Prof. Philomela Komninou

Group Leader – Prof. Philomela Komninou

Director of Electron Microscopy Laboratory – Department of Physics AUTh
President of the Hellenic Microcopy Society

Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece,
Tel: +30 2310998195
Fax: +30 2310994314
e-mail:komnhnoy@auth.gr
Short CV can be found here

 

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Personal Data: Born in Thessaloniki, Greek Citizenship, Married with two children
Degrees: Ph.D in Physics (1987), MSc in Radioelectronics (1982), BSc in Physics (1979)

Research Fields: Materials Science –Solid State Physics – Electron Microscopy

Research Expertise:
Structural, electronic and mechanical properties of materials and correlation with the physical properties, using advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and  Scanning/Transmission (STEM) techniques including quantitative high resolution TEM (qHRTEM), high-angle annular dark field (HAADF or else Z-contrast)) imaging, atomic scale chemical analysis (EDXS) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) combined with simulations and theoretical modeling.

Research Activities:
Microstructure,  interfacial properties, structural defects, local strain fields and chemical composition at the nanoscale in a variety of advanced materials systems in the form of thin films, low-dimensional multilayered heterostructures (1D, 2D, 3D), quantum structures, nanoparticles, vitreous and glass ceramics, composite materials

Materials investigated:

• III-V compound semiconductors
• Polycrystalline Silicon for solar cells
• Si under stress/Si/SiGe multilayer structures
• Metals of cubic and hexagonal symmetry
• Metallic alloys
• Magnetic multilayers
• Biomaterials
• Hybrid materials
• Amorphous metallic glasses
• Glassy and glass-ceramics as products of vitrification and stabilization of toxic industrial waste

Academic Activities:

• Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Supervisor of PhD and MSc theses.
• Author of educational material.
• Member of the organizing committees of international and national scientific conferences, symposia and events.
• Invited speaker in international and national scientific conferences and events
• Referee in international scientific peer-reviewed journals.
• Evaluator of research and development proposals.
• Member of numerous Scientific Societies.
• Member of the National Committee for the configuration of the Greek positions in FP7 and for the “Development of the National Action Plan for the Mobility of Researchers”.
• FP7: National expert in the “PEOPLE” program committee.
• FP6: National delegate in the “RESEARCH AND INNOVATION” program committee
• Participation in National – European and Development Programs
• Coordinator and Scientist in charge of more than 20 National, bilateral and EC funded research projects.

Projects:

• 2023-2025: Novel 3D heterogeneous integration for future miniaturized power RF Transceiver front ends” (POWERPACK), EU Programmes 2021-2027, EDF-European Defence Fund Action
• 2020-2022: KYDA 2020, IKY, Programme for the promotion of the exchange and scientific cooperation between Greece and Germany
  Strain Tuning of III-V Semiconductor Nanowires (TUNE)
• 2018-2020: FEG TEM/STEM, of Axis: Ax01 – Strengthening research, technological development and innovation – EYDEP. REGION OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA
  TRANSMISSION-SCANNING/TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE WITH FIELD EMISSION GUN ELECTRON SOURCE
• 2018-2020: “ΕΙΝSΤΕΙΝ”, of the Nationwide Action “Bilateral R&T Cooperation between Greece and Russia” under the Operational Program “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EPANEK)
  Experimental and theoretical studies of physical properties of low dimensional quantum nanoelectronic systems
• 2018-2020:“INNOVATION-EL” project implemented under the Action “Reinforcement of the Research and Innovation Infrastructure”, funded by the Operational Programme “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” (NSRF 2014-2020) and co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)
• 2014-2015: ARISTEIA II Program, “Education and Lifelong Learning”, National Strategic Reference Framework
  Nanowire Innovative Light Emitting Devices and Solar Cells “NILES”.
• 2012 – 2015: Thales Program, “Education and Lifelong Learning”, National Strategic Reference Framework
  Development of an integrated methodology for the management, treatment and valorisation of hazardous waste “WasteVal”
• 2012 – 2015: Thales Program, “Education and Lifelong Learning”, National Strategic Reference Framework
  Spontaneous growth, properties and devices of III-V semiconductor nanowires “NanoWIRE”
• 2011 – 2013: GSRΤ, Joint Research and Technology programs Greece – Czech Republic
  III-V semiconductor heterostructures/nanostructures towards innovative electronic and photonic applications
• 2008 – 2011: Scientist in charge as a participating contractor. ISΤ- Collaborative Project-EU “DOTSENSE”
  Group III nitride quantum dots as optical transducers for chemical sensors
• 2007 – 2009: Coordinator. IDEAS/European Space Agency
  Multi-functional thin film coatings based on Nano-structured metallic glasses and COmposites for SpAce applications
• 2005 – 2009: Coordinator. Marie Curie Research Training Network (MCRTN), Contract MRTN-CT-2004-005583 of the EU, “PARSEM”
  Interfacial Phenomena at Atomic Resolution and multiscale properties of novel III-V SEMiconductors
• 2005 – 2008: Scientist in charge as a participating contractor IST Contract No 006903, “ULTRAGAN”
  InAlN/(In)GaN Heterostructure Technology for Ultra-high Power Microwave Transistor
• 2005 – 2007: Scientist in charge. Scientific and technological cooperation between RTD organizations in Greece and RTD organizations in USA (GGΕΤ)
  Process-induced strain modification in strained silicon layers and influence on device performance
• 2005 – 2007: Scientist in charge. “Pithagoras ΙΙ” EPΕΑΕΚ (IPEPTH)
  Nanostructured metallic glasses for thermomechanical applications in hostile evnironments
• 2005 – 2007: Scientist in charge. “Pithagoras ΙΙ” ΕPΕΑΕΚ (IPΕPTH)
  Growth and study of silicon films for the manufacturing of microelectronic devices of high performance in large surfaces

