Nikolaos Chamakos

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Publications

In peer-reviewed journals

  1. 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
  2. Facheng Chen, Jiejin Cai, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Ziqi Gong and Qiong Li "Simulation of asymmetric evaporation of inclined droplets considering natural convection", Chemical Engineering Science, 278, 118890, 2023
  3. Alexandros G. Sourais, Ioannis E. Markodimitrakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos and 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
  4. Jiayu Du, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Yanzhi Li and Qi Min "Jumping velocity of an electrowetting-actuated droplet: A theoretical and numerical study", Physical Review Fluids, 6, 123603, 2021
  5. Jiayu Du, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou and 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
  6. Ioannis E. Markodimitrakis, Dionysios G. Sema, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Periklis Papadopoulos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Impact of substrate elasticity on contact angle saturation in electrowetting", Soft Matter, 17, 4335-4341, 2021
  7. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Dionysios G. Sema and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Progress in Modeling Wetting Phenomena on Structured Substrates", Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 28, 1647–1666, 2021
  8. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Dionysios G. Sema and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Highlighting the Role of Dielectric Thickness and Surface Topography on Electrospreading Dynamics", Micromachines, 10(2), 93, 2019
  9. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas and 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
  10. Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Kosmas Ellinas, Angeliki Tserepi, Evangelos Gogolides and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "How to Achieve Reversible Electrowetting on Superhydrophobic Surfaces", Langmuir, 34(14), 4173-4179, 2018
  11. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Thermocapillary Droplet Actuation: Effect of Solid Structure and Wettability", Langmuir, 33(41), 10838-10850, 2017
  12. Benoit Favier, Nikolaos T. Chamakos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "A precise goniometer/tensiometer using a low cost single-board computer", Measurement Science and Technology, 28, 125302, 2017
  13. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "How Asymmetric Surfaces Induce Directional Droplet Motion", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 511, 180-189, 2016
  14. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Efficient modelling of droplet dynamics on complex surfaces", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28(8), 085101, 2016
  15. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Andreas G. Boudouvis and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Droplet spreading on rough surfaces: Tackling the contact line boundary condition", Physics of Fluids, 28(2), 022105, 2016
  16. Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos and 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
  17. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Neither Lippmann nor Young: Enabling Electrowetting Modeling on Structured Dielectric Surfaces", Langmuir, 30(16), 4662-4670, 2014
  18. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis and 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 and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Wetting of smart patterned surfaces", Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces, Editors-in-Chief, Gianlorenzo Bussetti and Klaus Wandelt, Elsevier, 2023

Participation in international conferences

  1. 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", Micro-Nano-Integration; 7th GMM-Workshop, Dortmund, Germany, 22 - 23 October, 2018
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Michail E. Kavousanakis and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Efficient modeling of droplet spreading on rough surfaces", 8th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Volos, Greece, 12 - 15 July, 2015
  8. 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
  9. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis and 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
  10. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Anastasia J. Petsi, Michail E. Kavousanakis and 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
  11. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis and 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
  12. Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos and 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
  13. Dimitrios P. Papageorgiou, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Adamantia Syrigou and 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
  14. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Andreas G. Boudouvis and 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

Participation in Greek conferences

  1. Nikolaos T. Chamakos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Droplet mobility on inclined surfaces: effect of the solid surface micro-/nano roughness", 11th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Thessaloniki, 25 - 27 May, 2017
  2. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Michail E. Kavousanakis and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Droplet passive movement on asymmetric patterned surfaces", 10th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Patras, 4 - 6 June, 2015
  3. George Karapetsas, Nikolaos T. Chamakos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Modelling droplet interaction with flat or structured solid surfaces", 10th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Patras, 4 - 6 June, 2015
  4. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Equilibrium of droplets on micro/nano-structured surfaces: Reformulating the Young-Laplace equation", 9th Panhellenic Scientific Chemical Engineering Congress, Athens, 23 - 25 May, 2013
  5. Antonios Glynos, Eleni Basdani and Nikolaos T. Chamakos "Waste and cargo residues management services in ports: European Union requirement or environmental need?", Annual Meeting of Marine Technology, Athens, 28 - 29 November, 2011