| Sunday Sept 18th |
| 16:00 | Registration |
| Opening ceremony |
| 18:50 | Elefterios Lidorikis (Conference Chair) |
| 18:55 | Thomas Bakas (Vice Rector of the University of Ioannina) |
| 19:00 | Andrea C. Ferrari (Cambridge University) (plenary) The Roadmap to Applications of Graphene, Layered Materials and Hybrid Systems |
| 20:00 | Welcome Reception |
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| Monday Sept 19th |
Session1: Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials I
chair: S. Agathopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
| T11 | 9:00 | Wayne D. Kaplan (Technion-Israel) |
(keynote) Adsorption Transitions and Microstructural Evolution |
| T12 | 9:40 | Thomas Kehagias (AUTh) |
Strain and composition variations in the (211)B GaAs/InAs quantum dot heterostructure |
| T13 | 9:55 | Maria Katsikini (AUTh) |
GaN nanocrystal formation in a SiO2 matrix |
| T14 | 10:10 | Theodoros Leontiou (Frederic-Cyprus) |
(invited) Stress and Composition of SiGe Nanostructures on Curved Substrates |
| T15 | 10:40 | Theodore Pavloudis (AUTh) |
Hydrogen diffusion through the Pd/Mg interface of Pd nanoparticles deposited on Mg nanofilms |
| 10:55 | Coffee break |
Session 2: Ceramics, composites, minerals and metals
chair: W. Kaplan (Technion-Israel) |
| T21 | 11:30 | Athanasios Godelitsas (U. Athens) |
(invited) Mineral Nanoparticles, Nanominerals and Natural Nanoporous Oxide Materials |
| T22 | 12:00 | George Litsardakis (AUTh) |
Low temperature synthesis of ferrites for LTCC applications |
| T23 | 12:15 | Petros Nikolaou (Cyprus U. Techn.) |
Hydrogenated amorphous carbon with embedded plasmonic NPs of silver/gold: nanocomposite films for selective and broadband optical absorption |
| T24 | 12:30 | Maria Karampiperi (AUTh) |
Radiophotoluminescence for medical dosimetry |
| T25 | 12:45 | Simeon Agathopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
The influence of wetting phenomena, thermodynamics and kinetics in the production of ceramic/metal composites |
| 13:00 | Lunch break |
Sesssion 3: 2D Materials
chair: A. Laskarakis (AUTh) |
| T31 | 14:30 | Emmanuel Kymakis (TEI-Crete) |
(invited) Graphene and other 2D-based materials for organic and hybrid solar cells |
| T32 | 15:00 | George Kioseoglou (U. Crete) |
Spin relaxation and intervalley scattering in 2D semiconductors |
| T33 | 15:15 | Georgios Kopidakis (U. Crete) |
Electronic properties engineering of transition metal dichalcogenides: strained monolayers and nanoribbons |
| T34 | 15:30 | John Parthenios (ICEHT-FORTH) |
Near field Raman scattering in Molybdenum disulfide |
| T35 | 15:45 | Maria Kandyla (NHRF) |
Properties of graphene supported on gold-coated black silicon |
| T36 | 16:00 | George Kalosakas (U. Patras) |
Controlled formation of carbon nanostructures through defect engineering in graphene |
| 16:15 | Coffee break |
Session 4: Photonics and Optoelectronics
chair: P. Patsalas (AUTh) |
| T41 | 16:45 | Ioannins Raptis (NCSR-Demokritos) |
(invited) Monolithically integrated optoelectronic platform for Point-of-Need application in health & food safety |
| T42 | 17:15 | Georgios Kakarantzas (NHRF) |
Silica nanowires with a highly nonlinear glass thin coating for flat extra-wide supercontinuum generation |
| T43 | 17:30 | Konstantinos Vyrsokinos (AUTh) |
Investigation of Silicon Photonics pn junctions for fast Electro-Optical Switching |
