I.E.S.L. Publications in 2002

Articles in refereed journals Astrophysics 1. P. Reig, I. Papadakis, N.D. Kylafis,

“The aperiodic variability of Cyg X-1 and GRS 1915+105 at very low Frequencies” Astronomy & Astrophysics (Α&Α), 383, 202, (2002). 2. I.E. Papadakis, W. Brinkmann, H. Negoro, M. Gliozzi

“Detection of a high frequency break in the X-ray power spectrum of Ark 564” Α&Α, 382, 1L, (2002). 3. E.M. Xilouris, I.E. Papadakis

“A morphological comparison between the central region in AGN and normal galaxies using HST data”

A&A, 387, 441 (2002). 4. I.E. Papadakis, P.O. Petrucci, L. Maraschi, I.M. McHardy, P. Uttley, F. Haardt,

“Long-Term Spectral Variability of Seyfert Galaxies from Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Color-Flux Diagrams”

Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), 573, 92F (2002). 5. M. Villata, C.M. Raiteri, O.M. Kurtanidze, M.G. Nikolashvili, M.A. Ibrahimov, I.E. Papadakis,

et al. “The WEBT BL Lacertae Campaign 2000” A&A, 390, 407 (2002). 6. M. Gliozzi, W. Brinkmann, C. Räth, I.E Papadakis, H. Negoro, H. Scheingraber,

“On the nature of X-ray variability in Ark 564” A&A, 391, 875 (2002). 7. F. Mavromatakis, P. Boumis, J. Papamastorakis and J. Ventura “Deep optical observations of G 65.3+5.7” A&A, 388, 355 (2002).

Laser Interactions, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Applications 1. E. Varoucha, N.A. Papadogiannis, D. Charalambidis, A. Saenz, H. Schroeder and B. Witzel “Quantitative Laser Mass-Spectroscopy of sputtered vs evaporated atoms” Phys. Rev. A, 65, 012901 (2002). 2. E. Goulielmakis, G Nersisyan, N.A. Papadogiannis, D. Charalambidis G. D. Tsakiris and K. Witte “A dispersionless Michelson interferometer for the characterization of attosecond pulses” Appl. Phys. B, 74, 197 (2002) 3. K. Bömer, T. Halfmann, L.P. Yatsenko, D. Charalambidis and K. Bergmann

“Laser induced continuum structure in the two ionization continua of Xenon” Phys. Rev. A, 66, 013406 (2002). 4. N.A. Papadogiannis, E. Hertz, C. Kalpouzos and D. Charalambidis “Laser intensity effects in high-order autocorrelation calculations”

Phys. Rev. A , 66, 025803 (2002). 5. N.A. Papadogiannis, G. Nersisyan, E. Goulielmakis, T. P. Rakitzis, E. Hertz and D.

Charalambidis, G. D. Tsakiris and K. Witte

“Temporal characterization of short pulse third-harmonic generation in an atomic gas by a transmission grating Michelson interferometer”

Opt. Lett., 27, 1561 (2002). 6. T. P. Rakitzis and T. N. Kitsopoulos “Measurement of Cl and Br photofragment alignment using Slice Imaging”

J. Chem. Phys., 116, 9228 (2002). 7. Alrik J. van den Brom, T. Peter Rakitzis, Jeroen van Heyst, Theofanis N. Kitsopoulos, Sebastian

R. Jezowski, and Maurice H. M. Janssen “State-to-state photodissociation of OCS(v=2,1|J/M). I. The angular recoil distribution of CO (

X 1Σ+, v=0/J)” J. Chem. Phys., 117, 4255 (2002). 8. T.P. Rakitzis, P.C. Samartzis, R. Toomes, L. Tsigaridas, M. Coriou, D. Chestakov, A.T.J.B.

Eppink, D. H. Parker and T.N. Kitsopoulos “Photofragment alignment from the photodissociation of HCl and HBr”

Chem. Phys. Lett., 364, 115 (2002). 9. F. Claeyssens, M.N.R. Ashfold, E. Sofoulakis, C.G. Ristoscu, D. Anglos, C. Fotakis “Plume emissions accompanying 248 nm laser ablation of graphite in vacuum: effects of pulse

duration” J. Appl. Physics. 91, 6162 (2002).

