Projects

Title: Biological interactions of nanoparticles with cells (CosmoNano).
Funding Organization: Financial balances and co-financing of past EU projects (CosmoPHOS and Quantum spinoff)
Duration60 months (2019-2023)

Title: Understanding biophysical interactions at the nanoscale (Nano@Bio).
Funding Organization: Financial balances and co-financing of past EU projects
Duration60 months (2018-2022)

Title: Provide services in the framework of Nano@Bio project (ServNano).
Funding Organization: Private Funding 
Duration36 months (2019-2022)

Title: The HiPER, ELI and LASERLABEurope Synergy & IPERION-CH.GR (HELLAS CH).
Funding OrganizationMinistry of Development and Investments – NSRF 2014-2020
Duration36 months (2018-2020)

Title: Advanced Materials and Devices (KRHPIS II)
Funding Organization: Ministry of Development and Investments – NSRF 2014-2020
Duration: 41 months (2017-2021)

Title: Novel nanotechnology-enabled system for endovascular in vivo near-infrared fluorescence. & Molecular imaging and endovascular near-infrared targeted photodynamic therapy of Atherosclerotic heart disease (CosmoPHOS).
Funding Organization: FP7
Duration:60 months (2012-2017)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; UEF, Filand; CosmoPHOS Ltd, Greece; FREIE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, Germany; UAM, Spain; TUM, Germany; FUJIKURA EUROPE Ltd. United Kindom; KU, Denmark; Polyvation bv, The Netherland; SEROSCIENCE Ltd., Hungary; TOXI-COOP Plc, Hungary; UU, The Netherland; KUL, Belgium; BIOCONTRACT SP. ZO.O., Poland; IFOM, Italy; RUNMC,The Netherland; LSU, USA; EURAM Limited (EURAM), UK.

Title: Quantum spin off connecting schools with high tech research and entrepreneurship (SpinOff).
Funding Organization: Life Long programme
Duration:24 months (2013-2015)
Partners:TPCI, Gr; KHLim, BE; IMEC BE;  IMO-IMOMEC, BE; FNHW, CH; IBM, CH; EA, Gr; UT, EE; EUN, BE.

Title: INTERplanetary survival probability of FILAmentous fungi under ground simulated and space conditions (INTERFILA). 
Funding Organization: ESA
Duration: 24 months (2012-2014)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; (In collaboration with Prof. I. Gomoiu, Romanian Academy of Science, Bucharest, Romania).

Title: Biological effects of non-ionizing radiation-multidisciplinary approach.
Funding Organization: GSRT
Duration: 36 months (2012-2015)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; Faculty of Biology, UoA, Greece.

Title: Safe implementation of innovative Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (SIINN). 
Funding Organization: FP7
Duration: 36 months (2011-2014)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; Forschungszentrum Julich, BMBF, Germany; TEMAS AG, FOPH, Switzerland; BMVIT, AIT, Austria; CNMP, Romania; DGOEER, Belgium; Fundacion madrid para el Conocimiento, MICINN, Spain; ANR, CNRS, France; TSB, DEFRA, United Kingdom; VENETO Region, Italy; CSO-MOH, Israel; SFI, Ireland; STW, The Netherlands; FCT, Portugal.

Title: Functional Self-assembled Nanostructures from Block Copolymers and Proteins (NANOMACRO) 
Funding Organization: GSRT
Duration: 36 months (2012-2015)
Partners: TPCI, Greece.
TPCI Researchers: A. Pispas (PI), G.D. Chryssikos, V. Gionis, E. Sarantopoulou G. Mousdis and Ch. Riziotis.

Title: Development of Multi-functional magnetic nanoparticles for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs.
Funding Organization: GSRT
Duration: 36 months (2012-2015)
Partners: TPCI, Greece and one academic/research organization.
TPCI Researchers: A. Pispas (PI), E. Sarantopoulou and G. Moudis.

Title: Extreme Light Infrastracture (ELI-GR). 
Funding Organization: GSRT
Duration: 14 months (2010-2011)
Partners: TPCI, FORTH-IESL, Technical university of Crete, University of Crete, University of Patras, NTUA, University of Ioannina, Academy of Athens, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Ormilia, auth.

Title: Growth and survival of coloured fungi in space . 
Funding Organization: ESA
Duration: 36 months (2006-2009)
Partners: TPCI, two Romanian academic group.

Title: Development and Validation of Source, Optics and Resist in Next Generation EUV. 
Funding Organization: EC/ IST-2001-35254-SOARING
Duration: 36 months (2002-2005)
Partners: TPCI, two academic/research and one industrial organization.

Title: Micrometer scale patterning of Protein and DNA chips.
Funding Organization: EC/ GRD1-2001-41831-MICROPROTEIN
Duration: 40 months (2002-2006)
Partners:TPCI, IMEL Demokritos, Greece; IMTEK-ALUFR, Germany; TUV, Austria. NUNC, Denmark; NORCHIP, Norway; IRRP/NCSRD, Greece; KE, Czech Republic. U.C. Berkley, US; URV, Spain; ULg-CHU Belgium.

Title: Critical Resist and Processing Issues at 157nm Lithography addressing the 70nm node.
Funding Organization: EC/ IST-2000-30143-CRISPIES
Duration: 36 months (2001-2004)
Partners: TPCI, IMEL Demokritos, Greece; Arch Chemicals NV, Belgium. IMEC, Belgium. CNRS France. NKUA, Greece.

