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
Contact form: Marinakis Sarantos

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