Δημοσιεύσεις Έτους 2023

S. Papaioannou*, A. Hein, M. Amenta, V. Kilikoglou, D. Gournis and I. Karatasios. Simulation and experimental studies of self-healing capacity in cement mortars incorporating cement-based capsules. Cement and Concrete Composites (2023) Vol. 136, article 104859 (p.p. 17). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2022.104859

C. Alatzoglou, M. Patila*, A. Giannakopoulou, K. Spyrou, F. Yan, W. Li, N. Chalmpes, A. C. Polydera, P. Rudolf, D. Gournis* and H. Stamatis*. Development of a Multi-Enzymatic Biocatalytic System through Immobilization on High Quality Few-Layer bio-Graphene. Nanomaterials (2023) Vol. 13, No. 1, article 127 (p.p. 14) (+Support. Info.) [Special Issue ‘Nanocatalysis for Environmental Protection, Energy, and Green Chemistry’]. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13010127

A. Koutsioukis, G. Florakis, S. Samartzis, S. N. Yiannopoulos, M. Stavrou, D. Theodoropoulou, N. Chazapis, S. Couris, A. Kolokythas-Ntoukas, G. Asimakopoulos, D. P. Gournis, V. Tzitzios, H. Sakelis, S. Kokalas and V. Georgakilas*. Green Synthesis of Ultrathin 2D Nanoplatelets, Hematene and Magnetene, from Mineral Ores in Water, with Strong Optical Limiting Performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2023) Vol. 11, No. 9, p. 3244-3251. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC04524A

 P. Zygouri, A. M. Athinodorou, K. Spyrou*, Y. V. Simos, M. Subrati, G. Asimakopoulos, K. C. Vasilopoulos, P. Vezyraki, D. Peschos, K. Tsamis, D. P. Gournis*. Oxidized-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Non-toxic Nanocarriers for Hydroxytyrosol Delivery in Cells. Nanomaterials (2023) Vol. 13, No. 4, article 714 (p.p. 17) [Special Issue ‘Development of Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications’].  https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13040714

E. Papanikolaou*, Y. V. Simos*, K. Spyrou, M. Patila, C. Alatzoglou, K. Tsamis, P. Vezyraki, H. Stamatis, D. P. Gournis, D. Peschos and E. Dounousi. Does Green Exfoliation of Graphene Produce More Biocompatible Structures? Pharmaceutics (2023) Vol. 15, No. 3, article 993 (p.p. 15). https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15030993

I. V. Yentekakis*, D. P. Gournis and M. A. Karakassides. Nanomaterials in Catalysis Applications. Catalysts (2023), Vol. 13, No. 3, article 627 (p.p. 5) (Editorial of Research Topic “Nanomaterials in Catalysis Applications”). https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13030627

T. Giousis, S. Fang, M. Miola, S. Li, A. Lazanas, M. Prodromidis, E. K. Tekelenburg, D. Moschovas, M. A. Loi, P. Rudolf*, D. Gournis and P. P. Pescarmona*. Germanane and butyl-functionalized germanane as visible-light photocatalysts for the degradation of water pollutants. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2023) Vol. 11, No. 3, article 109784 (p.p. 12) (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.109784

M. G. Bellou, M. Patila, R. Fotiadou, K. Spyrou, F. Yan, P. Rudolf, D. P. Gournis and H. Stamatis*. Tyrosinase Magnetic Cross-Linked Enzyme Aggregates: Biocatalytic Study in Deep Eutectic Solvent Aqueous Solutions. Biomolecules (2023) Vol. 13, No. 4, article 643 (p.p. 21) (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13040643

S. Papaioannou*, M. Amenta, V. Kilikoglou, D. Gournis and I. Karatasios. Synthesis of encapsulated healing agents and integration in cultural heritage repair mortars for enhancing their healing capacity. Scientific Culture (2023) Vol. 9, No. 2, p. 109-116.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918407 

C. Fragkogiannis, L. Belles, D. P. Gournis, Y. Deligiannakis and V. Georgakilas*. Spin-injection on graphene: An EPR and Raman Study. Chemistry-A European Journal (2023) accepted. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301720

A. Rontogianni, Ν. Chalmpes, E. Nikolaraki, G. Botzolaki, A. Androulakis, A. Stratakis, P. Zygouri, D. Moschovas, A. Avgeropoulos, M.Α. Karakassides*, D. P. Gournis*, S. Tsatsos, G. Kyriakou, N. K. Boukos, P. Panagiotopoulou and I. V. Yentekakis*. Εfficient CO₂ hydrogenation over mono- and bimetallic RuNi/MCM-41 catalysts: Controlling CH₄ and CO products distribution through the preparation method and/or partial replacement of Ni by Ru. Chemical Engineering Journal (2023) Vol. 474, article 145644 (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.145644

N. Rigopoulos*, C. Megetho Gkaliouri, V. Sakavitsi and D. Gournis. Full Factorial Design Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using Origanum vulgare. Reactions (2023) Vol. 4, No. 3, p. 505-517 (Special Issue ‘Nanoparticles: Synthesis, porpperties and applications’). https://doi.org/10.3390/reactions4030030

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 (2021) Vol. 60, No. 1, p. 360-365 (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202010404

F. Yan, S. Kumar, K. Spyrou, A. Syari'ati, O. De Luca1 , 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 (2021) Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 157-166 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.0c00037

Y. V. Simos*, K. Spyrou, M. Patila, N. Karouta, H. Stamatis, D. Gournis, E. Dounousi and D. Peschos. Trends of nanotechnology in type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2021) Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 62-76 (Review paper). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajps.2020.05.001

N. Chalmpes, A. B. Bourlinos*, S. Talande, A. Bakandritsos, D. Moschovas, A. Avgeropoulos, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Nanocarbon from rocket fuel waste: the case of furfuryl alcohol-fuming nitric acid hypergolic pair. Nanomaterials (2021) Vol. 11, No. 1, article 1 (p.p. 13) [Special Issue "10th Anniversary of Nanomaterials—Recent Advances in Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11010001

A. Kouloumpis*, A. V. Chatzikonstantinou, N. Chalmpes, T. Giousis, G. Potsi, P. Katapodis, H. Stamatis*, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. Germanane Monolayer Films as Antibacterial Coatings. ACS Applied Nano Materials (2021) Vol. 4, No. 3, p. 2333-2338 (+Support. Info.) [Supplementary Front Cover of Issue 3, Vol. 4 –Journal Cover Art]. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c03149

R. Fotiadou, A. V. Chatzikonstantinou, M. A. Hammami, N. Chalmpes, D. Moschovas, K. Spyrou, A. C. Polydera, A. Avgeropoulos, D. Gournis and H. Stamatis*. Green Synthesized Magnetic Nanoparticles as Effective Nanosupport for the Immobilization of Lipase: Application for the Synthesis of Lipophenols. Nanomaterials (2021) Vol. 11, No. 2, article 458 (p.p. 22) [Special Issue "Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Its Applications"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020458

V. Tzitzios*, V. Pillai, C. Gioti, M. Katsiotis, T. Karagiannis, D. Gournis, M. A. Karakassides, and S. Alhassan*. Ultrafine Ni2P Nanoparticle-Decorated r-GO: A Novel Liquid-Phase Approach and Dibenzothiophene Hydro-desulfurization. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2021) Vol. 60, No. 11, p. 4300-4309 (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c05544

N. Chalmpes, D. Moschovas, I. Tantis, A. B. Bourlinos*, A. Bakandritsos, R. Fotiadou, M. Patila, H. Stamatis, A. Avgeropoulos, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Carbon nanostructures derived through hypergolic reaction of conductive polymers with fuming nitric acid at ambient conditions. Molecules (2021) Vol. 26, No. 6, article 1595 (p.p. 15) [Special Issue "Chemistry and Physics of LowDimensional Materials"]. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26061595

E. Thomou, V. Sakavitsi, G. K. Angeli, K. Spyrou, K. G. Froudas, E. K. Diamanti, G. E. Romanos, G. N. Karanikolos, P. N. Trikalitis, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. A diamino-functionalized silsesquioxane pillared graphene oxide for CO2 capture. RSC Advances (2021) Vol. 11, No. 13, p. 13743-13750 (+Support. Info.) (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA00777G

S. Papaioannou*, M. Amenta, V. Kilikoglou, D. Gournis and I. Karatasios. Critical Aspects in the Development and Integration of Encapsulated Healing Agents in Cement and Concrete. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology (2021) Vol. 19, No. 4, p.301-320 (Review paper) https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.19.301

