
{"id":594,"date":"2021-03-08T08:50:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T08:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newdev.ucy.ac.cy\/chem\/?page_id=594"},"modified":"2021-10-07T08:29:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T05:29:45","slug":"research-achievements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/chem\/home\/research\/research-achievements\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Research Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mfn_heading heading_lines align_center\"><h4 class=\"title\" style=\"color:#000;\"><span class=\"line line_l\" style=\"background:#000;\"><\/span>Publication Highlights<span class=\"line line_r\" style=\"background:#000;\"><\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asad, A. Stergiou, A. Kourtellaris, N. Tagmatarchis*, <strong>N. Chronakis<\/strong><strong>*<\/strong>, &#8220;First Synthesis of the Inherently Chiral <em>Trans<\/em>-4&#8242; Bisadduct of C<sub>59<\/sub>N Azafullerene by Using <em>Cyclo<\/em>-[2]-dodecylmalonate as a Tether&#8221;, <em>Chem. Eur. J.<\/em>, <strong>20<\/strong><strong>21<\/strong>, <em>27<\/em>, 13879-13886. <strong><em>(<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Hot Paper, Invited paper for the Joint Special Collection dedicated to Fran\u00e7ois Diederich)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Gao W., Vasiliades, M.A., Damaskinos, C.M., Zhao, M., Fan, W., Wang*, Q., Reina, T.R., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cMolten salt promoted MgO adsorbents for CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture: Transient kinetic studies\u201d, <em>Environ. Sci. Technol. (ACS)<\/em>, <strong><em>in press<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Drouza, C.; Keramidas, A., Chapter 22: Reductive Dioxygen Activation by Biomimetic Vanadium Complexes. In <em>RSC Catalysis Series<\/em>, <strong>2021<\/strong>; Vol. 2021-January, pp 514-534<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ioannis Anastopoulos, Jelena V Milojkovi\u0107, Konstantina Tsigkou, Constantina Zafiri, Zorica R Lopi\u010di\u0107, Michael Kornaros, Ioannis Pashalidis. A nappies management by-product for the treatment of uranium-contaminated waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials (<strong>2021<\/strong>) 124147.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dimitrios A.Giannakoudakis, Ioannis Anastopoulos, Mariusz Barczak,\u00a0 \u0395vita \u0391ntoniou, Konrad Terpi\u0142owski, Elmira Mohammadi, Emerson Coy, Aristides Bakandritsos, Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis, Juan Carlos Colmenares, IoannisPashalidis. Enhanced uranium removal from acidic wastewater by phosphonate-functionalized ordered mesoporous silica: Surface chemistry matters the most. Journal of Hazardous Materials 413 (<strong>2021<\/strong>) 125279.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ioannis Anastopoulos, Ioannis Pashalidis. Single-use surgical face masks, as a potential source of microplastics: Do they act as pollutant carriers? <em>Journal of Molecular Liquids<\/em><em>.<\/em> 326 (2021) 115247<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nicolaou, A. G., Stavrou, I. J., Louppis, A. P., Constantinou, M. S., Kapnissi-Christodoulou, C. P. Application of an Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometric Method for the Detection and Quantification of Cannabis in Cerumen Samples, Journal of Chromatography A, <strong>2021<\/strong>, 1642, 462035.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">K. Varnava, C. S. Patrickios, \u201cPolymer Networks One Hundred Years after the Macromolecular Hypothesis: A Tutorial Review,\u201d <em>Polymer<\/em> <strong>2021<\/strong>, <em>215<\/em>, 123322<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Chen, S., Vasiliades, M.A., Yan, Q., Yang, G., Du, X., Zhang, C., Li, Y., Zhu, T., Wang, Q., Efstathiou<strong>*<\/strong>, A.M., \u201cRemarkable N<sub>2<\/sub>-selectivity enhancement of practical NH<sub>3<\/sub>-SCR over Co<sub>0.5<\/sub>Mn<sub>1<\/sub>Fe<sub>0.25<\/sub>Al<sub>0.75<\/sub>O<sub>x<\/sub>-LDO: The role of Co investigated by transient kinetic and DFT mechanistic studies\u201d, <em>Appl. Catal. B: Environ.