Efstratios I. Kamitsos

Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute

The National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF)

48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, Athens 116 35, Greece

Tel: 721 2517

Fax: 724 9104

E-mail: eikam@eie.gr

Director of the Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute / NHRF

Ph.D. in Physical-Inorganic Chemistry, Brown University, RI, USA (1/1979 - 4/1983)

Diploma in Chemistry, University of Athens (10/1973 - 3/1978)

Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry (1/1979 - 1/1983)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Materials Research Laboratory (1/1983 - 1/1984)

The National Defense Research Center, Greece

Research Associate, during military service (9/1984 - 4/1985)

Researcher (3/1984 - 3/1990)

Senior Researcher (3/1990 - 10/1997)

Director (10/1997 - present)

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Structural (FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy) and dynamic (impedance spectroscopy) studies of inorganic glasses, including fast-ion conducting, oxide and chalcogenide glasses.

• Structure-property correlation in glasses, with emphasis on ionic conductivity, optical properties, density and glass transition temperature.

• Studies of chemical processes (isomerisation and disproportionation equilibria) which underline the glass transition.

• Molecular orientation in polymers by polarized infrared spectroscopic techniques.

1. Alkali Sites in Glass, E.I. Kamitsos and G.D. Chryssikos, Solid State Ionics, 105, 75 (1998)
2. Structure and Bonding in As-Sb-S Chalcogenide Glasses by Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy, E.I. Kamitsos, J.A. Kapoutsis, I.P. Culeac and M.S. Iovu, J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 11061 (1997)
3. Structure-Property Correlation in Glasses by Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy, E.I. Kamitsos, Y.D. Yiannopoulos, C.P. Varsamis and H. Jain, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 222, 59 (1997)
4. Coordination States of Molybdenum and the Nature of Copper Ion Sites in the Superionic Glasses xCuI-(1-x)Cu₂MoO₄ (x=0.4, 0.5), C.P. Varsamis, E.I. Kamitsos, N. Machida and T. Minami, J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 3734 (1997)
5. Far Infrared Spectra of Alkali Germanate Glasses and Correlation with Electrical Conductivity, E.I. Kamitsos, Y.D. Yiannopoulos, H. Jain and W.C. Huang, Phys. Rev. B, 54, 9775 (1996)
6. Molecular Orientation in Polyester Films Using Polarized Laser Raman & FT-IR Spectroscopies and X-ray Diffraction, G. Voyiatzis, G. Petekides, D. Vlassopoulos, E.I. Kamitsos and A. Bruggemann, Macromolecules, 29, 2244 (1996)
7. Correlation Between Dielectric Constant and Chemical Structure of Sodium Silicate Glasses, C.H. Hsieh, H. Jain and E.I. Kamitsos, J. Appl. Phys. 80, 1704 (1996)
8. Raman and Infrared Structural Investigation of xRb₂O-(1-x)GeO₂ Glasses, E.I. Kamitsos, Y.D. Yiannopoulos, M.A. Karakassides, G.D. Chryssikos and H. Jain, J. Phys. Chem. 100, 11755 (1996)
9. Metal Ion Sites in Oxide Glasses. Relation to Glass Basicity and Ion Transport, E.I. Kamitsos, G.D. Chryssikos, A.P. Patsis and J.A. Duffy, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 196, 249 (1996)
10. Infrared Study of AgI-Containing Superionic Glasses, E.I. Kamitsos, J.A. Kapoutsis, G.D. Chryssikos, J.M. Hutchinson, A.J. Pappin, M.D. Ingram and J.A. Duffy, Phys. Chem. Glasses, 36, 141 (1995)