10. E. Andreou, A. Athanassiou, D. Fragouli, D. Anglos, S. Georgiou “Laser and material parameter dependence of the chemical modifications in the UV laser

processing of model polymeric solids” Laser Chemistry 20, 1 (2002). 11. A. Athanassiou, E. Andreou, A. Bonarou, V. Tornari, D. Anglos, S. Georgiou, C. Fotakis “Examination of chemical and structural modifications in the UV ablation of polymers” Appl. Surf. Sci., 197-198, 757 (2002). 12. K. Melessanaki, M. P. Mateo, S. C. Ferrence, P. P. Betancourt, D. Anglos “The application of LIBS for the analysis of archaeological ceramic and metal artefacts” Appl. Surf. Sci. 197-198, 156 (2002). 13. D. Anglos, K. Melessanaki, V. Zafiropulos, M. J. Gresalfi, J. C. Miller “Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the analysis of 150-year old daguerreotypes” Appl. Spectrosc. 56, 423 (2002). 14. Miroslav Jelinek, Argyro Klini, Christos Grivas, Ján Lančok, Václan Studnićka, Jindřich Chval,

Anna Macková, Costas Fotakis “Deposition of Er: YAG(YAP) layers by subpicosecond and nanosecond KrF excimer laser

ablation” Appl. Surface Sci., 197-198, 416 (2002). 15. A. Koubenakis, J. Venturini and S. Georgiou “Examination for “deuterium effect” in UV ablation of molecular solids: a comparative

examination of CH3I and CD3I solids” Appl. Surface Sci., 197-198, 77 (2002).

16. A. Athanassiou, K. Lakiotaki, V. Tornari, S. Georgiou and C. Fotakis “Photocontrolled mechanical phenomena in photochronic doped polymeric systems”

Appl. Phys. A: Rapid Communication, 76, 97 (2002). 17. J. Venturini, S. Couris, E. Koudoumas, P. Seta , Y. Ederle, C. Mathis, S. Leach

“Optical limiting and nonlinear optical absorption properties of fullerene C60-(polystyrene) star polymer films: C60 concentration dependence” J. Mat. Chem., 12, 2071 (2002).

18. E. Koudoumas, O. Kokkinaki, M. Konstantaki, S. Couris, P. Detkov, S. Korovin, V. Kuznetchov, S. Pimenov, V. Pustovoi “Onion-like carbon and diamond nanoparticles for optical limiting” Chem. Phys. Lett., 357, 336 (2002).

19. R.Torres La Porte, D. Silva Moreno, M. Castillejo Striano, M. Martin Munoz, J. V. Garcia-

Ramos, S. Sanchez Cortes, E. Koudoumas “Laser ablation studies of deposited silver colloids active in SERS”

Laser Chemistry, 20, 23 (2002). 20. Marta Castillejo, Margarita Martín, Rebeca de Nalda, Mohamed Oujja, Stelios Couris,

Emmanuel Koudoumas “Dissociative ionization of halogenated ethylenes in intense femtosecond laser pulses”

Chem. Phys. Lett., 353, 295 (2002). 21. Marta Castillejo, Margarita Martín, Rebeca de Nalda, Stelios Couris, Emmanuel Koudoumas

“Anisotropic distributions of ion fragments produced by dissociative ionization of halogenated ethylenes in intense femtosecond laser pulses”

J. Phys. Chem., 106, 2838 (2002). 22. S. B. Korovin, V. I. Pustovoi, V. E. Ogluzdin, М. Konstantaki, O. Kokkinaki, S. Couris, E.

Koudoumas “Nonlinear absorption of silicon nanocomposites”

Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 4762, 297 (2002). 23. A. Argiris, M. Konstantaki, A. Ikiades, D. Chronis, P. Florias, K. Kallimani and G. Pagiatakis “Fabrication of high-reflectivity superimposed multiple-fiber Bragg gratings with unequal

wavelength spacing” Optic Letters, 27(15), 1306 (2002). 24. G. Zacharakis, N. A. Papadogiannis, T.G. Papazoglou “Random lasing following two-photon excitation of highly scattering gain media”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 81, 2511 (2002). 25. I. Zergioti, D. Papazoglou, A. Karaiskou, C. Fotakis, E. Gamaly, A. Rode

“A comparative schlieren imaging study between ns and sub-ps laser forward transfer of Cr” Appl. Surf. Science, 9590, 1 (2002). 26. A. Karaiskou, I. Zergioti, C. Fotakis, E. Kapsetaki, D. Kafetzopoulos

“Microfabrication of biomaterials by the sub-ps laser induced forward transfer process” Appl. Surf. Science, 9601, 1 (2002). 27. P. T. Brown, S. Mailis, I. Zergioti, R. W. Eason “Microstructuring of Lithium niobate single crystals using pulsed UV laser modification of

etching characteristics” Optical Materials, 20, 125 (2002).

28. D. G. Papazoglou, A. Karaiskou, I. Zergioti, C. Fotakis

“Shadowgraphic imaging of the sub-ps Laser Induced Forward Transfer process” Appl. Phys. Lett., 81, 1594 (2002).

29. S. Mailis, P. T. Brown, C. L. Sones, I. Zergioti, R. W. Eason

“Etch frustration in congruent lithium niobate single crystals induced by fs UV laser irradiation” Appl. Phys. A, 74, 135 (2002). 30. I. Zergioti, D. G. Papazoglou, A. Karaiskou, N. A. Vainos, C. Fotakis “Laser microprinting of InOx active optical structures and time resolved imaging of the transfer

process” Appl. Surf. Science, 8125, 1 (2002).