<\/em> 277 (<strong>2020<\/strong>) 119186.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Petallidou*, K.C., Vasiliades, M.A., Efstathiou<strong>*<\/strong>, A.M., \u201cDeactivation of Co\/\u03b3-Al<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub> in CO Methanation Studied by Transient Isotopic Experiments: The Effect of Co Particle Size\u201d, <em>J. Catal. <\/em>389 (<strong>2020<\/strong>) 176-194.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Passadis, S. S.; Papanikolaou, M. G.; Elliott, A.; Tsiafoulis, C. G.; Tsipis, A. C.; Keramidas, A. D.; Miras, H. N.; Kabanos, T. A. Synthesis, Structural, and Physicochemical Characterization of a Ti6and a Unique Type of Zr6Oxo Clusters Bearing an Electron-Rich Unsymmetrical {OON} Catecholate\/Oxime Ligand and Exhibiting Metalloaromaticity. <em>Inorg. Chem. <\/em><strong>2020,<\/strong> 59 (24), 18345-18357<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hadjiadamou, I.; Vlasiou, M.; Spanou, S.; Simos, Y.; Papanastasiou, G.; Kontargiris, E.; Dhima, I.; Ragos, V.; Karkabounas, S.; Drouza, C.; Keramidas, A. D. Synthesis of vitamin E and aliphatic lipid vanadium(IV) and (V) complexes, and their cytotoxic properties. <em>J. Inorg. Biochem. <\/em><strong>2020,<\/strong> 208,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Peterhans, E. Nicolaidou, P. Diamantis, E. Alloa, M. Leclerc, Mathieu Surin, S\u00e9bastien Cl\u00e9ment, U. Rothlisberger, Natalie Banerji, and S. C. Hayes, \u201cStructural and photophysical templating of conjugated polyelectrolytes with single-stranded DNA,\u201d Chem. Mat. <strong>2020<\/strong>, 32, 17, 7347\u20137362,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Garc\u00eda-Sim\u00f3n, C. Colomban, Y. Aybars \u00c7etin, A. Gimeno, M. Pujals, E. Ubasart, C. Fuertes-Espinosa, K. Asad, N. Chronakis, M. Costas, J. Jim\u00e9nez-Barbero*, F. Feixas*, X. Ribas*, &#8220;Complete Dynamic Reconstruction of C<sub>60<\/sub>, C<sub>70<\/sub> and (C<sub>59<\/sub>N)<sub>2<\/sub> Encapsulation into an Adaptable Supramolecular Nanocapsule&#8221;, <em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em>, <strong>2020<\/strong>, <em>142<\/em>, 16051-16063.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Liatsou I., Pashalidis I., Carsten Dosche C<sup>.<\/sup>: Cu(II) adsorption on 2-thiouracil-modifiedLuffaCylindricabiochar fibres from artificial and real samples, andcompetition reactions with U(VI). Journal of Hazardous Materials 383 (<strong>2020<\/strong>) 120950.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nikos Panagiotou, Ioanna Liatsou, Anastasia Pournara, Giasemi K. Angeli, Rafaela Maria Giappa, Emmanuel Tylianakis, Manolis J. Manos, George E. Froudakis, Pantelis N. Trikalitis, Ioannis Pashalidis, Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos (<strong>2020<\/strong>) Water &#8211; Stable 2-D Zr MOFs with Exceptional UO<sub>2<\/sub><sup>2+<\/sup> Sorption Capability. <em>J Mater Chem A,<\/em> 8, 1849-1857.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Papaefstathiou E., Stylianou M., Andreou C., Agapiou A., \u201cBreath analysis of smokers, non-smokers, and e-cigarette users\u201c, Journal of Chromatography B 1160 (<strong>2020<\/strong>) 1223493<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Agapiou A., Vasileiou A., Stylianou M., Mikedi K., Zorpas A., \u201cWaste aroma profile in the framework of food waste management through household composting\u201c, Journal of Cleaner Production 257 (<strong>2020<\/strong>) 1203402<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yan, Q., Gao, Y., Li, Y., Vasiliades, M.A., Chen, S., Zhang, C., Gui, R., Wang* Q., Zhu, T., Efstathiou<strong>*<\/strong>, A.M., \u201cPromotional Effect of Ce Doping in Cu<sub>4<\/sub>Al<sub>1<\/sub>O<sub>x<\/sub> \u2013 LDO Catalyst for Low-T Practical NH<sub>3<\/sub>-SCR: Steady-state and Transient Kinetics Studies\u201d, <em>Appl. Catal. B: Environ.