???global.info.a_carregar???
Alexandros Vanakaras. Completed the Doutoramento in PhD in Physics in 1997 by Panepistemio Patron Tmema Physikes and Diplôme d´études supérieures in Diploma in Physics in 1992 by Panepistemio Patron Tmema Physikes. Is Full Professor in Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon. Published 49 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books. Organized 2 event(s). Participates and/or participated as Other in 1 project(s) and Principal investigator in 7 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Exact Sciences with emphasis on Physical Sciences with emphasis on Molecular Physics. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Liquid Crystals; Dendrimers and dendronised polymers; Fullerene containing liquid crystals; Colloidal self-organization and stability; Metamaterials through molecular self-assembly; .
Read full resume ↓
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alexandros Vanakaras

Citation names

  • Vanakaras, Alexandros

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8218-ED6C-4134
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9370-6587
Google Scholar ID
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UvtpdkkAAAAJ

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+30) 2610996156 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Patras, Greece (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Molecular Physics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Greek (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
1997
Concluded
 PhD in Physics (Doktor (PhD))
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Physikes, Greece
1992
Concluded
 Diploma in Physics (Diplôme d´études supérieures)
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Physikes, Greece
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2001 - 2002 Postdoc (Research) Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
1999 - 1999 Postdoc (Research) Panepistemio Patron Tmema Physikes, Greece
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Physikes, Greece
1996 - 1997 Researcher (Research) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Chemistry, United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Chemistry, United States
1996 - 1996 Researcher (Research) Cineca, Italy
Cineca, Italy

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
2012 - 2018 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
2007 - 2012 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
2002 - 2006 Lecturer (University Teacher) Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - 2021 Nanoparticles dispersed in Liquid crystals: theoretical and experimental study towards new functional materials
000-000-00
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2018 - 2020 Effects of chirality, polarity and anisotropy in molecular self-assembly in two dimensions
000-000-00-0
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2012 - 2015 Nanoparticles Dispersed In Liquid-Crystalline Media: Organization And Complexity In Novel Soft Matter Systems (NANOLICR)
"Thales" Mis: 380170
Principal investigator
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Concluded
2009 - 2013 Self–organized Nanomaterials for tailored optical and electrical properties (NANOGOLD)
EU-FP7-NMP-2008-2.2-2
Principal investigator
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Concluded
2008 - 2012 Functional LC Dendrimers: Synthesis of New Materials, Resource for New Applications. (DENDREAMERS)
EU-FP7-PEOPLE-ITN, Marie Curie Actions
Principal investigator
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Concluded
2008 - 2012 Biaxial Nematic Devices (BIND)
EU-FP7 / ICT-1-3.2 / STREP-CP-FP-I
Other
Concluded
2007 - 2009 Janus Amphiphiles. Investigating new molecular organizations in soft matter
000-000-000
Principal investigator
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
Concluded
2002 - 2005 Molecular Design, Theoretical Studies and Computer Simulations of Novel Liquid Crystalline Phases
0000-000-00
Principal investigator
Panepistemio Patron, Greece
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Yannopapas, Vassilios; Vanakaras, Alexandros G.; Photinos, Demetri J.. "Electrodynamic Theory of Three-Dimensional Metamaterials of Hierarchically Organized Nanoparticles". In Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics, 119-141. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-642-32475-8_5
Journal article
  1. Edward T. Samulski; Alexandros G. Vanakaras; Demetri J. Photinos. "The twist bend nematic: a case of mistaken identity". Liquid Crystals (2020): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2020.1795943.
    10.1080/02678292.2020.1795943
  2. Leah M. Heist; Edward T. Samulski; Chris Welch; Ziauddin Ahmed; Georg H. Mehl; Alexandros G. Vanakaras; Demetri J. Photinos. "Probing molecular ordering in the nematic phases of para-linked bimesogen dimers through NMR studies of flexible prochiral solutes". Liquid Crystals (2020): https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2019.1711214.
    10.1080/02678292.2019.1711214
  3. Vanakaras, Alexandros. "Molecular dynamics simulations of nematic phases formed by cyano-biphenyl dimers". (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2018.1528639.