A. Ladavos*, A. E. Giannakas, P. Xidas, D. J. Giliopoulos, M. Baikousi, D. Gournis, M. A. Karakassides and K. S. Triantafyllidis. Preparation and characterization of Polystyrene hybrid composites reinforced with 2D and 3D inorganic fillers. Micro (2021) Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 3-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/micro1010002

N. Chalmpes, D. Moschovas, A. B. Bourlinos*, K. Spyrou, K. C. Vasilopoulos, A. Avgeropoulos, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Hypergolic Ignition of 1,3-Cyclodienes by Fuming Nitric Acid toward the Fast and Spontaneous Formation of Carbon Nanosheets at Ambient Conditions. Micro (2021) Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.3390/micro1010003

A. Giannakopoulou, A. V. Chatzikonstantinou, N. Chalmpes, G. Tsapara, D. Gournis, A. C. Polydera and H. Stamatis*. Development of a Novel Bi-Enzymatic Nanobiocatalyst for the Efficient Bioconversion of Oleuropein to Hydroxytyrosol. Catalysts (2021) Vol. 11, No. 6, article 749 (p.p. 19) (+Support. Info.) [Special Issue "State of the Art and Future Trends in Nanostructured Biocatalysis"] https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11060749

D. Katsigiannopoulos, E. Grana, K. Tsitoni, I. Moutsios, G.-M. Manesi, E. A. Nikitina, N. Chalmpes, D. Moschovas, D. Gournis, D. A. Ivanov and A. Avgeropoulos*. Structure/Properties Relationship of Anionically Synthesized Diblock Copolymers “Grafted to” Chemically Modified Graphene. Polymers (2021) Vol. 13, No. 14, article 2308 (p.p. 11) (+Support. Info.) [Special Issue "Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers: Preparation of Nanostructured Materials for Industrial and Biomedical Applications"] https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13142308

N. Chalmpes, G. Asimakopoulos, M. Baikousi, D. Moschovas, A. Avgeropoulos, A. B. Bourlinos*, V. Šedajová, A. Bakandritsos, D. Gournis and M. A. Karakassides*. Fast and Direct Microwave Synthesis of Carbon from Bovine Blood Waste: A Feedstock Material for Extractive Metallurgy, Carbon Dots Production and Graphite Synthesis. Journal of Nanotechnology Research (2021) Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 11-28. https://doi.org/10.26502/jnr.2688-85210021

N. Chalmpes, G. Asimakopoulos, M. Baikousi, A. B. Bourlinos*, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Hypergolic Synthesis of Inorganic Materials by the Reaction of Metallocene Dichlorides with Fuming Nitric Acid at Ambient Conditions: The Case of Photocatalytic Titania. Sci (2021) Vol. 3, No. 4, article 46 (p.p. 11) [Special Issue "Feature Papers 2021 Editors Collection"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/sci3040046

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 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EN00974D

K N. Panagiotaki, K. Spyrou, M. Zachariadis, H. Pratsinis, A. Kouloumpis, L. G. Boutsika, A. Enotiadis, D. Gournis, E. P. Giannelis*, and Z. Sideratou*. Non-porous phosphonated ionic silica nanospheres as nanocarriers for efficient intracellular delivery of doxorubicin. Materials Today Communications (2020) Vol. 23, article 100787 (p.p. 9) (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2019.100787

N. Chalmpes, K. Spyrou, A. B. Bourlinos,*D. Moschovas, A. Avgeropoulos, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Graphite fromSpontaneous Ignition of In Situ Derived Acetyleneand Chlorine at Ambient Conditions. Molecules (2020) Vol. 25, No. 2, article 297 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020297

A. V. Chatzikonstantinou, A. C. Polydera, E. Thomou, N. Chalmpes, T. N. Baroud, A. Enotiadis, L. Estevez, M. Patila, M. A. Hammami, K. Spyrou, E. P. Giannelis, A. G. Tzakos, D. Gournis and H. Stamatis*. Lipase-immobilized on magnetic hierarchically porous carbon materials as a versatile tool for the synthesis of bioactive quercetin derivatives. Bioresource Technology Reports (2020) Vol. 9, article 100372 (p.p. 10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2019.100372

J. Wu, G. Potsi, R. Y. N. Gengler, D. Gournis and P. Rudolf*. Insertion of iron decorated organicinorganic cage-like polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes between clay platelets by Langmuir Schaefer deposition. Materials (2020) Vol. 13, No. 1, article 216 (p.p. 11) [Special Issue "Hybrid and Composite Coatings and Thin Films"] (Invited article) https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13010216

S. G. Nanaki, K. Spyrou, C. Bekiari, P.Veneti, T. N. Baroud, N. Karouta, I. Grivas, G. C. Papadopoulos, D. Gournis and D. N. Bikiaris*. Hierarchical Porous Carbon—PLLA and PLGA Hybrid Nanoparticles for Intranasal Delivery of Galantamine for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy. Pharmaceutics (2020) Vol. 12, No. 3, article 227 (p.p. 22) [Special Issue "Intranasal Drug Delivery Systems"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12030227

G. Zapsas, D. Moschovas, K. Ntetsikas, A. Karydis-Messinis, N. Chalmpes, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, N. E. Zafeiropoulos* and A. Avgeropoulos*. Segregation of Maghemite Nanoparticles within Symmetric Diblock Copolymer and Triblock Terpolymer Patterns under Solvent Vapor Annealing. Materials (2020) Vol. 13, No. 6, article 1286 (p.p. 15) [Special Issue "Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Block Copolymers"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13061286

G. Potsi, J. Wu, G. Portale, R. Y.N. Gengler, A. Longo, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. Fabrication of highly ordered Cu2+/Fe3+ decorated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane hybrids: How metal coordination influences structure. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2020) Vol. 572, p. 207-215 (+Support. Info., +xml file) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.03.033

N. Chalmpes, G. Asimakopoulos, K. Spyrou, K. C. Vasilopoulos, A. B. Bourlinos*, D. Moschovas, A. Avgeropoulos, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Functional carbon materials derived through hypergolic reactions at ambient conditions. Nanomaterials (2020) Vol. 10, No. 3, article 566 (p.p. 13) [Special Issue "Synthesis, Interfaces and Nanostructures"]. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030566

M. M. Elmahdy, D. Gournis, A. Ladavos, C. Spanos and G. Floudas*. H-shaped copolymer of polyethylene and poly(ethylene oxide) under severe confinement. Phase state and dynamics. Langmuir (2020) Vol. 36, No. 16, p. 4261–4271 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00127

P. Koutsogiannis, E. Thomou, H. Stamatis, D. Gournis and P. Rudolf*. Advances in Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Biomedical Applications. Advances in Physics: X (2020) Vol. 5, No. 1, article 758592 (p.p. 37). https://doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2020.1758592

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.

N. Chalmpes, K. Spyrou, K. C. Vasilopoulos, A. B. Bourlinos*, D. Moschovas, A. Avgeropoulos, C. Gioti, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Hypergolics in carbon nanomaterials synthesis: new paradigms and perspectives. Molecules (2020) Vol. 25, No. 9, article 2207 (p.p. 11) (+Support. Info.) [Special Issue "Exclusive Papers of the Editorial Board Members (EBMs) of the Materials Chemistry Section of Molecules "] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65117-7

N. Chalmpes, I. Tantis, A. Bakandritsos, A. B. Bourlinos*, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Rapid nanocarbon formation from spontaneous reaction of ferrocene and liquid bromine at ambient conditions. Nanomaterials (2020) Vol. 10, No. 8, article 1564 (p.p. 13) [Special Issue "Graphene-Related Materials: Synthesis and Applications"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10081564

C. Simari, E. Lufrano, N. Godbert, D. Gournis, L. Coppola and I. Nicotera*. Titanium dioxide grafted on graphene oxide: hybrid nanofiller for effective and low-cost proton exchange membranes. Nanomaterials (2020) Vol. 10, No. 8, article 1572 (p.p. 18) [Special Issue "Multifunctional GrapheneBased Nanocomposites"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10081572

E. Thomou, E. K. Diamanti, A. Enotiadis*, K. Spyrou, E. Mitsari, L. G. Boutsika, A. Sapalidis, E. M. Alfonsín, O. De Luca, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. New porous heterostructures based on organomodified graphene oxide for CO2 capture. Frontiers in Chemistry (2020) Vol. 8, article 564838 (p.p. 11) (+Support. Info.) [Research Topic “Chemical Modification of Adsorbents for Enhanced Carbon Capture Performance”] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.564838

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 (p.p. 25) (+Support. Info.) [Research Topic “Nanomaterials in Catalysis Applications”] https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10080944

