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Name: Marios Kosmas

Position: Professor of Physical Chemistry

Institute: Chemistry Department, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece

Phone: +302651008442, Fax:+302651008798

E-mail: mkosmas@cc.uoi.gr

Mail: Chemistry Department, University Of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece

EDUCATION 

1969-1973: Bsc of Chemistry (degree with honour) from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

1974-1978: Msc, Ph.D in Chemistry, from University Of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A

RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1978-1979: Podoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago, USA

1979-1980; Postdoctoral researcher, Colorado State University, USA

1980- 1985: Lecturer, Chemistry Department, University of Ioannina, Greece

Jun- Sep 1981: Researcher, Cambridge University, UK

1985-1989: Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Ioannina, Greece

1988: Sabbatical, University of Toronto, Canada

1989-1997: Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Ioannina, Greece

1993: Sabbatical, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

1997- to now, Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Ioannina, Greece

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Courses at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level (Statistical Thermodynamics, Polymer Science, Chemical Kinetics, and Physical Chemistry). Supervision of 8 Ph.D students

RESEARCH

My research interests are focused on the theoretical investigation of polymeric systems of various concentrations, architectures, and under various environmental conditions. Starting by microscopic models based on the molecular nature of matter and by using methods of statistical physics the dependency of the average properties of the system is given as function of the molecular weight, the temperature and solvent quality.  The following systems are indicative of our effort in understanding the behavior of polymeric systems, a) of dilute polymeric systems in which isolated chains can describe the system, b) of concentrated solutions in which interactions of chains are taken into account and a treatment is done towards the extraction of free energy, osmotic pressure and equation of state, c) of dense systems of melts and blends of polymers and the way phase diagrams can be determined, d) of homopolymers of one kind of monomers as well as of copolymers of more kind of monomers, e) of  different architectures of polymeric systems for example, ring, star, and recently dendritic polymers, and) of polymers at interfaces and surfaces.

Recently, we also found interest in diffusive motion of large particle. By means of accurate microscopic models we describe the macroscopic behavior of moving particles observed in biology and nanotechnology.

PUBLICATIONS

Over 70 papers published in peer-reviewed international journals, h-factor=14 , 337 citations (excluding self-sitations), (search run 17 Nov 2010, ISI Web of science). For full list of publication see the link http://mkosmas.blogspot.com/

CONFERENCES AND INVITED TALKS

Participating to 35 International and Greek conferences, talks or poster presentations. 12 invited talks.

HONORS AND AWARDS

1969-1973 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki fellowship, after written competition (undergraduate studies).

1974-1978 University of Chicago Fellowship (Msc and Ph.D studies)

RESEARCH FUNDS

6 research programs since 1984.

REVIEWING

Reviewing for Macromolecules, Journal of Polymer science, Journal de Physique, Journal of Chemical Physics. Reviewing of proposals submitted to General Secretary Research and Technology, Greece, as well as of proposals submitted to Greek Universities.

Publications of Marios Kosmas

1) Self-consistent field theories of the polymer excluded volume

problem. The linear polymer, M.K.Kosmas and K.F.Freed, J.Chem.Phys.

1978,68,4878-95.

           

2)On scaling theories of polymer solutions, M.K.Kosmas and K.F.Freed,

J.Chem.Phys. 1978,69,3647-59

3)Critical exponents from scaling with neglect of cuttoffs, K.F.Freed

and M.K.Kosmas, Phys.Rev.B 1979,20,215-22

4) Configurational properties of dilute polymer solutions,

dimensionality and perturbation theory, M.K.Kosmas,J.Phys.A

1981,14,931-43

5) On the mean radius of gyration of a polymer chain, M.K.Kosmas,

J.Phys.A 1981,14,2779-88

6) On the adsorption of a Θ-polymer, M.K.Kosmas, Makromol.Chem.

