Marinakis Sarantos

Marinakis Sarantos

Associate Professor

Tel: (+302610) 997142

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Web Page: https://www.support.chem.upatras.gr/en/faculty/marinakis.html

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Contact hours: Wednesday 14:00-16:00, Thursday 11:00-13:00
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Marinakis Sarantos CV

Curriculum Vitae

2015 Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP), Queen Mary of London, UK
2006 D. Phil., University of Oxford, UK
'The Dynamics of Inelastic and Reactive Bimolecular Collisions'.
Supervised by Prof. M. Brouard.
1999 M. Sc., University of Athens, Greece
'Computer Simulation Study of the Xe/N2 Mixture in the Supercritical Region'
Supervised by Prof. I. Samios
1997 First Degree in Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece

Courses

Undergraduate

Chemistry and Information Technology (XA131, 1st year).

Physical Chemistry 2 (ΧΑ339, 2nd year).

Experimental Physical Chemistry 1 (XA434E, 2nd year).

Experimental Physical Chemistry 2 (XA538E, 2nd year).

Computational Chemistry, Theoretical Spectroscopy, and Molecular Design (ΧΑ737, 4th year).

Post-Graduate

ESC02 Atmospheric Chemistry

NXY-202 Technological Applications of Functional Materials (emphasis on Supercritical Fluids)

Research Activities

Astrochemistry: Calculation of potential energy surfaces, rotational spectroscopy, collisions between molecules

Supercritical Fluids: neutron scattering, molecular dynamics simulations

Physical Chemistry of Wines: Experimental study of Greek wines and compounds found in wines

Physical Chemistry of Pharmaceuticals: Calculation of three-dimensional structure and properties of pharmaceuticals, study of co-crystals

Representative Publications

C. Cockrell, K. Trachenko, T. F. Headen, A. K. Soper, P. Hadjidoukas, G. Katsidima, S. Marinakis*, 'Molecular dynamics simulations of liquid nitrogen monoxide', J. Mol. Liq., 437Β (8pp), 128434, DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128434
M. Zervos, I. Paschos, P. Savvidis, N. Florini, K. Koutsokostas, P. Komninou, N. L. Lathiotakis, P. M. Levendis, S. Marinakis, 'High crystal quality and purity Cu2O by consecutive in-situ annealing and thermal oxidation of Cu under H2 and O2 at elevated temperatures', CrystEngComm, 27, 1977-1985 (2025), DOI: 10.1039/D4CE01276C
N. Georgopoulou, I. Necitailaite, C. D. Zeinalipour-Yazdi, D. Palles, G. Mousdis, C. Garoufalis, S. Marinakis*, 'Experimental and theoretical investigation of GS-441524 using Density Functional Theory, FTIR, Raman, and UV-VIS spectroscopy', J. Eng. Sci. Tech. 17(5), 1-7 (2024), DOI: 10.25103/jestr.175.01
M. L. Dubernet*, C. Boursier, O. Denis-Alpizar, Y. A. Ba, N. Moreau, C. M. Zwölf, M. A. Amor, D. Babikov, N. Balakrishnan, C. Balança, M. Ben Khalifa, A. Bergeat, C. T. Bop, L. Cabrera-González, C. Cárdenas, A. Chefai, P. J. Dagdigian, F. Dayou, S. Demes, B. Desrousseaux, F. Dumouchel, A. Faure, R. C. Forrey, J. Franz, R. M. García-Vázquez, F. Gianturco, A. Godard Palluet, L. González-Sánchez, G. C. Groenenboom, P. Halvick, K. Hammami, F. Khadri, Y. Kalugina, I. Kleiner, J. Kłos, F. Lique, J. Loreau, B. Mandal, B. Mant, S. Marinakis, D. Ndaw, P. Pirlot Jankowiak, T. Price, E. Quintas-Sánchez, R. Ramachandran, E. Sahnoun, C. Santander, P. C. Stancil, T. Stoecklin, J. Tennyson, F. Tonolo, R. Urzúa-Leiva, B. Yang, E. Yurtsever, and Michal Zóltowski., 'BASECOL2023 scientific content', Astron. Astrophys., 683, A40 (31pp) (2024), DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/202348233
A. Dimitropoulos, Ch. Stamou, Sp. P. Perlepes, Z. G. Lada, I. D. Petsalakis, S. Marinakis*, 'A study of 1-methylbenzotriazole (MEBTA) using quantum mechanical calculations and vibrational, electronic, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies', J. Eng. Sci. Tech. Rev., 16, 4, 77-84 (2023), DOI: 10.25103/jestr.164.10
S. Marinakis, C. Cockrell, K. Trachenko, T. F. Headen, A. K. Soper, 'The microscopic structure of liquid nitric oxide', J. Phys. Chem. Β, 126, 47, 9860-9870 (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05384
B. Desrousseaux, E. Quintas-Sánchez, R. Dawes, S. Marinakis, F. Lique, 'Collisional excitation of interstellar PN by H2: new interaction potential and scattering calculations', J. Chem. Phys.,154, 034304 (9pp) (2021), DOI: 10.1063/5.0039145
C. Cockrell, O. Dicks, L. Wang, K. Trachenko, A. Soper, V. V. Brazhkin, S. Marinakis*, 'Experimental and modelling evidence for structural crossover in supercritical CO2', Phys. Rev. E, 101, 052109(6pp) (2020), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.101.052109
V. M. Rivilla*, M. N. Drozdovskaya, K. Altwegg, P. Caselli, M. T. Beltrán, F. Fontani, F. F. S. van der Tak, R. Cesaroni, A. Vasyunin, M. Rubin, F. Lique, S. Marinakis, L. Testi, and the ROSINA team, 'ALMA and ROSINA detections of phosphorus-bearing molecules: the interstellar thread between star-forming regions and comets', Mon. Notices Royal Astron. Soc., 492, 1180-98 (2020), DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3336 (mentioned in ESO/INAF press release: https://www.hq.eso.org/public/news/eso2001)
S. Marinakis*, Y. Kalugina, J. Kłos, F. Lique, 'Hyperfine excitation of CH and OH radicals by He', Astron. Astrophys., 629, A130(5pp) (2019), DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936170