31. I. Zergioti, I. Alexandrou, A. Sfounis, G.A.J. Amaratunga, C. Fotakis, M. Velegrakis “Synthesis of C3N4 by the combination of laser ablation of graphite and N2 molecular beam” Appl. Surf. Science, 8033, 1 (2002). 32. M. Castillejo, M. Martin, M. Oujja, D. Silva, R. Torres, A. Manousaki, V. Zafiropulos, O.F. van

den Brink, R.M.A. Heeren, R. Teule, A. Silva, H. Gouveia “Analytical Study of the Chemical and Physical changes induced by KrF Laser cleaning of

Tempera Paints” Analytical Chemistry, 74, 4662 (2002)

33. K. Maniadaki, L.A.A. Nikolopoulos and P. Lambropoulos “One and two-photon detachment cross sections of Ps- ” Eur. Phys. J.D, 20, 205 (2002). 34. L.A.A. Nikolopoulos, Takashi Nakajima and P. Lambropoulos “Influence of the helium autoionization structures on the single/double ionization signal” Eur. Phys. J.D, 20, 297 (2002). 35. M.G. Makris, L.A.A. Nikolopoulos and P. Lambropoulos

“Theory of phase characterization of harmonics through interference with the fundamental” Phys.Rev.A, 66, 053414 (2002). 36. G. Nikolopoulos and P. Lambropoulos

“Collective behaviour in a system of two two-level atoms at the edge of a photonic band-gap” Mod. Opt., 49, 61 (2002). 37. James Camparo and P. Lambropoulos

“Multiphoton transitions in a colored vacuum: coupling of the ac Stark shift with spontaneous decay and the Lamb shift” JOSA B, 19, 1169 (2002). 38. N.P. Proukakis and P. Lambropoulos

“Basis-dependent dynamics of trapped Bose-Einstein condensates and analogies with semi- classical laser theory” Eur. Phys. J.D, 19, 355 (2002).

39. U. Al Khawaja, J.O.Andersen, N.P. Proukakis and H.T.C. Stoof “Low dimensional Bose Gases” Phys. Rev. A, 66, 013615 (2002). 40. Takashi Nakajima and L.A.A. Nikolopoulos

“Use of helium double ionization for autocorrelation of an xuv pulse” Phys. Rev. A, 66, R041402 (2002). 41. A. Arigiris, M. Konstantaki, A. Ikiades, D. Chronis, P. Florias, K. Kallimani and G. Pagiatakis “Fabrication of high-reflectivity superimposed multiple-fiber Bragg gratings with unequal wavelength spacing” Optics Letters, 27(15), 1306 (2002). 42. Ch. Hornberger, Ph. Knoop, H. Matz, F. Dörries, E. Konecny, H. Gehring, J. Otten, R. Bonke,

H. Frankenberger, P. Wouters, J. Gil-Rodriguez, L. Ponz, J. Avgerinos, A. Karoutis, A. Ikiades and S. Weininger. “A prototype device for stansardized calibration of pulse oximeters II” Journal of Chemical Monitoring and Computing, 17, 203 (2002).

43*. S.C. Farantos, E. Filippou, S. Stamatiadis, G.E. Froudakis, M. Mühlhäuser, M. Massauti, A.

Sfounis and M. Velegrakis “Photofragmentation Spectra of Sr+CO Complex: experiment and ab initio calculations” Chem. Phys.Letters, 366, 231 (2002). 44*. G.E. Froudakis, M. Mühlhäuser, S.C. Farantos, A. Sfounis and M. Velegrakis

“Mass Spectra and Structures of Cu+Rgn Clusters (Rg=Ne, Ar)” Chem. Phys., 280, 43, (2002). 45*. P.A. Loukakos, C. Kalpouzos, I.E. Perakis, Z. Hatzopoulos, M. Sfendourakis “Role of As precipitates on ultrafast electron trapping in low-temperature-grown GaAs and

AlGaAs alloys” Journal of Appl. Phys., 91(12), 9863 (2002). 46*. J. Giapintzakis, C. Grigorescu, A. Klini, A. Manousaki, V. Zorba, J. Androulakis, Z. ` Viskadourakis, and C. Fotakis “Low-temperature growth of NiMnSb thin films by pulsed-laser deposition” Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2716 (2002). 47*. J. Giapintzakis, C. Grigorescu, A. Klini, A. Manousaki, V. Zorba, J. Androulakis, Z.

Viskadourakis, and C. Fotakis "Pulsed-laser deposition of NiMnSb thin films at moderate temperatures" Appl. Surface Science, 197-198C, 421 (2002). 48. E. Esposito, L. Scalise, V. Tornari “Measurement of stress waves in polymers generated by UV laser ablation” Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 38, 207 (2002).

