Physics of nanostructures and biomaterials
at the Department of Physics,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
Webpage http://users.uoa.gr/~csimseri/physics_of_nanostructures_and_biomaterials.html
Biophysics: electronic structure, charge transfer and transport in nucleic acids, and other organic systems. Molecular structure.
Biomaterials: novel oligomers and polymers based on bioelements, carbon allotropes.
Quantum Optics: coherence, Rabi oscillations in mutli-level systems, optical properties of quantum dots, quantum wells, etc, e.g. absorption, emission, with or without magnetic field.
Spintronics: magnetic properties of diluted magnetic semiconductors and of their nanostructures, critical temperature.
Semiconductor nanostructures: with or without magnetic impurities, thermodynamics, electronic structure, transport.
Using ab initio and tight binding variants.
Psychoacoustics.
• Current composition (students, postdoctoral fellows,
and technicians) of the laboratory
Constantinos Simserides (Associate
Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics),
Konstantinos Lambropoulos
(Post-Doctoral free collaborator),
Marilena Mantela (Post-Doctoral free
collaborator),
Andreas Morphis (Post-Doctoral free
collaborator),
Lazaros Chalcopiadis (MSc free collaborator),
Dimitrios Ntzioras (MSc Diploma Thesis student),
Stefania Kaklamani (BSc free collaborator),
Paul Banev (BSc Diploma Thesis student),
Anastasia Falliera (BSc Diploma Thesis student),
Athanasios Kordas (BSc Diploma Thesis student)
Supervision of post-doctoral researchers, PhD students, MSc students and BSc students
• Scientific Supervisor of post-doctoral fellow Dr.
Konstantinos Lambropoulos. Charge transfer and transport in open and closed
molecular wires made of carbon or carbon - nitrogen. Young Researchers - cycle
B, ESF, 01/04/2020 - 30/06/2021.
• Scientific Supervisor of post-doctoral fellow Dr.
Maria Tassi. Electronic structure, charge
transfer, and charge oscillations and optical properties of nucleic acid bases
and DNA oligomers or polymers. Fellowship of Excellence for postdoctoral
research in Greece, IKY-Siemens, 15/9/2014 -14/9/2016.
• Within the Group, I supervised three (3) PhD Theses (A. Morphis, M. Mantela, K. Lambropoulos). I co-supervised (with G. Triberis) the PhD Thesis of A. Zora.
• Scientific Supervisor of PhD
student Andreas Morphis. Charge transfer in carbynes and DNA nanowires. Successfully examined (excellent) 21 Sep 2023. IKY Fellowship of
Excellence for postgraduate studies in Greece - Siemens Program,
1/3/2013-31/8/2016 and Young Researchers - cycle B, ESF, 01/04/2020 -
30/06/2021.
• Scientific Supervisor of PhD
student Marilena Mantela. Electronic structure
of aperiodic and natural nucleic acid segments and influence of mutations in
charge transfer and transport properties. Successfully examined (excellent) 22 Mar 2023. IKY PhD
Scholarship, 4/04/2018-24/04/2021.
• Scientific Supervisor of PhD
student Konstantinos Lambropoulos. Energy structure
& charge transport-transfer in molecular wires: carbynes, and periodic,
deterministic aperiodic and random DNA. Successfully examined (excellent) 12 Feb 2020. HFRI PhD
Scholarship, 21/8/2017-30/9/2019.
• Scientific Co-Supervisor (with G. P. Triberis) of PhD student Anna
Zora. Optical properties of
quantum dots. Successfully
examined (excellent) 7 Dec 2007.
• Supervised 9 MSc Theses [L. Chalkopiadis, P. Bilia, M. Theodorakou, K. Kaklamanis, M. Mantela, Ch. Zacharaki, G. Georgiadis, Ch. Maroulis, K. Lambropoulos]. Now I supervise the MSc Thesis of Dimitrios Ntzioras.
• Supervised 29 BSc Theses, co-supervised 5 BSc Theses, formally supervised 2 BSc Theses: A. Tsaros, E. Orfanaki, S. Kaklamani, D. Ntzioras (co-supervisor K.
Lambropoulos), P. Glabedaki (or here), N. Margariti, J. Pispas (or here), S. Georgiou, J. Apostolou (or here) (co-supervisor A.
M. Alvertis), L. Chalkopiadis (or here), M. Chliara, P. Bilia, Th. Adamantopoulos (or here), F. Amargianou, M. Bazini, D. Nioras (or here), E. Pappas (or here), Ch. Vantaraki (or here), A. Kosma, A.-D. Stefanou, S.-B. Atata, M. Theodorakou, K. Kaklamanis, N. Kamilaris, M.
Giotsaliti (supervisor E. Pantelis, NKUA Medical School), D.
Manousou (supervisor A. Dimoulas, NCSR Demokritos), M. Chatzieleftheriou, M. Mantela, Sp. Karydis, S. Vasilogamvros, C. Grossler, K. Lambropoulos, A. Avelizos, D. Bronowski
(co-supervisor G. Triberis), K. Koumbouras (co-supervisor I. Galanakis), L.