<\/em> 255 (<strong>2019<\/strong>) 117749.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">J. Dyson, E. Lariou, J. Martin, R. Li, H. Erothu, G. Wantz, P. D. Topham, O. Dautel, S. C. Hayes, P. N. Stavrinou, N. Stingelin. \u201cManaging Local Order in Conjugated Polymer Blends via Polarity Contrast,\u201d Chem. Mat. <strong>2019<\/strong>, 31, 17, 6540-6547,. <strong><em>*In top 20 most highly downloaded articles in July 2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">J. Cheetham, M. Ortiz, A. Perevedentsev, L.-I. Dion-Bertrand, G. M. Greetham, I. V. Sazanovich, M. Towrie, A. W. Parker, J. Nelson, C. Silva, D. D. C. Bradley, S. C. Hayes, P. N. Stavrinou, \u201cThe Importance of Microstructure in Determining Polaron Generation Yield in Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene),\u201d Chem. Mat. <strong>2019<\/strong>, 31, 17, 6787-6797,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Stergiou, K. Asad, A. Kourtellaris, N. Chronakis*, N. Tagmatarchis*, &#8220;Tether-directed Regioselective Synthesis of an <em>Equatorial<sub>face<\/sub><\/em> Bisadduct of Azafullerene Using <em>Cyclo<\/em>-[2]-octylmalonate&#8221;, <em>Chem. Eur. J.<\/em>, <strong>2019<\/strong>, <em>25<\/em>, 5751-5756.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cA microporous Co(II) &#8211; based 3-D metal organic framework built from magnetic infinite rod-shaped secondary building units\u201d, A. Kourtellaris, E. E. Moushi, I. Spanopoulos, P. N. Trikalitis, M. Pissas, G. S. Papaefstathiou, Y. Sanakis, <strong>A. J. Tasiopoulos<\/strong>, <em>Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.<\/em>, <strong>2019<\/strong>, 4056<strong>. <\/strong><strong><em>Featured on the Outside Front Cover of<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> Eur. J. Inorg. Chem<\/em><\/strong><em>., <strong>2019<\/strong>, Issue 38<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Christos Christou, Katerina Philippou, Theodora Krasia-Christoforou, Ioannis Pashalidis. Uranium adsorption by polyvinylpyrrolidone\/chitosan blended nanofibers. Carbohydrate Polymers 219 (<strong>2019<\/strong>) 298-305<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Paschalidou, I. Pashalidis. Recovery of uranium from phosphate rock with EDTA-mediated dissolution and cation exchange. Hydrometallurgy,189 (<strong>2019<\/strong>) 105118<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nicolaou, A. G., Mavroudi, M. C., Stavrou, I. J., Weatherly, C. A., Kapnissi-Christodoulou, C. P. Synergistic Enantioseparation Systems with either Cyclodextrins or Cyclofructans and L-Alanine <em>Tert<\/em> Butyl Ester Lactate, Electrophoresis, <strong>2019<\/strong>, 40 (4), 539-546<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Constantinou P., Louca-Christodoulou D., Agapiou A., \u201cLC-ESI-MS\/MS determination of oxyhalides (chlorate, perchlorate and bromate) in food and water samples, and chlorate on household water treatment devices along with perchlorate in plants\u201d, Chemosphere 235 (<strong>2019<\/strong>) 757-766.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A. Panteli, C. S. Patrickios, \u201cMultiply Interpenetrating Polymer Networks: Preparation, Mechanical Properties, and Applications,\u201d <em>Gels<\/em> <strong>2019<\/strong>, <em>5<\/em>, art. No. 00036 (<strong>COVER article<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A. Panteli, C. S. Patrickios, M. Constantinou, G. Constantinides, \u201cMultiple Network Hydrogels: A Study of Their Nanoindentation Hardness,\u201d <em>Macromol. Symp.