COMMUNICATIONS

PNRL research contributions are published in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. Research highlights have been featured in wide circulation scientific magazines and the public press and media.

PNRL has been actively involved in international networking organized through formal projects funded and or held under the auspices of international organizations and cooperation programmes, including EU/ESF COST Actions, NATO ARW, International Commission for Optics, and UNESCO, as well as numerous technical meetings and workshops in the frame of EU and national projects.

Major successful and widely acknowledged events organized include the ICO-PHOTONICS DELPHI 2009 a Topical Meeting on “Emerging Trends and Novel Materials in Photonics”, held at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece, 7-9 October 2009, and the Science & Art event “Phos & Zoe” (Light & Life), held in the frame of UNESCO’s International Year of Light 2015, at the University of Patras Conference Center, Patras, Greece, on 8 December 2015. PNRL is a regular participant in technology fora and exhibitions including the Patras IQ series of events.

Representative journal contributions (2010 to date):

L. Athanasekos, M. Vasileiadis, A. Tsigara, E. Kaminska, A. Piotrowska, D. Alexandropoulos, M. Sigalas, and N. A. Vainos, “Multilayer metal/metal-oxide diffractive structure for photonic temperature sensing”, Opt. Lett. 35, 4003 (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.004003
M. Vasileiadis, L. Athanasekos, A. Meristoudi, D. Alexandropoulos, G. Mousdis, V. Karoutsos, A. Botsialas and N. A. Vainos, “Diffractive Optic Sensor for Remote Point Detection of Ammonia”, Opt. Lett., 35, 1476 (2010). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.00147
Nikos Vainos and Andrei Rhode, “Light induced material organization”, J. Opt. 12, 120301 (2010). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/12/12/12030
Athanasekos L., Vasileiadis M., Mantzaridis C., Karoutsos V.C., Koutselas I., Pispas S., Vainos N.A. “Micro-fabrication by laser radiation forces: A direct route to reversible free-standing three-dimensional structures”, Optics Express, 20, 24735-24740 (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.024735
Lorusso A., Cola A., Gontad F., Koutselas I., Panareo M., Vainos N.A., Perrone A. “New configuration of metallic photocathodes prepared by pulsed laser deposition” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 724, 72-75(2013) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.00
Yannis Orphanos, Vasilis Dimitriou, Evaggelos Kaselouris, Efthimios Bakarezos, Nikolaos Vainos, Michael Tatarakis, Nektarios A. Papadogiannis, “An integrated method for material properties characterization based on pulsed laser generated surface acoustic waves” Microelectronic Engineering, Volume 112, pp 249-254 (2013) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2013.03.146
V. Dimitriou, E. Kaselouris, Y. Orphanos, M. Bakarezos, N. Vainos, M. Tatarakis, N. A. Papadogiannis “Three dimensional transient behavior of thin films surface under pulsed laser excitation” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 114104 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4821274
Athanasekos, L., Vasileiadis, M., El Sachat, A., Vainos, N.A., Riziotis, C.,”ArF excimer laser microprocessing of polymer optical fibers for photonic sensor applications”, J. Optics 17, 015402 (2015), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/17/1/015402
Karoutsos, V., Koutselas, I., Orfanou, P., Mpatzaka, T., Vasileiadis, M., Vassilakopoulou, A. Vainos, N.A., Perrone, A., “One-pot synthesis and transfer of PMMA/Ag photonic nanocomposites by pulsed laser deposition”, Appl. Phys. A 120, 707-716, (2015) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9244-7
Vasileiadis, M., Koutselas, I., Pispas, S. and Vainos, N. A., “Design and evaluation of polymer matrices for the encapsulation of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in photonic nanocomposite thin films.” J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 54, 552–56 (2016), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.23921
Nikolaos A. Vainos, Vaggelis Karoutsos, Ben Mills, Robert W. Eason and Michel Prassas, “Contractive scaling of 3-dimensional laser written microstructures via vitrification of silica aerogel monoliths,” Opt. Mater. Express, 6, No. 12, 3814-2825 (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.6.003814
V. Karoutsos, F. Gontad,, S. Kantarelis, A. Lorusso, A. Perrone, N. A. Vainos, “Labyrinthine and dendritic patterns in polyethylene oxide films grown by pulsed laser deposition”, Appl. Phys. A 123:270 (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-0905-6
Anastasia Vassilakopoulou, Vasilios Georgakilas, Nikolaos Vainos, Ioannis Koutselas, “Successful entrapment of carbon dots within flexible free-standing transparent mesoporous organic-inorganic silica hybrid films for photonic applications” J. Phys. Chem. Solids 103, 190–196 (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2016.12.027
Maria Vasileiou, Theodora Mpatzaka, Dimitris Alexandropoulos, and Nikolaos A. Vainos, “Biomimetic microstructures for photonic and fluidic synergies”, Optofluid. Microfluid. Nanofluid., 4, 1–6, (2017); https://doi.org/10.1515/optof-2017-0001
Soultati, A., Kostis, I., Papadimitropoulos, G., Zeniou, A., Gogolides, E., Alexandropoulos, D., Vainos, N., Davazoglou, D., Speliotis, T., Stathopoulos, N.A., Argitis, P., Vasilopoulou, M., “Microwave exposure as a fast and cost-effective alternative of oxygen plasma treatment of indium-tin oxide electrode for application in organic solar cells, J. Phys. D: Applied Physics, 50, 50, Ar. 505105 (2017)
Vainos, Nikolaos A, “Remote-point photonic sensors (RPHOS): concepts-materials-devices”, Optical Data Processing and Storage, 4,1, 30-37(2018) https://doi.org/10.1515/odps-2018-0005
Orphanos, Yannis; Kosma, Kyriaki; Kaselouris, Evaggelos; Vainos, Nikolaos; Dimitriou, Vasilis; Bakarezos, Makis; Tatarakis, Michael; Papadogiannis, Nektarios A; Integrated nanosecond laser full-field imaging for femtosecond laser-generated surface acoustic waves in metal film-glass substrate multilayer materials Applied Physics A125, 4, 269(2019) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-2552-6
Fang, Yongzheng; Tian, Xiaoping; Liu, Jinghui; Zhang, Yan; Liu, Yufeng; Zhao, Guoying; Zou, Jun; Vainos, Nikolaos; Hou, Jingshan; “Tri-chromatic Emission from a Single-phase Na5Y4 (SiO4) 4F: Eu2+, Tb3+, Eu3+ Phosphor for White-light-emitting Diodes, Journal of Luminescence, 207, 34-40(2019) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.10.010
Karoutsos, Vagelis; Raptis, Panagiotis; Bagiokis, Eleftherios; Lorusso, Antonella; Perrone, Alessio; Vainos, Nikolaos A; High optical quality cellulose thin films grown from raw natural cotton by pulsed laser deposition, Applied Physics A125, 4, 268(2019) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-2569-x
Yanrong Cao, Yongzheng Fang, Ganghua Zhang, Guoying Zhao, Yufeng Liu, Jun Zou, Nikolaos Vainos and Jingshan Hou “High quantum yield red-emission phosphor Li2Ge4O9:Mn4 for WLEDs application” Optical Materials 98 (2019) 109442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2019.109442
Faklaris I, Bouropoulos N, Vainos NA. Sialolithiasis: Application parameters for an optimal laser therapy. J. Biophotonics. 2020; e202000044; https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202000044