| T44 | 17:45 | D. Chatzitheocharis (AUTh) |
Investigation of Silicon NanophotonicSingle-Mode Polarization Insensitive Waveguides |
| T45 | 18:00 | Thomas Christopoulos (AUTh) |
Graphene-Based Nonlinear Resonators for Optical Bistability: A Coupled Mode Theory Approach |
Special Session I: Sponsor Presentations
chair: K. Prouskas (U. Ioannina) |
| E1 | 18:20 | Vector Technologies LTD |
| E2 | 18:28 | Anelis E.E. - SPECS Surface Nano Analysis GmbH |
| E3 | 18:36 | LaborScience S.A. |
| 18:45 | Poster Session I: Topics 2, 4, 6
chair: Ch. Lekka (U. Ioannina), D. Anagnostopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
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| Tuesday Sept 20th |
Session 5: Low dimensional metarials and systems
chair: J. Kallitsis (U. Patras) |
| T51 | 9:00 | Kyriakos Porfyrakis (Oxford-UK) |
(keynote) Fullerenes: Production, Properties and Applications |
| T52 | 9:40 | Argiris Laskarakis (AUTh) |
(invited) In-line high precision optical metrology for mass production of Organic Electronics |
| T53 | 10:10 | Ioanna Zergioti (NTUA) |
Laser fabrication of a hybrid platform combining electrical and optical interconnects |
| T54 | 10:25 | Dimitris Tsikritzis (U. Patras) |
Energy level alignment regimes at P3HT and modified ITO interfaces: The influence of the substrate work function |
| T55 | 10:40 | Periklis Papadopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
Wetting states on superoleophobic surfaces |
| T56 | 10:55 | Theodoros E. Karakasidis (U. Thessaly) |
Molecular Dynamics to extract friction factor at the nanoscale |
| 11:10 | Coffee break |
Session 6: Structural and mechanical properties
chair: P. Kelires (Cyprus U. Techn.) |
| T61 | 11:40 | Gregory Abadias (U. Poitiers-France) |
(invited) Uncovering thin film growth dynamics from in situ and real-time diagnostics |
| T62 | 12:10 | George Dimitrakopulos (AUTh) |
(invited) Plastic strain relaxation in heteroepitaxy: A critical comparison of mechanisms and processes in III-Nitride epilayers |
| T63 | 12:40 | Panagiotis Pappas (NTUA) |
GIXRD Study of multiferroic EuTiO3 with in-situ application of electric field (cancelled) |
| T64 | 12:55 | Marios Constantinou (Cyprus U. Techn.) |
Nanomechanical characteristics of pulsed-laser deposited DLC films with metallic (Ag, Mo) nanoinclusions |
| T65 | 13:10 | Christina Kyrou (U. Athens) |
Polarized micro-Raman Study of the impact of Nanoparticle Shape and Concentration on the Nematic Liquid Crystalline Orientational Order |
| 13:25 | Lunch break |
Session 7: Polymers and organic materials
chair: K. Porfyrakis (Oxford-UK) |
| T71 | 15:00 | Joannis K. Kallitsis (U. Patras) |
(invited) Polymeric Semiconductors and their Carbon Nanostructure Hybrids for Organic Photovoltaics |
| T72 | 15:30 | Athanasios Katsouras (U. Ioannina) |
Chemical structure optimization in high performance electron donor conjugated polymers based on indacenodithiophene and indacenodithienothiophene for organic photovoltaic applications |
| T73 | 15:45 | Georgios Constantinides (Cyprus U. Techn.) |
Buckling-Induced Pattering of PDMS Surfaces Through Argon Ion Bombardment |
| T74 | 16:00 | Alexandros Vanakaras (U. Patras) |
Surface-induced alignment of liquid crystalline dendrimers |
| T75 | 16:15 | Efthymia Ramou (U. Patras) |
Liquid Crystalline Behaviour of Dimeric Systems Exhibiting Two Nematic Phases |
| T76 | 16:30 | Apostolos Koutsioukis (U. Patras) |