Rap.Commun. 1981,2,563-7

7) The partition function of an isolated polymer with excluded volume

interactions in dimension four,  M.K.Kosmas, J.Phys.A 1982,15,1667-73

8)On the adsorption of a polymer chain, M.K.Kosmas, Static and Dynamic

Properties of the Polymeric Solid State, R.A.Pethrick and R.W.Richards

(eds), Copyright by D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1982,461

9) On the probability distribution of the end to end vector of a polymer

chain, M.K.Kosmas, J.Phys.A L 1983,16,381-4

10) Effects  of the excluded volume interactions on the conformational

properties of star polymers, C.H.Vlahos and M.K.Kosmas, Polymer

1984,25,1607-12

11) On the second virial coefficients  of two different polymer chains,

M.K.Kosmas, J.Physique 1984,45,L889-93

12) On the behaviour of a terminally anchored polymer chain. M.K.Kosmas,

Interrelations between processing structure and properties of polymeric

materials,eds JC Seferis and PS Theocharis, Elsevier Sci Publ,

1984,655-60

13) A non-ideal polymer chain interacting with a penetrable surface,

M.K.Kosmas, J.Phys.A 1985,18,539-50

14)On the probability distribution of the end to end vector of a polymer

chain. M.K.Kosmas, Zentralblatt fur Mathematic,1985, 517.60099, 388,

15) On the second virial coefficients  of polymers of various

architectures, M.K.Kosmas and A.M.Kosmas, Polymer  1986,27,1359-67

16) On the critical exponents of a non-ideal polymer chain interacting

with an interface: from a penetrable to an impenetrable surface,

M.K.Kosmas, J.Phys.A 1986,19,3087-92

17) Conformational properties of regular comb polymers, C.H.Vlahos  and

M.K.Kosmas,J.Phys.A 1987, 20, 1471-83

18) Conformational properties of a diblock copolymer molecule,

Y.S.Sdranis and M.K.Kosmas, J.Chem.Soc.Faraday Trans.2, 1987,83,819-35

19) Solvent effects on the theta temperature of polymers of various

architectures, M. K. Kosmas,  J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans.2

1988,84,633-42

20) Polymer chains with multiple interactions, M.K.Kosmas, J.F.Douglas,

J.Phys A L 1988, 21, 155-8

21)The radius of gyration of a branch of a uniform star polymer,

S.G.Whittington, M.K.Kosmas,  D.S.Gaunt, J.Phys.A  1988,21,4211- 6

22)On the many chain problem, a class of skeleton diagrams; from a

dilute to a semidilute system, to the Flory-Huggins limit, M.K.Kosmas,

Macromolecules 1989,22, 720-8

23)Flexible polymer with excluded volume at an interacting penetrable

surface of variable dimensions: A multiple-ε  perturbation theory.

J.F.Douglas, M.K.Kosmas,, Macromolecules 1989, 22, 2412-9

24) Dimensions of the branches of a uniform brush polymer, M.K.Kosmas,

D.S.Gaunt,S.G.Whittington, J.Phys.A  1989,22, 5109-16

25) Ideal Polymer Chains of various architectures at a surface,

M.K.Kosmas, Macromolecules, 1990,23,2061-5

26) Adsorption of a free polymer chain interacting with an interface, G.

Stratouras A.M.Kosmas, M.K. Kosmas , J. Phys. A. 1990,23, L1317-22 

27)On the Conformational Behavior of an ABC triblock copolymer molecule.

Sdranis YS and Kosmas MK, Macromolecules, 1991,24,1341-51

28) Localized and nonlocalized chains interacting with a surface, G.

Stratouras, M. Kosmas, J. Chem. Phys. 1991, 95,4656-69

        

29) On the density profile of ring chains interacting with a surface, G.

Stratouras, M. Kosmas,  Macromolecules, 1991, 24, 6754-8

30) On the polydispersity of star macromolecules,

M.Kosmas,C.Vlahos,N.Hadjichristides, Macromolecules1991, 24, 5727-8

31) Are ring Polymers adsorbed on a surface more than linear polymers ?

