Periklis Papadopoulos

Available facilities

In the lab of G. Floudas (Dept. of Physics).

• Dielectric Spectrometers (Novocontrol)
• Rheometer
• Zeiss Microscope with Linkam heating stage

Experimental techniques

Confocal microscopy

Confocal microscopy gives 3D images of with submicrometer resolution. Samples are most commonly fluorecently labeled. In collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research we study wetting of structured surfaces with a Leica SP8.

Recommended Literature - Tutorials

• Olympus website
• Nikon website
• Detailed book, explaining all parts of a confocal microscope, with numerous examples: "Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy" Editors: Pawley, James (Ed.)

Infrared Spectroscopy

Infrared spectroscopy and the other types of vibrational spectroscopy give information about molecular structure and order.

• Wikipedia article
• One of the best books in the field, for quantitative measurements: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry, 2nd Edition, Peter R. Griffiths, James A. De Haseth
• Interpretation of spectra: Infrared and Raman Characteristic Group Frequencies: Tables and Charts, 3rd Edition, George Socrates

Dielectric Spectroscopy

Ideal tool to study relaxation processes. Sensitive to confinement, phase mixing, phase transitions.

• Wikipedia article
• THE reference book: "Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy" Editors: F. Kremer, A. Schonhals

Software

For image processing, in particular for confocal microscopy.

• ImageJ, a public domain Java image processing program.
• FIJI, a "batteries-included" distribution of ImageJ.