Papatheodorou George
PROFESSOR EMERITUS and
FORTH Distinguished Member
Tel. : +30 2610-965 270 Email:gpap@iceht.forth.gr
Education:
1969: PhD in Physical Chemistry, Univ. of Chicago, USA
1968: MS in Chemical Physics, Univ. of Chicago, USA
Previous Employment/Occupation:
2002- : FORTH Distinguished Member
1981-2006: Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Patras
1978-1989: Visiting Professor, Chemistry Dept., Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby,
DENMARK
1974-1981: Scientist, Chemical Engineering Division Argonne National Laboratory, USA
1971-1974: Research Associate, The James Franck Institute, Univ. of Chicago, USA
1970-1971: U.S.-AEC Fellow, Ames National Laboratory, USA
1969-1970: Research Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
1964-1969: Research and Teaching Assistant, Univ. of Chicago, USA
Research Activities:
Physical chemistry of inorganic materials. Vibrational / electronic absorption spectroscopy
of high temperature inorganic vapours, molten salts and glasses. Applications of light
scattering spectroscopies.
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Publications:
Over 150 in refereed journal papers.
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Conference Participation:
Over 200 lectures in conferences, member of the organising committee in various
conferences and chairman of the EUCHEM 1990 Conference. Over 50 papers in
Conference proceedings.
Administrative /Science policy Positions:
1981-1984: Vice President, Greek Atomic Energy Commission
1982-1984: Chairman, Dept. of Chem. Eng. Univ. of Patras, GREECE
1984-1986: Member, Senior Scientific Officials of the Council of Europe
1984-1999: Institute Director, FORTH/ICE-HT
1987-1988: Vice President, National Advisory Research Council, Greece
1988-1989: Secretary General for Research and Technology , Greek Ministry of
Development
1988-1989: Member, Group Research, DG-XII, European Union
1989-1995: Deputy Director, FORTH
1987-1990: Member, Scientific Board of the "Democritos" National Research Center
1994-2003: Member, NATO Science Committee
1996-2003:Chairman, Scientific Board of the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Teaching Activities:
25 years of teaching in the Dept. of Chem. Eng., Univ. of Patras: chemical
thermodynamics, physical chemistry, chemical physics. Advisor for 15 Ph.D. students.
Professional Affiliations:
American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Electrochemical Society.
Awards/Honours:
Max Bredig Award -U.S. Electrochemical Society 2002.
FORTH Distinguished Member 2002.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commition Fellow 1970-71.
Reynolds scholarship, Univ. of Chicago 1964.
Selected Publications (2012-1967):
S. N Yannopoulos, A. Siokou, N. Nasikas, V. Dracopoulos, F. Ravani, G. N Papatheodorou
(2012) CO2-Laser-Induced Growth of Epitaxial Graphene on 6H-SiC(0001) Advanced
Functional Materials 22: 113-120
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N K Nasikas, A Chrissanthopoulos, N Bouropoulos, S Sen, G N Papatheodorou (2011)
Silicate Glasses at the Ionic Limit: Alkaline-Earth Sub-Orthosilicates
Chemistry of Materials 23: 16. 3692-97
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A G Kalampounias, S N Yannopoulos, G N Papatheodorou (2006)
Temperature- induced structural changes in glassy, supercooled, and molten silica
from 77 to 2150 K
Journal of Chemical Physics 124: 0145041. 01450415 01
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S N Yannopoulos, G N Papatheodorou (2000)
Critical experimental facts pertaining to models and associated universalities for lowfrequency Raman scattering in inorganic glass formers
Physical Review B 62: 3728
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G M Photiadis, B Borresen, G N Papatheodorou (1998)
Vibrational modes and structures of lanthanide halide-alkali halide binary melts:
LnBr3-KBr(Ln= La, Nd, Gd) and NdCl3-ACl(A = Li, Na, K, Cs)
J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 94: 2605
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M Bachtler, W Freyland, G Voyiatzis, G N Papatheodorou (1995)
Electrochemical and simultaneous spectroscopic study of reduction-mechanism and
electronic conduction during electrodeposition of tantalum in molten alkali chlorides
Berichte der Bunsen-Gesellschaft-Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 99: 21
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S Boghosian, G N Papatheodorou (1989)
Evaluation of Stolchiometric Coefficients and Thermodynamic Functions of Vapor
Complexes Using Raman Spectroscopy: The Systems ZrX4-AlX3(X = Br, CI)
Journal of Physical Chemistry 93: 415
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G N Papatheodorou, R W Berg (1980)
Laser-induced fluorescence of high-temperature vapor complexes of ErCl3 with AlCl3,
GaCl3, AND lnCl3
Chemical Physlcs Letters 75: 487.
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G N Papatheodorou (1977)
Raman spectroscopic studies of yttrium(III) chloride-alkali metal chloride melts and of
Cs2NaYCl6 and YCl3 solid compounds
Journal of Chemical Physics 66: 2893
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G N Papatheodorou (1973)
A spectrophotometric study of the paladium(II) chloride - aluminum chloride vapor
complex
Journal of Physical Chemistry 77: 472
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G N Papatheodorou, O J Kleppa (1967)
Enthalpies of mixing of some binary alkaline-earth chlorides
Journal of Chemical Physics 47: 2014
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