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Dimitrios Andreou

Staff Sunday, 06 February 2022 20:53

Dr. Dimitrios Andreou is a Postdoctoral Researcher specialized in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. He is a member of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry of the School of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

His research activities are focused on the Organic synthesis, Catalysis and synthesis of N-heterocyclic compounds with biological activity.

 

Rafael Lingas

Staff Sunday, 06 February 2022 20:14

Rafael Lingas is a PhD student in Computational and Quantum Chemistry. He is elaborating his dissertation at the Laboratory of Quantum and Computational Chemistry of the School of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has a BSc in Physics from the School of Physics, and a MSc in Quantum and Computational Chemistry, from the School of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

His research activities are focused on designing, modelling and simulation of the electromechanical properties of 3D periodic structures of graphene oxide, interconnected with organic molecules.

 

 

Kyro Odysseas Kosmatos

Staff Sunday, 06 February 2022 19:29

Kyro Odysseas Kosmatos received his BSc in chemistry from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2021. He is currently working towards his MSc in quantum and computational chemistry in the same institution.
His research activies are focused on designing and simulating functional nanomaterials with electromechanical and optoelectronic properties.

 

 

I. Skarmoutsos1,2,,3*, E. Klontzas3, E. N. Koukaras2, Guillaume Maurin1

1 Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
2 Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou Street, Platani, Patras, 26504, Greece
3 Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vass. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35, Athens, Greece

Aikaterini Gounari

Staff Sunday, 06 February 2022 00:37

Ms. Aikaterini Gounari is a Postgraduate Student specializing in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modelling. She is studying and conducting her research at the Laboratory of Quantum and Computational Chemistry of the School of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Her research activities are focused on the application of global optimization methods for the study of structure of materials and their properties, with an emphasis on Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm Optimization.

 

Manuscript in Greek.

Ε. Κλώντζας1,2,3, Γ. Ε. Φρουδάκης1, Ι. Σκαρμούτσος2,3, Κ. Γαλιώτης3,4, Ε. Ν. Κουκάρας3,*

1 Τμήμα Χημείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Πανεπιστημιούπολη Βουτών, GR-71003, Ηράκλειο Κρήτης, Ελλάδα
2 Ινστιτούτο Θεωρητικής και Φυσικής Χημείας, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου 48, GR-11635, Αθήνα, Ελλάδα
3 Ινστιτούτο Επιστημών Χημικής Μηχανικής, Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας, οδός Σταδίου, Πλατάνι, GR-26504, Πάτρα, Ελλάδα
4 Τμήμα Χημικών Μηχανικών, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών, GR-26504, Πάτρα, Ελλάδα.

Dimitrios Karfaridis

Staff Friday, 04 February 2022 12:09

Dr. Dimitrios Karfaridis is a Postdoctoral Researcher specialized in materials characterization via X-ray based methods. He is a member of the Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Devices of the School of Physics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has a BSc in Physics, an MSc in Physics and Material Technology, and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics, all from the Department of Physics of the University of Thessaloniki. His Ph.D. thesis is entitled «Growth, structural and magnetic characterization of advanced, nanometric dimensioned heterostructures applied in magnon - spintronics», receiving a scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation (ΙΚΥ).

From his MSc studies, he is a fellow and an active member of the Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Devices of the School of Physics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research interest is in experimental physics in the field of spin-based electronics. His research activities are focused on the material growth and study via X-ray photοelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

He has published 18 peer-reviewed articles in international refereed scientific journals and he has participated in more than 15 international conferences/workshops/schools. He has reviewed more than 10 scientific papers as a referee in two highly rated international journals.

 

A new position has opened in our group for a PhD student Researcher specialized on Organic Chemical Synthesis.
The scope of the position is "Synthesis and characterization of new nanomaterials through chemical functionalization of graphene and its oxidized products.".
Further information can be found in the Official Invitation, ΑΔΑ: 9ΒΞΟ46Ψ8ΧΒ-Ρ6Β

Ioannis Polyzos

Staff Wednesday, 01 December 2021 21:47

Dr. Ioannis Polyzos is a Postdoctoral fellow at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) since 2020. He received the B.Sc. in Physics and the M.Sc. in Physics with emphasis in Lasers from the University of Patras, Greece in 1997 and 2000 respectively. He obtained his PhD from the same University in 2006. His PhD thesis entitled «Study of multi-photon properties of Pyrylium salts and applications to three dimensional optical memories». In 2007 a postdoctoral fellowship from IKY was awarded him. From 2008 to 2011, he was a contract lecturer at the Department of Engineering Sciences (University of Patras) and from 2007 t0 2018 a Scientific collaborator at the Department of Optics and Optometry (ATEI Patras). He has an extended teaching experience in courses and lab exercises in the fields of General Physics, Electronics and Optics.