G. Stratouras and M. Kosmas, Macromolecules,1992,25,3307-8

32)The effect of stirring on the diffusion of phthalate ester type

plasticizer molecules from a polymer matrix into a solution. E. Kondili,

M. Kontominas, M. Kosmas, Polymer, 1993,34,2592-6

33) On the transition to the power law dependence of stiff and flexible

macromolecules, M.Kosmas,A.Kosmas, Polymer, 1993, 34, 3115- 6

        

34) Confined chains with specific interactions, bridges,loops and

osmosis.

M. Kosmas,G.ten Brinke, G. Hadziioannou,J.Phys.II France,1994,4,501-14

        

35) On the average molecular weights of complex macromolecular

architectures made from different precursors, M.Kosmas,

N.Hadjichristidis, Macromolecules, 1994,27,5216-7

36) Large Angle Scattering by Networks, H.Benoit,J.F.Joanny,

B.Hammouda,M.Kosmas,  American Chemical Society, Div. of Polym.

Mater.Science and Engineering,Proceedings 1994,71,690-1

37) Scattering by cyclic polymers and copolymers at large scattering

vectors, M.Kosmas,H. Benoit, G.Hadzioannou, Colloid and Polymer

Science,1994,272,1466-73

38) The effect of Chain Architecture on the Cloud Point Curves of the

Binary Blends of Star Polymers, G.Garas, M.Kosmas, Macromolecules,

1994,27,6671-2

39) Polymer chains at the interface of two different phases M.Kosmas and

A.Kosmas, Die Maromoleculare Chemie, Symp. 1994,81,199-204

40) Scattering by branched polymers and networks at high scattering

vectors  H. Benoit,M.Kosmas, G.Hadzioannou, American Chemical Society,

Div. of Polym. Chem., Polymer Preprints  1994, 35, 175-6

41) Chains in the presence of an interacting surface and different

boundary conditions, G.K.Stratouras, M.Kosmas, J. Chem.Phys.

1995,102,2239-46

42) Tυχαίοι Περίπατοι και Πολυμερή, M. Kοσμάς, Xημικά Nέα,33-41

43) Conformational Properies of Ring AB diblock copolymers, C.Vlahos,

N.Hadjichristidis,M.Kosmas,A.Rubio,J.Freire,Macromolecules, 1995,28,6854

44) Chain Correlations in Symmetric Binary Polymer Blends, G. Garas and

M. Kosmas, J. Chem. Phys. 1995,103,10790

45) Homopolymers and Block Copolymers at the Interface of two Different

Phases, M.Kosmas, J. Chem. Phys., 1996,104,405

46) The effect of chain correlations on the size of polymer coils in

Binary Polymer Blends, G. Garas, M. Kosmas, J. Chem. Phys. 1996,105,4789

47) Surface Enrichment from a Binary Polymer Blend , I. Kokkinos, M.

Kosmas, Macromolecules, 1997, 30,577

48) Heteroarm star copoolymers as emulsifying agents in polymer blends,

C.Tsitsilianis, D.Voulgaris, M. Kosmas , Polymer, 1998,39,3571

49) The effects of substrate interactions in the liquid chromatography

of polymers, Marios K. Kosmas*,  Efthymios P. Bokaris, Elena G.

Georgακα, Polymer, 1998,39,4973

50) The ROMP catalysts Mo(CO)5PPh3/alkylaluminum with unstrained cyclic

and lineart dienes as initiators of the addition polymerization,

E.P.Bokaris, M.K.Kosmas , Polymer  Bulletin 1998,41,21

51) A formulation of different equations applied in enzyme kinetics, K.