V. Kostas, M. Baikousi, N.-M. Barkoula, A. Giannakas, A. Kouloumpis, A. Avgeropoulos, D. Gournis and M. A. Karakassides*. Synthesis, characterization and mechanical properties of nanocomposites based on novel carbon nanowires and polystyrene. Applied Sciences (2020) Vol. 10, No. 17, article 5737 (p.p. 17) [Research Topic “Multifunctional Composite Materials”] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/app10175737

N. Chalmpes, A. B. Bourlinos*, V. Šedajová, V. Kupka, D. Moschovas, A. Avgeropoulos, M. A. Karakassides and D. Gournis*. Hypergolic materials synthesis: the case of cyclopentadienyl compounds. C -Journal of Carbon Research (2020) Vol. 6, No. 4, article 61 (pp. 12) [Topical collection "Feature Papers in the Science and Engineering of Carbons"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/c6040061

N. S. Heliopoulos, G. Kythreoti, K. M. Lyra, K. N. Panagiotaki, A. Papavasiliou, E. Sakellis, S. Papageorgiou, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, F. K. Katsaros, K. Stamatakis and Z. Sideratou*. Cytotoxicity effects of water-soluble multi-walled carbon nanotubes decorated with quaternized hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine) derivatives on autotrophic and heterotrophic gram-negative bacteria. Pharmaceuticals (2020) Vol. 13, No. 10, article 293 (p.p. 25) (+Support. Info.) [Special Issue "Novel Antibacterial Agents"]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph13100293

D. Karageorgou, E. Thomou, N. T. Vourvou, K. M. Lyra, N. Chalmpes, A. Enotiadis, K. Spyrou,* P. Katopodis,* D. Gournis and H. Stamatis. Antibacterial and algicidal effects of porous carbon cuboid nanoparticles. ACS Omega (2019) Vol. 4, No. 3, p. 4991-5001 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b02018

N. Rigopoulos,* E. Thomou, Α. Kouloumpis, E. R. Lamprou, V. Petropoulea, D. Gournis, E. Poulios, H. C. Karantonis, and E. Giaouris. Optimization of Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis by Banana Peel Extract Using Statistical Experimental Design, and their Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (2019) Vol. 20, No. 10, p. 858-873 (+Support. Info.) (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.2174/1389201020666181210113654

Q. Chen,* L. Liang, G. Potsi, P. Wan, J. Lu, T. Giousis, E. Thomou, D. Gournis, P. Rudolf, and J. Ye*. Highly conductive metallic state and strong spin-orbit interaction in annealed germanane. Nano Letters (2019) Vol. 19, No. 3, p. 1520-1526 (+Support. Info.). [article was highlighted by ScienceDaily on Feb. 7 th. 2019, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190207132423.htm  by phys.org on Feb. 8th, 2019 https://phys.org/news/2019-02-reveal-intriguing-properties-germanene.html  and other sites].

R. Fotiadou, M. Patila, M. A. Hammami, A. Enotiadis, D. Moschovas, K. Tsirka, K. Spyrou, E. P. Giannelis, A. Avgeropoulos, A. Paipetis, D. Gournis and H. Stamatis*. Development of effective lipase-hybrid nanoflowers enriched with carbon and magnetic nanomaterials for biocatalytic transformations. Nanomaterials (2019) Vol. 9, No. 6, article 808 (p.p. 17) (+Support. Info.) [Special Issue "Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9060808

A. Enotiadis,* M. Tsokaridou, N. Chalmpes, V. Sakavitsi, K. Spyrou and D. Gournis*. Synthesis and Characterization of porous Clay-Organic Heterostructures. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2019) Vol. 91, No. 2, p. 295-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-019-05042-y

M. Baikousi, N. Chalmpes, K. Spyrou, A. B. Bourlinos,* A. Avgeropoulos, D. Gournis and M. A. Karakassides*. Direct production of carbon nanosheets by self-ignition of pyrophoric lithium dialkylamides in air. Materials Letters (2019) Vol. 254, p. 58-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2019.07.019

A. Stimoniaris,* E. Skoura, D. Gournis, M. A. Karakassides and C. Delides. Structure and properties of Epoxy/Fly Ash system: Influence of filler content and surface modification. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2019) Vol. 28, No. 8, p. 4620-4629. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04215-8

G. Potsi,* A. B. Bourlinos, V. Mouselimis, K. Poláková, N. Chalmpes, D. Gournis, S. Kalytchuk, O. Tomanec, P. Błoński, M. Medved’, M. Otyepka* and R. Zbořil*. Intrinsic photoluminescence of aminefunctionalized graphene derivatives for bioimaging applications. Applied Materials Today (2019) Vol. 17, p. 112-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2019.08.002

A. V. Chatzikonstantinou, E. Gkantzou, E. Thomou, N. Chalmpes, K.-M. Lyra, V. G. Kontogianni, K. Spyrou, M. Patila, D. Gournis* and H. Stamatis*. Enzymatic conversion of oleuropein to hydroxytyrosol using immobilized β-glucosidase on porous carbon cuboids. Nanomaterials (2019) Vol. 9, No. 8, article 1166 (+Support. Info.) [Special Issue "Advances in Heterocatalysis by Nanomaterials"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081166

M. Romanini, P. Negrier, P. Tripathi, K.-M. Lira, D. Gournis, M. Barrio, L. C. Pardo, J. L. Tamarit and R. Macovez*. Polymorphism with molecular isomerism and incomplete crystallization in solid ethanolamine. Crystal Growth and Design (2019) Vol. 19, No. 11, p. 6360–6369. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00836

N. Chalmpes, A. Kouloumpis,* P. Zygouri, N. Karouta, K. Spyrou, P. Stathi, T. Tsoufis, V. Georgakilas, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. Layer-by-layer assembly of clay-carbon nanotube hybrid superstructures. ACS Omega (2019) Vo. 4, No. 19, p. 18100–18107 (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01970

A. Giannakopoulou, M. Patila, K. Spyrou, N. Chalmpes, D. Zarafeta, G. Skretas, D. Gournis and H. Stamatis*. Development of a four-enzyme magnetic nanobiocatalyst for multi-step cascade reactions. Catalysts (2019) Vol. 9, No. 12, article 995 (p.p. 22) (+Support. Info.) [Special Issue "State of the Art and Future Trends in Nanostructured Biocatalysis"] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9120995

G. Potsi, A. K. Ladavos, D. Petrakis, A. P. Douvalis, Y. Sanakis, M. S. Katsiotis, G. Papavassiliou, S. Alhassan, D. Gournis* and Petra Rudolf*. Iron-substituted cubic silsesquioxane pillared clays: Synthesis, characterization and acid catalytic activity. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2018) Vol. 510, p. 395-406 (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2017.09.003

P. Zygouri, T. Tsoufis, A. Kouloumpis, M. Patila, G. Potsi, A. A. Sevastos, Z. Sideratou, F. Katsaros, G. Charalambopoulou, H. Stamatis, P. Rudolf,* T. A. Steriotis* and D. Gournis*. Synthesis, characterization and assessment of hydrophilic oxidized carbon nanodiscs in bio-related applications. RSC Advances (2018) Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA11045F

J. Pokhrel, N. Bhoria, S. Anastasiou, T. Tsoufis, D. Gournis, G. Romanos*, and G. N. Karanikolos*. CO₂ adsorption behavior of amine-functionalized ZIF-8, graphene oxide, and ZIF-8/graphene oxide composites under dry and wet conditions. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2018) Vol. 267, p. 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.03.012

K. Vrettos, N. Karouta, P. Loginos, S. Donthula, D. Gournis and V. Georgakilas*. The role of diamines in the formation of graphene aerogels. Frontiers in Materials (2018) Vol. 5, article 20. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2018.00020 (p.p. 11). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2018.00020

A. Kouloumpis,* N. Vourdas, P. Zygouri, N. Chalmpes, G. Potsi, V. Kostas, K. Spyrou, V. N. Stathopoulos, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. Controlled deposition of fullerene derivatives within a graphene template by means of a modified Langmuir-Schaefer method. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2018) Vol. 524, p. 388-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.04.049

G. Orfanakis, M. Patila, A. V. Catzikonstantinou, K.-M. Lyra, A. Kouloumpis, P. Katapodis, K. Spyrou, A. Paipetis, P. Rudolf, D. Gournis, and H. Stamatis*. Hybrid nanomaterials of magnetic iron nanoparticles and graphene oxide as matrices for the immobilization of β-glucosidase: Synthesis, characterization and biocatalytic properties. Frontiers in Materials (2018) Vol. 5, article 25. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2018.00025  (p.p. 11) (+Support. Info.).

