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.

• Cadmium Sulfide of Small Dimensions,  Produced  in  In­verted  Micelles: P.Lianos and J.K.Thomas,  Chem.Physics Letters, 125(1986)299-302 10.1016/0009-2614(86)87069-5

• Photocatalytically deposited silver nanoparticles on mesoporous TiO₂ films:   E.Stathatos, P.Lianos, P.Falaras and A.Siokou,  Langmuir, 16(2000)2398-2400 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la981783t

• A high performance solid state Dye-sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cell employing a  nanocomposite gel electrolyte made by the sol-gel route : E.Stathatos, P.Lianos,  U.Lavrencic Stangar and B.Orel,   Advanced Materials,  14(2002)354-357 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1521

• A quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell based on a sol-gel nanocomposite electrolyte containing ionic liquid:  E.Stathatos, P.Lianos, S.M.Zakeeruddin, P. Liska and M.Grätzel,  Chem.Mater., 15(2003)1825-1829 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm0213568

• Pure versus metal-ion-doped nanocrystalline titania for photocatalysis: Panagiotis Bouras, Elias Stathatos and Panagiotis Lianos, Applied Catalysis B. Environmental 73(2007)51-59 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.06.007

• Hydrogen production by photocatalytic alcohol reforming employing highly efficient nanocrystalline titania films:   Nikoleta  Strataki,  Vlasoula  Bekiari,  Dimitris  I. Kondarides   and   Panagiotis  Lianos,  Appl.Catal.B. Environmental, 77(2007)184-189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2007.07.015

• Production of electricity and hydrogen by photocatalytic degradation of organic wastes in a Photoelectrochemical cell. The concept of the Photo-Fuel-Cell.  A review of a re-emerging research field: Panagiotis Lianos,  J.Hazardous Materials, 185(2011)575-590     http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.083