FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY – HELLAS

The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) is the largest and most prestigious research center in Greece with well-organized facilities and highly qualified personnel. It consists of eight research Institutes located throughout Greece. Over the years, FORTH has become one of the top European research centers, conducting specialized scientific research in strategic high-added value sectors, focusing on interdisciplinary research and development (R&D) activities in areas of major scientific, societal and economic interest, such as: Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Precision Medicine, Systems Biology, Robotics, Telecommunications, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Chemical Engineering Sciences, Energy, Environment, Human and Social Sciences, Astrophysics and Astronomy.

FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY – HELLAS

The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) is the largest and most prestigious research center in Greece with well-organized facilities and highly qualified personnel. It consists of eight research Institutes located throughout Greece. Over the years, FORTH has become one of the top European research centers, conducting specialized scientific research in strategic high-added value sectors, focusing on interdisciplinary research and development (R&D) activities in areas of major scientific, societal and economic interest, such as: Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Precision Medicine, Systems Biology, Robotics, Telecommunications, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Chemical Engineering Sciences, Energy, Environment, Human and Social Sciences, Astrophysics and Astronomy.

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER (IESL)

The Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of FORTH hosts a variety of research activities that span across Physics, Chemistry and Materials Science. Since its foundation in 1983, IESL has established a strong international presence and occupies a distinct position in the international scientific map in the areas of Laser Science and Photonics, Polymer Science and Soft Matter, Micro/nano-electronics, Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, always aiming at performing high quality both fundamental and applied research in the scientific areas it targets. Polymer Electronics constitutes one of the research directions within IESL, led by Dr. Eleni Pavlopoulou. The team’s research focuses on the development of functional electroactive polymers and their integration in energy harvesting devices. Our expertise integrates materials design, processing, physical characterizations, device fabrication and performance characterizations.

PIs involved in HyPhOE

Dr. Eleni Pavlopoulou is a physicist holding a PhD in polymer physics from the University of Crete, Greece (2009). She did a post-doc at Princeton University, USA, in the group of Prof. Y.-L. (Lynn) Loo where she was introduced in organic electronics. In 2011 she was awarded a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship and she joined Prof. Hadziioannou’s group in Bordeaux. From September 2013 until August 2020 she was an Assistant Professor at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique of the Polytechnique Institute of Bordeaux (ENSCBP – Bordeaux INP), carrying out her research at the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO). On September 2020 she moved back to Greece and FORTH, where she holds an Assistant Researcher position at the Institute for Electronic Structure and Laser of FORTH. She is specialized in materials physical characterizations (structural, optical, electronic, electrical, etc.), as well as in device fabrication and performance characterization. Her current scientific interests are related to polymer-based devices for energy harvesting, such as photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, piezoelectric generators, etc.

Daniel Simon, Associate Professor Daniel T. Simon received his BSc in Physics in 2000 from the Univ. of Georgia, Athens (USA). In 2001, he began his graduate studies in Physics at the Univ. of California, Santa Cruz …read more

Magnus Berggren received his MSc in Physics in 1991 and graduated as PhD (Thesis: Organic Light Emitting Diodes) in Applied Physics in 1996, both degrees from Linköping University. He then joined Bell Laboratories …Read More

Sara Strömberg obtained her doctorate in Medicine at Uppsala University, Sweden, in 2008. Dr. Strömberg is working at the LiU Grants Office as research coordinator and manager for EU projects. She has experience …Read More

List of Relevant Publications

1. Thiophene-Based Trimers for In Vivo Electronic Functionalization of Tissues. D. Mantione et al. ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2(12) 2020, 4065–4071, DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.0c00861
2. Thiophene-Based Aldehyde Derivatives for Functionalizable and Adhesive Semiconducting Polymers. E Istif et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12 (2020) 8695-8703
3. Morphology of a self-doped conducting oligomer for green energy applications. JF Franco-Gonzalez et al. Nanoscale 9 (2017) 13717-13724
4. Unraveling vertical inhomogeneity in vapour phase polymerized PEDOT:Tos films. S Chen et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0TA06031C
5. Vapor phase synthesized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-trifluoromethanesulfonate as a transparent conductor material. R. Brooke et al. J. Mater. Chem. A 6 (2018) 21304-21312