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  1. Reversible and dynamic transitions between sticky and slippery states on porous surfaces with ultra-low backpressure

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  2. Active porous valves for plug actuation and plug flow manipulation in open channel fluidics

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  3. All-plastic, low-power, disposable, continuous-flow PCR chip with integrated microheaters for rapid DNA amplification

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  4. Sol–gel synthesized, low-temperature processed, reduced molybdenum peroxides for organic optoelectronics applications

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, June 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas, Dr Panagiotis Argitis

  5. Influence of the Oxygen Substoichiometry and of the Hydrogen Incorporation on the Electronic Band Structure of Amorphous Tungsten Oxide Films

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, June 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  6. Highly porous tungsten oxides for electrochromic applications

    Article • Microelectronic Engineering, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas, Dr Panagiotis Argitis

  7. Reversible pressure-induced switching of droplet mobility after impingement on porous surface media

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, September 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  8. Effect of the Oxygen Sub-Stoichiometry and of Hydrogen Insertion on the Formation of Intermediate Bands within the Gap of Disordered Molybdenum Oxide Films

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  9. Formation of stoichiometric, sub-stoichiometric undoped and hydrogen doped tungsten oxide films, enabled by pulsed introduction of O2 or H2 during hot-wire vapor deposition

    Article • Thin Solid Films, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  10. Integrated biochip for PCR-based DNA amplification and detection on capacitive biosensors

    Article • May 2013, SPIE

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  11. Omnidirectional antireflective properties of porous tungsten oxide films with in-depth variation of void fraction and stoichiometry

    Article • Optics Communications, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  12. High performance organic light emitting diodes using substoichiometric tungsten oxide as efficient hole injection layer

    Article • Organic Electronics, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas, Dr Panagiotis Argitis

  13. On the optical properties of SLS ELA polycrystalline silicon films

    Article • Microelectronic Engineering, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  14. Substoichiometric hot-wire WOx films deposited in reducing environment

    Article • Thin Solid Films, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  15. Porous hot-wire deposited WO3 films with high optical transmission

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, May 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  16. A continuous flow μPCR device with integrated microheaters on a flexible polyimide substrate

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  17. Plasma directed assembly and organization: bottom-up nanopatterning using top-down technology

    Article • Nanotechnology, January 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  18. Micro and nano structuring and texturing of polymers using plasma processes: potential manufacturing applications

    Article • International Journal of Nanomanufacturing, January 2010, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  19. Mechanisms of Oxygen Plasma Nanotexturing of Organic Polymer Surfaces: From Stable Super Hydrophilic to Super Hydrophobic Surfaces

    Article • Langmuir, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  20. Nano-textured polymer surfaces with controlled wetting and optical properties using plasma processing

    Article • International Journal of Nanotechnology, January 2009, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  21. Flexible organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on a blue emitting polyfluorene

    Article • physica status solidi c, December 2008, Wiley

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas, Dr Panagiotis Argitis

  22. Plasma Etching and Roughening of Thin Polymeric Films: A Fast, Accurate, in situ Method of Surface Roughness Measurement

    Article • Plasma Processes and Polymers, November 2008, Wiley

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  23. Plasma processing for polymeric microfluidics fabrication and surface modification: Effect of super-hydrophobic walls on electroosmotic flow

    Article • Microelectronic Engineering, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  24. Optical characterization of Si-rich silicon nitride films prepared by low pressure chemical vapor deposition

    Article • Microelectronics Reliability, April 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  25. Nanotextured super-hydrophobic transparent poly(methyl methacrylate) surfaces using high-density plasma processing

    Article • Nanotechnology, February 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  26. Optical and structural properties of copper oxide thin films grown by oxidation of metal layers

    Article • Thin Solid Films, December 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  27. Thickness-dependent glass transition temperature of thin resist films for high resolution lithography

    Article • Microelectronic Engineering, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  28. Plasma oxidation of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane polymers

    Article • January 2006, American Vacuum Society

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas, Dr Panagiotis Argitis

  29. Multiwavelength interferometry and competing optical methods for the thermal probing of thin polymeric films

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  30. Oxygen-Plasma Modification of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Containing Copolymers for Micro- and Nanofabrication

    Article • October 2005, Wiley

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas, Dr Panagiotis Argitis

  31. Increased plasma etch resistance of thin polymeric and photoresist films

    Article • Microelectronic Engineering, March 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  32. Plasma etch rate measurements of thin PMMA films and correlation with the glass transition temperature

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, January 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas

  33. Patterning of thick polymeric substrates for the fabrication of microfluidic devices

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, January 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Nikolaos Vourdas