Research activities (2005-2010)George Fytas

Department of Materials Science & Technology University of Crete,Heraklion, Greece1Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser-FO.R.T.H,Heraklion,Greece

2Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz ,Germany

Heraklion.Apr.12,2011

● Experiment oriented

● Collaboration based

● Problem oriented

1Affiliated member, 2 External scientific member

1.Soft hypersonic phononics

PRL 2011 in press

● Problem orientedDeaf by design: Band (Bragg-hybridization) gaps

W.Cheng,T.Still, M.Retsch U.Jonas, N.Stefanou,G.F

Nature Mat. 2006, PRL 2008

Strong phono-matter interaction: Collective excitationsT.Still,G.Hellmann,R.Sainidou, N.Stefanou,G.F

H. Lamb 1882PRL 2000,JCP2005,Lamgmuir 2005Nano lett 2008, JICS 2009,JPCL 2010,

spheroidal eigenmodes (n,l) Geometry and nanomechanics

particle in motion

● Problem oriented2.Particle vibrational spectroscopy1

R.Penciu,E.N.Economou,W.Cheng,T.Still,U.Jonas,M.Montagna,G.F

1Colloidal equivalent of the molecular vibration spectroscopy

ACS Nano (under review)

● Problem oriented3. Confined DynamicsR.Raccis, A.Vagias U.Jonas,K.Koynov C.Likos,G.F

Tracer diffusion in i-opalsR.Raccis, A.Vagias U.Jonas,K.Koynov C.Likos,G.F

Mechanical anisotropy in thin filmsN.Gomopoulos, M.Efremov, P.F.Nealey, N.Stefanou, G.F

and particulate polymers P. Voudouris,Jihoon Choi,M.Bockstaller ,K.Matyjazsewski,G.FMacromolecules 2006,2007,2009,2010

Science 2002,JACS2005,OL2008

● Problem orientedA new light-matter interactionM.Anyfantakis, B.Loppinet,S.Pispas, W.Koehler, J.Butt,G.F

Fig.1: A. The experimental configuration schematically. B. Different light-induced micropatterns in solutions of: a) PI/decane (n>0, n>0), b) PI/bromonaphthalene (n<0, n>0), c) PB/tetrahydronaphthalene (n<0, n<0), d) PI/tetrahydrofuran (n>0, n<0)

ω=cq, q=(4π/λ)sin(θ/2)

Brillouin Light Scatterin (BLS) ● Experiment oriented

H.Kriegs,G.F (JCP 2003)

● Experiment oriented (cont/ed)

2.Micro-Photon correlation spectroscopyB.Loppinet, M.Gianneli,Jonas, W.Knoll,G.F (Soft Matter 2008)

3.Resonance enhanced photon correlation spectroscopyM.Plum,W.Steffen,H.J.Butt, B.Menges,G.F (Optic Express 2009,Rev.Sci.Inst.2011)

1.Stable glasses (M.D.Ediger)T.Still, Z.Fakhraai,G.F,M.D.Ediger

Adv.Mat. 2010, JPCL 2011

2. Supramolecular polymers (Bert Meijer)

● Collaboration based

JACS (10334,13812)2005,2007,Angew.Chem.2009,Nature Nanotechnol.2009

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PhD Students:Wei Cheng , Maria Gianneli, Tim Still, Akihiro Sato, Nikos Gomopoulos , Riccardo Raccis , Manos Anyfantakis, Markus Plum, Panos Voudouris,Dirk Schneider, Apostolos Vagias

Post Docs:Hartmut Kriegs, Elvira Somma, Jiovanni Tommaseo, Eugenia Nunez

Bibliometrics:Total Citations: 5400Papers (2005-2010): 54 papers (1 Nat.Mat.,1 Nat.Nanotechn., 3 Nanoletters, 4JACS, 1 Angew.Chem.,1 ACSNano, 1Adv.Mat.,3 PRL, 2 JPCL) h-index: 38