PERSONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor of the Nanoscale Research Letters

Co-Editor of the OAtube Nanotechnology.

Chair of the 2010 Villa Conference on Interactions Among Nanostructures (http://www.oanano.org/vcian), Santorini, Greece, June 21-25.

Member of the International Organizing Committee of the 2010 Collaborative Conference on Interacting Nanostructures (http://www.oanano.org/ccin), San Diego, USA, April 19-23.

Guest Editor and Co-Organizer of the symposium H ‘‘Characterization of Nanostructured Materials for Solar and Optoelectronic Devices’’ of Virtual Conference 2008 on Nanoscale Science and Technology in Fayetteville, July 24-29, 2008, Arkansas, USA.

Member of the International Organizing Committee of the 2009 Villa Conference on Interactions Among Nanostructures, Ritz Carlton - St. Thomas, USA. Virgin Islands, September 6th - 11^th.

External examiner of Ph.D Thesis entitled “Studies on solution grown undoped and doped zinc oxide thin films“ of student T. A. Vijayan at Alagappa University in India (2008).

President of Cyprus Physicists Society (www.ekf.org.cy).

Scientific Reviewer for Journals (Optical Engineering, Semiconductor Science and Technology, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Optics Communications, Thin Solid Films, Solid State Electronics, Transactions on Electron Devices, Nanoscale Research Letters, Solid State Communications, Physica Status Solidi, Nanotechnology, Micro&Nano Letters, EuroPhysics Letters, Current Nanoscience, Advanced Functional Materials, Nanotechnology).

Member of the Organizing Committee of the XXI Panhellenic Solid State and Material Science conference held and funded by the University of Cyprus on 2005.

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH HISTORY

01/08/2009: Distinguished Scientist abroad in the field of ultrafast Science and Material Characterization recommended by a five member scientific committee and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Greece.  

01/02/2009-pressent: Research Scientist a senior research position at the Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) of the Cyprus Institute which is being established in close collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Coordinator of three research projects funded by the Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) with the total budget of 200,000 € in collaboration with the Colloids and Physical Chemistry Research Lab and Research Center of Ultrafast Science at the University of Cyprus and the Electrical Engineering & Electronics at the University of  Liverpool. Co-founder of the laser-based lab at the EEWRC to supervise its daily operations driving both the scientific agenda and the operational aspects of the lab in close collaboration with the University of Toronto, University of South Florida, other USA and UK Universities/Institutes.

01/11/2008-31/01/2009: Senior Researcher at the Research Center of Ultrafast Science, Department of Physics at the University of Cyprus. Research Coordinator and Financial Administrator of the biggest Infrastructure Research Proposal (4 M€) of the University of Cyprus announced by the RPF for the creation of the first “Nanotechnology Characterization Center (NCC)” in Cyprus. President of the Organizational Committee of the NCC at the first phase of submission of this proposal received excellent evaluation results from seven external referees.

01/11/2006-31/10/2008: Research Associate in Material Science under a joined Access Infrastructure research program of Research Center of Ultrafast Science in Cyprus and Institute of Microelectronics National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (IMEL-NCSR) in Athens-Greece.

20/01/08-20/06/08: Visiting lecturer in Physics Department of University of Cyprus.   

20/01/08-20/06/08: Visiting lecturer in Nursing Department of Cyprus University of Technology. 

01/07/2006-31/10/2006: Post-doctoral research fellow in Ultrafast Science and Technology at Photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory and Research Center of Ultrafast Science, Department of Physics at the University of Cyprus.

2004-2008: Research Associate of Research Center of Ultrafast Science at the University of Cyprus. 

2002-2004: Research Associate of Photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory at the University of Cyprus.      

2000-2002: Research Assistant of the Atomic and Molecular Physics Research Laboratory at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (I.E.S.L) of FO.R.T.H.

EDUCATION

2002-2006.: PhD in Photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory and Research Center of Ultrafast Science, Department of Physics at the University of Cyprus.

2000-2002: MSc in Microelectronics – Optoelectronics, Equivalent to First Class Honors with distinction (grade: 8.75/10). Department of Physics at the University of Crete, Greece & Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FO.R.T.H).

1996-2000: BSc in Physics, Equivalent to First Class Honors with distinction (grade: 8.69/10)

PUBLICATIONS

1) E. Lioudakis and A. Othonos, “Ellipsometry on Optically thin Palladium Films on Silicon- Based Substrate: Effects of low concentration of Hydrogen”, Opt. Eng. 44 (2005) 023802.