<\/em> <strong>2019<\/strong>, <em>385<\/em>, art. No. 1800201 (<strong>COVER article<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nicolaou, M.; Papanikolaou, M. G.; Tsipis, A. C.; Kabanos, T. A.; Keramidas, A. D.; Sproules, S.; Miras, H. N. Design and Assembly of Covalently Functionalised Polyoxofluorovanadate Molecular Hybrids. <em>Chem. Eur. J. <\/em><strong>2018,<\/strong> 24 (15), 3836-3845<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Papanikolaou, M. G.; Hadjithoma, S.; Chatzikypraiou, D. S.; Papaioannou, D.; Drouza, C.; Tsipis, A. C.; Miras, H. N.; Keramidas, A. D.; Kabanos, T. A. Investigation of dioxygen activation by copper(ii)-iminate\/aminate complexes. <em>Dalton Trans. <\/em><strong>2018,<\/strong> 47 (45),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hadjithoma, S.; Papanikolaou, M. G.; Leontidis, E.; Kabanos, T. A.; Keramidas, A. D. Bis(hydroxylamino)triazines: High Selectivity and Hydrolytic Stability of Hydroxylamine-Based Ligands for Uranyl Compared to Vanadium(V) and Iron(III). <em>Inorg. Chem. <\/em><strong>2018,<\/strong> 57 (13),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cRedox Active Quinoidal 1,2,4-Benzotriazines\u201d G.A. Zissimou, A. Kourtellaris, M. Manoli, P.A. Koutentis, <em>J. Org. Chem.<\/em>, 2018, <strong>83<\/strong>, 9391-9402. <strong>FEATURED IN <\/strong><strong>ACS EDITORS\u2019 CHOICE<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A.T. G\u00fcntner, N.J. Pineau, P. Mochalski, H. Wiesenhofer, A. Agapiou, C.A. Mayhew, S.E. Pratsinis, \u201cSniffing entrapped humans with sensor arrays\u201d, Analytical Chemistry 90 (<strong>2018<\/strong>) 4940\u22124945.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Giannoukos, A. Agapiou, S. Taylor, \u201cAdvances in chemical sensing technologies for VOCs in breath for security\/threat assessment, illicit drug detection, and human trafficking activity\u201d, Journal of Breath Research 12 (<strong>2018<\/strong>) 027106.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kalamaras, C.M., Olympiou, G.G., P\u00e2rvulescu, V.I., Cojocaru, B., Efstathiou<strong>*<\/strong>, A.M., \u201cSelective Catalytic Reduction of NO by H<sub>2<\/sub>\/C<sub>3<\/sub>H<sub>6<\/sub> over Pt\/Ce<sub>1-x<\/sub>Zr<sub>x<\/sub>O<sub>2-\u03b4<\/sub>: The Synergy Effect Studied by Transient Techniques\u201d, <em>Appl. Catal. B: Environ.<\/em> 206 (<strong>2017<\/strong>) 308-318.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Stylianou, M.; Hadjiadamou, I.; Drouza, C.; Hayes, S. C.; Lariou, E.; Tantis, I.; Lianos, P.; Tsipis, A. C.; Keramidas, A. D. Synthesis of new photosensitive H2BBQ2+[ZnCl4]2\u2212\/[(ZnCl)2(\u03bc-BBH)] complexes, through selective oxidation of H2O to H2O2. <em>Dalton Trans. <\/em><strong>2017,<\/strong> 46 (11), 3688-3699<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">J.-Y. Yue, M. Markoulides, A. C. Regan, S.-Y. Li, N. Chronakis, A. Gourdon, T. Chen, H.-J. Yan, and D. Wang*, &#8220;Construction of 2D nanoporous network by coupling on-surface dynamic imine chemistry and dipole-stabilized self-assembly&#8221;, <em>Chem. Commun.<\/em>, <strong>2017<\/strong>, <em>53<\/em>, 428-431.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Liatsou I., Pashalidis I., Oezaslan M., Carsten Dosche C<sup>.<\/sup>: Surface characterization of oxidized biochar fibers derived from <em>Luffa Cylindrica <\/em>and lanthanide binding. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 5 (<strong>2017<\/strong>) 4069\u20134074<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Leontidis, E., \u201cInvestigations of the Hofmeister series and other specific ion effects using lipid model systems\u201d, Adv. Colloid Int. Sci. 243, 8-22 (<strong>2017<\/strong>). <em>(Invited)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">N. Kitiri, C. S. Patrickios, C. Voutouri, T. Stylianopoulos, I. Hoffmann, R. Schweins, M. Gradzielski, \u201cDouble-networks Based on pH-responsive Amphiphilic \u201cCore-first\u201d Star First Conetworks Prepared by Sequential RAFT Polymerization,\u201d <em>Polym. Chem.