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Mr. Perisinakis Dimitris

M.Sc. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Light-induced Switching of Magnetic Materials with Ultrashort Laser Pulses" (2007); degree awarded by the University of Crete (Dept. of Physics).

Education

  • 2007, M.Sc. Microelectronics-Optoelectronics, Physics Dept.; University of Crete, Greece
  • 2005, B.Sc. Materials Science & Engineering; University of Crete, Greece

Interests

  • physics of magnetic dynamics
  • optical pump-probe methods with femtosecond laser sources
  • nanoscale materials for novel magneto-optic devices

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

  • 2001, Prize for excellence, State Scholarships Foundation – IKY, Greece; Admitted 1st (Panhellenic exams), Materials Science & Engineering Dept., University of Crete
Email: kmuratis@staff.hmu.gr
Mr. Mouratis Kyriakos

M.Eng. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "System Automation for Multi-spectral and Time-resolved Imaging Studies of Phase Transitions in Magneto-dielectric Materials" (2017); degree awarded by the Technological Educational Institute of Crete (School of Engineering – Dept. of Electrical Engineering).

Education

  • 2017, M.Eng. in Advanced Systems of Production, Automation and Robotics; Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
  • 2013, B.Eng. Electrical Engineering; Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece

Interests

  • development of diagnostic tools for physical property measurements in condensed matter
  • numerical computing algoriths for itiretative data analysis
  • creating user interfaces and interfacing experimental stations and instruments with programs

Education

  • 2007, M.Sc. Finance; University of Liverpool, UK
  • 2004, Ph.D. Physics; Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • 2001, M.Sc. Enngineering Physics; Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Interests

  • Magnetic oxides and noble metal nanocomposites
  • Electronic structure modulations at interfaces
  • Tunneling spectroscopy simulations
  • Ab initio theoretical studies of hybvrid nanomaterials

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

  • 2006, University of Liverpool Alumni Scholarship, UK
  • 2004, EU Descartes Research Prize finalist with the research group at CMS, Vienna, Austria
  • 2001, Joint scholarship of Budapest University of Technology and Economics & Vienna University of Technology
Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Nanometer-size Iron-oxide Atomic Clusters: a Comparison Between GGA and GGA+U Approaches
K. Palotas, A.N. Andriotis, and A. Lappas
Phys. Rev. B, Volume:81, Page:075403, Year:2010, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075403

Education

  • 2006, Ph.D. Physics; Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • 2003, M.Sc. Materials Science; Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
  • 1999, B.Sc. Materials Science; Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, China.

Interests

  • Transport from single functional organic molecules or nanocrystals
  • Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured semiconductor materials
  • Micro/nano fabrication technologies
  • Colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) materials
CdSe-Au Nanorod Networks Welded by Gold Domains: a Promising Structure for Nano-optoelectronic Components
P.G. Li, A. Lappas, R. Lavieville, Y. Zhang, and R. Krahne
J. Nanopart. Res., Volume:14, Page:978, Year:2012, DOI:doi.org/10.1007/s11051-012-0978-2

Education

  • 2004, Ph.D. Chemistry; University of Brest, France.
  • 1999, M.Sc. Chemistry; University of Brest, France.
  • 1998, B.Sc. Chemistry; University of Brest, France.

Interests

  • New molecular materials with magnetic and/or conducting properties
  • Wet chemistry pathways for shape controlled nanoparticles
  • Lattice mis-matched hybrid nanocrystals
  • Nanomaterials for biological labelling or magneto-optical recording
Antibacterial Surface Coatings from Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Embedded in Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel Surface Layers
V. Schwartz, F. Thetiot, S. Pütz, S. Ritz, L. Choritz, A. Lappas, R. Förch, K. Landfester, and U. Jonas
Adv. Funct. Mater. , Volume:22, Page:2376, Year:2012, DOI:doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201102980
Colloidal Anisotropic ZnO-Fe@FexOy Nanoarchitectures with Interface-Mediated Exchange-Bias and Band-Edge Ultraviolet Fluorescence
A. Kostopoulou, F. Thetiot, I. Tsiaousis, M. Androulidaki, P.D. Cozzoli, and A. Lappas
Chem. Mater., Volume:24, Page:2722, Year:2012, DOI:doi.org/10.1021/cm3008182
Office Phone: (+30) 2810 39 1311
Lab Phone: (+30) 2810 39 1311
Fax: B109
Ms. Markozanne Georgia

Postgraduate student in the division of Advanced Materials - Physical Chemistry at Department of Chemistry, University of Crete and member of the Hybrid Nanostructures Group of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas.