Achievements:

• More than 240 peer-reviewed papers in International scientific Journals
• More than 150 proceedings papers of international conferences and workshops
• 35 invited talks in International Conferences and Workshops
• 127 proceedings papers of national conferences and Workshops
• 5 book chapters and review papers
• 1 Internet invited review paper
• Guest editor of 7 international scientific volumes

Selected Invited Talks:

• Transmission Electron Microscopy of Nanomaterials, NANOTEXNOLOGY 2021, 18^th  Int. Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies,  Thessaloniki, Greece 2021
• Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy of Nanostructured Materials, Shechtman –Suresh Convocation & Honorary Symposium, AUTh, Thessaloniki, Greece 2018
• Nanostructures and Intefaces in Epitaxial III-Nitride Semiconductors, III-Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2016
• Fundamental Differences between Traditional III-V Compounds and Nitride Semiconductors, ICNS-11 -2015 Beijing, China
• Heterostructured nanostructures in compound semiconductors, Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials (MSM-XIX) 2015, Cambridge, UK
• Standardization, Metrology & Characterization of Nanomaterials, 5th International Conference NANOCON 2013”, 2013, Brno, Czech Republic
• Extended Defects in Nitrides, Gordon Research Conferences – Defects in Semiconductors, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, USA 2012
• Bridging atomic structure with properties in III-Nitride heterostructures, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA 2012

Selected Latest Publications:

• Energetics of Interfaces and Strain Partition in GaN/AlN Pseudomorphic Superlattices
  Karakostas, T., Komninou, P., Pontikis, V.
  Crystals, 13(8), 1272 (2023)
  