<\/em> <strong>2017<\/strong>, <em>8<\/em> (1), 245-259. (<strong>Inside Cover Article<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Makri, M.M., Vasiliades, M.A., Petallidou, K.C., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cEffect of Support Composition on the Origin and Reactivity of Carbon Formed During Dry Reforming of Methane over 5 wt% Ni\/Ce<sub>1-x<\/sub>M<sub>x<\/sub>O<sub>2-<\/sub><sub>\u03b4<\/sub> (M=Zr<sup>4+<\/sup>, Pr<sup>3+<\/sup>) Catalysts\u201d, <em>Catal. Today<\/em> 259 (<strong>2016<\/strong>) 150-164.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Vasiliades, M.A., Makri, M.M., Djinovi\u0107, P., Erjavec, B., Pintar, A, Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cDry reforming of methane over 5 wt% Ni\/Ce<sub>1-x<\/sub>Pr<sub>x<\/sub>O<sub>2-<\/sub><sub>\u03b4<\/sub> catalysts: Performance and characterisation of active and inactive carbon by Transient Isotopic Techniques\u201d, <em>Appl. Catal. B: Environ. <\/em>197 (<strong>2016<\/strong>) 168-183.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Passadis, S. S.; Tsiafoulis, C.; Drouza, C.; Tsipis, A. C.; Miras, H. N.; Keramidas, A. D.; Kabanos, T. A. Synthesis, Bonding, and Reactivity of Vanadium(IV) Oxido-Fluorido Compounds with Neutral Chelate Ligands of the General Formula cis-[VIV(=O)(F)(LN-N)2]+. <em>Inorg. Chem. <\/em><strong>2016,<\/strong> 55 (4), 1364-1366<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">S. Vezie, S. Few, I. Meager, G. Pieridou, B. D\u00f6rling, R. S. Ashraf, A. R. Go\u00f1i, H. Bronstein,, I. McCulloch, S. C. Hayes, M. Campoy-Quiles, and J. Nelson, \u201cExploring the origin of high optical absorption in conjugated polymers,\u201d Nat. Mat., <strong>2016<\/strong>, 15, 746-753.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Riala, K. L. Maxouti, C. P. Ioannou, and N. Chronakis*, &#8220;Synthesis of Enantiopure <em>T<\/em>-Symmetrical [6:0]-Hexakis Adducts of C<sub>60<\/sub> Equipped with 1,2-Glycol Substituted <em>cyclo<\/em>-Monomalonate Addends&#8221;, <em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, <strong>2016<\/strong>, <em>18<\/em>, 1132-1135.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Filling the gap between the quantum and classical worlds of nanoscale magnetism: giant molecular aggregates based on paramagnetic 3d metal ions&#8221;, C. Papatriantafyllopoulou, E. E. Moushi, G. Christou and A. J. Tasiopoulos, <em>Chem. Soc. Rev<\/em>.,<strong> 2016<\/strong>, <em>45<\/em>, 1597\u20131628.<strong><em>Featured on the Outside Front Cover of Chem. Soc. Rev<\/em><\/strong>.,<strong> 2016<\/strong>, <em>45, Issue 6<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Magnetic &#8220;Molecular Oligomers&#8221; Based on Decametallic Supertetrahedra: A Giant Mn<sub>49<\/sub> Cuboctahedron and its Mn<sub>25<\/sub>Na<sub>4<\/sub> Fragment&#8221;, M. Manoli, S. Alexandrou, L. Pham, G. Lorusso, W. Wernsdorfer, M. Evangelisti, G. Christou and A. J. Tasiopoulos, <em>Angew. Chem. Int. Ed<\/em>., <strong>2016<\/strong>, <em>55,<\/em> 679\u2013684.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Leontidis, E., \u201cChaotropic salts interacting with soft matter: Beyond the lyotropic series\u201d, Curr. Opin. Colloid Int. Sci. 23, 100-109 (<strong>2016<\/strong>). <em>(Invited)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Georgiou, C. A., Constantinou, M. S., Andreou R., Hapeshi, E., Fatta-Kassinos, D., Kapnissi-Christodoulou, C. P. Novel Approach to Fast Determination of Cholesterol Oxidation Products in Cypriot Foodstuffs Using Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Electrophoresis, <strong>2016<\/strong>, 37 (7-8), 1101-1108. <em>(Invited)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Elladiou, C. S. Patrickios, \u201cA Dimethacrylate Cross-linker Cleavable Under Thermolysis or Alkaline Hydrolysis Conditions: Synthesis, Polymerization, and Degradation,\u201d <em>Chem. Commun.<\/em> <strong>2016<\/strong>, <em>52<\/em>(15), 3135-3138.