Aristides D. Zdetsis

Professor of Theoretical Condenced Matter Physics and Material Science
Department of Physics
Division of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Head of the Molecular Engineering Group
University of Patras, Greece
Email: zdetsis@upatras.gr  ,  zdetsis@physics.upatras.gr

Current Research Interests

Theoretical and Computational Condenced Matter Physics and Material Sciences: Electronic, Optical and structural properties of amorphous semiconductors, clusters and nanostructures. There are more than 120 publications on these subjects in international journals and (refereed) international conference-proceedings and more than 60 presentations in Greek and international conferences (many of which are invited).

 

Announcement - Call for papers: Symposium 20 at ICCMSE 2010

This year I am organizing the symposium "Molecular engineering and modelling of functional and functionalizable nanostructures" (symposium 20) which is part of  the International Conference in Computational Methods in Science and Engineering 2010 - ICCMSE 2010 (more information at   http://www.iccmse.org).

ICCMSE 2010 will take place Hotel Kypriotis Village-Kypriotis Panorama-Kypriotis International Conference Center, in Psalidi, Kos, Greece, 3 - 8 October 2010.

See announcement for more details.

 

Education

1964 High school diploma High School of Nikaia, GR.
1969 Bachelor’s Degree Department of Physics University of Athens, GR
1972 Master’s Degree Thomas Jepherson University, Swarthmore College
Campus -Bartol Research Foundation, Swarthmore, Pa. USA.
Dissertation: A review of the shell model with reference to the O18 nucleus.
1976 Ph.D Degree Thomas Jepherson University, Swarthmore College
Campus -Bartol Research Foundation, Swarthmore, Pa. USA.
Dissertation: Lattice Dynamics of crystals with diamond structure.

 

Editorial Work

Special issue on silicon clusters, JCMSE 7, 183-335 (2007)
Guest editor Journal of Mathematical Chemistry
Member of the editorial board (senior editor) Journal of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (IOS Press)
Academic responsibility / Scientific supervision of more than 15 books published by the Greek Open University (EAP) in various thematic units [List of Books]

 

Teaching

Solid State Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Computational Physics, Modern Physics, Mathematical methods, Statistical Physics, Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism. Supervision in more than 20 undergraduate diploma thesis, more than 5 Master’s thesis and 5 Ph.D dissertations.

 

Membership in scientific societies and editorial boards of journals

American Physical Society, Sigma - Xi Society for the progress of Science (Local Chapter of Swarthmore PA and also member at large), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Greek society of Science and technology of condensed matter, Greek Society of Nano-science and Nanotechnology.

Member of the editorial board of Journal of Computational Methods on Science and Engineering (JCMSE) - Senior Editor.

 

Books

  1. “Quantum Physics I” (pages 550) in Greek, Hellenic Open University (2004)
  2. “Vibrations and Waves, Volumes 2, part I ” (pages 380) in Greek, Hellenic Open University (2004) [download TOC and first chapter (540 kB)]
  3. “From Classical to Modern Physics” (480 pages) in Greek (2001) [download TOC and first chapter (450 kB)]
  4. “Vibrations and Waves Volume2, part II. Applications: Acoustics and Optics” (340 pages) in Greek [download TOC and first chapter (740 kB)]
  5. “Introduction to Modern Physics” (600 pages) in Greek , University of Patras (2003) [download TOC and first chapter (260 kB)]

 

Chapters in Books

  1. “Silicon Fullerenes” in Handbook of Nanophysics, A. D. Zdetsis, edited by Klaus D. Sattler, volume 2, chapter 48, Taylor and Francis (2010), to be published.

 