Education

  • 2021, Bachelor of Science, University of Crete, Department of Chemistry

Interests

  • Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrid Materials
  • Thermal Properties of Nanocomposites Materials
  • Polymer Crystallinity Under Inorganic Nanocomposite Confinement
  • pH Responsive Polymers
Email: antonio.fernandez.martinez@upc.edu
Dr. Martinez Antonio Fernandez

Education

  • 2003, B.Sc. Physics; University de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • 2005, M.Sc. Solid State Physics; University of Barcelona, Spain
  • 2014, Ph.D. Physics; University of Barcelona, Spain

Interests

  • Nanomagnetism
  • Mixed-valent manganites
  • Microwave spectroscopy
Nanoscale Degeneracy Lifting in a Geometrically Frustrated Antiferromagnet
Benjamin A. Frandsen, Emil S. Bozin, Eleni Aza, Antonio Fernández Martínez, Mikhail Feygenson, Katharine Page, and Alexandros Lappas
Phys. Rev. B, Volume:101, Page:024423, Year:2020, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.024423
Lab Phone: +302810391311
Fax: B109
Ms. Gkointa Frantzeska

Education

  • 2021, M.Sc, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
  • 2019, Bachelor, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece

Interests

  • Characterization of Metals and Alloys
  • Wetting of microstructured rough surfaces
  • Polymer nanocomposite coatings
  • Polymer surfaces and interfaces
Email: i.bakaimi@soton.ac.uk

Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Structural, Magnetic and Magnetodielectric Behavior of Geometrically Frustrated Manganese Oxides" (2014); degree awarded by the University of Crete (Physics Dept.).

Education

  • 2005, M.Sc. Applied Physics; University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • 2004, B.Sc. Physics; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Interests

  • synthesis and characterisation of frustrated magnets
  • two-dimensional triangular systems of transition metal oxides
  • custom-made setups for probing the magnetodielectric response
  • X-ray and neutron powder diffraction
Hydration-induced spin-glass state in a frustrated Na-Mn-O triangular lattice
I. Bakaimi, R. Brescia, C.M. Brown, A.A. Tsirlin, M.A. Green, and A. Lappas
Phys. Rev. B, Volume:93, Page:184422, Year:2016, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.184422
Multiple Twinning as a Structure Directing Mechanism in Layered Rock-Salt-Type Oxides: NaMnO2 Polymorphism, Redox Potentials and Magnetism
A.M. Abakumov, A.A. Tsirlin, I. Bakaimi, G. Van Tendeloo, and A. Lappas
Chem. Mater. , Volume:26, Page:3306, Year:2014, DOI:doi.org/10.1021/cm5011696
Coupled Commensurate Cation and Charge Modulation in the Tunnelled Structure Na0.40(1)MnO2
I. Kruk, P. Zajdel, W.-van Beek, I. Bakaimi, A. Lappas, C. Stock, and M.A. Green
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , Volume:133, Page:13950, Year:2011, DOI:doi.org/10.1021/ja109707q
Multiferroicity and Hydrogen-Bond Ordering in (C2H5NH3)2CuCl4 Featuring Dominant Ferromagnetic Interactions
B. Kundys, A. Lappas, M. Viret, V. Kapustianyk, V. Rudyk, S. Romanyshyn, Ch. Simon, and I. Bakaimi
Phys. Rev. B, Volume:81, Page:224434, Year:2010, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.224434

Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Microporous Mixed-valent Transition Metal Oxides: Synthesis - Structure - Magnetoelectric Properties" (2013); degree awarded by the University of Crete (Chemistry Dept.).

Career

  • 2003, MSc. Department of Materials Science & Engineering; The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm–Sweden
  • 1998, B.Eng. Department of Mining-Metallurgical Engineering; National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Interests

  • mixed-valence transitional metal oxides
  • spin-lattice interactions by neutron scattering
  • synthesis of delafossites
  • geometric frustration
Magnetic Inhomogeneity on a Triangular Lattice: the Magnetic-Exchange versus the Elastic Energy and the Role of Disorder
A. Zorko, J. Kokalj, M. Komelj, O. Adamopoulos, H. Luetkens, D. Arcon and A. Lappas
Sci. Rep. , Volume:5, Page:9272, Year:2015, DOI:doi.org/10.1038/srep09272
Frustration-induced Nanometre-scale Inhomogeneity in a Triangular Antiferromagnet
A. Zorko, O. Adamopoulos, M. Komelj, D. Arcon, and A. Lappas
Nat. Commun. , Volume:5, Page:3222, Year:2014, DOI:doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4222 (2014)
One-Dimensional Magnetic Fluctuations in the Spin-2 Triangular Lattice α-NaMnO2
C. Stock, L.C. Chapon, O. Adamopoulos, A. Lappas, M. Giot, J.W. Taylor, M.A. Green, C.M. Brown, and P.G. Radaelli,
Phys. Rev. Lett., Volume:103, Page:077202-4, Year:2009, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.077202
Magnetoelastic Coupling in the Frustrated Antiferromagnetic Triangular Lattice CuMnO2
C. Vecchini, M. Poienar, F. Damay, O. Adamopoulos, A. Daoud-Aladine, A. Lappas, J.M. Perez-Mato, L.C. Chapon, and C. Martin
Phys. Rev. B , Volume:82, Page:094404, Year:2010, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.094404

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