Papachristopoulou, K.; Vainos, Ν.Α. “Systolic Nanofabrication of Super-Resolved Photonics and Biomimetics” Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2418; https://doi:10.3390/nano10122418
Vainos, Ν.Α.;΄Bagiokis, Ε.;΄Karoutsos, V.; Hou, J.; Liu, Y.; Zou, J.; Fang, Y.; Papachristopoulou, K.; Lorusso, A.; Caricato, A.P.; Perrone, A. Nanolayer Growth on 3-Dimensional Micro-Objects by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11010035
Kalantzi, S.; Leonardi, S.;Vachlioti, E.; Kaliatsi, E.G.; Papachristopoulou, K.; Stathopoulos, C.; Vainos, N.; Papaioannou, D.Studies towards the Synthesis of Novel 3-Aminopropoxy-Substituted Dioxins Suitable for the Development of Aptamers for Photonic Biosensor Applications. Materials 2021, 14, 4727. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164727

Recent International Conferences

K. Papachristopoulou, V. Karoutsos, A. Papademetriou and N. A. Vainos, Super-resolution fabrication of surface relief structures by contractive scaling of nanoporous monoliths, 45th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering, Rhodes, 23-26 September 2019
Th. Kamalakis, D. Alexandropoulos, Yongzheng Fang, Yufeng Liu, S. Couris, Jingshan Hou, and N. A. Vainos, Performance of white-light Ce:Y3Al5O12 composite emitters for visible light optical communications, 45th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering, Rho, Greece, 23-26 September 2019
E. Bagiokis, K. Papachristopoulou, V. Karoutsos, A. Lorusso, Yongzheng Fang, Jingshan Hou, Yufeng Liu, A. Perrone and N. A. Vainos “Ce:Y3Al5O12 phosphor / polymer nanocomposite coatings on microstructures and micromachines by pulsed laser deposition”, 45th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering, Rhodes, Greece 23-26 September 2019
Papachristopoulou and N. A. Vainos, “Systolic Nanofabrication of Photonic Bioarchitectures,” in OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021, Washington DC, 26-29 July 2021. OSA Technical Digest, B. Yang, et al eds., paper JTh3A.4.
K. Papachristopoulou and N. A. Vainos, “Systolic technology for extreme resolution nanofabrication” 15th Mediterranean Workshop and Topical Meeting “Novel Optical Materials and Applications” NOMA 2022, Grand Hotel San Michele, Cetraro – Italy, May 22 – 28, 2022,
E. Bagiokis, Z. Orphanos, V. Charalambidis, K. Papchristopoulou, and N. A. Vainos “Laser patterning of plasmonic diffractive optics for toxin biosensing”, 15th Mediterranean Workshop and Topical Meeting “Novel Optical Materials and Applications” NOMA 2022, Grand Hotel San Michele, Cetraro – Italy, May 22 – 28, 2022
N. A. Vainos, M. Mparmparitsa, E. Kaliatsi, K. Papachristopoulou, C. Stathopoulos and D. Papaioannou, “Radiative plasmonic platforms for toxin biosensing applications” 15th Mediterranean Workshop and Topical Meeting “Novel Optical Materials and Applications” NOMA 2022, Grand Hotel San Michele, Cetraro – Italy, May 22 – 28, 2022