Title: Tera Hertz radiation in Biological research, Investigation on Diagnostics and study of potential Genotoxic Effects. 
Funding Organization: EC/ 5th Framework Quality of life, QLK4-2000-00129
Duration: 36 months (2001-2004)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; ENNEA-Ente per la Nuove technologie, l’Energia e l’ Ambiente, Italy; Forschungszentrum Rossendorf e.V, Institute fur Kern- und Hadronenphysik, Germany; Tel-Aviv University, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Universityaet Struttgart, Physikalisches Institute, Germany; Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt em Main, Institute fuer Biophysik, Germany; University of Genoa, ICEmb at IRECE, University of Rome, Italy; Cambridge Research Laboratory, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, UK; University of Leeds, Institute of Microwaves and photonics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UK; University of Nottingham,School of Biomedical Sciences, UK.

Title: Photoresist development for 193 nm photolithography and below.
Funding: Organization EC / ESPRIT
Duration: 3 years (1999-2001)
Partners: TPCI,
IMEL Demokritos, Greece; EXITECH Ltd, UK. GRESSI, France; ARCH Chemicals, Belgium.

Title: Study of rare earth doped oxide and fluoride crystals for visible or ultraviolet tunable solid state upconversion lasers.
Funding Organization: EC / INTAS
Duration: 3 years (1999-2001)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; Universite Claude Bernard, France; Universite de Caen, France; Universite Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne, France; Armenian Academy of Sciences, Ashtarak, Armenia; Vavilov Optical Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Kazan University, Russia.

Title: New VUV emitters for laser scintillation techniques.
Funding Organization: EC/ INTAS 99-01350
Duration: 3 years (2000-2003)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; Institute fur Experimentalphysik der Universitat Hamburg, Germany; Institute de Physique Nucleaire, Orsay France; Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia; General Physics Institute, Moscow Russia; Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Moscow Russia; Lviv state Franko University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Title: Tunable VUV lasers. New instruments for solid state physics, chemistry and materials science” 
Funding Organization: EC/ ERB-SCI CT92-0794
Duration:36 months (1991-1994)
Partners: TPCI,Greece; University of Oxford, Physics Department, UK; Conjejo Superior de iInvestigationes Cientificas Madrid, Spain.

Title: Development of X-ray microscopy for use in biological and material sciences
Funding Organization: EC/ HUMAN CAPITAL AND MOBILITY ERB CHRX-CT 94-0600
Duration: 24 months (1994-1996)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; Royal Hollaway University of London, UK; Laboratoire D’Analyse Des Solides Surfaces et Interfaces, University of Reims, France; Institute D’Optique Theorique et Appliquee, CNRS, France; ENEA Dipartamento Electroottica e Laser, Italy; Sincrotrone Trieste, Scientific Division ESCA Microscopy Laboratory, Italy.

Title: Development of new VUV solid state lasers
Funding Organization: NATO/LINKAGE NATO 931595
Duration: 24 months (1995-1997)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; Kazan State University, Russia.

Title: Photoresist development for 193 nm photolithography.
Funding Organization: EC/ ESPRIT23562
Duration: 24 months (1997-1998)
Partners: TPCI, IMEL Demokritos, Greece; Exitech,Ltd UK. Rutherford Appletton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxon UK.

Title: A study of different polymers as potential photoresist coatings for improved discrimination and resolution in soft X-ray contact microscopy.
Funding Organization: EC/LARGE SCALE INSTALATION ERB FMGE CT950053
Duration: 12 months (1997)
Partners: TPCI, GReece, Royal Hollaway University of London, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK.

Title: InN thin films and related InGaN and InAlN ternary alloys as solar cell devices fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition and pulsed reactive magnetron sputtering.
Funding Organization: GSRT (Greek-Romanian bilateral scientific cooperation)
Duration: 24 months (2005-2007)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; INOE Romania.

Title: Fuel storage nano-composites fabricated by pulse laser deposition
Funding Organization GSRT (Greek-Slovenian bilateral scientific cooperation)
Duration: 24 months (2004-2006)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia.

Title: Fabrication of thin microcrystal Films by Pulse Laser Deposition at 157nm for novel magnetic micro sensor applications.
Funding Organizatio: GSRT (Greek-Slovenian bilateral scientific cooperation)
Duration: 24 months (2002-2004)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia.

Title: Application of short wavelength light technologies in treating historical paper manuscripts against foxing.
Funding Organization: GSRT (Greek-Slovenian bilateral scientific cooperation)
Duration: 24 months (2002-2004)
Partners: TPCI, Thetis Authentics LTD Athens Greece, Greece; Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia.

Title: New photo resistive self-organised materials for nanolithography in the ultraviolet.
Funding Organization: GSRT / EPET-II / PENED ’99
Duration: 18 months (2000-2002)
Partners: TPCI, IMEL Demokritos, University of Athens NKUA, Greece.

Title : Non linear optics with ps laser pulses
Funding Organization GSRT / (Greek-Hungarian bilateral scientific cooperation)
Duration: 24 months (1994-1996)
Partners: TPCI, Greece; University of Szceged Hungury.