UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA - DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

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

Nicolas Papanikolaou

Associate Professor

Office: Φ3-210

Office Tel No: +30-26510-98562

Fax: +30-26510-98693

Ε-mail: nikpap@uoi.gr

Education

· 1977-1979: Ph.D. in Physics, University XI Paris, (ORSAY), France.

· 1976-1977: Masters in Physics (DEA), University XI Paris, (ORSAY), France

· 1971-1976: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Athens, Greece

Career Summary

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

· 1991 - 2001: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina.

· 1983 - 1991: Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina.

· 1977 - 1979: Research Assistant, Center of Studies of Saclay, Paris, France.

Research Interests

· Computational Physics of Condensed Matter.

· First Principles Electronic Structure Calculations for Solids.

· Simulation Methods for Solids and Surfaces, Semi-empirical potentials.

Selected Publications

[1] “Dynamical properties of Au from tight-binding molecular dynamics simulations”, F. Kirchhoff et al., Phys. Rev. B. 63, 195101 (2001).

[2] “Second-moment interatomic potential for Al, Ni and Ni-Al alloys, and molecular dynamics application”, N. I. Papanicolaou et al., Comp. Mat. Sci. 27, 191 (2003).

[3] “Ιnteratomic potential for Pd and molecular dynamics- simulation of diffusion in Pd/Pd(111) system”, N. I. Papanicolaou and D. A. Papaconstantopoulos, Thin Solid Films 428, 40 (2003).

[4] “Second-moment interatomic potential for gold and its application to molecular dynamics simulations”, H. Chamati et al., J. Phys. Condens. Matter 16, 8399 (2004).

[5] “Embedded-atom potential for Fe and its application to self-diffusion on Fe(100)”, H. Chamati et al., Surf. Sci., 600, 1793 (2006).