V. Tzitzios, K. Dimos, S. M. Alhassan,* R. Mishra, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, N. Boukos, M. Roldan, J.-C. Idrobo, M. A. Karakassides, G. Basina, Y. Alwahedi, H. J. Kim, M. Fardis, S. Pantelides, and G. Papavasileiou. Facile MoS2 growth on reduced graphene-oxide via liquid phase method. Frontiers in Materials (2018) Vol. 5, article 29. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2018.00029 (p.p. 9) (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2018.00029

V. Bekiari, A. Karakassides, S. Georgitsopoulou, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis and V. Georgakilas*. Self assembly of one side functionalized graphene nanosheets in bilayered superstructures for drug delivery. Journal of Materials Science (2018) Vol. 53, No. 16, p. 11167-11175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2444-8

Κ. Tsirka, Α. Katsiki, Ν. Chalmpes, D. Gournis, and A. Paipetis*. Mapping of graphene oxide and single layer graphene flakes – Defects Annealing and Healing. Frontiers in Materials (2018) Vol. 5, article 37. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2018.00037  (p.p. 11).

M. Patila, E. Diamanti, D. Bergouni, A. Polydera, D. Gournis, and H. Stamatis*. Preparation and biochemical characterisation of nanoconjugates of functionalized carbon nanotubes and cytochrome c. Nanomedicine Research Journal (2018) Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 10-18. https://doi.org/10.22034/nmrj.2018.01.002

K. Tsirka, G. Foteinidis, K. Dimos, D. Gournis, A. S. Paipetis*. Production of hierarchical all graphitic structures: A systematic study. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2017) Vol. 487, p.444-457 (+Support. Info.). 122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.075

B. N. Madhushankar,* A. Kaverzin, T. Giousis, G. Potsi, D. Gournis, P. Rudolf, G. R. Blake, C. H. van der Wal1 and B. J. van Wees. Electronic properties of germanane field-effect transistors. 2D Materials (2017) Vol. 4, No. 2, article: 021009 (p.p. 1-6) (+Support. Info.) [article was highlighted by Nanotechweb.org on Feb. 13th. 2017, http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/67839]. 123.

A. B. Bourlinos, A. K. Rathi, M. B. Gawande, K. Hola, A. Goswami, S. Kalytchuk, M. A. Karakassides, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, Y. Deligiannakis, E. P. Giannelis* and Radek Zboril*. Fe(III)- functionalized carbon dots—Highly efficient photoluminescence redox catalyst for hydrogenations of olefins and decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. Applied Materials Today (2017) Vol. 7, p. 179-184 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2017.03.002

A. Kouloumpis, E. Thomou, N. Chalmpes, K. Dimos, K. Spyrou, A. B. Bourlinos, I. Koutselas, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. Graphene/Carbon-dot Hybrid Thin Films Prepared by a Modified LangmuirSchaefer Method. ACS Omega (2017) Vol. 2, No. 5, p. 2090–2099 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b00107

V. Tzitzios,* X. Hu, K. Dimos, D. Gournis, V. Georgakilas, G. Avgouropoulos, M. S. Katsiotis, S. M. Alhassan, and G. Hadjipanayis. Uniform growth of fct FePt nanoparticles on the surface of reduced-GO via a green facile approach. Ferromagnetic r-GO nanocomposites with high coercivity and surface area. Carbon (2017) Vol. 121, p. 209-216 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.05.077

A B. Bourlinos, V. Georgakilas, V. Mouselimis, A. Kouloumpis, E. Mouzourakis, A. Koutsioukis, M.- K. Antoniou, D. Gournis, M. A. Karakassides, Y. Deligiannakis, V. Urbanova, K. Cepe, A. Bakandritsos, and R. Zboril*. Fullerol-graphene nanobuds: Novel water dispersible and highly conductive nanocarbon for electrochemical sensing. Applied Materials Today (2017) Vol. 9, p. 71-76 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2017.05.006

K. Dimos,* F. Arcudi, A. Kouloumpis, I. B. Koutselas, P. Rudolf, D. Gournis* and M. Prato*. TopDown and Bottom-Up Approaches to Transparent, Flexible and Luminescent Nitrogen-Doped Carbon NanoDots-Clay Hybrid Film. Nanoscale (2017) Vol. 9, No.29, p. 10256-10262 (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR02673K

I. Papadakis,, Z. Bouza, S. Couris,* A. B. Bourlinos, V. Mouselimis, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, A. Bakandritsos, J. Ugolotti, and R. Zboril Hydrogenated Fluorographene: A 2D Counterpart of Graphane with Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Properties. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2017) Vol. 121, No. 40, p. 22567-22575 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08470.s001

M.-S. Vidali, E. Bletsa, A. Kouloumpis, C. G. Skoutelis, Y. Deligiannakis,* D. Gournis, D. Vlastos*. Induction of Micronuclei by Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes interacting with Humic Acids in cultured human lymphocytes. Environmental Science: Nano (2016) Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 74-84 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1039/C5EN00138B

G. Potsi, A. Rossos, A. Kouloumpis, M. K. Antoniou, K. Spyrou, M. A. Karakassides, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. Carbon nanostructures containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS). Current Organic Chemistry (2016) Vol. 20, No. 6, p. 662-673 (Invited article. Mini-Review paper). https://doi.org/10.2174/1385272819666151006010352

D. Giasafaki, G. Charalambopoulou, Ch. Tampaxis, K. Dimos, D. Gournis, A. Stubos, Th. Steriotis*. Comparing hydrogen sorption in different Pd-doped pristine and surface-modified nanoporous carbons. Carbon (2016) Vol. 98, p. 1-14 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.10.067

M. Patila, I. V. Pavlidis, A. Kouloumpis, K. Dimos, K. Spyrou, P. Katapodis, D. Gournis, and H. Stamatis*. Graphene oxide derivatives with variable alkyl chain length and terminal functional groups as supports for stabilization of cytochrome c. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2016) Vol. 84, p. 227-235 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.12.023

N. Liaros, J. Tucek, K. Dimos, A. Bakandritsos, D. Gournis, R. Zboril,* and S. Couris*. Effect of the degree of oxidation on broadband nonlinear absorption and ferromagnetic ordering in Graphene Oxide. Nanoscale (2016) Vol. 8, No. 5, p. 2908-2917 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR07832F

M. Patila, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, P. Rudolf and H. Stamatis*. Laccase-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Assemblies as Efficient Nanobiocatalysts for Oxidation Reactions. Sensors (2016) Vol. 16, No. 3, article: 287 (p.p. 1-14) [Special Issue Graphene and 2D Material Bionanosensors: Chemistry Matters] (Invited article). https://doi.org/10.3390/s16030287

H. J. Kim,* M. S. Katsiotis,* S. Alhassan, I. Zafiropoulou, M. Pissas, Y. Sanakis, G. Mitrikas, N. Panopoulos, N. Boukos, V. Tzitzios, M. Fardis, J.-G. Kim, S.-G. Lee, Y.-M. Kim, S. J. Yoo, J.-H. Lee, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, M. Karakassides and G. Papavassiliou*. Unexpected orbital magnetism in Bi-rich Bi2Se3 nanoplatelets. NPG Asia Materials (2016) Vol. 8, article: e271 (p.p. 1-7); https://doi.org/10.1038/am.2016.56  (+Support. Info.)..

M. Zachariah, M. Romanini, P. Zygouri, D. Gournis, J. L. Tamarit, M. Barrio, and R. Macovez*. Variable-range electron hopping, conductivity cross-over and space-charge relaxation in C60Br6. Synthetic Metals (2016) Vol. 217, p. 123-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2016.03.028

V. Gatselou, D. C. Christodouleas, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, and D. L. Giokas*. Determination of Phenolic Compounds Using Spectral and Color Transitions of Rhodium Nanoparticles. Analytica Chimica Acta (2016) Vol. 932, p. 80-87 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2016.05.029

V Georgakilas,* A. B. Bourlinos,* E. Ntararas, A. Ibraliu, D. Gournis, K. Dimos, A. Kouloumpis, and R. Zboril Graphene Nanobuds: Synthesis and Selective Organic Derivatisation. Carbon (2016) Vol. 110, p. 51-55 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.09.003

Z. Terzopoulou, D. Bikiaris,* K. S. Triantafyllidis, G. Potsi, D. Gournis, G. Z. Papageorgiou and P. Rudolf. Mechanical, thermal and decomposition behavior of poly(ε-caprolactone) nanocomposites with clay-supported carbon nanotube hybrids. Thermochimica Acta (2016) Vol. 642, p. 67-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2016.09.001

K. Spyrou, M. Calvaresi, E. K. Diamanti, T. Tsoufis, D. Gournis,* P. Rudolf* and F. Zerbetto*. Graphite oxide and aromatic amines: Size matters. Advanced Functional Materials (2015) Vol. 25, No. 2, p. 263-269 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201402622