2) E. Lioudakis, K. Adamou and A. Othonos, “Prism Based Ultrafast Pulse Shaping Apparatus”, Opt. Eng., 44 (2005) 034203.

3) E. Lioudakis, A.G. Nassiopoulou, and A. Othonos “Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Highly Implanted and Annealed Polycrystalline Silicon Films”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 10 (2005) 263.

4) E. Lioudakis, A.G. Nassiopoulou and A. Othonos, “Ellipsometric Analysis of Ion Implanted Polycrystalline Silicon Films before and after annealing”, Thin Solid Films, 496 (2006) 253.

5) E. Lioudakis, E. Dimakis, E. Iliopoulos, A. Georgakilas and A. Othonos, “Ultrafast carrier dynamics in In_xGa­_1-xN (0001) epilayers: effects of high fluence excitation”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88 (2006) 121128 (Selected from the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 13 (2006) Issue 13).

6) E. Lioudakis, A.G. Nassiopoulou and A. Othonos, “Probing Carrier Dynamics in Implanted and Annealed Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films using white light”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88 (2006) 181107.

7) E. Lioudakis, C. Christofides and A. Othonos, “Study of Annealing Kinetic Effect and Implantation Energy on Phosphorus-Implanted Silicon Wafers using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry”, J. Appl. Phys, 99 (2006) 123514.

8) E. Lioudakis, A.G. Nassiopoulou and A. Othonos, “Femtosecond Carrier Dynamics in Implanted and highly Annealed Polycrystalline Silicon”, Semicond. Sci. Technol, 21 (2006) 1041.

9) E. Lioudakis, C. Christofides and A. Othonos, “Optical and structural properties of implanted Si wafers: effects of implantation energy and subsequent isochronical annealing temperatures”, Semicond. Sci. Technol., 21 (2006) 1059.

10) E. Lioudakis, E. Dimakis, A. Georgakilas and A. Othonos, “Femtosecond time-resolved study in In_xGa­_1-xN (0001) ultrathin epilayers: effects of high indium mole fraction and thickness of the films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (2006) 241109.

11) E. Lioudakis, E. Iliopoulos, A. Georgakilas and A. Othonos, “Temporal evolution of effects of ultrafast carrier dynamics in In_0.33Ga­_0.67N: above and near the bandgap”, Semiconductor Sci. Technol. 22 (2007) 158.

12) E. Lioudakis, G. Hadjisavvas, P. C. Kelires, A. G. Nassiopoulou and A. Othonos, “Quantum confinement and interface structure of Si nanocrystals over 3 nm embedded in a-SiO₂”, Physica E 38 (2007) 128.

13) E. Lioudakis, A. G. Nassiopoulou and A. Othonos, “Ultrafast transient photoinduced absorption in silicon nanocrystals: coupling of oxygen related states to quantized sublevels”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 (2007) 171103 (Selected from the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 15 (2007) Issue 18).

14) E. Lioudakis, A. Othonos, A. G. Nassiopoulou, Ch. B. Lioutas and N. Frangis, “Influence of grain size on ultrafast carrier dynamics in thin nanocrystalline silicon films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 (2007) 191114.

15) E. Lioudakis, E. Iliopoulos, K. Tsagaraki, A. Georgakilas and A. Othonos, “Femtosecond carrier dynamics In_xGa­_1-xN thin films grown on GaN (0001): effect of carrier-defect scattering”, J. Apll. Phys. 102 (2007) 073104 (Selected from the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science, 6 (2007) Issue 11).

16) E. Lioudakis, A. Othonos, I. Alexandrou and Y. Hayashi, “Ultrafast carrier dynamics on conjugated poly(3-hexylthiophene)/ [6,6]-phenyl-C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester composites”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 (2007) 111117 (Selected from the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 16 (2007) Issue 14).

17) E. Lioudakis, A. Othonos, I. Alexandrou and Y. Hayashi, “Optical properties of conjugated poly(3-hexylthiophene)/ [6,6]-phenyl-C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester composites”, J. Appl. Phys. 102 (2007) 083104.

18) E. Lioudakis, A. Antoniou, A. Othonos, C. Christofides, A. G. Nassiopoulou, Ch. B. Lioutas and N. Frangis, “The role of surface vibrations and quantum confinement effect to the optical properties of very thin nanocrystalline silicon films”, J. Appl. Phys. 102 (2007) 083534.

19) A. Othonos, E. Lioudakis, U. Philipose and H. E. Ruda, “Ultrafast carrier dynamics in band edge and broad deep defect ZnSe nanowires”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 (2007) 241113.

