET), has been designed using a combination of advanced functional materials, namely covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and the conductive polymer PEDOT. Thanks to this new-generation architecture, it is expected to pave the way for more precise, long-lasting, and fully biocompatible measurement systems.

Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGM)

The developed sensor architecture is expected to reduce Türkiye’s dependence on foreign technologies and strengthen its R&D capacity in the fields of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGM), wearable and implantable medical devices, and high-precision biosensor technologies.

PhD student Elif Ulutaş

The project, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mustafa Can and centered on the doctoral thesis of PhD student Elif Ulutaş, also involves one master’s student and two undergraduate students as part of the project team.