Emer. Prof. Theodoros Karakostas

Emer. Prof. Theodoros Karakostas

 

Address: Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel: +30 2310 99 8061
Fax: +30 2310 99 8589
e-mail: karakost@auth.gr

 

 

 

Personal Data: Born in Thessaloniki, Greek Citizenship, Married.
Academic Degrees: Habilitation in Physics (1981), Doctorate in Physics (1975), MSc in Radioelectronics (1972), BSc in Physics (1968)

Academic Activities:
Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students
Author of text books and other educational material
Supervisor of PhD students
Member of the Organizing Committee of National and International Workshops and Conferences
Member of numerous Academic Committees

Research Activities:

Solid State Physics & Materials Science,
Electron Microscopy
Interfaces and Interfacial Defects
Vitrification of solid industrial wastes
Scientist in charge of 14 National and International Research projects
Participated in 7 National and European Research and Development projects

Publications:

More than 160 peer-reviewed papers in international scientific journals
More than 120 proceedings papers of international conferences and workshops
4 book chapters and review papers
1 Internet invited review paper
Guest editor of international scientific volumes

Selected Publications:

• On the applicability of elastic model to very thin crystalline layers
  Jurczak, G., Maździarz, M., Dłuzewski, P., Dimitrakopulos, G.P., Komninou, P., Karakostas, T.
  IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1190, 012017 (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)
• Strain and elastic constants of GaN and InN
  Soumelidou, M.-M., Belabbas, I., Kioseoglou, J., Komninou, P., Chen, J., Karakostas, T.
  Computational Condensed Matter 10, pp. 25-30 (2017)
• Ordered structures in III-Nitride ternary alloys
  Th. Pavloudis, J. Kioseoglou, Th. Karakostas, Ph. Komninou
• Computational Materials Science 118, 22 (2016)
• Incineration of tannery sludge under oxic and anoxic conditions: Study of chromium speciation
  P. Kavouras, E. Pantazopoulou, S. Varitis, G. Vourlias, K. Chrissafis, G.P. Dimitrakopulos, M. Mitrakas, A.I. Zouboulis, Th. Karakostas, A. Xenidis
  Journal of Hazardous Materials 283, 672 (2015)
• 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)
• Screw threading dislocations in AlN: Structural and electronic properties of In and O doped material
  J. Kioseoglou, E. Kalesaki, I. Belabbas, J. Chen, G. Nouet, H. Kirmse, W. Neumann, Ph. Komninou, and Th. Karakostas
  J. Appl. Phys. 110, 053715 (2011)
• 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)
• Direct comparison of catalyst-free and catalyst-induced GaN nanowires
  C. Cheze, L. Geelhaar, O. Brandt, W. M. Weber, H. Riechert, S. Munch, R. Rothemund, S. Reitzenstein, A. Forchel, T. Kehagias, P. Komninou, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, and T. Karakostas
  Nano Research 3, 528 (2010)
• Indium migration paths in V-defects of InAlN grown by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy
  Th. Kehagias, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, J. Kioseoglou, H. Kirmse, C. Giesen, M. Heuken, A. Georgakilas, W. Neumann, Th. Karakostas, and Ph. Komninou
  Applied Physics Letters 95, 071905 (2009)
• Dislocation core investigation by Geometric Phase Analysis and the Dislocation Density Tensor
  J. Kioseoglou, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, Ph. Komninou, Th. Karakostas and E C Aifantis
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 1 (2008)
• Effect of ion implantation on the mechanical behavior of GaN films
  P. Kavouras, Ph. Komninou, Th. Karakostas
  Thin Solid Films 515, 3011 (2007)