Microelectronics 1. N. Camara, K. Zekentes "Study of the reactive ion etching of 6H-SiC and 4H-SiC in SF6/Ar plasmas by optical emission

spectroscopy and laser interferometry" Sol. St. Electron., 46 (11), 1959 (2002).

2. N. Papanicolaou, K. Zekentes

"High temperature characteristics of Ti/Al and Cr/Al ohmic contacts to n-type GaN" Sol. St. Electron., 46 (11), 1975 (2002). 3. E. Aperathitis, Z. Hatzopoulos, A. Georgakilas and L. Richeboeuf

"Laser Interferometry as a Diagnostic Tool for the Fabrication of RIE-Edge-Emitting Lasers", J. Vac. Sci. Technol B, 20(5), 1994 (2002).

4. N. Le Thomas, N.T. Pelekanos, Z. Hatzopoulos, E. Aperathitis, R. Hamelin "Widely tunable light-emitting diodes by Stark effect in forward bias" Appl. Phys. Lett., 81, 1582 (2002).

5. M. Androulidaki, N. T. Pelekanos, E. Dimakis, F. Kalaïtzakis, E. Aperathitis, E. Bellet-Amalric,

D. Jalabert, K. Tsagaraki, A. Georgakilas "Optical properties of InAlGaN heterostructures grown by RF-MBE" Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 0, 504 (2002).

6. N. Le Thomas and N.T. Pelekanos “Piezoelectric effects in heterostructures: consequences and applications” Microelectronics Journal, 33, 565 (2002). 7*. P.A. Loukakos, C. Kalpouzos, I.E. Perakis, Z. Hatzopoulos, M. Sfendourakis “Role of As precipitates on ultrafast electron trapping in low-temperature-grown GaAs and

AlGaAs alloys” Journal of Appl. Phys., 91(12), 9863 (2002).

8. M. Zervos, A. Kostopoulos , Konstantinidis G., M. Kayambaki and A. Georgakilas "An investigation into the charge distribution and barrier profile tailoring in AlGaN/GaN double

heterostructures by self consistent Poisson-Schrödinger calculations and capacitance-voltage profiling" Journal of Applied Physics, 91(7), 4387 (2002).

9. S. Mikroulis, A. Georgakilas, A. Kostopoulos, V. Cimalla, E. Dimakis and Ph. Komninou "Control of the polarity of molecular beam epitaxy grown GaN thin films by the surface nitridation of

Al2O3 (0001) substrates" Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2886 (2002). 10. A. Georgakilas, G. Deligeorgis, E. Aperathitis, D. Cengher, Z. Hatzopoulos, M. Alexe , V. Dragoi, U.

Gösele, E. D. Kyriakis-Bitzaros and G. Halkias “Wafer-scale integration of GaAs optoelectronic devices with Si ICs using a low temperature bonding

procedure” Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 5099 (2002).

11. M. Androulidaki, N. T. Pelekanos, E. Dimakis, F. Kalaitzakis, E. Aperathitis, F. Bellet-Amalric, D. Jalabert, K. Tsagaraki, and A. Georgakilas “Optical Properties of InAlGaN Heterostructures Grown by RF-MBE” Phys. Stat. Solidi (c) 0, 504 (2002).

Materials 1*. J. Giapintzakis, C. Grigorescu, A. Klini, A. Manousaki, V. Zorba, J. Androulakis, Z. ` Viskadourakis, and C. Fotakis “Low-temperature growth of NiMnSb thin films by pulsed-laser deposition” Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2716 (2002). 2. A. Lappas, V. Alexandrakis, J. Giapintzakis, V. Pomjakushin, K. Prassides, and A. Schenck,

“Impurity-induced antiferromagnetic order in the Haldan-gap compound PbNi2-xMgxV2O8 (x=0.24)”

Phys. Rev. B 66, 014428 (2002). 3. A. Zorco, A. Arcon, A. Lappas, J. Giapintzakis, C. Saylor, and L.C. Brunel "Effect of vacancy doping on the spin-liquid state in PbNi2-xMgxV2O8" Phys. Rev. B, 65, 144449 (2002). 4. J. Androulakis, N. Katsarakis and J. Giapintzakis “Coexistence of ferromagnetic and glassy behavior in semiconducting LaNi0.2Co0.8O3” J. Appl. Phys. 91, 9952 (2002). 5. J. Androulakis, N. Katsarakis and J. Giapintzakis “Realization of La2MnVO6: Search for half-metallic antiferromagnetism?” Solid State Comm. 124, 77 (2002). 6. I. Mastoraki, A. Lappas, R. Schneider, J. Giapintzakis "Spin-gap and antiferromagnetic correlations in low-dimensional PbNi2-xAxV2O8 compounds (A

= Mg, Co)" Appl. Phys. A 74, S640 (2002). 7*. J. Giapintzakis, C. Grigorescu, A. Klini, A. Manousaki, V. Zorba, J. Androulakis, Z.