    10.1080/02678292.2018.1528639
  4. Anant Kumar; Alexandros G. Vanakaras; Demetri J. Photinos. "Polar Molecular Ordering in the NX Phase of Bimesogens and Enantiotopic Discrimination in the NMR Spectra of Rigid Prochiral Solutes". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2017): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08319.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08319
  5. Workineh, Zerihun G.; Vanakaras, Alexandros G.. "Homogeneous alignment of liquid crystalline dendrimers confined in a slit-pore. A simulation study". Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 28 11 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000370733400008&KeyUID=WOS:000370733400008.
    10.1088/0953-8984/28/11/115002
  6. Kumar, A.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Molecular Interactions in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals and Enantiotopic Discrimination through the NMR Spectra of Prochiral Molecules I: Rigid Solutes". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 120 41 (2016): 10844-10853. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84992187010&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b07404
  7. Workineh, Z.G.; Vanakaras, A.G.. "Self-organisation and alignment properties of homeotropically confined model liquid crystalline dendrimer systems". Liquid Crystals 43 7 (2016): 944-954. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961199049&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/02678292.2016.1149624
  8. Alexandros G. Vanakaras; Demetri J. Photinos. "A molecular theory of nematic–nematic phase transitions in mesogenic dimers". Soft Matter 12 7 (2016): 2208-2220. https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc5sm02505b.
    10.1039/C5SM02505B
  9. Yannopapas, Vassilios; Vanakaras, Alexandros G.. "Strong Magnetochiral Dichroism in Suspensions of Magnetoplasmonic Nanohelices". Acs Photonics 2 8 (2015): 1030-1038. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000359967400006&KeyUID=WOS:000359967400006.
    10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00237
  10. Peroukidis, Stavros D.; Vanakaras, Alexandros G.; Photinos, Demetri J.. "Molecular simulation study of polar order in orthogonal bent-core smectic liquid crystals". Physical Review E 91 6 (2015): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000355623800004&KeyUID=WOS:000355623800004.
    10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062501
  11. Anke Hoffmann; Alexandros G. Vanakaras; Alexandra Kohlmeier; Georg H. Mehl; Demetri J. Photinos. "On the structure of the Nx phase of symmetric dimers: inferences from NMR". Soft Matter 11 5 (2015): 850-855. https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc4sm02480j.
    10.1039/C4SM02480J
  12. Workineh, Zerihun G.; Vanakaras, Alexandros G.. "Surface-Induced Ordering on Model Liquid Crystalline Dendrimers". Polymers 6 8 (2014): 2082-2099. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000341204500001&KeyUID=WOS:000341204500001.
    10.3390/polym6082082
  13. Peroukidis, Stavros D.; Yannopapas, Vassilios; Vanakaras, Alexandros G.; Droulias, Sotiris; Photinos, Demetri J.. "Plasmonic response of ordered arrays of gold nanorods immersed within a nematic liquid crystal". Liquid Crystals 41 10 (2014): 1430-1435. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000341007400008&KeyUID=WOS:000341007400008.
    10.1080/02678292.2014.923538
  14. Peroukidis, Stavros D.; Vanakaras, Alexandros G.; Photinos, Demetri J.. "Supramolecular nature of the nematic-nematic phase transitions of hard boardlike molecules". Physical Review E 88 6 (2013): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000328697400004&KeyUID=WOS:000328697400004.
    10.1103/PhysRevE.88.062508
  15. Yannopapas, V.; Fytas, N.; Kyrimi, V.; Kallos, E.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Light scattering by a metallic nanoparticle coated with a nematic liquid crystal". Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 210 2 (2013): 335-340. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874054148&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pssa.201228489
  16. Peroukidis, S. D.; Vanakaras, A. G.. "Phase diagram of hard board-like colloids from computer simulations". Soft Matter 9 31 (2013): 7419-7423. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000321903900002&KeyUID=WOS:000321903900002.
    10.1039/c3sm51165k
  17. Peroukidis, S. D.; Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Molecular simulation of hierarchical structures in bent-core nematic liquid crystals". Physical Review E 84 1 (2011): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000293449200001&KeyUID=WOS:000293449200001.