A simple route to increase electrical conductivity of Graphene/CNTs thin films by compression. |
| 16:45 | Coffee break |
Session 8: Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials II
chair: G. Dimitrakopoulos (AUTh) |
| T81 | 17:15 | Kalliopi Trohidou (NCSR-Demokritos) |
Numerical Study of the effect of the Antiferromagnetic matrix on the Exchange Bias properties of diluted nanoparticle system |
| T82 | 17:30 | Dimitris Kechrakos (ASPETE) |
Modeling domain wall velocity in bi-magnetic nanowires |
| T83 | 17:45 | Andreas Kaidatzis (NCSR-Demokritos) |
Structural and magnetic properties of L10 FePt/{MgO, W, or Pt }/L10 FePt trilayers |
| T84 | 18:00 | Georgios Giannopoulos (NCSR-Demokritos) |
Combinatorial sputtering method: Producing L10-FeNi films with coercivity in excess of 1 kOe |
| T85 | 18:15 | Loukas Kastanis (NTUA) |
Electrical and structural characterization of memory devices with laser fabricated nanocrystals |
| T86 | 18:30 | Fotis Priftis (U. Patras) |
On the role of entropy in the emergence of chirality in systems of achiral particles. |
| T87 | 18:45 | Alexandra Stamateri (AUTh) |
A DFT study on the interface of prototype organic semiconductors and the silver surface |
| 19:00 | Poster Session II: Topics 1, 3, 5
chair: Ch. Lekka (U. Ioannina), D. Anagnostopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
| 21:00 | Conference dinner at “Frontzu Politeia” |
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| Wednesday Sept 21st |
Session 9: Strongly correlated systems and magnetism
chair: I. Panagiotopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
| T91 | 9:30 | Manfred Albrecht (U. Augsburg, Germany) |
(keynote) Future concepts and materials for magnetic data storage |
| T92 | 10:10 | Vassilios Kapaklis (U. Uppsala, Sweden) |
(invited) Thermal fluctuations in artificial spin ice |
| T93 | 10:40 | Margaritis Gjoka (NCSR-Demokritos) |
Structure and magnet properties of R1-xZrxFe10Si2 alloys with R = Nd, Sm |
| T94 | 10:55 | Eirini Myrovali (AUTh) |
Arranging at the nanoscale: Effect on magnetic particle hyperthermia |
| T95 | 11:10 | Antonios Makridis (AUTh) |
Dancing with magnetism: An attempt to control cell fate |
| 11:25 | Coffee break |
Session 10: Biomaterials
chair: G. Kalosakas (U. Patras) |
| T101 | 12:00 | Maria Chatzinikolaidou (U. Crete) |
(invited) Engineering biomaterials for tissue engineering with controlled immunomodulation |
| T102 | 12:30 | Marianna Vasilakaki (NCSR-Demokritos) |
Monte Carlo Study of core/shell nanoparticles for enhanced hyperthermia performance |
| T103 | 12:45 | Constantinos Simserides (U. Athens) |
Extra Carrier Transfer Oscillations in DNA Monomers, Dimers and Trimers |
| T104 | 13:00 | Stavros X. Drakopoulos (U. Patras) |
Variation of Energy Density in Thermoplastic Starch-Cellulose Microcomposites with Humidity and Temperature. A new sensing capability? |
| 13:15 | Coffee break and light snack |
| 14:00 | Student presentation awards
chair: E. Lidorikis (U. Ioannina) |
| 14:30 | Special Session II: Presentation of the new calls
on materials and round-table with GSRT
chair: D. Niarchos (NCSR-Demokritos) |
| 15:00 | Special Session III: “Meeting of the Hellenic Society
for the Science and Technology of Condensed Matter”
chair: I. Zergioti (NTUA) |
| 15:30 | Conference closing |
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Poster Session I, Monday Sept 19th (18:45-20:30): Topics 2, 4, 6