Viskadourakis, and C. Fotakis "Pulsed-laser deposition of NiMnSb thin films at moderate temperatures" Appl. Surface Science, 197-198C, 421 (2002). 8. H. Jancovic, M. Daskalakis, C. P. Raptopoulou, A. Terzis, V. Tangoulis, J. Giapintzakis, T. Kiss,

A. Salifoglou "Synthesis, Structural, and Spectroscopic Characterization of a Complex between Co(II) and

Imino-bis(methylphosphonic acid). Gaining Insight into Biologically Relevant Metal-ion Phosphonate Interactions or Looking at a New Co(II)-Organo- phosphonate Material?"

Inorganic Chemistry 41, 3366 (2002).

9. A. Lappas, J.E.L. Waldron, M.A. Green, and K. Prassides

“Magnetic Ordering in the Charge-Ordered Nb12O29”

Phys. Rev. B 65; 134405 (2002).

10. E. Wortham, A. Zorko, D. Arcon, and A. Lappas

"Organic-Inorganic Perovskites for Magnetic Nanocomposites" Physica B, 318, 387 (2002).

11*. N. Katsarakis, M. Bender, L. Singleton, G. Kiriakidis, and C. M. Soukoulis “Two-dimensional metallic photonic band-gap crystals fabricated by LIGA”, Microsystem Technologies 8, 74 (2002). 12. M. Bender, N. Katsarakis, G. Kiriakidis, I. A. Ovid’ko, and A. B. Reizis “Physical mechanisms of enhanced conductivity in irradiated InOx nanocrystalline films” Mater. Phys. Mech. 5, 11 (2002). 13. M. Bender, E. Gagaoudakis, E. Douloufakis, E. Natsakou, N. Katsarakis, G. Kiriakidis, E. Fortunato, P. Nunes, A. Marques, and R. Martins “Production and characterization of Zinc oxide thin films for room temperature ozone sensing”, Thin Solid Films 418, 45 (2002). 14. E. Spanakis, E. Stratakis, P. Tzanetakis, H. Fritzsche, S. Guha, J. Yang “Light induced stress in a-Si1-xGex:H alloys and its correlation with the Staebler-Wronski effect” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 299-302, 521 (2002). 15. E. Stratakis, E. Spanakis, P. Tzanetakis, S. Guha, J. Yang “Photoinduced stress in hydrogenated amorphous silicon films” Appl. Phys. Lett., 80(10), 1734 (2002).

Polymers 1. K. Chrissopoulou, L. Papoutsakis, S. H. Anastasiadis, G. Fytas, G. Fleischer, and Y. Gallot "Intermediate Wavelength Composition Fluctuations in Diblock Copolymers: Modification of

the Diffusive Mode near the Ordering Transition" Macromolecules 35, 522 (2002). 2. H. Retsos, A. F. Terzis, S. H. Anastasiadis, D. L. Anastassopoulos, C. Toprakcioglu, D. N.

Theodorou, G. S. Smith, A. Menelle, R. E. Gill, G. Hadziioannou, and Y. Gallot “Mushrooms and Brushes in Thin Films of Diblock Copolymer / Homopolymer Mixtures” Macromolecules 35, 1116 (2002). 3. D. Chopra, M. Kontopoulou, D. Vlassopoulos, and S. G. Hatzikiriakos

“Effect of Maleic Anhydride Content on the Rheology and Phase Behavior pf Poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) / Poly(methyl methacrylate) Blends”

Rheol. Acta, 41, 10 (2002). 4. G. Fytas, H. G. Nothofer, U. Scherf, D. Vlassopoulos, and G. Meier

“Structure and Dynamics of Nondilute Polyfluorene Solutions” Macromolecules, 35, 481 (2002).

5. D. Vlassopoulos, T. Pakula, and J. Roovers, “Structure and Dynamics of Irregular Multiarm Star Polymers”, invited article Condensed Matter Physics, 5, 105 (2002). 6. S. Houli, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis, and D. Vlassopoulos “Synthesis and Viscoelastic Properties of Model Dumbbell Copolymers Consisting of a

Polystyrene Connector and Two 32-Arm Star Polybutadienes”,

Macromolecules, 35, 6592 (2002). 7. E. Stiakakis, D. Vlassopoulos, C. N. Likos, J. Roovers, and G. Meier “Polymer-mediated melting in ultrasoft colloidal gels” Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, 208302 (2002). 8. E. Stiakakis, D. Vlassopoulos, B. Loppinet, J. Roovers, and G. Meier “Kinetic Arrest of Crowded Soft Spheres in Solvents of Varying Quality” Phys. Rev. E, 66, 051804 (2002). 9. L. Hilliou and D. Vlassopoulos “Time-Periodic Structures and Instabilities in Shear Thickening Polymer Solutions” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 41, 6246 (2002). 10. B. Loppinet, G. Fytas, G. Petekidis, T. Sato and G. Wegner

“On the origin of the heterogeneous orientation dynamics of semiflexible polymers in solution” The European Phys. Journal E, 8, 461 (2002).