A. B. Bourlinos,* G. Trivizas, M. A. Karakassides, M. Baikousi, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, A. Bakandritsos, K. Hola, O. Kozak, R. Zboril,* I. Papagiannouli, P. Aloukos and S. Couris. Green and simple route toward boron doped carbon dots with significantly enhanced non-linear optical properties. Carbon (2015) Vol. 83, p. 173-179 (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.11.032

V. Georgakilas,* A. Demeslis, E. Ntararas, A. Kouloumpis, K. Dimos, D. Gournis, M. Kocman, M. Otyepka, and R. Zbořil*. Hydrophilic nanotube supported graphene - water dispersible carbon superstructure with excellent conductivity. Advanced Functional Materials (2015) Vol. 25, No. 10, p. 1481-1487 (+Support. Info.) [Supplementary Front Cover of Issue 10, Vol. 25 –Journal Cover Art]. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201403801

M. Zachariah, E. Mitsari, M. Romanini, P. Zygouri, D. Gournis, M. D. Barrio, J. L. Tamarit, and R. Macovez*. Water-triggered conduction mediated by proton exchange in a hygroscopic fulleride and its hydrate. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2015) Vol. 119, No. 1, p. 685-694. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp509072u

A. Kouloumpis, K. Spyrou, K. Dimos, V. Georgakilas, P. Rudolf and D. Gournis*. A bottom-up approach for the synthesis of highly ordered fullerene-intercalated graphene hybrids. Frontiers in Materials (2015) Vol. 2, Article 10 (p.p. 1-8). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2015.00010

K. Angjeli, I. Nicotera, M. Baikousi, A. Enotiadis, D. Gournis, A. Saccà, E. Passalacqua and A. Carbone*. Investigation of layered double hydroxide (LDH) Nafion-based nanocomposite membranes for high temperature PEFCs. Energy Conversion and Management (2015) Vol. 96, p. 39-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.02.064

A. Angelopoulou, E. Voulgari, E.K. Diamanti, D. Gournis, and K. Avgoustakis*. Graphene oxide stabilized by PLA-PEG copolymers for the controlled delivery of paclitaxel. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics (2015) Vol. 93, p. 18-26 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.03.022

T. Tsoufis,* Z. Syrgiannis, N. Akhtar, M. Prato,* F. Katsaros, Z. Sideratou, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, and P. Rudolf*. In-situ growth of capping-free, magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on liquidphase exfoliated graphene. Nanoscale (2015) Vol. 7, No. 19, p. 8995-9003 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR00765H

I. Nicotera,* K. Angjeli, L. Coppola, A. Enotiadis, R. Pedicini, A. Carbone, and D. Gournis. Composite Polymer Electrolyte Membranes based on Mg-Al Layered double hydroxide (LDH) platelets for H2/airfed fuel cells. Solid State Ionics (2015) Vol. 276, p. 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2015.03.037   

G. Z. Papageorgiou, Z. Terzopoulou, V. Tsanaktsis, D. S. Achilias, K. S. Triantafyllidis, E. K. Diamanti, D. Gournis, and D. N. Bikiaris*. Effect of graphene oxide and its modification on the microstructure, thermal properties and enzymatic hydrolysis of poly(ethylene succinate) nanocomposites. Thermochimica Acta (2015) Vol. 614, p. 116-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2015.06.016

P. Zygouri, G. Potsi, E. Mouzourakis, K. Spyrou, D. Gournis* and P. Rudolf*. Non-covalent Interactions of Graphene with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Current Organic Chemistry (2015) Vol. 19, No. 18, 1791-1799 (Invited article. Mini-Review paper) https://doi.org/10.2174/1385272819666150526004617  

V. Georgakilas,* K. Vrettos, K. Katomeri, A. Kouloumpis, K. Dimos, D. Gournis and R. Zboril. Highly dispersible disk-like graphene nanoflakes. Nanoscale (2015) Vol. 7, No. 37, p. 15059-15064 (+Support. Info.) DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR04422G

P. Stathi,* D. Gournis, Y. Deligiannakis, and P. Rudolf*. Stabilization of Phenolic Radicals on Graphene Oxide: An XPS and EPR Study. Langmuir (2015) Vol. 31, No. 38, p. 10508-10516 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01248

P. Klonos, S. Kripotou, A. Kyritsis, G. Z. Papageorgiou, D. Bikiaris, D. Gournis, and P. Pissis*. Glass transition and segmental dynamics in poly(L-lactic acid) / graphene oxide nanocomposites. Thermochimica Acta (2015) Vol. 617, p. 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2015.08.020

T. Tsoufis, A. Amboumogli, D. Gournis,* V. Georgakilas, L. Jankovic, K. C. Christoforidis, Y. Deligiannakis,* A. Mavrandonakis, G. E. Froudakis,* E. Maccallini, P. Rudolf,* A. Mateo-Alonso, and M. Prato*. Direct observation of spin-injection in tyrosinate-functionalised single-wall carbon nanotubes. Carbon (2014) Vol. 67, p. 424-433 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.014

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.11.063

M. K. Antoniou,* E. K. Diamanti, A. Enotiadis, A. Policicchio, K. Dimos, F. Ciuchi, E. Maccallini, D. Gournis and R. G. Agostino. Methane storage in zeolite-like carbon materials. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2014) Vol. 188, p. 16-22 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2013.12.030

R. Macovez,* E. Mitsari, M. Zachariah, M. Romanini, P. Zygouri, D. Gournis and J.-L. Tamarit. Ultraslow dynamics of water in organic molecular solids. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014) Vol. 118, No. 9, p. 4941-4950. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4097138

I. V. Pavlidis, M. Patila, U. T. Bornscheuer, D. Gournis, and H. Stamatis*. Graphene-based nanobiocatalytic systems: Recent advances and future prospects. Trends in Biotechnology (2014) Vol. 32, No. 6, p. 312-320 (Review paper). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.04.004

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 multifunctional pillared nanostructures: effective intercalation of adamantylamine in graphene oxide and smectite clays. Advanced Functional Materials (2014) Vol. 24, No. 37, p. 5841-5850 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201400975

R. Macovez,* M. Zachariah, M. Romanini, P. Zygouri, D. Gournis, and J. L. Tamarit. Hopping Conductivity and Polarization Effects in a Fullerene Derivative Salt. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014) Vol. 118, No. 23, p. 12170-12175. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp503298e

A. Michopoulos, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis and Mamas Prodromidis*. Performance of layer-by-layer deposited low dimensional building blocks of graphene-prussian blue onto graphite screen-printed electrodes as sensors for hydrogen peroxide. Electrochimica Acta (2014) Vol. 146, p.477-484 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2014.09.031

I. Nicotera,* C. Simari, L. Coppola, P. Zygouri, D. Gournis, S. Brutti, A. S. Aricò, D. Sebastian,V. Baglio. Sulfonated graphene oxide platelets in Nafion nanocomposite membrane: Advantages for application in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014) Vol. 118, No. 42, p. 24357-24368 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5080779

G. Z. Papageorgiou, Z. Terzopoulou, D. Bikiaris,* K. S. Triantafyllidis, E. Diamanti, D. Gournis, P. Klonos, E. Giannoulidis and P. Pissis. Evaluation of the formed interface in biodegradable poly(L-lactic acid)/Graphene Oxide nanocomposites and the effect of nanofillers on mechanical and thermal properties. Thermochimica Acta (2014) Vol. 597, p. 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2014.10.007

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, No. 20, p. 9087-9097 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/jp202954g

K. Kardimi, Τ. Tsoufis, A. Tomou, B. J. Kooi, M. I. Prodromidis* and D. Gournis*. Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes decorated with Pt and PtRu nanoparticles and assessment of their electrocatalytic performance. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. (2012) Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 1243- 1253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.09.143

I. V. Pavlidis, T. Vorhaben, T. Tsoufis, P. Rudolf, U. T. Bornscheuer, D. Gournis and H. Stamatis*. Development of effective nanobiocatalytic systems through the immobilization of hydrolases on functionalized carbon-based nanomaterials. Bioresource Technology. (2012) Vol. 115, p. 164-171 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.007

D. Katsigiannopoulos, E. Grana, A. Avgeropoulos,* P. M. Carrasco, I. Garcia, I. Odriozola, E. Diamanti and D. Gournis. Nanohybrids based on polymeric ionic liquid prepared from functionalized MWCNTs by modification of anionically synthesized poly(4-vinylpyridine). Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. (2012) Vol. 50, No. 6, p. 1181-1186. https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.25879