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Stylianou, M.; Drouza, C.; Giapintzakis, J.; Athanasopoulos, G. I.; Keramidas, A. D. Aerial Oxidation of a VIV-Iminopyridine Hydroquinonate Complex: A Trap for the VIV-Semiquinonate Radical Intermediate. <em>Inorg. Chem. <\/em><strong>2015,<\/strong> 54 (15), 7218-7229 DOI: 10.1021\/acs.inorgchem.5b00571.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Loukia Hadjittofi, Ioannis Pashalidis: Uranium Sorption from Aqueous Solutions by Activated Biochar Fibres Investigated by FTIR Spectroscopy and Batch Experiments. <em>J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, <\/em>304 (<strong>2015<\/strong>) 897-904<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201c1,2,3-Dithiazoles \u2013 new reversible melanin synthesis inhibitors: a chemical genomics study\u201d A. Charalambous, M. Koyioni, I. Antoniades, D. Pegeioti, I. Eleftheriou, S.S. Michaelidou, S.A. Amelichev, L.S. Konstantinova, O.A. Rakitin, P.A. Koutentis, P.A. Skourides, <em>MedChemComm<\/em>, <strong>2015<\/strong>, <strong>6<\/strong>, 935-946. <strong>2015 MEDCHEMCOMM HOT ARTICLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cTetraphenylhexaazaanthracenes: 16<em>\u03c0<\/em> Weakly Antiaromatic Species with Singlet Ground States\u201d C.P. Constantinides, G.A. Zissimou, A.A. Berezin, T.A. Ioannou, M. Manoli, D. Tsokkou, E. Theodorou, S.C. Hayes, P.A. Koutentis, <em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2015, 17, 4026-4029. <strong>HIGHLIGHTED IN <em>SYNFACTS<\/em> 2015<\/strong>, 11(10), 1049 (CONTRIBUTORS: T. M. SWAGER AND V. SCHR\u00d6DER)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mavroudi, M. C., Kapnissi-Christodoulou, C. P. Combined Use of L-Alanine Tert Butyl Ester Lactate and Trimethyl-\u03b2-Cyclodextrin for the Enantiomeric Separations of 2-Arylpropionic Acids Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Electrophoresis, <strong>2015<\/strong>, 36 (19), 2442-2450.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Trimithioti, A. Akimov, Oleg Prezhdo, and S.C. Hayes, \u201cAnalysis of Depolarization ratios of ClNO<sub>2<\/sub> Dissolved in Methanol\u201d, J. Chem. Phys., 2014, 140, 014301<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Provencher, N. B\u00e9rub\u00e9,1 A. W. Parker, G. M. Greetham, M. Towrie, C. Hellmann, M. C\u00f4t\u00e9, N. Stingelin, C. Silva, and S. C. Hayes, \u201cDirect observation of ultrafast long-range charge separation at polymer:fullerene heterojunctions,\u201d Nat. Comm. 2014, 5, 4288<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Riala and N. Chronakis<\/strong><strong><sup>*<\/sup><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>&#8220;An unexpected stereoisomerism in enantiomerically pure trisadducts of C<sub>60<\/sub> with an inherently chiral <em>trans<\/em>-3,<em>trans<\/em>-3,<em>trans<\/em>-3 addition pattern&#8221;, <em>Chem. Commun.<\/em>, <strong>2014<\/strong>, <em>50<\/em>, 1995-1998.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Single crystal coordinating solvent exchange as a general method for the enhancement of the photoluminescence properties of lanthanide MOFs&#8221;, E. J. Kyprianidou, T. Lazarides, S. Kaziannis, C. Kosmidis, G. Itskos, M. J. Manos, and A. J. Tasiopoulos,<em> J. Mater. Chem. A<\/em>, <strong>2014<\/strong>, <em>2<\/em>, 5258.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Loukia Hadjittofi, Melpomeni Prodromou, Ioannis Pashalidis: Activated Biochar Derived from Cactus Fibres \u2013 Preparation, Characterization and Application on Cu(II) Removal from Aqueous Solutions. <em>Bioresource Technology,<\/em> 159 (<strong>2014<\/strong>) 460\u2013464<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Leontidis, E., Christoforou, M., Georgiou, C., Delclos, T., \u201cThe ion-lipid battle for hydration water and interfacial sites at soft-matter interfaces\u201d, Curr. Opin. Colloid Int. Sci. 19, 2-8 (<strong>2014<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cEffective Exchange Coupling in Alternating-Chains of a \u03c0-Extended 1,2,4-Benzotriazin-4-yl\u201d C.P. Constantinides, A.A. Berezin, M. Manoli, G.M. Leitus, M. Bendikov, J.M. Rawson and P.A. Koutentis, <em>New J. 