11. M. Doxastakis, K. Chrissopoulou, A. Aouadi, B. Frick, T.P. Lodge, G. Fytas "Segmental Dynamics of Disordered Styrene-Isoprene Tetrablock Copolymers" J. Chem. Phys., 116, 4707 (2002). 12. M. Beiner, G. Fytas, G. Meier and S. Kumar "Strong Isotopic Labeling Effects on the Pressure Dependent Thermodynamics of Model

Blends" J. Chem. Phys., 116, 1185 (2002). 13. P. Holmqvist, S. Pispas, R. Sigel, N. Hadjichristidis, G. Fytas “Dynamic Structure Factor of Diblock Copolymer Solutions in the Disordered State. 2. Effect of Composition Polydispersity” Macromolecules, 35, 3157 (2002). 14*. R. Penciu, M. Kafesaki, G. Fytas, E.N. Economou, W. Steffen, A. Holdingsworth, W.B. Russel

"Phonons In Colloidal Crystals" Europhys. Lett., 58, 699 (2002). 15. R. Sigel, G. Fytas, N. Vainos, S. Pispas, N. Hadjichristidis "Pattern Formation In Homogeneous Induced Polymer Solutions Induced by a Continuous Wave

Visible Laser" Science, 297, 67 (2002).

Theoretical and Condensed Matter Physics

1*. G.E. Froudakis, M. Mühlhäuser, S.C. Farantos, A. Sfounis and M. Velegrakis “Mass Spectra and Structures of Cu+Rgn Clusters (Rg=Ne, Ar)” Chem. Phys., 280, 43, (2002). 2. M. Joyeux, S.C. Farantos and R. Schinke “Highly Excited Motion in Molecules: Sandle-Node Bifurcations and their Fingerprints in

Vibrational Spectra” J. Phys. Chem, 106, 5407 (2002). 3. Rüdiger Siebert, Paul Fleurat-Lessard, R. Schinke, Martina Bittererová and S.C. Farantos “The Vibrational Spectrum of Ozone up to Dissociation Threshold: Dynamics calculations on an

accurate potential energy surface” J. Chem. Phys., 116, 9749 (2002). 4*. S.C. Farantos, E. Filippou, S. Stamatiadis, G.E. Froudakis, M. Mühlhäuser, M. Massauti, A.

Sfounis and M. Velegrakis “Photofragmentation Spectra of Sr+CO Complex: experiment and ab initio calculations”

Chem. Phys.Letters, 366, 231 (2002). 5. E.P. Benis, M. Zamkov, P. Richard, T.J.M. Zouros “Technique for the determination of the 1s2s 3S metastable fraction in two-electron ion beams” Phys. Rev. A, 65, 64701 (2002). 6. M. Zamkov, H. Aliabadi, E.P. Benis, P. Richard, H. Tawara and T.J.M. Zouros “Absolute cross sections and decay rates for the triply excited B2+(2s2p2 2D) resonance in

electron-metastable-ion collisions” Phys. Rev. A, 65, 32705 (2002). 7. M. Zamkov, E.P. Benis, P. Richard and T.J.M. Zouros “Fraction of metastable 1s2s 3S ions in fast He-like beams (Z=5-9) produced in collisions with

carbon foils” Phys. Rev. A,. 65, 62706 (2002). 8. M. Zamkov, E.P. Benis, P. Richard, T.G. Lee and T.J.M. Zouros “Triple electron capture in fast 0.5-1.1 MeV/u C6+ on Ar collisions”

Phys. Rev. A,. 66, 42714 (2002). 9. T.J.M. Zouros and E.P. Benis “The hemispherical deflector analyser revisited. I. Motion in the ideal 1/r potential, generalized

entry conditions, Kepler orbits and spectrometer basic equation” Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 125, 221 (2002). 10. J. Chovan, N. Papanicolaou and S. Komineas “Intermediate phase in the spiral antiferromagnet Ba2CuGe2O7”

Phys. Rev. B 65, 064433 (2002). 11. Y.S. Didosyan, H. Hauser, N. Papanicolaou, G.A. Reider “Investigations of lines in domain walls of yttrium orthoferrite” J. Appl. Phys., 91(10), 7302 (2002). 12. S. Komineas and N. Papanicolaou “Vortex Rings and Lieb Modes in a Cylindrical Bose-Einstein Condensate”

Phys. Rev. Letters, 89(7), 70402 (2002). 13. V. Ntziachristos, J. Ripoll, and R. Weissleder "Would near-infrared fluorescence signals propagate through large human organs for clinical

studies?" Opt. Lett. 27(5), 333 (2002). 14. J. Ripoll, M. Nieto-Vesperinas, R. Weissleder, and V. Ntziachristos "A fast analytical approximation for arbitrary geometries in diffuse optical tomography" Opt. Lett. 27(7), 527 (2002). 15*. R. Penciu, M. Kafesaki, G. Fytas, E.N. Economou, W. Steffen, A. Holdingsworth, W.B. Russel

"Phonons In Colloidal Crystals" Europhys. Lett., 58, 699 (2002).