Lymperopoulos, M. Kosmas, E. Papamichael, Journal of Scientific &

industrial Research, 57, 1998, 604-606

52)Effects of Substrate Interactions in Liquid Chromatography of Star

Homopolymers and Star Block-Copolymers, M.Kosmas, I. Kokkinos,

E.P.Bokaris, Macromolecules 2001, 34,7537

53) All cis-poly(NBE) derived by the ROMP catalysis based on WCl6. E.Bokaris,M.Kosmas J.Molecular catalysis A, 192,263(2003)

54) “On the miscibility of chemically identical linear homopolymers of different size” C. Vlahos and M. Kosmas, polymer, 2003,44,503

55) “Spinodal shifts of a polymeric blend film on an interacting surface”, I.G. Kokkinos, M.K.Kosmas, Macromolecules, 2003,36,6252

56) Comparison of the stability of chemically identical and different homopolymers , M. Kosmas,C.Vlahos, J.Chem.Phys.2003,119,4043

57)Vlahos C, Kosmas M

Effective interaction parameters of star/star, ring/ring, and ring/linear chemically identical blends

MACROMOLECULES 37 (24): 9184-9190 NOV 30 2004

58) Kosmas M, Vlahos C, Tsironis C

An equation of state for melts of linear homopolymers

EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL 41 (10): 2303-2309 OCT 2005

59) Bakalis E, Vlahos C, Kosmas M

Diffusion in the presence of a pole: From the continuous Gaussian to a discrete lattice model

PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS 360 (1): 1-16 JAN 15 2006

60) Kosmas A, Bakalis E

Diffusive motion in the presence of an array of interacting centers

PHYSICS LETTERS A 358 (5-6): 354-357 OCT 30 2006

61) Theodorakis PE, Avgeropoulos A, Freire JJ, et al.

Effects of the chain architecture on the miscibility of symmetric linear/linear and star/star polymer blends

MACROMOLECULES 39 (12): 4235-4239 JUN 13 2006

62) Kosmas M, Vlahos C, Avgeropoulos A

A theoretical study of conformational properties of dendritic block copolymers of first generation

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 125 (9): Art. No. 094908 SEP 7 2006

63) Rangou S, Theodorakis PE, Gergidis LN, et al.

Synthesis, molecular characterization and theoretical study of first generation dendritic homopolymers of butadiene and isoprene with different microstructures

POLYMER 48 (2): 652-663 JAN 12 2007

64) Theodorakis PE, Avgeropoulos A, Freire JJ, et al.

Effective interaction parameter of linear/star polymer blends and comparison with that of linear/linear and star/star blends

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 126 (17): Art. No. 174904 MAY 7 2007

65) Theodorakis PE, Avgeropoulos A, Freire JJ, et al.

Monte Carlo simulation of star/linear and star/star blends with chemically identical monomers

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 19 (46): Art. No. 466111 NOV 21 2007

66) Efthymiopoulos P, Kosmas M, Vlahos C, et al.

Conformational properties of dendritic homopolymers with interacting branching points

MACROMOLECULES 40 (25): 9164-9173 DEC 11 2007

67) Kosmas M, Vlahos C

On the conformational properties of a DNA chain with loops

FEBS JOURNAL 275: 369-369 Suppl. 1 JUN 2008

68) Gergidis LN, Moultos O, Georgiadis C, et al.

Off lattice Monte Carlo simulations of AB hybrid dendritic star copolymers

POLYMER 50 (1): 328-335 JAN 2 2009

69) Efthymiopoulos P, Vlahos C, Kosmas M

Theoretical Study on the Size and the Shape of Linear Dendronized Polymers in Good and Selective Solvents

MACROMOLECULES 42 (4): 1362-1369 FEB 24 2009

70) Title: On the Scaling Behavior of the Force/Extension Relation of a Chain

Author(s): Kosmas MK

Source: MACROMOLECULAR THEORY AND SIMULATIONS   Volume: 19   Issue: 7   Pages: 394-398   Published: SEP 24 2010

 

71) Title: Excluded volume effects in the end-to-end distance of two-generation dendritic polymers: TTT and HH combs

Author(s): Kosmas M, Reid C, Bishop M

Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL   Volume: 43   Issue: 18 Article Number: 185002   Published: MAY 7 2010