chair: Ch. Lekka (U. Ioannina), D. Anagnostopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
| Topic 2: Structural, dynamical and mechanical properties of condensed matter |
| P201 | Theocharis Angeletos (U. Athens) |
Infrared Study of Defects in Nitrogen-Doped Electron Irradiated Silicon |
| P202 | K. Filintoglou (AUTh) |
High pressure Raman and photoluminescence studies of InxAl1-xN (x= 0.72) |
| P203 | S. Misopoulos (AUTh) |
Pressure response of the FC70 FluorinertTM studied by Raman spectroscopy |
| P204 | F. Sebros (AUTh) |
High pressure Raman study of Kevlar-29 aramide fibres |
| P205 | Calliope Bazioti (AUTh) |
Structural properties and strain relaxation in high alloy content InGaN films grown on AlN/Al2O3 templates by MBE |
| P206 | Marios Constantinou (Cyprus U. Techn.) |
PECVD/PVD hybrid deposition technology for developing Ag- and Ti-reinforced hydrogenated amorphous carbon nanocomposite coatings |
| P207 | Aikaterini Boutzi (AUTh) |
On the High Pressure Consolidation of Bi2Te3 |
| Topic 4: Surfaces, nanomaterials and low-dimensional materials & systems |
| P401 | Anastasios Kotoulas (AUTh) |
Solvothermal synthesis of carbon encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles and their response in magnetic hyperthermia. |
| P402 | Mattheos Kamaratos (U. Ioannina) |
Yttrium and oxygen adsorption on silicon Si(100)2x1 surface |
| P403 | Athanasios B. Bourlinos (U. Ioannina) |
Fluidized Carbon Nanotubes through Novel Modification Pathways |
| P404 | M. K. Niora (AUTh) |
Variation in the anomalous fading behavior of various luminescence signals from Durango apatite versus grain sizes; from micro to nano scale |
| P405 | Vassiliki Belessi (TEI-Athens) |
Gravure printing of highly conductive ink made by Graphene/MWNTs nanohybrids in polyacrylic resins |
| P406 | Athina Alevizaki (U. Le Havre, France) |
Hypersonic phononic crystals made of poroelastic spheres |
| P407 | Adam Stimoniaris (TEI W. Macedonia) |
Thermodynamic characterization and behavior of epoxy / fly ash composites |
| P408 | Adam Stimoniaris (TEI W. Macedonia) |
Structure Properties Relationship of Thermoset and Thermoplastic Nanocomposites Filled with Fly Ash |
| P409 | Alexandra Ioannidou (NCSR-Demokritos) |
A novel one step synthesis and sintering of skutterudite CoSb3 |
| P410 | E.C Stefanaki (AUTh) |
The effect of synthesis technique on the microstructure of high performance PbSe thermoelectric materials |
| P411 | Georgios Skoulatakis (U. Patras) |
Chemical and electrical characterization of high-k ultra-thin films on Ge substrates. |
| P412 | Nikoletta Florini (AUTh) |
Finite Element Analysis of Quantum Nanostructures |
| P413 | Stavros Kozakos (AUTh) |
Study of structural characteristics of polycrystalline Si thin films, grown by Al metal induced crystallization of amorphous-Si, for solar cell applications by electron microscopy techniques |
| P414 | Martha A. Botzakaki (U. Patras) |
Al2O3/HfO2/p-Si MOS structures : Electrical and structural characterization |
| P415 | Anastasios-Nikolaos Karanasios (AUTh) |
C-doped TiO2 powder characterization via XRD-analysis and Photo-Electrochemical experiments |
| P416 | A. Konstantopoulou (U. Patras) |
Phononic band gaps in nanostructures |
| P417 | Marianna Vasilakaki (NCSR-Demokritos) |
Magnetic properties of FePt films in CD and Si patterned substrates |
| P418 | Philomela Komninou (AUTh) |