20) E. Lioudakis and A. Othonos, “Time-resolved carrier dynamics in nanocrystalline silicon films: the effect of film thickness and grain boundaries”, Phys. Stat. Sol. (RRL) 2 (2008) 19, (Invited paper) DOI 10.1002/pssr.200701219 “Editors’ selection”.

21) E. Lioudakis, A. Othonos, Ch. B. Lioutas and N. Vouroutzis, “Transient photoinduced absorption in ultrathin as-grown nanocrystalline silicon films”, Nanoscale Res. Lett., 3 (2008) 1, DOI 10.1007/s11671-007-9105-1.

22) E. Lioudakis, C. Kanari, A. Othonos and I. Alexandrou, “Direct observation of excitons in polymer/carbon nanotube composites at room temperature: the influence of nanotube concentration”, Diamond & Related Materials 17 (2008) 1600, DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2008.01.028 (2008).

23) E. Lioudakis, E. Koupanou, C. Kanari, E. Leontidis and A. Othonos, “Optical properties of polyelectrolyte-quantum dot multilayer films prepared using the layer by layer self assembly method”, J. Appl. Phys. 103 (2008) 083511, DOI: 10.1063/1.2906121.

24) A. Othonos, D. Tsokkou and E. Lioudakis, “Observation of quantum confinement effects with ultrashort excitation in the vicinity of direct critical points in silicon nanofilms”, Res. Lett. Phys. 2008 (2008) 837503, DOI:10.1155/2008/837503.

25) E. Lioudakis, A. Othonos and I. Alexandrou, “Femtosecond dynamics on single wall carbon nanotube/poly(3-hexylthiophene) composites”, Nanoscale Res. Lett. 3 (2008) 278, DOI 10.1007/s11671-008-9149-x.

26) E. Lioudakis, A. Othonos and A. G. Nassiopoulou, “Determination of critical points on silicon nanofilms: surface and quantum confinement effects”, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c), 5 (2008) 3776, DOI 10.1002/pssc.200780109 (2008).

27) A. Othonos, E. Lioudakis and A. G. Nassiopoulou, “Surface-related states in oxidized silicon nanocrystals enhance carrier relaxation and inhibit Auger recombination”, Nanoscale Res. Lett. 3 (2008) 315, DOI 10.1007/s11671-008-9159-8 and selected for open-access presentation to the OAtube Nanotechnology 1 (2008) 903 (http://www.oatube.org/2008/09/aothonos.html).

28) E. Lioudakis, A. Emporas, A. Othonos and A. G. Nassiopoulou, “Ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy of Si nanocrystals embedded in SiO₂ matrix”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 483 (2008) 597.

29) A. Othonos, E. Lioudakis, D. Tsokkou, U. Philipose and H. E. Ruda, “Ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy of ZnSe nanowires: Carrier dynamics of defect-related states”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 483 (2008) 600.

30) I. Alexandrou, E. Lioudakis, D. Delaportas, C. Z. Zhao, and A. Othonos,
“Optoelectronic properties of P3HT-nanotube composites”, OAtube Nanotechnology 2, 108 (2009) (http://www.oatube.org/2009/01/ialexandrou.html)

31) I. Alexandrou, E. Lioudakis, C. Markos, C. Z. Zhao and A. Othonos, “Monitoring charge exchange in P3HT-nanotube composites using optical and electrical characterization”, (invited review article), Nanoscale Res. Lett. 4 (2009) 635.

32) E. Lioudakis, I. Alexandrou and A. Othonos, “Ultrafast dynamics of localized and delocalized polaron transitions in P3HT/PCBM blend materials: the effects of PCBM concentration”, Nanoscale Res. Lett. 4 (2009) 1475 (highlighted at the Nanotechnology Top News of the scientific VerticalNews database).

33) A. Melnikov, A. Mandelis, J. Tolev and E. Lioudakis, “Infrared photocarrier radiometry, modulated photovoltage and electrical characteristics of polycrystalline Si solar cells”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 214 (2010) 012111.

34) H. E. Ruda, U. Philipose, A. Saxena, C. de Souza, S. Nair, J. Salfi, A. Shik, A. Othonos, E. Lioudakis, D. Tsokkou, L. Zhong and C. Fernandes, “Optical Response of II-VI ZnSe Nanowires” ECS Transactions 28 (3) (2010) 193 (invited review article).

35) A. Melnikov, A. Mandelis, J. Tolev, J. Xia and E. Lioudakis, “Modulated photovoltage and infrared photocarrier radiometry of industrial polycrystalline silicon solar cells”, submitted to Semiconductor Sci. Technol. (2010)