Nikolaos Chamakos

Research Portfolio

Publications

In Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. Facheng Chen, Jiejin Cai, Ziqi Gong, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Qiong Li "Investigation of the Effects of Gravity and Pillar Edge on Ethanol Droplet Evaporation", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 210, 109600, 2025
  2. Facheng Chen, Jiejin Cai, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Ziqi Gong, Qiong Li "Evaporation of Nonspherical Droplets on Chemically Patterned Substrate Considering Gravity: A Computational Study", Applied Thermal Engineering, 245, 122787, 2024
  3. Jiejin Cai, Facheng Chen, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Bing Tan, Qiong Li "Asymmetric Droplet Evaporation on Inclined Surfaces", Progress in Nuclear Energy, 163, 104820, 2023
  4. Facheng Chen, Jiejin Cai, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Ziqi Gong, Qiong Li "Simulation of Asymmetric Evaporation of Inclined Droplets Considering Natural Convection", Chemical Engineering Science, 278, 118890, 2023
  5. Alexandros G. Sourais, Ioannis E. Markodimitrakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Droplet Evaporation Dynamics on Heterogeneous Surfaces: Numerical Modeling of the Stick-Slip Motion", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 207, 123992, 2023
  6. Jiayu Du, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Yanzhi Li, Qi Min "Jumping Velocity of an Electrowetting-Actuated Droplet: A Theoretical and Numerical Study", Physical Review Fluids, 6, 123603, 2021
  7. Jiayu Du, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Qi Min "Initial Spreading Dynamics of a Liquid Droplet: The Effects of Wettability, Liquid Properties, and Substrate Topography", Physics of Fluids, 33(4), 042118, 2021
  8. Ioannis E. Markodimitrakis, Dionysios G. Sema, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Periklis Papadopoulos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Impact of Substrate Elasticity on Contact Angle Saturation in Electrowetting", Soft Matter, 17, 4335-4341, 2021
  9. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Dionysios G. Sema, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Progress in Modeling Wetting Phenomena on Structured Substrates", Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 28, 1647–1666, 2021
  10. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Dionysios G. Sema, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Highlighting the Role of Dielectric Thickness and Surface Topography on Electrospreading Dynamics", Micromachines, 10(2), 93, 2019
  11. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Effect of Substrate Topography, Material Wettability and Dielectric Thickness on Reversible Electrowetting", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 555, 595-604, 2018
  12. Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Kosmas Ellinas, Angeliki Tserepi, Evangelos Gogolides, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "How to Achieve Reversible Electrowetting on Superhydrophobic Surfaces", Langmuir, 34(14), 4173-4179, 2018
  13. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Thermocapillary Droplet Actuation: Effect of Solid Structure and Wettability", Langmuir, 33(41), 10838-10850, 2017
  14. Benoit Favier, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "A Precise Goniometer/Tensiometer Using a Low Cost Single-Board Computer", Measurement Science and Technology, 28, 125302, 2017
  15. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "How Asymmetric Surfaces Induce Directional Droplet Motion", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 511, 180-189, 2016
  16. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Efficient Modelling of Droplet Dynamics on Complex Surfaces", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28(8), 085101, 2016
  17. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Andreas G. Boudouvis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Droplet Spreading on Rough Surfaces: Tackling the Contact Line Boundary Condition", Physics of Fluids, 28(2), 022105, 2016
  18. Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Connection of Intrinsic Wettability and Surface Topography with the Apparent Wetting Behavior and Adhesion Properties", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(27), 15056-15066, 2015
  19. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Neither Lippmann nor Young: Enabling Electrowetting Modeling on Structured Dielectric Surfaces", Langmuir, 30(16), 4662-4670, 2014
  20. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Enabling Efficient Energy Barrier Computations of Wetting Transitions on Geometrically Patterned Surfaces", Soft Matter, 9, 9624, 2013

In Book Chapters

  1. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Wetting of Smart Patterned Surfaces", Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces, Editors-in-Chief, Gianlorenzo Bussetti, Klaus Wandelt, Elsevier, 2023

In Conference Proceedings

  1. Theofani Tzevelekou, Malamatenia Koklioti, Athanasia FIampouri, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Ioannis Contopoulos, Alexandros Anestis, Grigorios Galeros, Epameinondas Xenos, Andreas Mavroudis "Recovery Considerations in the Pyrometallurgical Recycling of Used Beverage Cans", Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, TMS Light Metals, pp. 929-940, 2024
  2. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Malamatenia Koklioti, Theofani Tzevelekou, Athanasia FIampouri, Ioannis Contopoulos, Alexandros Anestis, Grigorios Galeros, Epameinondas Xenos, Andreas Mavroudis "Towards the Efficient Recycling of Used Beverage Cans: Numerical Study and Experimental Validation", Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, TMS Light Metals, pp. 942-948, 2023
  3. N. Kehagias, Z. Lamprakou, M. Guttmann, F. Winkler, A. Francone, A. Fernandez, N. T. Chamakos, A. G. Papathanasiou, C. M. Sotomayor Torres "Combining Top-Down Bottom-Up Lithographic and Galvanic Manufacturing Techniques for the Generation of Dynamic and Reversible Surfaces", Mikro-Nano-Integration - 7. GMM-Workshops, pp. 58-61, 2018