    01070210.1103/PhysRevE.84.010702
  18. Yannopapas, V.; Vanakaras, A.G.. "Layer-multiple-scattering theory for metamaterials made from clusters of nanoparticles". Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 84 8 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052466986&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.84.085119
  19. Yannopapas, V.; Vanakaras, A.. "Dirac point in the photon dispersion relation of a negative/zero/positive- index plasmonic metamaterial". Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 84 4 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79961239778&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045128
  20. Peroukidis, S.D.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Molecular simulation of hierarchical structures in bent-core nematic liquid crystals". Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 84 1 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79961125841&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevE.84.010702
  21. Droulias, S.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Extending the Maier-Saupe theory to cybotactic nematics". Liquid Crystals 37 6-7 (2010): 969-976. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954245214&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/02678292.2010.488819
  22. Tritsaris, G.A.; Vanakaras, A.G.. "Two-dimensional ordered porous patterns by molecular design". Langmuir 26 11 (2010): 7808-7812. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954560631&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/la904613j
  23. Peroukidis, S.D.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Liquid crystalline phases and demixing in binary mixtures of shape-anisometric colloids". Journal of Materials Chemistry 20 46 (2010): 10495-10502. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78649258233&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c0jm01692f
  24. Peroukidis, S.D.; Karahaliou, P.K.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Biaxial nematics: Symmetries, order domains and field-induced phase transitions". Liquid Crystals 36 6-7 (2009): 727-737. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349488873&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/02678290902814700
  25. Karahaliou, P. K.; Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Symmetries and alignment of biaxial nematic liquid crystals". Journal of Chemical Physics 131 12 (2009): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000270380300062&KeyUID=WOS:000270380300062.
    10.1063/1.3226560
  26. Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Thermotropic biaxial nematic liquid crystals: Spontaneous or field stabilized?". Journal of Chemical Physics 128 15 (2008): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000255228900059&KeyUID=WOS:000255228900059.
    10.1063/1.2897993
  27. Koutsioubas, A. G.; Vanakaras, A. G.. "Polymer Brushes on Periodically Nanopatterned Surfaces". Langmuir 24 23 (2008): 13717-13722. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000261216500070&KeyUID=WOS:000261216500070.
    10.1021/la802536v
  28. Peroukidis, S. D.; Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Self-organisation of fullerene-containing conical supermesogens". Soft Matter 4 3 (2008): 493-499. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000253492400015&KeyUID=WOS:000253492400015.
    10.1039/b714506c
  29. Peroukidis, S.D.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Molecular modeling of liquid crystalline self-organization of fullerodendrimers: Columnar to lamellar phase transitions driven by temperature and/or concentration changes". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 40 (2008): 12761-12767. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-54549109976&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp805214r
  30. Christopoulos, D.K.; Terzis, A.F.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Helix formation in linear achiral dendronized polymers: A computer simulation study". Journal of Chemical Physics 125 20 (2006): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33751559555&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.2378630
  31. Vanakaras, A. G.. "Self-organization anal pattern formation of janus particles in two dimensions by computer simulations". Langmuir 22 1 (2006): 88-93. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000234410300018&KeyUID=WOS:000234410300018.
    10.1021/la052036g
  32. Peroukidis, S.D.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "A simple theory of molecular organization in fullerene-containing liquid crystals". Journal of Chemical Physics 123 16 (2005): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27344435652&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.2085026
  33. Karahaliou, P. K.; Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "On the molecular theory of dimeric liquid crystals". Liquid Crystals 32 11-12 (2005): 1397-1407. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000234266600006&KeyUID=WOS:000234266600006.
    10.1080/02678290500256312
  34. Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Molecular theory of dendritic liquid crystals: Self-organisation and phase transitions". Journal of Materials Chemistry 15 20 (2005): 2002-2012. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-20044395130&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b416710d
  35. Galindo, A.; Haslam, A. J.; Varga, S.; Jackson, G.; Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.; Dunmur, D. A.. "The phase behavior of a binary mixture of rodlike and disclike mesogens: Monte Carlo simulation, theory, and experiment". Journal of Chemical Physics 119 10 (2003): 5216-5225. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000184899200024&KeyUID=WOS:000184899200024.
    10.1063/1.1598432
  36. Vanakaras, A. G.; Bates, M. A.; Photinos, D. J.. "Theory and simulation of biaxial nematic and orthogonal smectic phases formed by mixtures of board-like molecules". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 5 17 (2003): 3700-3706. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000184814800020&KeyUID=WOS:000184814800020.