Hawke (co-supervisor G. Kalosakas). Now I supervise the BSc Thesis of P. Banev,
A. Falliera, A. Kordas
International
Internships
Supervisor of 4
International Internships:
1. RISE worldwide
DAAD BSc student Richard Lopp from
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, 2 Jul - 6 Sep 2015, Evolution of
electron or hole transfer along DNA
2. Erasmus+ MSc student Chloe Olacia, from Materials Engineering, Université
de Montpellier, France, 24 May - 30 Jul 2021, Charge transfer in carbynes &
carbon-nitrogen polymers (like NCCCCN), via density functional theory &
tight-binding.
3. RISE worldwide DAAD BSc student Raef Milies from
Universität Leipzig, Germany, 23 Aug - 15 Oct 2022, Charge transfer along
quasiperiodic and fractal B-DNA sequences.
4. RISE worldwide DAAD BSc student Amelie Schmohl
from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, 4 Sep - 15 Oct 2023, Charge
transfer along quasiperiodic and fractal B-DNA sequences.
Our
previous research, computing and academic projects received ≈ 204 k€ and 15
M core hours.
Scientific Supervisor of the following research projects (173 k€):
• Young Researchers - cycle B, ESF,
01/04/2020-30/06/2021, 37 k€. Charge
transfer and transport in open and closed molecular wires made of carbon or
carbon-nitrogen, with Dr. K. Lambropoulos & A. Morphis. • IKY PhD scholarship of Marilena
Mantela, 24/04/2018-24/04/2021, 30 k€.
Electronic structure of aperiodic and natural nucleic acid segments and
influence of mutations in the charge transport and transfer properties. • HFRI PhD scholarship of Konstantinos
Lambropoulos, 21/8/2017-30/9/2019, 23 k€.
Energy structure and physical properties of periodic, quasi-periodic, fractal,
amorphous, random and natural DNA segments. •
IKY fellowship of excellence for postdoctoral studies in Greece - Siemens
program, grant for Dr. Maria Tassi, 15/9/2014-14/9/2016, 32 k€. Electronic structure, charge transfer
and charge oscillations and optical properties of nucleic acid bases and DNA
oligomers or polymers. • IKY
fellowship of excellence for postgraduate studies in Greece - Siemens
program, grant for PhD Student Andreas Morphis, 1/3/2013-31/8/2016, 51 k€. Electronic structure, magnetic and
optical properties of organic molecules and nanomaterials.
Scientific Supervisor of the following computing projects (15 Mch):
• CODNA (charge oscillations in
DNA) at supercomputer ARIS ΥΠΑΙΘ, 6.6 M core hours (ch), • MONanoBio (charge movement in atom-thick
nanowires based on bioelements) at supercomputer ARIS ΥΠΑΙΘ, 5.3 Mch,
2015-2022, + current 3.0 Mch 2023-2024.
• Electronic
structure of nucleic acid bases & analogues, 0.1 Mch, LinkSCEEM-2
Cyprus-Egypt, 2015. • We maintain a
cluster of 13 machines for modest calculations.
Academic Supervisor and author of the following grants (31 k€):
• Academic textbooks (1) States of
Matter, (2) Quantum Optics and Lasers, Kallipos ESF Oct 2014 - Sep 2015,
15 k€. • Open
Academic Courses at the University of Athens (1) States of Matter, (2) Quantum
Optics and Lasers, ESF Mar 2014 - Sep 2015, 1 k€. • Academic
textbooks. Kallipos+ (1) Tight Binding in Molecules, Polymers, Solids, (2)
Quantum Optics, ΠΔΕ ΥΠΑΙΘ July 2021 - August 2022, 15 k€.
IKY = Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation. HFRI = Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation. ESF = European Social Fund. ΠΔΕ ΥΠΑΙΘ = Public Investments Program, Hellenic Ministry of Education.
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Academic textbooks (1) States of Matter, (2) Quantum Optics and Lasers, action "Kallipos" (http://www.kallipos.gr/) |
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(1) States of Matter, (2) Quantum Optics and Lasers, action "Open Academic Courses at the University of Athens" (http://ocw-project.uoa.gr/) |
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Academic textbooks. Action "Kallipos+" (http://www.kallipos.gr/) In Thematic category 2-II, Natural Sciences and Agricultural Sciences. (1) Tight Binding in Molecules, Polymers, Solids. In category Π2.4 Monographs, reveived the 1st higher grade. (2) Quantum Optics. In category Π2.1, Undergraduate Textbooks, received the 2nd higher grade. |
ΠΔΕ ΥΠΑΙΘ |
July 2021 - August
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• CODNA (charge oscillations in DNA) at supercomputer
ARIS ΥΠΑΙΘ, 6.6 M core hours (ch), •
MONanoBio (charge movement in atom-thick nanowires based on bioelements) at
supercomputer ARIS ΥΠΑΙΘ, 5.3 Mch, 2015-2022, + current 3.0 Mch 2023-2024. |
Hellenic Ministry of Education |
2015-2023 |
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• Electronic structure of nucleic acid bases & analogues, 0.1 Mch,
LinkSCEEM-2 Cyprus-Egypt, 2015. |
Cyprus - Egypt |
2015 |
• Our Group maintains a cluster of 13 machines for modest calculations,
constructed mainly via the grants that we host.