Participation in Scientific Conferences

International Conferences

  1. Theofani Tzevelekou, Malamatenia Koklioti, Athanasia FIampouri, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Ioannis Contopoulos, Alexandros Anestis, Grigorios Galeros, Epameinondas Xenos, Andreas Mavroudis "Recovery Considerations in the Pyrometallurgical Recycling of Used Beverage Cans", TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Orlando, USA, 3 - 7 March, 2024 (See also Published Conference Proceedings)
  2. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Malamatenia Koklioti, Theofani Tzevelekou, Athanasia FIampouri, Ioannis Contopoulos, Alexandros Anestis, Grigorios Galeros, Epameinondas Xenos, Andreas Mavroudis "Towards the Efficient Recycling of Used Beverage Cans: Numerical Study and Experimental Validation", TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, USA, 19 - 23 March, 2023 (See also Published Conference Proceedings)
  3. N. Kehagias, Z. Lamprakou, M. Guttmann, F. Winkler, A. Francone, A. Fernandez, N. T. Chamakos, A. G. Papathanasiou, C. M. Sotomayor Torres "Combining Top-Down Bottom-Up Lithographic and Galvanic Manufacturing Techniques for the Generation of Dynamic and Reversible Surfaces", 7th GMM-Workshop, Dortmund, Germany, 22 - 23 October, 2018 (See also Published Conference Proceedings)
  4. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Mechanisms of Wetting Transitions of Electrowetting on Patterned Surfaces: Effect of Surface Topography, Material Wettability and Dielectric Thickness on Reversibility", 11th International Conference on Electrowetting, Enschede, the Netherlands, 18 - 20 June, 2018
  5. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Thermocapillary Droplet Actuation on Structured Solid Surfaces", 70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Denver, USA, 19 - 21 November, 2017
  6. Vasileios Charitatos, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Droplet Mobility on Rough Substrates: Effect of the Ambient Phase", 11th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, Athens, Greece, 27 - 30 May, 2016
  7. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Modeling of Droplet Mobility on Bio-Inspired Asymmetrically Structured Substrates", Smart and Green Interfaces Conference, Athens, Greece, 4 - 6 May, 2016
  8. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Effect of Substrate Topography on the Thermocapillary Migration of Droplets Under Microgravity", 22nd ELGRA Symposium and General Assembly, Corfu, Greece, 29 September - 1 October, 2015
  9. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Efficient Modeling of Droplet Spreading on Rough Surfaces", 8th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Volos, Greece, 12 - 15 July, 2015
  10. Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos "Reversible Electrowetting on Rough Surfaces", 6th International Workshop on Bubble and Drop Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm, Germany, 6 - 10 July, 2015
  11. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Modeling of Dynamic Contact Lines", Smart and Green Interfaces Conference, Joint with COST MP1106 Annual MC meeting, Belgrade, Serbia, 30 March - 1 April, 2015
  12. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Anastasia J. Petsi, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Effect of Solid Surface Topography on the Dynamics of Droplet Spreading Assisted by Electrowetting" (poster), 9th International Meeting on Electrowetting and Related Micro/Electrofluidic Science and Technology, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 23 - 25 June, 2014
  13. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Modeling Contact Angle Hysteresis on Flat and Geometrically Patterned Solid Surfaces" (poster), 555th WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany, 16 - 19 March, 2014
  14. Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Surface Topography Design Through Efficient Computation of Wetting Transitions Energy Barriers" (poster), 555th WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany, 16 - 19 March, 2014
  15. Dimitrios P. Papageorgiou, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Adamantia Syrigou, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Effect of the Surrounding Medium on the Contact Angle Saturation: Leakage Current Measurements and Simulations" (poster), 8th International Meeting on Electrowetting, Athens, Greece, 21 - 23 June, 2012
  16. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Andreas G. Boudouvis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Simulation of Electrowetting Beyond the Lippmann Equation" (poster), 7th Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean Countries, Corfu, Greece, 27 April - 1 May, 2012

Greek Conferences

  1. Zoi Lamprakou, Nikolaos Kehagias, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Design and Characterization of Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Electrically Controlled Wettability", 12th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Athens, Greece, 29 - 31 May, 2019
  2. Dionysios Sema, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "From Surface Micro-Roughness to Droplet Mobility", 12th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Athens, Greece, 29 - 31 May, 2019
  3. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail Kavousanakis, Kosmas Ellinas, Angeliki Tserepi, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Reversible Wettability Modification of Superhydrophobic Surfaces Using an Electric Field", 12th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Athens, Greece, 29 - 31 May, 2019
  4. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Droplet Mobility on Inclined Surfaces: Effect of the Solid Surface Micro-/Nano Roughness", 11th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, 25 - 27 May, 2017
  5. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Droplet Passive Movement on Asymmetric Patterned Surfaces", 10th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Patras, Greece, 4 - 6 June, 2015
  6. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Modelling Droplet Interaction with Flat or Structured Solid Surfaces", 10th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Patras, Greece, 4 - 6 June, 2015
  7. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Equilibrium of Droplets on Micro/Nano-Structured Surfaces: Reformulating the Young-Laplace Equation", 9th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Athens, Greece, 23 - 25 May, 2013
  8. Antonios Glynos, Eleni Basdani, Nikolaos T. Chamakos "Waste and Cargo Residues Management Services in Ports: European Union Requirement or Environmental Need?", Annual Meeting of Marine Technology, Athens, Greece, 28 - 29 November, 2011