George Kenanakis

Fullname: George Kenanakis

Associated entity: Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)

Field of study: Environmental and Geosciences

Hashtags: Energy harvesting, metamaterials, sensors, photocatalysis, thermoelectric materials, spectroscopy

Short bio:

Dr. George Kenanakis is a principal Researcher at IESL-FORTH, where he joined at 2006. His main research interests range between applied physics and electromagnetism (focused in the electromagnetic wave propagation in composite media, with emphasis on metamaterials, photonic crystals and plasmonic structures), to chemical synthesis of metal oxide thin films and nanostructures (emphasized in the photocatalysis of organic pollutants in liquid and gas phase).

He has a strong experience in the analysis of thin films, nanostructures and metamaterials’ samples by means of microwave and FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy with emphasis on catalysis studies, dehydration kinetics, and in-situ measurements, along with electromagnetic shielding, energy harvesting, etc.

For the last years his research efforts are focused on 3D printing/additive manufacturing of polymeric nanostructures with multifunction properties, such as 3D printed circuits and electronics (a), Energy harvesting prototypes, using existing EM radiation (e.g. GSM, FM, WiFi) (b), 3D printed flexible electrodes for batteries (c), Large scale 3D photocatalytic/self-cleaning filters and devices (d), Industrial scale thermoelectric devices, for potential applications in random access memory devices (e), etc.