N. Isabella,* A. Enotiadis, K. Angjeli, L. Coppola and D. Gournis. Evaluation of smectite clays as nanofillers for the synthesis of nanocomposite polymer electrolytes for fuel cell applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. (2012) Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 6236-6245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.06.041  

R. Gengler,* D. Gournis, A. H. Aimon, L. M. Toma and Petra Rudolf*. The molecularly controlled synthesis of ordered bi-dimensional C60 arrays. Chemistry –A European Journal (2012) Vol. 18, No. 24, p. 7594-7600 (+Support. Info. + Movie) https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201103528

K. Dimos,* M. K. Antoniou, A. Meichanetzoglou, S. Lymperopoulou, M.-D. Ouzouni, I. B. Koutselas, D. Fokas, M. A. Karakassides, R. G. Agostino and D. Gournis. Naphthalene-based Periodic Nanoporous Organosilicas: I. Synthesis and Structural Characterization. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. (2012) Vol. 158, p. 324-331 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.03.037

M. K. Antoniou,* A. Policicchio, K. Dimos,* D. Gournis, M. A. Karakassides and R. G. Agostino. Naphthalene-based Periodic Nanoporous Organosilicas: II. Hydrogen and Methane Adsorption and Physicochemical Study. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. (2012) Vol. 158, p. 332-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.03.035

T. Tsoufis,* J.-F. Colomer, E. Maccalini, P. Rudolf and D. Gournis. Controlled synthesis of carbonencapsulated copper nanostructures by using smectite clays as nanotemplates. Chemistry –A European Journal (2012) Vol. 18, No. 10, p. 9305-9311. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201103899  

I. V. Pavlidis, T. Vorhaben, D. Gournis, G. K. Papadopoulos, U. T. Bornscheuer, H. Stamatis*. Regulation of catalytic behavior of hydrolases through interactions with functionalized carbon-based nanomaterials. Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2012) Vol. 14, No. 5, Article Number: 842 (p. 1-10) (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-012-0842-4

R. Y. N. Gengler, L. M. Toma, E. Pardo, F. Lloret,* X. Ke, G. van Tendeloo, D. Gournis,* and P. Rudolf*. Prussian Blue Analogues of Reduced Dimensionality. Small (2012) Vol. 8, No. 6, p. 2532- 2540 (+Support. Info.) [article was selected and is featured on the Front Cover of Issue 16 (Vol. 8) of Small, 2012 (p. 2449) –Journal Cover Image]. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201200517

A. B. Bourlinos, V. Georgakilas, A. Bakandritsos, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, and R. Zboril*. Aqueous-dispersible fullerol-carbon nanotube hybrids. Materials Letters (2012) Vol. 82, p. 48-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2012.05.026

K. Dimos,* I. Panagiotopoulos,* T. Tsoufis, R. Y. N. Gengler, A. Moukarika, P. Rudolf, M. A. Karakassides, T. Bakas and D. Gournis. Effect of [Fe(CN)6] 4- substitutions on the spin-flop transition of a layered nickel phyllosilicate. Langmuir (2012) Vol. 28, No. 27, p. 10289-10295 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/la3016673

A. 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 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201200609

A. B. Bourlinos, A. Bakandritsos, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, M. Krysmann, E. P. Giannelis,* K. Polakova, K. Safarova, and R. Zboril*. Gd(III)-Doped Carbon Dots as a Dual Fluorescent-MRI Probe. Journal of Materials Chemistry (2012) Vol. 22, No. 44, p. 23327-23330 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM35592B

N. T. Panagiotopoulos, E. K. Diamanti, L. E. Koutsokeras, M. Baikousi, E. Kordatos, T.E. Matikas, D. Gournis, and P. Patsalas*. Nanocomposite catalysts producing durable, super-black carbon nanotube systems: applications in solar thermal harvesting. ACS Nano (2012) Vol. 6, No. 12, p. 10475-10485 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/nn304531k

A. Enotiadis, K. Litina, D. Gournis,* S. Rangou, A. Avgeropoulos,* P. Xidas and K. Triantafyllidis*. Nanocomposites of polystyrene-b-poly(isoprene)-b-polystyrene triblock copolymer with clay-carbon nanotube hybrid nanoadditives. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2013) Vol. 117, No. 3, p. 907-915 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/jp309361b

V. Kosma, T. Tsoufis, T. Koliou, A. Kazantzis, K. Beltsios, J. Th. M. De Hosson and D. Gournis*. Fibrous hydroxyapatite-carbon nanotube composites by chemical vapor deposition: In-situ fabrication, structural and morphological characterization. Materials Science and Engineering B. (2013) Vol. 178, No. 7, p. 457-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2012.11.026

T. Tsoufis,* G. Tuci, S. Caporali, D. Gournis and G. Giambastiani*. p-Xylylenediamine intercalation of graphene oxide for the production of stitched nanostructures with a tailored interlayer spacing. Carbon (2013) Vol. 59, p. 100-108 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.02.059

T. Tsoufis,* V. Georgakilas, X. Ke, G. Van Tendeloo, P. Rudolf, and D. Gournis. Incorporation of pure fullerene into Organo-Clays: Towards C60-pillared clay structures. Chemistry –A European Journal (2013) Vol. 19, No. 24, 7937-7943 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201300164

D. Giasafaki, G. Charalambopoulou,* A. Bourlinos, A. Stubos, D. Gournis, and Th. Steriotis. A hydrogen sorption study on a Pd-doped CMK-3 type ordered mesoporous carbon. Adsorption (2013) Vol. 19, No. 2-4, p. 803-811. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-013-9522-7

O. Boura, E. Diamanti, S.A. Grammatikos, D. Gournis, and A. S. Paipetis*. Carbon nanotube growth on high modulus carbon fibres: morphological and interfacial characterization. Surface and Interface Analysis (2013) Vol. 45, No. 9, p. 1372-1381. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.5292

M. Patila, I. V. Pavlidis, E. K. Diamanti, P. Katapodis, D. Gournis, and H. Stamatis*. Enhancement of cytochrome c catalytic behaviour by affecting the heme environment using functionalized carbon-based nanomaterials. Process Biochemistry (2013) Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 1010-1017 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2013.04.021

K. Spyrou,* L. Kang, E. K. Diamanti, R. Y. Gengler, D. Gournis, M. Prato, and P. Rudolf. A novel route towards high quality fullerene-pillared graphene. Carbon (2013) Vol. 61, p. 313-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.05.010

G. Z. Papageorgiou, Z. Terzopoulou, D. S. Achilias, D. N. Bikiaris, M. Kapnisti, and D. Gournis. Biodegradable poly(ethylene succinate) nanocomposites. Effect of filler type on thermal behavior and crystallization kinetics. Polymer (2013) Vol. 54, No. 17, p. 4604-4616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2013.06.005

A. B. Bourlinos, M. A. Karakassides, A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, A. Bakandritsos, I. Papagiannouli, P. Aloukos, S. Couris, K. Hola, R. Zboril,* M. Krysmann, E. P. Giannelis*. Synthesis, characterization and non-linear optical response of organophilic carbon dots. Carbon (2013) Vol. 61, p. 640-643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.05.017

V. Georgakilas,* A. Kouloumpis, D. Gournis, A. Bourlinos, C. Trapalis, and R. Zboril. Tuning the dispersibility of carbon nanostructures, from organophilic to hydrophilic: Towards preparation of novel multipurpose carbon-based hybrids. Chemistry –A European Journal (2013) Vol. 19, No. 38, p. 12884- 12891. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201301200

Τ. Tsoufis, * A. P. Douvalis, C. E. Lekka, P. N. Trikalitis, T. Bakas and D. Gournis. Controlled preparation of carbon nanotube-iron oxide nanoparticle hybrid materials by a modified wet impregnation method. Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2013) Vol. 15, No. 9, Article Number: 1924 (p. 1-18). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-013-1924-7

K. Spyrou, D. Gournis and Petra Rudolf*. Hydrogen storage in graphene-based materials: Novel efforts towards enhanced hydrogen absorption. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology (2013) Vol. 2, No. 10, M3160-M3169 [ECS-JSS Focus Issue on Nanocarbons for Energy Harvesting and Storage] (Invited/Feature article. Review paper) https://doi.org/10.1149/2.018310jss

R. Y. N. Gengler, D. S. Badali, D. Zhang, K. Dimos, K. Spyrou, D. Gournis and D. R. J. Miller*. Revealing the ultrafast process behind the photoreduction of graphene oxide. Nature Communications (2013) Vol. 4, Article Number: 2560 (+Movie). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3560