• HRTEM study of microstructure-coercivity relatihttps://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004551007onship in perpendicular Co₂₅Pd₇₅ thin films
  Ph. Komninou, Ilias M. Oikonomou, B.D. Clark, J.B. Abugri, K. E. Tippey, P.B. Visscher, Subhadra Gupta
  J. of Magn. and Magnetic Materials 529, 167816 (2021)
• Understanding the Role of Defects in Silicon Nitride-Based Resistive Switching Memories through Oxygen Doping
  N. Vasileiadis, N., Karakolis, P., Mandylas, P., Ioannou-Sougleridis V., Normand P., Perego M., Komninou Ph., Ntinas V., Fyrigos I.-A. , Karafyllidis I. Sirakoulis, G.C., Dimitrakis P.
  IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology,  20, pp. 356–364, 9403953 (2021)
• Probing the structural role of Cr in stabilized tannery wastes with X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
  F. Pinakidou, M. Katsikini, S. Varitis, Ph. Komninou, G. Schuck, E.C. Paloura
  Journal of Hazardous Materials 402, 123734 (2021)
• The heterogeneous nucleation of threading dislocations on partial dislocations in III-nitride epilayers
  Smalc-Koziorοwska, J., Moneta, J., Chatzopoulou, P., Vasileiadis, I.G., Bazioti, C., Prytz, Ø., Belabbas, I., Komninou, P., Dimitrakopulos, G.P
  Nature Scientific Reports.10, 17371 (2020)
• Strong suppression of In desorption from InGaN QW by improved technology of upper InGaN/GaN QW interface
  Hubáček, T., Hospodková, A., Oswald, J., Kuldová, K., Pangrác, J., Zíková, M., Hájek, F., Dominec, F., Florini, N., Komninou, P., Ledoux, G., Dujardin, C.
  Journal of Crystal Growth, 507, 310 (2019)
• Compositional and strain analysis of In(Ga)N/GaN short period superlattices
  G.P. Dimitrakopulos, I.G Vasileiadis, C. Bazioti, J. Smalc-Koziorowska, S. Kret, E. Dimakis, N. Florini, T. Kehagias, T. Suski, T. Karakostas, T.D. Moustakas, P. Komninou
  J. Appl. Phys. 123, 024304 (2018)
• Vitrification of incinerated tannery sludge in silicate matrices for chromium stabilization
  S. Varitis, P. Kavouras, E. Pavlidou, E. Pantazopoulou, G. Vourlias, K. Chrissafis, A.I. Zouboulis,Th. Karakostas, Ph. Komninou
  Waste Management 59, 237 (2017)
• Ordered structures in III-Nitride ternary alloys
  Th. Pavloudis, J. Kioseoglou, Th. Karakostas, Ph. Komninou
  Computational Materials Science 118, 22 (2016)
• Energetic, structural and electronic properties of metal vacancies in strained AlN/GaN interfaces
  J. Kioseoglou, V. Pontikis, Ph. Komninou, Th. Pavloudis, J. Chen and Th. Karakostas
  J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27, 125006 (2015)
• MOVPE prepared InAs/GaAs quantum dots covered by GaAsSb layer with long wavelength emission at 1.8 µm
  Markéta Zíková, Alice Hospodková, Jiří Pangrác, Jiří Oswald, Pavel Krčil, Eduard Hulicius, Philomela Komninou, Joseph Kioseoglou
  J. Crystal Growth 414, 167 (2015)
• High quality large area MoSe2 and MoSe2/Bi2Se3 heterostructures on AlN(0001)/Si(111) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy
  Evangelia Xenogiannopoulou, Polychronis Tsipas, Kleopatra E. Aretouli, Dimitra Tsoutsou, Sigiava A. Giamini, Calliope Bazioti, George Dimitrakopulos, Philomela Komninou, Steven Brems, Cedric Hughebaert, Iuliana P. Radu and Athanasios Dimoulas
  Nanoscale 7, 7896 (2015)
• Transport properties of metal–semiconductor junctions on n-type InP prepared by electrophoretic deposition of Pt nanoparticles
  R. Yatskiv, J. Grym, V.V. Brus, O. Cernohorsky, P.D. Maryanchuk, C. Bazioti, G.P. Dimitrakopulos and Ph. Komninou
  Semicond. Sci. Technol. 29, 045017 (2014)
• Thermal oxidation and facet-formation mechanisms of Si nanowires
  J. Kioseoglou, Ph. Komninou and M. Zervos
  Phys. Status Solidi RRL DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201308280 (2014)
• Nanostructure and strain in InGaN/GaN superlattices grown in GaN nanowires
  Th. Kehagias, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, P. Becker, J. Kioseoglou, F. Furtmayr, T. Koukoula, I. Häusler, A. Chernikov, S. Chatterjee, Th. Karakostas, H.-M. Solowan, U. T. Schwarz, M. Eickhoff and Ph. Komninou
  Nanotechnology 24, 435702 (2013)
• Optical properties of GaN-based nanowires containing a single Al0.14Ga0.86N/GaN quantum disc
  G. Jacopin, L. Rigutti, J. Teubert, F. H. Julien, F. Furtmayr, Ph. Komninou, Th. Kehagias, M. Eickhoff and M. Tchernycheva
  Nanotechnology 24, 125201 (2013)
• Optical Encoding by Plasmon-Based Patterning: Hard and Inorganic Materials Become Photosensitive
  A. Siozios, D. C. Koutsogeorgis, E. Lidorikis, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, Th. Kehagias, H. Zoubos, Ph. Komninou, W. M. Cranton, C. Kosmidis and P. Patsalas
  Nanoletters 12, 259 (2012)
• Properties of GaN Nanowires grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  C. Chèze, B. Jenichen, O. Brandt, C. Pfüller, St. Münch, R. Rothemund, St. Reitzenstein, A. Forchel, Th. Kehagias, Ph. Komninou, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, Th. Karakostas, L. Lari, P. Chalker,M. Gass, H. Riechert and L. Geelhaar
  IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electr. 17, 878 (2011)
• Improved luminescence and thermal stability of semipolar (11-22) InGaN quantum dots
  A.Das, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, Y. Kotsar, A. Lotsari, Th. Kehagias, Ph. Komninou and E. Monroy
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 201911 (2011)