Τίτλος / Title

Design of Novel Materials based on Metallic Nanoparticles

 

Τριμελής Συμβουλευτική Επιτροπή

Επιβλέπων/ουσα:               Γεώργιος Κοπιδάκης

Μέλη:                                  Γιάννης Ρεμεδιάκης, Κωνσταντίνος Στούμπος

 

Περίληψη / Abstract

This will be a theoretical study of the topological phases of materials with heavy emphasis on suggesting ways of applying these new technologies in the field of nanomaterials. Topology offers a new way to categorise materials as well as a new avenue to create and manipulate robust surface states. Successful tailoring and engineering of nanomaterial electronic properties will combine the tunability of nanoparticle structure and composition with the robustness of topological phases, guiding nanodevice fabrication and contributing to classifying materials at the nanoscale by their topological properties. Using theoretical and computational methods such as Density Functional Theoryand guided by the physics of nanostructures and topological phases , we will explore novel materials, combining atomic and electronic structure design, which will then be tested in the lab by our experimental colleagues.Τhe effects of magnetism and parameters such as strain will also be explored as additional pathways to control the topological phases of materials.