His research interests are focused on studying both experimentally and theoretically linear and nonlinear properties of novel materials through their interference with laser sources. He has expertise in many experimental techniques like Z-scan, Two-photon induced fluorescence, Time resolved spectroscopy (femtosecond regime), Two-photon induced photo-bleaching and photo-polymerization etc. He has also worked on nonlinear optics applications like three-dimensional optical data storage and micro- and nano-fabrication. Currently he works on mechanical properties of graphene using techniques like Raman Spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy and Tipp enhanced Raman spectroscopy. He is author or coauthor of 42 articles in international scientific journals, 2 invited review articles in books; he has 25 presentations in International and 17 in National scientific conferences. His work is cited more than 985 times (scopus) and his h-index is 17.

 

Selected publications

1. "Suspended monolayer graphene under true uniaxial deformation" I. Polyzos, M. Bianchi, L. Rizzi, E.N. Koukaras, J. Parthenios, K. Papagelis, R. Sordan, C. Galiotis, Nanoscale 7 (2015) 13033
2. "Molecular Modeling Combined with Advanced Chemistry for the Rational Design of Efficient Graphene Dispersing Agents" K.D. Papadimitriou, E.N. Skountzos, S.S. Gkermpoura, I. Polyzos, V.G. Mavrantzas, C. Galiotis, C. Tsitsilianis, ACS Macro Letters (2015) 24, Selected as Journal Cover
3. "Quadrupolar Benzobisthiazole-Cored Arylamines as Highly Efficient Two-Photon Absorbing Fluorophores" P.Hrobárik, V.Hrobáriková, V. Semak, P.Kasák, E.Rakovský, I.Polyzos, M.Fakis, P.Persephonis , Organic Letters, 16 (24) (2014), 6358-6361
4. "Stress Transfer Mechanisms at the Submicron Level for Graphene/Polymer Systems" G.Anagnostopoulos, C.Androulidakis, E. N.Koukaras, G.Tsoukleri, I.Polyzos, J.Parthenios, K.Papagelis, C.Galiotis , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7 (7) (2015), 4216-4223
5. “Three photon induced photobleaching in a three-dimensional memory material” I. Polyzos, G. Tsigaridas, M. Fakis, V. Giannetas and P. Persephonis, Optics Letters 30 (2005) 2654-2656, Selected for the November 2005 issue of “Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science” as a frontier research

 

 

Ioannis Lykakis

Staff Friday, 10 December 2021 16:57

Dr. Ioannis Lykakis studied chemistry at the University of Crete (1997), Greece and after obtaining his Ph.D. from the same University in 2003 he did postdoctoral research at the CNR in Bologna, Italy and at the University of Crete. In 2011 he was appointed as a Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, where he is currently an Associate Professor.

So far, he is the author of more than 75 publications in peer reviewed journals and he has given more than 90 presentations in national and international conferences-meetings. His published work has received more than 2100 citations and his h-index is 27 (Goggle scholar). He has also wrote 3 book chapters in international scientific books, 1 scientific book as editor, 2 book chapters in Organic Chemistry Books and 1 book as Co-Editor of the book “Introduction to Spectroscopy”. He has coordinated two special issues, the "Noble Metal Nanoparticles in Catalysis" in Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991), Guest Editors: I. N. Lykakis and G. S. Armatas, 2017, and the “Photocatalysis and Free Radicals in Organic Synthesis” in Organics (ISSN 2673-401X), Guest Editor: I. N. Lykakis, 2021.

He had supervised 5 postdocs, 4 PhD and 13 MSc Thesis, as well as more than 40 BSc thesis. He has coordinated 8 European and Greek research project and participate in 7 more with a total budget of over 2Μ€. He is member in the American Chemical Society and he is in the Editorial Board Member, Organics-MDPI. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8165-5604, Author Scopus ID: 6507459268, https://lykakis.webpages.auth.gr/. He has been awarded by the Academy of Athens in 2012 for the best research paper in the field of organic chemistry and by the Empeirikeion Foundation of Athens in 2018 for the financial support of his scientific research.

His research interests are focused on Organic Synthesis, Catalysis and Photocatalysis in Green Organic transformations. In details, his is developed on the i) Green Organic Redox Transformations Catalyzed by Metal Nanoparticles (NPs) and Polyoxometalates (POMs), ii) Organocatalytic Methodologies and Mechanistic Studies οn the Synthesis of N-heterocyclic Biological Active Molecules, and iii) on the Photo-catalytic Organic Processes and Mechanistic Studies.