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Dr. Lukas F. Buchmann received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Crete in 2010, having spent 3 years in our Group.
He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona (USA) and at the University of California, Berkeley (USA).
Between 2015 and 2017 Lukas was a joint research associate at Aarhus University (Denmark) and in our group. After staying
two more years at Aarhus University, Lukas went to Switzerland in 2019, where he is now a Senior Expert in Software and Optical
Measurements at FISBA AG.
Education
- 2010: PhD in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2007: M.Sc. in Elementary Particle Theory, University of Durham, Durham, England
- 2006: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Career
- 2015-2019 Research Associate, Aarhus University, Denmark
- 2013-2015 UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Post-Doctoral Researcher
- 2010-2013 Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Interests
- Quantum Technology & Metrology
- Quantum Optics
- Quantum/Classical Transition
- Nonlinear Phenomena
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2013-2015: SNSF Fellow
Controllability in tunable chains of coupled harmonic oscillators
L. F. Buchmann, K. Mølmer, and D. Petrosyan
Phys. Rev. A, Volume:97, Page:042111, Year:2018, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.042111
Creation and transfer of nonclassical states of motion using Rydberg dressing of atoms in a lattice
L. F. Buchmann, K. Mølmer, D. Petrosyan
Phys. Rev. A, Volume:95, Page:013403, Year:2017, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.013403
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
Email: antonio.fernandez.martinez@upc.edu
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
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
Office Phone: (+30) 2810 39 2943
Lab Phone: (+30) 2811 39 1888
Email: fraggelakis@iesl.forth.gr
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Fotis Fraggelakis is a postdoctoral researcher at the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory of IESL-FORTH with group leader Dr. Emmanuel Stratakis. He received his PhD from the School of Physics of University of Bordeaux.
Education
- 2019 Ph.D. in Lasers, Materials and Nanoscience – School of Physics, University of Bordeaux
- 2016 Master of Science - Material Science Department, University of Crete
- 2014 Bachelor of Science in Physics – Physics department, University Of Crete
Career
- 07/2019 – Today, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory of the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
- 03/2016 – 02/2019 Ph.D. fellow in the framework of Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN Laser4Fun
- 10/2014 –02/2016 Master Degree in Materials Science and Technology, University Of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
- 09/2006 –07/2014 Degree in Physics University Of Crete, Heraklion (Greece)
Interests
- Spatial and temporal pulse shaping
- Biomimetic surface functionalization
Lab Phone: (+30) 2810 391951
Fax: STEPC A102-1
Evangelia Vasilaki is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete and a member of the Hybrid Nanostructures Group of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology.
Education
- 2019, PhD in Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece
- 2013, MSc in Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece
- 2010, Bachelor in Industrial Management and Technology, University of Piraeus, Greece
Interests
- Design and synthesis of polymer-inorganic hybrid materials
- Polymer surfaces and interfaces
- Polymer nanocomposite coatings
- Antifouling and biocidal surfaces
- Environmental and energy applications of polymers and hybrid materials
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2021, Best oral presentation award, AdvPhotoCat-EE 2021, 28-29 June 2021.
- 2017, Stavros Niarchos Foundation-FORTH Fellowship for Ph.D. candidates within the project ARCHERS, FORTH, Greece.
- 2017, Best poster award, Eurofillers Polymer Blends Conference, 23-27/03/2017, Hersonissos, Greece.
- 2010, Delivery of the oath during the graduation ceremony of the Department of Industrial Management and Technology, University of Piraeus (highest degree in class).
