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Education

Degree: PhD
Year: 1998
Institution: National Technical University of Athens, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology

Degree: B.S.
Year: 1992
Institution: University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry

Dimitrios Gournis

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Contact Information

Tel.: +30-26510 07141
e-mail: Personal/Dept/Lab URL/: http://www.materials.uoi.gr/ccl/LNM-About.html

Research topics (related to the Institute)

Environmental technologies: production and storage of energy, catalytic technologies and processes, environmental remediation

Research summary

Chemistry of phyllomorphous (2D) materials [in particular inorganic layered structures, clay-based materials (clays, pillared clays, organo-clays, LDHs), carbon layered structures, TMDs, germanane etc], carbon nanostructures [carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, graphene, graphite oxide, carbon dots, molecular diamonds], hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites, mesoporous materials, metallic (magnetic or semiconducting) nanoparticles and biocatalysts.

Professional background

05/14-todayFull Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece
10/09-05/14 Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece
09/08-02/09 Visiting Professor, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen (RuG), the Netherlands
04/05-10/09 Assistant Professor (tenure), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece
11/04-05/05 Research Associate, Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen (RuG), the Netherlands
11/99-05/04 Assistant Professor (fixed term contract), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece
03/99-02/00 Postdoctoral research associate, Institute of Materials Science NCSR “Demokritos”, Greece.

Recent relevant publications/patents

1. F Yan, K. Spyrou, E. Thomou, S. Kumar, H. Cao, M. C. A. Stuart, Y. Pei, D. Gournis and P. Rudolf. Smectite clay pillared with copper complexed polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane for adsorption of chloridazon and its metabolites. Environmental Science: Nano (2020) Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 424-436.

2. F. Yan, S. Kumar, K. Spyrou, A. Syari'ati, O. De Luca, E. Thomou, E. M. Alfonsín, D. Gournis and P. Rudolf. Highly efficient remediation of chloridazon and its metabolites: the case of graphene oxide nanoplatelets. ACS ES&T Water (2020) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.0c00037

3. T. Giousis, G. Potsi, A. Kouloumpis, K. Spyrou, Y. Georgantas, N. Chalmpes, K. Dimos, M.-K. Antoniou, G. Papavassiliou, A. B. Bourlinos, H. J. Kim, V. K. S. Wadi, S. Alhassan, M. Ahmadi, B. J. Kooi, G. Blake, D. M. Balazs, M. A. Loi, D. Gournis and P. Rudolf. Synthesis of 2D germanane (GeH): a new, fast and facile approach. Angewandte Chemie- International Edition (2020) https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202010404

4. G. Botzolaki, G. Goula, A. Rontogianni, E. Nikolaraki, Ν. Chalmpes, P. Zygouri, M. Karakassides, D. Gournis, N.D. Charisiou, M.A. Goula,S. Papadopoulos and I.V. Yentekakis. CO2 methanation on supported Rh nanoparticles: The combined effect of support oxygen storage capacity and Rh particle size. Catalysts (2020) Vol. 10, No. 8, article 944

5. P. Zygouri*, K. Spyrou, E. Mitsari, M. Barrio, R. Macovez, M. Patila, H. Stamatis, I. I. Verginadis, A. P. Velalopoulou, A. M. Evangelou, Z. Sideratou, D. Gournis and Petra Rudolf. A facile approach to hydrophilic oxidized fullerenes and their derivatives as cytotoxic agents and supports for nanobiocatalytic systems. Scientific Reports (2020) Vol. 10, article 8244.

6. K. Spyrou, G. Potsi, E. K. Diamanti, X. Ke, E. Serestatidou, I. I. Verginadis, A. P. Velalopoulou, A. M. Evangelou, Y. Deligiannakis, G. Van Tendeloo, D. Gournis and P. Rudolf. Towards novel multi-functional pillared nanostructures: effective intercalation of adamantylamine in graphene oxide and smectite clays. Advanced Functional Materials (2014) Vol. 24, p. 5841-50

7. G. N. Kalantzopoulos, A. Enotiadis, E. Maccallini, M. Antoniou, K. Dimos, A. Policicchio, E. Klontzas, E. Tylanakis, V. Binas, P.N. Trikalitis, R.G. Agostino, D. Gournis and G. Froudakis*. Hydrogen Storage in Ordered and Disordered Phenylene-bridged Nanoporous Organosilicas. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2014) Vol. 39, No. 5, p. 2104-2114.

8. Enotiadis, K. Angjeli, N. Baldino, N. Isabella, and D. Gournis. Graphene-based Nafion nanocomposite membranes: Enhanced proton transport and water retention by novel organo-functionalized graphene oxide nanosheets. Small (2012) Vol. 8, No. 21, p. 3338-3349

9. N. Isabella, A. Enotiadis, K. Angjeli, L. Coppola, G. Ranieri, and D. Gournis. Effective Improvement of Water-Retention in Nanocomposite Membranes using Novel Organo-Modified Clays as Fillers for High Temperature PEMFCs. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. (2011) Vol. 115, p. 9087-97

10.P. Stathi, K. Litina, D. Gournis, T. Giannopoulos and Y. Deligiannakis*. Physicochemical study of novel organoclays as heavy metal ion adsorbents for environmental remediation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. (2007) Vol. 316, No. 2, p. 298-309

Author of 176 international publications in peer reviewed journals (Total Impact Factor, ΣΙF= 920.7 and Mean Impact Factor, IF/paper = 5.3) acknowledged with more than 7800 citations (>6700 without self-citations) and h-index 44 (Google Scholar, 11/2020)

Recent Research projects / grants (last 5 years)

(i) Research-Create-Innovate II (2020-2023) “Design and develpopment of a sweat-based glucose monitoring graphene nanodevice (closed-loop) with controlled transdermal nanoemulsion release for hypoglycemic drug delivery” 150,080 € (ii) Inter. Res. Grant –Petroleum Institute, UAE (2016-2020) " Novel, Highly Selective Nanocomposite Adsorbents for High Capacity CO2 Capture from Tail Gas and Cost-Effective Regeneration for EOR Use", 160,000 US$ (ADNOC- U.A.E.); (iii) Research-Create-Innovate (2018-2021) “A novel process for the efficient and eco-friendly valorization of biogas and CO2 emissions: complete conversion to ethylene” 235,000 €; (iv) Research-Create-Innovate (2018-2021) “Production of innovative higch enercy efficiency pipes for underfloor heating-cooling systems” 58,950.10 €; (v) Research-Create-Innovate (2018-2021) “Self-healing and self-sensing nano-composite conservation mortars” 130,406 €; (vi) Research-Create-Innovate II (2020-2023) “Development and pilot scale demonstration of an innovative, effective and eco-friendly process for the production of clean hydrogen and electrical power generation from biogas” 102,000 €; (vii) Research-Create-Innovate II (2020-2023) “Advanced energy upgrading building components containing phase change composite and/or ceramic foams with electromagnetic shielding properties” 240,000 €. (vii) Special Actions: Industrial Materials (2020-2023) “Advanced aluminosilicate and magnesia refractories of high efficiency using nanotechnology” 260,000 k€; (ix) Inter. Res. Grant –P.I., UAE (2015-2018)"Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNPs) for Reservoir Characterization" (MNPs), 402,000 US$.