Selected Publications

  1. “Theoretical Predictions of a New Family of Stable Bismuth and Other Group 15 Fullerenes”, Aristides D. Zdetsis, J. Chem. Phys. C 114, 10775 (2010) [ABSTRACT]
  2. “Structural reciprocity effect in binary silicon-bismuth clusters”, Aristides D. Zdetsis, Chem. Phys. Lett. 493, 45 (2010) [ABSTRACT]
  3. “Rationalizing and Functionalizing Stannaspherene: Very Stable Stannaspherene “Alloys””, J. Chem. Phys. 131, 224310 (2009) [ABSTRACT]
  4. “Stabilization of large silicon fullerenes and related nanostructures trough puckering and poly(oligo)merization”, A. D. Zdetsis, Phys. Rev. B 80, 195417 (2009), selected for the November 30, 2009 issue of AIP's Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology. [ABSTRACT]
  5. “Silicon-Bismuth and Germanium-Bismuth Clusters of High Stabilty”, A. D. Zdetsis, J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 12079-12087 (2009) [ABSTRACT]
  6. “Multidecker Sandwiches of Silicon-Carbon Clusters“, E. N. Koukaras and A. D. Zdetsis, Organometallics 28 (15), 4308–4315 (2009). [ABSTRACT]
  7. “One-nanometer luminous silicon nanoparticles: Possibility of a fullerene interpretation“, Aristides D. Zdetsis, Phys. Rev. B 79, 195437 (2009), selected for the June 8, 2009 issue of AIP's Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology. [ABSTRACT]
  8. “Success and pitfalls of the Sin−2C2H2–C2Bn−2Hn isolobal analogy: Depth and breadth of the boron connection“, Aristides D. Zdetsis, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 064303 (2009) [ABSTRACT]
  9. “A new class of silicon-carbon clusters: A full study of the hydrogenated SinC2H2, n=3,4,5, clusters in comparison with their isoelectronic carboranes C2BnHn+2“, A. D. Zdetsis, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 184305, (2008), selected for the May 26, 2008 issue of AIP's Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology. [ABSTRACT]
  10. “High-Stability Hydrogenated Silicon−Carbon Clusters: A Full Study of Si2C2H2 in Comparison to Si2C2, C2B2H4, And Other Similar Species“, A. D. Zdetsis, J. Phys. Chem. A 112, 5712, (2008). [ABSTRACT]
  11. “High-symmetry low-energy structures of C60H60 and related fullerenes and nanotubes“, A. D. Zdetsis, Phys. Rev. B 127, 115402, (2008). [ABSTRACT]
  12. “Analogy of silicon clusters with deltahedral boranes: How far can it go? Reexamining the structure of Sin and Sin2−, n=5–13 clusterss“, A. D. Zdetsis, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 244308, (2007). [ABSTRACT]
  13. “Stabilization of flat aromatic Si6 rings analogous to benzene: Ab initio theoretical prediction”, A.D. Zdetsis, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 214306 (2007). [ABSTRACT]
  14. “Is Aromaticity and Fluxionality the Key to Magicity of Si6 Cluster?”, A.D. Zdetsis, AIP Conf. Proc. 963, 383 (2007). [ABSTRACT]
  15. “High-symmetry high-stability silicon fullerenes: A first-principles study”, A.D. Zdetsis, Phys. Rev. B 76, 075402 (2007). [ABSTRACT]
  16. “Structural properties and magic structures in hydrogenated finite and infinite silicon nanowires“, A. D. Zdetsis, E. N. Koukaras and C. S. Garoufalis, App. Phys. Lett. 91, 203112, (2007). [ABSTRACT]
  17. “Fluxional and aromatic behavior in small magic silicon clusters: A full ab initio study of Sin, Sin1-, Sin2-, and Sin1+, n=6, 10 clusters”, A. D. Zdetsis, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 014314 (2007). [ABSTRACT]
  18. “Bonding and structural characteristics of Zn-, Cu-, and Ni-encapsulated Si clusters: Density-functional theory calculations”, Aristides D. Zdetsis, Phys. Rev. B 75, 085409 (2007). [ABSTRACT]
  19. “Optical properties of small size semiconductor nanocrystals and nanoclusters”, A.D. Zdetsis, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science (RAMS) 11, 56 No 1 (January 2006). [ABSTRACT]
  20. “High level ab initio calculations of the optical gap of small Sillicon Quantum dots”, C.S. Garoufalis, Aristides D. Zdetsis and S. Grimme, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 276402 (2001). [ABSTRACT]
  21. “The real structure of the Si6 cluster”, Aristides D. Zdetsis, Phys. Rev A 64 , 23202 (2001). [ABSTRACT]
  22. “The structure of C6Si”, Α. Zdetsis, B. Engels, M. Hanrath, and S.D. Peyerimhoff, Chem. Phys. Letters 302, 288-294 (1999). [ABSTRACT]
  23. “Importance of multicenter bonding in the structure of Si3C3”, M. Muhlhauser, G. Froudakis, A. Zdetsis and S.D. Peyerimhoff, Chem. Phys. Letters 204, 617-623 (1993). [ABSTRACT]
  24. “Energetics and structure of dangling and floating bonds in amorphous Silicon”, A. Zdetsis, and G. Froudakis, Journal of non-crystalline Solids, 137, and 138, 303-306 (1991). [ABSTRACT]
  25. “Electronic structure and x-ray Raman spectrum of solid Boron”, A.D. Zdetsis, and D.K. Papademitriou, Phys. Rev. Letters 60, 61-63 (1988). [ABSTRACT]
  26. “K-shell electron binding energy of metallic Mg and Ca”, A.D. Zdetsis, Phys. Rev. B 37, 4764-4765 (1988). [ABSTRACT]
  27. “Fractal character of wave functions in one-dimensional incommensurate systems”, A.D. Zdetsis, C.M. Soukoulis and E.N. Economou, Phys. Rev. B 33, 4936-4940 (1986). [ABSTRACT]
  28. “Electronic and transport properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon”, A.D. Zdetsis, E.N. Economou, D.A. Papaconstantopoulos and N. Flytzanis, Phys. Rev. B 31, 2410-2415 (1985). [ABSTRACT]
  29. “Localization in two and three dimensional systems away from the band center”, A.D. Zdetsis, C.M. Soukoulis, E.N. Economou and G.S. Grest, Phys. Rev. B 32, 7811-7816 (1985). [ABSTRACT]
  30. “Localized states in disordered systems as bound states in potential wells”, E.N. Economou, C.M. Soukoulis and A.D. Zdetsis, Phys. Rev. B 30, 1686-1694 (1984). [ABSTRACT]
  31. “Cluster adsorption of Argon on Alumina”, A.D. Zdetsis and A. Barry Kunz, Phys. Rev. B 26, 4756-4758 Rapid Communications (1982). [ABSTRACT]
  32. “Non-rigid muffin-tin calculations of the electron-phonon interaction”, A.D. Zdetsis, E.N. Economou and D.A. Papaconstantopoulos, Phys. Rev. B 24, 3115-3121 (1981). [ABSTRACT]

 

Complete list of publications

 

Contact Information

Prof. Aristides Zdetsis
Division of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Department of Physics, University of Patras
26500, Patra, Greece
tel. (+30) 2610 997458
fax. (+30) 2610 997458
secretary: (+30) 2610 997614
zdetsis@upatras.gr  ,  zdetsis@physics.upatras.gr