Strain distribution in ultra-thin In(Ga)N/GaN quantum wells |
| P419 | Carla Cutrano (U.Ioannina) |
Structural, magnetic and electronic properties of CuFe nanoclusters by density functional theory calculations |
| P420 | Pliatsikas Nikolaos (AUTh) |
Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Composite Semiconducting/Plasmonic Materials: Towards Withholding of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions |
| P421 | John Nikolaides (AUTh) |
A material scientist's guide to fractal analysis |
| P422 | Dimitris Bellas (U. Ioannina) |
Modification of Nanoparticle Arrays by Laser-Induced Self Assembly (MONA-LISA) |
| P423 | Ch. Trapalis (U. Ioannina) |
Molecular Modelling of the OPV Active Material in the Vicinity of Ag Nanoparticles |
| Topic 6: Ceramics, composites, minerals and metals |
| P601 | Georgia Tomara (U. Patras) |
Dielectric characterisation of PA6/ Boehmite alumina nanocomposites. The effect of compounding method. |
| P602 | Antonios Theodorakakos (AUTh) |
Electrical Properties and Thermal Imaging of Commercial NiTi wires |
| P603 | Angeliki G. Lekatou (U. Ioannina) |
Surface degradation of aluminium matrix composites reinforced by WC nanoparticles and aluminide particles |
| P604 | Angeliki G. Lekatou (U. Ioannina) |
Corrosion and wear behaviour of HVOF WC-Co-Cr nanostructured and conventional coatings |
| P605 | Ioanna Maria Zougrou (AUTh) |
XAFS study of hydroxyapatite and fossil bone apatite |
| P606 | Theodoros Karakostas (AUTh) |
Vitrification and devitrifiation treatment for the stabilization of chromium containing tannery ash |
| P607 | Aristotelis Kazakopoulos (TEI-Thessaloniki) |
Ionic Conductivity comparative study of LiZnVO4 and LiMgVO4 |
| P608 | Andreas Delimitis (CPERI-CERTH) |
Structural Analysis of Waste Material from Mafic Rock Quarries Used for CO2 Sequestration |
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Poster Session II, Tuesday Sept 20th (19:00-20:30): Topics 1, 3, 5
chair: Ch. Lekka (U. Ioannina), D. Anagnostopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
| Topic 1: Electronics, photonics and optoelectronics |
| P101 | Joseph Kioseoglou (AUTh) |
Ab-initio structure prediction and electronic properties of [SixSn1-x]3N4 ternary nitrides |
| P102 | Loukia Dodoleri (AUTh) |
Comparison between beta and ultraviolet (UV) induced Thermoluminescence in Lithium Fluoride (LiF) |
| P103 | Tilemachos Georgakopoulos (U. Patras) |
Photoconductive properties of nanocrystalline TiO2 powders prepared inacidic environment |
| P104 | Panagiota Kesidou (AUTh) |
Deconvolution on CaF:N glowcurves induced by ultraviolet (UV) |
| P105 | P. Konstantinidis (AUTh) |
Prompt Isothermal Decay Study of CaSO4:Dy and CaSO4:Tm |
| P106 | Vasilis Lionas (U. Patras) |
Electrical conductivity mechanisms of nanocrystalline TiO2 powders prepared in acidic environment |
| P107 | Ioannis Karagiannis (AUTh) |
EIS studies in incandescent lamps' tungsten wires |
| P108 | C. Petridis (TEI-Crete) |
Solution-processed reduced graphene-based electrodes for organic photovoltaics |
| P109 | Spyros Doukas (U. Ioannina) |
Spectrometer free molecular sensing with graphene plasmons |
| P110 | I. Vangelidis (U. Ioannina) |
Optimal designs of plasmonic organic photovoltaics |
| Topic 3: Strongly correlated systems, magnetism & superconductivity |
| P301 | Konstantinos G. Efthimiadis (AUTh) |
Finite Elements Micromagnetic Simulation of the domain wall resonance |