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Soc.<\/em>, <strong>2014<\/strong>, 136, 11906-11909. <strong>FEATURED IN JACS SPOTLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Drouza, C.; Vlasiou, M.; Keramidas, A. D. Vanadium(iv\/v)-p-dioxolene temperature induced electron transfer associated with ligation\/deligation of solvent molecules. <em>Dalton Trans. <\/em><strong>2013,<\/strong> 42 (33), 11831-11840 DOI: 10.1039\/c3dt50619c.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kalamaras, C.M., Petallidou, K.C., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cThe Effect of La<sup>3+<\/sup>-doping of CeO<sub>2<\/sub> Support on the Water-Gas Shift Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics over Pt\/Ce<sub>1-x<\/sub>La<sub>x<\/sub>O<sub>2<\/sub>\u201d, <em>Appl. Catal. B: Environ.<\/em> 136-137 (<strong>2013<\/strong>) 225-238.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Petallidou, K.C., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cLow-temperature Water-Gas Shift on Pt\/Ce<sub>1-x<\/sub>La<sub>x<\/sub>O<sub>2-<\/sub><sub>\u03b4<\/sub>: Effect of Ce\/La Ratio\u201d, <em>Appl. Catal. B: Environ.<\/em> 140-141 (<strong>2013<\/strong>) 333-347.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">P. Ioannou and N. Chronakis<sup>*<\/sup>, &#8220;The first one-pot synthesis of a chiral pentakis-adduct of C<sub>60<\/sub> utilising an opened-structure malonate tether&#8221;, <em>Chem. Commun.<\/em>, <strong>2013<\/strong>, <em>49<\/em>, 10611-10613.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Riala and N. Chronakis<\/strong><strong><sup>*<\/sup><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong> &#8220;<\/strong>Remote Functionalization of C<sub>60<\/sub> with EnantiomericallyPure <em>cyclo<\/em>-[2]-Malonate Tethers Bearing C12 and C14 Spacers: Synthetic Access to Bisadducts of C<sub>60<\/sub> with the Inherently Chiral <em>trans<\/em>-3 Addition Pattern&#8221;, <em>J. Org. Chem.<\/em>, <strong>2013<\/strong>,<strong> 78, 7701-7713. Highlighted paper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cReactions of tetracyanoethylene with <em>N&#8217;<\/em>-arylbenzamidines: A route to 2\u2011phenyl-3<em>H<\/em>-imidazo[4,5-<em>b<\/em>]quinoline-9-carbonitriles\u201d S.I. Mirallai, M. Manoli and P.A. Koutentis, <em>J. Org. Chem.<\/em>, 2013<strong>, 78, 8655-8668<\/strong>. <strong>HIGHLIGHTED IN <em>SYNFACTS<\/em> 2013, <\/strong>9(12), 1270 (CONTRIBUTORS: V. SNIECKUS AND T. RANTANEN)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Stavrou, I. J., Kapnissi-Christodoulou, C. P. Use of Chiral Amino Acid Ester-Based Ionic Liquids as Chiral Selectors in CE, Electrophoresis, <strong>2013<\/strong>, 34 (4), 524-530<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kalamaras, C.M., Dionysiou, D., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cMechanistic Studies of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Pt\/Ce<sub>x<\/sub>Zr<sub>1-x<\/sub>O<sub>2<\/sub> Catalysts: The Effect of Pt Particle Size and Zr Dopant\u201d, <em>ACS Catalysis<\/em> 2 (<strong>2012<\/strong>) 2729-2742<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Polychronopoulou, K., Giannakopoulos, K., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cTailoring MgO-based Supported Rh Catalysts for Purification of Gas Streams from Phenol\u201d, <em>Appl. Catal. 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Nastopoulos, G. Christou, and A. J. Tasiopoulos, <em>Chem. Commun<\/em>, <strong>2012<\/strong>, <em>48<\/em>, 5410\u20135412.