16. H. Benisty, S. Olivier, C. Weisbuch, M. Agio, M. Kafesaki, C.M. Soukoulis, M. Qiu, M. Swillo, A. Karlsson, B. Jaskorzynska, A. Talneau, J. Moosburger, M. Kamp, A. Forchel, R. Ferrini, R. Houdre, and U. Oesterle “Models and Measurements for the Transmission of Submicron-Width Waveg-uide Bends Defined in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals” IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 38, 770 (2002.)

17. M. Kafesaki, M. Agio and C.M. Soukoulis “Waveguides in finite height two-dimensional photonic crystals” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 19, 2232 (2002).

18. A. Talneau, L. Le Gouezigou, N. Bouadma, M. Kafesaki, C. M. Soukoulis, M. Agio “Photonic-crystal ultrashort bends with improved transmission and low reflection at 1.55 micrometerss” Appl. Phys. Lett., 80, 547 (2002).

19. X. Jiang and C. M. Soukoulis, “Localized random lasing modes and a new path for observing localization,” Phys. Rev. E. 65, 025601(R) (2002).

20. S. Foteinopoulou and C. M. Soukoulis, “Theoretical investigation of 1D cavities in 2D photonic crystals,” IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics 38, 844 (2002). 21. P. Markos and C. M. Soukoulis, “Transmission studies of left-handed materials,” Phys. Rev. B. 65, 033401 (2002). 22. C. M. Soukoulis, X. Jiang, J. Y. Xu and H. Cao, “Dynamic response and relaxation oscillations in random lasers,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 041103(R) (2002). 23. P. Markos and C. M. Soukoulis, “Numerical studies of left-handed materials and arrays of split ring resonators,” Phys. Rev. E 65, 036622 (2002). 24. D. R. Smith, S. Schultz, P. Markos and C. M. Soukoulis, “Determination of permittivity and permeability of metamaterials from scattering data,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 195104 (2002). 25*. N. Katsarakis, M. Bender, L. Singleton, G. Kiriakidis and C. M. Soukoulis, “Two-dimensional metallic photonic band-gap crystals fabricated by LIGA,” Microsystem Technologies 8, 74 (2002). 26. C. M. Soukoulis “The history and a review of the modeling and fabrication of photonic crystals,” Nanotechnology 13, 420 (2002). 27. M. Bayindir, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, P. Markos and C. M. Soukoulis, “Transmission properties of composite metamaterials in free space,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 120 (2002). 28. P. Markos, I. Rousochatzakis and C. M. Soukoulis, “Transmission losses in left-handed materials,” Phys. Rev. E 66, 045601(R) (2002). 29. A. Talneau, Ph. Lalanne, M. Agio and C. M. Soukoulis, “Low reflection photonic crystal taper for efficient coupling between guide sections of arbitrary

widths,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1522 (2002).

30. A.N. Andriotis, G. Mpourmpakis, G. Froudakis and M. Menon

“Stabilization of Si-based cage clusters and nanotubes by encapsulation of transition metal atoms” New Journal of Physics 4, 78 (2002).

31. A.N. Andriotis, M. Menon, D. Srivastava “Transfer matrix approach to quantum conductivity calculations in single-wall carbon nanotubes” J. Chem. Phys. 117(6), 2836 (2002).

32. A.N. Andriotis, M. Menon, D. Srivastava and L. Chernozatonskii “Transport properties of single-wall carbon nanotube Y junctions” Phys. Rev. B. 65, 165416 (2002).

33. M. Menon, A.N. Andriotis and G. Froudakis “Structure and Stability of Ni-Encapsulated Si Nanotube” Nano Letters 2, 302 (2002).

34. C. Tzoumanekas and P. C. Kelires “Theory of bond-length variations in relaxed, strained, and amorphous silicon-germanium alloys” Phys. Rev. B 66, 195209 (2002).

35. Ph. Sonnet and P. C. Kelires “Monte Carlo Studies of Stress Fields and Intermixing in Ge/Si(100) Quantum dots” Phys. Rev. B, 66 205307 (2002).

36. M. Ibanes, J. M. Sancho and G. P. Tsironis “Dynamical properties of discrete breathers in curved chains with first and second neighbor interactions” Phys. Rev. E. 65, 041902 (2002).

37. B. Dey, M. Eleftheriou, S. Flach and G. P. Tsironis “Shape profile of compact-like discrete breathers in nonlinear dispersive lattice systems” Phys. Rev. E., 65, 017601 (2002).

38. G. P. Tsironis, M. Ibanes and J. M. Sancho “Transport of localized vibrational energy in biopolymer models with rigidity” Europhysics Lett., 57, 697 (2002).