E. J. M. Vertelman, E. Maccallini, D. Gournis, P. Rudolf, T. Bakas, J. Luzon, R. Broer, A. Pugzlys, T. T. A. Lummen, P. H. M. van Loosdrecht and P. J. van Koningsbruggen*. The Influence of Defects on the Electron Transfer and Magnetic Properties of RbxMn[Fe(CN)6]y .zH2O. Chemistry of Materials. (2006) Vol. 18, No. 7, p.1951-1963 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/cm052521x

A. Tomou, D. Gournis, I. Panagiotopoulos,* Y. Huang, G. Hadjipanayis, and B. Kooi. Weak ferromagnetism and exchange biasing in cobalt oxide nanoparticle systems. Journal of Applied Physics. (2006) Vol. 99, No. 12, p. 123915 (-5). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207809  

D. Gournis,* L. Jankovič, E. Maccallini, D. Benne, P. Rudolf,* J-F. Colomer, C. Sooambar, V. Georgakilas, M. Prato,* M. Fanti, F. Zerbetto,* G. H. Sarova, and D. M. Guldi*. Clay-fulleropyrrolidine nanocomposites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. (2006) Vol. 128, No. 18, p. 6154-6163 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0579661

K. Litina, A. Miriouni, D. Gournis,* M. A. Karakassides, N. Georgiou, E. Klontzas, E. Ntoukas and A. Avgeropoulos*. Nanocomposites of Polystyrene-b-Polyisoprene Copolymer with Layered Silicates and Carbon Nanotubes. European Polymer Journal. (2006) Vol. 42, No. 9, p. 2098-2107.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2006.03.025

L. Jankovič, D. Gournis,* P. N. Trikalitis,* I. Arfaoui, T. Cren, P. Rudolf,* M.-H. Sage, T. T. M. Palstra, B. Kooi, J. De Hosson, M. A. Karakassides, K. Dimos, A. Moukarika, and T. Bakas. Carbon Nanotubes Encapsulating Superconducting Single-Crystalline Tin Nanowires. Nano Letters. (2006) Vol. 6, No. 6, p. 1131-1135 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0602387

E. Giannakopoulos, P. Stathi, K. Dimos, D. Gournis, Y. Sanakis, and Y. Deligiannakis*. Adsorption and Radical Stabilisation of Humic Acid-Analogues and Pb2+ on Restricted Phyllomorphous Clay. Langmuir. (2006) Vol. 22, No. 16, p. 6863-6873 (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1021/la053273m

T. Tsoufis, P. Xidas, L. Jankovic, D. Gournis,* A. Saranti, T. Bakas, and M. A. Karakassides. Catalytic production of carbon nanotubes over Fe-Ni bimetallic catalysts supported on MgO. Diamond and Related Materials. (2007) Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 155-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2006.04.014

A. Policicchio, T. Caruso, G. Chiarello, E. Colavita, V. Formoso, R.G. Agostino, T. Tsoufis, D. Gournis and S. La Rosa. Electronic, chemical and structural characterization of CNTs grown by acetylene decomposition over MgO supported Fe-Co bimetallic catalysts. Surface Science. (2007) Vol. 601, No. 13, p. 2823-2827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2006.12.051

V. Georgakilas*, D. Gournis, V. Tzitzios, L. Pasquato,* D.M. Guldi and M. Prato. Decorating Carbon Nanotubes with Metals or Semiconductors. Journal of Materials Chemistry. (2007) Vol. 17, No. 26, p.2679-2694. (Invited/Feature article. Review paper) https://doi.org/10.1039/B700857K

A. Tomou, I. Panagiotopoulos*, D. Gournis,* and B. Kooi. L10 ordering and magnetic interactions in FePt nanoparticles embedded in MgO and SiO2 shell matrices. Journal of Applied Physics. (2007) Vol. 102, No. 2, p. 023910 (-5) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2752141

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 (+Support. Info.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2007.07.078

D. Gournis,* A. Lappas, M. A. Karakassides, D. Többens and A. Moukarika. A neutron diffraction study of alkali cation migration in montmorillonites. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. (2008) Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 49-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-007-0197-z

K. S. Triantafyllidis, S.A. Karakoulia, D. Gournis, L. Nalbandian, D. Delimitis, E. Maccalini and P. Rudolf. Formation of carbon nanotubes on iron/cobalt-modified zeolite-Y: Effect of zeolite porosity and particle morphology. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. (2008) Vol. 110, No. 1, p. 128-140. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn204

T. Tsoufis, A. Tomou, D. Gournis,* A. P. Douvalis, I. Panagiotopoulos, B. Kooi, V. Georgakilas, I. Arfaoui and T. Bakas *. Novel nanohybrids derived from the attachment of FePt nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. (2008) Vol. 8, No. 11, p. 5942-5951. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2008.18366

A. A. Tzialla, E. Kalogeris, D. Gournis, Y. Sanakis and H. Stamatis *. Enhanced catalytic performance and stability of chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago in surfactant free ternary water-organic solvent systems. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic. (2008) Vol. 51, No. 1-2, p. 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcatb.2007.10.006

E. Maccallini, G. Kalantzopoulos, T. Tsoufis, R.G. Agostino, G. Chiarello, V. Formoso, T. Caruso, A. Policicchio, D. Gournis and E. Colavita. Metallic tin-filling effects on Carbon Nanotubes revealed by Atomically Resolved Spectro-microscopies. Journal of Nano Research. (2008) Vol. 3, p. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.3.1

T. Tsoufis, L. Jankovic, D. Gournis,* P.N. Trikalitis, T Bakas*. Evaluation of first-row transition metal oxides supported on clay minerals for catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes. Materials Science and Engineering B. (2008) Vol. 152, No. 1-3, p. 44-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2008.06.029

I. Koutselas,* K. Dimos, A. Bourlinos, D. Gournis, A.Avgeropoulos, S. Agathopoulos and M.A. Karakassides. Nanosized Semiconductor Particles within Porous Solids: Synthesis and Characterization. Journal of Optoelectronic and Advanced Materials. (2008) Vol. 10, No. 1, p. 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp064275y

V. Georgakilas,* A. Bourlinos, D. Gournis, T. Tsoufis, C. Trapalis, A. Mateo-Alonso and M. Prato *. Multi-purpose organically modified carbon nanotubes: From functionalization to nanotube composites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. (2008) Vol. 130, No. 27, p. 8733-8740. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8002952

N. Tombros, L. Buit, I. Arfaoui, L. Jankovic, T. Tsoufis, D. Gournis, P. N. Trikalitis, S. J. van der Molen, P. Rudolf and B. J. van Wees. Charge transport in a single superconducting tin nanowire encapsulated in a Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube. Nano Letters. (2008) Vol. 8, No. 9, p. 3060-3064. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl080850t

G. Βalomenou, P. Stathi, A. Enotiadis, D. Gournis and Y. Deligiannakis *. Physicochemical Study of Polyamine Organosilicon Intercalated Montmorillonite Clays: Polyelectrolyte-Like pKa-Distribution and Metal Uptake. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. (2008) Vol. 325, No. 1, p. 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2008.04.072

E. Serefoglou, K. Litina, D. Gournis,* E. Kalogeris, A. A. Tzialla, I. V. Pavlidis, C. Stamatis,* E. Maccallini, M. Lubomska, and Petra Rudolf*. Smectite clays as solid supports for immobilization of βglucosidase: Synthesis, Characterization and Biochemical properties. Chemistry of Materials. (2008) Vol. 20, No. 12, p. 4106-4115. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm800486u

P. Stathi, I. T. Papadas, A. Enotiadis, R. Y. N. Gengler, D. Gournis, P. Rudolf and Y. Deligiannakis*. Effects of acetate on cation exchange capacity of a Zn-containing montmorillonite: Physicochemical significance and metal uptake. Langmuir. (2009). Vol. 25, No. 12, p. 6825-6833. https://doi.org/10.1021/la900831q

I. V. Pavlidis, D. Gournis, G. K. Papadopoulos and H. Stamatis*. Lipases in water-in-ionic liquid microemulsions: Structural and activity studies. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic. (2009) Vol. 60, No.1-2, p. 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcatb.2009.03.007

A. A. Tzialla, E. Kalogeris, A. Enotiadis, A. A. Taha, D. Gournis* and H. Stamatis*. Effective immobilization of C. Antarctica lipase B in organic- modified clays: Application for the epoxidation of terpenes. Materials Science and Engineering B. (2009) Vol. 165, No. 3, p. 173-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2009.09.003

R.Y.N. Gengler,* A. Veligura, A. Enotiadis, E. K. Diamanti, D. Gournis,* C. Józsa, B. J. van Wees,* and P. Rudolf*. Large yield preparation of high electronic quality graphene by a Langmuir-Schaefer approach. Small. (2010) Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 35-39 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.200901120

