UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA - DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

DIVISION OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS and the PHYSICS OF MATERIALS & SURFACES

George Floudas

Professor

Office: Φ3-209

Laboratory: Φ3-208

Office Tel No: +30-26510-98564

Lab Tel No: +30-26510-98561

Fax: +30-26510-98693

Ε-mail: gfloudas@cc.uoi.gr

Education

· 1987-1990: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Crete.

· 1983-1985: Masters in Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York.

· 1979-1983: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Thessaloniki.

Career Summary

· 2006-today: Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina.

· 2001-2006: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina.

· 1994-2001: Senior Researcher FORTH-IESL, Crete.

· 1992-1994: Researcher Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.

· 1991-1992: Post-doctoral Researcher, Imperial College, Department of Chemical Engineering, UK.

Research Interests

· Predicting structure - property relationships in “soft” materials

· Polymer Physics - Biophysics

· Dielectric spectroscopy, Scattering techniques

Selected Publications

[1] G. Floudas et al., “The role of temperature and density on the glass-transition dynamics of glass-formers”, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 074905, 2006.

[2] M. M. Elmahdy et al., “Self-assembly and molecular dynamics of oligo-indenofluorenes”, Chem. Phys. Chem. 7, 1431, 2006.

[3] M. M. Elmahdy et al., “Effect of confinement on polymer segmental motion and ion mobility in PEO/layered-silicate nanocomposites” , Macromolecules (Communication) 39, 5170, 2006.

[4] P. Papadopoulos et al., “Thermodynamic confinement and α-helix persistence length in poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate)-b-poly(dimethylsiloxane)-b-poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) triblock copolymers”, Biomacromolecules 7, 618, 2006.

[5] A. Gitsas et al., “Self-assembly of pODMA-b-PtBA-b-PODMA triblock copolymers in bulk and on surfaces. A quantitative SAXS/AFM comparison”, Langmuir 21, 9721, 2005.