| P302 | Nikolaos Maniotis (AUTh) |
Numerical simulations of interactions between magnetic nanoparticles and living matter through magnetothermal and magnetomechanical experimental setups |
| P303 | Zoi Kalpaxidou (AUTh) |
Magnetic nanoparticle heating in an AC magnetic field; an ex vivo approach |
| P304 | Ioannis Panagiotopoulos (U. Ioannina) |
Study of Magnetization Reversal in Layered Heterostructures by Vector-Magnetometry |
| P305 | George Sempros (AUTh) |
Synthesis, processing and characterization of FeMnGa nanoparticles for permanent magnet applications |
| P306 | Charalampos Sarafidis (AUTh) |
Processing of MnBi particles by high energy surfactant assisted ball milling |
| P307 | Kostas Georgalas (U. Athens) |
Magnetic ordering and low field CMR in La(Mn, Cr)O3+δ (δ≈0.09, 0.12) compounds |
| P308 | Andreas Theodorou (U. Athens) |
Electrical properties of VO2 layers on Y-ZrO2 substrates |
| P309 | K. Trohidou (NCSR-Demokritos) |
Numerical Study of the Exchange Bias properties of MnFe2O4/γ-Fe2O3 core/disordered shell nanoparticles |
| P310 | Sophia Karamanou (TEI-Crete) |
A novel approach for Plastic Bonded Magnets of the type MQU-F melt spun NdFeGaB type alloys |
| P311 | Tzartzas Thanos (U. Ioannina) |
Motion of Magnetic Bubbles by Electric Currents in Perpendicular Anisotropy Films |
| P312 | Ioannis Hanis (AUTh) |
Critical temperature investigation in high temperature superconductors by means of magnetic susceptibility measurements |
| Topic 5: Polymers, organic materials and biomaterials |
| P501 | Sotirios Sakkopoulos (U. Patras) |
Conductivity Degradation Study of Polypyrrole and Polypyrrole/5% w/w TiO2 nanocomposite under Heat Treatment in He and Atmospheric Air |
| P502 | Ioanna Zergioti (NTUA) |
Laser Induced Forward Transfer technique for the immobilization of biomaterials |
| P503 | Achilleas Pipertzis (U. Ioannina) |
Ionic Conductivity in Discotic Liquid Crystals of hexa-peri-benzocoronenes (HBC) doped with lithium triflate (LiTf) |
| P504 | Georgia K. Pouroutzidou (AUTh) |
Synthesis of a glass-ceramic nano-material in the ternary system SiO-CaO-MgO-CuO: effect of ball milling on the particle size, morphology and bioactive behavior |
| P505 | Aristoula Selevou (U. Ioannina) |
Effect of Confinement on the Structure and Dynamics of two Rod-like Liquid Crystals |
| P506 | Stelios Alexandris (U. Ioannina) |
Glass Transitions of Amorphous Polymers Confined in Nanopores: Dependence on Interfacial Energy and Thickness |
| P507 | Maria Katsikini (AUTh) |
Spectroscopic study of the role of Br and Sr in colored parts of the Callinectes sapidus crab claw |
| P508 | Thomas Nevolianis (U. Ioannina) |
Liquid Crystals of Hexasubstituted Benzenes bearing ultra strong dipole moments |
| P509 | George Kalosakas (U. Patras) |
MODELING AND QUANTIFYING DRUG RELEASE KINETICS |
| P510 | Christina Zacharaki (U. Athens) |
Electronic structure of purines, pyrimidines and similar molecules with LCAO |
| P511 | Evaggelia Efthymiou Zavvou (U. Patras) |
Mesomorphic Behaviour and dielectric response of symmetric difluoroterphenyl methylene-linked dimers |
| P512 | Eleni V. Christidi (U. Patras) |
Modelling of drug particles behavior near the release boundary: a classical and fractional dynamics approach |
| P513 | Violetta Georgiadou (AUTh) |
CoFe2O4 Nanoassemblies as Dual agents: Carriers of Anti-inflammatory Drug and Imaging Probes |
