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PHOTO Nikolaos Kalfagiannis
Assistant Professor
Μicro/Nano manufacturing technology of optoelectronic materials and devices

LOCATION Administration Building, 1st floor, Office Π14
EMAIL nkalf@uoi.gr
PHONE (+30)-265100-7206 (Office)
Academic Titles
Educational & Professional Experience
Teaching Activities in the Department
Research Interests
Representative Publications

Academic Titles
  • Diploma in Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2003)
  • MSc in Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2005)
  • PhD in Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2009)
Educational & Professional Experience
  • PhD candidate, Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2006-2009).
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2010-2011).
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar (2012-2013).
  • Marie Curie Fellow, Department of Physics & Mathematics, Nottingham Trent University, UK (2013-2015).
  • Senior Independent Research Fellow, Department of Physics & Mathematics, Nottingham Trent University, UK (2016-2021).
  • Senior Lecturer in Materials, Department of Physics & Mathematics, Nottingham Trent University, UK (2021-2022).
  • Associate Professor in Materials, Department of Physics & Mathematics, Nottingham Trent University, UK (2022-2023).
  • Visiting Researcher, Department of Physics & Mathematics, Nottingham Trent University, UK (2023-now).
  • Assistant Professor in Μicro/Nano manufacturing technology of optoelectronic materials and devices, Materials Science Engineering, University of Ioannina (2023-now).
Teaching Activities in the Department
  • Semiconducting – Dielectric Materials (8th semester)
  • Nano-Devices and Micro-Engines (9th semester)
  • Nanotechnology (10th semester)
Research Interests
  • Nanotechnology, Physics of low dimensions - Fabrication of thin films and nanostructures via a range of physical vapour deposition techniques and solution processing methods (sol-gel).
  • Light-matter interactions and optical properties of materials and thin films both from experimental (spectroscopic ellipsometry) and computational point of view (finite-difference time-domain method).
  • Self-assembly of noble metal layers into nanoparticles using laser processing. This method provides a new route to design predefined morphologies of surface and sub-surface nanoparticle arrangements with simplicity and versatility.
  • Defect engineering and modulation of the crystal structure, chemistry and composition, optical and electronic properties of materials via Laser Annealing.
  • Competitive Research Grants (CRG) Program 2020 Framework, Large-Scale Electronics Manufactured by Light (OSR-2020-CRG9-4347) (2021-2024)
  • Industry service contract: Spectroscopic Ellipsometry measurements and analysis for Teledyne Technologies (2023).
  • Course (1 full day) delivery on Imaging Matter (Optical and Atomic Force Microscopy techniques) in OpSec Security Ltd, Leicester, UK (2020).
  • Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Innovate UK (KTP010745) in collaboration with OpSec Security (2017-2020).
  • Visiting Research Scholarship, University of Poitier (2018).
  • Laser Annealing for improved flexible electronics (LAFLEXEL), EPSRC Pathfinder Large Area Manufacturing (2015-2016).
  • Laser manipulation of plasmonic nanostructures (LASER-PLASMON), FP7 Marie Curie Intra-European personal Fellowship, (PIEF-GA-2012-330444) (2013-2015).
  • Investigation of ferrite nanoparticles based fluids for wettability alteration in carbonate reservoirs (Qatar National Research Fund) (2012).
  • Plasmonic architectures for solar energy harvesting, Greek National Research Funds (ARISTEIA II Project No 3049, European Social Fund under the General Secretariat of Research and Development, Greece (2011-2013).
Representative Publications
  • Laser Annealing as a Platform for Plasmonic Nanostructuring. N. Kalfagiannis, D. C. Koutsogeorgis, E. Lidorikis and P. Patsalas, in Nanoplasmonics – Fundamentals and Applications, 2017 (ISBN 978-953-51-3278-3).
  • Recent Progress in Photonic Processing of Metal Oxide Transistors. E. Yarali, C. Koutsiaki, H. Faber, K. Tetzner, E. Yengel, P. Patsalas, N. Kalfagiannis, D. C. Koutsogeorgis and T. D. Anthopoulos. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1906022.
  • Room Temperature Phase Transition of W-doped VO 2 by Atomic Layer Deposition on 200 mm Si Wafers and Flexible Substrates. K. Sun, C. Wheeler, J. Hillier, S. Ye, I. Zeimpekis, A. Urbani, N. Kalfagiannis, O. L. Muskens, C.H. (Kees) de Groot. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 2201326.
  • Photo-engineered optoelectronic properties of indium tin oxide via reactive laser annealing. J. A. Hillier, P. Patsalas, D. Karfaridis, S. Camelio, W. Cranton, A. V. Nabok, C. J. Mellor, D. C. Koutsogeorgis, N. Kalfagiannis. Sci. Rep. 2022, 12, 14986.
  • When Ellipsometry Works Best - A Case Study With Transparent Conductive Oxides. J. A. Hillier, S. Camelio, W. Cranton, A. V Nabok, C. J. Mellor, D. C. Koutsogeorgis, N. Kalfagiannis. ACS Photonics 2020, 7, 10, 2692-2702.
  • Embedded Metal Oxide Plasmonics Using Local Plasma Oxidation of AZO for Planar Metasurfaces. K. Sun, W. Xiao, S. Ye, N. Kalfagiannis, K. Shen Kiang, C. H. (Kees) de Groot, O. L. Muskens. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2001534.
  • Laser induced ultrafast combustion synthesis of solution-based AlOx for thin film transistors. E. Carlos, S. Dellis, N. Kalfagiannis, L. Koutsokeras, D. C. Koutsogeorgis, R. Branquinho, R. Martins, E. Fortunato. J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8, 6176-6184.
  • Selective MOdification of Nanoparticle Arrays by Laser-Induced Self Assembly (MONA-LISA): putting control into bottom-up plasmonic nanostructuring. N. Kalfagiannis, A. Siozios, D. V Bellas, D. Toliopoulos, L. Bowen, N. Pliatsikas, W. M. Cranton, C. Kosmidis, D. C. Koutsogeorgis, E. Lidorikis, P. Patsalas. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 8236-8244.
  • Razor Blade Coating, US20180215056, US10442098, EP3175014, WO2016015771, WO2016016359. Description: Razor blade comprising a blade edge portion with a profiled geometry, which is covered by a strengthening coating. The strengthening coating comprises a strengthening layer made of a titanium- and boron-containing material. Inventors: S. Logothetidis, N. Kalfagiannis, C. Mavroidis, V. Papachristos and M. Karoussis
  • Method of creating a surface plasmon resonance, WO2022165504. Description: A method of creating a security product includes providing a substrate, depositing a discontinuous layer of electrically conducting material on the substrate, and laser-annealing the discontinuous layer of electrically conducting material to generate nanoparticles exhibiting a surface plasmon resonance effect. Inventors: G. W. Mudd, D. C. Koutsogeorgis, N. Kalfagiannis, R. Renton and P. Dunn.
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