    10.1039/b306271f
  37. Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Polar molecular organisation in liquid crystals". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 395 (2003): 213-231. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000184137500004&KeyUID=WOS:000184137500004.
    10.1080/15421400390193783
  38. Christopoulos, D. K.; Photinos, D. J.; Stimson, L. M.; Terzis, A. F.; Vanakaras, A. G.. "Structure and nanomechanics of linear dendronised polymers: a molecular simulation study". Journal of Materials Chemistry 13 11 (2003): 2756-2764. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000186699900013&KeyUID=WOS:000186699900013.
    10.1039/b304145j
  39. Karahaliou, P. K.; Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Tilt order parameters, polarity, and inversion phenomena in smectic liquid crystals". Physical Review E 65 3 (2002): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000174548800074&KeyUID=WOS:000174548800074.
    10.1103/PhysRevE.65.031712
  40. Berardi, R.; Orlandi, S.; Photinos, D.J.; Vanakaras, A.G.; Zannoni, C.. "Dipole strength effects on the polymorphism in smectic A mesophases". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 4 5 (2002): 770-777. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036204353&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b106788e
  41. Terzis, A.F.. "Conformational phase transitions and re-entrance phenomena in dendromesogens". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 352 (2001): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035027505&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  42. Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Ordered fluids of globular supermolecules". Journal of Materials Chemistry 11 11 (2001): 2832-2838. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000171721100022&KeyUID=WOS:000171721100022.
  43. Vanakaras, A. G.; Terzis, A. F.; Photinos, D. J.. "On the molecular requirements for the stabilisation of thermotropic biaxial ordering in rod-plate nematics". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 362 (2001): 67-78. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000170372700005&KeyUID=WOS:000170372700005.
  44. Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "The smectic phase of spherical-fan-shaped molecules. a computer simulation study". Chemical Physics Letters 341 1-2 (2001): 129-134. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0006981267&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00443-2
  45. Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "The smectic phase of spherical-fan-shaped molecules. A computer simulation study". Chemical Physics Letters 341 1-2 (2001): 129-134. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000169468100019&KeyUID=WOS:000169468100019.
  46. Vanakaras, A.G.. "On the molecular requirements for the stabilisation of thermotropic biaxial ordering in rod-plate nematics". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 362 (2001): 67-78. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0006931521&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  47. Terzis, A. F.; Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Conformational phase transitions and re-entrance phenomena in dendromesogens". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 352 (2000): 699-708. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000167340800031&KeyUID=WOS:000167340800031.
  48. Terzis, A. F.; Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Theory of molecular deformations and mesomorphic behavior of dendrimers". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section a-Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 330 (1999): 1761-1768. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000082877300062&KeyUID=WOS:000082877300062.
  49. Terzis, A.F.. "Theory of molecular deformations and mesomorphic behavior of dendrimers". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 330 (1999): 1761-1768. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033347951&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  50. Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D.; Samulski, E. T.. "Tilt, polarity, and spontaneous symmetry breaking in liquid crystals". Physical Review E 57 5 (1998): R4875-R4878. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000073767900004&KeyUID=WOS:000073767900004.
  51. Vanakaras, A. G.; McGrother, S. C.; Jackson, G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Hydrogen-bonding and Phase Biaxiality in Nematic Rod-Plate Mixtures". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section a-Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 323 (1998): 199-209. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000207083600011&KeyUID=WOS:000207083600011.
  52. Vanakaras, A.G.. "Hydrogen-bonding and phase biaxiality in nematic rod-plate mixtures". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 323 (1998): 199-209. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032298020&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  53. Vanakaras, A.G.. "Tilt, polarity, and spontaneous symmetry breaking in liquid crystals". Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics 57 5 SUPPL. A (1998): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001469796&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  54. Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "Theory of biaxial nematic ordering in rod-disc mixtures revisited". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section a-Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 299 (1997): 65-71. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:A1997XZ07000010&KeyUID=WOS:A1997XZ07000010.
