Dr. Georgopanos Prokopios

Short CV

July. ’11 - today                  
Guest Scientist - Post. Doc. Researcher at the Leibniz - Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany
Supervisor, Prof. Dr. M. Stamm

Educational History

Bachelor Diploma from the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina. (UoI 2005)

Diploma Thesis: "Non Invasive Measurement of Hemoglobin and its Derivatives, Over the Skin via Optical Spectroscopy". (UoI 2005)
Supervisor: Associate Professor G. Zonios.

M. Sc. from the Graduate Program: “Chemistry and Technology of Materials” , of the Depts. Materials Science and Engineering - Chemistry, University of Ioannina with title: "Morphological Characterization and Applications of Styrene or Isoprene and Hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane Copolymers"(UoI 2007)
Supervisor: Associate Professor A. Avgeropoulos.

Ph. D. Thesis: from the Graduate Program: “Chemistry and Technology of Materials” , of the Depts. Materials Science and Engineering - Chemistry, University of Ioannina with title: “Synthesis and Applications of Complex Architecture Polymeric Materials of Poly(Dimethylsiloxane).” (UoI 2011)
Supervisor: Associate Professor A. Avgeropoulos.

Research Interests: Anionic Polymerization, Synthesis of Linear and Non Linear Copolymers, Synthesis of Complex Architecture Block Copolymers of Hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane. Synthesis of Esteric Polymers. Molecular, Morphological Characterization of polymers, Tharmal Characterization, Nanotecnology Applications

Visits Overseas as Visiting Scientist: August 2010 - October 2010, National Tsing Hua University, Dept. Of Chemical Engineering, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ho, R.M.

Publications:

1. “Nanopatterning from Silicon-containing Block Copolymers”
Chao C.-C., Wang T.-C., Ho R.-M.*, Georgopanos P., Avgeropoulos A.* and Thomas E. L.
ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 2088

2. “Silicon Oxy Carbide Nanorings From Polystyrene-b-Polydimethylsiloxane  Diblock Copolymer Thin Films”
Chao C.-C., Ho R.-M.*, Georgopanos P., Avgeropoulos A.* and Thomas E. L.
Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3582.

3. “Influence of Anion Exchange in Self-Assembling of Polymeric Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers”,
Carrasco, P. M.; Garcia, I.; Ruiz de Luzuriaga, A.; Constantinou, M.; Georgopanos, P.; Rangou, S.; Avgeropoulos A., Zafeiropoulos, N.E.;
Cabañero, G.; Grande, H.J.; Mecerreyes, D.;
Macromolecules, 2011, 44 (12), 4936.

4. “Self-Assembled Thermosetting Materials Based on Poly(styrene)-block-poly(2 -vinylpyridine) and Epoxy Resin”;
Carrasco, P. M.; Garcia, I.; Ruiz de Luzuriaga, A.; Kirsten, M.; Constantinou, M.; Georgopanos, P.; Rangou, S.; Avgeropoulos A., Zafeiropoulos, N.E.; Stamm, M.; Grande, H.J.; Cabañero, G.; and Garcia, I.;
Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2011, Submitted.