Research Interests

Current research areas and interests include:

• Polymer Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications
  • Solid State Polymer Electrolytes for application in Lithium-metal Batteries
  • Polymer Photovoltaic Devices / Bulk Heterojunctions
• Structure-Property Relationship in Nanostructured Polymer Materials
• Polymers on Surfaces and Interfaces and Thin Films

Short Curriculum Vitae

Emmanouil Glynos received his PhD in Materials Science, in in the core subject of polymer physics, at the University of Edinburgh in 2007. Before joining the Department of Material Science & Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2021, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Material Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan until 2012, and he was subsequently appointed as a Research Investigator at the University of Michigan at the Center for Solar and Thermal Energy. From 2015 to 2021 he was a Research Scientist at FORTH/IESL. He has published 49 papers in referred international journals, 1 book chapter and 6 in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings. His work has received 1647 citations with an h-index = 24 and i10-index = 39 (as given by Google Scholar on 15 November 2021). His work has been presented in more than 80 times in International Conferences and Colloquia; 15 invited in International Meetings and 18 invited at Universities and Research Centers.

Selected Recent Publications

1. G. Zardalidis, D. Chatzogiannakis, E. Glynos, F. Farmakis, "Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Study of Surface Film Formation on Lithium Anodes and the Role of Chain Termination on Poly (Ethylene Oxide) Electrolytes" ACS Applied Energy Materials 2021, 4, 6815-6823
2. P. Bacova, E. Glynos, S. H. Anastasiadis, V. Harmandaris "How Does the Number of Arms Affect the Properties of Mikto-arm Stars in a Selective Oligomeric Matrix? Insights from Atomistic Simulations" ACS Omega 2021, 6, 1138-1148
3. B. Frieberg, E. Glynos, G. Sakellariou, M. Tyagi, P. F. Green "Effect of Molecular Stiffness on the Physical Aging of Polymers" Macromolecules 2020, 53, 7684-7690
4. P. Bacova, E. Glynos, S. H. Anastasiadis, V. Harmandaris "Spatio-temporal Heterogeneities in Nanosegregated Single-molecule Polymer Particles" Soft Matter 2020, 16, 4584-4590 [Back Cover]
5. E Glynos, C. Pantazidis, G Sakellariou "Designing All-Polymer Nanostructured Solid Electrolytes: Advances and Prospects" ACS Omega 2020, 5, 2531-2540
6. P.A. Klonos, N Patelis, E Glynos, G Sakellariou, A Kyritsis "Molecular Dynamics in Polystyrene Single-Chain Nanoparticles" Macromolecules 2019, 52, 9334-9340
7. S. Chandran, J. Baschnagel, D. Cangialosi, K. Fukao, E. Glynos, L. M. C, Janssen, M. Muller, M. Muthukumar, U. Steiner, J. Xu, S. Napolitano, G. Reiter "Processing Pathways Decide Polymer Properties at the Molecular Level" Macromolecules 2019, 52, 7146-7156 [ACS Editor’s Choice and Front Cover]
8. P. Bacova, E. Glynos, S. H. Anastasiadis, V. Harmandaris "Nanostructuring Single-Molecule Polymeric Nanoparticle via Macromolecular Architecture". ACS Nano 2019, 13, 2439-2449
9. P. Bacova, R. Foskinis, E. Glynos, A. N. Rissanou, S. H. Anastasiadis, V. Harmandaris "Effect of Macromolecular Architecture on the Self-Assembly Behavior of Copolymers in a Selective Polymer Host". Soft Matter 2018, 14, 9562-9570 [Back Cover]
10. E. Glynos, P. Petropoulou, E. Mygiakis, A. D. Nega, L. Papoutsakis, W. Pan, E. P. Giannelis, G. Sakellariou, S. H. Anastasiadis "Leveraging Molecular Architecture To Design New, All-Polymer Solid Electrolytes with Simultaneous Enhancement in Modulus and Ionic Conductivity" Macromolecules 2018, 51, 2542-2550
11. E. Glynos, K.J. Johnson, B. Frieberg, A. Chremos, S. Narayanan, G. Sakellariou, P.F. Green ''Free Surface Relaxations of Star-shaped Polymers Films'' Physical Review Letters 2017, 119, 227801
12. L. C. Hsiao, S. Jamali, E. Glynos, P. Green, R. G. Larson, M. J. Solomon. A "Rheological State Diagram for Rough Colloids in Shear Flow" Physical Review Letters 2017, 119, 158001
13. K.J. Johnson, E. Glynos, B. Frieberg, A. Chremos, S. Narayanan, G. Sakellariou, P.F. Green "Confinement Effects on Host Chain Dynamics in Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Films" Macromolecules 2017, 50, 7241-7248
14. E. Glynos, L. Papoutsakis, W. Pan, A. D. Nega, E. Mygiakis, E. P. Giannelis, G. Sakellariou, S. H. Anastasiadis "Nanostructured Polymer Particles as Additives for High Conductivity, High Modulus Solid Polymer Electrolytes" Macromolecules 2017, 50, 4699-4706
15. B. Frieberg, E. Glynos, G. Sakellariou, P.F. Green "Glassy Dynamics of Polymers with Star-Shaped Topologies: Roles of Molecular Functionality, Arm Length, and Film Thickness" Macromolecules 2017, 50, 3719-3725
16. S. Napolitano, E. Glynos, N. Tito "Glass Transition of Polymers in Bulk, Confined Geometries, and Near Interfaces" Reports on Progress in Physics 2017, 80, 036602 [Front Cover]