<br \/>\n<strong><em>Featured on the Outside Front Cover of<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> Chem. Commun<\/em><\/strong><em>, <strong>2012<\/strong>, 48, issue 44<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kiliari T., Pashalidis I.: Selective Separation of Actinyl(V,VI) Cations from Aqueous Solutions by Chelex-100, <em>Radiochimica Acta,<\/em> 100 (<strong>2012<\/strong>) 439-443<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cSome Cyclization Reactions of 1,3-Diphenylbenzo[<em>e<\/em>][1,2,4]triazin-7(1<em>H<\/em>)-one: Preparation and Computational Analysis of Non Symmetrical Zwitterionic Biscyanines\u201d T.A. Ioannou, P.A. Koutentis, H. Krassos, G. Loizou, D. Lo Re,<em> Org. Biomol. Chem<\/em>., <strong>2012<\/strong>, 10, 1339-1348. <strong>OBC<\/strong> <strong>HOT ARTICLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u201c2-(2,3,4,5,6-Pentafluorophenyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole, a fluorine-rich building block for the preparation of conjugated polymer donors for organic solar cell applications\u201d<\/strong> M. Neophytou, H.A. Ioannidou, T.A. Ioannou, C.L. Chochos, S.P. Economopoulos, P.A. Koutentis, G. Itskos, S.A. Choulis, <em>Polym.<\/em> <em>Chem.<\/em>, <strong>2012<\/strong>, <strong>3, <\/strong>2236-2243. <strong>TOP 10 MOST READ POLYMER CHEMISTRY ARTICLE IN JUNE 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nicolaou, I., Kapnissi-Christodoulou, C. P. Development of a Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry Method for the Determination of Rivastigmine in Human Plasma &#8211; Optimization of the Limits of Detection and Quantitation, Electrophoresis, <strong>2012<\/strong>, 33 (4), 644-652.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kalamaras, C.M., Americanou, S., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cRedox\u201d vs \u201cAssociative Formate with \u2013OH group Regeneration\u201d WGS Reaction Mechanism on Pt\/CeO<sub>2<\/sub>: Effect of Platinum Particle Size\u201d, <em>J. Catal.<\/em> 279 (<strong>2011<\/strong>) 287-300.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kalamaras, C.M., Gonzalez, I.D., Navarro, R.M., Fierro, J.L.G., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cEffects of Reaction Temperature and Support Composition on the Mechanism of Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Supported-Pt Catalysts\u201d, <em>J. Phys. Chem. C<\/em> 115 (<strong>2011<\/strong>) 11595-11610.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Olympiou, G., Efstathiou*, A.M., \u201cIndustrial NO<sub>x<\/sub> Control via H<sub>2<\/sub>-SCR on a Novel Supported-Pt Nano Catalyst\u201d, <em>Chem. Eng. J.<\/em> 170 (<strong>2011<\/strong>) 424-432.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pieridou, C. Avgousti-Menelaou, P. Tamamis, G. Archontis and S. C. Hayes, \u201cUV Resonance Raman Study of TTR(105-115) Structural Evolution as a Function of Temperature,\u201d J. Phys. Chem. B, <strong>2011<\/strong>, 115, 4088<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Riala, M. S. Markoulides, E. E. Moushi and N. Chronakis<sup>*<\/sup>, &#8220;One-pot regioselective synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of a stable [60]fullerene trisadduct with the <em>e<\/em><sub>edge<\/sub>,<em>e<\/em><sub>face<\/sub>,<em>trans<\/em>-1 addition pattern&#8221;, <em>Chem. Commun.<\/em>, <strong>2011<\/strong>, <em>47<\/em>, 11948-11950.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Riala and N. Chronakis<sup>*<\/sup>, &#8220;A Facile Access to Enantiomerically Pure [60]Fullerene Bisadducts with the Inherently Chiral <em>Trans<\/em>-3 Addition Pattern&#8221;, <em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, <strong>2011<\/strong>, <em>13<\/em>, 2844-2847.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;A [Mn<sub>32<\/sub>] Double-Decker Wheel&#8221;, M. Manoli, R. Inglis, M. J. Manos, V. Nastopoulos, W. Wernsdorfer, E. K. Brechin and A. J. Tasiopoulos, <em>Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., <\/em><strong>2011<\/strong>, <em>50<\/em>, 4441\u20134444.<br \/>\n<strong>Featured on the Inside Front Cover<\/strong> of Angew. Chem. Int. 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