- Πτυχίο Φυσικής, 1971, Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης
- PhD, 1978, University of Tennessee, ΗΠΑ
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
PREVIOUS STUDIES
Colloids and Surfaces: Structure and dynamics of micelles, microemulsions and lipid vesicles. Self-organization of surfactants and lipids in solution and in thin films. Interaction of proteins with lipid bilayers. Growth of organic or inorganic particles in organized molecular assemblies. Water-soluble polymers. Hydrogels-Cross-linked hydrophilic polymers.
Photophysics: Photophysical studies of aromatic molecules, semiconductors and conjugated polymers. Fluorescence probing of organized molecular assemblies, gels and macromolecules. Light emission and amplification. Lasers. Organic LEDs. Solar Cells.
Materials and Devices: Sol-gel chemistry. Semiconductor nanoparticles. Heterogeneous photocatalysis for water and air purification. Organic and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Mesoscopic Solar Cells. Organic light-emitting diodes. New materials for light emission and amplification. Water purification materials. Photocatalytic hydrogen production. Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen and electricity production. Perovskite solar cells.
RECENT STUDIES
Energy storage, Metal-air batteries, Supercapacitors, Biochars, Hydrogen Peroxide production