Development of functional layered (2D) materials

Ιnorganic layered structures, clay-based materials (clays, pillared clays, organo-clays, LDHs), carbon layered structures, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), germanane, silicane, MXenes, 2D oxides,  phyllosilicates, etc: preparation, intercalation reactions, pillaring, functionalization, study of properties 

Production and functionalization of carbon nanostructured materials

Development of functional carbon nanostructures  like carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, graphenes, carbon dots, carbon nanodiscs, molecular diamonds etc for targeted applications

Design and development of novel low dimensional materials and devices

Bottom-up synthetic approaches, including Langmuir-Blodgett method and self-assembly, for the construction of highly ordered low-dimensional assemblies

Development of novel organic inorganic hybrid nanocomposites

Development of novel polymer nanocomposites with improved mechanical, conductive, thermal and diffusion properties

Development of metallic nanoparticles

Design and development of magnetic, semiconducting or catalytic nanoparticles with emphasis in the areas of catalytic, energy, environmental, magnetic, electronic, optical, bio-related and medical applications.

Biomimetic materials and biocatalysts

Application of nanotechnology and nanomaterials to biology/biotechnology, pharmacology and (patho-) physiology. Use of nanomaterials as effective supports for immobilization of enzymes

Design and development of targeted nanoporous sieves

Development of mesoporous and microporous materials based on carbon (hierarchical porous carbons, carbon cuboids, CMK) or silicon (MCM-41, SBA-15) for separation, sorption and catalysis 

Materials Characterization 

Fully structural, morphological and physicochemical characterization using powder XRD, FTIR, Raman, UV-Vis, EPR and Mossbauer spectroscopies, DTA/DSC/TGA, porosity measurements, AFM and SEM microscopy.