National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS"
PhD Candidate (Graduate Fellowship Program of N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”), Institute of Radioisotopes & Radiodiagnostic Products
University of Patras, Material Science
Thesis Title: Interactions of surface-functionalized nanoparticles in chiral liquid-crystalline media
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Dr George Nounesis
Prof. Giannis Lelidis Prof. Alexandros Vanakaras Dr Zdravko Kutnjak Dr Vasilis Tzitzios |
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One dimensional semiconductor structures are intriguing materials for both fundamental research and industrial applications. On the other hand the long-range nature of the orientational order of liquid crystals is responsible for many fascinating optical, electromechanical, and critical properties of these materials. Hybridization of these two fields may lead to novel materials with unusual optical and physical properties that are of considerable importance for technological applications as well as for basic physics studies on phase transitions and critical phenomena.
Within this view, we formulated composite materials that results from the incorporation of functionalized nanoparticles in the supramolecular order of thermotropic LCs. Special attention is paid to the synthesis and properties of the nanocrystals and to the dispersion state, as well as to the thermal and structural study of the composite materials.
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