I.V. Pavlidis, T. Tsoufis, A. Enotiadis, D. Gournis* and H. Stamatis*. Functionalized Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Lipase Immobilization. Advanced Engineering Materials (section Advanced Biomaterials) (2010) Vol. 12, No. 5, p. B179-B183. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.200980021

A. A. Tzialla, I. V. Pavlidis, M. Felicissimo, P. Rudolf, D. Gournis* and H. Stamatis*. Lipase immobilization on smectite nanoclays: Characterization and application to the epoxidation of α-pinene. Bioresource Technology. (2010) Vol. 101, No. 6, p. 1587-1594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.023

D. Gournis,* C. Papachristodoulou, E. Maccallini, P. Rudolf,* M. A. Karakassides, D. T. Karamanis, M-H. Sage, T.T.M. Palstra, J-F. Colomer, K. D. Papavasileiou, V. S. Melissas and N-H. Gangas*. A two-dimensional magnetic hybrid material based on intercalation of a cationic prussian blue analogue in montmorillonite nanoclay. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. (2010) Vol. 348, No.2, p. 393-401 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2010.04.068

E. Maccallini,* T. Tsoufis, A. Policicchio, S. La Rosa, T. Caruso, G. Chiarello, E. Colavita, V. Formoso, D. Gournis, and R. G. Agostino. A spectro-microscopic investigation of Fe-Co bimetallic catalysts supported on MgO for the production of thin carbon nanotubes. Carbon. (2010) Vol. 48, No. 12, p. 3434-3445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2010.05.039

L. M. Toma, R. Y. N. Gengler, E. B. Prinsen, D. Gournis and P. Rudolf*. A Langmuir-Schaefer approach for the synthesis of highly ordered organoclay thin films. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. (2010) Vol. 12, No. 38, p. 12188-12197 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CP00286K

D. V. Stergiou, E. K. Diamanti, D. Gournis, and M. I. Prodromidis*. Comparative study of different types of graphenes as electrocatalysts for ascorbic acid. Electrochemistry Communications. (2010) Vol. 12, No. 10, p. 1307-1309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2010.07.006

L. Jankovič,* K. Dimos, J. Bujdák, I. Koutselas, J. Madejová, D. Gournis, M. A. Karakassides, and P. Komadel. Synthesis and characterization of low dimensional ZnS- and PbS- semiconductor particles on a montmorillonite template. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. (2010) Vol. 12, No. 42, p. 14236- 14244 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1039/C002891F

M. A. Karakassides,* D. Petridis, and D. Gournis. Infrared Reflectance Study of Thermally treated Li/Cs-Montmorillonites. Clays and Clay Minerals. (1997) Vol. 45, No. 5, p. 649-658. https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.1997.0450504

A. Szabό, D. Gournis, M. A. Karakassides, and D. Petridis*. Clay-(aminopropyl)ethoxy silane compositions. Chemistry of Materials. (1998) Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 639-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.129811

D. Petridis,* D. Gournis, and M. A. Karakassides. The Chemistry of Organofunctionalized Silicon Cubanes in Swelling Smectites. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. (1998) Vol. 311, p. 345-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/10587259808042409

M. A. Karakassides,* D. Gournis and D. Petridis. An infrared reflectance study of Si-O vibrations in thermally treated alkali-saturated montmorillonites. Clay Minerals. (1999) Vol. 34, No. 3, p. 429-438. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/claymin/article/34/3/429/56353/An-infrared-reflectance-study-of-Si-O-vibrations

M. A. Karakassides,* D. Gournis, A. Simopoulos, and D. Petridis. A Mössbauer and Infrared Study of Heat Treated Nontronite. Clays and Clay Minerals. (2000) Vol. 48, No.1, p. 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.2000.0480109

D. Gournis,* A. M. Mantaka, M. A. Karakassides, and D. Petridis. Effects of gamma-irradiation on Clays and Organoclays: A Mössbauer and XRD study. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. (2000) Vol. 27, No. 7, p. 514-521. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690000089

D. Gournis,* A. M. Mantaka, M. A. Karakassides, and D. Petridis. Ionizing Radiation Induced Defects in Smectite clays. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. (2001) Vol. 28, No.4, p. 285-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690100153

V. I. Georgakilas, D. Gournis and D. Petridis*. Organo-clay derivatives in the synthesis of macrocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. (2001) Vol. 40, No.22, p. 4286-4288 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3773(20011119)40:22<4286::AID-ANIE4286>3.0.CO;2-M

D. Gournis,* M.A. Karakassides and D. Petridis. Formation of hydroxyl radicals catalyzed by clay surfaces. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. (2002) Vol. 29, No. 2, p. 155-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690100215

D. Gournis, M.A. Karakassides, N. Boukos, T. Bakas and D. Petridis*. Catalytic synthesis of carbon nanotubes on clay minerals. Carbon. (2002) Vol. 40, No. 14, p. 2641-2646. [article was selected as Hot Paper by Alchemist Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 5, Iss. 45 (11 Nov 2002)] https://doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00165-3

D. Gournis,* M. Louloudi,* M.A. Karakassides, C. Kolokytha, K. Mitopoulou and N. Hadjiliadis*. Hetrogeneous clay-manganese(II) oxidation catalysts. Materials Science and Engineering C. (2002) Vol. 22, No. 1, p. 113-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0928-4931(02)00104-2

D. Gournis,* Y. Deligiannakis, M. A. Karakassides, S. Un, Ν. Ioannidis and D. Petridis. Stability study of tyrosinate radical in a restricted phyllomorphous medium. Langmuir. (2002) Vol. 18, No. 25, p. 10024-10029. https://doi.org/10.1021/la026292u

A.B. Bourlinos, M.A. Karakassides,* D. Gournis, V. Georgakilas and A. Moukarika. A novel route towards iron- and chromium-containing MCM-41 materials. Chemistry Letters. (2003) Vol. 32, No. 1, p. 38-39. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:98556311

M. A. Karakassides,* D. Gournis, A. B. Bourlinos, T. Bakas and P. Trikalitis. Magnetic Fe2O3-Al2O3 composites prepared by a modified wet impregnation method. Journal of Materials Chemistry. (2003) Vol. 13, No. 4, p. 871-876. https://doi.org/10.1039/b211330a

A. B. Bourlinos, D. Gournis, D. Petridis,* T. Szabó, A. Szeri and I. Dékány. Graphite oxide: chemical reduction to graphite and surface modification with primary aliphatic amines and aminoacids. Langmuir. (2003) Vol. 19, No. 15, p. 6050-6055. https://eurekamag.com/research/084/338/084338196.php

V. Georgakilas, D. Gournis, A. Bourlinos, M.A. Karakassides and D. Petridis*. Clays as host matrix in the synthesis of organic macrocycles. Chemistry, A European Journal. (2003) Vol. 9, No. 16, p. 3904- 3908. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200204555

R. Venkatachalapathy,* D. Gournis, C. Manoharan, S. Dhanapandian and K. Deenadayalan. Application of FTIR and Mössbauer spectroscopy in the analysis of some South Indian Archaeological Potteries. Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics. (2003) Vol. 41, No. 11, p. 833-838.

V. Georgakilas, D. Gournis, M. A. Karakassides, A. Bakandritsos and D. Petridis*. Organic derivatization of single-walled carbon nanotubes by clays and intercalated derivatives. Carbon. (2004) Vol. 42, No. 4, p. 865-870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2004.01.064  

D. Gournis and G. Floudas*. Hairy plates: polyethylene-b-polyisoprene copolymers in the presence of laponite clay. Chemistry of Materials. (2004) Vol. 16, No. 9, p. 1686-1692. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm035267m  

D. Gournis,* V. Georgakilas, K. Kordatos, M. A. Karakassides, T. Bakas and M. Prato,* M. Fanti and F. Zerbetto*. Incorporation of fullerene derivatives into smectite clays: A new family of OrganicInorganic nanocomposites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. (2004) Vol. 126, No. 25, p. 8561- 8568 (+Suppl. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/ja049237b

R. Venkatachalapathy,* D. Gournis, C. Manoharan, S. Dhanapandian and T. Deenadayalan. FTIR and Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of archaeological potteries from Nathikudi, Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Physics. (2004) Vol. 78, No. 12, p. 1371-1375.

V. Georgakilas,* V. Tzitzios, D. Gournis and D. Petridis*. Attachment of magnetic nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes and their soluble derivatives. Chemistry of Materials. (2005) Vol. 17, No. 7, p. 1613- 1617 (+Support. Info.) https://doi.org/10.1021/cm0483590