TÜBİTAK has combined traditional techniques with nanotechnology in the production of İznik tiles. İznik tiles have been made brighter, more vibrant, and more durable through nanoscale applications.
To ensure the future of Iznik tiles, renowned beyond national borders and known as "impossible-to-produce ceramics" due to their high quartz content, the TÜBİTAK MAM Materials Institute and the Iznik Education and Training Foundation have been collaborating on projects since the 1990s. Most recently, the project "Bringing Iznik Tile Cultural Heritage into the 21st Century with Nanoscience and Advanced Nano-Structured Material Systems," which began in 2010 and was supported under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Program, was successfully completed.
The "luster" method, used in the 9th century and known as the first nanotechnology application in history, has been revived in Iznik tiles thanks to the work of TÜBİTAK researchers. This method, which creates a colorful surface effect and metallic sheen on ceramics, has improved the product performance of Iznik tiles.