  55. Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Theory of biaxial nematlc ordering in rod-disc mixtures revisited". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 299 (1997): 65-71. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0002439577&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  56. Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "Electric dipoles and phase stability in nematic liquid crystals". Molecular Physics 85 6 (1995): 1089-1104. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947149004&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/00268979500101691
  57. Vanakaras, A.G.; Photinos, D.J.. "The Interactions of Small Chain Solutes in Nematic Solvents". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 262 1 (1995): 463-471. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-13344286197&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/10587259508033548
  58. Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "The interactions of small chain solutes in nematic solvents". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section a-Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 262 (1995): 463-471. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:A1995UG55200043&KeyUID=WOS:A1995UG55200043.
  59. Vanakaras, A. G.; Photinos, D. J.. "ELECTRIC DIPOLES AND PHASE-STABILITY IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS". Molecular Physics 85 6 (1995): 1089-1104. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:A1995RV61400005&KeyUID=WOS:A1995RV61400005.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Electro-optics of novel liquid crystals
Supervisor
 Materials Science (Master)
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
2015 - Current Entropy driven chiral pattern formation in two dimensional systems of achiral particles.
Supervisor
 Materials Science (PhD)
2018 - 2019 Computer Modelling and Simulation of Aerogels
Supervisor
 Materials Science (Master)
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
2010 - 2017 On the Structure of the Novel Nematic Phase of Symmetric Liquid Crystalline Dimers: Inferences from Modeling and Interpretation of NMR Experimental Results
Co-supervisor
 Materials Science (PhD)
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
2010 - 2015 Theory and Molecular Simulations of Functional Liquid Crystalline Dendrimers (LCDrs)
Supervisor
 Materials Science (PhD)
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
2008 - 2012 Interactions of surface-functionalized CdSe nanoparticles in chiral liquid-crystalline environment
Supervisor
 Materials Science (PhD)
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2013/09 - Current Organizer and Scientific Secretary of the 12th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Rhodes, Greece (2013). (2013/09)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece
2011 - Current Organizer of the International School on Modeling and Computer Simulation Methods for Dendrimers, Patras, 2011 (2011)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Panepistemio Patron Tmema Epistemes ton Ylikon, Greece

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/10 - Current Invited talk "Entropy Driven Spontaneous Mirror Symmetry Breaking in 2D Systems Composed of Achiral Particles" at the 25th International School of Liquid Crystals, E. Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice (Italy), 7-10 October, 2018.
Congress
 International School of Liquid Crystals
2015/09 - Current Invited talk "Entropy driven self-assembly and spontaneous ordering in soft matter” at a workshop on “Self-Assembly in Soft Matter”, University of Patras, Greece, 1-2 September, 2015
Workshop
 Self-Assembly in Soft Matter
Panepistemio Patron, Greece
2014/06 - Current Invited talk “Theory and molecular simulations of biaxial nematics: long standing challenges and recent advancements” at the 25th International Liquid Crystal Conference, ILCC-2014, Dublin, Ireland, 29 June-4 July 2014.
Conference
 International Liquid Crystal Conference,
University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland
2013/03 - Current Invited talk “Biaxial Nematics: Symmetry and Hierarchical Domain Structure” at Isaac Newton Institute, “Workshop on Analytical and Computational Paths from Molecular Foundations to Continuum Descriptions”, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, 18 - 22 March (2013).
Workshop
 Workshop on Analytical and Computational Paths from Molecular Foundations to Continuum Descriptions
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom
2012/05 - Current Invited talk “Modeling of dendromesogens: Self organization and phase transitions, alignment and nano confinement” at NaNaX5: "Nanoscience with nanocrystals", Fuengirola (Spain), 07 – 11 May, (2012).
Conference
 NaNaX5: "Nanoscience with nanocrystals
2011/06 - Current Invited talk “Optical properties of metamaterials of metallic nanoparticles embedded in nematic liquid crystals” at 10th Mediterranean Workshop and Topical Meeting "Novel Optical Materials and Applications" (2011), Cetraro-Italy, June 05-11, (2011).
Meeting
 Mediterranean Workshop and Topical Meeting
2010/07 - Current Invited talk "Hierarchical Domain Structure in Nematics” at 23rd International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC-2010), 11-16 July, Krakow, Poland (2010).
Conference
 International Liquid Crystal Conference

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015 - Current Member of the International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) since 2015.

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/07 - Current 28th International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC-2020) Uninova, Lisbon, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2014 - Current Annals of Materials Science & Engineering (2471-0245) Austin Publishing Group
2011 - Current Crystals (2073-4352) MDPI AG