39. G.P. Tsironis “An algebraic approach to discrete breather construction” J. Phys. A., 34, 8465 (2002).

40. A. V. Savin, G. P. Tsironis and A. V. Zolotaryuk “Heat condution in one-dimensional systems with hard-point inter-particle interactions”

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 154301 (2002). 41. E. Kiritsis, N. Tetradis and T.N. Tomaras “Induced Gravity of RS Branes” Journal of High En. Phys., 3, 19 (2002). 42. K. Selivanov and T.N. Tomaras “Brane-induced decay of the Kaluza-Klein vacuum” Journal of High En. Phys. 210, 65 (2002).

Invited Chapters in Special Volumes

Laser Interactions, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Applications

1. V. Zafiropulos “Laser ablation in cleaning of artworks” Chapter 8 in Laser Cleaning, Ed. B. Luk’yanchuk (World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey,

London, Hong Kong), pp. 343-392 (2002) 2. B. Luk’yanchuk and V. Zafiropulos “On the Theory of discoloration effect in pigments at Laser cleaning” Chapter 9 in Laser Cleaning, Ed. B. Luk’yanchuk (World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey,

London, Hong Kong), pp. 393-414 (2002) 3. I. Zergioti, G. Koundourakiw, N. Vainos, C. Fotakis “Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT): An approach to single step Microfabrication” Review, chapter 16, “Direct Write Technologies for Rapid Prototyping: Applications, Sensors,

Electronics and Integrated Power Sources”, edited by A. Pique, D.B. Chrisey, Academic Press, 2002 , San Diego, USA.

Microelectronics 1. D. Necoloiu, G. Bartolucci, Konstantinidis G., M. Dragoman, D. Vascilache, R. Marcelli, A.

Muller "Computer aided design of micromachined microwave circuits" in MICROMACHINED MICROWAVE DEVICES AND CIRCUITS of the series MICRO AND NANOENGINEERINGedited by the ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES p.24, (2002).

2. Petrini, A. Muller, S. Iordanescu, F. Giacomozzi, Konstantinidis G., D. Vaschilache, V. Avramescu

"Polyimide membranes on GaAs substrates as support of lumped elements, microphysical characterisation and stress analysis" in MICROMACHINED MICROWAVE DEVICES AND CIRCUITS of the series MICRO AND NANOENGINEERING edited by the ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES p.102, (2002)

Polymers 1. E. P. Giannelis, A. Stasinopoulos, M. Psyllaki, G. Zacharakis, R. Das, D. Anglos, S. H.

Anastasiadis and R.A. Vaia "Random Lasers Based on Organic-Inorganic Hybrids " In “Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials”, R. M. Laine, S. Yang, C. Sanchez, and C. J. Brinker,

Eds., Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 726, p. Q2.2.1-Q2.1.9, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002.

2. D. Vlassopoulos, and S. G. Hatzikiriakos, “Rheology of Partially Miscible Polymer Blends Across the Phase Boundary”, Phase Separation in Polymer Systems: Theory and Applications (P. K. Chan, ed.), Research Signpost, New York ( in press 2002). 3. G. Fytas "Light Scattering from Dense Polymer Systems", in Scattering Encyclopedia, Academic Press, P. Pike, P. Sabatier (Eds), vol. I, Chapter 2.3.5, p. 849-863 (2002).

Theoretical and Condensed Matter Physics 1. Xunya Jiang and C. M. Soukoulis

“Theory and Simulations of Random Lasers,” in Photonic Crystals and Light Localization, ed. by C. M. Soukoulis (Kluwer Publ. 2001) p. 419.

2. C. M. Soukoulis

“3D Photonic Crystals: From Microwaves to Optical Frequencies,” in Photonic Crystals and Light Localization, ed. by C. M. Soukoulis (Kluwer Publ. 2001) p. 25.

3. P.C. Kelires "Amorphous to amorphous phase transitions in elemental group-IV semiconductors", invited article in "New Kinds of Phase Transitions: Transformations in Disordered Substances", NATO Science ARW Series (Kluwer 2002), edited by V. Brazhkin et al., p. 439.

4. P.C. Kelires "Monte Carlo investigations of group-IV alloys containing carbon",

invited chapter in book on "Silicon-Germanium Carbon Alloys: Growth, Properties and Applications", edited by S. T. Pantelides and S. Zollner (Taylor and Francis, 2002), Chapter 7, p. 195.

5. D. Shah, I.A. Bitsanis, U. Natarajan, E. Hackett and E.P. Giannelis

“Polymer Nanocomposites: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polystyrene and Polystyrene-Polyisoprene Block Copolymer Nanocomposites” in “Polymer Nanocomposites”, eds. S. Nutt, R. Vaia, W. Rodgers, G. Hagnauer, G. Beall, MRS Publ. Pp. T1.1.1-T1.1.11 (2002).