Ioannis N. Remediakis
Contact details
- Address
- Department of Materials Science and Technology,
University of Crete,
GR-71003 Heraklion, Greece. - Office
- 245, Physics Building
- Telephone
- +30 2810 394250
In short
Ioannis N. Remediakis is an Assistant Professor of Computational Materials Science at the Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece. His research focuses on atomistic models for nanomaterials and complex processes, including superhard materials and catalysis.
Ioannis graduated from the Department of Physics, University of Crete in 1997. He got his masters (1998) and PhD (2002) from the same Department, having performed most of his PhD research at Harvard with Prof. Kaxiras. His thesis was co-supervised by Prof. Kelires from Crete. He has worked for two years with Prof. Nørskov at CAMD in Denmark. He has worked as a visiting Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece and the Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.
Research projects
Electronic structure theory aims to make the giant leap between quantum states of single electrons to macroscopic physical or chemical properties of complex materials. Employing quantum-mechanical simulations and using simple materials and model processes as probes, we seek to establish universal relations governing the properties of matterials, as well as their response to external fields. Such laws are of crucial importance to the design of new materials that cover specific technological needs.
Prof. Remediakis employs computer simulations in the fields of surface chemistry (adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis), nano-chemistry (shape and properties of metal nanoparticles), nano-physics (properties of nanocrystalline solids) and solid-state physics (mechanical properties of superhard ceramics). He has so far published 18 papers that have been cited more that 300 times.
Selected Publications
- Softening of ultra-nanocrystalline diamond at low grain sizes, I. N. Remediakis, G. Kopidakis and P. C. Kelires, Acta Mater 56 5340 (2008)
- Insights into the fracture mechanisms and strength of amorphous and nanocomposite carbon, M.G. Fyta, I.N. Remediakis, P.C. Kelires and D.A. Papaconstantopoulos, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 185503 (2006)
- Ammonia synthesis from first-principles calculations, K. Honkala, A. Hellman, I. N. Remediakis, A. Logadottir, A. Carlsson, S. Dahl, C.H. Christensen and J. K. Nørskov, Science, 307 558 (2005).
- CO oxidation on rutile-supported Au nanoparticles, I. N. Remediakis, N. Lopez and J. K. Nørskov, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.44, 1824 (2005).